312 Historic pole position
"Oh my God, I just got the data from the event control center. Zhang Yifei ran the fastest lap of 2 minutes, 08 seconds, 832."
"You should know that the F3 lap record of Dongwangyang Track is 2 minutes 10 seconds 732. Zhang Yifei skipped the 2 minutes 09 seconds field and brought the record to the 2 minutes 08 seconds level!"
"I never dared to imagine a Chinese Formula driver who could run such a lap on the East Ocean Track."
"And do you know who created this lap record? It was created by Migo Schmiga from Ferrari in 1990. He is now a popular driver for the world champion Gary Ferrari!"
"Zhang Yifei actually broke the track record of an F1 world champion!"
Li Xin's words explained why Kossel was satisfied, that was, Zhang Yifeidu's fastest lap speed was really amazing, and he actually led the track record for more than one second!
Scenes that break track records are very common, but it is quite rare to break them so much.
Generally, there are only two possibilities that can do this. The first point is that the driver's strength is amazing.
As the saying goes, there are talented people in the world, and there will always be several outstanding representative figures in each era.
Just like the legend of F1 in the 1970s and 1980s was Nicky Lauda, and the one who was named the gods in the 1990s was Senna. No one could compete with Schumacher in the 21st century.
When a new era comes, there will always be a legendary driver who will use his general strength to wear the crown of the strongest driver on his head.
Moreover, there is no dark horse that suddenly appears in f1, because you cannot achieve the grades of a genius driver and you cannot enter f1 at all, and there is no saying that you can slowly cultivate and accumulate strength.
Being able to enter the f1 paddock means that he is one of the best dozens of drivers in the world. Even if he is the cheapest one, he is still overwhelming with the dozens of people on the top of the earth.
Just like the only god-god driver Iidemiri, whose driver's license was revoked by F1, his deeds were like a joke in F1. But at this level, he dominated the Japanese F3 events and also crossed the border to Akuri Suzuki, winning the GT championship in Japan.
It can be said that as long as he is not on the F1 track, he will play other events, just like he is playing, and he will beat his low-level opponents casually.
It is still a little too early to define Zhang Yifei as a driver in the era, but his lap speed at the Grand Prix in the Island of Australia will be difficult to break by other drivers in at least a short time.
In addition to personal peak strength, the sudden and significant lead in track record may also be the emergence of the "Mars rover".
The name "Rail Rover" comes from the f1 paddock, describing the amazing performance of a certain team's new racing car. Even if the drivers of other teams do not make any mistakes and still cannot catch up with the vehicle they use every means, they are called "Rail Rover".
Just like Williams' "black technology" tank in the early 1990s, he used his technological advantages to achieve absolute lead. In the end, even a top driver like Senna did not resist the temptation of the "Mars Rover" and transferred from McLaren to his old rival Williams Team.
However, in low-level Formula events, it is difficult to have such a rover. Because racing cars like F3 and Renault use are all technology decentralized by F1.
It may be difficult to create something like "Rail Rover", but imitation is definitely not a difficult task. At most, when you lead in one season, other racing cars with similar performance will appear in the second season.
Even if it doesn't appear, Fia will announce the ban on some powerful functions in order to maintain the balance of the event, such as Williams' "memory variable suspension system".
Whether Zhang Yifei's current lap speed is due to the "Mars rover" can't just look at Zhang Yifei's lap speed, but should look at how fast the opponent runs.
If the overall lap speed has been improved by leaps and bounds, it is naturally related to the performance of the car. However, the team repair station is currently unable to understand the fastest lap speed of all drivers in real time, and they can only wait until the end of the race to get the result.
"Damn it, it's more than one second higher than the track record. Is it so strong?"
"No, Schumacher's record has been broken by Zhang Yifei. He is the world champion of F1!"
"He is the world champion of F1 now, which does not mean that 90 years have passed. Ten years have passed, so someone should break it!"
"It is normal for the track record to be broken, but the question is whether Chinese drivers are so powerful?"
A British man from Hong Kong still couldn't believe this fastest lap. Zhang Yifei is a Chinese driver who participated in the competition for the first time. How could he be so strong?
Don’t mention the Renault sub-station champion, so what if you win the Renault championship? Today, there are several F3 championships here!
Even if you enter the F1 team, except for this title, Zhang Yifei has not yet proved his strength without the F1 record, which is a bit exaggerated.
"Then you have never seen Zhang Yifei's strength. Have you ever heard of Anculi, the champion of the GT in the East Ocean Competition? Zhang Yifei ran the East Ocean track with him in an ordinary sports car, which was like hanging him up and hitting him."
"I had already expected the result that night. Without witnessing Zhang Yifei's speed with my own eyes, you will never be able to believe that someone on the East Ocean Track can drive so fast!"
The person who said this was the Ao Island underground driver who witnessed Zhang Yifei and Anculi racing the night before yesterday. It can be said that Zhang Yifei's performance in street racing has completely conquered these underground drivers, which is simply amazing.
If Zhang Yifei is not a professional driver, he may have been named "underground car god" in Hong Kong and Macao.
Not only him, but even the other underground drivers sitting next to him showed a look of admiration and admiration on their faces.
After all, it is different from sitting here and watching from a distance. Only by standing next to the track and personally experiencing Zhang Yifei's speed and strength can you understand how terrifying he is.
With the black and white checkered flags representing the end of the competition, Zhang Yifei began to slow down and prepare to go to the P-room in the repair channel.
Until this moment, Zhang Yifei didn't know his fastest lap speed. Because the speed of each lap in the qualifying race was different, Zhang Yifei in the race was more accustomed to focusing on racing, rather than caring about how fast he ran every lap.
Unless you encounter a strong opponent and have to compete for the victory in milliseconds, there is no big difference between asking and not asking.
Zhang Yifei didn't believe it anymore. He had more than 32 drivers in the competition and entered the main competition with the top 20. Can he still be eliminated in the qualifying competition?
Zhang Yifei didn't ask, and Cosel never took the initiative to tell Zhang Yifei about lap times, which was also his strategic habit. Because Cosel believed that only when he didn't know his lap times would he have a sense of crisis and maintain his fighting spirit to continue to break through.
As for whether this is the case, or whether the driver can withstand curiosity and sense of crisis, it is not a matter of concern to Cosell.
After all, if you can't bear it, you can ask. Who knows what you don't say?
One is too lazy to ask, the other doesn't want to say that forming a racing team like this is really a point-to-head match. The two of them have a "smelling smell". If they change to a racing engineer or driver, they will probably think it's weird!
At this time, the audience in the main stands are also focusing on the large broadcast screen of the track, where the drivers' lap speed and ranking will appear.
Soon the broadcast screen on the big screen changed, the speed and ranking of the single loop appeared on the big screen, and Zhang Yifei's name suddenly appeared at the top of the list!
When he saw Zhang Yifei's name, the audience burst into applause like thunder, and even most of the audience stood up to express their respect to Zhang Yifei.
Because this is the history of the Grand Prix in nearly 50 years, the first time the Chinese name appeared on the list, let alone the top position. Zhang Yifei used his strength to win the pole position of the Grand Prix Formula 3 competition Fia InterContinental Cup!
At the same time, the lap speed of 2 minutes 08 seconds 832 also declares Zhang Yifei's fastest lap, breaking the F3 lap record of the Dongwangyang Track. If this is the main race, the name of a Chinese driver will appear in the F3 historical record of the Dongwangyang Track for the first time.
"Pole position! It's ours!"
"It's so amazing, it really didn't disappoint me. Zhang Yifei, you are too strong!"
"Come on, Zhang Yifei, and he will win the main championship tomorrow!"
Cheers kept ringing, and many mainland audiences who came from thousands of miles today were already shouting at the top of their lungs.
You must know that they have great expectations and want to witness the style of Chinese drivers on the East Ocean Track. I can only say that Zhang Yifei did not disappoint those who support him!
"It was really unexpected. The driver's performance was amazing. Not only did he get the pole position, but he also broke the track record!"
"This kind of achievement is probably something that many people dare not imagine before!"
Li Xin said this in a tone of emotion. In fact, when he reported Zhang Yifei's fastest lap, he had a premonition in his heart that Zhang Yifei would become the pole position today.
However, the strength of foreign drivers for a long time, and China has no historical results in Formulas. Even though Zhang Yifei's lap speed is amazing, he is still not sure whether other drivers can surpass Zhang Yifei in the future.
Now that the qualifying race is over, everything has been settled. No matter what the final result of tomorrow's main race is, at least Zhang Yifei has created the history of Chinese drivers.
The first Chinese driver to win the pole position title at the Grand Prix!
Faced with the excited cheers of the bystanders, Zhang Yifei also opened his mask and waved to the audience.
In fact, with his current state of mind, it is difficult to experience any severe psychological fluctuations when facing such pole position.
But today is different. Before the East China Sea Grand Prix was held, the Grand Prix was considered China's only high-end Formula Event.
Chapter completed!