715 Unacceptable (Chapter 1)
"Fly, 1 minute 44 seconds 739, you are the pole position for the opening match of Singapore in the new season!"
Before Zhang Yifei could ask, the boss Prost couldn't wait to tell Zhang Yifei about this result through the fleet voice system.
Opening pole position?
When Zhang Yifei heard this result, he was not excited at the first time, but an indescribable feeling.
It's been a year since I was able to fight against the peak Ferrari and Schumacher for a year!
Many times, when I recall Schumacher's strength and record this year in history, I can't help but feel a deep despair. Schumacher of this era is really invincible with the peak Ferrari racing car.
Since last year, I tried my best to use the Ferrari engine, and then risked the "team cancer" to give up Masa and chose Alonso. No one knows that the real reason why Zhang Yifei did these things is to accumulate capital silently and defeat Schumacher, who was at the peak of 2002.
Zhang Yifei has done everything he can. Even though he is confident in the Singapore Grand Prix and feels that he can fight Schumacher, he is always a little nervous. Can he really change his fate and rewrite history?
This opening game pole position score may be far from the real world championship title, so I don’t know if it’s a long way to go, so I’m going to be a start. But at least one thing made Zhang Yifei understand, that is, all preparations and efforts are not in vain. He can really fight the peak Schumacher on the track and defeat the opponent!
Its significance to Zhang Yifei is not only a pole position score, but also allows him to leave all his previous worries and cowardice behind.
Even when facing the peak of Schumacher in history, he finally no longer has to look up, but can stand on the same starting line and look directly at the greatest car god in F1 history!
Zhang Yifei was in a state of emotion, but at this time, a carnival scene appeared in the track auditorium.
In fact, many Chinese audiences shouted slogans before the competition were so loud, but they really didn’t have much confidence in their hearts that Zhang Yifei could become the pole position of the Singapore Grand Prix.
As a result, this scene has become a reality. Chinese drivers ran the fastest lap in the first important event of the new season.
"Damn it, the driver is so awesome, he really got the pole position!"
"This is the first pole driver in the Singapore Grand Prix. Zhang Yifei has created an unprecedented historical record."
"Do you guys still laugh? Take a look at the names of the pole drivers on the display!"
"The flying starts so strongly this year. Is it really going to appear a Chinese driver to reach the peak of the car race?"
"I don't know the ending, but at least now the driver Fei is an undisputed world-class driver and no longer a rookie!"
Just as the last audience said, this is the first pole position Zhang Yifei got after leaving the rookie season. It means that he maintained his state and strength last season, rather than the short-lived driver who completely got rid of his identity as a rookie.
The list of world-class drivers in the future will definitely not be missing Zhang Yifei’s name!
Schumacher in the red Ferrari car, when he didn't hear the congratulations from the team's strategy group, he actually understood that he had not won the pole position score.
Because only the pole position score can be considered a victory for Schumacher, even if it is second, it will be a failure!
As the car drove to the repair station, Schumacher finally saw the lap ranking on the track's big screen. Zhang Yifei's lap speed of 1 minute 44 seconds 739 stood at the top and became the first pole driver in the Singapore Grand Prix.
His name was behind Zhang Yifei, and it took 1 minute, 44 seconds, 755, and at an extremely weak disadvantage, he became the second place in the qualifying round.
Can he fly so fast?
Schumacher was in his heart at this moment and asked such questions. Because this year's new Ferrari racing has data that exceeds last year's f2001 racing in all aspects. More importantly, it was tailor-made in accordance with Schumacher's requirements at the beginning of the design.
It can be said that Schumacher is very confident about this car and believes that it has reached the standard "Rail Rover". If nothing unexpected happens, he will easily defend the world championship this year and win the fifth championship in his career, which is comparable to the five championship record of early legendary driver Fang Gio.
However, what happened later was far beyond Schumacher's expectations. The winter test did not win the fastest racing title, and there was still a reason to find an explanation. After all, the life of Helio and Zhang Yifei in the last lap was something that no one expected.
But now even the qualifying match has lost, so there is no excuse to hide the failure. Last year, Schumacher realized that Zhang Yifei had an amazing potential, but he did not expect that he had already threatened himself in just one year.
Compared to Schumacher's ability to stabilize his emotions, Helio asked the team about lap speed and rankings as soon as he finished running.
The answer he got was that he was third in the qualifying round this time, running a score of 1 minute 44 seconds 811. Don’t underestimate this speed, because in 2008, the pole position score of Masa was 1 minute 44 seconds 801.
But you should know that 2008 was Masa's peak period, and he was closest to the world championship. Now, Helio can only be considered a pure newcomer in the f1 paddock, and the two of them are not on the same starting line.
The first qualifying match of the newcomer season, he was able to run the third lap in the track, which was definitely an amazing result. If he had not met the peak Schumacher and Zhang Yifei who emerged from nowhere, the pole position of this year's Singapore Grand Prix would have fallen on Helio.
In the past 20 years of history of f1, Villeneuve, who was only in the 1996 rookie season, won the pole position directly for his debut and almost won the championship in the main competition.
So all kinds of data show that Helio's performance is excellent enough to deserve his Indy's annual championship title.
But when Helio learned of this result, he angrily punched the steering wheel. Perhaps this result was excellent for others, but Helio was unacceptable, because how could the king's goal be the same as ordinary people?
Helio's goal has always been only one pole position. In 1996, Villeneuve could do it. As the strongest newcomer in Indy's history, he was destined to be unable to meet low standards but demand himself.
In addition to pole position, what really made Helio feel unacceptable was that he lost to Zhang Yifei again. This was the third time he had lost to Chinese drivers on the track, including the Indy 500 event!
Although the three games of Indy 500, winter test and qualifying are not considered formal competitions, Helio himself knew in his heart that he had no reservations and was trying his best to defeat this Chinese guy!
Why did you still lose? Are you really not as good as the driver?
Helio roared in his heart, the defeat in Singapore qualifying match was really a bit of a blow to his impeccable self-confidence.
At the same time, in the track commentary room, Brendel said with a smile: "Leo, have you figured out what to say to Fei?"
Brendel's tone was light, but the irony in it was simply beyond words.
Leo looked at Zhang Yifei, who was waving his arms to celebrate the victory on the maintenance passage, and his emotions such as shock, anger, humiliation and others mixed together.
He really never dreamed that Chinese drivers could be so strong that they could get pole positions when they opened the new season, running a brand new night street race!
Stalin once said that traitors are sometimes more terrifying than enemies.
This sentence is actually not a problem when used in some "banana people" mentality. They would rather blindly lick white people than believe in the strength of the Chinese. Therefore, in Leo's thinking, they never think that Chinese drivers can win on the track, even though Zhang Yifei had won two sub-station championships last year.
"I will apologize to Zhang Yifei at the pre-match press conference tomorrow!"
Leo replied reluctantly that the bet with Brendel before the qualifying race had been spread to the audience of the track through FM radio, and it was meaningless to deny it at this time.
"Very well, I believe Fei will accept your apology."
Brendel did not continue to sarcasm. He just didn't like Leo's attitude towards Zhang Yifei. After all, even foreigners look down on this kind of "banana man". Since the other party is willing to bow his head, Brendel doesn't want to be aggressive.
If you end up in person, it will no longer fit the style of a British shit-making stick. If you still trap yourself in, it would be a failure as a British person.
When Zhang Yifei returned to the fleet maintenance station, the crew members had gathered in the parking space, and dozens of people were scattered just to welcome Zhang Yifei back.
"Feige NB, got his first pole position in the new season!"
"Yifeijun ran well and kept in shape in the main competition. We have great hope of winning the championship!"
"I don't think it's too big. If you fly, you will definitely win the championship!"
The members of the crew were extremely excited because the street pole position advantage was very great. As long as the driver did not make any mistakes, or did not make any accidents on the track, there was a 50% chance of becoming the final champion and almost a 100% chance of taking the podium!
Zhang Yifei got off the car and was also very happy. When he was about to say a few words to the crew members, the roar of the engine went from far to near, and another Prost car drove into the repair station, and the driver was naturally Alonso.
Alonso actually had a good result in this qualifying tournament, ranking seventh among all drivers. In addition to Zhang Yifei, Schumacher and Helio, he was second only to Barrichello, Montoya and Ralph, defeating a number of well-known drivers in the paddock, such as Villeneuve, Kurthard, etc.
So when the crew members saw Alonso enter the station and he was a newcomer, they all expressed praise and encouragement to him.
But at this time, Alonso did not have much excitement or pride on his face, but looked at Zhang Yifei with complicated eyes.
Because the fastest lap speed that Zhang Yifei ran on the track was as much as 0.5 seconds faster than that on the simulator. Alonso previously believed that he was close to Zhang Yifei's strength and could challenge the opponent soon.
Now it seems that this idea is simply too naive. Judging from the qualifying lap, he and Zhang Yifei are not at the same level at all.
Chapter completed!