541 Celebrating Victory (Chapter 1)

When Blundell talked about the back, he even took the initiative to stand up and applaud Zhang Yifei, who won the championship.

This is not because of his personal preference, but because Zhang Yifei won this sub-station championship, which means that he has become the youngest driver in F1 history to win pole position, track record, and sub-station championship.

At only 18 years old, this is definitely a record that will go down in the history of F1, and as a commentator, he can be regarded as witnessing the birth of history.

"Win?"

Ah Hu muttered a word, because when Schumacher made his move towards Montoya, the track camera was focused on the two of them.

After all, there are more than a dozen sub-station championships a year, and this kind of hands-on picture, as motorsport becomes more and more civilized, may not be seen once in a few years. The so-called scarcity is expensive, and everyone's attention is on the two of them, until Zhang Yifei crossed the line, and the track camera was put on the champion driver.

It's as if there was a sudden break during the game, and then the screen turned, and Zhang Yifei instantly became the champion.

This change has made many crew members a little blinded, in fact, from the moment he got rid of Schumacher, Zhang Yifei's championship was nine out of ten, and there was no suspense.

But the precedent of the Brazilian Grand Prix really made the crew members feel uneasy and did not dare to cheer in advance, otherwise what would they do if they were happy and sad at that time?

Even when Zhang Yifei really crossed the finish line and the black and white checkered flag appeared on the track, they still had a kind of sudden dream, and they couldn't believe that all this was true.

"Win, Yifei won!"

Chen Zhi next to him had already reacted, he raised his arms and waved his fists excitedly, confirming the news of Zhang Yifei's victory.

"Fei won, Prost won the Austrian championship!"

"Yifei-kun, I finally witnessed you win the championship, and the original decision was right!"

Junko Takeda even cried with joy, she was impulsive, in order to witness how far Zhang Yifei could go, she gave up her career as a Toyota youth manager and went to the Toyota Racing Division in Europe.

Even in the end, she and Yamamoto Ukyo gave up their positions at Toyota and chose to join the Prost team with Zhang Yifei.

To be honest, compared with Toyota, the world's largest car company, Prost Racing is really a little brother, and it is the kind of little brother who may go out of business at any time.

It is equivalent to giving up a stable job and future, and challenging the unknown future with Zhang Yifei.

Today, Junko Takeda finally witnessed Zhang Yifei's ascent to the top. Although this is not a world championship title, it is a miracle for an Asian driver to win a world championship title.

As for the title of World Championship, this is something that Ukyo Yamamoto and Junko Takeda never dreamed of before. However, it may be that after today, "Ambition" will collide uncontrollably, and the world championship is the real number one in the world!

"I really can't believe Fly did it, it's a miracle, it's the pinnacle of the Prost team!"

Team leader Henry also trembled with excitement, from the previous Ligier team to the current Prost team. Henry can't remember how many years it had been since he had tasted a championship.

Even he was ready for the disbandment of the team for a while, but he didn't expect that in just one year, China Flying gave the team a chance to stand at the top!

“GOOD! The victory of this flight is also the victory of the crew members, and it is also the victory of Prost. Brothers, you have done a great job! ”

Charlie roared and praised the team's team of pit technicians, a victory for one driver is never an individual achievement, but a victory for the whole team.

Even if he is as strong as Schumacher, after retiring from Ferrari, his second comeback to the Mercedes-Benz team has suffered a lot of criticism.

Compared to the dynastic dominance of the Scuderia Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz Schumacher's results can be described as a collapse, and even teammate Rosberg could not compete, and even finished outside the top ten in the final year.

You must know that at that point in time, the Williams team was already outdated, and the Big Three gradually switched to Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari. Therefore, even if the Mercedes-Benz team is not as good as the Ferrari team that was in full swing back then, it is still one of the big three, and it is not a weak team.

So many people questioned that Schumacher hugged the thigh of the Ferrari team, otherwise he would definitely not reach the height of the car god.

Of course, this suspicion is more groundless, after all, Schumacher was in his early forties at the time, and the physical requirements of F1 are higher than those of track racing and rallying.

It is normal for the advanced age and the decline in form after a few years of retirement, and not being able to outperform the young people. And Schumacher just didn't stand at the top, the midstream level is still there. However, this also reflects from the side, it is indeed much more comfortable to stay in Schumacher in Ferrari than in Mercedes.

The success of any driver is not an individual thing, but a team. Charlie didn't say this to take any credit from Zhang Yifei, but the crew members also needed victory to boost their self-confidence and boost their morale.

Now that you have a good driver, you have to make the crew members have the confidence to compete with the Big Three!

"That's right, Fei is the strongest driver, and we are also the strongest team!"

"Champion Fly, Champion Prost!"

"We're not the bottom team anymore, we've got the champion!"

"Brothers, keep working the future journey, the Prost team will not be left behind!"

The crew members cheered and the sound resounded throughout the pit lane.

Even Kossel, who has always been "cold", clenched his fists, his lips trembled slightly, and his heart was very emotional.

After all, with his qualifications and identity, he re-emerged as a rookie competition engineer in China, and his only goal is to win the championship!

Once like Zhang Yifei, Cosell's decision was also ridiculed by many people as blind, old and confused, otherwise how could he give up his identity as a university professor and choose to assist a young Chinese driver to come to a Prost team that is about to go out of business?

As it turned out, Kossel was right, and he succeeded in challenging the difficulty! For him at this stage, money and interests are actually not important, and he can live on his own small golf course.

There is only the "name" thing, Korsell has not completely given up, he wants to create the next Senna, the next absolute king of F1!

But the cheers at the team's pit stop are tiny compared to the tens of thousands of spectators on the track.

With Zhang Yifei winning the championship, both his supporters and his opponents are all exclaimed at the moment. After all, no matter what happened before the race, no one thought that Zhang Yifei could really win the Austrian Grand Prix.

This is a newcomer to China! Where might a country that doesn't even know what formula racing is, and where there can be an F1 champion?

You must know that the Japanese driver who has competed in F1 since the 60s has not won a championship in any of the races until now, let alone completed a hat-trick!

"Isn't it, Fei really won the championship?"

"How can this be fake? Schumacher and Montoya are out, and Fei is far ahead, and there is no opponent to catch up! ”

"It's too strong, I've only participated in four games, and I even won three yuan and got a hat trick, I can't imagine it in the future!"

"What is there that I can't imagine, Montoya is still the winner of the last race at Monza, Ferrari beat Schumacher at home, and this stop is not as cool."

"F1 is the rotation of feng shui, only the world championship title is the unquestioned king, this is the real reason why Schumacher is strong!"

Compared with the amazement of these home audiences, Zhang Yifei's supporters are pure carnival.

"I've been waiting for it! I really waited! Zhang Yifei became the champion! ”

"Austrian A1 King! Our Chinese drivers finally have a championship title and track record! ”

"Zhang Yifei didn't disappoint us, he is still the strongest Chinese driver!"

"I have never doubted my beliefs, Zhang Yifei has one thing after all, he can stand on top of the world."

"OH, I never dared to imagine myself as a fan of Chinese drivers, and Fei really conquered me."

"Fei is so handsome, if it weren't too young, I really wanted to have a relationship with him."

"Come on, your son is not a few years younger than Fei!"

"It's your business, fly, come on!"

The cheers resounded throughout the audience, and Zhang Yifei, who was driving the Prost car and went to the celebration area, also reacted at this moment, directly let go of the steering wheel, started to slide at a slow speed, and raised his hands high to celebrate his victory.

To be honest, when he saw the black and white checkered flag waving at the end of the track, Zhang Yifei himself was a little blinded.

Although in the final stage, with Montoya and Schumacher out, there is no suspense about the championship. But when I actually became the winner of the Austrian Grand Prix, there was still an indescribable sense of unreality in that feeling.

Did I really become a champion? Did I really prove myself?

Until the cheers of the audience, as well as the arms that desperately rushed to the fence and waved at Zhang Yifei, these pictures woke Zhang Yifei up.

That's right, he defeated Schumacher, defeated all the opponents on the track, and became the champion of the Austrian Grand Prix, which is the first yellow race F1 sub-race championship in the history of Asian motorsport!

"I won! I'm a champion! ”

Zhang Yifei roared and roared, venting his inner emotions!

Since landing in Europe, he has experienced too many cold eyes and ridicule along the way, especially after experiencing the miss of the Brazilian Grand Prix, this championship means more to him.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei waited too long for the cheers and applause for the winner.

Today, I finally did it!