569 Counterattack (Extended)
Schumacher is still strong, but Montoya hasn't run away?"
"It's just a practice race, you'll witness the real speed of the Indy drivers."
"I admit that Schumacher is strong, but the Indy drivers will be stronger, especially at Indianapolis track!"
"Yes, the afternoon qualifying match will arrive, Montoya will be faster!"
Schumacher did not suffer much attacks, after all, his reputation and record were there, and he would only be made fun of him by others.
However, most IndyCar fans are full of confidence in Montoya, believing that he will definitely run faster in the qualifying competition and eventually become the champion of the US Grand Prix!
The waiting time is always long, but with the arrival of three o'clock in the afternoon, the silent track is noisy again.
Zhang Yifei has already gotten into the js53 traffic jam at this time. As the champion driver at the previous stop, he will start the qualifying race with the first pick this time.
"Brother Fei, come on!"
"Yifei, show your true strength!"
"Fly, let them feel the madness of Chinese drivers!"
"Yifeijun, it's time to fight back!"
The fastest lap speed of the simulator greatly encouraged the confidence of the crew members, and Kossel made his attitude clear, which finally unified the team's racing goals.
That is to do your best to make those American audiences who despise and mock Zhang Yifei understand how the name F1 super newcomer came about. Do you really think Zhang Yifei is a Chinese rookie?
In addition to Prost team, other F1 teams are also mobilizing pre-race.
Now that the combat level of the Formula Battle has expanded, many F1 drivers feel that they are being despised by Indy fans. Especially the presence of three Indy champions is simply a provocation to F1 drivers.
Since the Indianapolis Circuit is the home court of Indian local formula, then wait for Formula One to conquer!
"Montoya, get pole position, this is your home court."
Sir Williams encouraged Montoya. He was full of confidence at the moment and did not feel that the three-training lag would have any major impact.
Montoya's advantage in this track is too great. As long as he can maintain his fighting spirit, no one will be his opponent!
"I've got the pole position!"
Montoya replied in an absolutely certain tone, and his confidence and fighting spirit had returned to him, even more than before.
After all, the audience supporters of the 100,000 level are really terrifying. You should know that many F1 tracks, the total number of spectators may not reach 100,000, such as the previous Austrian A1 track.
The reason why most games have home advantage is that the overwhelming cheering sounds will really form a "momentum" that will bring great bonuses to the players.
Moreover, due to the familiarity of tracks, the home advantage bonus is even greater than that of other sports events.
Standing on this track, Montoya is still the Indy King, and Schumacher will not be my opponent!
Except for Williams, the British and American teams are doing the same thing. Although Villeneuve is still ranked third, the crew members are full of confidence and believe that he will reach the top again.
After all, in addition to being the same Indy annual champion as Montoya, he also has an F1 champion and a cart world championship title, the real Grand Slam king.
Even Montoya can win back to the top, why can't Villeneuve do it?
In the Minardi fleet repair station, there is also a scene of high morale at this moment.
In the third practice competition, Xiong Long once again maintained the fifth ranking, which was a miracle for Minardi team!
No one could have thought before the race that a Malaysian substitute driver could maintain a stable front-row score in three practice competitions. One can be said to be lucky once, but three times will definitely be able to be strong.
In this atmosphere, the expression on Madu's face was very strange, with a gloomy look.
The happy thing is naturally that Xiong Long can run to the front row, which means he has at least a chance to fight Zhang Yifei. The reason for his unhappiness is that Madu feels that Xiong Long's return has changed too much, and it is not the impulsive driver who is easy to control before, and he can no longer easily instigate him.
But none of these matters. At least at this stage, the two people have the same goal, that is, to defeat Zhang Yifei.
Thinking of this, a sinister smile appeared on Madu's face. Chinese boy, you will have a lot of trouble this time.
All teams are ready, the instructions from the track center are issued, and the Saturday qualifying race of the US Grand Prix will officially begin!
The first one to drive on the track was the blue Prost No. 13. As the champion driver of the previous stop, Zhang Yifei had the right to start the first place in the qualifying race. This is also the first time Prost race appeared in the first place in the qualifying race!
"Rider Fei should cherish it. This will be his last chance to rank first in the US Grand Prix."
American commentator Lewis couldn't help but mock him when he saw Zhang Yifei appearing on the track.
At present, Zhang Yifei's fastest lap speed has been pushed away by the first few drivers by more than one level, and he has no competitiveness at all. Lewis really doesn't respect him very much.
"Lewis, you may not know much about f1. Flying in f1 is called the Miracle Boy. Never make a conclusion about him before the game ends."
"Is that so? Those three practice games have been completed. Did Fei create any miracles?"
"Only when it appears at a critical moment can it be called a miracle. I think you can look forward to it."
"hehe."
Hearing this, Lewis just smiled contemptuously and did not continue to argue with Brendel.
After the Chinese guy's turtle-like lap speed, he will slap this British old guy hard!
After Zhang Yifei started, he was followed by McLaren's Cooterhard, who is actually one of the top drivers in F1 and the contender for the championship.
But at the US Grand Prix, the opponents were fucking crazy. Coothard drove the fastest McLaren car and was squeezed to the fourth place, and his teammate Kimi Raikkonen even went to the seventh place!
It would be fine if Villeneuve of the British and American teams could climb up, but a driver named Xiong Long appeared in the fifth place in the cat and dog-level team like Minardi.
Coothard felt that he couldn't understand the current situation in F1. Since the arrival of the Chinese boy, even the weak team that was once at the bottom seemed to have the strength to fight for the desperate situation. No one dared to say that he was the final winner until the end of the game.
According to the ranking of the previous stop, Alessi was the third starter. French veterans were a little overwhelmed in their strength in the new track of the US station. The practice competition has always been the top ten, and the qualifying competition will not have much improvement.
This game is destined to be Zhang Yifei's alone in fighting.
In the first lap of the qualifying race, all the drivers were very restrained and were at a slow level. Because the temperature of the tires and oil was not high enough, the racing conditions were not at the best stage, and everyone was waiting for the opportunity.
Starting from the second lap, the speed began to improve qualitatively, and the first ones that broke out were Montoya and Schumacher.
One is to prove his former Indy King's strength on this track, and the other is to defend the glory of his F1 super champion. No one wants to condescend!
American car fans and Indy fans on the track also began to cheer for Montoya crazily, and the entire track was filled with thunder. The number of 200,000 people watching the game was really terrifying. Even a simple cheer could be shocked.
Entering the third lap, Villeneuve joined the lap competition. He has also felt the changes in the audience's support these two days, and Montoya gradually became the protagonist of the track. This was actually a big blow to Villeneuve's self-esteem.
This should have been my stage, why can Montoya become the protagonist?
The Grand Slam driver will not sink forever, I will take back my own glory!
In the fourth lap and the fifth lap, the speed began to enter a crazy stage. Montoya once again surpassed Schumacher by a slight advantage and became the fastest lap on the track. At the same time, this speed was close to the record of 1 minute, 14 seconds, 266.
At the end of the seventh lap, Villeneuve also surpassed Schumacher and came to the second place. Two Indy Kings completed the "dominant list".
With the performance of British and American racing, Villeneuve's ability to surpass Schumacher in the qualifying race is definitely an amazing achievement. Even fans who turn to support Montoya on the track are impressed by his performance.
"Villeneuve broke out, and we can't underestimate the Grand Slam King!"
"He is the man who defeated F1 as the Indy champion. Don't forget how powerful he used to be!"
"Come on, Villeneuve, and Montoya defend the honor of Indy Raceway, don't give any F1 car mobile phones!"
Not to mention the audience's call, even the Indy champions sitting in the stands praised Villeneuve.
"Leiqi, it seems that you lost in 1995 and Villeneuve is still very strong."
1998 Indy champion Blake teased Lei Qi beside him, saying that he lost to Villeneuve, otherwise he would become the Indy Triple Crown driver.
But when he wanted to make a comeback and revenge, Villeneuve went to F1 and ultimately failed to complete the battle of revenge.
"He is really strong, but I don't think I'm weaker than him in that final in '95."
Lei Qi replied dissatisfiedly that he lost to Villeneuve at an extremely weak disadvantage in the Indy 500 final in 1995, which became his always regret.
"Haha, okay. Everything in the past has passed, and now Villeneuve represents the honor of our Indy drivers."
Blake beat him up and did not continue to mention the past. After all, it is now a battle between F1 and Indy, and they are on the same front.
After saying that, he changed the question and said to Helio, who was sitting on the other side: "This Chinese super newcomer doesn't seem to be very good. It's a difference with you, the Indy super newcomer."
Originally, this sentence was to raise Helio because this year, he was also known as the strongest newcomer in the history of Indian local formulas. Now, when comparing it, he seems to be in the same level as Helio's various performances that break the track record.
Unexpectedly, when Helio heard this, he replied with a disgust on his face; "He is worthy of comparing me?"
Seeing that Helio seemed to be angry, Blake shrugged, and it seemed that he was not suitable for speaking today.
However, just as Blake turned his attention back to the track, he happened to see the scene of flying overtaking. He suddenly felt that Zhang Yifei's speed was much faster than before.
You should know that the general lap speed increase is only a few seconds at a time, and it is even less obvious when placed in the range of more than one minute. It is almost impossible to see any major changes in each lap.
However, as an Indy world champion, Blake is extremely sensitive to speed, and Zhang Yifei's current speed is definitely higher than before. If the speed cannot be compared clearly, then you can see that Zhang Yifei even wiped the cement wall several times.
"Damn, Zhang Yifei is a little too close to the edge of the track, right?"
"Yes, I feel like Zhang Yifei is about to hit the protective wall!"
"Zhang Yifei's route is too extreme. Will it be dangerous?"
"I don't know, but I can feel that Fei wants to prove his heart."
"Yes, this is his response."
As Zhang Yifei's line became more and more crazy and obvious, let alone the Indy champion, even ordinary car fans could see the difference from the big screen of the track.
The Chinese audience at the scene were worried about Zhang Yifei's extreme behavior. They hoped that Zhang Yifei could run the fastest lap and responded to the Americans' contempt and ridicule of him.
But they didn't want Zhang Yifei to have any accidents. After all, the Indianapolis track is too dangerous. You can lose the race, but once you hit the cement protective wall, you will lose everything.
The Chinese Formula driver is just a single seedling, and this kind of single seedling does not mean that there are other low-level drivers except Zhang Yifei. But there is really no one except Zhang Yifei. He made Chinese Formula racing from zero to peak!
Looking at Zhang Yifei's crazy route on the track, Cosel finally understood what Yamamoto Ukyo said before, what it means to play extreme car crashes.
Just such uncontrolled edge routing is placed on the racing simulator. I don’t know how many times the car needs to be hit and exploded before it can be controlled now. No wonder on the simulator, Zhang Yifei can run out of the fastest lap and fastest lap speed in the race track. Not every driver dares to play hard like him.
Thinking of this, Cosell picked up the notepad of Yamamoto Ukyo recording the simulator lap, and planned to see how Zhang Yifei improved little by little last night.
But when Cosell opened the record book, he was stunned because he was just the last page. What he saw was not the lap record of the F1 standard track, but the lap record of the Indy Oval track!
This kid had the time to go to the elliptical track last night. What exactly did he want to do?
Cosel was filled with shock, just as Zhang Yifei felt that he underestimated Cosel before.
Chapter completed!