Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is.

This sentence applies not only to the jungle law, but also to the f1 paddock.

Zhang Yifei was full of confidence in the Singapore Grand Prix. With his strong racing performance and rich racing experience, Zhang Yifei can be said to be sure to win this sub-station champion!

Even though Zhang Yifei stood in God's vision, he rarely underestimated the truly powerful drivers on the track, but after winning continuously and being very sure of this stop, he still had an arrogant attitude and felt that he was incomparable!

If it weren't for the simple racing feedback this time, Zhang Yifei would probably be immersed in this mentality and thought he didn't know how to lose the Singapore Grand Prix.

The ability that Brother Toutiao now shows is like a blow to wake Zhang Yifei up. Never underestimate F1 drivers, especially those F1 drivers who have proved their strength in history. Alonso, who was still a rookie last year, has performed this way, so what about Schumacher, who is already at the peak?

"Okay, prepare to enter the station to adjust."

Cosel did not stop Alonso's risky behavior, which is also his personality. He is not afraid of you taking radical risks, but afraid of you being cowardly!

Moreover, for young and energetic newcomers, stopping is never the best way. Even if you have learned a little lesson, it may be a better experience for your future career.

Alonso entered the station to adjust the adjustment, and Zhang Yifei immediately entered the station, but he did not choose to adjust the adjustment as radically as Alonso as he had shown in the past, and even deliberately more aggressively to suppress the No. 2 driver to show his strength.

Zhang Yifei still increased the air downforce on the front nose wing according to his initial feedback, shortened the time for brake deceleration, and reduced the risk of excessive braking system temperature.

Basically at this time, drivers from other teams also entered the station and conducted preliminary racing adjustments based on their understanding and feedback on the track.

The lap speed after completing the racing adjustment has been significantly improved compared to before. At this time, the drivers have entered the serious stage of practice, and the drivers have begun to show their strength.

However, Zhang Yifei's lap speed did not change significantly, and he was still in a lukewarm state, which was stronger than the previous countdown, but he was still outside the tenth place.

"What's going on? Is it so slow?"

Jean Todd from the Ferrari Repair Station saw Zhang Yifei's lap speed still not changing much, and a kind of doubt appeared in his heart.

Because in the past practice competitions, Zhang Yifei was at most slow in the early stage, and after entering the station and adjusting, he began to rebound strongly. Not to mention that he could run the fastest lap speed, at least he would be fine to run into the top few, but this time the ranking still did not change, which was a bit unreasonable.

"Theoretically, it shouldn't be so slow. I don't know if there was a problem with the adjustment, or if he was in a bad state."

Brown shook his head, and he couldn't think of any reason.

"The practice is not over yet, and there may be a reversal in the end. The Chinese boy is hiding very deeply."

Jean Todd did not continue to speculate. Zhang Yifei, a kid, won a surprise victory more than once. Not until the last moment, who knew what tricks he was playing.

Some other people who followed Zhang Yifei basically had the same idea as Jean Todd after various speculations. However, as time passed, when the countdown for Yipractice was completed, Zhang Yifei's ranking was still outside the top ten.

Not only professionals are confused, but even the audience on the track are starting to talk.

"Is it over? Why is Zhang Yifei still ranked so behind?"

"I don't know, winter test is still the fastest racing car. I haven't had this month, so has it dropped so much?"

"Will it be a racing performance issue? Many racing cars that have fast winter tests actually perform well in the track."

"Look at Alonso's highest ranking, he once made it to the top five. There are problems with racing performance. Can a rookie like him run so fast?"

"What's the reason? Yifei wants to cheer up!"

No one knows the reason. Why did Zhang Yifei, who has always been invincible in the practice competition, suddenly wither this time?

Especially those Chinese supporters are even more worried. If a world-class driver appears, will he be short-lived and can only last for one season?

At this time, Zhang Yifei's lack of foundation was revealed. Even if he performed perfectly and strongly last season, once his performance was abnormal, many people began to worry and doubt.

If Zhang Yifei is not good at first practice, most people are still confused. When the second practice is completed a few hours later, the score that is still above the top ten will directly trigger public opinion.

"Is there something wrong with flying?"

Sir Williams looked at Zhang Yifei's results and frowned and asked Simmonds, the technical director beside him.

As the first team leader to notice Zhang Yifei's potential on the track, Sir Williams's relationship with Zhang Yifei is very complicated.

From the perspective of his opponent, Sir Williams tried every means to let his drivers kill Zhang Yifei. Especially in the US Grand Prix, Montoya knocked Zhang Yifei out of the track, and Sir Williams wanted this Chinese guy to get out of f1!

But aside from this identity, Sir Williams admires Zhang Yifei very much. He has no shortage of potential, skills, and even diligence. In addition to being a bit radical and reckless on the track, he is a perfect newcomer model.

According to Sir Williams' judgment, Zhang Yihai's lap speed was more than that, so what was wrong.

"It's not in good condition, or not suitable for the track, it seems like he's the first time he's running a street race."

Simmonds came up with these possibilities.

"It's not the first time, he won the F3 championship in the O Island East Ocean Track."

"After all, it's an F3 game, which is very different from F1."

"I don't think this is the reason."

Sir Williams shook his head. Although F3 and F1 were far behind, Zhang Yifei crushed Sato Takuro in the Grand Prix to win the street race championship.

Even if Zhang Yifei’s street competition is not a specialty, it will definitely not become his weakness!

"Then there seems to be nothing special about this track, maybe it's the state factor."

Simmonds replied casually, it is not a big deal to not run well in the practice competition. The main competition is the one that really determines the results.

What's special?

Sir Williams thought about it, then suddenly said, "Night battle! Isn't the most special thing about this track? Isn't Fei's shortcomings mean that he is not suitable for night competition?"

"It is possible that we are all discussing the track layout and subconsciously overlooking the biggest feature of the Singapore Grand Prix, which is the night battle!"

"Then it can be explained now. Fei is not good at night battles."

Simmonds also agreed and replied that the members of the strategy group were all standing in the repair station, and the daylight was almost black under the light.

On the contrary, riders are the ones who intuitively experience night racing. Even if the lighting system is bright, it cannot be compared with the real daytime, let alone the light and dark changes in the "tunnel" here.

"I thought Fei had no shortcomings, but now one of them has finally been exposed!"

Sir Williams was even vaguely excited after getting the answer he thought was correct.

Because Zhang Yifei has not exposed any shortcomings in the track since his current position. Even if it is a headache for many drivers, Zhang Yifei performed amazingly on the Sepang track and could be called "Sena possession"!

Many people know that Zhang Yifei has not received systematic Formula racing training, which means that he has run fewer track types. In this case, it is incredible to have no shortcoming of the track. Now it seems that the new night battle mode may be Zhang Yifei's shortcomings!

Not only did Sir Williams guess that it had something to do with the Night War, but soon after various speculations, others also blamed Zhang Yifei's current decline on his inadequacy with the Night War.

However, this is still a guess. To determine the factors, we need to look at the performance of the third practice match.

Because of the three practice games, the first game focuses on racing adjustment, so that the racing car can better adapt to the track. The second game is a tire wear test, and the final pit plan is decided based on the test results.

If the tires are really worn out, then you may have to give up the previous stop-off tactic, perhaps changing the tire formula, such as changing to a neutral or hard tire.

The third practice match is to simulate actual combat situations to detect the results of racing adjustments. Therefore, the fastest lap speed usually occurs in the third practice match, which is a simulated practical combat.

What surprised many people was that Zhang Yifei was still in a lap ranking after practicing three lap rankings. He was stronger than the previous tenth place and was just in the tenth place.

But his "old opponent", Renault's Helio performed extremely strongly, ranking second in the track's fastest lap after Schumacher, and even surpassed the top driver Barrichello!

The trash results of the three practice matches almost made many people think that it could be confirmed. This Chinese boy finally exposed his shortcomings, that is, the night battle cannot be done!

Now let alone the Malay audience and Helio fans, even the other audiences who had previously soured Zhang Yifei joined the group ridicule of him. Even the Singaporean fans at home did not take into account the slightest "same-sex" friendship and followed the ridicule unscrupulously.

"Did Zhang Yifei suffer from night blindness? Could it be that the mainland is still in a state of famine, and has run away from F1 and has no food to eat?"

"Haha, night blindness is better. If you are color blind, can Zhang Yifei clearly distinguish the departure indicator light?"

"Those Chinese country bumpkins said that flying can run the fastest lap. Now I'm still thinking about why not be at the bottom!"

"I want to laugh when I hear this. It's true that it's the level of production in China."

The sounds of ridicule in the stands were heard one after another. Many people were suppressed by Zhang Yifei for too long last season. Now Zhang Yifei's lap in the practice competition was not good, and he started a counterattack as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Not to mention these ordinary audiences, even many F1 crew members have a gloating mentality and are waiting to see Zhang Yifei jokes.

At this moment, Prost maintenance station seemed extremely calm like the center of a storm vortex.

Zhang Yifei and the members of the fleet strategy team were standing in front of the computer, analyzing something at an icon, without any influence from external factors.
Chapter completed!