The track's five lights began to light up one by one, and the roar of the engines of the five IndyCar cars was noticeably louder than the previous idling.

Unlike Formula 1, which has two rows of one front and one behind, IndyCar has three rows of grids.

In other words, as in running, the three cars are placed parallel to the grid in the first row, and the advantage of pole position is not obvious.

This way of starting will undoubtedly lead to a more competitive start, especially in the first corner, where there is no need for competition from the cars behind, and the front three drivers can fight together.

Moreover, the intensive starting method of IndyCar, coupled with the large number of participating cars, can easily lead to car accidents, or even a series of collisions between more than a dozen cars.

For example, in 2011, in IndyCar Las Vegas, there was a serious accident in which 15 cars collided, resulting in the death of two-time IndyCar winner Wilton.

But it is precisely because of this fierce scramble and confrontation that the Indian local program is still fanatically sought after by many American fans in terms of technology and technology content when it lags behind F1.

Because in their opinion, the wild and rough nature of Indo's program is the true meaning of motorsports, the real speed and passion.

Just like American football, because of the fierce confrontation and sense of power, it is also sought after by Americans, and even the NLF is the largest league in the United States. And the finals "Super Bowl" is also known as the Spring Festival Gala in the United States.

If the "Super Bowl" is the Spring Festival Gala in the United States, then the "High-speed Bowl" of the Indian local program can be regarded as the Lantern Festival Gala in the United States, which can also reach an astonishing scale of hundreds of thousands of people.

It's just that IndyCar is a combination of Formula 1 and Le Mans, and it takes several hours to run 200 laps and 500 miles. So there is no long singing and dancing session, and its fame in the world is far less resounding than the "Super Bowl".

The moment the indicator light goes off, just like F1, IndyCar also has a warm-up lap. Schumacher became the lead car on the left, Zhang Yifei was behind him, and Helio followed Zhang Yifei, and a group of five cars began to warm up the tires.

"Lauda, do you think the Chinese kid can still create a miracle in the Indy event?"

Steiner, the manager of the Jaguars team, asked Niki Lauda, who was next to him.

In this transfer of the United States Grand Prix, many team management and strategy teams did not fly to Japan, but stayed in Indiana, USA.

Because this F1 vs. Indy battle is known as the battle of the century in the formula racing world, if it weren't for various coincidences, it might be rare to see it once in a lifetime.

Whether it's to satisfy their inner curiosity or to watch the strength of F1 drivers and IndyCar drivers, basically all teams send people to stay at Indianapolis Speedway to witness this moment in history.

Steiner understands that Lauda is very optimistic about the potential of the Chinese kid in the F1 paddock, so he is curious, different types of IndyCar, is Lauda still sure of the strength of the Chinese kid?

"I don't know, but I can give an answer, that is, flying will definitely not be at the bottom!"

Lauda's answer didn't seem to be very optimistic about Zhang Yifei, but in fact, when he thought about it seriously, he had already put Zhang Yifei in a very high position.

Because as long as he is not at the bottom, it means that Zhang Yifei can defeat at least one Indian world champion. As an eighteen-year-old F1 newcomer, he was introduced to IndyCar for the first time and ran a 500-mile oval according to the rules of the Indic local program.

Either way, it's almost an impossible task for a newcomer. And Zhang Yifei can still defeat the Indy world champion, which is simply terrifying when you think about it!

"Can he really beat the Indy World Champion?"

Now even Steiner doesn't believe it anymore, and it's okay to be optimistic about Chinese newcomers, but there's no need to be so blindly admired. With the current strength comparison, Zhang Yifei won the head? Even Schumacher did not dare to guarantee that he would win.

Hearing Steiner's questioning, Lauda didn't explain it to him, because in his mind, he didn't know why the scene of Zhang Yifei driving a Mercedes Benz to run a lap at the New North Circuit came to mind.

Maybe this Chinese kid naturally likes to go off the beaten path, and this personality has also led to his ability to adapt to different types of racing faster than others.

There were no accidents in the Indian warmer circle, and Helio followed Zhang Yifei honestly. This is not to say that Helio is forbearing, but because the entire schedule of IndyCar is three times that of F1 cars, and any meaningless move that consumes one's physical strength is mentally retarded.

Helio is arrogant and arrogant, but it doesn't mean he's stupid, otherwise he wouldn't have won the title of Champion of the Year in Indy. The warm-up lap is far from the beginning, and the real show is yet to come.

After the warm-up lap, the five cars stopped in their parking spaces, and the roar of the engines began to roar wildly. The moment the lights went out, the five cars rushed over like arrows from the string.

Zhang Yifei's starting movements and reactions are as good as ever, and they are not even slower than Schumacher next to him.

The accelerator pedal was pressed to the end, the engine speed began to climb wildly, and then the gear shift accelerated, and the whole set of actions could be described as fast as lightning, and it was completely impossible to see that Zhang Yifei was a novice who was driving an IndyCar for the first time!

Even Schumacher next to him, seeing that Zhang Yifei was not the slightest behind, his heart was full of shock.

Not scientific, right? The first time the Chinese kid came into contact with IndyCar, the starting speed was not weaker than his own at all?

Although Schumacher himself was driving an IndyCar for the first time, he never thought that Zhang Yifei could achieve the same level of adaptation as himself.

It is no wonder that he was able to complete the miracle of "triple jump" in the first place, jumping over the advanced formula F3 and F3000, and directly entering the F1 paddock to gain a foothold. Sure enough, this Chinese kid is amazing in his driving talent!

Compared with the shock in Schumacher's heart, Zhang Yifei is more excited!

That's right, it's the excitement that he can finally start at the same speed as Schumacher without relying on the car and wake. The so-called no comparison, no harm, it turns out that the feeling of not having to drive a tractor is so cool!

One day, I can finally stand on the same starting line as Schumacher!

Compared to F1 cars, the faster the speed, the greater the air downforce, which is different from pressing the car on the road. The speed of the IndyCar is raised, and the friction caused by the air downforce is not obvious, which means that the acceleration of the rear end of the car is also very fast.

So before the US Grand Prix could only accelerate to a distance of 250 km/h, now IndyCar has accelerated to 300 km/h, and the speed is still rising rapidly.

However, this was not a straight-line acceleration race, and soon in front of Zhang Yifei, the towering cement protective wall of No. 1 Death Bend appeared. Moreover, the Indy 500 is a counterclockwise course, which means that all corners of the oval circuit turn to the left, and Schumacher on the left will have a greater advantage in cornering.

Without qualifying, it leads to the front row start, and it is impossible to be an absolute company. As the current first person in F1, Schumacher's importance and status are naturally much higher than Zhang Yifei's, so the FIA placed him on the left side with a more advantage, just to ensure that he can be in the lead.

In the Indy 500 event, the lead in the first corner actually occupies a big advantage. Because it doesn't have so many complicated corners, and the cars are extremely close in performance, whoever can take the lead will probably be the next one.

Compared with the need to overtake and attack later, at this moment side by side with Schumacher, Zhang Yifei naturally wants to overtake him in one go and seize the position of the first car.

So he started to join the line to the left, clinging to Schumacher at very close distance, and was ready to grab the line in the first corner.

For Zhang Yifei's actions, Schumacher is naturally very clear in his heart, the expression on his face is very serious and indifferent, and he does not have the kind of giggling and haha he had before the game.

The U.S. Grand Prix overtook me at Turn 1, and the Indy 500 did you want to overtake me at Turn 1?

Fly, you can't help but ignore my Schumacher!

In formula racing, teammates are opponents. In any case, Schumacher has to defend his royal dignity, the same defeat, he can't go through twice!

Both cars accelerated frantically and rushed forward, even seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the concrete protective wall, they did not slow down.

This kind of desperate competition made the IndyCar fans on the scene look stupid, isn't this the dispute between the IndyCar program and Formula 1? Why did Schumacher and Zhang Yifei start to brake late at the end of the first corner, just like the revenge of killing their father?

Feeling the crazy acceleration of Schumacher beside him, the corners of Zhang Yifei's mouth showed a smile, worthy of Schumacher, sure enough, in the face of victory, there are no "teammates", only opponents!

When the two cars came to the limit of the braking point, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher finally stepped on the brakes at the same time, and then turned the corner with the attitude of competing with each other to grab the line, and even the two cars were visually about to collide together.

In the end, Schumacher relied on the advantage of the inside line, led Zhang Yifei next to him little by little, and took the lead in passing the first turn of the Indy circuit.

But this was just the beginning, Zhang Yifei was not left behind, after the corner he still crossed Schumacher's rear wheel, and the acceleration of the two cars remained highly consistent.

However, the next three Indy champions, seeing Zhang Yifei and Schumacher's competition, the expressions on their faces can be described incomparably.

This is not a simple corner, from the handling, braking points, tangents and other details, it represents the two F1 drivers, the handling of the IndyCar, and the understanding of the track line.

If there was a single mistake, they would not have been able to make such a extreme two-car corner.

Two F1 drivers, who had never raced an Indy 500 before, were able to handle it with such precision. The shock brought to them far exceeded that of the previous spectators in the stands, is it true that the top F1 drivers are really terrifying in terms of strength?