700 Mastering the Double-Edged Sword
However, Zhang Yifei did not express the doubts in his heart, because welcoming him was just a polite manner and did not mean that he had to do so.
Moreover, the positioning of the second driver is just that the team's resources are different, which does not mean that Alonso really becomes his younger brother's role, and there is nothing wrong with him not coming.
If it were someone else, for example, Zhang Yifei would naturally not care about Alessi before. But this guy is Alonso, who is like a time bomb, so of course he should keep a close eye on it.
After saying hello to each other, Zhang Yifei went back to the room and put down his luggage, and then went to the restaurant to eat lunch.
Just at this moment, he met Alonso's racing engineer Cod. After asking him, he realized that Alonso had been staying in the simulation training room and training with a racing simulator.
To be honest, Zhang Yifei knew that Alonso was not a lazy driver in later generations, but he did not expect that he would be so diligent. Is it because of his own stimulation?
So after lunch, Zhang Yifei also went to the simulation training room. Sure enough, he saw Alonso concentrating on simulator training. The track on the screen was the Singapore track that he was going to run this time.
Zhang Yifei did not disturb Alonso, but stood next to him, just like Alessi, silently watching him train in the simulator.
The Singapore track is also called the Marina Bay Street Race. The total length of the track is 5.067km, and the complete run takes 61 laps. The first driver in history to win the Singapore Grand Prix sub-station championship is Alonso, who is sitting next to Zhang Yifei at this moment.
As long as it is a street race, the difficulty cannot be much low. The narrow track width and complex curve changes are all tests the driver's ability to control and respond.
More importantly, street racing will not have a wide buffer zone like a normal track. If you rush out of the track at a too fast speed, there will be tire buffers in places with better luck, and if you encounter a building with bad luck, it will be installed directly on the cement wall, so the danger of the street racing track is also relatively high.
In addition, the Singapore Grand Prix is a night battle. Even if 1,600 floodlights are installed on the overall track to ensure the brightness of the lighting, the line of sight cannot be compared with the daytime.
Because the guardrails that protect riders and spectators from both sides of the track will always appear shadows. No matter how the floodlights increase the brightness, they cannot achieve surgical-level shadowless lights.
The scenes of light and darkness are easy to experience visual fatigue, and there is a special layout on the Singapore track, that is, after passing Turn 18, the car will pass through under a temporary stand, which is equivalent to experiencing the feeling of entering a tunnel.
The combined difficulty of various levels makes the chance of safety cars deploying in the history of the Singapore Grand Prix 100%, which means that every game is destined to have an accident, without any suspense.
This is why, Yamamoto Ukyo faced Zhang Yifei's affirmative answer before, and specifically reminded him. Because he knew the difficulty of this track, Schumacher probably didn't dare to say that there was no suspense in the competition, and Zhang Yifei was a little too confident.
In fact, this is not because Zhang Yifei is too confident. The difficulty is that this thing is relative. Zhang Yifei has to face difficulties in Singapore. Can other drivers reduce the difficulty level?
Moreover, as a brand new track, it brings the experience of all drivers to the same level. No one has ever run, and just relies on simulator training to play, which is an advantage for Zhang Yifei.
On the premise that he has never run, Zhang Yifei has seen many videos of drivers running on the Singapore track in another world, including the famous scene of Alonso's debut in Singapore in 2008, which is an experience other drivers do not have.
Of course, there is another more important point, that is, Zhang Yifei has extremely rich experience in street night battles. He doesn’t know how many street night battles he has run through in his two lifetimes. He believes that there is no problem with Guan Jue’s entire F1 paddock.
Based on the advantages of all aspects, the Singapore Grand Prix is simply tailor-made for itself, and even a "plug-in" is used. If you don't have the confidence to dominate the entire game, then Zhang Yifei won the world championship.
Alonso didn't notice that there was one more person around him. He was extremely serious about the simulator racing. Just as Zhang Yifei planned to dominate the track in the Singapore Grand Prix, Alonso was also preparing to make a big splash in this opening game.
He will never be a driver who will be the last one, especially during the winter test, witnessing Zhang Yifei's strength, which made Alonso dare not slackew for a moment.
In a sense, Alonso is so diligent now, it is indeed Zhang Yifei who has changed him.
Zhang Yifei looked at Alonso's racing control on the screen, and his expression was very serious, because Alonso's speed at running the Singapore track was really a bit beyond his previous expectations, and he felt like he was looking at him with admiration after three days of leaving.
Alonso in history is the first sub-station champion of the Singapore Grand Prix, and the winning process is very legendary. He started at the 15th pick, but fell to the last place due to the entry, but eventually completed a shocking counterattack and won the title of sub-station championship.
Although there have been methods without sportsmanship in this, it is impossible to become a champion in the end without absolute strength by means alone.
Now history has changed, and the appearance of the Singapore Grand Prix has been six years ahead of schedule, but Alonso's strength on this track has not changed much, and the champion is still the same champion after all!
After a lap, Alonso's lap speed was 1 minute, 45 seconds, 870. When he saw this time point, Zhang Yifei's face changed slightly.
Because he knew that in 2008, the fastest lap in history was the pole lap speed of 1 minute 44 seconds 801, while the track record was the 1 minute 45 seconds 339 that Alonso ran.
Although the track simulator is in an absolutely ideal environment and there is no interference from other racing cars. However, as long as Alonso can maintain his state, it will definitely not be much worse, and there is even a chance to break through.
Even if it is Zhang Yifei himself, he is currently running on the track simulator, and the fastest lap speed is less than 0.3 seconds faster than Alonso's current speed. And Zhang Yifei doesn't know if this is Alonso's fastest lap speed. It seems that he really underestimates the strength and performance of other F1 drivers.
Seeing the final lap speed, Alonso didn't have much change in expression on his face, so he was about to reach out and press the reset button, and then continue the next round of training.
However, when his body moved, he saw a figure next to him from the corner of his eyes. He subconsciously turned his head and glanced, and soon an unexpected expression appeared on his face.
"Why are you here?"
"I just came back and saw you were training, so I didn't bother."
"oh."
Alonso responded, then turned his head and prepared to continue training.
"I ran well in that lap just now, and it was fast enough."
Zhang Yifei praised, even in his training lap, he could be considered a mid-to-high lap.
“Not fast enough.”
"Is that so? Then how fast do you want to run."
"At least it's faster than you."
Hearing this sentence, Zhang Yifei's mouth raised slightly, and it turns out that Brother Tou opened his mouth straightforward.
"You can try it, but it's not that simple."
Zhang Yifei thought that when he heard this, Alonso would bite the bullet and hold on, which was in line with his unyielding character.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the head brother nodded in agreement: "I know, but I will not give up, I will definitely beat you!"
There is no doubt that this kind of answer is to put himself in the position of a chaser. It seems that he has shown off his strength in the winter test track, which has indeed shocked Alonso at this stage.
"Sorry, you can't win."
You're not polite, Zhang Yifei replied toughly, saying that he would never compromise on the issue of principle. Especially for people like Alonso, they would only surrender if they were stronger than him, otherwise they would wait to be arrogant.
F1 paddock is actually the law of the jungle. A driver who is strong enough can treat the driver No. 2 as a person. The pure use of stepping stones is just that Zhang Yifei disdains to do this.
Disdaining to do this does not mean that the status of No. 1 driver can be challenged. Zhang Yifei said that he had the confidence to suppress Alonso and would not give him any chance to provoke him.
Tolerance is just the mercy of the strong, and does not mean that Zhang Yifei is a character that is easy to mess with. The way to do both kindness and power is the king!
Sure enough, after Zhang Yifei said this, Alonso, who was a little arrogant before, turned his head over and silently continued his practice.
After several months of training, Alonso had already understood that Zhang Yifei only gave him the qualification to challenge him, and did not give him any qualification to provoke him. It was just that the leader was urinating with this "cancer". If he didn't get rid of the room for three days, sometimes he couldn't control his mouth.
In the later generations, Alonso had a conflict with Hamilton, who was still a rookie at the time, at the peak of his career. McLaren eventually chose new players instead of him as a top driver, and it could be seen how annoying it was.
Regarding Alonso's performance today, Zhang Yifei's face showed a playful smile. What happened today really showed Alonso's "double-edged sword" to the fullest.
The top strength gradually began to show, the lap speed of the track simulator had the chance to get on the podium and even win the championship. This was also the basis for Zhang Yifei to choose him at the beginning.
At the same time, on the other hand, strength has increased, and the arrogance in his bones has also increased. He can't help but start "firing" himself.
However, it was still the same thing that he dared to choose the "double-edged sword", and Zhang Yifei had the confidence to control it. In the end, Alonso chose to endure it honestly. He was very satisfied with this performance.
The Singapore Grand Prix, which appeared in 2008 in history, has long passed the peaks of Schumacher and Barrichello.
So Zhang Yifei didn't know what kind of performance they would be on this track at the peak of Schumacher and Barrichello.
With various advantages, Zhang Yifei is confident that he will beat Schumacher in the opening game. Now, looking at Alonso's lap speed, he will at least have the strength to fight Barrichello.
The game is not about falling in love, the process is not important, it depends on the result of success and defeat!
Chapter completed!