The first person to qualify for the start was Schumacher from Ferrari, because he was the driver championship last season. Before there was no historical record in the new season, he would get the first priority in total points last season.

The fiery red Ferrari chariot roared past the maintenance passage and then merged into the main track. Almost at the moment this red phantom appeared, the audience burst into thunderous applause and cheers.

At this moment, the Albert Park Circuit, which has more than 80,000 people, almost screamed and excited for Schumacher. With the end of the Senna and Prost era, the "Finnish Flying Man" Mikahakhinen withdrew, and now there is almost no competition for the treble-champion Schumacher in the track to compete with the status and results.

Moreover, as the defending champion last year, Schumacher is also the most popular driver among the contestants. So his appearance ignited the passion of the entire Albert Park track and also kicked off the new season.

"Shumi, take the pole position!"

"The strongest driver, no one is your opponent!"

", it's worthy of the Ferrari team Shumi, he is so fast!"

"Is this the car king Schumacher, the defending champion this year?"

"Yes, he is Schumacher, the strongest driver in service, no doubt about it!"

The track auditorium was accompanied by Ferrari's engine roaring, making various cheers and discussions. Compared with the foreign audience's fanaticism about Schumacher, Chinese audiences were more curious about Schumacher.

Because the earliest broadcast of the event was in Guangdong Province in the 1980s, receiving signals from Hong Kong Island TV station allowed mainland viewers to begin to understand this world's most technologically-rich event.

After entering the 1990s, local TV stations such as Donghai, Yanjing TV and other places began to have some scattered recordings, and they were all recorded, not live broadcasts.

It will take until 2003 to truly start live broadcasting in China. With the upcoming 2004 China Grand Prix, the 1 copyright operating company began to warm up the event in China, and directly gave the 10-year broadcasting rights to CCTV in a nearly free way.

This is why CCTV 1 live broadcast disappeared since 2013. Because the copyright time expired and the broadcast ratings began to be sluggish, CCTV did not renew the live broadcast copyright, but instead transferred the live broadcast copyright to networks and local media such as LeTV.

However, with the arrival of 2018, CCTV has once again become the broadcast media for 1 event. However, at this time, the electronic network media has emerged, and car fans can watch 1 live events more conveniently.

The one who started behind Schumacher should have been the world runner-up of Mikahakhinen in the millennium, but the history of this era has changed. He retired early and let Kimi, who is also from Finland, replace his driver's seat.

So the second-place starter was postponed to David Coothard, who is now in McLaren.

Scotsman Coothard was one of the important opponents of Schumacher's period. After Hakinen retired and before Kimi grew up, Coothard was even the only person who could pose a little threat to Schumacher in the Ferrari dynasty era.

Moreover, there are many grudges and stories between him and Schumacher. In the 1998 season, when Cooterhard was in the lead, he was captured by Schumacher, who overtook the cornering tangent of Cooterhard and pushed out the track in a "rules-compliant" manner. Schumacher finally won the championship.

After this incident, Kurthard's condition plummeted. A few months later, at the Belgian station, when he was about to be "humiliated" by Schumacher, Kurthard, who was in the car in front, suddenly braked with a revenge mentality.

Schumacher, who was in the rear car, was ready to overtake the car, naturally couldn't react when facing such a sudden brake. The impact caused the front wheels of the Ferrari racing to fly out.

So Schumacher drove the Ferrari "tricycle" with one wheel missing into the station, and then got off in front of the global live broadcast camera, rushed directly to the McLaren team's room, preparing to give Coothard an old punch and stage a wonderful "boxing" at the repair station.

The scene of Schumacher rushing towards McLaren at that time also became one of the most classic scenes in history.

After experiencing a scattered defeat in the 1998 season, everyone thought that Coothard would become a lottery driver, after all, they were all trapped, which was a bit unreasonable.

Unexpectedly, in 2000, Kurthard and his girlfriend experienced a helicopter crash, and eventually died in the case of the death of the aircraft crew.

As the saying goes, if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune. After experiencing this life-and-death disaster, Coothard seemed to have undergone a transformation, and his driving skills began to rise sharply, and he could even surpass Schumacher on a curve, thus reaching the peak of his career.

Schumacher and Coothard played the game, coupled with the previous grudges, naturally made the audience on the field feel excited. It’s just a pity that this is a qualifying match, and it’s impossible to see the scene of the two confrontation.

The subsequent drivers also played in the order of rankings. Prost team veteran Alessi, because he was a contestant last season, was in front of Zhang Yifei in order of departure and left the repair station first.

With all the old drivers starting last season, it is the turn of the new players this season to be released. Among the several new players, Zhang Yifei ranked second in number, and the first one to start was a superstar driver from Colombia, who also won the Indy 500 event champion Juan Babromentoya!

Montoya is a newcomer in the paddock, but for Formula Racing, he is already an absolute veteran.

You should know that since the 1980s, Montoya received professional karting training, and then won countless championships of all sizes, eventually becoming the World Flights 3000 International Championships champion and the Williams team test driver.

But Montoya did not choose to enter Formula 1 directly, but went to the Indy Series and won the Indy 500 championship for the first time.

This championship title made Montoya famous and became a superstar driver in Colombia. At the same time, it also made Williams' team look at him with admiration, abandoning the future world champion Jenson Patton and choosing the Colombia superstar driver.

However, Montoya did not disappoint Williams. The rookie won pole position in the season and made three podiums, which can be regarded as a qualified rookie performance.

Especially in the second season, he faced the peak Schumacher and Ferrari "Mars Rover" and won 7 pole positions and won the title of "King of Qualifying". However, the success in qualifying did not turn into points in the main competition, and he was still behind two Ferrari drivers.

Montoya's self-selected racing number this time is No. 4. This Chinese figure that doesn't look auspicious is just in line with Zhang Yifei's No. 13, this number that European and American countries hate. They are both newcomers driving into the track one after another to compete for a qualifying match.

But they are also known as newcomers, but Montoya's popularity and foundation are much better than Zhang Yifei. Otherwise, Williams' team would not give up on Jenson Patton and chose this Colombian newcomer.

As soon as he got on the stage, he won cheers and applause from many viewers at the scene, and many fanatical Colombian fans also came to the scene to cheer him up.

Although Colombia is just a small country, Montoya's current image in Colombia has a bit of the flavor of Liu Xiang, a Chinese generation in later generations. Many Colombians regard him as the next world champion driver, and he also has this strength and foundation.

Zhang Yifei drove out of the maintenance passage, and the various welcomes and palm sounds on the field dropped by more than one level, and even some obvious ridicule and booing could be heard.

Because of the decline in the practice competition ranking, many people think that Zhang Yifei had exposed the "emperor's new clothes". The skills and strength that this Chinese newcomer boasted about before have now been revealed.

In addition, Australian audiences account for the majority, and some hostility towards Chinese and Chinese made them unable to objectively view Zhang Yifei's results. You should know that even if it is the ninth, it can be considered a qualified and even a brilliant answer among new drivers.

In fact, not only Australians, but also many Europeans and Americans also hope to see Zhang Yifei "short for a flash". After all, in their subconscious, this high-tech top racing sport is OK for Chinese or Asians to play with, but it cannot threaten my status.

Just like some Japanese drivers who landed in 1, they are basically treated as criticism by Europeans and Americans or clown-like characters.

Just like Sato Dao, his score can actually reach the 1 driver's pass line, after all, he won the championship. However, in European and American media reports, he has never seen his bloody nature in fighting for victory. In many cases, the so-called recklessness can also be an extremely eagerness for victory.

All the media can see is ridicule of him, as well as the nicknames of various "cell bombing kings" and "track torpedo". It can be said that in the European and American car worlds, this Japanese driver has never really been regarded as a Japanese driver.

Zhang Yifei is different. He is arrogant enough and proves his arrogance with the perfect performance of Renault and O Island. This strong image, coupled with some media boosts, makes many people worried that a Chinese genius driver will really appear.

Now that Zhang Yifei is beginning to show a downward trend, they are naturally even happier.

Among the more than 80,000 audiences, Australia, Europe and the United States account for the vast majority, but there are still thousands of people cheering out. Perhaps the total number of thousands of people is not so eye-catching compared to the 80,000 total.
Chapter completed!