On the morning after the end of the United States Grand Prix, the news that Zhang Yifei won the sub-station championship once again caused a sensation in the United States, surpassing the effect brought by Time Magazine before.

Because not only Zhang Yifei won the two Indy World Champions in F1, but this kid also openly challenged the other three Indian kings, and finally contributed to the pinnacle battle between Indy and Formula 1!

Even the largest media outlets in the United States reported the news with headlines, and it was a historic event.

The headline on the front page of CNN is "Formula 1 and Indian local programs, ushering in a battle of the century!" 》

The Associated Press's headline "The Chinese Kid Who Touched the 'Equation War', Can He Perform Another Miracle?" 》

Reuters published a special issue "The Extension of the Strongest Newcomer Battle, Is It Driver Fei or Helio?" 》

The Wall Street Journal headline "Blue Death on the Track, Can the Chinese Dragon Continue to Roar on the Indy Track?" 》

The most important media for Chinese Americans, "World Journal" even used a full-page content to introduce Zhang Yifei's career in detail, and accompanied by a domineering title - "Chinese Drivers Who Conquered the United States!" 》。

These reports made American fans angry at the same time, but also more shocked. They didn't expect that there was really a Chinese driver who could challenge the entire American car scene, which was unimaginable before.

At the same time, the time of this event was also determined, at noon on October 3rd. There are no practice races, no traditional Qualifying Races at Indy, just five cars, starting in the front and back rows, and the fastest driver who completes 200 laps and 500 miles is the winner!

The race mode is simple and rough, which is also in line with the wild style of IndyCar, and the three Indy kings have also made concessions, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher can be in the front row of the starting position, which can be regarded as balancing the unfairness brought by the different types of events.

After the time was determined, it directly triggered a frenzy of ticket buying in the United States, and the way of racing under the Indy rules was much more attractive to American fans than the previous F1 rules.

And several of the Indy annual champions who participated in the competition are all current Indic program drivers, which are fundamentally different from Montoya and Villeneuve, the "king of the weather".

After all, Montoya and Villeneuve are already F1 drivers, and even if they win the championship, they will also be F1 US Grand Prix champions. And Helio will represent pure IndyCar and challenge the peak of Formula 1.

After sitting in the second position for too long, it's time to prove that the Indy driver is the best formula driver in the world!

The 200,000 tickets were sold out in a short period of time, and in the end, the organizers had to open all the space of the track, according to the Indy 500 layout, and open 300,000 spectator seats, creating an American sports event comparable to the Super Bowl!

In the hotel restaurant, several members of Zhang Yifei's old team habitually sat together for breakfast and watched the morning news.

"Yifeijun, the number of 300,000 viewers is really amazing, the more people, the more pressure you have to bear."

Yamamoto Ukyo was a little shocked by this number of spectators, after all, there are very few events that can reach this level of spectator size.

The 200,000 spectators were all crowded, and the 300,000 spectators were unbelievable, probably one of the craziest games ever in the history of a sporting event.

"I don't have pressure, the more people the better."

Zhang Yifei replied lightly.

It's not Zhang Yifei's hard mouth, that's what he really thinks. If he could, Zhang Yifei even hoped that the whole United States could see how he trampled the Indy championship under his feet, so that they could understand the consequences of humiliating Chinese drivers!

"When the number of people reaches a certain number, it's just a numerical difference."

Korsell also replied lightly, and did not think there was any pressure because of the change in the number of people.

"By the way, the IndyCar should be delivered today, and we will strive to adapt to the control and button layout of the IndyCar as soon as possible."

"I will."

Zhang Yifei nodded, and then sped up the breakfast.

After breakfast, the group headed to the team's pits, where the team of mechanics had already made their way to the track to inspect and receive IndyCar.

By the time Zhang Yifei and his party arrived, there was already an orange and white racing car in the garage, which was completely different from the aerodynamic part of JS53, and the Team Penske logo on it represented that it was from Penske, an Indian local programming super team.

The Penske team is equivalent to the Ferrari in F1, or even surpasses the existence of Ferrari, it has won 17 constructors' championships in the history of the Indy 500 for more than 100 years, and belongs to the absolute king team.

"It seems that the American Automobile Association has not made small moves in the supply of racing cars."

Knowing himself and knowing that he is invincible, Zhang Yifei has also had a detailed understanding of IndyCar in the past few days. At present, the Penske team's car is considered a strong car in the Indynade program, at least the American Automobile Association, which does not deliberately provide an IndyCar with backward performance.

"With the supervision of the FIA, how can there be such an unfair move, those Indian kings also use the same IndyCar."

Henry opened his mouth and said that Prost was not there for these things, and he negotiated on behalf of the team, so naturally Zhang Yifei could not be at a loss.

"Also, they already have an advantage, so there's no need to make small moves in this kind of thing."

Zhang Yifei replied casually, and then began to look around the IndyCar.

The most obvious external difference between IndyCar and Formula Car is the aerodynamic layout. IndyCar emphasises top speed, so the downforce from the air package is much lower than in F1 and is more dependent on the mechanical downforce caused by the car's weight.

Therefore, the layout of the IndyCar is relatively simple, because the aerodynamic layout of the IndyCar in complex corners cannot provide enough downforce at low speed to achieve fast cornering.

In addition, all the cars of the IndyGround team, in fact, most of the construction is the same, and it is not divided into "earth car" and "Mars rover" like F1, and the performance gap is obvious.

Because IndyCar has relatively little capital investment, to put it bluntly, it is poor, in order to save costs, all racing cars use a unified chassis, turbocharging, and gearbox. In addition, one of the three suppliers of Chevrolet, Honda and Lotus will be selected to become its own engine supplier.

As a result, almost all cars are similar, similar to the primary formula that Zhang Yifei ran before, and it is more of a test of the absolute strength of the driver, rather than the difference in car performance.

It is precisely because of these characteristics that the competition can be in a relatively fair environment that Zhang Yifei dares to challenge the king of India, otherwise the other party will drive a Mars rover and a tractor by himself, so he will run a hammer?

To be honest, Zhang Yifei is no stranger to the aerodynamic shape and button layout, after all, I don't know how many times I have driven it on the track simulator. At the beginning, from the go-kart stage, he drove a formula car directly at the Toyota youth training base, and Zhang Yifei has experienced it, which is really not a challenge.

However, theory and racing simulation are not real competitions after all, and no one knows what the outcome will be the day after tomorrow.

In the next two days, under the supervision of the organizing committee, the Prost maintenance team thoroughly inspected the IndyCar and determined that there were no "dark diseases" and violations of the hands and feet.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei also thinks that he has thoroughly understood the Indy 500 oval track, and fully understands the differences of IndyCar, and is full of confidence in this formula showdown.

At nine o'clock in the morning on October 3, the Indianapolis Speedway opened to spectators, and this time there were no Colombian and Canadian flags in the stands, so to speak, the American Stars and Stripes were overwhelming.

It can be said that this time American IndyCar fans also came to watch the game with a kind of glory and dignity to maintain IndyCar. In any case, you can't lose to the F1 driver in the second race of the Indy 500 Holy Land, especially the Chinese kid!

When it was close to eleven o'clock, the 300,000 spectators were completely seated, and I have to say that the feeling at a glance was really shocking and amazing. Even if Zhang Yifei had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but marvel when he saw the 300,000 spectators in the audience.

But Zhang Yifei still saw two red places in a sea of stars and stripes. One of them is the supporters of Ferrari fans and Schumacher, even in the United States, there are still many die-hard fans of Ferrari and Schumacher.

After all, the United States is also one of the countries with the largest number of overseas Chinese, this kind of battle related to the dignity of Chinese drivers, how could they not be present to give Zhang Yifei a little support and encouragement?

There are more Chinese spectators here today than at the previous US Grand Prix, about 10,000 people. You must know that there are only a few million Chinese in the United States in this era, and it is definitely an exaggerated number to gather 10,000 people to come to the audience.

This number made Zhang Yifei feel their hopes and expectations for themselves even more.

"Indy, come on!"

"America, win!"

"God bless America!"

“USA，USA，USA！”

Even before the race began, there was a lot of roaring, even in the pit stops.

To be honest, at this moment, Zhang Yifei began to understand a little bit what Yamamoto Ukyo meant by pressure. Indeed, when the number reaches a limit, it will inevitably be affected, just like now, Zhang Yifei's ears are filled with the other party's cheering sound all the time.

"Fly, finally debug the headphones and see if there is any interference with the call with Schumacher."

Charlie linked the headset of the car and said to Zhang Yifei, this is the first time they have used the IndyCar communication system, and it is also the first time to link different teams. Especially now that the audience is gathered to test whether the call is normal in the complex electromagnetic environment.

That's right, Zhang Yifei is going to talk to Schumacher of Ferrari this time. Because of this war between Indo-Formula and Formula 1, they are no longer team players, but "teammates"!