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"Are Chinese kids so tough?"
At the Jaguars team pit, manager Steiner saw this scene and asked Niki Lauda, who was close to him, because compared to others, he was very concerned and knew the Chinese driver.
"He's always been tough, when he was a nobody, he turned down Renault's driver contract with a team of Williams' class, and now he has declared war to humiliate his Indy championship, which can be said to be unexpected and reasonable."
Nikki Lauda's face is full of admiration for Zhang Yifei, as a symbol of courage in F1 drivers, Lauda cannot be a weak person.
He had been thinking about how Zhang Yifei should face such a situation, but Zhang Yifei didn't say anything for two consecutive days, which made him feel a little disappointed.
However, disappointment to disappointment, he can still understand Zhang Yifei's forbearance, after all, a newcomer in the F1 season, plus an independent operating team at the bottom of F1, their strength is so weak, how can they fight against the American Indo?
If you don't have the strength to resist, you will only suffer more ridicule and humiliation, and it is human nature to endure it.
Now that Zhang Yifei has fought back, Niki Lauda is not so surprised, after all, this Chinese kid has not been cowardly in F1.
What Lauda really didn't expect was that Zhang Yifei's counterattack was so arrogant and desperate, and he didn't leave any room for himself to go back and directly, and directly declared war against the three Indy champions.
Lauda never thought that he underestimated Zhang Yifei's courage, but at this moment, he felt that he still despised Zhang Yifei, the Chinese driver, who was more determined than he expected.
"Declaring war is simple, if the Indydriver fights, how can he win?"
Steiner's question is the key point of the current situation, and it is not difficult to open up his mouth every second, but the difficult thing is how to achieve it after saying it?
Could it be that in front of the global live broadcast, he swallowed back the rhetoric in a gloomy manner? If this is the case, the name Zhang Yifei will become the most ironic term in the racing world from now on, and even Chinese drivers in the future will not want to raise their heads.
If Zhang Yifei slips a little, or leaves a way back for himself, saying that running the F1 track is better than the Indy champion, maybe the other party really doesn't dare to fight, and it will form a situation where they will end up fighting each other, and Zhang Yifei can be regarded as angry.
But I don't know whether to say that this Chinese kid is upright, or blindly confident, and he actually said bluntly that he ran the Indianapolis circuit. If the other party takes advantage of the situation to take over, then it will be a big game, Zhang Yifei really has the strength to outperform the Indy champion at the home of Indy?
"To be honest, I don't know what he won on, but I hope he wins."
Niki Lauda replied lightly, this time even he was not optimistic about Zhang Yifei.
You have to find some reason to support it, and there may be only hope left.
When Zhang Yifei provoked several Indian champions, the staff of the track media center found a few microphones as quickly as possible and handed them to Blake to respond to Zhang Yifei's challenge.
"Chinese boy, you say I'm an Indian rookie?"
The two-time Indy Champion of the Year Rezzi did not have an angry expression after being provoked, but instead said this sentence with a smile on his face.
Because Lei Qi felt that Zhang Yifei was crazy, he was completely irrational to spill and treat his remarks as a joke. Otherwise, no driver in the world would dare to challenge the three Indy champions in person, which is almost equivalent to challenging the entire Indy program!
"Correct, it's not you, it's you."
Zhang Yifei responded unceremoniously, with an attitude that he didn't put Lei Qi in his eyes at all, because he felt that this smiling face at the moment was really annoying.
Hearing Zhang Yifei's arrogant response, the smile on Lei Qi's face instantly stiffened. Is this Chinese guy really embarrassed, and he is a little kinder, and he starts to kick his nose in the face?
"Little guy, do you know that being arrogant in front of the Indy champion will have serious consequences?"
"I'm sorry, I really don't know, tell me about it."
Zhang Yifei's tone was frivolous, without the slightest respect for the Indy World Champion.
This attitude directly angered the American audience at the scene, even the F1 world champion did not dare to despise the Indy champion so much, what is Zhang Yifei?
"Are you looking for death? Yankees! β
"Rezi, show the momentum of your Indy champion and teach the Chinese a lesson!"
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"Squint and see who you're talking to."
The roar on the track once again escalated the situation, and some angry American fans even smashed the water bottle in their hands directly into the track, and the scene became very tense.
Blake saw this situation and understood that today's matter could not go on like this, and the Indyriders would not allow any contempt and provocation!
"Chinese rookie, the Indy circuit is not a place for you to be presumptuous, it seems that I have to teach you a lesson. Don't say that IndyCar bullies you as an F1 newcomer, we pick an IndyCar driver and run with you on this track, the car and the way are up to you! β
Even rookies like Zhang Yifei dare to run the Indianapolis circuit, as an Indy world champion-level driver, they naturally can't be more cowardly than Zhang Yifei.
Therefore, Blake also made a bold statement, and the race mode on this track was left to Zhang Yifei to choose, and they selected a driver to fight.
In fact, even so, Blake's side still has an advantage, after all, this is the home track of the Indyne program, whether it is the F1 layout or the Indy elliptical layout, they all have an advantage, and it doesn't hurt for Zhang Yifei to choose.
"Pick an IndyCar?"
Hearing this qualifier, Zhang Yifei replied with a contemptuous smile: "Are you afraid of losing and not daring to run?" β
Faced with this sentence, Blake instantly became furious: "An F1 driver like you is also worthy of challenging the Indy World Championship?" β
It's really not that Blake didn't dare to run this time, on the contrary, he didn't take Zhang Yifei seriously at all in his heart, and he had the confidence to absolutely crush him.
The reason why he said to choose an Indy driver is actually very simple, that is, the two drivers are not equal.
The king should be the king, and the Indy world champion cannot compete with the new F1 driver without joining the F1 team, which is simply an insult to his honor.
If Blake agrees directly, not to mention the question of winning or losing, his self-deprecating behavior alone is enough to make people laugh.
"Don't you dare to fight, do you? I said, even if it's just running the Indianapolis Oval, I can win you, do you dare now! β
Zhang Yifei just went back domineeringly, in fact, he had already considered this problem, and indeed his identity as a rookie this season will become the biggest obstacle to challenging the Indy championship.
It's like if one day he becomes an F1 world champion, and suddenly an Indy newcomer who pops up out of nowhere wants to run with him, Zhang Yifei will not easily agree.
There is no equal honor and status, and it is unreasonable for a driver to challenge for the world championship at will.
So in order to increase his chips, Zhang Yifei can take a step back and use IndyCar to run the oval track of the 500th event in India, so that the opponent has the confidence to win. From the moment he decided to fight back, Zhang Yifei was ready to break the boat, and if he didn't pull these three Indy champions off the horse, he would not be worthy of being called the hope of Chinese racing!
Because of Chinese racing, humiliating things are never allowed to happen!
If Zhang Yifei said that he ran the Indianapolis track before, it can be regarded as a momentary hilarity. So now his response is equivalent to confirming that he intends to use IndyCar to challenge these three Indy champions.
On someone else's home field, you have to use someone else's racing style to challenge, which is almost like killing yourself. Even the American fans at the scene were a little shocked by Zhang Yifei's IQ, the Chinese want to be humiliated, there is no need to be so proactive, right?
"Zhang Yifei is going to be ruined this time."
In the Toyota team pit pit, Tomita Tsutomi, chairman of the Toyota Sports Department, said in a regretful tone.
How to say that Zhang Yifei also started from the Toyota Academy Academy, even if he did not become a Toyota driver in the end, his experience also stained the Toyota Academy, many young Asian drivers, the first choice of the youth training team is Toyota, and they want to copy Zhang Yifei's miracle.
And as the strongest Asian driver in F1, Zhang Yifei's achievements are the glory of the yellow race. After all, Japanese riders feel the deepest about discrimination against Europe and the United States, and they have been the laughing stock of European and American media for decades.
Tomita has deeply experienced this kind of humiliation, so compared with European and American drivers, he has a natural sense of closeness to Zhang Yifei. It's just that Zhang Yifei's reckless and irrational actions will cause unpredictable consequences to him, and all the previous glory may be wiped out.
"Hey, he's still too young and impulsive, and it's understandable that he wants to fight back in the face of humiliation, but he shouldn't choose this moment. If he is given a few more years, he may be able to challenge these Indian champions head-on. β
Team leader Ueto Hirakawa also agreed, the necessary forbearance is acceptable, especially when the strength of the two sides is not equal.
Zhang Yifei was too young to swallow this breath, so he chose the most direct and most serious way to challenge the Indynado program champion head-on, and he also used the Indy 500 rules, without any hope of winning.
Could have been a rising star in Formula 1, but the future couldn't be brighter. But because of his impulsive revenge, he has not yet risen to the highest point, and it is a pity to see that he is about to fall!