Jaguar team manager Steiner, listening to the emotion of Niki Lauda next to him, originally wanted to refute the joke, but when the words came to his mouth, he finally swallowed back.

Because there is no doubt that today's incident will make Zhang Yifei the undisputed focus of the Suzuka circuit, and even surpass the attention of champion Schumacher.

The performance of this Chinese kid in the rookie season is already the top performance in history, and it is second only to Villeneuve in the past ten years. But let's not forget, he drove the Prost in the lower echelons, while Villeneuve drove the Williams, and the two teams were not in the same class at all.

What if this guy gets behind the wheel next year? Steiner couldn't have imagined that a second Villeneuve would be born, and he would become a world champion the following year.

What's more coincidental is that Villeneuve's biggest opponent at the time was also Schumacher from Ferrari, will history repeat itself again?

Whether history repeats itself or not, that will be for the future, and by the time Zhang Yifei returned to the pits, the last few laps of the track had already ended.

With an undisputed lead, Schumacher once again became the defending champion of the Suzuka Circuit. And Ralf Schumacher also became the "profiteer", winning the runner-up title, and the third place was McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen.

It just so happened that the big three teams won the championship, second and third place respectively, and Prost, the spoiler team, was like a meteor cutting through the sky, just showing its splendor.

However, in this result, in addition to Schumacher maintaining a flat mentality, Ralph Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen were not as happy as they imagined. After all, Barrichello and Alessi can still be regarded as having an accident due to their own operation errors, and Zhang Yifei took the initiative to quit so that they have their current results.

This kind of "picking up cheap" results is not a thing worth celebrating and showing off for the pride of many F1 drivers, and they hope to use their own strength to completely defeat their opponents!

The award ceremony and post-race interview also confirmed the conjecture of many people before, the focus of media attention is not on the top three drivers, and even the limelight of champion Schumacher has been taken away by Zhang Yifei.

"Schumacher, what do you want to say about Fei voluntarily giving up the game? If he hadn't done so, would there have been any suspense about the championship? ”

In the post-match interview, a Japanese NHK reporter asked this question directly. Spectators and fans alike also wanted to know what Schumacher had to say about the whole incident.

"Fei did the right thing and I respect and identify with him. There is no suspense about the victory though, and whether an accident happens or not, I'm the one who wins. ”

Schumacher replied very confidently, in fact, Zhang Yifei's remaining laps, even if it is a super soft tire, at most it is a threat to Schumacher, the hope of overtaking is very slim, Schumacher does not feel that he has any possibility of losing, he has the confidence to declare victory!

"Kimi, first of all, congratulations on your podium. We all know that you and Fei have the title of Gemini, you won him in the opening game, but in the finale you were actually surpassed by Fei, how are you feeling at this moment? ”

In the face of this reporter's question, Kimi Raikkonen has mixed feelings, and he does not know whether he should be happy with the victory or admit defeat calmly.

Say win, no confidence. To say that you have lost, you are not reconciled, and it is not in line with the facts. And the proud Finnish Iceman will not declare such a victory, he is the inheritor of the racing kingdom, and fate is destined to become the king!

"I'll prove myself."

Kimi Raikkonen said simply, expressing his mood at the moment, since he didn't win completely, then he would prove himself with a complete victory in the future!

Of course, the reporters were not very satisfied with this kind of ambiguous answer, but the next questions they asked were only treated indifferently by Kimi Raikkonen, which is also one of the main reasons for the consistent character of the Finnish Iceman, and even the origin of his nickname Iceman.

As for Ralph Schumacher, this playboy attitude is basically doing tai chi, and the answer is a piece of meaningless nonsense. Sometimes many people wonder in their hearts whether this guy is Schumacher's brother, and the gap between the two people is too big in terms of personality and appearance.

With the end of the post-race interview, the 2000 season of Formula 1 officially came to an end, and Schumacher was officially crowned his fourth world championship title, becoming the driver with the most active world championships.

There is only one world championship away from the historical record, and the five-time title of the legendary Argentine driver Fan Jiao. According to Schumacher's current state and the momentum of the Ferrari team, it is estimated that it should not be a problem to equalize the historical record, and whether he can set a new record depends on the strength of Schumacher's future opponents.

Zhang Yifei's amazing performance in the final game also completely established his status as the best rookie of the season, and was recognized by the media as a rising star in the F1 paddock at the next moment.

This is the first time in the history of a Chinese driver, or even an Asian driver, that he has won the title of Best Rookie of the Season, and Zhang Yifei has made history again in a sense. And his actions to save his teammates on the track have also been highly praised by the public, and the previous one-sided reviews in the European and American world have also been greatly reversed at this moment.

According to the survey of some statistical agencies, almost half of European and American fans expressed their support and neutrality for Zhang Yifei, you must know that the number was less than 20% before!

Zhang Yifei also became the first non-white driver in history to have a chance to completely conquer the European and American car world. It's not just the conquest of achievements, it's also people's hearts!

It's just that Zhang Yifei and the Prost team didn't pay much attention to the hustle and bustle of the media in the past few days, and even the crew members did not transfer back to the French headquarters, but stayed in Tokyo, Japan, to accompany Alessi, who had just undergone surgery.

This time, Alessi's injuries were much more serious than what he saw at the time of the accident.

A dislocated shoulder, a misaligned cervical spine, and a burning fire scorched Alesi's airways. But this is not the worst of the worst, the impact force during the rolling, the seat belt directly strangled two ribs, one of which broke and punctured the internal organs, causing massive bleeding.

When he got into the ambulance, blood was already flowing out of Alessi's mouth and nose, but Zhang Yifei didn't see this scene.

But fortunately, all parties in the whole rescue process were very tight, and almost no minute or second was wasted to send Alessi to the hospital for emergency treatment. If anything goes wrong, Alessi could become the first driver to die on a F1 track since Senna '94.

After the operation, Alessi was admitted to the intensive care unit, and by the time all the physical indicators were stable and transferred to the general ward, three days had passed. The entire members of the strategy team are standing in the ward to visit Alessi at this moment, and even the boss Prost has flown over from the French headquarters.

Alessi on the hospital bed was very pale, as if he was a teenager old, and he didn't have the second spring spirit of the French veterans in the past.

He looked at the crew members in the ward, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "I have nothing to do, there is no need to be so grand." ”

Alessi is actually a very strong French veteran, even when he is at his best, he is always unwilling to admit that he can't do it, but is determined to fight for the team's big French dream.

So with so many people watching today, he was really a little uncomfortable.

Hearing Alessi say this, the crew members also laughed, said some relatively light topics, and even made some small jokes, which diluted the relatively sad and solemn atmosphere a lot.

After chatting a few words, Alessi set her eyes on Zhang Yifei, looking like she wanted to say something.

In the end, he still looked at Zhang Yifei and said, "Thank you." ”

It's not that Alessi doesn't want to thank Zhang Yifei, he already knows that his life can be saved by Zhang Yifei, and the other party has given up the hope of the race and the sprint championship.

It's just that saying such hypocritical things in front of so many people, Alessi is a little speechless, just like in the past when he helped Zhang Yifei, he also used an indifferent attitude, rather than enthusiastic guidance to impart experience.

"We're teammates, we don't need to say that."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, when he faced Alessi's help, he said thank you, and Alessi also reacted in this way, but the French veteran didn't say the word teammate.

Today, Zhang Yifei just wants to tell Alessi that he has given him to the real team as a stand, and it is right to help each other.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's teammate, Alessi's eyes lit up, maybe for the French veteran, he himself could not have imagined that at the end of his career, he would become a real teammate with a Chinese rookie driver.

Soon, though, the light in Alessi's eyes dimmed, and his mood went down.

After sitting in the ward for about half an hour, the nurse came in and reminded the patient that he needed a break and therefore needed to end the visit.

Hearing this reminder, the crew members also stood up one after another, preparing to leave the ward and come back tomorrow to visit Alessi. But at this time, Alessi suddenly spoke: "Fei, boss, you stay, I have something to say to you." ”

Alessi's sudden request surprised both Zhang Yifei and Prost, but they also knew that if it wasn't an important matter, Alessi would not choose this point in time to let them stay.

I just don't know what Alessi wants to say at this moment.

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