438 F1 podium
After saying this, Barrichello turned his head and looked at Zhang Yifei standing beside him, showing a very strong attitude.
He wants this Chinese boy to understand that many things are not as simple as saying, and it is not enough to challenge himself!
Facing Barrichello's gaze, Zhang Yifei looked at the past without fear. Indeed, Barrichello is one of the strongest drivers in the f1 yard.
Don't worry about whether it's a racing, team, or Schumacher leads, Barrichello's performance is here. Even if the Ferrari team is poor, it is impossible to deny his current stability.
So it is indeed a big news that a Chinese newcomer dares to respond to Barrichello so toughly.
The media on the scene raised the cameras in their hands and took a look at Zhang Yifei and Barrichello, which was full of gunpowder. It was a foreshadowing that this photo would most likely become the headline cover of tomorrow's newspapers and magazines!
After a simple post-race interview, three team members climbed to the podium on the second floor, where the award ceremony for the F1 Malaysian Grand Prix will be held.
At this time, more fans surrounded him, and there were members of the Prost team. At the same time, the No. 13 Prost car that Zhang Yifei was driving was also pushed to the parking space.
In Prost's words, the top three parking areas are a kind of honor for Prost racing, how can they be absent? But everyone knows in their hearts that the real reason why Prost does this is that at this position, the various sponsor logos of Prost racing will be better promoted.
In this way, the Prost team will have a greater chance of getting a new sponsorship. After all, having the opportunity to show off on the podium is different from the exposure that has always been at the bottom.
Prost also has his own ambitions. He wants to become Sir Williams to independently operate a top private team of F1s. If possible, this team is better off with purebred French descent...
As the third place leader Zhang Yifei first stood on the lowest podium. When he waved his arms and signaled the audience, there were fanatical cheers sounds below. Even some Malay Chinese audiences who were not helping each other could not help but wield their arms, let go of their voices, and were excited about Zhang Yifei's results.
It was too difficult. From a country with no foundation in Formula racing, I gradually fought from Japan to Europe, won the Renault championship and the F3 Grand Prix championship. Finally, I reached the podium position at the second stop of my F1 career.
Although this is only a third place, it is optional for many racing powers, and there is no need to celebrate and report. However, for China and even the entire Asian racing sport, except for the early Akuri Suzuki who took the podium, only Sato Takuma and Kobayashi Kobayashi were on the podium.
The problem is that Sato Dao will not enter F1 as soon as next year, and Kobayashi Kembu is even further behind. So Zhang Yifei's achievement on the podium is currently the second in Asia, surpassing the 13 F1 drivers in Japanese history.
And Zhang Yifei is only 18, and there are infinite possibilities in the future, which is not comparable to Akuri Suzuki at the time. It can be imagined that as long as Zhang Yifei doesn’t have any big problems, he will definitely be the future superstar driver in Asia, and he may even have the possibility of sprinting to top drivers around the world.
"Cosell, when you were in McLaren, you chose to join Senna's strategy group. I didn't expect that it has been almost ten years since I left F1, and I can still find potential drivers like Fei. Sometimes I have to admire your vision."
Looking at Zhang Yifei who was cheering on the podium, Prost from the audience said to Cosell beside him.
To be honest, the two of them were completely incompatible with each other, and Cosel belonged to the Senna camp. But now, looking back at many of Cosel’s choices are correct. Senna’s radical style has made him a god.
Of course, this does not mean that Prost believes that he lost to Senna that year, and the confidence of the four-winning champion, and his return to defeat Senna in the last season to win the championship are all Prost's proud capital.
No one dares to say that Prost lost to Senna in the past. It’s just that his driving style is too conservative and not intense enough, so it’s not very pleasing to the audience and car fans.
This is very similar to the later boxing superstar Mayweather. In a sense, Mayweather has surpassed Tyson in terms of value, appearance fee, and grades of the same level. However, this guy's vulgar boxing comparison has led to low praise from all walks of life. When people think of the boxing champion, they are still the "wild beast" Tyson.
Sometimes grades are not exactly equivalent to status and recognition.
"This is the result of his own efforts."
Cosel replied lightly, not taking credit to himself.
He is at his age and has already withdrawn once, and he no longer cares about these false names.
The only thing that Cosell cares about is Zhang Yifei's hard work and fighting spirit, which makes him feel the speed and passion of the past. When the years grow old and still be able to work hard at the dusk stage of his life, is what Cosell really pursues.
Compared with the fanaticism of supporters, most Malay Witch audiences are actually very cold-hearted. However, the booing and ridicule at the start of the game are no longer available.
After all, if you force mock it at this time, it would be a shame for yourself. Those who know a little about the F1 movement will know the value of Zhang Yifei, the third place. It is no exaggeration to say that it is no longer worth the value of a championship in a branch station.
The inevitable future history of F1, the shocking counterattack of the Malaysian rain war, will occupy a place!
After Zhang Yifei stood up, Barrichello took the runner-up podium. He simply waved his hands twice and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Barrichello is already very used to the identity of runner-up. After all, most of the time, he is the second-year-old. However, today's runner-up makes him not very happy because he feels despised by Chinese newcomers.
In fact, Barrichello's psychological quality is far less powerful than he imagined, so take the famous car-giving time as an example. Barrichello didn't say anything at that time, and later Schumacher also used his car-giving to repay the favor.
But this incident has always become a thorn in Barrichello's heart, and he even missed the interviews many years later. And because of this incident, his relationship with Schumacher was not good. Even though he blocked his teammates for several years, he created a Ferrari dynasty. After parting ways, he was not even an ordinary friend.
Later generations, Schumacher was recovering from an accidental skiing injury, and Barrichello also wanted to visit him, but was rejected by the Schumacher family. Because they did not trust Barrichello and were worried that he would expose Schumacher's condition to the outside world.
I have to say that this is a kind of sorrow. I once stood at the peak together, but in the end I was not even considered an ordinary friend.
Barrichello is so upset that he may not care about the honor or reward of a sub-station champion, but that this matter hurts his self-esteem. On the surface, he is a strong man, but in fact, many people do not regard him as a strong man at all, and he also has a weak and inferior side in his own heart.
Otherwise, if it were other drivers, such as Alonso, Montoya, and even Verstappen, they would definitely find another way to prove their strength.
Barrichello would not, and he finally left Ferrari, but he did not leave on his own initiative. Instead, he fell to the 8th place in the driver's total points in the 2006 season, and could no longer meet the requirements of a top team like Ferrari, so he was cut.
Therefore, it is difficult for Barrichello to let go of some things that he thinks are humiliating, which is why he is not very happy on the podium.
The last one to stand on the podium was Schumacher. When he stood on the championship podium, the audience seemed to explode. Everyone celebrated Schumacher's crowning again with thunderous calls.
Sure enough, Schumacher is still there.
Listening to this scream that resounded through the sky, Zhang Yifei truly felt Schumacher's popularity and the gap between him and him.
Schumacher wore a baseball cap and had an iconic grin on his long face. If we counted the four sub-station champions at the end of last year's season, Schumacher has now won his sixth sub-station champion in a row!
What is dominance? That's it!
Looking at Schumacher who was receiving cheers on his right hand, the unreal feeling came again.
Unexpectedly, one day I could stand next to the car god Schumacher and watch him stand at the highest championship position. Although this was just a small step gap, it was like an insurmountable gap for Zhang Yifei. It was really difficult to challenge Schumacher and stand at his position.
And Zhang Yifei also knows that after the Ferrari's real Mars rover came out next season, Schumacher reached his peak, and the points of the runner-up and third-place drivers combined can't compete with his championship points. In terms of total personal points, he even beat Barrichello, who was second-place.
When Zhang Yifei watched Schumacher's record and video in 2002, he thought in his mind how sad these drivers in the same era as him were.
The despair of being able to compete for the runner-up before starting the runner-up is simply unimaginable. After all, being able to become an F1 driver is absolutely extremely proud and confident in your heart. As a result, just like this opponent, smashing all his pride and confidence. I just don’t know how to play in the 2002 season!
Chapter completed!