Chapter 253: Pointing the Sword at Europa (3)
After all the staff worked hard to optimize the FW-27, Massa finally snatched the pole position for the French Grand Prix. The second was won by his teammate Ye Feng. It was also the first time this season that the Williams team had dominated the front row, and the strong performance of the blue team reminded everyone who watched the qualifying session yesterday. Hughley's report.
The quality of Williams' new car in these races was undoubtedly a surprise to everyone. Although everyone predicted that this long-overdue car might be a very competitive car, no one expected that this car would be so strong, so strong that it would be the development of last year's Ferrari's championship car F2004? Or has the British team found a way to turn things around?
No one knows, but everyone, willing or not, will have to accept a French Grand Prix dominated by dark blue......
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There was no suspense from the start, and Massa was confident in his performance today from the moment he stepped off the track. The purpose-built car was a real appetite for the Brazilian and Massa was immensely sure from the moment he narrowly overtook Ye Feng to take pole position this morning. Therefore, at this time, Massa didn't want to give anyone a chance to surpass him, so when Ye Feng in the back of the side sought some kind of breakthrough at the first corner of the Magnus circuit, he was firmly blocked by his teammates who were in excellent condition.
The ensuing race didn't happen much over the next few dozen laps. Except for McLaren's Raikkonen, who has been on a good trajectory recently, once again dropped out of the race for the spot due to a car failure. Everything else is going according to plan. Of course, there is no shortage of exciting competitions. And this time, the focus of people's attention is destined to fall on Ye Feng and Alonso again! History is always strikingly similar, but this time it was reversed from last year's French Grand Prix.
Massa is still leading the lonely front, and now the most anxious is probably the two cars of the French fans and the Renault team. Alonso, who finished third in qualifying, was stubbornly blocked by the second leaf in front of him. His teammate Fisichella was blocked by fourth-placed driver Schumacher.
After failing to surpass his teammates at the beginning of the game, Ye Feng competed wholeheartedly in his position. To be honest, this is the first time that Lao Ye has acted as the No. 2 driver of the team, doing cover work for his teammates to suppress the opponents behind him. This feeling is a little new and weird, but in fact, this division of labor does not depend on Ye Feng's own will. It's a natural choice in the real world. As a professional driver in an F1 team, choosing the most correct tactics according to the local situation of the race is originally Ye Feng's ethics. Today's game made Lao Ye more aware of the importance of a team. In the past, these "dirty work" were all done by Massa, but today it was his turn, Ye Feng knew that he should not have any complaints, and in many cases, the honor of the team would always override the personal honor......
However, this situation made Alonso behind him a little annoyed. Now, the Spanish young man is trying his best to control his car and do his best to attack Ye Feng in front of him. Halfway through the race, Renault have not had the results they would have liked in the last three years. Now in front of more than 100,000 French fans, Alonso, who is playing at home, must not allow himself to be suppressed like this by the Chinese kid in front of him. Things seemed to have become a little strange since he said something about Champion and Ye Feng at that time. Alonso feels that his goal is still to be the title and that things must get back on the right track as soon as possible.
Alonso is in a hurry, which does not mean that Ye Feng is very comfortable now. On the contrary, the suppression of Spanish madmen was not an easy task from the beginning. Just a few days ago, Ye Feng had asked Boss Sai about the comparison between him and Alonso. The car god said to Lao Ye after thinking. Objectively speaking, Lao Ye's driving level at this time is still worse than that of the Spaniards, which is mainly due to the lack of competition experience. Moreover, the car god also solemnly told Ye Feng not to underestimate this gap in experience. Experience is also an important part of driving performance, and this is the most difficult place to improve, because racing experience can only be accumulated by one driver through continuous racing, and there is no other way. Perhaps for a long time, competition experience will be a weakness of Ye Feng compared to his rivals......
So, from the very beginning, it was an extremely difficult matchup. Ye Feng relied on his dominant position to do everything to Alonso behind him
At the same time, the Spaniard was also using his experience and the lack of points in the race to launch a fearless attack. From the beginning of the game, Ye Feng could still use his speed to compete with his opponent, and gradually evolved into Alonso after the two sides completed their first pit stops, and continued to approach Ye Feng. The latter defends by blocking the opponent's overtaking line in advance. As the distance between the two got closer and closer, the atmosphere of the game became more and more tense! As Alonso's unsuccessful attempts to overtake Ye Feng continued to unfold, the people on the Magnus circuit seemed to have forgotten everything else and were completely caught up in the attention of the two young men who had a grudge from the beginning......
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Experience is the ability of a driver to apply his true level and potential to his opponents in the face of intense competition. A young, inexperienced rookie may usually train at a high level, but when it comes to playing in the official competition, he will have to make a discount. Experienced drivers, on the other hand, have years of experience that can help them cope with what happens on the field, and even perform at a high level in some cases.
Now, Ye Feng's powerlessness when he was chased by Raikkonen and caught fire in his butt in the last few races gradually enveloped his whole body. Alonso, who was chasing behind him at this time, was not inferior to Raikkonen last time in terms of speed and determination. However, Lao Ye was powerless, but he was not as helpless as last time, and only relied on the recovery of the car to withstand the opponent's attack. After that qualitative improvement in feeling, Ye Feng was under a lot less pressure when he faced such a situation again. It is true that Alonso relied on his own advantages to force Ye Feng very embarrassed, but in turn, Ye Feng has gradually adapted to this rhythm of high-intensity confrontation. In addition, Lao Ye is an out-and-out competitive player, and when he survived this most difficult stage, the brilliance of this guy was gradually stimulated by the opponent's excellent performance......
As a result, the battle between two different blue cars has continued from the beginning of the race to the present, and what makes all the spectators fascinated and nervous is that whenever Alonso successfully approaches Ye Feng and is ready to overtake in one fell swoop, Ye Feng's FW-27 can always hold the position at the most dangerous moment and use one corner after another to successfully widen the distance again little by little. It can be said that the straight is the world of Alonso and the extremely fast Renault car, while the corner is the stage for Ye Feng and the twin keel FW-27. Both sides showed each other's strength in the fierce competition. No one complained that this scene that should have happened in Canada was not staged until France, because what everyone didn't expect was that such a scene almost ran through the careers of Ye Feng and Alonso......
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In the end, when Ye Feng successfully persevered until his opponent's second pit stop and then ran three laps on the track before making a pit stop. The outcome of the game is no longer in suspense. Three laps, two consecutive fastest in the field, shattered all Alonso's counter-attacking thoughts. Coupled with the 1.5 seconds delayed by a small mistake by the Renault team during the Spaniard's pit stop, the gap between Ye Feng and Ye Feng became so insurmountable in the last 10 laps.
In this way, Massa, who was well covered by Ye Feng, finally crossed the end of the F1 Grand Prix as the first in his life for the first time, while Ye Feng and Alonso, who had been entangled for almost the entire race, won a second and third place respectively. After the race, the Spaniard's face was ugly, and until the three of them reached the podium, no one saw a single smile on the face of this depressed guy. After waiting for the medal ceremony, Alonso hurried off the podium without even opening champagne. But that didn't stop the other two guys from partying.
Pick up the top two! This is really a result that all Williams fans can't even imagine! But this is when it really happened! Massa, who won the championship for the first time, was so excited, the Brazilian young man sincerely sprayed the champagne in his hand "fiercely" towards the old leaves, and Ye Feng, who had just experienced a hard battle, bathed in the champagne rain and drank the champagne in his hand forgetfully. Then he hugged his teammates tightly......
Even if there was a lot of reluctance in their hearts, when the two young Williams were hugged tightly, every French fan who witnessed it all at the Magnus circuit at this time had to be moved by the pair of foreign drivers. It was too difficult for these two young people in their early 20s to go some time ago! So, the Magnus circuit quickly burst into applause at this time...