Chapter 318: Continued Downturn
Before the first pit stop, in the slightly disappointed eyes of everyone, Ye barely retained the fourth position. It avoided the situation of being overtaken by the opponent again.
This kind of power output problem is generally difficult to solve in a tense race, especially for drivers like Ye Feng who still want to fight for rankings and podium opportunities, and they can't afford to delay on the stop. So he didn't adjust more, Ye Feng just asked his teammates to adjust the tire pressure of the new tires and the downforce of the car, he hoped to use this change to get more stable cornering performance, so as to make up for the disadvantage of lack of power on the straight in the corner.
However, this is only a stopgap measure, if you want to get good results, the only thing you can hope for is that the engine of Ye Feng's car can gradually return to normal working condition with the run-in of the race. However, it basically depends on the luck of the driver and the performance of the car.
After leaving the station, Ye Feng was still playing hard, compared to the mistakes just now, at this time, he calmed down as the hope of winning the championship was far away. At this time, he began to focus on the race itself and the familiarity and control of the car's performance in the race. This was actually the basic preparation that Ye Feng should have made a long time ago, but due to the huge pressure during this time, he ignored these and directly forced himself to chase the results that made everyone shut up.
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With 10 laps remaining, it seems that Ye Feng's power output is slowing down and it is already too late, with Alonso and Hamilton already establishing an unbreakable lead for McLaren. Even Raikkonen, which was still ranked third at this time, was not something that Ye Feng could catch up with within 10 laps.
However, after paying relative attention to the game, Ye Feng's steady performance also did not have much chance for Massa, who was in the same field as his technical moves. Now, for Ye Feng, keeping the fourth place in this game is the ultimate goal.
Ten minutes passed, and the race finally went to the final lap. The McLaren duo, who played consistently throughout the race, were undoubtedly the winners. Ferrari's two drivers finished in the bottom two and didn't look like they had lost too badly. But if Ye Feng can block Alonso's words, it is very likely that Ye Feng and Raikkonen will be in the first and second places now.
This result is not unacceptable, but most Ferrari fans, including most Chinese fans, are not satisfied. They didn't know what happened to Ye Feng, who was still in a brave state yesterday, in this game, and they didn't know how long Ye Feng's unstable state would last.
Aside from those of Ye Feng's extreme haters, most rational fans may not doubt whether Ye Feng is a good fit for Ferrari right now. They just hope that Ye Feng can get back to form as soon as possible and become the Chinese Ye who can make everyone who supports him be able to indulge in cheers because of his performance.
The race finally ended with the Spaniard crossing the line first. After the driver then circled the track for a week, the camera moved from the top three to Ye Feng, who was walking out of the track alone. Almost no different from the loss at the last Australian Grand Prix, Ye Fengdi's figure still looked so lonely.
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In two consecutive races, both drivers of the team finished on the podium, and even took the top two in Malaysia.
This result undoubtedly made McLaren the biggest winner at the start of the season. In just two games, the Silver Arrows left Ferrari and Lian Mus, who had 21 points behind them, with 32 points.
At this time, the drivers' standings are even more lively. Alonso topped the table with 18 points, Raikkonen followed with points, and Hamilton, who participated in the F1 season for the first time, was third with 14 points with consecutive podium performances. With just five points, he finished seventh behind Williams' Rosberg.
Now, everyone wants to find out what the hell is wrong with the Chinese kid from Ye Feng. But since the Malaysian Grand Prix, Ye Feng has remained silent, and for a whole week before the arrival of the Bahrain station, Ye Feng had not locked himself in the gym and trained desperately. It's about giving it your all on the track training arranged by the team. This usually lively Chinese driver seems to be becoming more and more silent, and every Ferrari member knows that Ye Feng is under great pressure at this time, and no one wants to disturb Ye Feng, who is reflecting alone at this time. Just leave him alone and quietly.
At this time, Schumacher, the car king who had the closest relationship with Ye Feng in the Ferrari team, did not come to Bahrain with the team, so at this time, only Senna was with Ye Feng.
It's just that after teaching Ye Feng everything, the car god, who was already silent by nature, didn't know how to let Ye Feng out
Trough. He has already said everything that should be said, and now Ye Feng can rely on it
In fact, it is no wonder that when Ye Feng's technical level has developed to a certain extent. What affects his performance is more the influence of the external environment and his own psychological changes. As the one who introduced him to this stage, Senna has done his job. The reason why he was still here, according to the words of the car god, he was just waiting to see Ye Feng reach a height like the one he had reached before......
Therefore, Ye Feng was more lonely than ever before at this time. In the past, he could be criticized and even scolded by Senna for his various technical immaturity. But according to the master's words, Ye Feng is also a world champion now, Senna will not say anything more about him, everything is just up to Ye Feng himself.
Lao Ye has nothing to say about this. But he didn't know that he still couldn't let himself play 100% of his strength even when he had everything ready. Ye Feng couldn't understand what was going on now, why just changing a team made him so confused.
This is actually just Ye Feng himself didn't realize it. He himself didn't expect that the atmosphere of the original Williams team, team culture and interpersonal relationships had become deeply ingrained in Ye Feng's short racing career. In such a situation, suddenly came to Ferrari, which also had a strong unique style and team culture, everything that Ye Feng was once familiar with seemed so out of place. If you want to break this situation, there is no other way, Ferrari will not change the culture and system that it has inherited for decades because of Ye Feng alone, and can only rely on Ye Feng to adapt and change.
This is something that most people, including Ye Feng, can't see or say, but it is precisely the crux of all problems. Most people consider a high-performance car and a well-coordinated team to be the most important measure of a driver's ability to win a championship, but the premise is that a driver can fit perfectly into all of this, and this is not something that can be achieved through transfer alone......
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After a short week of recuperation, the Formula 1 Grand Prix continues to burn in Bahrain in West Asia. Analogy with NBA games, people prefer to refer to these "back-to-back games" when they are only held one week apart, and every time they come across such a game, it is the toughest test of every aspect of each team. Only by maintaining stability in such a tight schedule is the king of the final victory.
After a short period of closed-door cultivation, Ye Feng, who reappeared in people's field of vision, looked in good shape. Although in Europe, public opinion has begun to question the correctness of Ye Feng's arrival at Ferrari, but these negative influences do not seem to affect the mood of the Chinese drivers.
So almost the same as before the last race, Ye Feng, who had taken the lead in several practice sessions, won pole position in Saturday's qualifying session with a huge advantage of nearly half a second ahead of Hamilton behind him, which was also the 15th pole position in Ye Feng's career history.
To achieve such a feat at the age of 23 is nothing short of amazing. However, compared with Senna and Schumacher, the two masters who have won pole positions in history, Ye Feng still needs to further improve his ability to convert pole position into a final championship, and the official competition on the second day is undoubtedly the best opportunity to test Ye Feng's ability.
However, Ye Feng once again disappointed everyone who expected him to play well! In the official race of the Bahrain Grand Prix held on 4, Ye Feng, who led the race, once again lost the most favorable chance to win the championship.
This time, Ye Feng lost to Hamilton, a black British rider who had overtaken him in the previous race. The latter, on the other hand, also won the championship in his third F1 Grand Prix, which caused a sensation in the world! And this is also his third consecutive podium this season, no matter from which point of view, Hamilton is very similar to Ye Feng's demeanor when he debuted, but this black guy is likely to go further than Ye Feng back then.
This time, although Ye Feng lost the championship, he still climbed the podium with his teammate Raikkonen, and also quickly improved his ranking to fifth place with a runner-up result.
It's just that Ye Feng, who was so humiliatingly surpassed by his opponent in the competition, couldn't laugh at the podium and the subsequent press conference, which made everyone, including himself, feel incredible and disappointed that such a series of mistakes and being surpassed in the process of leading almost never happened in Ye Feng's previous career. Everyone wants to know, what happened to Ye Feng......