570 Team Worries (Chapter 1)
At the end of the eighth lap of the qualifying race, a brand new name appeared at the top of the lap rankings. He is Zhang Yifei from Prost team!
In the previous seven laps, Zhang Yifei's lap speed was basically around seven, eight or nine. Not to mention reaching the top, he had never even entered the top three. However, in the eighth lap schedule, Zhang Yifei was like a rocket, and with lightning speed, he became the fastest lap on the track at present!
"This is impossible!"
When American commentator Lewis suddenly saw this lap, he stared at the screen with wide eyes, completely unable to believe that the scene in front of him was real.
From the eighth position in the previous lap, it went straight to the first place. This is not a straight-line acceleration race. If you can add a nitrogen jet to speed up crazy, how can you achieve such an amazing improvement?
Not only Lewis, but even Brendel was a little confused when he saw Zhang Yifei suddenly jumping to the first place. In theory, the Indianapolis track is the most unfriendly track to Zhang Yifei and Prost team. If Zhang Yifei can make it to the top five, he is worthy of the title of F1 super newcomer this year.
But he actually soared to the top of the list. Is this a cheat?
But Brendel quickly recovered from his senses. He said in a proud and even show-off tone: "Lewis, I said not to underestimate Fei. He is a miracle driver. This is the super newcomer of F1 this year!"
"Then wait and see, I don't believe he can stay until the end of pole!"
Lewis replied dissatisfiedly, saying that he despised Zhang Yifei from the bottom of his heart and did not think that Chinese people could become super newcomers in the field of equations.
Faced with such an answer, Brendel just smiled. He had seen too many prejudices in his career, and it was impossible to change others' ideas in just a few words. Regardless of whether Zhang Yifei was pole or not, he had already proved himself with the fastest lap speed!
The audience in the stands were completely shocked by Lewis when they faced the changes in the lap rankings.
Because as the event commentator, Lewis has watched several games of Zhang Yifei. However, he is despised, at least he knows that this Chinese driver is not as good as the public opinion now describes.
But now it involves Indy's struggle with the F1's equations' discourse power, and belittling the opponent's driver is a regular operation. As a pioneer and a yellow-sex Chinese driver, Zhang Yifei naturally grabbed it and stepped onto the ground.
Many IndyCar fans at the scene had never seen a Zhang Yifei game. They only started to pay attention to the Chinese driver through the popularity of Time magazine and the media's ridicule of public opinion.
In addition to the previous three practice games, Zhang Yifei's performance was not impressive, so most American IndyCar fans really think that Zhang Yifei is a super big deal!
Now I suddenly found that this vague driver was able to run the fastest lap in the qualifying race, even surpassing the strongest Montoya, which made them feel doubtful of life.
"Aren't the Chinese guy a rookie? Why did he suddenly come to the first place?"
"Fuck, this is unscientific. How did the Chinese boy do it?"
"Is there a mistake in the lap timer? I don't believe in the level of Chinese drivers, and can run the fastest lap on the Indy track!"
"Cheating, something is definitely wrong."
"It must be that the timer used Chinese counterfeit goods!"
Various dissatisfaction sounded wildly in the stands. Zhang Yifei's performance was too sudden and exaggerated, which hit many American car fans' fragile self-esteem and made them unable to accept it at once.
Not to mention these American IndyCar fans, even the few Chinese supporters on the track suddenly faced Zhang Yifei's counterattack, they couldn't believe that Zhang Yifei could really be so strong?
"Damn, is this lap ranking true? Zhang Yifei actually ran to the first place?"
"I can't believe it! It's so incredible. How did he do it?"
"I'm not right in my eyes, can Zhang Yifei drive so fast?"
These doubts from their own people were quickly refuted by Zhang Yifei's fanatical car fans.
"Why can't Zhang Yifei drive so fast? You really believe the nonsense of foreigners. I think that Chinese drivers must be worse than theirs?"
"Let's learn more about Zhang Yifei. It's not luck that he can become the strongest newcomer in F1!"
"Yes, I watched all the games Fei had, he was stronger than you thought!"
Even a few foreign friends joined in the praise of Zhang Yifei. They saw today's American Grand Prix step by step from the original European Formula Renault.
Zhang Yifei has too many crazy expressions, and this is nothing at all!
In addition to the hustle and bustle of the audience in the stands, the F1 teams were also disrupted by the rocket-like speed of Zhang Yifei.
"Montoya, Fei just ran the fastest lap. You have to speed up, and he can't take the pole position away!"
Sir Williams directly issued a speed-up command. As the most eye-catching driver on the track at present, Montoya can be defeated by Schumacher, but he must not be defeated by Zhang Yifei again.
Once this happens, the history of those losers before Montoya will be re-recommended. From the practice competition, a good situation will be created step by step, and it may collapse.
Moreover, with the arrogance of the Americans, they will definitely not accept an Indy King who lost to the Chinese. This is simply a naked humiliation of the American Indian local formula. For Montoya's own confidence and for the future development of the Williams team.
No one can lose to Zhang Yifei!
"I see!"
Montoya gritted his teeth and replied, it can be said that since the Austrian Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei's name almost became the shadow of Montoya.
If it weren't for the emergence of countless supporters of the US Grand Prix and his advantage on this track would be too great, Montoya might have been in a slump, at least not recovering her confidence so quickly in a short period of time.
After experiencing the trough in life, I regained the trust and support of car fans, and felt the home cheers of 100,000 yuan. Montoya didn't want to lose all this.
In any case, he would never let Zhang Yifei ride on his head again!
After taking the floor oil down, Montoya started to compete at this time. Playing the limit is not a professional Chinese boy. No one knows more about this track than me!
"Shumi, if you win back, you are the strongest driver."
Jean Todd also shouted at Schumacher in a fierce manner, as the current leader in F1, Schumacher must carry this banner to deal with the provocations of Indian local procedures.
Moreover, with Schumacher's ability, he can basically win the top three of the main competition. He has already had an accident when he locked the world championship title in advance in the last stop. This time, Ferrari will no longer let others have any unreasonable thoughts.
No one wants to lose, no one wants to lose, especially in the final stages of the qualifying match.
In the ninth lap, Schumacher and Montoya both overtook Zhang Yifei and broke the fastest lap in the qualifying tournament last year.
In addition to the potential that drivers themselves burst out under the pressure of high competition, the climate of this US Grand Prix is too suitable, lukewarm and hot, and the climate in Indiana is also very dry, which is very suitable for car events and creates the perfect conditions for the fastest lap.
On the tenth lap, Zhang Yifei once again surpassed Schumacher. With the time spent, he ranked second in the track, and was only 0.003 seconds away from Montoya, the fastest lap.
Except for high-precision instruments that can be measured, no human can feel this gap. The two people can almost say that they run as fast as they are!
In the Prost team repair station, Zhang Yifei was seen surpassing the fastest lap record of the track and was chasing Montoya frantically. Everyone was extremely nervous, but the expression on their faces was mixed.
On the one hand, I was naturally happy that Zhang Yifei could run the fastest lap speed and became a strong contender for pole position from his previous mid-level score.
What is worried about is that Zhang Yifei's route is now at a point where he is not careful and may fall into the point where the car is destroyed and people die. Zhang Yifei has already used the extremely late brake method of brake points with a long straight road, which is nearly one meter late compared to the conventional brake points!
As for the long oval curve, Zhang Yifei basically did not slow down much. Apart from the brake that went into the corner to avoid hitting the wall, the rest can be said to be a full throttle corner, which squeezed Prost's racing performance to the limit.
The complex curve behind is where Zhang Yifei mainly regained the disadvantages of racing new energy. His routes are much more accurate than the previous three practice competitions. It can be seen that the three contact competitions, coupled with crazy racing simulation training, have improved his control over the track several times!
However, Zhang Yifei had some curves, but it was still extremely thrilling, especially the fastest lap just now, which even reached the point where he turned by luck.
Luck can help once, but it cannot help forever. The risk is too high!
"The flight can't be faster."
Henry subconsciously said, as the leader, he naturally hoped that the driver would run faster lap times.
But this time, he didn't want Zhang Yifei to continue taking risks, and this was simply a life-threatening effort!
"He may be a little bit overkilled, and he needs to find a way to relieve his emotions."
Another competition engineer of the team, Cod, also agreed. It was obvious that Zhang Yifei was holding his breath and wanted to surpass Montoya.
This round has not surpassed it. According to Zhang Yifei's previous personality, he will definitely not give up and will even choose to take the opportunity.
If you try this situation in this situation, you may be really desperate.
Chapter completed!