484 Track Cars (Chapter 1)

The "Finnish Iceman" has a very low-key personality, and can even be described as introverted in front of the media, which seems a bit out of place with the speed and passion of motorsport.

As the pioneer of the "triple jump" miracle and the first driver in history to go straight from Formula 1 to Formula 1, he is arguably the brightest newcomer of all time, and the spotlight has always been on him.

This season, Kimi Raikkonen was the highlight of the season, taking over the place of Finnish superstar Mika Hakkinen and moving to McLaren, one of the Big Three.

Just like what the Brazilian team expects from Barrichello now, everyone thinks that Kimi Raikkonen will inherit Hakkinen's "mantle" and become the next generation of Finnish superstars.

Coupled with the highlights of his rookie season, almost no one doubts about it, it's just a matter of time.

But this year's new season, except for Australia's victory in the battle of the twin stars, Kimi Raikkonen's performance can almost be described as diving. Not to mention the results of the main competition, there was not even a single outstanding performance in the practice round and qualifying round, and they were often ranked outside the top ten.

In contrast, Zhang Yifei's performance has risen steadily, and now he has surpassed Schumacher and reached the point of competing with Montoya for the title.

It's obviously a super rookie script for three people, but now Kimi's name has disappeared and has become the trick that has been trapped. This huge gap, even the Finnish Iceman, who has a relatively low-key and forbearant personality, has an indescribable uncomfortable feeling.

He didn't want to be the loser who gave way to the car, and when he saw the blue flag waving on the track for the first time, he didn't pull over directly to give way to the car, but accelerated with one foot on the accelerator, showing his inner unconvinced.

"What is Kimi Raikkonen doing, helping the Chinese kid fly?"

When Sir Williams saw this, his mentality began to be a little anxious.

Although Kimi Raikkonen is not slow at the moment and has not yet reached the point of blocking the car, his move not to give way to the car after the blue flag will inevitably affect Montoya's line selection.

Whether Sir Williams is willing to admit it or not, he doesn't have the absolute confidence in Montoya's ability to defeat Zhang Yifei at the beginning.

After all, now that Zhang Yifei can even surpass Schumacher, will Montoya definitely be better than Schumacher?

"Well done, stop Montoya!"

In the pit stop of the Prost team, Prost has a completely different mentality from Sir Williams, he wishes that Kimi Raikkonen would not get out of the way, and it is better to directly line to block Montoya behind, creating an opportunity for Zhang Yifei to overtake.

As for whether this behavior is a bit shameful, or Zhang Yifei is suspected of picking up cheap, this is not within the consideration of the team owner.

Anyway, it was Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren Racing who refused to give up the car, and he was not from Prost Racing, and the accusation after the race was also blamed on McLaren. As for picking up cheap, it's even more of a joke, all kinds of accidents and accidents in F1 events are endless, there is never any saying about picking up cheap, only winning and losing!

The referee saw Kimi Raikkonen not giving way to the line and waved the blue flag for the second time. If Kimi Raikkonen doesn't give way, he'll be penalized by the FIA, with the next race going to extra time and the pit stop.

"Kimmy, get out of the way."

McLaren Racing CEO Whitmarsh finally conveyed the command to Kimi Raikkonen through the team's voice system.

This kind of meaningless struggle, in addition to affecting the results of the next race, will not prove anything, and will even suffer ridicule from the audience and the outside world, can you not afford to lose?

If you have the strength, you can rely on your ability to run in front to block the car, so that the opponent can only honestly follow behind and eat exhaust.

What is this kind of behavior of being caught for a lap and refusing to give up the overtaking route to the leading driver, is it a child's stubbornness?

But Whitmarsh understands Kimi Raikkkonen's psychology at the moment, as young drivers always have an air of refusal, especially now that they are being lapped by two equally young rivals.

He won't blame Kimi Raikkonen because Whitmarsh believes that the Finnish driver who has worked miracles will shine in the F1 paddock in the future, not the wins and losses of this race.

When Kimi Raikkonen heard Whitmarsh's words, he looked at the second handicap blue flag waved on the track, and the two blue cars that were closing in behind him, turned the steering wheel in his hand, leaned the McLaren car towards the edge of the track, and gave way to the two ring cars behind him.

When Zhang Yifei saw the change in Kimi Raikkonen's alignment at the front, he turned off the engine speed limit and stepped directly on the floor oil to the bottom, and the JS53 racing engine continued to output its own power with a roaring sound.

At the moment, Montoya's attention was actually more on Kimi Raikkonen, anxiously waiting for when he would give way. It was this loss of slack of attention, and when he reacted to Zhang Yifei's full throttle acceleration, it was too late to change lanes and block the car.

Zhang Yifei used very precise timing to achieve side-by-side driving with Montoya at the 13th and 14th left curves of the Interlagos circuit, and both of them were waiting for Kimi Lykenen to give way to the overtaking route.

At this time, a very strange scene happened, Kimi Raikkonen's concession direction was not to give way to the outside of the track, but to the left to give way to the inside of the track, just in front of Montoya, and Zhang Yifei on the right side of the road did not have much impact.

In the face of this fleeting opportunity, Zhang Yifei frantically stepped on the accelerator of the car, and successively surpassed Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen on the left arc corner, and came to the first position on the Interlagos circuit, which was also the first time he won the first car ranking in the sub-race!

"Overtaking was successful! Fly overtook Williams driver Montoya and the South American Colombian superstar to the top of the standings! Could it be that after Villeneuve, we are going to have another super rookie who won the championship in his rookie season? ”

When Blundell explained this paragraph, he even got up from his seat excitedly.

Thinking that there were only a few laps left in the race, coupled with Montoya's extremely tenacious defense, as the race was on the verge of ending, Zhang Yifei's overtaking hopes would become more and more slim.

Unexpectedly, when there were only 6 laps left in the race, Zhang Yifei successfully overtook Montoya with the help of Kimi Raikkonen's handicap and came to the current position of the first car.

As long as Zhang Yifei can hold the overtaking route in the last few laps, then he will become the champion driver of Interlagos!

The fact that the rookie won the title of race in three races of the season is definitely a terrifying achievement, even surpassing the speed of his predecessor Villeneuve's four races to win the championship.

And you must know that Zhang Yifei also ended Schumacher's great hope of winning seven consecutive stations, which is even more rare.

"Kimi Raikkonen, let's have a problem with the line, just blocked Montoya, otherwise the flight would not have been able to overtake!"

Gonzalez also began to get emotional at this time, if it weren't for Kimi Raikkonen choosing to give way to the left and seize Zhang Yifei on the right side, it would be impossible to easily surpass the past, he still followed Montoya.

Although Barrichello has now retired and there is no hope for other Brazilian drivers on the track, compared to others, Montoya from Colombia is also an American driver and has a natural affinity.

Even if Montoya didn't even have an Americas driver, Gonzalez didn't want to see Zhang Yifei from China emerge as the ultimate winner.

Whoever wins, as long as it's not the driver who provoked Barrichello to fly!

In the face of Gonzalez's speculation full of subjective intentions, Blundell finally couldn't help but retort: "If Kimi gives way to the right, can we also think that there is a problem with his handicap, because it just blocks the fly that is about to overtake?" ”

"But the outside is the more conventional route to give way."

Kimi had already seen a second blue flag reminder during the tangent, so he gave way to the middle route. It is impossible for the teams to communicate with each other on the track, and they are supervised by the FIA, so why Fei can react to seize the outside line, but Montoya is blocked. ”

"Reaction time, isn't it a kind of strength?"

Blundell was rarely so aggressive, and this time he finally didn't give Gonzalez any steps down.

Because Zhang Yifei's performance today can already be described as perfect, such a rookie driver should not be questioned, but praised, he is the future of F1 racing.

In addition, Gonzalez's bias is too obvious, this kind of person is really not suitable to be a commentator, and when facing the senior commentary, he is very arrogant and rude.

The Americas do have a home field advantage at Interlagos, but is home field advantage necessarily a champion?

If this is the case, then what else is needed, which country builds an F1 track on its own soil, and its own drivers will directly win the championship, motorsports, after all, is still an event of absolute strength!

In the face of Brendel, who counterattacked strongly, Gonzalez was completely speechless this time.

Indeed, as Blundell said, Montoya still occupies the lead, and Zhang Yifei can react to Kimi Raikkonen's concession, so why didn't Montoya react.

There can be no possibility of collusion in the voice of the F1 team, even if the two teams have a good relationship and have any cooperation in private, McLaren Racing does not look down on a small team like Prost.

Not to mention that Prost, because of the internal struggle with Senna, "left" the McLaren team in a negative mood, the relationship between the two sides can be described as extremely poor, and it is impossible to have any practice cooperation.

Therefore, there is only one reason why Zhang Yifei can complete the overtake on the track, that is, the Chinese kid is really strong!