Chapter 278: Bright Flowers (3)
The news of the purchase of the other half of Audi's Cosworth was like a sudden bullet, which confused those who were all staring at Renault and Ferrari at this time. However, it didn't take long for people to get a taste of the implications of the acquisition. Although Ford did not make clear his intention to take this opportunity to return to F1 this time, it is enough to hold Cosworth, who works closely with Williams, in his hands!
Now, people suddenly realize that maybe it's time to look at the current Williams team in a different way! After a series of changes from last year to the present, it was originally thought that with the help of Cosworth, Williams has completely transformed from one of the big teams to a second-rate team after actually losing the support of the first tier of big manufacturers. But now the situation is completely different! Williams lost BMW, but they fell in love with a "big model" like Ford!
And unlike Toyota, a manufacturer with money but no F1 experience, Ford has created brilliance in F1! As a result, such a Williams team can no longer be considered a second-rate team! Williams, who has an excellent technical team and young talented drivers like Ye Feng and Massa, after receiving the full support of Ford, there is no doubt that this once incomparably brilliant veteran team has once again armed itself to the teeth and become an absolute hero that no one can underestimate! The only question now is how long Williams and Ford will be able to optimize the integration of existing team resources to reach the team's championship level again......
But what is certain is that Williams' competitors should start preparing for this......
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Ford's marriage to Williams is certainly the hottest topic in F1 right now. But after all, it will take some time for the two companies to achieve a chemical reaction. While the F1 race continues, there are two more hot names: Ferrari and Schumacher.
Season start. The Red Prancing Horse was once caught up in accusations of irregularities in its aerodynamic components, but after readjusting the alleged irregularities, Ferrari's results in the next two races became disastrous.
But the Red Devils are the Red Devils after all. In just three weeks after the Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari took advantage of F1's return to Europe to quickly improve its own car's flaws! After regaining his competitiveness, Schumacher broke the pole position record he had just equaled in Senna in the fourth San Marino Grand Prix, with the support of the home fans. He also won his first race of the season in the following official race with the strong power of the car, and at the same time broke Renault's monopoly on the podium for some time in the previous period.
Moreover, the victory of the Chewang Land is not accidental. Trulli, who had just arrived at Ferrari in this race, also finished on the podium! The Red Devils seem to be using this to tell their opponents that after returning to Europe, the formidable Ferrari is back! So, now it will be interesting to see if Ferrari can continue their current good form at the European Grand Prix in San Marino two weeks later and the Spanish Grand Prix three weeks later. If they can still win, then this year is likely to be a tense battle between Renault and Ferrari......
Really! The expected scenario was already seen in qualifying for the European Grand Prix. However, at the Nürburgring in Germany, after three stages of competition space, Alonso grabbed pole position with an astonishing result of only one point and 30 points! Not only did the second-placed king lose face in front of his hometown fathers, but he also managed to prevent Schumacher from trying to take his 67th pole position after breaking the record.
And at this time. Ye Feng, Massa and Williams seem to have been forgotten again. Actually, to say that Ye Feng played well in the qualifying round today, but the competition in front of him was too fierce and he only achieved the fourth result, while Massa won the sixth. However, two of Williams' cars were replaced with new engines before qualifying. So both guys had to face a 10-position back start penalty. However, discerning people should be able to see that the performance of Williams' two cars is improving somewhat from the beginning of the season, both in terms of speed and consistency, but this improvement is a little dim under the strong play of Alonso, Schumacher and others. But in any case, it is not yet a stage for Ye Feng and Williams to show their strength......
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In 2006, the 57th Japanese style started. All eyes were on Alonso and Schumacher, who were on the front row, to talk directly to the old and new champions.
Five red lights went out and the Spaniard was the first to take advantage of a perfect start to keep the king of cars next to him firmly behind. Schumacher, on the other hand, retained second under the cover of teammate Trulli while steadily facing forward
The Banya Kid struck out. Judging by the race from the first laps. Aron pulled the gap to the car king, but it turned out that Ferrari's 248F1 had completely shaken off the early season slump against Renault, and the distance between the two men never really widened.
At this time, Ye Feng could only start a hand-to-hand fight with many opponents in the middle of the most crowded car! And during this time, Ye Feng's hard-working driving skills finally showed their power in such a hand-to-hand encounter! In less than 10 laps of the race, Ye Feng successfully surpassed his hand and rose to eleventh place. And more importantly, perhaps in the eyes of others, Ye Feng relied on the advantage of racing to surpass Kuta, Schumacher Jr. and Fisichella in front. But Ye Feng knew in his heart that it wasn't like that! In addition to the transcendence of Kuta. Ye Feng did not have the greatest advantage in the speed of the car against Schumacher Jr. and Fisichella, and even the F-28 still had a certain disadvantage when facing Renault's car.
But Ye Feng relied on his already better and better skills to complete the transcendence of his opponents! In this way, under the condition of almost complete equality, he only relied on his own skills in various aspects such as track space, cornering angle and control of the running attitude of the car to surpass the opponent, which in turn greatly encouraged Ye Feng's confidence! This made him completely negate the idea that "the car determines the winner" in the defeat caused by the car, and at the same time, Ye Feng began to constantly pursue his own limit in this F-28, which is not yet outstanding, in the case of finding more and more the feeling of competition......
At this time, Fisichella, who looked a little annoyed and angry after being easily overtaken by his opponent, stepped on the accelerator, hoping to kill Ye Feng with the advantage of the car, but he found that the dark blue phantom in front of him was getting farther and farther away from him......
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More than an hour later, the race had come to an end as the German crowd at the Nürburgring chanted the name of Schumacher!
Thanks to his consistent and sophisticated performances and the consistent excellent team racing strategy of the Scuderia Ferrari, the king of cars managed to overtake Alonso, who had been holding him down for nearly 40 laps, on his home soil, and managed to finish 86th in the history of his career. At the same time, he is constantly breaking the record held by himself. And his teammate Trulli finished on the podium again after the previous race. The Red Devils have been beating the wait-and-see attitude with such back-to-back victories and officially announced that they are in contention for the title.
Success is always joyful, but there are only three places on the podium after all. For those who didn't make it to the podium, it was a bit of a frustration. However, this time, Ye Feng did not leave alone as soon as he walked out of the car after the race, as he did in previous stops, but chose to stay, ready to wait for the award ceremony and press conference to send his sincere wishes to Schumacher after the end. Now Ye Feng is sorting out his clothes, and he is still talking and laughing with Ma Sa. Judging from the relaxed smiles of the two now, they should be in a good mood right now.
Ye Feng was in a really good mood, because even though he and Massa started from the fourteenth and sixteenth places, they still managed to enter the top eight and win points with their own efforts. Although it was only three points, it was very precious for the Williams team to achieve such a result in such a situation. What's more, to the delight of everyone in the team, after the technical support team of Cosworth, the other half of the United States, was stationed in the Williams team a few days ago, they also gave the F-28 support on power output and stability, and now it seems to be working very well! If the momentum continues, last year's Jedi counterattack might not happen, but it certainly won't be a season in which Williams will be completely defeated......
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After the press conference, Ye Feng finally met Schumacher, the king of cars, in the passage. And the king of the car obviously didn't expect that Ye Feng, who hadn't had much contact with him for a while, would be here, and obviously seemed to be waiting for him, so he also greeted him with a smile. At this time, from the side of the car king, Alonso, who was a little depressed because he lost the championship, quickly overtook the car king and took the lead in walking towards Ye Feng.
When the Spaniard saw Ye Feng, he was stunned at first, and then glanced at Ye Feng thoughtfully, but there was a faint look of pity and playfulness in his eyes.
Ye Feng naturally saw Alonso, and also saw the other party's eyes. Lao Ye naturally understood what the other party was thinking now. Last year, he was still a competitor, but this year, the scenery is still the same, but his old leaf is now falling to such a point.
However, Ye Feng didn't take this to heart. He smiled faintly and headed over to Schumacher.
"Wait! Who will die this year! At this time, such a cry came from someone's stomach......