525 Mandatory Blocking (Chapter 1)
"The deadlock on the track was finally broken. Ralph Schumacher from Williams team cooperated with his teammate Montoya in the U-turn and successfully surpassed the third-ranked McLaren driver Coothard!"
"This combination is really beautiful, and you can see the tacit understanding between Williams's two drivers. And as a newcomer to the season, Montoya has once again demonstrated his outstanding ability and tough attitude. It seems that Williams' team is determined to win this Austrian Grand Prix!"
Montoya and Ralph Schumacher were the first to break the deadlock, which also triggered a carnival among the track audience. After all, this is BMW's home court, and fans and audiences who support Williams have dominated the market.
"Beautiful! Montoya deserves the wildness of American drivers. He has blocked Coothard strongly. Let him enjoy the taillights of the Sabertooth Tiger!"
"This is Williams' territory. McLaren is still a little bit short. Come and fight Ferrari quickly!"
"I have a premonition that today will be Montoya's top battle, and no one will question his strength again!"
"Ralph, your brother Michael is ahead. It's time to prove yourself. You don't want to be that unsatisfactory brother for the rest of your life!"
The shouts of the audience in the stands represent their mood at the moment. Williams' team performed very well this time, showing the strength of a team.
Even many fans believe that surpassing McLaren is just the beginning, and the next step is to surpass Schumacher ahead. As for the Prost team flying in front, many viewers did not take it seriously. Compared with Ferrari Schumacher, he is not worth mentioning!
When Kurthard saw Ralph Schumacher taking the opportunity to run ahead of him, he felt a frustrated anger rising from his heart.
The two drivers of Williams team are really despicable. One of them risked the crash and the other took the opportunity to surpass them. Especially Montoya, after entering the F1 paddock this year, she has already recklessly returned many times. Do you really think others dare not hit him?
What also made Coothard dissatisfied was his teammate Kimi Raikkonen!
Look at Zhang Yifei and Montoya, both newcomers entering the track. Today's performance is extremely strong, and they directly have the strength to compete with older drivers. And Zhang Yifei is still from the place where tractors are still driving. Did Kimi develop a tractor since he was a child under the Finnish racing system? That's the level?
I entered the F1 paddock with the title of creating the miracle of "triple jumps" and now I have entered a top team like McLaren, but it turned out to be the same as everyone else. It's really unbearable!
What made Kurthard even more angry and even jealous was that the chairman of McLaren Group and the head of Mercedes-Benz Motor Sports were extremely optimistic about this Finnish newcomer who performed ordinaryly, and even planned to replace his No. 1 driver.
As for his current achievements, is it worthy?
If there was a strong teammate, I would not be surpassed by Williams's two drivers, but McLaren's driver combination, and they would be fighting Schumacher who was Ferrari.
Maybe the first name in the total standings today is not Schumacher, but I, Kurthard!
You should know that Kurthard has always been dissatisfied with Schumacher. After all, he was humiliated by the other party on the track. Schumacher's most famous incident of preparing to rush into the pit station to beat people, and the other protagonist is Kurthard.
Now his total points are second only to Schumacher, which may be his last chance to revenge, so Kurthard is unwilling to give up!
"Kutterhard, block Montoya and let Kimi rush forward!"
The voice of McLaren Group Chairman Dennis came from the headphones. He instructed Coothard to block the car and let Kimi Raikkonen rush up.
After hearing the team's instructions, Kuthard's dissatisfaction and anger reached its peak in an instant. After being surpassed by Ralph Schumacher, he was already ranked fourth, and now he still has to block the car, Montoya, and creates opportunities for Kimi Raikkonen to surpass him, and that ranking will drop to fifth!
Now Kurthard has the second overall score, and the gap between him and Schumacher is very large, with almost only theoretical possibilities left. So he must get the championship in the sub-station, and Schumacher's points cannot be high, preferably without points.
If Kimi Raikkonen was blocked, he would not have the possibility of winning the championship again, which is unacceptable for Coothard.
So he did not respond to Dennis's instructions, and at the same time he did not block the speed of the car, and he was still running around on his own.
"What's going on with Coothard? Didn't he hear it?"
Dennis also expressed dissatisfaction in his tone, although McLaren's strategy group was not as strong as Ferrari and Williams.
But at least it is also the top team in the F1 paddock, one of the three giants, and it is not as good as the drivers who can take the instructions as if they are in their ears.
So Dennis once again reached to the call button of the headphones, but the director of motor sports, Hauge, who was standing beside him, blocked his movements.
"Let me say it."
Haug and Dennis have been partnering with each other for several years, and they know that his personality is relatively kind. Kurthard's reaction has obviously touched Dennis' bottom line, and he may say some tough words.
But now it is still in the competition state. Any confrontation between the team and the driver will have a negative impact on the results of the competition. If there is any problem, it will be solved after the competition is over. Even if it is cancelled next year's contract renewal, it will be fine.
And now, it's not the time to lose your temper.
Hearing Hauge say this, Dennis breathed a sigh of relief, suppressing his rising anger, then put down his hand and nodded at Hauge.
"Courthard, let Kimi go first, and then you two attack Ralph Schumacher Williams, what can be done by team Ralph Schumacher Williams, isn't McLaren?"
Haug tried to use a gentle method instead of strongly instructing Kurthard to block the car for Kimi Raikkonen. In fact, McLaren did not want Kurthard to be a wingman. After all, in terms of experience and strength, Kurthard is much better than Kimi now. How could he ignore the team's interests because of personal preference?
What the strategy team wants to do is to let Coothard cooperate with the car first, and then jointly attack the little Schumacher in front, and even the big Schumacher and Zhang Yifei in front.
If McLaren does not start the offensive first, the next step is Williams to cooperate again, Ralph Schumacher in front blocks Garage Thard and creates opportunities for Montoya in the back, so that McLaren will be completely eliminated from the front row.
When Cooterhard heard Haug's explanation, his unconvinced stubbornness also went a lot.
After all, in the F1 paddock, drivers are still in a weak position compared to the team. Unless they reach the Schumacher level, they will probably rush to go to any team they want.
If he really turned against the boss, Kurthard wouldn't have much choice, and Ferrari would definitely not want it. They now have the strongest Gemini star. Williams team Montoya and Ralph are both very young, and their performance is completely qualified. They cooperate well and they can't get out of the position.
If you go to a team outside the Big Three, it would be better to stay in McLaren, at least you have a much greater chance of winning. Now Haug has given a step forward, and if Coothard doesn't make concessions, it will be a bit ungrateful.
"receive."
Coothard responded coldly, and then with a "road rage" mentality, he just stepped on it with one brake.
Montoya, who was following closely behind him, faced Cooterhard's sudden brake. When he was about to rear-end, he ignored other factors and was forced to step on the brakes to death, so he could barely slow down the vehicle and avoid a rear-end accident.
At the same time, Kimi Raikkonen, who was behind, seized this opportunity, changed lanes from the right side, bypassed Montoya and Kuthard in front of the car, jumped from sixth place, and arrived at the fourth place in the current track!
"SHIT (dog shit), is there such a car blocking? This is a malicious driving crash!"
Montoya instantly exterminated his heart with anger. Kuthard's move just now was not a tactical cooperation with the car blocking, but was almost like a brake and stomping to death. If Montoya's reaction was slower, then he would directly hit him and rear-end him.
And even if Montoya reacted quickly enough, he could only escape the disaster by stomping the brakes.
Coothard is not blocking the car at all, but maliciously dies together!
This situation was not only Montoya was furious, but even Williams repair station broke out.
"Complaint! Simmonds immediately complained to the FIA track officials. This is malicious driving behavior and Coothard should be sentenced to ban the race!"
Faced with Sir Williams' anger, Simmonds nodded and signaled that he would complain to the FIA.
"BOSS, but to be honest, there is little possibility of such a complaint being punished. You also know that Schumacher rear-ends Coothard in 1998, and such a serious track accident was not punished in the end."
Simmonds is the truth. In 1998, Kurthard was snagged. In order to retaliate against Schumacher and cover his teammate Hakinen to win the championship, he maliciously braked under the snagging, causing Schumacher to knock the right front wheel away and drove a lap on the track with a tricycle. In the end, it was difficult to determine whether this rear-end collision was malicious.
The accident has not happened now, and it is very common to cooperate with the car blocking, so it is really difficult to "convict" Coothard.
"I don't care what the result is, I will complain to Coothard first!"
After saying this, Sir Williams suddenly thought of something and added to Simmonds.
Chapter completed!