"This overtaking speed is a bit fast."

Toyota team manager Tomita Mian couldn't help but murmur a sentence in his mouth, he never thought that Bernaldi could block Zhang Yifei, and the previous overtaking of Montoya had proved that his defense was full of holes.

But at least Bernaldi blocked the opponent's corners a few times when defending Montoya, and Zhang Yifei was simply in a no-man's land, as if he drove straight over.

Is this because Zhang Yifei is too strong, or is Bernoldi too hungry and has no sense of defense at all?

To be honest, if it weren't for Toyota's hasty end this year, they wouldn't have wanted an F3000 driver like Bernardi. It can only be said that if something takes a shortcut, it will inevitably bear the consequences of taking a shortcut.

For example, the collapse of the youth training program, giving up the drivers trained by their reserves, and joining the F1 paddock too quickly without contacting enough strong drivers, can only let Bernoldi's strength go to the battle.

"Normally, Bernaldi and Yifeijun are not the same level of drivers."

Team leader Ueto Hirakawa's tone was very indifferent, they were already in the final battle of the season, and no matter how bad the results were, they didn't care about this one more.

The only regret is that at home in Japan, as a local team, there is no huge fan base support, and I have to say that this is a failure of Toyota's team operation.

"Is there a follow-up to the contact with Yamamoto Ukyo and Junko Takeda?"

After the failure of the previous dialogue, Toyota's management still didn't want to give up so quickly, and continued to use various relationships to start with the people around Zhang Yifei, and naturally former employees Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto were the best candidates.

"There is not much follow-up, their will is still very strong, and they are not willing to do any persuasive actions unless Yifeijun agrees to it."

"Yaga, obviously a Japanese national, why is he so loyal to a Chinese driver!"

The successive failures of the "rebellion" made Tomita a little angry, just like Prost's mentality at the beginning, he naturally thought that his compatriots would definitely help him and maintain the development of the Japanese team.

But Tomita was wrong, it was not a matter between countries, but a matter of professional ethics and personal feelings. Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto, when Zhang Yifei was still a pure rookie, gave up their positions in the Toyota Group and spent the most difficult moments together, how could they be easily "rebelled"?

"By the way, Prost R&D base, are you sure that there are Chinese engineers stationed in the R&D base?"

The Toyota team wants to poach Zhang Yifei, but in fact, it has done a background check and knows that a Chinese-funded institution has invested in the Prost team. Even investigated Huali Holding Group, which is actually inextricably linked with Zhang Yifei.

They guessed that the reason why Zhang Yifei was willing to stay in the Prost team must be related to the Chinese holding company, and even the Toyota Group realized that Zhang Yifei wanted to play the idea of the Prost team's research and development technology.

It's just that they didn't expect that Prost, the French boss, would really agree and "lure the wolf into the room"!

In any case, the development of an F1 car is one of the top secrets of a team, and it is impossible to keep the entire development process secret if Chinese engineers enter. What did Zhang Yifei do and write, and Prost was willing to pay such a price?

"It is confirmed that there are Chinese engineers stationed in the area, and they have already started processing parts."

Hearing the news of this confirmation, Tomita Mian could only shake his head, this chip is Toyota Group, and it can't afford to give it anyway.

You must know that China's automobile industry, although it is still in its infancy, has formed many joint ventures. However, these foreign companies are very strict about China's precautions, and joint ventures of parts factories are possible, but there is no way to want technology!

That is, the Mitsubishi Group is poor and loses its pants and sells a set of outdated engine technology to Chinese manufacturers. No matter what, it is impossible for Toyota Group to do this kind of "tiger for trouble" thing, even if China's automobile industry is backward and weak, the mentality of prevention has never been put down.

Therefore, if Zhang Yifei's joining is this kind of bargaining chip, then there is no room for negotiation, and he can only be forced to give up the strongest driver in Asia.

"One wrong step, one wrong step."

Tomita is proficient in Chinese culture, and couldn't help but sigh, if the time goes back to two years ago, maybe the current Toyota team is more powerful than taking shortcuts!

Zhang Yifei on the track, after overtaking Bernaldi, temporarily entered a stalemate stage, and the drivers in front of him were not so weak. And as the tire temperature of other drivers rises, the early performance advantage of the super soft tires starts to decrease, and it is not so easy to easily shake off a lap for three or four seconds.

On lap seven, another Jaguars driver, Bourthi, suffered a car malfunction and pulled to the edge of the track to retire.

On lap 9, Jordan's Frenzen collided with Sauber's Heidenfeld and both crashed off the track and retired, and Zhang Yifei's ranking moved up three places from 22nd to 16th.

And at this time, in front of him, appeared Yang Long of the Minardi team.

Zhang Yifei is not a stranger to Xiong Long, and the two have fought many times on the track. Although the Malaysian driver's strength is not very good in history, he can always bring some trouble to Zhang Yifei on his own advantageous track or well-prepared track.

However, on the Suzuka track, Yang Long can be said to have no advantage, and the upper limit of talent also determines that he cannot control the track in the shortest time like Zhang Yifei.

Originally, his results in this qualifying race were okay, ranking eleventh in lap time, which can be said to be a qualified result for a driver of Yang Long's level. It's just that the malicious block of the car in the last stop, Yang Long was also punished after the race, and finally became the fourteenth in the starting order.

The main race is more brutal than the qualifying match, which makes Xiong Long's lack of experience and strength more and more obvious. Even if a driver withdraws, he still drops one place in the rankings and is currently 15th on the track.

Under normal circumstances, between Xiong Long and Zhang Yifei, there is basically no chance to face each other, unless they are ringed. It's just that the punishment of starting from the pit station once again dragged the two back to the same running line, and Zhang Yifei once again faced the old Malaysian rival.

"Alex, here's your chance! You can lose, but you must block the Chinese kid! ”

This sentence was not said by Madur, but by team owner Minardi, who is also a newcomer, and compared to this year's superstar, Yang Long is obviously in a weak position.

Therefore, his passing line is far lower than that of the other party, as long as he can tenaciously block Zhang Yifei, even if he is overtaken in the end, it doesn't matter. At least before Yoong, no rider had stopped this Chinese kid!

"I will, he didn't have it that easy!"

Xiong Long also replied categorically, and even in order to block Zhang Yifei, he released water when he faced Montoya before, for fear that the two of them would drag each other and be picked up by the Chinese boy.

After all, Yang Long, who is in danger this season, does not have much pressure on performance, all he needs is to perform well enough in a certain game. And Zhang Yifei, who is also an Asian driver, is undoubtedly the best opponent, not to mention that the two of them still have all kinds of new and old hatreds.

Seeing the Minardi car in front of him slowing down and pressing the car, even if he couldn't see the number, Zhang Yifei knew that it was Yang Long and not Alonso.

Because according to Alonso's irascible personality, even if this guy is a rookie, he will definitely not admit defeat and have a fight with him, but whether he chooses to block the car from the beginning, only Yang Long will do this.

It's not that the enemies don't get together, the United States Grand Prix honestly didn't have any direct contact with Yang Long, since he met this time, let him feel what absolute strength is, don't always think about being able to fight with yourself in the future!

As soon as the floor oil went down, the JS53 racing tachometer began to soar, and Zhang Yifei turned on the engine speed limit. Since you want to show Xiong Long his strength, he must crush it without reservation, only in this way can he make his opponent respect and fear!

At this moment, in front of Zhang Yifei and Yang Long, there are 3, 4, 5, and 6 consecutive corners of the Suzuka Track, which is equivalent to one and a half S-bends connected together, and you need to go through the corners in the order of left-right-left.

This kind of continuous S-bend is a great test of the driver's line and speed, because the last exit and the next entry are at the same point, if the speed and the line deviate, it may affect not only the cornering of one corner, but several consecutive corners of the disorder.

Therefore, the continuous S bends at the Suzuka Circuit are also corners where overtaking scenes often occur.

Seeing the rear car Zhang Yifei approaching quickly, the expression on Xiong Long's face was very resolute, he definitely wanted to stand in front of Zhang Yifei this time, even if he didn't consider his own results and speed.

And no matter what the route is, it is the fastest straight line between two points, especially the tangent line of continuous S-bend, which is the fastest line. Xiong Long will not let Zhang Yifei succeed in grabbing the line, this is his chance to be ashamed!

The two cars began to enter the corner, and feeling Zhang Yifei's crazy speed, Yang Long didn't dare to brake at the normal braking point. Because he has a hunch in his heart that once his speed slows down, it will inevitably become Zhang Yifei's overtaking time.

At the same time, Zhang Yifei used the wake effect, the front of the car was almost close to the tail of Yang Long, and the two cars used a very extreme distance to walk the same cornering tangent line, Zhang Yifei did not choose the more extreme late brake lane change to overtake.

"Is the Chinese kid cowardly?"

Seeing Zhang Yifei following him along the line, this idea appeared in Xiong Long's mind, after all, Zhang Yifei was very aggressive in cornering in the past.

But soon Zhang Yifei's operation in the corner told him that it is impossible to coward, it is impossible to coax in this life, and only by not being afraid of death can he maintain the fastest speed of overtaking!