629 Arrogant thoughts
Montoya's anger and anger, which he had managed to contain before, resurfaced at this moment, because Zhang Yifei's actions were equivalent to surpassing his proudest places.
You must know that what Indian drivers are most proud of is their wildness and guts, so that they can laugh at F1 as a sissy sport in the situation of absolute handling technology.
Montoya had lost to Zhang Yifei before, and he could still console himself that at least he didn't lose in the courage and wildness of motorsports. And now Zhang Yifei is more radical and extreme than himself, even in such adversity, he has a stronger desire to win.
Therefore, Montoya does not want to see Zhang Yifei's success, otherwise he will not find anything to be proud of in front of this Chinese driver.
The warm-up lap of the track was carried out as usual, and Zhang Yifei was at the end of the traffic, and finished the lap very calmly, quite a feeling of being out of contention.
However, many drivers learned from the team's strategy team that Zhang Yifei had changed to red super soft tires. There may be rookies to the drivers, but there is no such problem in the team's strategy group, and they can judge the strategy of the Prost team at the first time.
"Elwin, pay attention to Fei this time with super soft tires, don't be easily overtaken by him."
Jaguar team manager Nicky Lauda issued a warning to the team's No. 1 driver, Eddie Erwin.
As one of the first team managers on the track to pay attention to and understand Zhang Yifei, Lauda knew as soon as he saw Zhang Yifei's red supersoft tyres, and the Chinese kid was going crazy in the finale.
Although Lauda appreciates Zhang's crazy move, as an opponent, he doesn't want his drivers to be easily overtaken.
Any driver on this track has beaten countless opponents from the formula era to have the opportunity to stand in this pinnacle paddock.
You can lose, but you can't lose to your opponent in shame, if you are won by the Chinese kid pit stop and a 10-second penalty stop, are the other drivers a bunch of waste?
"Xiong Long, Alonso, let me stop the Chinese kid at all costs, does he really think that he can rule this track?"
The Minardi team strategy team also gave the order, and the person who gave this order was the team's founder Minardi!
Because of the grievances between his son and Zhang Yifei, Minardi actually hates Zhang Yifei very much in his heart, but he is a businessman, and he values interests rather than superficial revenge.
So not only did he not help Madu, but he even stopped some of his stupid vindictive behavior.
But at this point in the race, Minardi has no hope of being at the bottom, so let its two rookie drivers take this opportunity to have a good fight with the Chinese Yankees, maybe they can play extraordinarily and become famous in one fell swoop!
Hearing the team's command, whether it was Yang Long or Alonso, an expression of fulfillment appeared on their faces.
Needless to say, one of the biggest motivations for his return to the track is to take revenge on Zhang Yifei.
And Alonso has never forgotten the scene of being humiliated by Zhang Yifei at the beginning of the season, which is unacceptable for the extremely proud self-esteem of the head brother.
It's just that the current Alonso is really just a pure rookie, far from the height of ending the Ferrari dynasty and defending the F1 world championship.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for them to have a fair duel with Zhang Yifei now, because they are not a high-level driver at all, and they can't run to the front row to fight.
The only factor that can make Zhang Yifei appear behind him is that he was caught by this Chinese kid. But as long as the driver still has a shred of dignity and pride, he will not be cheeky enough to think that this is the time for a fair matchup, and the track referee will issue a blue flag to force the line.
So today's opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them, and Chinese boys don't want to pass this hurdle easily.
In addition to these two teams, the other middle and lower reaches of the track basically issued similar team instructions, asking them to defend Zhang Yifei well, and they could not create another season miracle for him.
However, the Big Three teams are exceptions, one is that their drivers are basically in the front row, and the team strategy team does not believe that Zhang Yifei has the strength to catch up and fight.
In addition, what if they catch up, will the Big Three drivers be afraid? If even a newcomer to the last start is intimidating, don't be a professional driver in the F1 paddock and go back to the countryside to drive a tractor!
With the arrival of the countdown to the start of the car, the dense transmission of team instructions also came to an abrupt end.
When the five lights went out, 20 cars roared out on the track, leaving only Montoya and Zhang Yifei in the pit lane, still waiting for the start time.
After a few seconds, the Williams team lights up, and Montoya stepped on the accelerator and used the fastest time to raise the speed to the 80km/h limit of the pit lane.
This time, not only Zhang Yifei did not give up the hope of victory, but Montoya also did not give up. Even from the pits, he still has a desire to win the championship, which is the only thing that can prove himself and the honor of the Indyna.
Otherwise, for a long time in the future, with the defeat of the American Formula Century Battle, IndyCar and the drivers will not be able to raise their heads in front of Formula 1!
From the moment Montoya rushed out of the parking space, Zhang Yifei was already counting down in his heart, 10, 9, 8, 7......
When it came to the number 1, Zhang Yifei didn't even look at the starting indicator, and directly loosened the throttle and rushed over, so fast that even the crew members did not react.
"Did the car move first just now, or did the lights turn on first, Fei Ge didn't rush to run, right?"
Ah Hu was stunned and asked Charlie, the chief technician beside him, because Zhang Yifei's reaction speed just now was so fast, it felt like it was beyond the limit of human beings, and he didn't start after seeing the green light on at all.
"Of course, the lights are on first, otherwise there will be a referee punishment now."
F1's penalties for starting are very severe, even surpassing many crashes on the track where responsibility is not clear.
As soon as the front of the car crosses the starting line, it will be suspended in the pits for 10 seconds, and if the entire car crosses the starting line, it will be a black flag retirement. You must know that in the early days, many drivers drove "bumper cars" on the track, and there were few scenes of direct black flag retirement, so you can know how severe F1's punishment for rushing to the car is true.
"Fei is really gambling this time, in order to save reaction time, he estimated in his heart that he would start in ten seconds, and he was not afraid of being punished for 10 seconds for running away?"
Inside the pit, Henry also said to Korcel with palpitations.
The strategic direction of the team has actually formulated radical tactics to make Zhang Yifei crazy in the Japanese Grand Prix, to see if he can be a dead horse as a live horse doctor and create a miracle!
However, no matter how much the team formulates a strategy, it is impossible to save this reaction time, and the accuracy of the estimate is too high. If he got away with it just now, Zhang Yifei didn't have to run in this game, and he could directly announce his retirement.
"It's already the worst, how bad can it be?"
Korsell replied indifferently, Zhang Yifei had almost suffered the most severe punishment after the cancellation of points. This kind of starting point is significantly behind, which is equivalent to giving up the competitiveness of this race.
In this case, then what else dare not bet, no matter how backward you are, it is impossible to be worse than the penultimate one. If you want to turn the page in a desperate situation, you must use extraordinary means, the three-stop tactic is like this, and the same is true for saving the reaction time of 0.00 seconds after seeing the lights on and then starting!
But then again, Korsell also sighed a little emotionally, this kid really has a natural sensitivity to time, otherwise it would be self-defeating to gamble in this way!
"It's so fast, no wonder it's called the blue ghost on the track!"
As the last driver to start on the track, the track broadcast camera was also aimed at Zhang Yifei when he started, and just filmed this critical starting speed.
Yuo Ito is not a newcomer, he has also commented on several Japanese Grand Prix before, and he also focuses on Formula 1 in Japan.
But in his impression, the starting speed can be faster than Zhang Yifei just now, almost none!
As soon as Ito Yuo's words fell, Zhang Yifei's starting reaction time appeared on the data screen of the commentary console track - 0.134 seconds.
When he saw this number, not to mention that Ito Yuo was surprised, even Blundel, a veteran commentator who has been on the track for 20 years, opened his mouth wide. Because this starting reaction time is equivalent to the standard of a world-class 100-meter sprinter!
But you must know that the sprinter only needs to rush out with his own body, and the F1 driver also needs to make the whole car rush out, which is equivalent to an extra mechanical control step in the middle.
Under the correct circumstances, the reaction time of F1 drivers is more than three times that of Zhang Yifei today. That is to say, in about 0.4 seconds when the indicator light turns on or off, the car can be controlled to rush out of the parking space.
This kind of starting speed has almost surpassed the limits of human beings, and it cannot be done by relying on instantaneous reactions alone, but only by reacting in advance.
But the problem is that you can watch the five indicators gradually light up at the start of the track, and at intervals per second, you can estimate that you are ready to start early. And Zhang Yifei started from the maintenance channel, there was only a green light in front of him that would suddenly turn on, and the only thing that could provide him with a time estimate was Montoya's start!
The error of estimating 1 second in my heart is not the same as the difficulty of estimating 10 seconds, but Zhang Yifei did it.
But what shocked Blundell even more was not that Zhang Yifei did it, but that he would do it!
The unusualness of the practice, the super soft tires of the race, and the crazy start just now, these actions undoubtedly show that Zhang Yifei has not given up on this Japanese Grand Prix, and he wants to catch up when he is far behind!
Many people have said before that with the arrogant character of the Chinese kid and the enthusiastic racing spirit, he may not give up the opportunity to sprint for three consecutive championships.
But the problem is, at the end of the day, everyone understands how difficult it is to get to this point, it's almost impossible, and it's never happened in the history of F1.
And if you can work hard and struggle in the direction of reality with your arrogant ideas, only Zhang Yifei really does this.
Fei he really thinks he still has a chance to challenge the impossible triple crown?