"Kimmy, it seems you're really going to meet a strong opponent this year."

In the McLaren team lounge, Coothard said to Kimi Raikkonen, the taciturn team newcomer next to him.

You should know that as the most dazzling newcomer in the past two years and has received the most attention, Kimi has always been regarded as a future star driver. If he is even strong enough, he may not be able to take over the superstar class.

In fact, Kimi challenged Schumacher from the rookie stage to finally winning the driver's championship in 2007, and then later becoming a wingman player and driving a "health car". It can be said that he has experienced a complete driver's career.

The only thing that has not changed is Kimi's popularity, which has exploded since the newcomer stage and has continued for almost twenty years. Many people have placed their hopes on him, believing that he will become the next superstar player.

In the end, Kimi became a top driver and star, but there was still a certain gap with the superstars of the times.

Kimi Raikkonen stared at the small TV on the wall of the lounge, where the video playback of the track training race was playing. Generally, the main content was to let the drivers watch their own routing problems, so as to find places for mistakes and progress.

However, this time the TV also played Zhang Yifei's time-circle video. Although Kimi never said he wanted to fight Zhang Yifei, he was considered a "senior" and a new star.

However, in the face of Zhang Yifei's rapid rise, Kimi Raikkonen still paid attention to it. Whether for the sake of face or for victory, Kimi Raikkonen must show his strength.

"Flying is good, but I'm stronger."

Kimi said lightly, her expression was not visible on her face, but her tone was very confident.

After all, he is the new driver who has created the history of F, and in the newcomer season, he has proved his strength to some extent.

The lap of a practice match cannot make the Chinese newcomer stand shoulder to shoulder with himself.

More importantly, Kimi is a driver from Finland. Just like China is famous for table tennis, Brazil regards football as its own football. Racing is the symbol and symbol of Finland. It is not too much to call Finland a giant country in the racing world.

You should know that compared with the land area and population, Finland is just an effect, but it has more than 200 kinds of car events, with 4 world champions in the rally and 4 world champions in the f world, and countless other well-known drivers of all sizes.

Many Finnish children have already started to try karting when the wheels are only high, including Kimi Raikkonen. It can be said that racing culture has been engraved in the bones of Finnish boys.

It is precisely because he comes from such a racing country that Kimi is very confident in his driving skills. He doesn’t think that Zhang Yifei is stronger than him!

"It seems that you have to show some strength to prove that you are stronger."

Coothard said in a playful tone, which was inspiring and ridiculous, but he hoped to see Kimi show his strength to prove himself!

You should know that Kimi is a former teammate of Kuthard and world champion Mika Hakkinen recommended to join McLaren team. It can be said that he has undertaken the important task of inheriting and replacing Hakkinen.

"Finnish Flying Man" Hakinen won two F World Championships. As the successor, Kimi Raikkonen, the "Finnish Iceman", has been using the standards of world champions since the newcomer stage.

In this alone, it is much stricter than Kossel's requirements for Zhang Yifei. At least Kossel initially only asked Zhang Yifei by the standards of a formal F driver, not a world champion!

But now there is an equally powerful newcomer, not only replicating the miracle of Kimi Raikkonen, but also having transcendent ambitions, competing for the halo of newcomers that should have been shrouded in the "Finnish Iceman".

The two drivers of the same team may be the most terrifying opponents, but they are still teammates who fight side by side before the conflict of interest broke out. In particular, the cooperation between Kuthard and Hakinen was very pleasant. He naturally hopes that Kimi, who is also from Finland, will not lose the face of the Finnish driver.

Facing Kurthard's words, Kimi fell silent again, but he was ready to surpass Zhang Yifei.

The afternoon soon came, and the second practice match came one after another. The main test direction this time was to let the vehicle load the fuel and complete the long-distance test of the simulated event.

Unlike the first round of tests, the type of tuning the station after running a few laps. This time, the long-distance running for more than 40 laps even exceeded the maximum tuning lap speed of the race.

You should know that the total number of laps in Albert Park is only 5 laps, and running for more than 40 laps in a row, basically the maximum limit that the car's fuel tank and tire can run. In this way, the team engineers can use the limit test data to evaluate whether the car's adjustment is perfect.

Another point is that you can initially judge the wear life of the tires so that the strategy group can decide the best tire replacement plan for the pit stop. For drivers, they need to learn how to save fuel and tires in the second practice race.

Because there is no option to enter the station from the primary equation, the f-bit is leaning against the accelerator and the shoulder, and the final consequence will be that you enter the station once more than other drivers.

Not to mention that it may take more than ten seconds to refuel, even if it is just a tire changer at the station, plus the maintenance channel slowing down, the time to slow down will be delayed by at least 3 seconds. This means that the advantages brought by your previous extreme cornering operations may be lost during this tire changer, or even more behind.

This is not the risk of losing control and tire blowout caused by various shoulder riding, so don’t think that saving fuel or tires is a funny thing. The difference between the real top riders and newcomers is this subtle driving difference.

The heavy fuel long-distance test is generally not a stage for drivers to drive fiercely. After all, the weight and tire losses are placed here. Therefore, the second stage of the practice competition is the heaviest stage for team engineers, but it is also the most Buddhist stage for drivers to drive.

The moment when we really started to challenge the track lap was placed in the last practice race on Saturday morning. Because the qualifying race focuses on the shortest lap time for drivers, this practice race will use qualifying as the target, and use light oil loading, severe tire wear and aggressive driving to conduct the last round of tests.

Basically, the lap of the last round of practice races can be roughly guessed the order of the drivers' qualifying, so the audience today was also particularly enthusiastic.

"When McLaren was interviewed yesterday, he said he was going to win the fastest lap today. I feel that they are more like a response to the doubts Kimi has suffered in the past two days."

"I think so too. After all, this year's Ferrari is too strong. They are determined to win the fastest lap in the first lap."

"No matter what the result is, I will definitely see the Gemini Battle between Fei and Kimi today!"

"Yes, I'm a little excited to think about it!"

Just as these real car fans were discussing enthusiastically, a few voices came in next to them: "Py is also called Gemini with Kimi, they are not opponents of the same level at all."

"Let's talk about it when Fei gets some points in the official competition. A rookie who just came in is simply a blowjob."

"No driver will run at the fastest lap in the first round of tests, and the Chinese newcomers are still far behind."

Although these words are unpleasant, they are not unreasonable to be serious. The first two rounds of qualifying matches cannot prove anything. Everything depends on the results of the main competition.

However, this still does not affect the smell of gunpowder on the track at this moment. Not only Kimi wants to prove himself, but many veteran drivers from other teams are also dissatisfied with their own defeat by a Chinese newcomer.

In the repair station off the field, all the drivers are already wearing the whole body and are ready to prove their strength in this round of practice.

Especially at the McLaren Team Repair Station, Kimi was originally a relatively cold imagination, but now the strong desire to fight burst out, making the atmosphere of the P-room feel like it was a hot summer and it fell to freezing point.

“Are you ready?”

Kimi's competition engineer asked.

“k.”

Still a short and direct answer.

"ignition."

With the command of the competition engineer, Kimi's racing car drove out of the P room and entered the track from the maintenance channel.

The practice race is still not a group starter on the track, so you still have to follow the green light rules and start from the team repair station at one time to avoid starting a rush and causing damage and accidents in racing cars.

All the fleets began to set off in turn as the signal lights began to set off, and this time Zhang Yifei's expression began to become serious.

Other drivers want to prove themselves, they are not inferior to this Chinese newcomer or rookie. But Zhang Yifei also wants to prove that he is not a rookie, but has entered the F team by relying on his strength and has the qualification to be on par with other formal drivers.

The roar of the engine resounded throughout the track, and race cars set out from the repair station one by one. Just as Zhang Yifei was about to leave, Alaixi's voice was rarely heard from his headphones.

"Newcomer, run faster, this is the time to show yourself."

Although the relationship between Zhang Yifei and Alaixi has eased a lot, and they even had communication in the lounge. To be honest, it is only limited to communication with a few words. After all, the two of them have holidays, and they are both big men, even if they don’t care much in their hearts, they feel embarrassed to say anything on their faces.

So Zhang Yifei was surprised when he suddenly heard Alaixi's words.

"I will show myself, so do you."

Zhang Yifei replied, but unexpectedly, laughter came from Alaixi: "I don't need to show myself anymore, but if you don't run fast, you will experience what real criticism and doubt are."

Alessi did not say it thoroughly before the game that the ridicule and doubt that Zhang Yifei had suffered before was just the behavior of the audience.

But if you can't perform in the game, it will be a huge media coverage, and your influence will increase geometrically.

In the F track, many Japanese drivers had suffered such a scene, and even some non-European drivers who "jumped" were under these pressures.

So Alaisi warned Zhang Yifei that he did not want this Chinese boy to collapse if he could not withstand the pressure, so that in today's F season, he would be the only one left to fight alone.

"Thank you, but I like the feeling of being single-handedly fighting the world, and I hope they have a chance to report."
Chapter completed!