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Chapter 559 559. Driving F1 with one hand

The old drunkard was full of doubts at this time. Judging from Xu Jia's previous driving skills, it was impossible for him not to understand the most basic control such as handbrake drift.

But throughout Xu Jia's driving process, he seemed to have completely ignored the existence of the handbrake. Even if he was making drifting movements, he relied more on the foot brake.

You must know that although both handbrakes and footbrakes can perform drifting actions, there is still an essential difference between the two.

To explain it in the simplest language, pulling the handbrake to drift can make the car slide at a larger angle, making it suitable for narrower corners.

For example, the ninety-degree right-angle corner where Xu Jia failed to drift just now, or the U-shaped turning turn like the five consecutive hairpin turns in Akina Mountain.

As for the foot brake, it can better pursue speed in corners. If the driver's foot brake and heel-toe movements are perfectly coordinated, the cornering speed will not be reduced too much.

This was also the method Xu Jia chose. He used the fastest speed to go around the corner, but he just lost it.

However, no matter which method is chosen, a driver will never completely ignore the existence of the handbrake. Especially in the case of loss of control, the handbrake has a much higher chance of success than using the footbrake.

So the old drunkard can't understand why Xu Jia's driving skills made such an entry-level mistake?

In fact, it is normal for the old drunkard not to understand, that is, the racing car Xu Jia drove did not have such a thing as a handbrake. It can even be said that in Xu Jia's professional cognition, there is no such concept as a handbrake. It is very good to occasionally think of using it twice.

As for the reason why you keep your hands on the steering wheel, it is even simpler. Formula racing cars, especially F1 racing cars, do not have steering wheel assistance. During the entire high-speed turning process, the force required to turn the steering wheel may be as high as tens of kilograms.

It is no exaggeration to say that those who can drive an F1 car have unicorn arms and hold the steering wheel with both hands at all times. That is what must be done. Xu Jia is just driving according to his own habits.

In the entire F1 racing world, except for Kubica, basically no driver can drive F1 with one hand when cornering.

Moreover, the reason why Kubica is one-handed is because when he was laid off from the F1 team, in order to maintain his competitive touch, he went to rally. As a result, his arm was seriously injured in an accident. As a result, the muscles in one hand were atrophied and he was unable to use it, and he was forced to hit it heavily. When steering the wheel, only use one hand.

Therefore, there are some Internet jokes in later generations, and their specialty is driving a Ferrari with one hand, but they would not dare to brag about it in front of Kubica, because this guy really drives F1 with one hand!

Maybe even if the old drunkard's imagination is doubled, he still can't imagine that the reason behind the low-level "mistake" is because of Xu's relationship with the F1 driver.

Similarly, Xu Jia couldn't explain the reason. He could only reply covertly: "The tracks are all venues and there is no need to drift. Moreover, even if I run underground racing with Fatty Chen, Donghai is mainly on the streets. I have never raced there before. What mountain road?"

"So I'm really not used to the operation of pulling on the handbrake for drifting."

This reason can be regarded as barely passing. After all, whether it is a track or the streets of Donghai, there is really not much room for drifting. Xu Jia is very unfamiliar with the operation of handbrake drift, which is actually reasonable.

Just when the old drunkard was still about to say something, Brother Niu ran over panting, looked at Xu Jia and the others nervously and asked, "How are you, are you not injured?"

"It's okay, the car just crashed."

Xu Jia replied, like rally cars, many welding points are added to the frame to strengthen the overall frame structure, and the cars are equipped with roll cages.

Unless you really encounter something like rolling down a cliff, or you are particularly unlucky and are hit by car parts in important parts of your body, the risk of accidents is actually not great.

When a car like Xu Jia's tail flick hits the car, except for the deformation of the rear fender of the Mitsubishi EVO, there is basically no other impact.

"People safe is good."

Brother Niu breathed a sigh of relief when Xu Jia said it was okay. After all, unlike a retired professional driver like Old Drunkard, he had a relatively clear understanding of Xu Jia's driving skills, so he was really worried about what would happen if he suddenly went to the track to practice.

"Uncle Xu, this fender is deformed. Should we fix it first before continuing?"

Xu Jia drove a few hundred meters in total and crashed after two turns. To be honest, he was a little unconvinced at the moment and wanted to prove himself.

"build?"

There was a hint of disdain in the old drunkard's tone, then he walked to the rear of the Mitsubishi EVO, kicked the deformed sheet metal several times, and forcibly "kicked" the deformed rear fender back to its approximate shape.

Damn it...

Xu Jia looked at the old drunkard's violent "car repair" method, and it felt like my friends and I were shocked.

Because he drove an F1 car in his last life, the car with the highest technological content on Blue Star was already deeply imprinted in his mind.

You must know that F1 is very expensive. Not to mention this kind of sheet metal deformation, even if the aerodynamic kit on the outer casing has a deeper scratch, the aerodynamic kit will be replaced to ensure that the hidden danger is eliminated.

As for maintenance, there is a team of dozens of top engineers and technicians working around the F1 car. When have you ever seen such a simple and crude maintenance method?

Perhaps seeing Xu Jia's stunned look, Brother Niu came over with a smile and explained.

"Xiangbei, you will understand in the future that the sledgehammer and tape are the most important core maintenance tools in a rally car."

That's right, for rally cars, there is simply not enough time to repair the car in the time-consuming interval of each event.

Under normal circumstances, if any sheet metal parts of a racing car are deformed, just kick them back if you can. If you can't fix it manually, just use a sledgehammer. With one hammer, you can knock any shape back to its original shape.

If there is no way to repair plastic parts such as front and rear bumpers, windows, and car lights with a sledgehammer, then you can only resort to another magic weapon-the tape method!

If you don’t have time to replace the parts that can’t be installed, you might as well stick them on with tape.

Therefore, during many rally competitions, you can see that the car is in tatters, and the entire rear of the car is covered with various tapes. Don't be surprised to see this scene, it is a normal "maintenance" method for rally cars.

After the old drunkard kicked the fender back to its original position, he said to Xu Jia calmly: "Get in the car and continue."

Then he opened the door and sat in the passenger seat again.

"Brother Niu, let me get familiar with the track first."

Xu Jia said goodbye to Brother Niu, opened the driver's door and got in.

Only this time, he found that the old drunkard had an extra helmet on his head.

Seeing this scene, Xu Jia almost couldn't hold back his laughter. He thought that the old drunkard would be stunned, but it seemed that he was still shocked by his "amazing" control!

(End of this chapter)