"Zhang Yifei is on the field, and finally there is an official Chinese F1 driver who appeared in the opening race!"

"That's right, our Chinese driver!"

"Come on, fly!"

"Run faster, don't let these ghosts underestimate you!"

A roar rang out in the stands, mixed with the roar of engines and rows.

Zhang Yifei on the JS53 car, naturally there is no way to hear these shouts, but this does not prevent Zhang Yifei from seeing those supporters waving red flags from the afterglow, and seeing a piece of Chinese red.

Floor oil into gear, because of the performance of the car, Zhang Yifei is now in gear, and the speed is slightly higher than before. However, this can lead to a mismatched power stagnation, which puts a lot of pressure on the gearbox.

At Albert Park, for example, a race lasts nearly two hours, with more short straights and more low- and medium-speed corners, requiring drivers to make nearly 3,500 gear changes throughout the race.

Not only is the frequency of shifting surprisingly high, but most of the time it is kept at about 10,000 revolutions, which tests the stability of the gearbox even more. If the engine failure of Formula 1 cars is often alarmingly high, then the transmission failure rate is relatively low.

However, this does not mean that the gearbox can be tossed indefinitely, and any small glitch in the gear will have serious consequences, at least affecting the lap time.

But Zhang Yifei has no choice now, so many compatriots in China have come to Australia to support him, and Zhang Yifei doesn't want to disappoint them.

Similarly, there are so many cold eyes and ridicule abroad, waiting to see the downfall of their failure, Zhang Yifei will not let them get their wish.

And there is a more important point, there is a knockout system in the qualifying round, and Zhang Yifei doesn't want to be unable to even stand on the stage of the main competition, which is even more unacceptable.

The commentary for this F1 race is Martin Blundell, a gold medal commentator from Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, and Enge Chess, a local Australian commentator.

After seeing Zhang Yifei on the field, Blundell said in a curious tone: "OH, the Chinese driver Fei No. 13 car has appeared in the camera, as the rookie driver of the Prost team this year, the opening race in Australia will also become Fei's debut." ”

"Formula Renault and the Island Grand Prix, the performance and results of flying can be described as amazing, I don't know if he can continue his miracle boy miracle on the F1 track."

Blundell does not have any subjective bias against Zhang Yifei, on the contrary, he still attaches great importance to Zhang Yifei. Because Renault commented on the previous Renault event, he can be regarded as a student of Brendell, and was influenced and praised by Reynold, and Brendell also watched some videos of Zhang Yifei on the Renault Formula.

To be honest, he was surprised after watching it, as an F1 gold medal commentator, he never imagined that China, a country that does not even have the most basic formula race, could have a competitor who showed a crushing posture in Formula Renault.

You must know that although Formula Renault is only a primary formula, in a sense, it can also be regarded as the cradle of F1 drivers. Many famous and top professional drivers have been selected by higher-level teams through the springboard of Formula Renault.

If you want to be an F1 driver and sweep a junior Formula race like Renault, you have to be basic.

As a result, even Chinese drivers can do this kind of basic operation, is the world changing too fast, or is it that they can't keep up with the times?

However, in any case, Blundell still admired Zhang Yifei's performance in the Renault event, and later heard that the Chinese kid copied Kimi's "triple jump" miracle to enter the Prost team, and even won the Australian Island F3 championship in a temporary competition.

This proves from the side that the success of Zhang Yifei's Renault formula is not accidental.

"I think it's difficult, F1 is the race for the best drivers in the world, and the training sessions are going down."

"Training sessions are just to test how well the car fits into the track, and a lot of drivers don't play at their best. Qualifying will face the pressure of elimination, and every driver will give it their all, and it will be even more difficult for the Chinese kid to achieve anything. ”

Chase didn't believe in Zhang Yifei's strength at all, and even thought that the Chinese driver was able to enter the F1 paddock entirely by relying on hype and the team's fancy to the sponsors behind him.

But as an F1 commentator, it is impossible for him to openly say what he thinks in his heart, so he can only use this way to show that Zhang Yifei's strength is not enough.

"I don't think so, you can see that the first few corners, both in terms of line alignment and speed, are not weaker than the other F1 veterans. I even think he has improved a certain amount compared to the practice matches. ”

"So the final result of this qualifying race will have to wait for the end to know."

In the face of Blundel's rebuttal, Chase just smiled and nodded, but in his heart he didn't think so.

Zhang Yifei on the track learned some lessons from the previous practice session and improved his cornering method, and even had a trace of imitation of Schumacher.

After all, as a newcomer to the track, many times you have to admit your own shortcomings and learn from the strong in order to make yourself progress. Not to mention that the object of Zhang Yifei's study is the famous future car god Schumacher.

And it's not so easy to learn from Schumacher, at least not so strong that he can handle it, and it's completely impossible to maneuver the kind of extreme corners that are only 1 to 2 centimeters away from some fences on the track.

Even Zhang Yifei, controlling the JS53 racing car, at a speed of nearly 200 kilometers per hour, to challenge the width of one or two fingers, is a thrilling thing.

The high temperature coupled with extremely focused attention, just in the first lap, sweat soaked Zhang Yifei's underwear. The intensity of a real F1 race is really not comparable to the level of Renault before.

Luckily, the F1 car is already equipped with a drinking system, with a tube running through a small hole in the breathing window of the mouth and reaching the corner of the driver's mouth. As soon as the button on the steering wheel is pressed, the water in the water storage container or the energy drink is transferred to the driver's mouth through a micro water pump, which is replenished in the fastest and most convenient position.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Yifei even forgot the idea of drinking water, and his eyes only had the track and various racing data displayed on the dashboard.

In the next few laps of corners, Zhang Yifei delayed the braking point as much as possible to pursue that slight millisecond-level time advantage. In the face of many zigzag bends on the track, Zhang Yifei also took the limit line, instead of braking to slow down.

"Kossel, fastest lap standings at the moment."

"Schumacher is still first, your fastest lap is up from the practice session, and you're seventh of all the riders in 1:25.690."

Zhang Yifei's fastest lap in the previous three practice rounds was 1:25.862, and his current lap time has improved by nearly 0.2 seconds, moving up two places in the rankings.

But the qualifying race is not over yet, the lap time of 1:25.690 can't stabilize the seventh position, and Zhang Yifei still doesn't dare to relax in the slightest.

When the lap time rankings of the drivers were refreshed again on the big screen of the track, there were surprises, excitement, and a lot of dissatisfaction in the audience.

"Zhang Yifei's ranking has risen by two places, and he really withstood the pressure!"

"Go two more places and finish in the top five of qualifying!"

"I'm already satisfied with this result, you must know that many top F1 drivers can't achieve this result in their debut!"

The vast majority of Zhang Yifei's supporters, as well as the audience who know the history of F1 racing very well, have affirmed Zhang Yifei's current qualifying results.

As a rookie driver, he was able to finish seventh in qualifying on his debut, which has already surpassed the passing line and reached the excellent ranks. You must know that even the super newcomer Kimi only ran thirteen places in his debut qualifying.

The seventh ranking, if it weren't for Zhang Yifei's birth, Chinese fans would not even dare to think about it before, and there is a rookie driver from China who can run to the seventh position in his debut.

Zhang Yifei's promotion was also dissatisfied by some spectators at the scene, who did not expect that the Chinese newcomers who thought they were in decline were not left far behind in the qualifying round, but were also promoted!

"FUCK, what the hell is going on, doesn't it mean that F1 drivers are the strongest people in the world, why can even a Chinese newcomer surpass most F1 drivers?"

"How can Fei run so fast, has Prost appeared as a rover this year?"

"Martian fart, Alessi is currently ranked fourteenth, if the French veteran of the Mars rover is so far behind?"

"That's because Alessi is already a eliminated driver in F1! He didn't get any points for the whole year last year, and he should theoretically retire, but the Prost team didn't have the money to keep him! ”

"If it weren't for the Prost rover, he would have been able to run to the fourteenth?"

"You also said that the Prost team has no money, and this kind of small team with no money can develop a Mars rover? What does research and development depend on, and does it rely on love? ”

There was a heated debate in the stands, with many people reluctant to admit Zhang Yifei's progress and wanted to blame the success on the car's performance.

However, the situation of Prost's team shows the contradiction of this statement, and it can only hold on to the dead duck's mouth.

In the pit station of the Prost team, Zhang Yifei's current ranking is also showing a state of excitement and satisfaction, after all, there was no Prost driver in the whole season last year, and he entered the top ten in the qualifying position or the main race, and today is a historic breakthrough.

But there was no joy on Kossel's face, because he knew that as the rankings were refreshed, the other teams' P room or strategy group would come down with more radical orders to keep or surpass their current rankings.

"Fly, the driver behind the time is very tight, the 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th high-speed corners of the track, ride on the shoulder of the road and step on the accelerator deeply, and go at a faster speed!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Korsell gave an aggressive track order, which he hadn't asked Zhang to do for a long time.

Not to mention that it can improve the ranking again, at least it can't be surpassed in the fierce competition in the second half of the competition!