"The speed of the flight is abnormal."

Almost as soon as Zhang Yifei passed the first corner, McLaren team chairman Ron Dennis keenly discovered that Zhang Yifei's speed and route were more than one level better than Schumacher.

There is indeed a factor in the first lap of the practice competition. Schumacher has not officially entered the state yet, but from the side, it means that Zhang Yifei's speed of entering the state is a bit amazing, and he doesn't even look like he is running a practice competition.

"Soon, he won't be taking this training as a main competition, right?"

McLaren manager Whit Marsh next to him nodded and agreed, his tone was a little surprised.

Although the East China Sea Track is a brand new track with no historical data as a reference, for top racing practitioners, they only need a simple corner to roughly judge the speed of the racing car.

Even some retired drivers who have transformed into team managers, such as Prost and Nicky Lauda, ​​can even infer the accuracy speed at that time, and the error value is only about one percent.

So Dennis and Whitmarsh both saw that Zhang Yifei's speed was not normal, so he started exerting force directly in the practice game.

"Of course it's impossible to be a regular race, but this is the home track of Fei. He probably wants to show his speed in front of Chinese audiences."

"The pre-race preparation time for this time was very different from the previous state, and he performed very relaxed and casually. Now the audience cheered him again. As a young man who is only 20 years old, it is actually very normal to show his strength to respond to the home car fans."

Dennis said his own reasons. After all, the 200,000-level home spectators, except for the Indianapolis track in the United States, other F1 tracks cannot reach this scale.

And more importantly, even if it is your own home court, you must have the strength and fame that matches the home court.

If you are a bottom driver, even if you have home support, you will not be able to do such a scene of hundreds of thousands of people shouting and cheering.

To be honest, let alone a young boy like Fei, even if it were other drivers, it would be easy to get lost in this atmosphere. Not everyone can be as stable as a calm person.

Whitmarsh nodded after hearing this, and then said, "It is normal for him to show off when he is young, but whether it will affect the performance of the game depends on whether he can control the limit."

"From the current performance, Fei seems to be unable to control his mentality."

Whitmarsh still has the consensus reached by other teams these days, that is, Zhang Yifei is a little bit arrogant, and his performance in the practice competition now confirms this.

But Dennis had a playful smile on his face at this time.

"Whitmarsh, whether Fei finally controls his mentality is not based on his performance, but on his performance."

"Even if it's arrogant, as long as you can win the game, this is the normal confidence of the champion. On the contrary, as long as you lose, even if you are as modest as traditional Chinese people, you will still be controversial."

"Look at the track, the flying is almost catching up with Schumacher's wake. It's only half a lap, and the speed of flying is at least 1 second faster than Schumacher. You should know what this means."

Whitmarsh just went to talk to the boss, but he didn't notice the gap between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher.

Generally, the interval between the practice races is 2 to 3 seconds. In less than a minute of speaking, the distance between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher is less than two curves. If you encounter a long straight road, you may even have a chance to get the wake of the car in front!

what does that mean?

This means that in the first lap of the practice competition, Zhang Yifei's single lap speed was more than 2 seconds faster than Schumacher!

After receiving Dennis' reminder, Whitmarsh was stunned when he looked at the broadcast screen. It was indeed as the boss said, competitive sports were not all about their attitudes, they only saw the final results.

The so-called seriousness and diligence are actually just bonus points in competitive sports, not some decisive items.

Now that Zhang Yifei runs out of this kind of lap, it can no longer be explained by Schumacher's lack of seriousness, or wants to show off, etc. This is strength, and he has begun to show his own dominance over the East China Sea International Track!

Could it be that this kind of home halo can also appear on a brand new track?

Not only Whitmarsh was stunned, but all the members of the Ferrari repair station strategy team were shocked at this moment!

In fact, with the experience and background of the Ferrari strategy group, they have long since felt too much joy because of the "slackness" shown by Zhang Yifei.

On the contrary, as it became more and more abnormal, they felt a vigilant feeling that something was abnormal and that was a monster. But the Ferrari strategy team couldn't understand what Zhang Yifei's confidence and confidence were. Did he really think that this was his home court, and he could easily defeat Schumacher to dominate the track?

After all, according to the normal team's thinking, especially when the opponent is Schumacher, no matter how talented he can quickly control the track, can he still give Schumacher a second?

Now the Ferrari strategy team began to understand what Zhang Yifei's confidence and confidence are. The speed of the first lap of this Chinese boy's practice competition is comparable to the fastest lap speed Schumacher had on the racing simulator.

If this wasn't Zhang Yifei's full strength, then Schumacher would face a crushed defeat. This situation is really a bit horrifying!

"Is this Fei's trump card? It's not his slackness, but his absolute dominance, so he dares to be so relaxed?"

Ross Brown was completely shocked, and he even doubted whether the scene he saw in his eyes was real.

No one has ever been able to "smash" Schumacher so much after his rookie season. Even the showdown with Senna back then, the Brazilian drivers in the Rain could not win so exaggeratedly, and the final winner was Schumacher.

This is a brand new track. Putting aside the "metaphysical" momentum bonus at home, theoretically with Schumacher's experience, he should have crushed the flying speed at skill, but now it's completely reversed.

What made the Ferrari strategy team even more desperate is that it is only the first lap of the first practice game. In the next more important qualifying match, the main competition, how fast will Zhang Yifei be? Will Schumacher suffer the most painful defeat in his career?

"I don't believe it, I don't believe that anyone in this world can crush Shumi on the track, even if Senna is reborn, can't do it."

Jean Todd shook his head stubbornly, telling him that this was impossible to happen, whether it was emotional or rational.

But the amazing facts are already in front of you. At least in this lap, Zhang Yifei was faster than Schumacher in a lap for more than two seconds. The only way to verify whether it will continue to happen is to let Schumacher run faster. If Zhang Yifei can catch up and surpass him, it really means a change of kings.

"Shumi, run faster in the second lap, it's time to show your strength."

Jean Todd did not say that Zhang Yifei was catching up because he didn't want to put a lot of pressure on Schumacher.

But for Schumacher, it doesn't matter whether Jean Todd says it or not, because he has seen the blue and red Prost car in the rearview mirror, the familiar number 13.

There are no adjectives at this moment, which can describe the emotions in Schumacher's heart. The first lap has just passed, and the interval between his departures is 3 seconds ahead of Zhang Yifei. Including the distance from the maintenance station to the exit, it is at least more than 2 seconds.

The driver behind flew, just in the past lap, was he more than 2 seconds ahead of him in a lap?

In the first lap of the practice race, Schumacher did not use all his strength, and racing adjustment was not the best plan. But this is not enough to be an excuse for being led by others for more than 2 seconds in a lap, especially as Schumacher's identity and status, it is simply a shame for him to find excuses!

Without responding to the team's strategy group's instructions, Schumacher stepped on the accelerator and started to speed up in the practice race.

It would be a very shameful thing to be caught up by Zhang Yifei, who was starting from behind. If he was easily overtaken, it would be even more humiliating to Schumacher. The battle for the championship will have a great blow to confidence.

In any case, Schumacher cannot let such a scene happen.

In addition to Schumacher who was chased, who was shocked by Zhang Yifei's speed, there was actually another "chaser". The shock in his heart at this moment was so hard that he could not describe it.

The third starter was Helio of Renault. He had no chance of the championship battle, but Helio also said that there was one thing he could do, that is, responding to the failure of the Indianapolis track on the East China Sea Track!

For an Indy world champion, he not only lost to an F1 driver at his home court, but even the Indy 500 Holy Land track was stepped on his head and said he was conquered in front of 300,000 American spectators.

Helio will never forget that scene. Zhang Yifei told reporters arrogantly that he would not kiss the champion floor tiles of Indy Track because he is a conqueror, so why should he follow the tradition of the loser?

Helio will never forget that a disappointed Indycar fan who spoke of the World Championships of the BorgWarner trophy will never forgive himself as a loser, which will bring shame to them.

The best way to retaliate is to stand on the highest podium at Zhang Yifei's home court and declare his rule on the highest podium at China's Donghai International Speedway, so that Zhang Yifei can also taste what it is like to be scolded by 200,000 supporters.

The deeper love is, the deeper hatred is. The cheers on the track are now, and the backlash will be as fierce as possible!

However, Helio did not expect that Zhang Yifei's speed would be so exaggerated. He had thought of it and gave the Chinese a warning to the first lap of the practice race, but he was thrown away from him. There was no sign of the opponent's racing car on the long straight road.

Especially when the team informed that Zhang Yifei's first lap of the practice race was 1 minute 32 seconds 422, all Helio's preparations were shattered.

Because the fastest lap he ran on the team racing simulator is the lap he ran out of the first lap now!

The best way to do your own is to run away casually!

"Briattoli, did you really fly so fast just now?"

Helio asked Manager Renault, which may be the first time he took the initiative to talk, without the arrogant arrogance he used to be, and even felt like he was in a daze.

"Yes, the lap is so fast, and he has caught up with Schumacher, and the two have entered a confrontation."

"Catch up with Schumacher?"

When Helio heard this, he was even more in a state of collapse.

If you have to say who Helio can convince in the entire f1 paddock, it is undoubtedly Schumacher.

Even the provocation at the US Grand Prix was actually Schumacher's ultimate goal. As for Zhang Yifei, he was just a cannon fodder used to mock him, the kind of person who took it out and fell into the gun.

Of course, the final result was something that no one expected, and the cannon fodder made a shocking counterattack.

Schumacher was caught up, which means that Zhang Yifei's lap speed just now was more than 2 seconds faster than Schumacher in a single lap.

Even Schumacher has been crushed by the Chinese? What kind of weirdness is there in this East China Sea track that can make Zhang Yifei run so fast?

In fact, compared with the lap speed of 1 minute 32 seconds 422, for the track commentator and ordinary audiences, Zhang Yifei caught up with Schumacher.

Because the new track does not have the fastest lap, track record and other things as a comparison, Zhang Yifei only knows that the lap speed of running is faster, but it cannot be felt by non-practice personnel.

After all, the fastest lap of the internal racing simulator is still in the confidential stage at this moment, and it is all the trump cards of each team.

But catching up with Schumacher is a very obvious reference object. If the speed is not fast enough, how can you catch up with the first person in Formula? More importantly, Zhang Yifei ate Schumacher's wake after the first lap, which means that his lap speed is amazing.

"Li, does the home court of the East China Sea Track have a special magic for flying? Can he actually run so fast?"

This man named "Li" is Li Bing, a Chinese commentator whom Brendel partnered with this time. It is also the first time that the Chinese have officially participated in the commentary of the F1 event.

To be honest, Li Bing was shocked when he saw Zhang Yifei catching up with Schumacher at this moment, but the traditional Chinese modesty and low-key thinking made him not boast about Zhang Yifei, but said in a very restrained manner.

"Maybe back to my own country and the cheering of the audience on the scene gave Yifei a great support and fighting spirit, so he could perform so well."

"no, no, Lee, I hope the answer is more real and direct, just like Fei's style, always so simple and ostentatious, making people understand his heart!"

Facing Brendel's reply, Li Bing felt speechless in an instant. He was indeed a little more restrained and official answer, but the question is, how did Zhang Yifei run so fast? How did I know?

If you really want to be serious, your understanding of Zhang Yifei may be worse than this British foreigner who follows the commentary on every game.

However, Li Bing has also read many foreign media reports about Zhang Yifei, knowing that this is a driver who is completely different from the image of a traditional Chinese athlete, and often it can be described as simple and rough.

This is a live broadcast facing the world. Foreigners like flying, right? Then I'll just say it clearly!

"Okay, then my answer is that I fly very strongly, so I can run faster than Schumacher, that's why!"

That's right, there are so many reasons. Zhang Yifei can run faster than Schumacher, because he is strong enough.

It seemed that in order to confirm Li Bing's words, the practice race only reached the third lap. When he came to turn 1 of the track again, Zhang Yifei directly showed the legendary full-curve braking. Using a perfect throttle turn, he overtook Schumacher, who was the first to start in the practice race.

This picture came earlier and easier than everyone expected.

Even after suddenly overtaking, the audience was silent, and even the audience did not react. It turned out that they had already overtaken!

ps: Today is the New Year’s Eve in the south, and there is a tradition of having New Year’s Eve with your family here, so I can’t get out of two chapters. I’m really sorry.

In addition, I wish all the older brothers a happy New Year and a happy family. In addition, the older brothers who have monthly tickets really need to vote for it. I feel that it is a bit of a battle, so I will definitely add more and make up for the cycle tomorrow!
Chapter completed!