This world championship is Zhang Yifei's most arrogant ambition and the first time that the world has heard a declaration of competing for the world championship of a top car event from a Chinese driver.

After hearing this sentence, the audience was very emotional, excited, excited, disdainful and sarcastic. But no matter what, it could not change a reality, that is, on the stage of F1, there may be really a Chinese driver and the opportunity to become the protagonist.

"I finally said it out, this may be the goal he has been determined to achieve since the beginning."

In the Williams fleet repair station, Sir Williams was still sitting in front of the console, watching the interview broadcast of Zhang Yifei on the screen.

The scene in his mind at this moment was recalling the first time he saw Zhang Yifei in the Renault Formula.

A bottom-level Formula Elementary Driver rejected the test driver seat of Renault, rejected the olive branch of Williams, and went to the Prost team, the bottom of the F1 League, and wanted a seat for an official driver.

At that time, many senior executives thought that Zhang Yifei was simply ungrateful. A world-class factory team like Renault and a giant three-tier team like Williams looked down on you, so they should be grateful. Unexpectedly, there was still some rejection.

But in fact, Sir Williams knew very well that refusal represents Zhang Yifei's ambition and his confidence in his strength. What he wanted was an opportunity to go to the track, and even in the bottom Prost team, he firmly believed that he could run out.

What happened later proved that gold would always shine. If it were not for the original rejection, Zhang Yifei might be just a bystander off the court, watching other people's victory and glory.

Looking back at how many people were cold and ridiculed when Zhang Yifei said that he wanted to win the championship. In fact, the subtext in Zhang Yifei's heart was to add the word "world" before the term "chat".

World Champion! His original ambition and goal!

"Boss, can he really succeed in flying?"

Pat Simmonds next to him asked, he knew that Sir Williams was often targeting Zhang Yifei on the track, not because of hostility, but because of attention!

From beginning to end, this iron-blooded boss put the Chinese boy at a very high position, which may be something that many people never expected.

"No one can answer this question. Just like Senna is placed in today's f1 paddock, no one can guarantee that he will definitely win the world championship."

"But I only know one thing, that is, flying, getting closer and closer to success."

Hearing Sir Williams's answer, Simmonds' expression on his face felt thoughtful.

Yes, the driver Fei seems to be realizing his initial goal step by step.

In the celebration area, Zhang Yifei was still smiling and watching the audience's reaction to his remarks.

He was naturally very happy to be encouraged and excited. Zhang Yifei could just laugh at those cold eyes and ridicule now.

The reason is very simple, that is, how can the sparrow know the ambition of a swan!

The next step is to Zhang Yifei's interview, and the next few simple interviews with Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen.

Although he failed in this game, Schumacher still maintained his demeanor. Even when facing some questions from reporters who were more inclined to attract battle, he expressed his congratulations to Zhang Yifei very much, showing the heritage of the king and veterans of the track to the fullest.

If it weren't for the beginning that Zhang Yifei saw the sharpness in Schumacher's eyes, he might have thought that this was an encouragement from a senior in the track to his juniors.

But unfortunately, Zhang Yifei knew that it was not. Whether it was Schumacher or himself, the championship was the only thing drivers pursued. There were only opponents, no friends, and even teammates on the track.

After the brief post-match interview, the first three drivers went to the championship lounge and were waiting for the award ceremony. Kimi Raikkonen was still indifferent to strangers, but Zhang Yifei and Schumacher still had a polite chat.

Ten minutes later, everything was ready for the award ceremony. Zhang Yifei stood on the highest podium and listened to the familiar national anthem. This was the birth of the first champion of the Singapore Grand Prix, and it was also the Chinese national anthem, which was played on the coast for the first time.

To be honest, Zhang Yifei was no longer as excited and excited as he was when he won the first sub-station championship at the Austrian Grand Prix. However, the audience below were as enthusiastic as ever. When the champagne was sprayed, only deafening cry came.

"Zhang Yifei~~! Zhang Yifei~~! Zhang Yifei..."

This is the honor of the champion, and as the first Grand Prix winner in Singapore, Zhang Yifei will become an unsurpassed history!

The Singapore Grand Prix ends here, but the more intense schedule of the new season has just begun.

On March 23, 2001, Schumacher, who was dissatisfied, proved his own rule at the Albert Park Circuit in Australia and won the championship seat.

On April 6, he returned to the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. This time, Zhang Yifei did not give anyone a chance. On this track that made him famous for his rain battle, he won the second championship trophy in the new season and once again stood at the top of the drivers' standings!

On April 20, at the Monza Circuit in Italy, Schumacher defended the dignity of the Red Ferrari with an extremely exciting battle, and did not miss the championship again.

On May 4, at the Montreal Raceway in Canada, Helio emerged. On the American track, he retained the last dignity of the Indy World Championship and won his first championship in the F1 paddock!

On May 18, the Magnus Circuit in France was originally Renault's home track, but with the rise of Prost, the blue team flag was flying on the track. In a sense, this became the first real home track that Zhang Yifei experienced in his career.

Once upon a time, Zhang Yifei thought that his home track only existed in the East China Sea track where the F1 Grand Prix has not been officially held. He did not expect to experience what the home track is like in advance.

There is no doubt that Zhang Yifei, who received the home bonus, can be described as unstoppable and won the French Grand Prix championship without any suspense.

It was from this day that a huge poster of a Chinese driver appeared on the Magnus track in France. No matter what Zhang Yifei's final achievements are, French car fans regard Zhang Yifei as a Hall of Fame-level driver because he saved the French team!

After one game after another, the 2002 season, which was originally the only one in Ferrari team in history, became a situation where two tigers competed.

The difference between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher is very tight. As long as whoever wins a Grand Prix, he will be the top of the standings. At the same time, followed by Helio of Renault, Ferrari's two Ferrari Barrichello, and McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.

Behind them are Williams team Montoya, Prost team Alonso, and Sauber newcomer Masa who no one expected.

Among all the points, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher were the only ones, and Helio could barely keep up. The drivers behind him had a score of 4th to 8th, and the difference was not even ten.

In other words, as long as there is a race, the eighth-place driver Masa can win the sub-station championship, then Barrichello's position may be fucked.

Perhaps this kind of standings was an unexpected result at the beginning of the season. Zhang Yifei really fulfilled his bold words and regarded winning the world championship as his future expectations.

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It was July soon. In the hot summer, Monaco city-states gathered eleven F1 teams, preparing for the annual Monaco Grand Prix.

Monaco is a city-state with a very small area, only 1.98 square kilometers and a population of less than 40,000. Perhaps in China, it is too high to describe it as a village. Larger villages are almost the same size.

But in the racing world, especially Formula racing, Monaco's status can be said to be very noble, and people liken it to "the jewel in the crown of F1".

If you can't win the F1 World Championship throughout your career, then as long as you can win the Monaco Championship, car fans will recognize your strength around the world.

This status is like the endurance race of Le Mans and the local Indianapolis race in India, and is a symbol of peak influence and commercial value.

Many people even bluntly say that as long as you conquer Monaco, it is equivalent to conquering motorsports!

Among the three major tracks of Formula, Zhang Yifei has conquered the Indianapolis track in a sense. The Le Mans track has no chance or possibility to conquer it for the time being. So the only thing left is this Monte Carlo track in Monaco.

Zhang Yifei had already followed the convoy to Monaco, but he was not staying in the hotel or at the convoy repair station. Instead, he was at the famous Monaco scenic spot, which was the top of Monaco city on the mountain, overlooking the entire Monaco Port.

And this time, Zhang Yifei was not alone. Two old acquaintances stood beside him, Xie Tiancheng, who once killed Queen's team, and Zhou Yunhui, the "Wan Chai Car God" in Hong Kong.

This time, the two of them did not come to Monaco to watch Zhang Yifei, nor did they come to Monaco to play, but also participated in car racing.

Because this year's Monaco Grand Prix is ​​the predecessor of the World Touring Car Championship - the European Touring Car Championship (etcc).

Many people may not know about the game. They can be simply understood as the opening singing and dancing performance before the game to set off the atmosphere of the event and pass the boring time when waiting.

For example, the interval between each practice match of Formula is a few hours. At this time, the audience in the stands cannot go home in these few hours, and can only sit in their seats and wait honestly.

But the problem is that the degree of boredom of these few hours of waiting is conceivable. Therefore, during this waiting time, other events will be held, which can not only solve the boring time intervals, but also use the influence of the F1 event to advertise for yourself.

This type of cushion match is actually more famous in fighting events. All large-scale boxing events, famous boxers will hold cushion matches before they start fighting.

However, the fighting event is cushioned, and it also has the function of returning the ticket price, because if there are boxing champion competitions, such as Tyson's event, everyone spent a lot of money to buy tickets on site and waited for several hours.

As a result, you Tyson gave your opponent a few dozen seconds. Before you could taste it, you had to go home after the game was over. Can the audience make a fuss?

Therefore, many large-scale events allow sub-level or low-famous similar events to serve as their own cushion. This is the case with the Porsche Carrera Cup that Zhang Yifei experienced before, and the current European Touring Car Championship is the same.

Moreover, because the Monaco Grand Prix status is relatively high and the level of the mattress matches has also been improved, this mattress match will be played by the European Touring Car Championship.

Last year, Xie Tiancheng won the third place in the entire Japan GT race. Although this result is not the highest honor, it has reached a bottleneck in a sense. Champion Iwara Yuji has already competed in the French F3 race. Runner-up Le Mans driver Lardan still chose to stay in Japan GT race for a lot of money.

Xie Tiancheng also yearns for a higher stage. In this world, except for the United States, there is also an Indian local formula competition, basically all car events are in Europe. So like Zhang Yifei before, he chose to enter Europe and joined the European Touring Car Championship.

"Wan Chai Car God" Zhou Yunhui has been running in the German DTM for two years. It can only be said that the German RV Masters in this era is too strong. Even if Zhou Yunhui joins as a professional driver and runs for two years, it is still difficult to gain a foothold in it.

Last year, he had fewer and fewer opportunities to play, and felt that the competition was too stressful, so he decided to settle for the second best and go to the slower European Touring Car Championship for a year.

As the saying goes, a tree moves to die, and a person moves to live. Zhou Yunhui thinks that a new world may have better development.

So by chance, the three people who used to race underground in Hong Kong unexpectedly reunited in Monaco. The past is like smoke, and when they stand together again, everyone actually feels extremely emotional in their hearts.

"Zhang Yifei, Zhou Yunhui, I didn't expect that we would reunite in this way."

Xie Tiancheng smiled and said, "He is the one among the three people who have no desire for careers."

If it weren't for Zhang Yifei's motivation, he might have continued to play in underground racing cars and would have never thought of becoming a professional driver at all.

So this time, Xie Tiancheng was more of the joy of reunion between old friends.

"Yes, who would have thought that this way would be reunited, Xie Tiancheng and I became opponents, and at the same time became Yifei's mattress racer."

Compared with Xie Tiancheng, the tone of "Wan Chai Car God" has a little more sigh. It can be said that Zhou Yunhui's professional yearning is the one with the deepest obsession among the three.

After all, neither Zhang Yifei nor Xie Tiancheng had experienced too many twists and turns in his career journey, but Zhou Yunhui was almost removed from the list of professional events. He finally cleared his "injustice" and returned to the professional track.

When he went to Germany DTM, he was so energetic that he met Zhang Yifei in the New North Raceway. In a sense, Zhou Yunhui was even higher than Zhang Yifei.

At that time, Zhang Yifei was just a junior Renault driver, while Zhou Yunhui had already entered the top paddock of the RV race.

Two years have passed, and Zhou Yunhui did not have the smooth sailing as he imagined. His lack of strength and age have made it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the German RV Masters.

When he saw Zhang Yifei again, he had become the other party's cushion racer. This feeling was like a big star performing in the spotlight, but he was like a dancer behind him, far from the same level.

So while Zhou Yunhui was happy, he still couldn't hide the deep loss in his tone.

Listening to Zhou Yunhui's words, even if Zhang Yifei is not a person with delicate feelings, he can still feel the loneliness in his heart. Indeed, over the past two years, he and Xie Tiancheng have been moving upwards, but he is on the downhill road.

I remember that at the New North Raceway, Zhou Yunhui had the style of a "Wan Chai Car God" and had a "gentleman racing" with him. Perhaps his career failure also hit his spirit and even felt a little inferior.

In fact, it’s not a big deal for Zhou Yunhui. The DTM of this era can be said to be the strongest RV event. He entered the top race directly. If he couldn’t win, he would be like sailing against the current, and if he didn’t advance, he would retreat.

In comparison, although Xie Tiancheng did not reach Zhou Yunhui's height, he was at least moving up step by step. However, according to Xie Tiancheng's fighting spirit and strength, he may not be able to reach Zhou Yunhui's height in his life.

Of course, everyone has their own ambitions. At least after Xie Tiancheng came, he was already very satisfied with his career achievements.
To be continued...