Alessi also started with all his might, biting the Ferrari driver Barrichello in front of him. Then find a way to overtake him, sprint to the front row as much as possible, form a team with Zhang Yifei, and face the members of the Big Three team in the form of two against two.

It can be said that the front three plus Prost Racing are all ambitious and ready to challenge for the title of Austrian Grand Prix.

But the drivers from Alessi onwards can be described as chaotic.

Trulli and Franczen from the Jordan team, it was like winning the lottery, and the two drivers actually failed to start at the same time, I don't know if it was a mechanical failure or a driver handling problem.

However, these two drivers, in today's F1 paddock, can reach the level of mid-range drivers, and occasionally have the ability to hit the points area or even the podium, and it is unlikely that they will make mistakes at the same time.

After all, the A1 circuit in Austria has very high requirements for mechanical stability, and the failure rate in this era is also amazingly high. With three practice sessions and qualifying, many of the car's parts couldn't withstand such a high-intensity toss.

The mechanical stability itself is not enough, and if you add a little slackness among the crew members, there will be a scene of continuous failures, just like last season's Prost team.

In fact, the situation of the Jordan team is indeed similar to that of the Prost team last season. Two years later, they were in a serious financial crisis, and just as they were about to cool off, they came to a sit-up in a coffin.

F1 boss Bernie helped to improve the distribution of TV rights of the Jordan team, after all, a large number of teams collapsed in those years, if you don't save the small team, there will be a few local tyrant teams left to sing a one-man show in the future.

In addition to the rescue of the F1 organization, there is also the advertising fee of CCTV and the sponsorship of the Shanghai International Circuit, which forcibly gave the Jordan team a life for two years.

However, it can be saved for a while, but it can't be saved for a lifetime, and finally at the end of 04, the Jordan team was sold to the Midland team for 56 million US dollars, and it was acquired by Shijue not long after.

But the Sage team did not support it, and after several tosses, it was finally bought by the Indian billionaire Vijay Mariya, which is the Indian Power Racing Team in the future.

Problems with the first two cars are not uncommon in F1, especially in the early stages.

But the problem is that in addition to the two drivers of the Jordan team, the Hedfeld of the Sauber team also inexplicably stopped on the track and did not start. It even caused the Minardi driver Marquis behind him to be rear-ended, and before the race even started, there was a track accident.

Zhang Yifei was leading in front at the moment, and before he had run far, he saw a safety officer wearing orange clothes next to the track, waving double yellow flags, indicating that there were obstacles on the track, and at the same time, the safety car had also been dispatched and began to press.

At this point in time, all vehicles are not allowed to overtake, so the two drivers of the Williams team directly gave up the pressing action, but took this opportunity to quickly bite the Coulthard in front of them, ready to overtake the moment the safety car withdrew, which is also a picture that often appears after the safety car exits.

"Cosell, why is there a safety car on the track?"

Zhang Yifei naturally couldn't see what was going on behind him, so this scene made him feel a little confused, and the safety car was dispatched a little too quickly.

Even if it is a track accident, the speed should not be fast at this time, at most, the single yellow flag reminds that there are obstacles, so that the double yellow flag will dispatch the safety car to press the car.

"There were four cars that had a problem starting off and were clogging the track, and the works cars were dragging them off the track."

"What? Four cars? ”

Zhang Yifei wondered if he had heard it wrong, at the beginning of an event, could there be four cars that had problems?

This means that nothing has been done, and the finish rate is only 80 percent, so after this race, how many drivers can be left on the track?

"Well, pay attention to the pressure and blocking after the safety car is evacuated, don't give Schumacher any chance, he is definitely not an opponent to be underestimated."

Korcel didn't want to worry about the withdrawal of several drivers with Zhang Yifei, and he was more concerned about Schumacher's offensive when the safety car was withdrawn. In the F1 paddock, not only Zhang Yifei regarded Schumacher as his biggest opponent, but so did Kossel.

He has experienced the era when Senna competed with Schumacher, and you must know that Schumacher, who was still a rookie at the time, put great pressure on Senna. If Schumacher hadn't been treated as a strong opponent, Senna would not have used that kind of fatal speed to turn corners, and the subsequent fatal accident would not have happened.

"I know."

Zhang Yifei responded simply, and then focused on the safety car in front of him.

Track commentator Blundell also set his sights on the starting area.

"Oh, the start of the race today was really unexpected, with four drivers having problems at the start and even a rear-end accident. However, from the preliminary analysis of the situation on the spot, the two drivers of the Jordan team should still have a chance to start again from the pits. ”

"As for the drivers of Sauber and Minardi, it is unlikely that the car will be repaired, and it should end in retirement, which is a pity."

Bazel next to him also echoed: "It's really a pity that the season has entered the 15th race, not only the drivers are tired, but even the stability of the car has decreased, which will test the driver's handling ability even more." ”

"Yes, we have a hunch that it's going to be a very intense race. For example, on the track right now, Schumacher is flying close to the car in front, and I think the moment he crosses the starting line, he will overtake! ”

On the track, along with the one-lap work area, several faulty tracks that blocked the track have been sent to the team pit or the buffer zone on both sides of the track, which will not affect the continuation of the race.

At the same time, the orange warning light on the roof of the car was also extinguished, signaling that the car would be evacuated from the pit lane at the end of the lap.

After Schumacher saw the orange warning light of the safety car go out, he directly stepped on the accelerator and almost clinged to the rear of Zhang Yifei's car. The meaning of his action is obvious, that is, be ready to overtake, just wait for an opportunity!

Schumacher, so eager to superego?

Zhang Yifei saw this scene from the rearview mirror, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a playful smile.

It seems that although Schumacher did not show any strong aggression before the game, this move now shows his desire to attack.

He didn't want to be left behind for a second, let alone be blocked by Chinese newcomers.

The first position can only be me Schumacher!

In the face of Schumacher's strong fighting spirit, Zhang Yifei did not admit it, aren't you planning to overtake? Then I'll let the car god feel what it's like to be pressed behind and eat exhaust!

Without any hesitation, Zhang Yifei braked the speed again, and the slower the speed, the greater the advantage of the car in front. Because the sudden acceleration at that time will catch the rear car off guard, in order to gain a time advantage of a few tenths of a second.

After all, if the car in front is slow, the car behind can only focus more on braking to prevent it from getting too close to the rear-end collision. When the car in front steps on the floor oil, the thinking of the rear car changes from controlling the speed to accelerating, and it takes a little reaction time, and the deceleration and pressure is to fight for this reaction time.

This is similar to the principle of waiting for a traffic light, when the green light is on, it is impossible for all waiting vehicles to move forward at the same time, only the front car moves, the rear car can move, and the more behind the acceleration starts, the slower.

Zhang Yifei's deceleration and pressing action, Schumacher was not surprised at all, after all, he is a top F1 driver, what scene has he never seen?

I saw Schumacher's left foot on the brake to control the speed, and his right foot was directly on the accelerator, his eyes locked on the distance between Zhang Yifei's car, as long as he had any acceleration action, Schumacher would follow with one foot on the accelerator!

For other riders, there may be a disadvantage of a few tenths of a second of a second in front of the car. But for Schumacher, this reaction time is only a tenths of a second, or even less!

Because Schumacher can use his racing experience and prediction to make up for the lack of reaction time.

The safety car is evacuated from the pit lane at this time, but the drivers are still not allowed to overtake the car from the distance between the safety car and the starting line again.

So after seeing the safety car evacuate, all the drivers' attention was 120,000 points of concentration, waiting for the moment of acceleration when they crossed the starting line!

At this time, Zhang Yifei had already pressed the speed to less than 100km/h, and when the car god crossed the starting line, Zhang Yifei suddenly accelerated with a foot of floor oil, wanting to instantly open the distance between him and Schumacher.

It's just that he still underestimated the strength of the car god a little, and almost at the same time as Zhang Yifei accelerated, the roar of the Ferrari engine sounded. And Schumacher took advantage of the car's stronger acceleration ability to directly change lanes and cut to Zhang Yifei's left, intending to forcibly overtake.

Fast! It's really a bit fast!

Zhang Yifei glanced at the rearview mirror with his peripheral vision, and there was a kind of surprise and shock in his heart.

Schumacher's reaction time was much faster than Zhang Yifei expected, almost at the same time as himself.

And there is a more important point, that is, the tuning direction of the JS53 car, this time it is focused on top speed rather than acceleration, after all, on the A1 track, there are many downhill long straights, up to more than 350km/h, and the top speed can't go up, so wait for someone to eat the long straight.

The performance itself is weaker than that of Ferrari cars, and it still focuses on the tuning of extreme speed, and this low-torque acceleration is not an opponent at all.

In an instant, the red front nose wing of the Ferrari car swept past Zhang Yifei's left rear wheel, and the speed was still increasing, with a crushing momentum, planning to overtake Zhang Yifei on the third lap!