As the saying goes, Zhang Yifei came all the way from the maintenance channel, and his momentum had already reached its peak. And Trulli has just been surpassed by Montoya, and his mentality will be affected somewhat.

Under the advantages of the other, it is really difficult for Trulli to defend Zhang Yifei head-on.

In a sense, in this competition, Montoya also played the role of Zhang Yifei's pioneer, basically he went to the lead first, and then Zhang Yifei launched a second charge.

The arena was like a battlefield, and the opponents were overwhelmed for a while, and the difficulty for Zhang Yifei to overtake was naturally reduced. This is one of the reasons why Zhang Yifei can keep closing the distance with Montoya, and he does have a late-mover advantage.

Of course, all of this is based on strength, if you are a rookie driver, you can't even catch up with the 10-second gap between stops, how can there be any cheap talk, stay behind honestly and eat exhaust!

Eddie Jordan, the founder and manager of the Jordan team, saw Zhang Yifei approaching Trulli crazily, and subconsciously put his hand on the call button, ready to issue warnings and reminders.

In the end, though, he didn't press the red call button, leaving everything up to Trulli.

"Boss, do you want to say something to Trulli?"

John Putte, CEO of the Jordan team next to him, saw his boss's move, so he asked.

"Forget it, there's no need to say it."

Eddie Jordan shook his head.

Like Prost, he made his debut as a driver before eventually transitioning to create an F1 team.

It's just that compared to Prost's F1 quadruple victory, Eddie Jordan's achievements in formula racing are far inferior, but he has achieved good results in F3 events.

But as a team owner, Eddie Jordan has nothing to say, he is not as strong and mysterious as Jean Todd and Sir Williams. He is very friendly to the media and reporters, and he seems to be very kind to strangers, which leads to a high personal evaluation of him by the outside world.

The Jordan team is also a privately operated team, and the funds are very tight, and even in the early days of the team's creation, it was Eddie Jordan who took his property to the bank for a mortgage to keep the entire team alive and continued.

And he also reached his peak in the year, ranking third in the total points of the season, and once squeezed down one of the big three, the Williams team.

In such a comparison, Eddie Jordan is much stronger than Prost in terms of business operation level. After all, this stubborn old French driver has a thicker foundation than the other party, and the foundation of the Ligier team.

As a result, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the slogan of Grand France was earth-shattering, and it went out of business within two years.

Many drivers who have transformed into team owners have a professional flaw, that is, they are more able to empathize with their drivers, in other words, they are not ruthless enough!

The reason why Eddie Jordan didn't speak in the end was that he felt that he shouldn't put too much pressure on Trulli, after all, he had just been overtaken by Montoya, and his mentality was definitely not very good at the moment, and the team should not have too strict instructions.

From a driver's point of view, this is a good owner, from a team's point of view, this is not a good operator.

The team is a place to talk about results, not to influence with love, can't bear the pressure and perform badly, then change to a stronger driver, since you have stepped into the F1 professional field, you naturally have to resist pressure!

Thinking too much about the driver's feelings can end up being a kind of indulgence and slackness.

Therefore, Ferrari has always been known for its tough command in the strategy group, and Sir Williams is even more ruthless in the evaluation of the outside world. But it is only by their iron-blooded and tough methods that the team can maintain its status as a big three without being eliminated by other teams.

CEO John Putt understands the mentality of the boss very well, everyone has a different style, and there is nothing to say. It's just that since last year, Jordan's team has started to see a noticeable decline in results, and Eddie Jordan needs to make a little change.

During the Jordan team pit talks, Zhang Yifei has launched an attack on Trulli, and indeed compared to the opponents who have surpassed him before, Trulli has the qualified strength of a blue-collar F1 driver, and the defense is very beautiful, leaving Zhang Yifei with no good opportunities.

The temptation of several consecutive corners was blocked by Trulli, and the situation fell into a stalemate for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Montoya was also frantically speeding up and attacking the riders in front. As an old opponent, he deeply knows Zhang Yifei's strength, Trulli can't stop the Chinese kid, and it's only a matter of time before he is overtaken.

What he wants to do is to take this opportunity to get rid of Zhang Yifei. The grappling with Zhang Yifei in the back is no longer the goal of the Montoya Japanese Grand Prix, what he has to do is to enter the points area and even get on the podium!

Historically, there has never been a pit stop to finish in the championship, and Montoya doesn't think he'll be able to pull it off. So to be on the podium is a great achievement, which has only been done by drivers of Senna and Schumacher before.

Judging the situation is Montoya's deepest understanding during this time, and he has realized that he has far underestimated Zhang Yifei. If you want to defeat the Chinese kid in the future, you have to make yourself stronger.

After a lap, the schedule came to the eleventh lap, and Zhang Yifei was still blocked by Trulli. It may be that the offensive ahead was too smooth, and the fans and supporters expected too much of him, so in the face of this situation, they began to be a little anxious.

"What's going on, isn't this flying beyond Trulli?"

"A lap has passed, and Trulli is still in the way, but the problem is that there are still countless strong opponents in the front film, and it is still too difficult to create a miracle of three consecutive championships."

"If it's not difficult, how can it be called a miracle? It's like a dream that is not ridiculed by others, but has no value in realizing it. A goal without difficulty does not deserve to be called a miracle! ”

"Your Excellency Yifei is the strongest driver among the newcomers, give him a little time, I believe he can surpass!"

"Montoya took three laps, and Yifeijun only ran one lap, Ernie sauce dry daddy (brother come on)!"

In fact, almost everyone has no doubt that Zhang Yifei can surpass Trulli, but the more time delayed, the more difficult it is to catch up with the front drivers.

After all, the real masters in the F1 paddock are fighting for the championship further ahead. Zhang Yifei must have a crushing general situation to surpass him before he can finally have a chance to fight with them.

It can't be put off any longer.

Zhang Yifei said secretly in his heart, just like the prediction of the event commentator Yuo Ito, the overtaking time he gave himself must be exceeded within one or two laps.

Due to the difference in the length of the course, the two laps of the Suzuka circuit are close to the three laps of the other circuits. If Trulli can hold him off for two or three laps, how long will it take him to overtake Coulthard, Barrichello and even Schumacher, the best driver on the track right now?

There is no time, Trulli must surpass it in the shortest possible time!

The tight pressure of time made Zhang Yifei's overtaking moves more ferocious, and he began to take some extreme routes, hoping to break through Trulli's defense in one fell swoop.

However, the racing performance of JS53 is not as fast as Williams's "saber-toothed tiger", and Zhang Yifei must ensure complete overtaking in the corner, as well as faster speed out of the corner. Otherwise, even if it is a side-by-side corner, he may not be able to occupy much of an advantage in the end.

may have been overtaken by Montoya once, and was surpassed by two newcomers of this year's season in a row, and Trulli felt a little embarrassed. His defensive attitude is even tougher than against Montoya, and he will not back down even if he crashes.

This kind of attitude was something Zhang Yifei didn't expect before, he thought that after Montoya finished the first battle, he could destroy some of the opponent's momentum, but he didn't expect the other party to become more and more tough.

But Zhang Yifei belongs to the kind of person who eats soft and does not eat hard, since the other party wants to block, let Trulli feel what is called more ferocious overtaking.

Turn 9 of the Suzuka Circuit is the curve before the intersection of the entire circuit in the shape of a figure 8, but the intersection of the Suzuka Circuit is not on the same plane as imagined as an intersection, but a rare overpass is used to stagger the course.

This means that after this corner, you will face a long uphill overpass, and then the course will change from clockwise to counterclockwise.

Turn 9 is a right-angled corner, and with the uphill side of the exit curve, riders are used to passing in low gears. After all, the lower the gear, the more torque and the faster the uphill acceleration.

But Zhang Yifei did not slow down and downshift in advance, but kicked the accelerator down, and rushed over as if he was about to crash into Montoya, and the speed was amazing.

What does the rider want to do?

Trulli felt that Zhang Yifei's speed was too fast, and he knew that the overpass section in front of him was covered with cement protective walls on both sides, and there was no buffer zone at all. If you hit the top of the protective wall, you may fly off the track and face secondary damage from falling.

That's why, drivers slow down and downshift here, and in addition to the need to go uphill, there's also a layer of safety considerations.

Soon Trulli understood what Zhang Yifei wanted to do, this guy was like he was not afraid of death, he went straight to the center of the bend from the inner road, and then rushed towards the protective wall with a little speed that could not be reduced.

The whole car maintained a high speed, getting closer and closer to the protective wall, and at the moment when it was about to hit it, the JS53 car turned against the protective wall at a centimeter-level spacing, and then refueled and downshifted to the overpass at high speed, and the whole process can be described as one go.

Even Trulli, who was lagging behind, didn't reflect how he was overtaken, this feeling was much more shocking than the previous Montoya overtaking!

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