Zhang Yifei's excellent defense, not to mention some spectators on the track, even the team members in the pit pit, felt a little incredible.

To know Montoya's racing experience, it is not too much to crush Zhang Yifei, and the style of the Indy series of cars is radical, overtaking or something is simply commonplace, it can be said that overtaking is an advantage of Montoya.

Historically, Montoya made his name in F1 for the first time in the rookie stage, at the Brazilian circuit in the 01 season, with the power advantage of the Williams BMW engine, he caught up with Schumacher, who had won six consecutive victories at the time, on the big straight.

However, the car god is the car god after all, and before entering the corner, Schumacher still relied on his own skills to seize the corner tangent first, and seemed to hold his leading position.

But no one could have imagined the next scene, Montoya was extremely ferocious and cut straight to the heart, and then frantically pressed Schumacher's line, and even almost squeezed the opponent off the track. Before the final exit, Montoya completed a strong overtake of Schumacher in his rookie season.

It is with this transcendence that fans all over the world know the name Montoya. He is no longer the world champion of the Indy 500, but a super newcomer who came to F1 to "pull" Schumacher from the championship!

But that was just the beginning, as Montoya suffered a severe tyre blister in Austria three races later. However, instead of making a pit stop to change tyres, he drove the FW23 and stubbornly held on to his halfway line, struggling to block the next five cars.

And the closest driver to Montoya is Schumacher in a Ferrari!

When coming to a corner called Remus, Schumacher, who was pressed by him, finally couldn't help but choose to overtake. In other rookie drivers, considering the tires, and Schumacher planned to overtake, it is estimated that he would have chosen to surrender a long time ago.

But Montoya's wild personality makes him uncompromising! He used an extreme late braking maneuver to maintain his speed advantage and avoid being overtaken by Schumacher. In the end, the tires didn't hold, and the car ran out of control and ran off the track.

However, before rushing off the track, he took Schumacher, who was overtaking, out of the track.

After these two matches, Montoya's name was completely established, and he began to be truly regarded as Schumacher's opponent!

During the Ferrari dynasty, a rookie driver could be seen as a rival to Schumacher, and Montoya certainly proved his quality.

Although the next stop is Brazil, Montoya has not yet used that corner to overtake to attract the attention of fans around the world. But his strength is still recognized by F1 circles.

Zhang Yifei defended Montoya with hard tyres and long straights in the face of the car's performance disadvantage, which is definitely a great achievement. It also let the team members see the other side of Zhang Yifei, he is not only strong in attack, but also strong in defense!

"The flying line is so beautiful, I don't know that I have given Montoya any chance!"

Henry first praised that what Zhang Yifei had shown before was more of his radical stance style, which was used for offense. On the defensive side, to be honest, I can only be decent, and there is no deliberate pressure on the car.

But now on the track, Zhang Yifei's defense can definitely be described as "excellent", which is not inferior to his offensive side.

Coupled with the performance of the previous rain battle, Zhang Yifei simply did not reveal any of his shortcomings on the F1 track. A rookie driver with no shortcomings is absolutely scary.

"It's very good!"

Prost agreed, in fact, he is a defensive master himself, and he has not known how many opponents he has pressed on the track.

So he can easily see that Zhang Yifei's experience in defense is more than the standard of rookie drivers.

So he turned his head to look at Korcel and asked, "Korcel, when did Fei receive defensive practice?" ”

"I haven't accepted it."

Kether simply spit out these words, Zhang Yifei didn't have the conditions and time to accept defensive practice, in the previous game, Korsell recommended only one plan, that is, offense!

"What?"

Prost, who has always been calm, couldn't help but raise his voice, and without receiving defensive practice, he was able to hold Montoya's overtaking, is this possible?

"It's true that I haven't received special practice, even at the Toyota base in Japan, Fei has never been exposed to defensive practice."

Yamamoto Ukyo opened his mouth to add, he can be said to have witnessed the starting point of Zhang Yifei's formula career, and he couldn't be clearer about this.

It can only be said that Zhang Yifei's formula career "jumped grades" too fast, and Zhang Yifei skipped a lot of experience and practice that should have been accumulated in sub-leagues such as F3 and F3000.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei did not have the time and conditions to accept any defensive practice, and to support himself was to slowly learn and grow in the process of the game. Today, he can have the performance of a "defensive master" on the track, which is indeed Zhang Yifei's own talent.

"Incredible!"

Henry muttered, then looked at Prost and said, "Boss, how did you see Fei's talent in the first place?" ”

"I ......"

Prost originally wanted to follow Henry's words to boast about the accuracy of his vision.

But thinking that Korsell was standing next to him, how he signed Zhang Yifei in the first place, everyone knew it in their hearts. And this German is a bit rigid, if the thing is exposed, it will not be able to get off the stage in front of so many employees.

So Prost finally didn't have the bothersome to blow out, so he could only smile meaningfully at Henry, with a "you know" expression.

The team and the Chinese audience praised all kinds of things, but Zhang Yifei on the track was not as relaxed as they imagined.

The first lap on the track has not yet been completed, Zhang Yifei's whole body has been soaked with sweat, it can be said that he has played twelve points in the whole defensive process, and used various operations that can be called the limit to block Montoya's attack.

On more than one occasion, the two cars were on the verge of crashing, and perhaps Montoya's ambition for this race was also great, and he suppressed his desire to risk crashing overtake, so that the two of them could keep "drawing the dragon" on the track, but maintaining a balance.

I have to say that Montoya is really strong, much stronger than the previous Australian station, which gave Zhang Yifei a much stronger feeling. It may also have something to do with the fact that the opening race was Montoya's debut, and he hasn't adapted to the pace of F1 yet.

After the experience of the opening race, coupled with Montoya's own rich experience in IndyCar, he can better play his strength in Malaysia, and maybe this is Montoya's real strength!

And Zhang Yifei also knows that Montoya will be stronger in the next stop, and he will even be able to eat Schumacher in the corner.

It is conceivable how much pressure Zhang Yifei is now under when encountering such an opponent.

Zhang Yifei is under a lot of pressure, and Montoya is also shocked, there is a reason for the narrow road in the maintenance channel, and there is a reason for the line on the curve, so on the long straight, he still failed to surpass Zhang Yifei, then there is no reason to find, that is, the opponent defended himself.

This is also a difficult thing for Montoya to accept, can he be defended by a Chinese newcomer?

Several times, Montoya couldn't hold back the fighting spirit in his heart, and planned to fight the risk of crashing, and forcibly overtook Zhang Yifei to give way.

But just as Zhang Yifei thought before, as long as the front nose wing of Montoya exceeded his rear wheel, this American-style driver would definitely fight to crash and overtake.

Montoya also believes that according to the performance of the Chinese driver on the track, if he forcibly grabs the line, the opponent will not give way. The result is to see who is tougher and can squeeze the other out.

However, there is a high probability that there will be a lose-lose scene, two people collide and both roll off the track.

This was the kind of scene that happened once before at Albert Park, and it was that collision that caused Montoya to not finish on his debut. The first race has already disappointed many Colombian supporters, and this time it will not end in retirement, no matter what.

It is with this psychology that Montoya can suppress his inner impulse again and again, and circle the track with Zhang Yifei, thinking of relying on technical hard power to overtake.

I have to say that this is the benefit of Zhang Yifei in F1 and always showing his tough image. Any driver who wants to grab Zhang Yifei's line will subconsciously consider the consequences, after all, this kind of Chinese kid has the courage to crash and not give way!

In later generations, many Chinese formula drivers, in terms of hard power alone, are not inferior to European drivers, but the results on the track are much worse than each other, and a big reason is weakness!

This weakness has a character factor, a money factor, and a lot of cowardice! You don't dare to grab the line, overtake, defend, and once or twice the opponent can still maintain a technical advantage when the bottom line is not clear.

But as the number of events increases, slowly the opponent finds that he is facing a soft egg, who does not bully you?

Motorsports is also a game of strong confrontation, except that the protagonist of this confrontation is not humans, but cars.

In any confrontation movement, the tough will always have the advantage, and weakness means that they can be bullied!

After the two long straights that best showed the power advantage of Williams' racing passed, the pressure on Zhang Yifei was relieved a lot.

And more importantly, as the number of laps began to increase, Zhang Yifei's hard tire temperature began to gradually reach the best working temperature, and the grip was much stronger than at the beginning.

Faced with this situation, the anxiety in Montoya's heart began to rise sharply, and he was already a little unable to restrain the restlessness of tough overtaking!