Although Bazer is not a very senior F1 event commentator, he is definitely not a new rookie and has five years of experience in event commentary.

To be honest, Bazer was a little scared by this lap. In his career commentary career, except for Villeneuve's super performance a few years ago, there should be no driver who can reach the current level of Zhang Yifei!

You should know that he is a newcomer from China. He has not received systematic formula training and has been off-season for more than three months before the Austrian Grand Prix. In theory, it is a trough period in his state.

As a result, Zhang Yifei not only got the pole position, but now he has even broken the track record, which is simply shocking!

At the same time, a thought popped up in Bazer's mind, if Zhang Yifei really surpassed Schumacher and won the Austrian championship. That would mean that Zhang Yifei completed the pole position, track record, and hat trick of the sub-station championship in the fourth round of his career.

Bazer didn't know if anyone in history achieved a hat trick faster than Zhang Yifei, but in his impression, it seemed that it was not so fast. Even if it was there, it was a matter of the "ancient" era.

At the same time, Bazer has another thing that is 100% certain, that is, Zhang Yifei, who is only 18 years old this year, is definitely the youngest driver in history to complete a hat trick. There is no doubt about this!

"You read that right, it was indeed 1 minute 08 seconds 596. The flying broke the A1 track record set by Finnish legendary driver Hakinen, and became the first Chinese driver in history to set a track record in F1!"

Brendel confirmed the matter of breaking the track record, and his face was filled with shock.

This is simply something unimaginable. It would be fine if Zhang Yifei broke the record in the qualifying competition. After all, there are many drivers breaking the record in the qualifying competition, and the qualifying competition is originally pursuing the fastest lap speed. All racing adjustments are based on speed.

But that is different from the main competition. The adjustment method it pursues is the final result. It is impossible to give up points and championships for the fastest lap of a single lap. Therefore, the track record of the main competition is not so easy to break.

Especially for a Chinese newcomer, it is even more difficult. Another more important point is that the number of laps is only 50, and there is about one-third left before the end of the race, and the moment when the car is the lightest.

Zhang Yifei can break the track record now. So how fast will his lap speed be in the future and surpass his current record?

When the commentator confirmed that Zhang Yifei broke the track record, the tens of thousands of viewers in the stands were actually a little unbelievable. Even Zhang Yifei's fans and supporters carefully confirmed the lap speed of the track display screen several times to see if the number above was 1 minute 08 seconds 596.

A few seconds later, when the lap was double confirmed, the audience in the track exploded completely.

"Damn it, it really broke the track record. This is our first F1 track record in China, right?"

"Of course it's the first one. We don't have any other F1 drivers except Zhang Yifei."

"Too strong! I knew Zhang Yifei had hope of chasing, but I didn't expect him to chase him so quickly!"

"Chinese car god Zhang Yifei!"

"The strongest driver Zhang Yifei!"

Not only were Chinese car fans falling into a state of extreme excitement, but even many foreigners at the scene couldn't help but stand up and applauded this historic moment of F1.

This is a non-white driver, and the first time he can break records on the F1 track and set new records.

The earliest Thai drivers were not good, nor the strongest Japanese drivers were not good. It was not until Chinese driver Zhang Yifei fought in the f1 paddock that an Asian professional driver finally broke the track monopoly record. This was definitely a historic moment!

When some people cheer, they naturally feel as sour as if they had eaten lemons.

Some Williams home spectators at the scene, as well as those superior whites who are supreme, couldn't help but speak up and mock them.

"It's just a track record. I'm happy like something. Let's talk about it first!"

"The race is not over yet, is it necessary to record the fastest track record in the track? I believe that Schumi, Montoya, and even Barrichello and Kurthard will have a chance. They are the strongest drivers on the track at present."

"Villeneuve, who swept the track record a few years ago, is not good now, don't be too happy too early!"

"A group of Chinese local buns."

The sound of these ridicule is quite loud, but the Chinese audience at the scene doesn’t care at all. Has Zhang Yifei received less doubts and ridicule along the way?

They always believe that Zhang Yifei can eventually respond to these cold eyes and ridicule with his own achievements. Aren’t the European car fans who applaud Zhang Yifei in the stands the best example?

Zhang Yifei on the track did not know that he had broken the track record in the main race, and Cosell did not call him to inform him of the news.

But he could actually vaguely feel that the gap between him and Schumacher was narrowing, and the gap with Montoya who was chasing behind him was widening. This situation can only prove one thing, that is, he ran faster than them!

Zhang Yifei was faster than Montoya, and he was not surprised. He admitted that Montoya was very strong and could be regarded as a first-class driver in the f1 paddock. However, Zhang Yifei never thought he was worse than Montoya, and at most he was equal in size.

This time I prepared more thoroughly. It was not an unexpected thing to surpass Montoya, and it was even less difficult than the previous Brazilian Grand Prix.

After all, that American track is Montoya’s real home court.

However, Zhang Yifei was a little unconfident and even fell into a kind of self-doubt.

Is this better performance and fast driving, or is it something that Schumacher has a slow driving? Or is it my own illusion that the distance between the two sides has not been closer?

However, as a professional F1 driver, the most basic requirement for controlling distance is, even a few centimeters of gap must be judged. How can this obvious shortening of distance, feel wrong?

"Cosell, have I shortened the distance between me and Schumacher?"

"Yes."

“How much has it been brought closer?”

"It'll take about a few seconds."

Hearing Cosell's answer, Zhang Yifei almost spurted out an old blood. He was only a few seconds away from Schumacher. Doesn't Cosell say this mean that he didn't say it?

The old German man started to be mysterious again. Do he want to keep his fighting spirit of sprinting?

This is because Zhang Yifei mistakenly blamed Kossel. He really didn't pay much attention to the shortening of the distance. Only when Zhang Yifei really caught up with Schumacher's wake would it mean that the attack would be started again. This shortening is not very meaningful now.

However, compared to Kossel's lack of attention, the team members were very happy. After all, Zhang Yifei broke the current track record. This is the first time Prost has broken the F1 track record in nearly three years.

Even if Zhang Yifei only won the runner-up in the end, as long as no one surpassed Zhang Yifei's fastest lap speed, a runner-up title plus a track record is enough to satisfy the crew members. This is also a huge improvement!

At this moment, the atmosphere at the Williams fleet repair station was a little gloomy, but there was no longer the anger and dissatisfaction that had been before.

Sir Williams has begun to accept this fact, that is, Montoya was dumped by Zhang Yifei. If the Chinese boy did not make any mistakes, it would be very difficult for Montoya to catch up.

But the problem is that so far, the Chinese boy is as stable as a dead dog. Apart from the previous racing failure, he has no obvious mistakes at all. He has no way to narrow the distance of the car and cannot get the racing tail.

Under such a situation, small mistakes cannot solve the problem, and the possibility of big mistakes is really not high.

"It seems that Fei was not idle during his recovery period. He made sufficient preparations for this Austrian Grand Prix. As you can see from his route, he is not inferior to Schumacher at all."

Since Montoya had little hope of catching up with Zhang Yifei, and no longer had the fierce direct confrontation before, Simmonds began to objectively praise Zhang Yifei.

After all, Simmonds was a competition engineer when Schumacher was in Benetton. With him winning two world championships, Simmonds still has a very full understanding of Schumacher's technical strength.

Zhang Yifei's ability to drive such lap speed is not something that can be explained by a simple talent. The route must be countless simulator practices and memory of track data.

Diligence is an indispensable thing in any industry to be the top. The reason why Senna and Schumacher have become a generation of car gods is that they are working harder and harder than others, and they can even give up.

Simmonds appreciates this kind of self-disciplined and hard-working driver, just like Schumacher, who was still young back then, and has unlimited potential in the future.

Hearing Simmonds' words, a wry smile appeared on Sir Williams' face.

"I had already paid attention to him when Fei was still running Renault, and I had already understood his diligence. But I didn't expect that his talent was so amazing that he could really catch up with Schumacher in a Williams car when he was behind."

"He will become a strong enemy of Williams in the future."

Sir Williams finally gave Zhang Yifei a definition. You should know that for Sir Williams, who has always been tough, being able to give the newcomer a title of strong enemy is already the greatest praise.

Just before this race, with Montoya's steady rise, Sir Williams believed that his new driver was not inferior to this Chinese boy.

But today's performance on the track, Zhang Yifei really threw Montoya away. If he could win the battle championship and keep this state going.
Chapter completed!