Chapter 274: Run-in Period (3)

After a road test, Ye Feng didn't explain much after returning to the team. He's just more engaged and he's working a lot longer hours than he did when he first came back to the team. Everyone doesn't know what this Chinese driver is thinking in his heart at this time, but Ye Feng, who everyone is familiar with and is always busy, is back, but this time Ye Feng is much quieter than before while he is busy, and people also see more depression and less smiling faces on his face......

I know by myself that the pressure that Ye Feng is under now is indeed much greater than ever. When the original idea of just wanting to fight for good results in F1 turned into a must defeat all opponents and win the championship in one season, Ye Feng really felt unprecedented pressure.

Now there is only one year left for Ye Feng to be in the Williams team, and he is positioning himself to bring a long-lost championship trophy to the team. This kind of pressure is really not something that people outside the matter can imagine, nor can Ye Feng, who just returned to the team some time ago, predict. And when the Cosworth engine did not play as well as Ye Feng and his teammates imagined, it was suddenly and completely displayed in front of Ye Feng. It wasn't until this moment that Ye Feng realized what kind of situation he was already in.

The goal of winning a championship for the team this season has actually put Ye Feng on the edge of the cliff, and the agreement with Schumacher, the car king, has deprived him of the only way out. In order to make up for this huge regret for Senna. Ye Feng had to win. In order to make himself feel a little more at ease from here, Ye Feng also had to win. And at the same time. Ye Feng also knows that this is the last season that he can fight with the car king Schumacher, because he may be the first to know when Schumacher will retire.

Ye Feng has indeed matured a lot since he entered F1 for so long, and he has experienced a lot of setbacks and tests before, and even experienced such a big setback last season when he lost the championship in such a good situation. All this undoubtedly made Ye Feng stronger. But I have to admit that even when Ye Feng lost the chance to compete for the championship due to injury, in fact, in his heart, he still felt that he still had a chance in the future, and maybe the situation of the team would get better next year. This kind of psychology makes him not so sad and annoyed when he is injured.

But now that the team has really entered the final stage of preparing for the new season, what Ye Feng is facing makes him no longer optimistic. It's like a person who always feels like the day is not going well. Tomorrow will always be different, but suddenly they find that they no longer have the same tomorrow. When Ye Feng suddenly found that this season that he could not afford to lose now did not look as optimistic as he imagined, and the 22-year-old Chinese driver finally showed such pressure on his fragile mind, Ye Feng felt helpless anxiety for the first time......

However, if someone else faced the situation that Ye Feng was in now at another time, then that person could still choose to collapse and give up. But there is a car god in his body who is staring at him all the time, which makes Ye Feng have to choose to persist no matter what. And now he is silent, and he is doing it. Ye Feng didn't know whether he was lucky or unfortunate like this, he could only force himself to be busy, so that he could not think more about what he would face if he failed this season......

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Time didn't stop for a moment because of the poor performance of the new Williams team's new car. On the contrary, as time went on, the teams that had been repaired also began to prepare intensively. And when each team has shown its new season cars to the outside world, the flavor of the new F1 season has become stronger and stronger.

The most notable of these are, of course, defending champions Renaud and Marcos Alonso. After successfully claiming their first ever title last season, there is a perception that the current Renault team and the likes of Alonso have gone from strength to strength. And with the successful launch of Renault's new season, there is a lot of confidence that Renault and Alonso will be able to defend their title.

Of course, Ferrari, led by Schumacher this year, must not be underestimated. After last year's tumultuous and difficult season, all indications are at the moment. Both the Red Devils and the Scooters seem to have returned to the title contenders.

Of course, the only change in the Prancing Horse team at the moment has come from Barrichello, and the Brazilian finally did not want to continue to live in the shadow of the king of the car, opting instead to be the heart of a team and the big cheque thrown in by the Japanese. After Barrichello left Honda, Ferrari quickly recruited Italian driver Trulli. Then, almost at the same time, Ferrari unveiled their brand new F2006, and they will still be one of the title contenders for the next year.

Of course. There are still some untold stories in this transfer. Since Ferrari ceded Massa to Williams last year, Ferrari's recruitment plan this year has also considered recruiting Williams' GP2 talented driver Rosberg Jr., and because of Massa's good performance last season, Serena Williams is naturally willing to return the favor. But consider this year Farah

The high standard of regaining the championship is risky to use a newcomer like Rosberg to give the car, so in the end, Todd still chose to be more experienced and skilled to Trulli, and Rosberg Jr. became the first test driver of the Williams team, which is also Ye Feng's "predetermined" candidate after Ferrari gave up choosing this player......

As for McLaren, who has last season's runner-up Raikkonen, it has been put on the list of champions every year, but the team's delay in resolving its stability issues, coupled with the looming tensions between the team's No. 2 driver Montoya and the team's management, has made it increasingly difficult to believe that it will return to its former glory in the near future. But one can't ignore Silversword's role as a spoiler throughout the season.

So, to be expected. This year's title race will still be limited to three or four teams, but Williams Racing will only need to get in on the run-in with their new car engine as soon as possible......

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In 2006, 310, the curtain of the new season of F1 finally opened in the eyes of people's expectations. Unlike many previous seasons, this year's opener was not held in Australia, as usual, but instead began the year's journey in Bahrain. Now, whether or not the teams are really ready for the new season, time never stops. Everyone has to show their strength in the high-paced competition again......

Almost exactly like at the start of last season, defending champions Renault and Spaniard Alonso showed all their strength to their opponents from the start. After beating Schumacher to win the race, the Spaniard also silenced those who had been believing that last season's Renault was a fluke.

In the opening race, both the Spanish driver and Renault Racing played flawlessly! This time, sky blue is still the main theme of the entire track. And Ye Feng and Williams racing, who had high hopes before, did not show everyone anything commendable. Just a sixth and eighth place ranking does not satisfy the fans who support Ye Feng and Massa.

It seems that the run-in problem between the engine and the car that has plagued the Williams team for more than a month still exists, and the new Williams vehicle with the Cosworth engine does not have the strength to compete for the top three at all......

However, under the strong performance of the Renault team. There are still hints that this season may be much more intense than last season. Ferrari's victory over the top two qualifiers in the new three-stage knockout format gave a new glimpse into the red Prancing Horse, which had been dormant for a year. And although he narrowly lost the title in the final official race, Schumacher still managed to catch up with a record that took him almost his entire career to catch up.

65 pole positions! In the previous F1 annals, this was a proud record that only belonged to Senna! However, 12 years after Senna's death, Schumacher, who has also entered the profession, finally made his name rank with the name of his former idol on this record! And it seems that the king of cars and Ferrari are also in good form right now. It was only a matter of time before Schumacher broke the record, when the German would add another mark to his long book. And, most crucially, this year's Ferrari and the King of Cars feel like they're back in power......

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317, after a week of trimming. The F1 Grand Prix moves to the scorching heat of Southeast Asia for the second round of the season. After last week's hot and dry race in Bahrain, Malaysia's high temperature and humidity are undoubtedly another "fatal temptation" for all teams and drivers in the new F1 season. Since the new rules still require each engine to stick to two races, and the Sepang circuit has two distinctive straights, the unbearable heat in Sepang is naturally the biggest test for the engine.

Sure enough, before the start of qualifying, 7 engines were the first to "die". Ferrari suffered the heaviest casualties, and it seems that the V8 vibration problems encountered during the previous test in Bahrain did cause problems for Ferrari. No.12 drivers Michael Schumacher and Trulli and Red Bull driver Kuta, who bought a Ferrari V8, all changed engines. Honda-powered Barrichello and Iide Asamu and BMW-powered Villeneuve followed.

This situation was undoubtedly a blow to Ferrari and the king of the cars who had good momentum in the opening race, because the new rules required each engine to hold two races, so even if the king took pole position in the subsequent race, he would face a penalty of 10 starts back if he was forced to change engines.

Renault's Fisichella also changed his engine after the last race, but he was exempt from punishment because he didn't finish the last race. This "good fortune" did favor the Italian rider under the scorching Sepang sun. With a brilliant late play, Fisichella finally snatched the pole position. But the only thing that came as a surprise was that. Alonso, the winner of the previous race, was two years behind his team-mate in qualifying, and only finished eighth

It does not make people wonder whether it is necessary to adopt the strategy of heavy fuel oil starting.

Now the eyes are back to Ye Feng and Williams. In this qualifying race, Ye Feng, Massa and their new cars still played tepidly. Although they all made it to the third stage of qualifying, it was clear that a short week would not change the problems inherent in the F-28. However, the third and fifth positions offer a renewed sign of a resurgence for the Blues. Now, people are also starting to predict the next day's race, and people want to see if Ye Feng, who started in fourth place (the fourth driver starts 10 places back), can successfully suppress his old rival Alonso in the official race, and whether he can create a good show to start in the middle of the grid and finally win the championship......

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At this time, sitting in the cockpit, Di Ye Feng was already all wet with sweat. If it weren't for the absorbent hood and the absorbent sandwich in his clothes, Lao Ye would have looked like he had just come out of the sauna by now. However, on the other hand, these thick racing equipment and the small racing cockpit made Ye Feng a little confused at this time. In addition to routinely debugging the various instruments of the racing car, Lao Ye also cursed in his heart from time to time about the damn weather in this country......

After the warm-up lap, all 22 cars were back in place. At this time, Ye Feng tried hard to cheer himself up and sober up. Taking advantage of the moment when the red lights were lit up in turn, Ye Feng also glanced at the sky blue racing car in the fourth row from the rearview mirror, and at the same time remembered what he had said to his teammate Massa this morning:

"You go all out when the race starts! The opponent behind me has me for you! In any case, what we need now is victory! ”

In an instant, all the red lights went out. The Malaysian Grand Prix has also officially kicked off. Ye Feng, who made the car move for the first time, did not choose the tangent line he was most familiar with to start to overtake his teammates in the same row, but firmly guarded his own route, and waited until Massa's car exceeded half of his own parking space, Ye Feng suddenly grabbed the inside line, and at the same time firmly used the start behind him to overtake Alonso, who had two opponents. What everyone didn't expect was that the good show that was expected to appear was staged at the beginning of the race, and such a scene undoubtedly detonated the passion of the entire Sepang circuit in an instant......

In fact, Ye Feng's choice just now seems to be completely correct now! If he competes with Massa for a place at the start. Then Alonso, who has a ferocious momentum behind him, will surely find an opportunity to take out two Williams cars in one fell swoop. The current situation has become what people want to see, Ye Feng calmly suppressed Alonso behind him, and the Spaniards were naturally unwilling to give in, and they also launched a strong impact on Ye Feng at the first time......

Such a scene is only a finger, and it made everyone wait for more than half a year. So at this time, no one on the track is paying attention to who is leading the way at this time, and all attention is on these two young talents who are destined to become opponents. At this time, the Williams car driven by Ye Feng was very calm, and the Renault car behind was very brave. Maybe it's because of the heavy oil, Alonso's car has always been steadily pulled away by Ye Feng's car for nearly 1.5 seconds, no matter how hard he tries, 1.5 seconds seems to be a dead range that cannot be crossed. And just when Alonso began to become a little impatient, Briatoli's voice came from the headphones:

"Don't be in too much of a hurry! Just follow him steadily! Williams is using a new engine. Stability is still an unknown! But you're heavy oil now, don't blow up the engine! ”

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As a result, under Alonso's deliberate restraint, the situation between the two lasted for a full six laps. And these six laps of racing are simply too important for Ye Feng, who has returned from injury! Perhaps only Ye Feng himself can appreciate the value of it. Williams racing is in the run-in period, and at this time, Ye Feng is not grinding in his confidence and state?

Compared with the more than 50 laps of the last race, there is no doubt that the competition with Alonso has greatly improved Ye Feng's feeling and self-confidence recovery after a long time of not racing! It is also such a fierce competition with the opponent that Ye Feng, who has recently become a little embarrassed because of the team's technical problems, suddenly found the feeling of the game that he could not get in training, and Lao Ye, who successfully suppressed the opponent for six laps, also rekindled the fierce fighting spirit with the opponent in his heart at this time, this is definitely a feeling that Ye Feng likes very much, in the past competitions, Ye Feng always likes this kind of pleasure from the fierce confrontation with the opponent in the competition. So after regaining his senses, Lao Ye stepped on his accelerator for the first time, and he decided not to play a game of cat and mouse with Alonso anymore, he wanted to shake off his opponent, and the stage ahead was his activity......

However, Ye Feng, who had fully integrated into the competition at this time, forgot that he was no longer driving the F-27 that was once invincible last season, and when he and Alonso entered the seventh lap, the Williams car that began to gradually open up the gap with the opponent suddenly lost power completely before a right straight bend, and bursts of smoke and sparks flashed from the tail.

Then, the F-28 slowly stopped on the right side of the track, and Ye Feng unexpectedly became the third driver to retire......