413 Wingman Schumacher
"This way of opening is really disgusting. After a few laps of snake-shaped movements on the track, will the Chinese boy dare not have a head-on battle with Montoya?"
"Didn't Fei's driving style be very radical? He only pursues speed? Why is there only defense left now? Is he afraid of Montoya?"
"Come on Montoya, go ahead and surpass the rookie ahead of you!"
"Coward! If you have the ability, fight Montoya head-on!"
"You can't catch up with the first echelon and you have to suppress others. The F1 League shouldn't have specially approved a super driver's license at the beginning!"
Not only Montoya was starting to be anxious at the Sepang track, but even the audiences who opposed Zhang Yifei were already anxious at this moment.
They began to think that it would be easy to surpass Zhang Yifei according to Montoya's strength, which in a sense could be regarded as avenging Xiong Long's "revenge".
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yifei leaned on the track to play with snakeskins and pressed Montoya tightly behind the car for a few laps.
And it can be clearly felt that Zhang Yifei's car speed is getting faster and faster. He not only caught up with Kimi Raikkonen, whose racing failed, but also caught up with the British and American team Panis, who withdrew from the race due to oil leakage.
Even surpassed Old Verstappen, who was behind the qualifying race, and Jaguar driver Eddie Elvin, who had problems with racing coolant!
After surpassing these drivers in a row, Zhang Yifei also jumped from the 21st to the 17th ranking of the main race!
This ranking is still very low, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is at the bottom, but many professional car fans know that things are far from that simple, because they have long noticed that Zhang Yifei uses orange hard tires!
The hardest thing to withstand a hard tire is the period when the tire temperature in the early stage has not reached the working conditions. As long as it can be carried over, good wear resistance will give full play to its advantages. Zhang Yifei only needs to enter the station once.
Even if Zhang Yifei's tire protection skills are good enough, his pit lap speed can be chosen after 40 laps, so that he can directly match light oil with super soft tires, and use the last ten laps to burst out his own extreme sprint speed and complete a wonderful counterattack.
That's why some viewers are so anxious and want to use their own sarcasm to disturb Zhang Yifei's mood.
It's just a pity that the F1 event is not a regular sports event. Even if you can shout slogans with tens of thousands of people as a whole, it is not as good as the noise of a jet aircraft taking off when the F1 engine is running at full speed.
To put it more exaggeratedly, if you didn’t wear a helmet and headphones, Zhang Yifei would probably be able to get tinnitus from the sound of the engine after a game. After a few years of driving the F1 car, let alone other things, his hearing will definitely drop a lot.
Therefore, this kind of track ridicule can not only vent your inner dissatisfaction, but actually has no impact on the drivers. At most, you can only look at the news after the race and find that there are so many people who are unhappy with me. A poor mentality will affect the next race.
But for Zhang Yifei, there was no fluctuation in his heart and he even wanted to laugh a little.
No matter how angry Montoya is with the audience in the track, Zhang Yifei still strictly implements the strategy group tactics, and continues to "draw dragons" on the track, one left and one right. Anyway, Montoya doesn't want to surpass me.
When Montoya's tires could not stand the tyre and was about to enter the station, the showdown would naturally end. There would be no way to overtake in the early stage, and the later stage would be Zhang Yifei's performance moment.
Perhaps because of the huge disadvantage of starting in the pit area, it is difficult for Zhang Yifei to catch up with the first echelon and enter the top six points. However, even the picture of more than ten cars is enough to be called a wonderful event operation!
Zhang Yifei understood his advantages, and Montoya naturally understood his disadvantages. He chose to use super soft tires and was ready to enter the station at least twice. If the tires were worn seriously, he might have to enter the station for three stops!
By then, the gap between him and Zhang Yifei will become bigger and bigger. Although the game has just begun, there is not much time left for Montoya!
Just as Montoya was planning to take a gamble, the voice of Williams racing engineers came from the team's headphones.
"Montoya, prepare to overtake, and Ralph will block the flying car for you later."
"What?"
Montoya asked in surprise, although he was the world champion of the Indy 500, in Williams team, Montoya can only be regarded as the No. 2 driver, and Schumacher Jr. is the No. 1 driver.
Theoretically, the act of blocking a car is to sacrifice oneself and make teammates profit. Generally speaking, even the second driver is disdainful to do such things, only the wingman will sacrifice so much.
The question is why Ralph Schumacher is a wingman for himself, or even makes sacrifices to block Zhang Yifei's racing car?
This made Montoya not understand at first. His relationship with Schumacher little was definitely not good, and the other party could hardly find any reason to help.
"Prepare to overtake!"
Williams team did not give Montoya any explanation. After all, it was the Big Three team of this era. It may not be as strong as Ferrari, but the team's instructions do not need to explain the reason to a newcomer, even if the other party is the world champion of the Indy 500.
After hearing this, Montoya tactfully shut up. If he enjoyed the advantages brought by the giant team, he would have to lose something. Montoya knew very well in his heart.
And then again, it was Ralph who acted as a wingman to block the car, not as a wingman to block the car by himself. As a profitee, Montoya felt that shutting up was indeed a wiser choice.
At the same time, Zhang Yifei also received a voice from the team. Kossel said in a calm tone: "The overtaking collision occurred in front of him. Williams' team's Ralph Schumacher was slow. It should be because the rear tail wing was damaged. Please note that parts may appear on the track."
Unlike Kimi Raikkonen who had parked on the curve before, Schumacher's racing car is still driving. With Zhang Yifei's strength, the possibility of rear-end collision is very slim.
The reason why the team issued a reminder was that during the collision, the rear wing of the Ralph Schumacher car was seriously damaged, leaving some tail fragments on the track. If you are not lucky and the tires run over a relatively sharp fragment, there is a risk of maintaining the tire.
So Kossel reminded Zhang Yifei that if you find large pieces of fragments on the track, it is best to avoid them in advance instead of just crushing them over.
"Who did Ralph Schumacher collide?"
Zhang Yifei asked back, and the pressure he was under now was much less than the initial stage, and he was able to pay attention to the situation on the track.
"He surpassed Barrichello, who ranked second, but soon Barrichello overtook the inside of the corner. During the process, he rushed to Ralph's parking space and broke his rear-fire wing."
"Ralph's Williams racing car is seriously underpressed, so he can only lower his speed and return to the repair station to replace parts."
After saying this, Cosel suddenly remembered something and immediately warned Zhang Yifei: "Fei, be careful that Ralph takes this opportunity to block the car on the track!"
"What blocks the car?"
Zhang Yifei subconsciously asked back, all his previous competitions were "single-sleep" type. Even if he entered F1 and had teammate Alaisi from the same team, he was still the same.
To be honest, there was basically no cooperation between him and Alessi. On the one hand, the dispute between No. 1 driver and the wingman made both sides feel a little estranged. On the other hand, there was a certain gap between the strength of the two people, and the rankings of the competition were relatively far apart, so there was no way to cooperate.
Of course, there is a more important aspect, that is, Zhang Yifei has no idea of wingman in his heart. He is not interested in whether he is someone else's wingman or someone else is his wingman. So he didn't react at once, what does this kind of active transmission mean?
However, before Cosell could answer, Zhang Yifei understood what it means to block the car. He saw that because of insufficient downforce in front of him, he could not drive fast. After seeing Zhang Yifei coming, he suddenly changed lanes and blocked Zhang Yifei and even lit the brakes!
If Zhang Yifei hadn't reacted too quickly and saw that the brake lights in the front car were on abnormally, he might have rear-end. It was obvious that Schumacher was destined to enter the station to change parts. He didn't mind using this broken rear-fire wing to "died together" with a part in Zhang Yifei's racing car.
"Is that!"
At this time, Zhang Yifei cursed quietly, and the convoy had recorded calls, so he did not press the call button.
But his inner dissatisfaction had reached a point beyond words!
Is Schumacher challenging his reaction speed? If the brakes were not done in time just now, this rear-end collision might lead to both of them withdrawing from the race! You are the younger brother of the God of Cars, so it is necessary to be such a conscientious wingman?
In fact, Schumacher had no intention of being a wingman before. If he really wanted a wingman, Montoya would become his own wingman, and the status of the No. 1 driver cannot be challenged!
But Barrichello's rear-end collision made him forced to slow down and wait to enter the repair station to change the tail wing. At this time, the convoy sent an order to block Zhang Yifei who was catching up with him and help Montoya complete the overtaking.
Williams's team did not issue any extreme instructions, such as stepping on the brakes. They would not issue such instructions. If Zhang Yifei didn't react and hit him directly, the worst consequence might be that the car would be destroyed and the person would be killed!
This move was done by Schumacher Little, and the reason is very simple. He just wanted to "scar" Zhang Yifei and see if this Chinese newcomer had the ability to control emergency situations.
This is also the biggest difference between Ralph and Michael. One is extremely rigorous and can do whatever it takes to win the championship. The other is a playboy, who is a bit cynical in character and lives under the shadow of his brother. It is almost impossible for him to surpass Michael Schumacher in his professional achievements.
That's why he made such an incredible move to express his differences from his brother.
But it has to be said that his dangerous action really surpassed that of ordinary cars. Zhang Yifei was forced to brake with an emergency, allowing Montoya, who had been ready to overtake, to seize this opportunity and surpass him.
Chapter completed!