"The Chinese kid is very hidden, no wonder he dares to provoke the Indian champion so much on the parade of floats."

Ferrari manager Jean Todd uttered this sentence with a complex psychology.

He was reluctant to admit that he underestimated the Chinese driver, but at this moment, Jean Todd was still shocked by the strength of Zhang Yifei.

This is definitely not the performance that a newcomer should have, either it is an explosion of talent, or Zhang Yifei has already started to challenge those Indian champions who have humiliated him in the Indy 500 event.

Either way, it represents Zhang Yifei's terrible as a rookie driver, his growth rate is too fast, super rookie is no longer his limit, and he may become a terrible opponent of Ferrari next year.

Thinking of this, Jean Todd suddenly regretted that the team sold the race engine to the Prost team. Because recently from the Ferrari R&D center, the engine and chassis of this year's race are very well matched, and the laboratory speed is nearly five percent faster than the current car, which is quite an exaggerated improvement.

It can be said that this result was not expected by the Scuderia Ferrari before, so they agreed to sell the engine to the "color pen" team Prost.

Now it seems that there may be a situation of "raising tigers for trouble"!

"Who said that Fei did not have the forbearance of traditional Chinese, this time he may have deceived everyone, including several kings of IndyCar."

Ross Brown also agreed, how could those of them who have been engaged in F1 racing for decades, and are still in the top teams, not see Zhang Yifei's careful preparation.

It can be said that Zhang Yifei's performance in driving the IndyCar is on an equal footing with Schumacher. If it weren't for Schumacher's dominance on the inside, he would have overtaken Turn 1 just now.

In the past few days, Schumacher has been preparing for IndyCar, and the two of them are watching it. Zhang Yifei, as a rookie in the season, is inferior to Schumacher in any aspect, but he has reached the same level as the first person in formula in a short period of time.

"Yes, no one would have thought that a soft persimmon used for a knife would eventually turn into an iron plate."

Jean Todd sighed with emotion and bluntly said that Zhang Yifei was the soft persimmon.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Yifei was a cannon fodder role and an abandoned target. After all, the FIA will not be successfully touched by the other party because of a Chinese newcomer who fell into the "trap" of IndyCar.

can only say that Zhang Yifei is too fucking strong, and he has been upgraded from a cannon fodder role to the protagonist of the battle of the century.

The discussion in the pit lane did not affect the state of the drivers on the track, and Zhang Yifei still wanted to attack Schumacher on the long straight after the corner.

But at this moment, he saw Helio and several Indy drivers in the rearview mirror, taking advantage of the wake of the car in front of him to catch up in an instant. And these Indy drivers obviously have more teams, and Blake and Rhazzie in the back did not launch an offensive, which is equivalent to letting Helio go all out to attack.

When he saw this scene, Zhang Yifei hesitated, and if he still chased Schumacher, it was equivalent to releasing two wakes, so that all the Indycats behind him could catch up. But if he gave up, Zhang Yifei was very unwilling.

After all, he and Schumacher are not really "teammates", but more of an adversary.

It's just that at this point in time, there was no time for Zhang Yifei to hesitate too much, he gritted his teeth and stopped the offensive, changed lanes back to the rear of Schumacher's car, and helped him directly block the pursuit of the three Indy's drivers.

Out of the corner of his eye, Schumacher watched Zhang Yifei next to him retreat, and then compared to the back of the Indian driver who had chased to the rear of the car. He instantly understood the reason why Zhang Yifei gave up the attack.

In the end, the Chinese kid did not do "cannibalism" for personal interests, after all, they all have a common identity, called F1 drivers!

Seeing Zhang Yifei's racing car in front of him, Helio's face was ugly, and there was a trace of disdain!

Drivers should do whatever it takes to win, what are teammates, and what is the status of an F1 driver? In Helio's view, teamwork is the weak huddling together for warmth, and if a Chinese rookie doesn't even understand this, he will never be able to become a strong man!

As Zhang Yifei retreated, the situation on the track tended to ease up, Helio did not launch any strong attacks, and the last two Indian kings were even more unhurried, and everyone was very "peaceful" to run laps on the track, without much gunpowder smell.

This is also the difference between IndyCar and F1, because the long schedule makes it in some ways, combined with the characteristics of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the drivers need to have a very scientific and good distribution of the car tires and their own physical strength, if it is not particularly necessary, they will not make blind offensive moves.

Especially before the arrival of the stronger DW12 in 2012, IndyCar was more of a cycling competition, relying on pit stops or safety cars to create opportunities, and the mid-term period was more boring.

But once you're in the final 20 to 30 laps, it's time for a white-knuckle battle, and you'll see some of the best cars on the planet, and that's where IndyCar really comes in.

Five cars participated, making it almost impossible for the safety car and the yellow flag to appear. Zhang Yifei strictly followed the pit stop strategy formulated by Koser, and did not take any advantage of the Indy riders in terms of pit stop time.

However, with the increase in game time, especially after the two-hour race, Zhang Yifei's physical fitness and mental state began to decline significantly.

Especially in the face of straight-line braking of more than 400km/h, and amazing cornering speed of up to 320km/h, under the pressure of high G-value, Zhang Yifei began to feel that he was struggling to control the car, which had never happened before.

It seems that it is the crazy training during this time, and the sequelae of not getting a good rest are highlighted, Zhang Yifei is not an iron man after all, and there is a limit to his physical endurance.

A U.S. Grand Prix has put Zhang Yifei on the verge of physical limits, and after a short period of time, he has faced the challenge of IndyCar, and this string is finally at risk of breaking.

The final pit stop was completed, and there were only 20 laps left in the race, and Helio in the back car had seen Zhang Yifei's line omission more than once. However, he did not attack directly, because the loophole was not very big, and it could be seen that Zhang Yifei was still vigilant.

So Helio was waiting, waiting to give Zhang Yifei a fatal blow and let him understand who was in control on the Indy.

"Fly, IndyCar's offensive phase is coming, hold on!"

This time, Korsell used the word persistence in the call, because he also saw that there was a problem with Zhang Yifei's wiring.

You must know that in this kind of situation without confrontation, Zhang Yifei can make mistakes in walking the line, which can only be a problem with Zhang Yifei's state. Otherwise, according to Zhang Yifei's strength, he could be perfect in more than 170 laps before, and he should not make mistakes at such a moment.

"I know."

Zhang Yifei gritted his teeth and replied, his face was pale at the moment, which was a manifestation of prostration after excessive physical exertion.

But under the cover of the helmet, no one knew Zhang Yifei's specific state, and no one could have expected that the situation had become so serious.

Almost as soon as Cosell's words fell, the rear car Helio launched a violent offensive, just like a tiger that had been dormant for a long time, he didn't plan to give Zhang Yifei another chance to resist!

Is it finally here?

Seeing the crazy speed of the rear car, Zhang Yifei knew that the Indy champions, who had endured for so long, were finally going to show their fangs.

With a miserable white face, he is extremely resolute, no matter how bad his current state is, as long as he doesn't fall on the track, I won't admit defeat!

Zhang Yifei also stepped on the accelerator to the end, and then with the help of Schumacher's wake, he blocked Helio's overtaking line. Even if you are the strongest newcomer in Indy, at least I Zhang Yifei is not so easy to pass.

I have to say that Helio's reaction and control are very strong, and after being blocked, he immediately changed the line, went around to the inside to eat Schumacher's wake, and overtook Zhang Yifei in reverse. However, Zhang Yifei's lane change speed was also very fast, just when the front nose was about to cross the wheel, he was able to block in front of Helio, and the left wheel almost collided with Helio's right front nose.

"Here, the strongest offensive of the Indycar is here, and the newcomer Helio, who is known as the strongest Indy rookie in history, is indeed amazing."

Sir Williams, in a tone of approval, commented on Helio's driving skills. Different from the ordinary catch-up in the front, as soon as it was time for the white-knuckle battle, Helio began to show a completely different side.

Fierce, aggressive, and with a strong oppressive force, it is like a copy of Zhang Yifei on the Indy track.

However, I can feel that Helio's momentum is stronger than Zhang Yifei, after all, he won the Indy annual championship, which is a kind of kingly momentum. There may be another point, that is, Helio is more independent and confident than Zhang Yifei.

"Yes, it's not for nothing that Helio can be called the strongest newcomer to India. He had a good grasp of the timing and control, and if he had reacted a little slower just now, he would have been overtaken. ”

"There aren't many drivers on the Formula 1 track right now who can pose such a threat to flying, let alone the Indica program."

Technician director Simmonds agreed, after all, the Williams team has an Indian king. But judging from the current scene, Helio seems to be even better, at least in the first few games of the new season, Montoya was almost pressed by Zhang Yifei.

"I can feel that Fei's form is wrong, probably because he can't keep up with his fitness, and it's not without a price for him to be so familiar with the Indy track and the car, and now it's time for him to pay the price."

Sir Williams's vision is very "poisonous", and he directly saw through Zhang Yifei's current state, and even guessed what kind of efforts Zhang Yifei made in order to become familiar with the Indy 500 event.

It can only be said that people have an upper limit after all, and Zhang Yifei broke through his upper limit in a short period of time, so he had to exchange something as a price.

Now this price depends on whether Zhang Yifei can bear it.