745 Belief in Victory (5K)
The crazy racing stimulated the coldness that the practice race was about to end, and many people did not expect that Zhang Yifei and Helio would suddenly break out and get on the bar at such a point in time.
"Blue Death" against "Yellow Lightning", there is no so-called low-key, forbearance, Zhang Yifei and Helio two people, their surging fighting spirit and arrogant ambition, are fully revealed at this moment.
I just want to win Monaco, I just want to be on top, veterans, times have changed!
"Helio and the flying bar are on, and the two of them really didn't fall silent!"
"It's worthy of being the two most rampant drivers on the track, which is in line with the personalities of the two men."
"Fuck keep the strength, for the driver Fei, there will only be stronger strength."
"The word low-key has nothing to do with Helio, I love his wildness!"
The spectators on the track were immediately excited, Zhang Yifei and Helio, the two old enemies, will always be the most youthful moment in the F1 paddock.
The extreme speed of the car, as if to speed up the time, just a minute passed in a flash, with lightning speed, Zhang Yifei and Helio at the end of the practice race, ran their fastest lap.
All eyes were on the huge display of the track again, and the final lap leaderboard changed, especially the name at the top of the list, the familiar bright red flag was back!
Prost flew 1:14.502
Ferrari Schumacher 1:14.513
Renault Helio 1:14.517
With an extremely slight gap, Zhang Yifei got the fastest lap so far on the last lap of the practice session. At the same time, the top three drivers all broke last year's Schumacher track record and sprinted towards the fastest lap of 1:14.313.
If nothing else, the practice trend continues, and the track record and the fastest lap at the Monaco circuit will be broken.
The throne of the "King of Monaco" will become a suspense.
However, the Monaco circuit is precisely the most accident-prone track, and no matter how strong the driver is, there is a good chance that the people will be gone.
Luck is also part of strength, and luck at Monaco is a bit more important.
Jacques in the commentary room, watching the last lap come out, he was suddenly dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
He used to think that he knew Zhang Yifei very well, and this guy did things with plans and intentions, definitely not the arrogance and recklessness that the outside world thought. It may have been very aggressive in the early days, but now he is calm enough on the track, after all, a driver who can't control his emotions can't become a world champion.
But this time, he understood that he was still wrong, Zhang Yifei was indeed young and frivolous to show off his strength. But when you take this situation to the extreme, and you have results to rely on, there is no need to blame.
The Chinese boy did not restrain when he was lagging behind, but on the contrary, he fought back frantically to respond to those discussions and doubts about him.
Even at this moment, Jacques wondered if Zhang Yifei heard their explanation just to prove that he was right.
Zhang Yifei is indeed proving one thing, but he is not trying to prove that his behavior is right.
When the final lap was over, he returned to the pit pits, but his eyes were always on the Prost VIP viewing room on the second floor.
At this moment, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Alessi was also looking at Zhang Yifei sitting on the racing car, and the eyes of the two people collided like this.
At this time, Alessi raised his arm and stretched out his thumb towards Zhang Yifei. This may be the first time that Alessi has expressed his praise in front of Zhang Yifei directly, and also expressed his admiration for Zhang Yifei's performance on the track.
Even Alessi himself didn't expect that in this practice match, Zhang Yifei really showed the strength to conquer the Monaco circuit.
Standing in the position of a bystander, Alessi saw more thoroughly, and he was not wronged when he lost to this Chinese newcomer. If you can understand this truth earlier, maybe when the Prost team is at its peak, it will be built together with Zhang Yifei.
Looking at Alessi's movements in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, a smile appeared on Zhang Yifei's face, this is what he wants to prove.
Zhang Yifei wants to tell the French veteran that although he has withdrawn from the team, Prost's future will be more brilliant, and he has the strength to bring this French team to the top!
As the blue and red Prost car pulled into the pits, Alessi turned and walked out of the VIP lounge, he did not say goodbye to Zhang Yifei and the team, after all, this is the time of the race, not his own farewell moment.
As for the more important Monaco practice and main event, as planned, Alessi has no intention of continuing to watch. His mission was accomplished, and it was enough to return to that small French town and become a retired driver.
If you have the opportunity, you can realize the agreement with Zhang Yifei and come to the East China Sea to witness the glorious moment of his ascension!
"At this speed, the Monaco circuit can't stop him."
At the Jaguar convoy pit, Lauda looked at the bright red numbers on the big screen and couldn't help but mutter.
Once upon a time, Nicky Lauda also defended his title at Monaco, which is one of the accolades that must be won as a top driver and world champion.
So he knows very well how difficult it is to be a track and what it means for a newcomer to the track to run such a lap time.
This is a result that can be won first!
With the loss of power and the Ford Group's taste of making him a "backstabber" has become more and more obvious, Niki Lauda has rarely expressed his opinion on other drivers on the track.
But at this moment, he still exclaimed for Zhang Yifei, this young Chinese man who watched him step by step finally had plump wings. In the F1 paddock, there was no track rush in front of him.
Steiner, the jaguar manager next to him, heard Lauda's whisper, but this time he didn't refute or find fault.
Because he already knows the ultimate fate of this once legendary driver in the Jaguars team. When there is no conflict of interest, from the perspective of his own personal feelings, Steiner actually respects and even admires Niki Lauda.
After all, this driver is a symbol of courage in F1!
And having said that, under the influence of Niki Lauda, Steiner also began to pay attention to Zhang Yifei from a very early age. When he was still in the period of ridicule, the Jaguar team could already evaluate Zhang Yifei's potential and strength from an objective point of view.
To be honest, the Jaguar team's evaluation of Zhang Yifei has always been very high. It's just that every time Zhang Yifei's performance is performed, this evaluation will be raised again, and people will never be able to guess where the upper limit of this guy is.
Today's Monaco track results mean that there is no track in the F1 paddock that can beat Zhang Yifei in terms of difficulty.
Time goes back to a year and a half ago, and maybe no one could have imagined this result. Chinese drivers can really conquer Formula 1.
"yes, there's no track that can stop the driver from flying now."
Steiner agreed.
Faced with this undealing team manager, Lauda was a little surprised to agree with his own opinion.
However, he didn't say anything more, maybe in terms of his opinion of Zhang Yifei, he and Steiner have one of the few things in common.
Other team pit stops, more or less similar to the situation of the jaguar, all listed Zhang Yifei's amazing performance just now as a major matter of top concern at the moment.
Just as Blundell and Jacques thought before, Zhang Yifei was indeed too sharp, making himself a "target of the public". A lot of people on this track are ambitious, but when one person is exposed early, others start looking for ways to deal with it.
Moreover, the details of the Prost car have also been paid attention to by many teams, and if the effect proves to be really strong, it is possible that a large number of similar fin kits will appear at the Monaco circuit next season.
Maybe even Prost didn't think that one day he would be able to lead the trend of F1 by relying on research and development.
However, no one is aware of the changes to the brake discs, which are not as obvious as the air kits. Historically, the Monaco circuit used semi-circular grooves to increase friction, and it was also seen on the Williams Montoya in '06.
Now the Prost team, which has advanced this time point by four years, will become a killer feature in the future race.
Regardless, the F1 carnival came to an end for the time being, followed by the touring car mat race.
Xie Tiancheng and Zhou Yunhui were both at their own team pit just now and witnessed Zhang Yifei's performance at the last moments.
It can be said that at this moment, the situation in their hearts is full of emotion, and this feeling of on-site witness is incomparable in front of the TV. Especially when the lap time came out, thousands of spectators on the track chanted Zhang Yifei's name, which was unimaginable before!
They knew that Zhang Yifei was very popular abroad, but they didn't expect it to be so popular, and they didn't expect that the foreigners on the track were all conquered by Zhang Yifei like the most devout fans!
You must know that the two of them are also competing abroad now, and there is no attention from the outside world at all, let alone fanatical foreign fans, purely transparent drivers on the track.
The only thing that is a little better than Zhang Yifei at the beginning may be that on the track, he has not experienced the scene of ridicule and abuse from the audience. But then again, they have not experienced ridicule, and it has been confirmed from the side that they have not yet reached the level of attracting the attention of the world.
Only mediocre people will not be envied.
This sentence is put in the racing world, that is, only mediocre drivers will make people not even bother to do ridicule.
This can't be blamed on Xie Tiancheng or Zhou Yunhui not working hard enough, but the ceiling of Chinese drivers in this era, that's all, they have done their best, but they still can't change the world.
Zhang Yifei is the outlier among Chinese drivers who has changed the world.
In the Pit Stop of the Prost Racing Team, after the crew members celebrated, Zhang Yifei did not go to the lounge, but stood at the front desk of the pit station and watched the European Touring Car Championship.
But at this moment, Alonso suddenly appeared beside him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "How the hell did you do it?" ”
"What and how?"
"Lap times, your last lap of the simulator last night was almost half a second behind the track record, why did you run the fastest lap of the practice session today and beat the track record?"
Alonso still didn't restrain the doubts in his heart, especially before the practice match, Zhang Yifei dared to directly release his bold words, saying that he wanted to win the Monaco circuit, how did he do this?
"You had the fastest lap today, which was also a full 0.3 seconds faster than last night's simulator training lap, so how did you do it?"
"I ......"
This time it was Alonso's turn not to know how to answer, it is true that on the racing simulator, he and Zhang Yifei's results are not ideal, and once on the track, the feeling is completely different.
Alonso wanted to say that this was the reason for the competition, but in the face of Zhang Yifei's results, he felt that he had a sense of humiliation in saying this, so he swallowed the words and changed to another version.
"Because of Alesi's experience, combined with the actual situation on the track, I ran faster."
"That's why I'm too."
Zhang Yifei replied lightly, not wanting to continue to dwell on this issue.
"I don't believe it!"
Alonso replied with such a sentence, he was not unconvinced of Zhang Yifei's strength, but really couldn't understand why people could progress so fast overnight, could it be said that on the racing simulator, Zhang Yifei retained his strength, and deliberately ran slow to let himself relax his vigilance to relieve the pressure of competition?
However, this idea was quickly denied by Alonso, no matter what the relationship between the two is, whether he is ambitious and wants to challenge Zhang Yifei's position.
But there is one thing that Alonso agrees with in his heart, that is, Zhang Yifei is a real driver, the glorious and great kind!
At least on the track, he has never hidden his skills, even if he knows that he is the No. 2 driver to challenge, he has to answer questions about driving skills.
Speaking from the heart, Alonso thinks that he can't be Zhang Yifei's frankness and selflessness, technically Alonso does not admit defeat, and the fire of ambition has never been extinguished. But in terms of personality and driver spirit, Alonso has been impressed by Zhang Yifei in his heart.
This is why, since the opening game, Alonso has rarely faced the provocation of Zhang Yifei again. If it weren't for the bizarre nature of this time, he wouldn't want to question and ask like this.
Hearing the words "I don't believe it", the corners of Zhang Yifei's mouth showed a faint smile, he was not angry, and his eyes were still looking at the RV that was speeding on the track.
"Alonso, if you want to win a game, if you have a belief that you must win, then you can squeeze all your potential and fighting spirit."
"The reason I'm able to practice and run lap times that are so far faster than on a car simulator is because I know what I'm fighting for, can you understand?"
In the face of Zhang Yifei's rhetorical question, Alonso was instantly silent, and any driver has a belief that supports him to fight the track.
Some riders are in it for money, some are for fame, and a little more advanced, to prove themselves and the desire to win. The ideological realm is sublimated a little more, it is for those who support themselves, as well as the glory of the country and the nation.
It's like those Olympic athletes, who spend their whole lives to witness the moment when the national flag is raised.
"Then what are you fighting for this time?"
"Friend."
Hearing this answer, Alonso was a little surprised, he thought that Zhang Yifei would say that he was fighting for glory and victory.
That's right, the reason why Zhang Yifei is so crazy this time is to fight for friendship.
Whether it's a friend or a teammate.
Because he knew that Alessi would only watch one game, and he understood that Xie Tiancheng and Zhou Yunhui would also follow the team to transfer after the mat race, and they would not be able to witness their race.
So Zhang Yifei wants to use this unimportant practice match so that they can witness at least once before leaving, and their name appears at the top of the list!
This is his belief that he will win today, fighting for friendship!