"It's too fast! It's so fast, I've never seen Schumacher get left out by 0.5 seconds in qualifying. ”

"Someone said before that Fei is not good at night fighting, it's just too funny, I can say responsibly that Zhang Yifei has no shortcomings!"

"The absolute Chinese car god, the opening game is going to take the pole position!"

"Fuck I'm so excited, Fei is even stronger than last year's rookie season!"

"Nonsense, of course flying is getting stronger every year!"

Many supporters on the track were in a state of ecstasy after seeing Zhang Yifei come out at a lap speed.

Even though it was only the first lap of qualifying, and there was still nearly half an hour to go, Zhang Yifei used his lap time to break the rumors on the track before and countered those who ridiculed him.

Who said that Zhang Yifei couldn't fight at night, who laughed at the short-lived Chinese drivers, now stand up and take a look!

"Shumi, you're going to be serious on the next lap, and the lap time is amazing."

Jean Todd finally delivered the news to Schumacher through the team's voice, because all the previous rumors were in front of this lap time, so as not to prove that they were false.

The results of the Chinese kid's practice match, either he didn't do his best, or he was acting, and his new season is much stronger than he imagined!

"I know."

Schumacher did not answer confidently as he used to, but showed that he took it seriously.

Because his fastest lap in the racing simulator, that is, 0.5 seconds faster than Zhang Yifei's lap time.

But keep in mind that racing simulators are the perfect environment, and the impact of the night is not as great as that of the scene. However, for the truly top drivers, the environment on the track, on the contrary, can stimulate the spirit and potential, and run faster than the simulator lap time.

At the same time, there was another driver on the track, and the first time he asked about his lap time, that was the Indy champion Helio.

"Briatoli, what's my lap time?"

"1:45.804."

Many people paid attention to Zhang Yifei, and didn't notice that in fact, the track Shanghai Leo was in the back row, and he was also extremely crazy about overtaking, even more radical than Zhang Yifei.

He started from the bottom 22 on the grid and by the time the first lap was finished, he was already in 15th place. Zhang Yifei surpassed 4 drivers, and Helio surpassed 7 opponents!

It's just that the gold content of the opponents surpassed by Helio is far less than that of Zhang Yifei, so the attention is naturally relatively low. In fact, many times on the track, the camera is on the "Mars Group" in the front row, but the competition in the "Earth Group" is not weaker than the front row, and even surpasses.

The reason is that the "Earth Group" is a group of equal riders, and there are a large number of drivers, so the competition is naturally more intense. Of course, it can also be said that all kinds of rookies in the earth group peck each other, and even run out some comedic effects, purely in terms of viewing, it is really not bad.

But this is the first lap, whether it can be overtaken is not to see how strong the opponent is, but to see whether they are willing to block the car.

If you are serious according to the standards of the main race, then Zhang Yifei may not be able to easily surpass even the first Heidefeld in one lap, and it is impossible to complete the amazing results of four front-row drivers in a row.

The front-row drivers are reluctant to fight because they are more ambitious, more focused on running faster laps and wanting to score points and finish on the podium in the race.

But many times the rear drivers don't have so many worries, and Lao Tzu can't get any points anyway, so why do you still overtake me?

Therefore, Helio faced a lot more blocking actions in the back row than Zhang Yifei, and his ability to run this kind of lap speed is really terrifying.

Zhang Yifei always thought that a driver like himself, who was born in a "wild road" and had run many underground cars, was much better than a formula driver from a professional class in the face of the advantage of night street races.

But in fact, this opposite is not entirely correct, such as Helio, a kid who grew up in the automobile kingdom, drove a large-displacement performance car when he was a teenager, galloping on the roads of the United States.

That's why, many people talk about the racing heritage, there is indeed a country with this kind of heritage, most of the drivers have a very solid foundation, it is difficult to have some fatal shortcomings, and the results are also very stable and competitive.

"What about the rider flying?"

Helio asked again, he had already known that Zhang Yifei was overtaking frantically, so he had a hunch that his lap time would not be low.

"1:45.627, flying is the fastest lap so far."

So fast?

When he heard this number, Helio, who had always been invincible, changed his face.

He knew that Zhang Yifei's speed was not slow, but he began to exert his strength in the first lap, and Zhang Yifei was still faster than him. He overtook top drivers like Ralph Schumacher and Barrichello, and as a result, he could still have this kind of lap time, is the Chinese so strong?

To be honest, if it weren't for the mouth of Renault's manager, Helio couldn't believe it was true. In the last lap of the winter test stage, Zhang Yifei could only be slightly ahead of himself, and he still occupied the advantage of the theoretical data of the car.

It's only been less than a month, and I feel like I've left myself far behind, how did Zhang Yifei do it?

Helio himself encountered a car block, and subconsciously thought that Zhang Yifei was facing a similar situation as himself. But the people who overtook themselves were some rookie drivers at the bottom, and the level of Zhang Yifei's opponents who overtook was not comparable at all, is the driver really so strong?

At this moment, Helio had all kinds of doubts in his heart, and even a little doubt about the feeling of life.

At the same time, at the track commentary station, British commentator Blundell saw Zhang Yifei's lap time come out, and he almost couldn't hold back, and wanted to shout "YSE!" excitedly. ”。

However, after more than ten years of commentary experience, Blundell finally restrained his emotions, even though he was already very excited in his heart, he still said in a light tone: "Leo, I said, you can see flying different lap times, and now it has appeared." ”

Needless to say, when Zhang Yifei's name appeared at the top of the lap leaderboard, the face of Singapore commentator Leo instantly turned blue.

To be honest, although he and Zhang Yifei can also be called Chinese, from beginning to end, Leo has never looked up to these mainland boys in his heart, thinking that he is a high-level Chinese.

Not only Europeans and Americans have a sense of superiority, but also many "banana people".

Of course, this is not absolute, it can be said that in this era, the mainstream view in Singapore is like this, and Leo is no exception.

"It's true that the lap time is fast, but it's only the first lap, the other drivers didn't run seriously, and the Chinese driver Fei just took the lead."

Leo also has some truth in what he said, it is true that most of the drivers on the track are warming up the tires at a normal pace and not going all out to run the fastest lap.

"Really? Then should we make another bet, even if the qualifying round is over, at least the flying ones will be able to enter the top five! ”

Blundell wanted to say the top three or pole position, but hesitated. After all, his more than ten years of commentary qualifications are here, and a newcomer like Leo can say casually, if he doesn't predict accurately, it will affect his fame.

And he really doesn't have much confidence that Zhang Yifei can run in the top three or pole position, mainly because the theoretical data of Ferrari racing this year is too strong. In addition, several newcomers, including Helio, are also menacing.

As a new Grand Prix this year, Singapore has no advantage for veteran drivers, and the layout of the street race also weakens the performance gap in the car in a sense. After all, the maximum speed is 300km/h, and the strength of the performance is not the decisive factor.

In the face of Brendel's active attack, Leo hesitated for a moment and said: "If Zhang Yifei can run into the top five in qualifying, then I will admit his strength." ”

"Is it so simple to just admit strength?"

Blundell replied with a smile, in fact, what he wanted to say in his heart was, what are you, do you need to admit your strength to fly?

Blundel's pressing steps made Leo's face ugly, he didn't expect the British commentator to support a Chinese driver so strongly.

"Well, if Zhang Yifei can run into the top three or pole position, I will publicly apologize to him!"

Hearing this, Blundell felt that it was almost over, so he nodded and replied, "I hope Fei can feel your apology." ”

Grass mud horse, what this old man in England meant, is it booked before I can run and I want to apologize?

I don't believe that Chinese drivers can really take any pole position!

On the track, with the lap speed stimulation of Zhang Yifei in the first lap, from the second lap, it directly entered a white-hot state.

And an even more bizarre scene happened, with the top three drivers on the track turning qualifying into a race. Both Schumacher and Coulthard are soaring like crazy, and they don't intend to give Zhang Yifei any chance to catch up.

Zhang Yifei did not deliberately pull away to create an environment for himself to brush laps, and also began to attack Coulthard according to the standards of the main race.

Others don't know, but Zhang Yifei knows very well that last year was the peak of Coulthard's career, and he has gone downhill, and he doesn't have the strength to compete for the world championship!

In this case, then come to be my stepping stone for Zhang Yifei, this year's opener, I Zhang Yifei want to make a splash and show the world my ambition to compete for the world championship!

As Zhang expected, Coulthard was in poor form in the opener, completely lacking the momentum of last year's top drivers. In fact, there is already a foresign in the winter test stage, but people are like this, and they don't really fall down, and they can't expect the original collapse to be so fast.

In a sense, the same is true of Villeneuve, who was still regarded as a world champion last year.

In the 21st minute of qualifying, Zhang Yifei officially overtook Coulthard and began to race the lap speed with Schumacher. At this moment, Schumacher finally began to get serious and give full play to his strength, with the F2002 car, like a car and a person, showing terrifying strength.

It's just that he broke out too late, or under the premise that Zhang Yifei had been preparing for a full year, Schumacher didn't expect it at all, it turned out that Zhang Yifei had been prepared to challenge himself in all aspects.

As the countdown above the start line ended, the half-hour qualifying session finally ended.

In this half-hour, after almost every lap, the fastest lap on the display has to be renamed. Even Zhang Yifei, who was fully prepared, could only fight five or five in the face of Schumacher, who was in a hurry.

There is also another thing that Zhang Yifei didn't expect is that even Helio's name can appear at the top of the list from time to time!

It can only be said that Helio also fought hard in this qualifying race, and the layout of the Singapore circuit gave full play to the performance advantages of Renault cars, which were not lost to Ferrari and Prost cars at all.

At this time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the huge broadcast screen on the track. After more than a dozen seconds of waiting, the bright red numbers finally appeared on the black background board.

The first position in the rankings shows: Prost - Fly - 1 minute 44 seconds 739!