At the end of the eighth lap of qualifying, a new name appeared at the top of the lap leaderboard, and he was Zhang Yifei from Prost Racing!

In the previous seven laps, Zhang Yifei's lap time was basically hovering in seven, eight or nine, not to mention reaching the top, and he had not even entered the top three once. But by the eighth lap, Zhang Yifei was like riding a rocket, and with lightning speed, he became the fastest lap on the track!

"It can't be!"

When Lewis, the American commentator, suddenly saw this lap time, his eyes widened and he stared at the screen, completely unable to believe that the scene in front of him was real.

From the eighth position on the last lap, soaring directly to the first, this is not a fucking straight line acceleration race, how can you add a nitrogen injection to speed up wildly, how can you achieve such an amazing improvement?

Not only Lewis, but even Blundell was a little stunned when he saw Zhang Yifei suddenly jump to the first place. Theoretically, the Indianapolis circuit is the most unfriendly track for Zhang Yifei and the Prost team, and Zhang Yifei can break into the top five, which is worthy of the title of this year's F1 super newcomer.

But he was able to soar to the top of the list, is this a hanging?

However, Blundell quickly regained his composure, and he said in a smug, even ostentatious tone: "Lewis, I said don't underestimate flying, he's a miracle driver, this is F1's super newcomer this year!" ”

"Then wait and see, I don't believe he can hold on to pole position until the end!"

Lewis replied unconvinced, he despised Zhang Yifei in his heart, and did not think that Chinese could become super newcomers in the field of formulas.

Blundell just smiled at such an answer, he had seen so many prejudices in his career that it was impossible to change the minds of others in a few words. Regardless of whether Zhang Yifei ends up in pole position or not, he has already proven himself with the fastest lap!

The spectators in the stands were shocked by the change in the lap time standings, and they completely surpassed Lewis.

Because Lewis is the commentator of the event, he has also watched a few races of Zhang Yifei, and he despises it, at least he knows that this Chinese driver is not as good as described by public opinion now.

It's just that now when it comes to the struggle for the right to speak in the formula between Indy and F1, it is a routine operation to belittle the opposing driver, Zhang Yifei, as a leading bird and a yellow Chinese driver, naturally grabbed and stomped on the ground.

And many Indy fans at the scene, they didn't even watch a game of Zhang Yifei, and it was purely through the popularity of Time Magazine and the media's ridicule of public opinion that they began to pay attention to the Chinese driver.

In addition, in the previous three practice matches, Zhang Yifei's performance was not eye-catching, so the vast majority of American Indy fans really think that Zhang Yifei is a super rookie!

Now the sudden discovery that this rookie driver can actually run the fastest lap in qualifying, and even surpass the strongest Montoya, makes them feel like they have doubts about life.

"Aren't the Chinese rookies? How did he suddenly come to number one? ”

"FUCK, this is not scientific, how the hell did the Chinese kid do it?"

"Is there a mistake in the lap timer, I don't believe that the level of the Chinese driver can run the fastest lap on the Indy!"

"Cheating, there's definitely something wrong."

"It must be that the timer used a Chinese knockoff!"

All kinds of dissatisfied voices in the stands sounded wildly, and Zhang Yifei's performance was too sudden and exaggerated, which hit the fragile self-esteem of many American fans and made them a little unacceptable.

Not to mention these American Indy fans, even the few Chinese supporters on the track, suddenly faced with Zhang Yifei's counterattack, they couldn't believe it, Zhang Yifei can really be so strong?

"Damn, is this lap time ranking real? Zhang Yifei actually ran directly to the first? ”

"I can't believe it! It's incredible, how the hell did he do it? ”

"I'm not wrong with my eyes, can Zhang Yifei drive so fast?"

The questioning voices of these own people were quickly refuted by Zhang Yifei's fanatical fans.

"Why can't Zhang Yifei drive so fast, you really believe the nonsense of foreigners, and think that the hard power of Chinese drivers must be worse than them?"

"Learn more about Zhang Yifei, he can become the strongest newcomer in F1 by luck!"

"That's right, I've watched all the competitions of Fei, and he's stronger than you think!"

Even several foreign friends have joined in the praise of Zhang Yifei, who have seen today's US Grand Prix step by step from the original European Formula Renault.

Zhang Yifei's crazy performance moments are too many, and this is nothing at all!

In addition to the hustle and bustle of the spectators in the stands, the F1 teams were also disrupted by Zhang Yifei's rocket-like jumping speed.

"Montoya, Fei just ran the fastest lap, you have to speed up, the pole position can't be taken by him!"

Sir Williams gave the order to speed up directly, and as the brightest driver on the track at the moment, Montoya can be beaten by Schumacher, but definitely not by Zhang Yifei again.

Once this happens, the history of Montoya's previous losers will be recalled. Starting with a practice match, building up a good situation step by step can lead to a collapse.

And with the arrogance of the Americans, they will definitely not accept an Indian king who loses to the Chinese, which is simply a naked humiliation of the American Indian program. For Montoya's own confidence, for the future development of the Williams team.

Whoever loses to it can't lose to Zhang Yifei!

"I understand!"

Montoya gritted his teeth and replied, it can be said that since the Austrian Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei's name has almost become Montoya's shadow.

If it weren't for the appearance of countless supporters of the United States Grand Prix, and his advantage on this track was too great, maybe Montoya would really have collapsed, at least not so quickly regained confidence in a short period of time.

After going through the low point of life, regaining the trust and support of fans, and feeling the cheers of the 100,000-level home stadium, Montoya does not want to lose all of this.

No matter what, he won't let Zhang Yifei ride on his head again!

A foot of oil on the floor, Montoya also began to fight at this time, playing the limit is not the specialty of Chinese kids, the familiarity of this track, no one knows better than me!

"Shumi, win it back, you're the best driver."

Jean Todd also shouted at Schumacher with a menacing voice, as the current leader of F1, Schumacher must carry this banner to deal with the provocation of the Indian local program.

And with Schumacher's ability, if he can get the pole position, he can basically get the top three results in the race. There was already an accident in the last round to lock up the world championship title in advance, and this time Ferrari will not let anyone else think about it.

Nobody wants to lose, and no one wants to lose, especially in the final stages of qualifying.

On lap nine, Schumacher and Montoya both overtook Zhang Yifei and broke last year's fastest lap in qualifying.

In addition to the potential of the drivers themselves under the pressure of high competition, the weather for this US Grand Prix was too suitable, neither hot nor cold, and the Indiana climate was also very dry, which was very suitable for motor racing and created the perfect conditions for the fastest lap.

On the tenth lap, Zhang Yifei overtook Schumacher again, ranking second on the track with a time of 1:14.252, only 0.003 seconds away from Montoya, who had the fastest lap.

This gap can be measured by high-precision instruments, and no human can feel this gap, and two people can almost run as fast!

In the pit stop of the Prost team, seeing that Zhang Yifei had surpassed the fastest lap record on the track and was frantically chasing Montoya, everyone was extremely nervous in their hearts, but the expression on their faces was mixed.

On the one hand, I am naturally glad that Zhang Yifei can run this fastest lap and become a strong contender for pole position from his previous midstream results.

The worry is that Zhang Yifei's line has reached the point where if he is not careful, he may fall into a car crash and die. At the braking point of the long straight, Zhang Yifei has already adopted the method of extreme late braking, which is nearly one meter later than the conventional braking point!

In the long elliptical corner, Zhang Yifei basically didn't slow down much, except for the brake that entered the corner to avoid hitting the wall, the rest can be said to be a full-throttle corner, which squeezed the performance of Prost racing to the limit.

The complex corners behind Zhang Yifei are the main place to recover the disadvantage of the car's new energy, and his line is much more accurate than the previous three practice matches. It can be seen that the three contact races, coupled with the crazy racing simulation training, have increased his control of the track several times!

It's just that Zhang Yifei has some corners, which are still extremely thrilling, especially the fastest lap just now, and even reached the point of relying on luck to pass the corner.

Luck can help once, but it can't help forever, and the risk is too high!

"Fly no faster."

Henry subconsciously said that as the team leader, he naturally wanted the driver to run a faster lap time.

But this time, he didn't want Zhang Yifei to continue to take risks, this was simply playing with his life!

"He's probably a little bit upset, and he's going to have to find a way to ease his emotions."

The team's other race engineer, Cord, also agreed, and it was obvious that Zhang Yifei was holding his breath and wanted to overtake Montoya.

This lap has not been surpassed, according to Zhang Yifei's previous character, he will definitely not give up, and will even choose to fight for his life.

If you continue to fight in this situation, you may really be dying.

A team strategy team hopes that the drivers can slow down and suppress their fighting spirit and fighting spirit, which is definitely a very rare scene. From the side, it also shows how dangerous Zhang Yifei's current manipulation on the track is!