The gallop of the first practice session.

Alonso and McLaren were undoubtedly the highlights of both practice sessions, with Alonso dominating the practice session with a stunning time of almost a second ahead of second place, and the Spaniard seemed to be reminding everyone that he was still the favourite for that title.

In the race on this day, the two major Ferrari drivers, Raikkonen and Ye Feng, did not perform well. It even fell in the 17th and 19th positions, respectively. This can't help but make people worry about Ferrari's watch+ in the opening race, after all, there has been too much unfavorable news about Ye Feng's integration into the team.

And this practice race Ye Feng's car is not a problem, but it can be seen that he feels a certain discomfort with the Bridgestone tires he has just come into contact with, although he has been doing adaptive driving for a long time with the help of the team before, but the grasp of the accurate feeling of this real race still needs Ye Feng to explore a little bit in actual combat. After all, he was at Williams for a while when he was at the tyre problem.

On March 317, the sun was blazing on the Albert Park circuit, and tens of thousands of fans flocked to watch the qualifying session for the season's opener. This was also Schumacher's first Grand Prix race after his retirement, and F1 officially entered the "post-Schumacher" era.

The first stage of qualifying was uneventful, and the race quickly moved on to the second stage. The fact that Raikkonen and Ye Feng easily occupied the top two positions in the first stage also slightly dispelled people's previous concerns about Ferrari's performance.

Today, McLaren's Marcos Alonso and Hamilton, who have just been promoted to Formula 1 and GP2, also had impressive performances, and it looked like a battle would start in qualifying. Last year's third-largest team, Renault, did not play well after losing Alonso. It's a little regrettable.

After a few minutes of waiting. Cars began to enter the track on the track. The two Ferrari cars followed suit, one after the other. At this time, Ye Feng felt good about his state today, and went through the joint psychological counseling of the two bigwigs, the car king and the car god. Ye Feng didn't think about a lot of off-the-field things anymore.

But! When Ye Feng was just about to enter the first timed lap of his second stage of the race, under the gaze of everyone, his car slowed down without warning, and finally stopped on the edge of the track, Ye Feng also climbed out of the cabin, and took off his gloves and fell the car.

Gearbox failure! It's actually *** gearbox failure again! At such an urgent need to prove himself, Ye Feng had to face such a cruel truth. But fortunately, he quickly controlled his emotions, but a large number of reporters who rushed to hear the news around him were busy capturing Ye Feng's annoyed expression.

Regardless of whether it is a problem with Ye Feng's driving. For him Ye Feng, this race has at least been scrapped. Sure enough, after listening to Ye Feng's car fault investigation and repair site evidence collection after the race, the organizing committee decided to let Ye Feng, who had replaced the gearbox, be the last to start.

After getting the punishment result, although Ye Feng was very annoyed in his heart, he still tried his best to keep a relaxed smile. He didn't want the rest of the team to see his weak and agitated side. Todd didn't say much about this, just comforted Ye Feng not to care too much about this result, and just prepare for tomorrow's main match easily.

318, cheered on by enthusiastic Australian fans, the opening race of F1 '07 finally officially sounded. The focus of attention in this edition will undoubtedly be Alonso's showdown with Ferrari. It's just a little regrettable, but Ye Feng is now in the last place to start.

However, Ferrari fans have something to be excited about, and after yesterday's strong first pole position since his transfer, Raikkonen, who led the grid, continued his excellent form from yesterday. Firmly held Alonso behind him. Then, with the advantage of speed, the gap between the two quickly widened to more than 8.

As the distance between the top two drivers increased, the TV footage at this time gave more pictures of the fierce competition behind the drivers. It has to be said that the biggest highlight of this race is another driver of the McLaren team, Hamilton.

The first-ever black driver in F1 showed maturity and poise beyond his years at the start of the race, and with the sharp McLaren, he overtook two BMW drivers in the starting line: Haefeld and old GP2 rival Kubica.

The two wonderful and swift overtaking immediately attracted the warmest applause from the Australian fans in the audience to the black British youngster, and at the same time made many TV commentators sigh that it is really time for a change of dynasty. It's time for young people to take the helm.

Compare the car in front

Alone, Ye Feng, who was ranked last, was much more deserted. Although he surpassed 3 opponents in the lift, the ranking that was too low undoubtedly made Ye Feng grab a point and it became a luxury.

So even if Ye Feng tried his best to catch up, plus the retirement of several cars in front of him, he only caught up to the tenth position in one race. Rising 12 places in the ranking should also be a great achievement, but it doesn't mean anything to Ye Feng. The failure to score points in the opening game almost replicated last season's performance, and also made the pressure on Ye Feng a little heavier.

Ultimately. After more than an hour of intense competition, flowers and applause were given to Finn Raikkonen, who won the championship by seven seconds ahead of his rival, and the iceman, who smiled for the first time on the podium, proved to everyone that if he was given a good car, he could make everyone happy. Alonso, who finished second, was a bit disappointed, as he had high expectations for the new season.

Of course, the happiest is Hamilton, who is in third! He just broke the league race record, and he actually reached the podium on his F1 debut, which is still very similar to the style when Ye Feng first entered F1. But not many people take this little black to heart now, after all, this stage still belongs to those big shots.

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This time, Ye Feng's sluggish performance in the Australian opener undoubtedly gave the harsh Italian media another opportunity to criticize and write, and the media in this country did not welcome Ye Feng's arrival, but they would never give up the attack on Ye Feng.

The next day, after the game, all major Italian media published a photo of Ye Feng walking back to the garage alone after the race. And it was accompanied by a large number of words questioning and belittling Ye Feng's ability.

In this regard, in order to reduce the pressure on the drivers, and also to reduce the huge pressure on the team management after signing Ye Feng, the Ferrari team even defended Ye Feng's car malfunction at the regular press conference for the first time. Relatively speaking, Ferrari fans are more calm than the Italian media, at least there has been no collective protest by fans against Ye Feng's performance. Major fan forums also expressed their understanding of Ye Feng.

In this way, 3 years later, the whole thing was slowly forgotten as the Malaysian Grand Prix approached. In fact, many fans who support Ye Feng now are eager to hope that Ye Feng can get out of the slump during this period of time, win a championship, or at least stand on the podium in the next race to dispel people's doubts and attacks on him.

Why didn't Ye Feng know such a truth? But when he wanted to take the initiative to train whenever he didn't play well, as he did with his teammates, as he did in the previous Williams team, and work overtime with his teammates to tune the car, he was let . Todd politely declined.

Todd meant that Ye Feng's car failure in the last race was just an accident, and Raikkonen's ability to win the championship proved that there was nothing wrong with the car, and there was no need to work overtime to train Ye Feng alone. Ferrari is a large team, with its own operating rules and established schedules, Ye Feng still needs to be patient to integrate into the team and not be in a hurry.

Therefore, in the next three weeks, Ye Feng can basically only do physical training to maintain physical fitness, except for some car training arranged by the team. This arrangement undoubtedly made Ye Feng feel a little at a loss, as if he had nowhere to vent his motivation.

But he knew there was nothing wrong with what Todd said. After all, this is no longer the former Williams team, but Ferrari. Employees here pay more attention to the efficiency and success rate of work during working hours, and pay attention to the combination of work and rest between competitions. There's nothing wrong with this, it's just that a guy like Lao Ye, who mixes all his competition, work and spare time, is a little difficult to accept.

Senna had no more to do about it. Each team has its own completely different team culture and management style, and if Ye Feng wants to become a driver who can truly succeed in various teams and different environments, he must learn to adjust himself in time and learn to change himself to adapt to the new environment. This is what Ye Feng needs to face, and it is also the tuition fee that Ye Feng must pay for his growth.

It was a tough three weeks, but it was finally time for the Malaysian Grand Prix. At this time, Ye Feng was like a suffocated wild horse, eager to prove his ability in this game. So from the first practice session, the Chinese guys ran like frightened wild horses on the Sepang circuit, and even set a new speed record for this track in the practice session.

Seeing such a Ye Feng finally relieved everyone who cared about him, maybe Ye Feng's "habitual" slump at the beginning of the season was about to end.