Seeing his student's serious expression, Cosell did not become stubborn like the average "old pedant", but nodded in agreement with Yamamoto Ukyo's opinion.

In fact, how can Cosell not know about these dangers? It's just that he doesn't want to show it in front of Zhang Yifei.

This is not because he is afraid of adding unnecessary pressure to Zhang Yifei, but he knows this kid's psychological quality and rain fighting ability, and believes that he can deal with all possible unexpected scenes.

Just like what he said when he first instructed Zhang Yifei in training, that is, as a professional driver, you can't allow yourself to have any shortcomings. Whether it's a night battle, a rain battle, or a street battle, it's all one that must be controlled, even if all three situations occur at the same time!

However, Yamamoto Ukyo's words reminded Zhang Yifei that he remembered the scene of the first "street race + rain battle + night battle" in F1 history, that is, the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix.

The start of the race was spectacular, as just nine seconds later, one of the Big Three, the Ferrari Army, crashed on the track and wiped out, taking Red Bull's Verstappen and McLaren's Marcos Alonso with them.

The front row of drivers in the qualifying session was all wiped out, leaving fifth-placed Hamilton to pick up a big leak and become the Singapore champion that year.

The reason was that Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen started very fast and was about to start to overtake Red Bull's Verstappen, but Ferrari's rival Sebastian Vettel got off to a slow start, and he wanted to rely on the line to suppress the overtaking riders behind him.

Verstappen was caught between the two Ferrari drivers, and Kimi Raikkonen collided with Verstappen.

Because Kimi Raikkonen was hit on the right rear wheel, there was a classic "American stop", and the whole car went sideways uncontrollably and hit Ferrari's team-mate Sebastian Vettel again.

After the impact, Vettel also lost control and was in front of Turn 1 of the track. Alonso, who was just behind McLaren, passed by, and there was a scene of lying down and being knocked off the track by Vettel.

In just nine seconds, the Big Three Ferrari ended the race, taking Verstappen with the other Big Three Red Bull Racing, plus a lying gun Alonso, and four fewer drivers on the track at the start.

At the same time, during the crash, there was also a very classic picture, that is, after Vettel flicked his tail uncontrollably, he actually reversed in neutral gear and followed the car through Turn 1 of the Singapore circuit.

I have to say that even Vettel, who was ridiculed as the "water crown", can still react and control the car to reverse and turn corners in the face of such a rapid track accident and complete loss of control, which can be described as shocking.

It's really not that when it matters most, you will never feel how terrifying a professional F1 driver is, and sometimes the shocking operation will make people feel that they are not human.

However, although Vettel's reversing and cornering operation was good, the middle of the car had already hit a smash, and he had to retire in the end.

The 2017 Singapore rain battle can be so "spectacular", Zhang Yifei can't imagine that in this era of a particularly low completion rate and many fierce men, if there is a scene in the future, how many cars will have to be hit to solve the problem.

Zhang Yifei didn't question his driving skills in the rain battle, but he was afraid of being taken away by a wave of inexplicable lying guns, so he had to guard against something. If it does rain, you have to do everything you can to distance yourself from the other drivers, otherwise you will die as a pole position driver, which is a big loss!

"Mentor, then tonight we will plan a more convincing rain battle track strategy based on the rain battle record."

Yamamoto Ukyo is still always rigorous, and he is never ambiguous in the face of problems.

Back at the hotel, the time was already half past eleven, and after Zhang Yifei ate something and took a shower, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Because there is still a main competition tomorrow, Zhang Yifei did not maintain exercise and simulator practice during the competition as usual. However, when he discussed with Korsell about the plan for tomorrow, and went back to his room to pass by the simulator practice room, he was surprised to find that the lights were on inside.

Pushing open the door, Alonso is sitting on a racing simulator and training at the Singapore circuit. Next to him, Cord, a race engineer, is recording practice data and providing guidance.

Seeing this picture, Zhang Yifei didn't go in to disturb, but gently closed the door. It seems that he is right about Alonso's psychological endurance, he is not the kind of driver who collapses after being "humiliated".

Instead, Alonso will try to get stronger and overcome his own teammate who has "humiliated" him.

This is the effect Zhang Yifei wants, and even he has a vague expectation in his heart. After all, after Schumacher, Alonso is the top driver who dominates the F1 paddock, can he really play against the top Alonso in the future?

The news of Zhang Yifei's pole position spread almost all over Singapore and even Malaysia next door the next day.

Many Southeast Asian Chinese looked at the news with a shocked mentality. They began to realize that Zhang Yifei, a Chinese driver, may be stronger than imagined, and will truly stand in the position of the world's top driver!

Especially the Singaporean Chinese, in their inertial thinking, have always believed that racing is ruled by European and American drivers, and no matter how strong Chinese is, they are not as strong as European and American drivers.

But now many people are on the track with their own eyes, witnessing Zhang Yifei's madness on the first lap and finally getting pole position later. This strength broke their thinking perception, and it turned out that in the world's top automobile event such as F1, the Chinese can also dominate the track.

Some people began to reflect on whether they were too arrogant before and didn't really understand Zhang Yifei's strength? And some have intensified their slander, falling into a hysterical state of two dogs, unwilling to admit that Chinese drivers are better.

The whole of Singapore began to talk about this qualifying race, and there was also a heated discussion about the F1 team.

In the McLaren team's pit pits, team chairman Dennis was angry in the face of the qualifying results.

Kimi Raikkonen was eighth, behind Prost's No.2 Alonso, and he could barely accept it. Then Coulthard is in twelfth place, not even as good as this year's F3000 newcomer Massa, and that's where Dennis finds incredible.

Last year, he was a strong contender for the World Title, and although he failed in the end, Coulthard managed to finish second in the world. Dennis was already uncomfortable with a 10-place finish in the winter test, but he thought it might be last year's final defeat that caused Coulthard's form to be low, and it was understandable that he was a little behind in the winter test.

But now it's the qualifying rounds of the new season, and Coulthard is still performing like this, with such a low result, the ranking of the Singapore main race can be imagined!

"Coulthard, what's wrong with you, you're not even as good as a newcomer in qualifying?"

In the face of Dennis's accusations, Coulthard did not speak, and he himself did not understand why the results of the new season would be so poor.

Seeing Cothard's silence, Dennis didn't know what to say, so he turned his gaze to Kimi Raikkonen. Compared with the previous dissatisfaction and regret, Dennis's eyes were full of relief and attention at this time.

Last year, he overcame the crowd and stubbornly retained Kimi Raikkonen to become the team's No. 2 driver for another year.

This year's Kimi Raikkonen did not disappoint him, and he was consistently in the top 10 in both the winter test and qualifying. And it should be understood that this year's McLaren MP4-17 car is not tailor-made for Kimi, and the performance is not as strong as last year, at least Prost and Renault cars have shown performance that is not inferior to McLaren cars.

Therefore, in the face of the team's adversity, Kimi Raikkonen was able to buck the trend, and sure enough, he was worthy of being the designated successor of Finnish champion Mika Hakkinen, and his potential began to show.

Historically, Kimi Raikkonen drove an old race car and almost overturned the peak Schumacher, thus becoming famous in one fell swoop!

"Kimmy, you're doing well in qualifying, and the team strategy team will take your priorities into account."

"In addition, the team development center has also started to modify the car for you, and soon the new pneumatic parts and adjustment data will be sent to the team pit station."

When he heard this, Coulthard did not bow his head and remain silent, but looked at Dennis with surprised eyes.

Because this means that the team's resources are tilted towards Kimi Raikkonen, does the team want to use Kimi to replace its position as the number one driver?

Because of the promotion of Mika Hakkinen, Kuthard has always been very good to the Finnish junior Kimi Raikkonen, and there is no other driver like the situation where the No. 1 driver overpowers the No. 2 driver, and even finds time to pass on his racing experience to this Finnish newcomer.

But when it came to threatening his position, Coulthard finally couldn't keep his composure, he didn't expect that just a loss in a practice match would make such a cruel decision for the team!

"BOSS, I'm grateful to Coulthard, he's the team's number one."

Cothard understands what Dennis' decision means, and Kimi Raikkonen also understands that he respects and appreciates Coulthard and is reluctant to do something like this in the back.

"The team's No. 1 driver remains the same, but the management has decided to give you more opportunities, don't you want it?"

Dennis spoke very directly, and that's the brutal thing about F1 paddocks, which are commercial teams, not charities. Not to mention Dennis himself, he values Kimi Raikkonen even more.

After hearing this, Kimi subconsciously looked at Coulthard, and the other party also looked at him.

Although Dennis said that the number one driver has not changed, in fact they all know in their hearts that the two sides have changed from the previous up and down positions to equal positions, and even Kimi Raikkonen has a chance to take his place.

Coulthard understands the cruelty of the F1 paddock, but he doesn't want to be replaced so quickly, and the person who replaces him is Kimi Raikkonen, who is seen as the care of his juniors!

There was no emotion in Kimi Raikkonen's eyes, just like his cold personality. After staring at each other for a few seconds, Kimi Raikkonen looked at Dennis, still expressing his choice with his usual attitude of "cherishing words like gold".

"Okay."

Just this one word makes Kuthard feel the cold of Finnish winter.