The dispatch of a safety car means that all drivers will almost return to the same starting line again.

At the same time, the slower speed made Zhang Yifei, who returned to the accident site on the fifth lap, more carefully saw the track staff being in an ambulance on the stage. An oxygen tank was inserted in his mouth, but the sides of his cheeks were already blood red.

Williams and British and American racing cars both moved to the roadside as fast as possible to reduce the impact on the race. However, the fragments of racing parts scattered all over the ground were not able to deal with quickly, so they could only rely on the safety car to continue pressing the car, leaving time for the track staff to clean up.

Ralph Schumacher stood next to the medical staff and seemed to be fine, but the car was damaged more seriously. As for Villeneuve, he sat on the grass next to the track with annoyance, and could feel his self-blame and regret for this track accident.

When he saw this scene, Zhang Yifei suddenly understood why some drivers chose to be conservative.

It is because of the radical style that magnifies the risks you may face. In many cases, there is only one chance on the track and only one life. No one can guarantee that the dance on the tip of the knife will succeed every time. Even because of some radical actions, they will face the same end like Villeneuve, and eventually "harm others and yourself."

The severity of this track accident was beyond many people's imagination. The safety car lasted eleven laps and arrived until the fifteenth lap. The track was cleaned up and the green flag was waving.

"The safety car is about to evacuate, pay attention to the start of the drivers ahead."

The convoy's instructions came again, reminding Zhang Yifei to keep up with the rhythm of the car ahead.

Generally speaking, during the period when the safety car is evacuated from the passage, the head truck will make a special move to press the car.

In this way, you can gain a subtle time advantage at the moment of sudden activation. The further you go, the greater the time advantage brought by the reaction.

Zhang Yifei is now ranked fifth and rarely experiences such a long period of safety car pressure, so he may experience inattention or other situations.

In line with his concern for the newcomer, the convoy still sent him a reminder order to prevent Zhang Yifei from reacting in time.

However, these worries are redundant for Zhang Yifei. Although this is his first time participating in the F1 main race, he has never experienced such a safe car for a long time to press the car. However, Zhang Yifei's attention has always been highly concentrated, waiting for the accident to be handled.

Almost the moment Montoya was started in front of the car, Zhang Yifei followed with an amazing reaction speed. The safety car narrowed the distance between the front and rear cars in a sense, making the leading advantage no longer exist. Zhang Yifei had a sense of fighting in his heart. How could Montoya surpass him, and how would he surpass him next!

Kimi Raikkonen also had the same idea. He had been entangled with Chinese drivers for too long and was even surpassed by Villeneuve.

This situation is not only unbearable by Zhang Yifei, but also Kimi Raikkonen. He is now a genius boy in the F1 paddock, not the fat Kimi who drove a "health car" in later generations.

Kimi Raikkonen is not short of these desire for victory and the courage to defeat his opponent!

Zhang Yifei's throttle was now on the throttle and did not pay any attention to Kimi Raikkonen behind him. He had only one goal, that is, to surpass Montoya ahead and prove that he is the strongest newcomer this year.

Montoya saw the No. 13 blue Prost car behind him approaching from the rearview mirror. To be honest, he was not nervous inside. The fast overtaking in the first lap made him look down on Zhang Yifei in his heart, believing that Chinese newcomers were just like this.

Moreover, Montoya never put himself in the position of a newcomer in the F1 track like Zhang Yifei. He believes that he is different from newcomers such as Zhang Yifei, Bernoldi, and Marquis. He is one level higher than these rookies and can truly compete with the top masters in the paddock.

Not to mention challenging the strongest driver Schumacher, at least Barrichello and Kurthard are worthy of having a fierce showdown with them, and should not peck at a group of newcomers!

But this time, Zhang Yifei had made up his mind to surpass Montoya in front of him no matter what, and to clean up the shame of being overtaken by the first lap!

With the full throttle in gear, the speed of the car began to rise wildly, and the engine speed was pushed to 120 million by Zhang Yifei, which was already the bottom of the Peugeot engine.

On the high-speed corner of No. 8 and 9 on the track, Zhang Yifei directly chased Montoya's rear end with the limit. Then, with the help of the wake slingshot effect, a left-handed lane change was used to use the faster acceleration when leaving the corner, intending to surpass Montoya.

Montoya was shocked by Zhang Yifei's aggressive attack. He was ready to deal with the Chinese driver's attack. However, Zhang Yifei's decisive and rapidity were still a bit beyond Montoya's expectations.

"Accelerate the full throttle, press the left to force the car to line!"

The command from Williams' strategy group came from the headphones. They could use the third-party "God" perspective to better observe the speed and routes of Zhang Yifei before entering the corner. Therefore, they expected that Zhang Yifei's intention to go out of the corner to overtake, and told Montoya to prepare for defense.

Hearing the sound of the strategy group in the headphones, Montoya's muscles twitched, and then he kicked the floor oil down, and the two racing cars began to rush in the short straight after the corner.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei's front nose wing was actually more than half of Montoya's body. He wanted to change lanes and press left, and it was impossible for him to use the route to force Zhang Yifei to slow down. The focus of both sides was on the point of entering the next curve. Whoever could seize the best bend cutting route would be in the lead.

"Come on, fly, go over!"

"Being more than you will be fourth, there is a chance to hit the podium!"

"Counterattack! Let Montoya understand who is the strongest newcomer!"

Zhang Yifei's strong counterattack and the scene of two racing cars running side by side made the supporters on the scene excited.

I was overtaken on the first lap. Many Chinese audiences who had traveled thousands of miles had an unknown premonition in their hearts.

Maybe the performance of Fei was very good before, but the main race is the crucial battle that determines the outcome. All drivers will be more serious than before and give their all their strength.

Once facing a high-pressure event, Zhang Yifei's flaws may be exposed. Whether he can maintain the strength of the practice game is still unknown. Montoya's first lap surpassing has confirmed this concern in a sense, and Zhang Yifei is still too young to compare.

Villeneuve's successive surpassing later once again made supporters' confidence fall to the bottom. After just a few laps of the game, he was surpassed by two opponents in a row. This was simply unimaginable in the previous Renault event.

It is worthy of being the world's top car race F1. The drivers in it are indeed powerful. The results of sweeping the Renault and the Grand Prix in the Island of O are just entry-level standards.

But later Zhang Yifei stabilized the situation and even stubbornly defended the super rookie Kimi to the driver. At this moment, many people felt that their confidence began to recover. It may not be that Zhang Yifei was weak, but that his opponent was too strong.

Look at Kimi Raikkonen, who created the F1 miracle, was still being pushed behind the car by Zhang Yifei.

You should know that Kimi has won universal recognition and deserves the title of super newcomer. If you use this standard to judge Zhang Yifei, he is also above the passing line. Considering the weak foundation of Chinese racing, Zhang Yifei's performance is undoubtedly excellent.

So it is not that Zhang Yifei is too weak, but that he performed too well, which gave many people too high expectations.

The two racing cars were running strongly, Zhang Yifei's turnout speed was faster than Montoya, and the next one was a right turn, which had a greater advantage on the left lane.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei was full of confidence. He believed that he could surpass his opponent Montoya on the short straight and seize the opportunity to the next turn, thus completely pushing Montoya behind the car and rising to fourth place.

The fourth ranking is only one step away from the top three. Although Zhang Yifei was looking forward to it before the game, he did not set any unrealistic ideas, such as winning the Australian Grand Prix championship, he just put his goal in the top ten.

But whether to make it on the podium is a qualitative change. The last debut was Villeneuve, and the next one would have to wait nearly ten years before Hamilton could replicate the legend.

Now glory is right in front of you, and if you can make your debut on the podium, it will be a perfect start.

Ambitions always grow or fade with the changes in grades. After experiencing various track accidents, Zhang Yifei unexpectedly came to the fifth ranking. Now he has the hope of surpassing fourth, which naturally makes his ambitions begin to surge.

But what happened next completely made Zhang Yifei feel what ideals mean, and reality is skinny!

He had a faster turnout speed and seized a better turnout tangent on the left side. However, on the short straight, Zhang Yifei found that his accelerator had already stepped to the bottom. He had already surpassed Montoya's front nose wing, slowly retreated to the rear wheel position, and then retreated to the rear wing part, and was about to take the lead again.

Damn it!

Zhang Yifei greeted him directly in his heart. This was the first time he encountered such an extremely real comparison.

Before, both Renault and the Grand Prix in O Island had a unified frame and engine, and there was no absolute performance gap between the race cars driven by drivers.

After entering F1, Zhang Yifei also tested the racing cars of other teams. Anyway, in terms of his experience, the JS series racing is OK, and it is much faster than the previous Formula Elementary Racing.
Chapter completed!