653 The end of the rookie season (Chapter 1)
Hearing Barrichello's voice, Zhang Yifei turned around and looked at him. Although Barrichello was not seriously injured at this moment, he was also covered in dust and had a heavy expression.
After all, there is no deep hatred between him and Alessi. He is just an opponent who competes on the same field on the track. Moreover, after a few years, even if he is not very familiar with him, he is at least not a stranger.
The serious accident this time was not a scene he was willing to see, so his apology was sincere.
"You don't have to say sorry to me."
"I'm not telling you, I hope you can convey it to Alessi."
"You don't have to say sorry to him either."
Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, just as he thought before, the greatest respect given to his opponent on the track is to defeat the opponent with all his might!
Unlike some malicious car crashes, Barrichello and Alessi were both a little biting, and they were too fast to grab the line, which eventually led to losing control and colliding together.
This kind of track accident will happen in every F1 race, but it is just a different severity. If you can't even accept this risk and injury, you are not worthy of becoming an F1 driver and cannot stand on the stage of the world's top racing cars.
Even if this happened to Zhang Yifei himself, he would not blame Barrichello for this. The risks during the game included a crash.
Listening to Zhang Yifei's answer, Barrichello didn't say much, let alone be pretentious. He is also a top driver, so he doesn't need to say these principles. He understands better than the other party.
So Barrichello nodded, followed the ambulance staff's arrangement, got into another ambulance, and went to the hospital for examination.
It was at this time that all the members of the Prost team rushed over, and the maintenance technician team helped the track staff to put out the fire, and quickly pushed Zhang Yifei's No. 13 racing car away from the onset of the fire.
Although the 2000 season has ended and the updated AP05 racing car will be replaced next season, the JS53 series model is still a witness to the team's history and will be placed in the Prost headquarters museum.
Just like the Ferrari Automobile Museum, if one day Prost can rise to become one of the world's top teams, or even develop its own supercars like McLaren, then these old models of racing cars represent the heritage of a team.
Not to mention that the JS53 series cars have been almost hit by Zhang Yifei. Currently, this No. 13 is the last prototype car modification. If it cannot be preserved, the Prost model will have a fault, which is a very regrettable thing for the team.
Henry and Alessi's competition engineer Cod had no time to say hello to Zhang Yifei, so he got into an ambulance and went to the hospital to handle the follow-up matters together.
Instead of following him, Cosel walked to Zhang Yifei and said to him: "You are doing well."
This sentence undoubtedly affirmed Zhang Yifei's move to give up the game and save his teammates. After all, Senna stopped to rescue Camas and Kossel was one of the witnesses. He had no teammate relationships, but his opponent.
Compared to victory, Kossel also values the humanity of a driver and the "knight" spirit more.
“I just did what I should do.”
Zhang Yifei did not think it was so proud or proud to park the car to save Alaisi.
On the contrary, if he doesn't do this, it will be something worthy of shame and shame!
"Well, you go back to the repair station to rest first, we will deal with the following matters."
Kossel is not a pretentious person, so he won't praise him too much because of this matter. After reminding Zhang Yifei, he went to the chief technician Charlie to coordinate the handling of the accident racing problem.
However, Zhang Yifei did not return to the repair station as soon as possible, but stood in the track buffer zone and watched the F1 racing cars whizzing by.
Because of the accident, the referee of the track has already shown the double yellow flags. This is because the accident race cars rushed into the buffer zone and did not affect the normal operation of the race. Moreover, Zhang Yifei moved fast enough to drag Alaisi away from the fire racing car as soon as possible, otherwise the red flag would have been lit now and the race would have been announced in advance.
Although the game has not ended, for Zhang Yifei, his rookie season is over at this moment.
To be honest, Zhang Yifei once imagined countless possibilities, but never expected to end his newcomer season journey in this way.
In the end, Zhang Yifei didn't stage a wonderful showdown with Schumacher, the big devil, on the Suzuka Circuit. However, he did not regret it because he believed that he would be faster and stronger next season!
Schumacher at that time will usher in a truly strong opponent, not a new driver!
Turning around with a complicated mood, Zhang Yifei walked towards the gap in the guardrail, but the moment he looked at the audience, bright red covered his eyes.
The supporters on the scene will not accuse him of his regretful ending, nor will they be angry because of his failure to finish the race. In any case, Zhang Yifei has already demonstrated the strength and character of a Chinese driver on the world's top automobile racing stage. This is enough for fans and supporters. They have not read the wrong person!
"Zhang Yifei, it's okay, you didn't lose in our hearts!"
"Come on, Zhang Yifei, the future belongs to us and to Chinese drivers!"
"Yifeijun, you have shown the strength of the strongest driver in Asia, the dominance of the imperial devil!"
"Today, the strongest person in Suzuka track is your Excellency Yifei!"
The audience was very enthusiastic and cheered Zhang Yifei to reduce his regret of giving up his game results.
Faced with these encouraging voices, Zhang Yifei waved and smiled at them, without explaining, nor could he explain his mood at the moment.
However, his actions caused the fanaticism of the track audience, with all kinds of screams and applause coming one after another. Moreover, even the ordinary audience who did not support Zhang Yifei were impressed by his character when facing the final act of saving people, and the thunderous applause was endless.
At this moment, Suzuka Track became Zhang Yifei's real home court and the absolute focus in the paddock!
"The Chinese boy has won respect with his actions. Boss, what do you think about this?"
McLaren team manager Whit Marsh asked Dennis next to him.
With three front-row cars out at the same time in the final stage, McLaren also became the winner, and Kimi Raikkonen will have a chance to take the podium.
The third place may not be a big deal for other top drivers, but for Kimi Raikkonen, who is currently controversial, he needs to prove himself as a result and improve his confidence and condition.
Dennis also needs to get the podium results. After the season is over, he convinces the board members to give Kimi Raikkonen another year of growth. It can be said that the McLaren team has the biggest gain in this result.
"I was not surprised by the act of saving people. This was a driver and it was something that my teammates should do, but Fei was able to make a decision in an instant, which still shocked me."
"He gave up at least one runner-up result without hesitation. Ordinary new drivers do not have such decisiveness and courage, and it is difficult to make a decision in a short time. Perhaps hesitate for a few more seconds, and the result will not be like this."
Dennis was still amazed at Zhang Yifei's momentary judgment. After all, the runner-up of the branch can definitely be regarded as a brilliant achievement for the new driver.
As for the champion, according to the track conditions at that time, it was difficult for Zhang Yifei to catch up with Schumacher, let alone overtake. In today's world, no driver can kill Schumacher in a single lap, only he can kill others in seconds!
Being able to take it and let it go is a very precious quality for a driver, but Zhang Yifei has it. No wonder since the Renault event, many industry insiders have said that Chinese boys have a terrible mentality, and it seems that this is true now.
"Yes, this kind of decisiveness is not something that everyone has. Kimi will meet a stronger and terrifying opponent next year."
Whitmarsh also sighed, Zhang Yifei's performance this year's rookie season can almost be described as perfect. If the formerly famous Gemini Raikkonen cannot keep up with or even defeat his opponent, then he will never have the title of Gemini in the future.
"I believe Kimi will usher in a transformation after this battle today."
"Is that true, how did you see it?"
"Feel."
Dennis said this word lightly. He always believed that the body of the new Finnish man contained infinite potential, and what was missing was an opportunity to ignite and explode.
Zhang Yifei's performance in this game was amazing. Maybe this is the key to unlock Kimi Raikkonen's competitive spirit!
On the other side of the Jaguar Racing, Nicky Lauda sighed in a complicated sigh as she watched the audience applause and cheers for Zhang Yifei.
"I never underestimated him, but I never thought that he would grow to this point. Maybe this kid really has the chance to become the next Senna."
Lauda gave Zhang Yifei a high evaluation this time because he had experienced a serious racing fire accident and left him with a lifelong mark.
Zhang Yifei's actions just now undoubtedly showed the driver's spirit to the fullest, just like Senna back then, in addition to his achievements, he also had greatness!
The most difficult step to move from a strong man to greatness or even to be a god is the most difficult step. Senna is using his pure deity, and Schumacher is using his absolute achievements to be a god. As a yellow driver, if he wants to take this step, he must show absolute shining points.
Chapter completed!