704 Sour Lemon (Chapter 1)
After Zhang Yifei rushed out of the repair station, a cheer sounded from the audience.
Although the supporters in the stands today are incomparable to the scene where Japan stands halfway through the country, there are also 10,000 people, at least there is no problem in making a voice supporting Zhang Yifei.
"Look, Zhang Yifei has left the station. This is our Chinese car god!"
"Now Prost racing is the fastest car in the winter test. I believe that in this practice game, Zhang Yifei's performance will shock the whole audience!"
"Yes, the fastest lap speed is definitely the driver's flight!"
"Come on, Zhang Yifei, and win the opening game with great singing all the way!"
It is completely different from the cheering slogans in the stands last year. The Chinese audiences who opened this year obviously need to be more confident. Many people even made bold statements that Zhang Yifei can win the fastest lap in the practice game!
This kind of call was something that was impossible to imagine in the past. Many car fans would never dream of it. One day they would be able to shout a Chinese driver to win the championship in the F1 paddock!
Not to mention this era, even twenty years later, most people can only think about seeing the existence of Chinese drivers in the f1 paddock. They dare not expect to run the fastest lap speed and shout the word "car god"!
But all this changed last year. Zhang Yifei won the best newcomer in F1 and ranked the highest podium for the sub-station championship. More importantly, Zhang Yifei showed his strength and ranked among the top drivers in the world.
In addition, this winter test Prost Ap05 is the fastest racing car, and the final racing performance shortcomings have also been made up. Therefore, Chinese car fans and Zhang Yifei's supporters have the capital and confidence to make a bold statement to win the opening game!
The fanatical attitude of Zhang Yifei's fans in the audience also stimulated many supporters of other drivers. Especially the Malay Witch and Helio fans, when they heard these cheering sounds, their faces showed all kinds of dissatisfaction and hostility.
Singapore is close to Malaysia and was even more of a country a few decades ago, so it is very convenient to come to watch the game. So besides Singapore locals, Malay audiences are the second largest audience group in the paddock.
Xiong Long has now gained a foothold in Minardi Team and has become the No. 1 driver, which is something that many Malaysians have never thought about before.
You should know that Xiong Long was able to enter the F1 team because he relied on the Malay Lottery Company to invest huge sponsorships. It would not be too much to say that Xiong Long was a sponsor of the driver.
So last year he did not get a seat as a formal driver, but was just a third driver, but a third driver who was completely defeated by Zhang Yifei, and lost a lot.
In theory, this kind of performance is that he came back after watching the "water dispenser" in the F1 team for two years, which is a one-round tour. Unexpectedly, Minardi's original No. 2 driver Marquis was amazing, and the last two stops gave him the chance to become a regular.
It was a coincidence that he was able to become a regular driver. The second driver should be the limit of Xiong Long. However, human calculations are not as good as the heavenly calculations. Originally, Alonso, the first driver, was killed and got himself out of the team. The next driver's position was also vacant, so Xiong Long made up the position as a successor.
Just such a driver who should have waved a towel off the court relied on the slutty operation of the two formal drivers of the team to make himself the number one core. This is a surprise for Malaysia!
Just as Montoya became a Colombian superstar and Zhang Yifei became a Chinese superstar, Xiong Long is now developing towards the position of a superstar in Malaysia. After all, for a weak sports country like Malaysia, it is definitely a pride to have a top driver in the car world.
So today, the Malay audience is large, second only to Ferrari fans.
"The Chinese guy is so angry that he wants to win the opening game. Have you asked the Big Three teams?"
"The fastest racing car in winter test does not mean track results. Last year, McLaren was called the fastest racing car, and the champion was not Ferrari's."
"Last year, there were no points for the mid-range driver. How dare you be called a car god if you win a sub-station champion?"
"Schumacher, Prost's four-crown champion has not yet been won as a god, so the Chinese are worthy of it?"
In the stands, the Malay Witch audience and Helio fans followed the theory that the enemy's enemy is a friend, and combined to fight back against Zhang Yifei's supporters.
And not only them, but other driver supporters on the track, were all beside him, and sometimes sarcastic about Zhang Yifei.
The wood is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it! In the past, this kind of "crazy" cheer was only enjoyed by European and American drivers. Now a Chinese driver has begun to truly challenge their peak position, making many F1 fans who were not hostile to Zhang Yifei a little uncomfortable at this moment.
The reason is very simple, that is, the sense of superiority of standing on a high place in the past has gradually begun to disappear.
In this situation, either choose to accept the fate and accept that there are already Chinese drivers in the f1 paddock, which has reached the strength to compete for the world championship. Or they are either crazy suppression and use any method to prevent rising stars from emerging and challenging their own status.
European and American car fans naturally cannot suppress them in a crazy way in their actions, and can only speak a little bit, and they cannot bear the spirit of "villain" in Chinese car fans.
The most obvious one here is the car fans of Ferrari and Schumacher before. In the past, when Zhang Yifei was ridiculed by the crowd in Europe and the United States, Ferrari car fans had the lowest participation, and often even stood from an objective perspective to help Zhang Yifei speak.
It was because Zhang Yifei at that time that he was far from threatening Ferrari and Schumacher, and they could show their kindness and generosity.
Just like an elephant doesn't care about any actions of the ants, the Ferrari team is high and Zhang Yifei can't challenge their status no matter what he does.
This situation has actually changed a little at the end of last season, and Zhang Yifei has the ability to threaten Schumacher. However, Zhang Yifei still has one weakness that has not been filled, that is, Prost racing performance has always been known for its weakness and high failure rate. Without top racing cars, he will never be able to truly defeat Ferrari and Schumacher.
Ap05 won the fastest racing title in the new season. While filling in the gaps, it also completely broke the balance of the track. In the past, if Zhang Yifei could only be considered a threat, then now he and Prost team are a big concern, and it is time to meet each other!
In history, the person in Zhang Yifei's position is actually Alonso.
When the boss ended the Ferrari and Schumacher dynasty, the scenes that appeared in the F1 car fan circle were fighting with the fans in later generations. Fans on both sides could not stand each other, and they had been fighting for many years.
Later, with Schumacher's retirement, the opponent who was contending with public opinion was replaced by rookie Hamilton.
There are worlds where people say there are people, and f1 paddocks are no exception, whether it is off the court or in the stands.
The passionate spitting in the stands did not affect any driver's practice, not to mention that it was far from the overwhelming scenes of the American Grand Prix.
Zhang Yifei didn't know that many people were looking forward to his lap speed, some were waiting to cheer and some were waiting to laugh at him. However, for the practice competition, Zhang Yifei's usual personality is to do his own thing and follow his own pace. It doesn't matter if he just ran for three or five minutes and was ridiculed by the crowd.
In this practice competition, Zhang Yifei showed up the slow scenes of the past. In addition to being familiar with the track layout, he was more concerned with the changes in the racing suspension. Because the street racing has very high requirements for various racing adjustments, it even reached a point that affected the final results.
Track Media Center, F1 British commentator Brendel, greeted the audience in the tone of an old friend, and he was still responsible for this year's F1 live commentator.
Sitting next to Brundell was his partner from Singapore's commentator Lin Baoren, but the formal exchanges in Singapore's era are mainly in English, so the title is naturally the same.
Many people even do not use Chinese names to make themselves more fashionable, so Lin Baoren usually calls himself Leo, and also has the meaning of a lion, which just corresponds to the nickname of Singapore's Lion City.
"Leo, what do you think of the results of this practice game in Flying?"
Brendel asked Leo. As a foreigner, he didn't know so many twists and turns, but he knew that the Singaporean commentator was of the same race as Zhang Yifei, so he asked Zhang Yifei specifically to open up the topic and show closeness.
What Brendel did not expect was that Lin Baoren just replied coldly: "I hope I can get a good result."
This sentence is nothing wrong with it, it is a very official and polite word. However, Brendel can be called an old fry and has partnered with countless commentators, so he can clearly feel that the other party is not very enthusiastic about Zhang Yifei.
This made Brendel very surprised. Isn’t it a very proud thing to finally have a top driver in China?
"I think Fei drove the new Prost car with strong performance this year and should be able to perform better than last year. This opening game has a great possibility to hit the podium."
Brendel revealed his optimism about Zhang Yifei because the performance of this Chinese boy last year had brought him too much shock. In history, there are only a handful of people who can achieve Zhang Yifei's results in the rookie season.
This year, Prost AAP05 won the title of fastest racing car in winter test, and there is no reason to perform worse than last year.
"Is that true? I think the foundation of Chinese drivers may be a little short of that. Ferrari and Williams drivers will have a much greater chance of getting on the podium."
If Brundell was just a little strange before, then after hearing this sentence now, you can immediately confirm that this Singaporean commentator has no special sense of closeness to Zhang Yifei.
Even the word "Chinese driver" is even more unfamiliar than his foreign commentator, and he also shows an unoptimistic attitude.
Chapter completed!