408 Overwhelming (Chapter 2)
"Fei, I said before, we will meet at Sepang Raceway."
Sophia was not dressed up today as charming as she was at a cocktail party, just a simple denim skirt and shirt.
But I have to say that Latin girls have a hot body. Even if they are just dressed in a very common way, they all have a different style and temptation under the appearance of a model.
Especially those long legs made Zhang Yifei unable to help but take a few more glances. Fortunately, Zhang Yifei had good determination and resisted the ultimate temptation that night, let alone today.
“Glad to see you again.”
Zhang Yifei smiled and said hello. Even if he didn't look at his appearance, Sophia was the daughter of her "financial owner".
"How are your ankles?"
Sophia asked, and came to Zhang Yifei's side, and then helped his arm up, which seemed very natural.
Zhang Yifei was still a little overwhelmed by Sophia's intimate actions, so he could only pull his hand back without missing traces, and then smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. I will participate in the main competition tomorrow."
Seeing Zhang Yifei's pretending to be casual, Sophia showed a playful smile on her face. She got closer and closer to Zhang Yifei and said, "Fei, are Chinese boys as shy as you?"
"I'm not shy, I'm just not at the point where I need to be supported."
Smelling the unique fragrance of Sophia, Zhang Yifei gritted his teeth and replied, "No matter how much he said it, he can't be laughed at by foreign girls."
"Yeah?"
Sophia looked at Zhang Yifei with a playful smile, as if she had seen through what he was thinking in his heart.
Seeing the two young men's movements becoming more and more ambiguous, Prost coughed and said, "The qualifying race is about to begin, Fei, who do you think can get the pole position?"
"Schumacher."
Taking advantage of Prost's rescue, Zhang Yifei also walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. Below b is the area of the fleet repair station, and you can clearly see the departure process.
Zhang Yifei never had a second answer to the question of pole position. Schumacher is really invincible. Even if he compares himself, Zhang Yifei, who has always been confident, dare not say that he can win pole position in front of Schumacher now.
The God of Car is the God of Car after all, especially before he dies!
Listening to Zhang Yifei's answer, Prost suddenly felt that there was no suspense in this question, so he changed the statement: "Then what do you think Kimi ranks today?"
“The top ten.”
Zhang Yifei replied casually, to be honest, before 2003, Kimi Raikkonen's performance was not particularly stable.
There were highlight moments and many low-ranking events. It was not until the competition with Schumacher in 2003 that the "Finnish Iceman" truly made the name and became the protagonist in the 1 paddock.
"It seems you look good at Kimi."
"It's not that I'm optimistic, but that he is really strong."
As a God's perspective, Zhang Yifei knew that Kimi could win the driver's championship and become one of the most dazzling drivers in the yard. How could he not be strong?
"Is that so? My opinion is exactly the opposite of you. I think he can't make it to the top ten."
"Why?"
"He didn't have a good lap in the practice race, and it can be seen that he is not very adapted to the hot Sepang track. And Kimi's performance is very unstable now, which will also affect his performance. He cannot make it into the top ten in the qualifying round."
Prost gave his own reasons and his views were very accurate. However, Kimi is one of the few drivers in this era that Zhang Yifei is very familiar with, so he still maintains his views.
The qualifying racers set off in order according to the rankings of the previous stop. Zhang Yifei's attention was naturally focused on Schumacher, who started the first.
Today, he is completely from the perspective of a bystander. Zhang Yifei can see Schumacher galloping on the track more intuitively. To put it no exaggeration, watching Schumacher's racing route and control is simply a pleasure!
There was no rain in the qualifying competition, but the rainfall in yesterday's practice competition still caused a lot of water accumulation on the track, and the depth of water accumulation was much more exaggerated than that of ordinary tracks.
The main reason for deep water accumulation is closely related to the structure of the Sepang track, because when the entire track was selected, a swamp was directly selected. Even if the foundation was stabilized by various methods at that time, the track still had a slight sinking in the past two years, which led to severe water accumulation in the track.
Of course, this serious standard is for a car. From an ordinary perspective, this accumulation of water is nothing. But Schumacher's route almost perfectly avoids all the accumulation points on the track, and it is difficult to see him splash a drop of water.
You should know that as the speed of the car is faster, the narrower the driver's vision and reaction time will be. To achieve this, you need extremely strong control and route choices. Maybe Schumacher's rain battle is not as good as Senna's level of competing with anyone, but this is definitely not his weakness, it is equally terrible!
The display screen on the track is constantly refreshing the drivers' fastest lap speed. Perhaps due to the accumulation of water, there are not many choices of racing routes, so this time the qualifying drivers' lap speed is very tight, basically within 01 seconds.
But the top two strong contenders have always been the two Ferrari racing cars competing with each other. The only thing that can pose a little threat to them is Schumacher Jr. from Williams.
It was not without reason that he was very confident. He experienced a crash and withdrew from the race at the last stop. His performance in this qualifying round was still excellent. He firmly held the top three positions and continued to rise alternately with Barrichello. He even narrowed the lap gap with his brother to within 005 seconds.
Behind them are some familiar faces at the forefront of the track, such as McLaren's Cooterhard, British and American team Villeneuve, etc.
However, there is another driver who is very strong in the qualifying competition today and rushed into the top six. He is Yano Truly from Jordan team.
To be honest, this driver is considered an ordinary blue-collar driver in 1. He said he is strong, his grades are average, and he is not much better. But he is special, and he can maintain his mid-season level and occasionally he can win a sub-station champion and pole position.
After all, there are only a few car gods like Schumacher and Senna, and there are also fewer dishes like Idea and Marquis. Yano Truli is the type with the most drivers.
As time goes by, the qualifying match comes to an end. Looking at the lap rankings on the big screen, Prost's face reveals a winner's smile.
"Fei, it seems that my prediction is a little more accurate."
Before the game, Prost predicted that Kimi would be outside the tenth place. As he predicted, Kimi Raikkonen's lap speed this time was 1 minute 37 seconds 728, ranking 14th among all drivers, which is a relatively low ranking.
Looking at Kimi's ranking, to be honest, Zhang Yifei didn't expect him to be so far behind, but this is the case in the 1st yard. No one is the eternal winner, let alone Kimi who is still in the youthful stage.
However, the pole driver had no suspense and was won by Schumacher of Ferrari. His fastest lap was 1 minute 35 seconds 220. Compared with the Sepang track record that he created by himself, 1 minute 34 seconds 433, which was almost one second slower.
This is also related to the current track conditions. The road surface with accumulated water is more picky about the choice of racing routes, and the fastest one is not necessarily the safest one. Not only Schumacher, but in fact, all drivers' lap speeds are much slower.
"Fly, Montoya ran to sixth place, and the Indy 500 champion should not be underestimated."
Prost sighed, then remembered something and continued, "By the way, at the end of the practice game, I heard that Montoya indicated that this battle would win you. Do you have the confidence to fight?"
"Do I still lack confidence?"
Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, "Not to mention Montoya, even Schumacher challenged him, he would not admit defeat."
"Very good, let me see if you can create a newcomer miracle."
"I believe he can create it!"
Sophia said in an admiring tone that what she admires most is this kind of momentum forward!
On Sunday, April 10, this day is the time of the main competition of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The sky was covered with clouds, but it did not rain, but this dim sky made people feel depressed.
Compared with the dark weather, today's Sepang track can be described as "extraordinary". Because today the track has a total of 110,000 spectators, not to mention that the stands are already crowded, even all the idle lawns on the track are already covered with dense spectators.
Most of the 110,000 spectators came to support Xiong Long. Although they understood that as the third driver, there was no chance to play in the main race, it was a thing to be proud of to see the drivers of their own country appear in the 1 paddock.
It’s just a pity that this pride was shattered by Zhang Yifei. Xiong Long is lying in the hospital now and has no chance to appear on the Sepang track.
So most of the people here have become opponents of Zhang Yifei. They intend to use their own voice to vent their anger. By the way, they can see how Zhang Yifei, who started from the pit area, was squirted by someone to the tail of the crane.
This hostility began to be revealed during the driver's parade. Basically, you can hear slogans such as "ban", "get out of Malaysia", "killing drivers", "punishment" and other slogans, which are simply overwhelmingly attacking Zhang Yifei.
These voices completely concealed the cheering voice for Zhang Yifei. After all, the thousands of Chinese audiences in Malaysia are very small in front of the number 110,000.
Zhang Yifei was mentally prepared for this scene, and he didn't care. Because most people were angry for a moment and slowly calmed down over time. Most people could look at the crash in the practice competition with an objective and rational attitude.
1 There are many such examples on the track, especially well-known drivers who have experienced "black" scenes, and time will prove everything.
Chapter completed!