Chapter 352
With two of Karen's cars dominating practice in Turkey for two consecutive days, is the atmosphere of dominating the front row of F1 at the start of the season about to change?
No! At least Ye Feng didn't think so. Although there were some minor set-up issues with his car over the course of two days after arriving in Istanbul, he still has his sights set on his third pole position and fourth race of the season, and if he wins, his pole position record will surpass his previous joint Alonso to 15 times, which will also equal his team-mate Leh's record for one of the most pole positions among active drivers. (Ye Feng took several pole positions from Alonso in the year he won the championship, and in reality, Alonso still ranked first with 17 pole positions.)
You must know that this is Ye Feng's achievement in only three and a half seasons of F1 competition, and he has reached the achievement of the Iceman for eight years. Ye Feng has won one race in one race, one step away from the 17 titles won by Raikkonen and Alonso, and winning this race will make him one of the most successful active F1 drivers, and China Ye does not want to let him go along.
Sure enough, after the start of the qualifying round on Saturday, Ye Feng showed a strong desire to win. And both McLaren drivers were in equally hot form. It looks like this is a race that no one wants to lose, and the competition has been fierce from the very beginning of qualifying!
Hamilton, who came out in front of Ye Feng in the third stage, was the first to complete his last timed lap after stopping his watch. 1:27.923, this number is already the fastest time. All eyes are now on the two Ferraris that have not yet finished the race.
1:27.808! ~.Raining's amazing performance, it seems that the little fellow of the Iceman doesn't quite want to be a supporting role, and he suppresses teammate Hamilton with a perfect lap time.
"Oh!"
Accompanied by a slight mistake by the iceman who was doing the last time lap. There was a loud sigh on the track, and Raikkonen's desire to take pole position was dashed with that sigh. Now all eyes are only on Ye Feng, and his performance will determine the pole position!
1:27.617! :: The fifteenth pole position in his arms. Although Ye Feng's achievements are now far from the record of 68 pole positions and 91 sub-race championships held by the car king Schumacher, everything is still ++ for Ye Feng!
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Hamilton, who was undoubtedly disappointed to be overtaken at the last minute and missed pole position, was a heavy blow to him who had been perfect in practice matches beforehand. And more importantly, even if Kovalenen would give him the car, he still felt that it was much more difficult to defeat Ye Feng in front of him after losing the pole position.
Now the British Xiao Hei has completely lost the heroic spirit of the heroes who underestimated the world when he first debuted last year. The main reason for this is the recovery of Ye Feng, in fact, in the second half of last season, the British have deeply felt the great threat of Chinese Ye. After being overtaken by Ye Feng many times. Hamilton has become a little lacking in confidence against an opponent he once underestimated.
In fact, this is not the crux of the problem, the key is that Hamilton found that the skills of this Chinese opponent seem to be a little impeccable in several direct battles with Ye Feng after recovery, and many times no matter how hard he tries, he feels a little powerless in the face of Ye Feng, who is becoming more and more powerful.
For a driver, losing confidence is far more terrible than losing a few races or even an entire season. Hamilton didn't want to leave such a shadow about Ye Feng in his heart. But to eliminate this negative emotion in the heart, it takes convincing results to speak! Therefore, if Xiao Hei wants to reverse the decline in front of Ye Feng, he must face China Ye and win! This is actually a cycle, and the crux of the matter is whether Hamilton can defeat Ye Feng.
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"We could see that the race was very competitive from the start, with three cars retiring after just two laps. Plus the pre-race Super Aguri team withdrew from the F1 League due to a lack of funds. 17 cars up!
The competition for the first group is also more tense, in recent times, the outside world is questioning Hamilton more and more, the 22-year-old is also under far more pressure than he was last time, and in this game Hamilton has been chasing Ye Feng from the beginning, it seems that the British teenager does not want to give up such an opportunity to challenge Ye Feng and prove himself to the world again.
We are here to hope that Ye Feng can withstand such pressure! ”
With Lao Sha's commentary on TV, the main race of the 08 Turkish Grand Prix is also in full swing. As Lao Sha said, Hamilton, who overtook his teammates at the start, chased Ye Feng in front of him as soon as he came up, and seemed to regard this game as the last showdown! Under his hard work, Ye Feng, who was in the lead, really didn't open the gap with Xiao Hei for a while.
on this. Ye Feng didn't seem to be in such a hurry, although he was pressed very tightly, he still firmly controlled his game rhythm and established tactics. In fact, he was chased by Alonso behind him for a period of time in the last race, and he was very scrambling, which still reflects that Lao Ye still has some gaps with the top drivers in terms of technical stability and psychological endurance. After the game, he also taught Senna a very good lesson for this.
Therefore, Ye Feng has done a good job in the preparation for this race from beginning to end, even if he encountered some problems with car tuning after coming here. Ye Feng also tried his best to keep himself calm and not in a hurry, just like when he was being chased by Hamilton very tightly now, he was still trying to control his emotions, and if he wanted to make his ability go further, Ye Feng had to let himself continue to grow in such a fierce confrontation.
For Hamilton in the back, Ye Feng also understood the mind of this opponent, in fact, he also went through a similar development trajectory as the other party. In F1 there is no stopping time. The geniuses of the past will always become old drivers, and people's requirements and expectations for old drivers and rookies are completely different.
Having a perfect rookie season is actually an advantage
Thing. At this point, Ye Feng has a deep understanding. A perfect appearance increases a driver's popularity, and can even get a large contract for the driver himself, but in turn, a perfect appearance also means that you have raised people's expectations of you a lot, so people will not just be satisfied with asking you like an ordinary sophomore in the new land season, so Ye Feng was under much heavier pressure in his second season than in his debut season. His subsequent serious injury may have been due to accident, but it also had to do with the fact that he was carrying too much pressure on his shoulders at the time.
The current Hamilton and Ye Feng were in a similar situation at the beginning, but they had a bad start under the attention of tens of thousands of people, so Xiao Hei's pressure can be imagined. After accurately grasping the opponent's thoughts, Ye Feng became even more relaxed. The initiative was already in his hands. As long as Hamilton dares to make the slightest mistake, he Ye Feng will definitely seize the opportunity to quickly open the gap......
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Now Ye Feng and Hamilton are naked heads-up, and whoever wants to win this game must surpass their opponents in all aspects, including technical level, on-court performance, psychology and racing condition. This kind of scene is undoubtedly the most exciting scene for fans, and it is also Ye Feng's favorite battle mode. Let's be honest. Although he had fought before, Ye Feng was not as familiar with the emerging Hamilton as he was with old opponents such as Alonso and Raikkonen, and he also wanted to get to know this opponent more deeply.
And judging by the comparison between the current Ferrari and the McLaren. Ferrari's F2008 undoubtedly retains its usual style, which is |But it's not easy to drive a car with absolute speed really fast, because there are not only straights, but also corners, so Ferrari is a great challenge for the driver's cornering skills and control of such an unrestrained fast car.
The Silver Arrow driven by Hamilton is more balanced and delicate to use professional words. This MP23 is more balanced in terms of absolute speed and corneringThe L pair is not as aggressive as the F2008, but it gives the driver more flexibility to adjust when cornering. It's fair to say that this is also the usual design style of McLaren Racing.
In fact, this is also a competition between two completely different racing cultures, and McLaren, who comes from the British Peninsula, is undoubtedly more restrained and calm after adding elements of German Mercedes. And the Ferrari from southern Europe and Italy are undoubtedly more aggressive and unrestrained.
And such a difference in style is actually reflected in Ye Feng and Hamilton. Ye Feng is undoubtedly the inheritance of the Brazilian car god Senna. The inheritance is naturally the unrestrained and surging driving style of Brazilian racing, which undoubtedly allows Ye Feng to complete those heroic races that are enough to load the classics in many times, but it also sometimes lacks a little stability. It's easy to have big ups and downs behind the big opening and closing.
Hamilton, who has been trained in the British racing system since childhood, is undoubtedly more calm, don't look at Hamilton's glory last year. But if you look closely, you can see that Xiao Hei has a terrifying stability far beyond his age, even if he lost a good game at the last moment, but in fact, his performance in the second half of the season is still stable at a very high level. However, this style also has its inherent flaws, that is, behind the excessive pursuit of calmness, Xiao Hei can't break out like Ye Feng at many critical moments, and he can't win key games at many critical moments.
The two people and the two cars on the track today are undoubtedly a direct confrontation between the two driving styles and the design concept of the car. However, what is even more interesting is that Ye Feng, who has always been hot and aggressive in driving, is now pursuing a stable performance and skillful control of the game. Hamilton, on the other hand, was eagerly pushing the car to take a more aggressive stance to catch up with the formidable rivals in front of him. Both of these people are doing things that they are not good at. It doesn't seem to be about who is more skilled, it's about who makes fewer mistakes when it comes to what they're not good at......
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Last season, the ups and downs for a whole year can be said to have added a lot of calm characteristics to Ye Feng, who had more than enough leaks and insufficient stability before. And last year, the entire second half of the season was all substitute training, which undoubtedly made his adaptability in various situations a lot stronger.
As the saying goes, success always belongs to those who are prepared. That's true. If you want to mix in F1, the driver who is only the one who shows the + show is always the one with the most comprehensive skills, personality and control.
And a lot of things must be accumulated bit by bit in normal times, it is impossible to always rely on a momentary explosion to get everything, the basic quality of the driver is always the most important criterion to measure the level of the driver. Therefore, the accumulation of last season undoubtedly plays an extremely important role in Ye Feng's future racing road, just like the application of base fertilizer before spring ploughing, the sinking of a season has given Ye Feng a more comprehensive technical foundation and a more peaceful mentality. And that's undoubtedly exactly what Hamilton, who has just entered F1 for just a year, lacks.
Therefore, when Hamilton's three extremely short pit stops were all completed, he still couldn't shake Ye Feng's first position, and this fierce battle between the two could only belong to Ye Feng, who played more steadily and freely throughout the game.
In full-time matches. Ye Feng's driving and Ferrari's pit stop strategy can be said to be very stable, and there are not too many bright spots. On the contrary, Hamilton uncharacteristically adopted an aggressive driving style, not to mention, Dennis also skillfully applied the strategy of three pit stops, which once made Ye Feng and Ferrari uncomfortable in the middle of the race.
Therefore, this race can be said to be Ye Feng driving an aggressive and unrestrained car but winning the race in a smooth way, which is a rare scene to see in Ye Feng's previous races. Maybe you haven't noticed that yet. But a closer look reveals what a terrifying thing it is when a talented and unrestrained driver learns to control the tempo of a race with ease......
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Despite the other teams' best efforts, they were unable to prevent both Ferrari drivers from appearing on the podium at the same time once again. Although this time Hamilton prevented Ferrari from completing the feat of finishing the first two places in a row. But this season Scuderia Ferrari has shown
The power is still vividly displayed.
Hamilton, who tried his best to fail to achieve a reversal of his opponent, was undoubtedly a little frustrated after the game, because Ye Feng hardly had any nervousness and mistakes throughout the game. And the results of winning four championships and one runner-up in five games also allowed Ye Feng to throw other opponents away with 48 points
Now there are even people speculating about how many sub-races Ye Feng can win this year, and whether he can break the 12 sub-races in a season maintained by the car king Schumacher. < the precedents! Although it is a bit hasty to compare Ye Feng and Schumacher now, Ye Feng's outrageous form and stability in these five games undoubtedly make most people feel that the ownership of this season's championship is becoming more and more suspenseful.
522, after a two-week break, F1 is generally in Monadu, and Ye Feng, who is red and hot this season, will continue to win the championship and become the person who has won the most championships in the active F middle division. The three practice sessions also largely supported this argument, with two Ferrari cars still showing strength over their rivals.
The next day, the qualifying round came as scheduled. Perhaps spurred on by his team-mate's previous performances, Raikkonen was in good form throughout qualifying. In the end, he grabbed the Monaco Grand Prix by 0.091 seconds ahead of Ye Feng, reaching 16, and re-threw Ye Feng to become the active driver's pole position record, and Ye Feng, who still maintained the front row of the grid, is still one of the strongest contenders for the championship of the race.
But. Maybe God saw that Ye Feng was too good, and an unexpected light rain ruthlessly shattered his dream of winning the championship of this station.
Just 5 minutes before the start of the race. A light rain fell in the sky over Monaco. This is also the first time in 11 years that Monaco has experienced a rain war.
In the previous pre-race preparations, although Ferrari had a hunch that it might rain today, they did not expect the rain to fall so quickly.
Because the rain came too suddenly, and the rain was not heavy at the beginning, and it seemed that it would stop at any time, Ferrari still decided to let Ye Feng temporarily use dry tires to fight. But what no one expected was that with three minutes left in the game, the rain would get heavier and heavier. In desperation, the team urgently replaced Ye Feng with neutral tires, which undoubtedly violated the relevant regulations of F1: each team must install the tires in time before the signal light is turned on three minutes before departure.
Therefore, on the tenth lap of the race, the organizing committee decided to punish Ye Feng for violating the rules after watching the video. It can be said that such a punishment decision has undoubtedly shattered Ye Feng's desire to win the championship.
And this is not the only bad luck of Ye Feng in this race, in the last ten laps of the race, Ye Feng, who was in fifth place, began to launch the final impact on the podium, but at this time a dramatic scene occurred in the race: Ye Feng suddenly skidded seriously when passing through a tunnel mouth, and collided with Suttil, who was about to slow down and turn in the fourth place in front!
Suthier withdrew from the race directly, and Ye Feng was forced to return to the pits again to replace the badly damaged front nose. After the pit stop, Lao Ye ranked ninth, although he tried his best, he still failed to surpass at the last moment of the race, and finally missed the points. This is also the first time that Ye Feng has failed to score points this season, but after the game, he did not see too many regrets on Ye Feng's face, after all, the loss of this game was due to the interference of several key external factors. And Ye Feng also said with a smile in an interview:
"Everybody knows it's been a long season! It's not possible to win all the games in one go, and the most important thing is to make sure that I always be at the top! ”
After a tough rain battle, Hamilton finally completed the comeback against Raikkonen with his excellent pit stop strategy and won his first race championship of the season, and the second Iceman also greatly narrowed the gap between himself and Ye Feng by eight points!
Perhaps, as Ye Feng said, a long and arduous season has only really begun now......
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Sitting in the specially equipped car of the convoy, Gu Lin's heart was somewhat anxious, but she still tried to control herself not to urge the driver to drive quickly, on the one hand, because of implicitness, on the other hand, the girl was still not very confident in her foreign language.
Since it was the weekend today, Gu Lin and Ye Feng both had competitions. Due to the different schedules of the game, Gu Lin only started the game after watching Ye Feng's game. Knowing that his sweetheart failed to score points in Monaco, and knowing that Ye Feng would rush back to Germany immediately after the race, Gu Lin hurried home as soon as he participated in the competition and the post-race press conference.
"Lin'er, are you back? Wait for me in the living room for a while...... Alas! Don't go into the kitchen yet, be obedient! Dinner will be good in a while! ”
As soon as she returned home, Gu Lin was in a hurry to find Ye Feng, but she couldn't find it in the living room, bedroom, and computer room. When the girl was about to walk to the kitchen, she heard Ye Feng's voice, but before the inexplicable girl could enter, Ye Feng, who was wearing an apron, ran out in a hurry and blocked Gu Lin at the door, and then pushed her back to the living room, and then ran back to the kitchen mysteriously......
"Let's eat!"
After a while, Lao Ye finally pulled Gu Lin to the dining table while talking. The girl saw black pepper steak, pasta and seafood bisque on the table, plus a bottle of the seven-year-old "dragon boat" (a French wine brand).
The dishes are very ordinary home-cooked Western food, and the wine is not a precious wine, but this is the first time Ye Feng has cooked since the two met. At this moment, the girl looked at Lao Ye's excited and anxious face, and while she was amused, she also felt a warm and romantic feeling in her heart.
"Kaede, you don't look like you've lost a game! Originally, I was a little worried about you! ”
Gu Lin elegantly picked up the wine glass under the direct gaze of her lover, looked at it gently, shook it, and tasted it before tasting it. Then he asked Ye Feng with a smile.
"Shhhh Don't talk about the game when you're at home! Besides, it's just a game! Now, the day is the biggest, you are the second, and the belly is the third! I announce, open meal! ”
After a gag from Lao Ye, there was a different kind of romance in the restaurant of this European style villa......