Chapter 204: Hockenheim (2)

Many people, especially those who are new to F1 racing, have not watched the qualifying session, and the number of rookie fans are just waiting for the official race to be ready to watch the drivers put on a wonderful overtake, of course, there are large-scale crashes, which is considered a jackpot hit. Although everyone is not expecting a driver to have an accident and crash, for those who like to watch the excitement, it is far more refreshing to see such a naked car crash scene than to see how a driver accurately aligns and turns corners. So in comparison, a qualifying race that is just a lap of a car and then a ranking is far less attractive to the audience than the main race, and more people are actually used to seeing who has taken pole position in the sports news......

However, qualifying is qualifying! Since the establishment of this rule in F1, qualifying has been an important part of a Grand Prix! In fact, overtaking in an official race in F1, where the fastest cars and the difference between the teams is very small, is very difficult, and not every driver can start from the last few cars and then launch a Jedi counterattack to achieve a super reversal! More often than not, the drivers are just racing on the track. Therefore, what kind of result a driver can achieve in a race depends largely on what kind of grid position he occupies in qualifying. Statistically, the more a driver starts at the start, the more likely he is to finish on the final podium. So, as far as drivers are concerned, qualifying is not an optional but extremely important part, and F1 is always a fierce competition from qualifying......

No doubt. The pole position for this German Grand Prix was none other than Schumacher, who had actually achieved that astonishing lap time. There is no longer any suspense about this question. However, Ye Feng, who came out of the field unexpectedly, was only in 10th place behind Toyota's French driver Pannis. This result is undoubtedly a big gap with Ye Feng's previous first-row start and sixth-place start.

And when people thought at first that Williams's star of hope would start with heavy fuel tactics again, the subsequent slow-motion replay made people see that Ye Feng had obvious mistakes in the attack of several corners in the timing lap just now. This is the culprit that affected Ye Feng to get a good starting position in the qualifying race. For everyone who was waiting for Ye Feng to create further miracles, Ye Feng's performance in this qualifying match was undoubtedly disappointing. However, everyone still understands this, Ye Feng is only a young man who participated in the Grand Prix for the third time after all. It's also acceptable to make some mistakes. Therefore, everyone soon put their hopes for Ye Feng in the main competition on the second day......

Another reassuring thing for German fans is that although Ye Fengdi Williams car did not play well. But another Williams driver, Montoya, snatched another front-row position with a revamped car and excellent performance. And with Barton 10 places back on the grid for an engine change violation, McLaren's duo of Raikkonen and Kurt were given the second row of the grid.

Now all Germans and fans around the world can't wait for the Hockenheim battle in Japan......

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Ye Feng, who had already returned to the hotel at this time, didn't say anything to anyone in the team, and locked himself in the room alone after dinner. There is no doubt that Ye Feng knew that his performance in this qualifying match was simply terrible. This time, the Williams team was very confident in the modified car, and actually formulated a light fuel start tactic for Ye Feng, in order to hope that Ye Feng could seize an opportunity with the advantage of excellent condition and speed. And Montoya, who had almost the same amount of fuel as Ye Feng, grabbed the front row and started, which was a good demonstration of the team's tactical concept......

But Ye Feng, who was also lightly loaded with oil, only won a tenth! This is definitely a bad start for Lao Ye, who is a little arrogant at this time, and it can't be worse. In this way, the tactical ideas arranged by the team for Lao Ye were disrupted by Ye Feng himself. In addition to facing the chaotic situation of starting in the middle of the grid, Ye Feng also had to face the nine opponents in front of him in tomorrow's race. It is undoubtedly very difficult to continue the good momentum of the last two games and get good results again in such a difficult situation......

As a matter of fact. Now overtaking in F1 is a matter for Ye Feng. Although he has won consecutive podium opportunities, in fact, Lao Ye has hardly surpassed his opponent in the last two battles with his skills and speed. Ye Feng's results are more due to the team's good performance in qualifying and the team's perfect pit stop strategy.

And in fact, after two races, overtaking once became something that made Ye Feng feel depressed. He couldn't get past Alonso in France. In the UK, Silverstone Leaf Maple also failed to surpass Raikkonen. Although there is not much comparison between the two things, it also makes that

A fact is clear, that is, he still has a certain gap with these good players in terms of real strength. In fact, if those two times were placed in the F3000 race, Ye Feng would definitely form an overtaking. But when it comes to the F1 arena, >: the car still can't overtake the other party's slower car, although there are some accidental factors in it, but it also reflects from one side that Ye Feng has a big gap with top masters like Schumacher in terms of ability to grasp fighters......

So, Ye Feng, who now has a question mark about his ability to overtake, thinks that he must surpass 6 opponents tomorrow before he can have the hope of attacking the podium. And tomorrow Lao Ye will face this Hockenheim Circuit, which makes Ye Feng have a headache every time, thinking of these can't help but make this guy who wants to create his own history be put on the bed. At this time, Lao Ye's little head couldn't help but become more and more confused. But Lao Ye is Lao Ye after all, thinking about this guy who has been tired for a day, he fell asleep on the bed like this......

See this. Senna could only sigh helplessly, this guy is just a big kid after all......

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On 25 July, the sun was shining over the Hockenheimring circuit outside Heidelberg, which was a relief to those who had previously feared that the race would be affected by the weather. A large number of German fans also arrived at the track early in such good weather, waiting for the start of the Grand Prix. And because the Hockenheimring Circuit was formerly a Mercedes-Benz proving ground, and because there is a Mercedes-Benz production line here, the entire Hockenheimring Circuit at this time is completely occupied by Mercedes-Benz-McLaren. A large phalanx of Silver Arrow fans shouted the names of the two major drivers in the convoy under the scorching sun above their heads. All the off-field factors are tilting in McLaren's direction......

Looking at the one-sided situation of fans on the track at this time, Ye Feng, who was standing at the door of the team's pit lane, shook his head for a while. He wasn't intimidated by the fandom at this time. In fact, after participating in so many games, Lao Ye is unlikely to be disturbed by these off-field noises. Now he is a little depressed, and of course it is yesterday's qualifying session. And what makes Lao Ye feel nowhere to vent is that now Senna is still silent. In fact, the current Ye Feng really wants to hear a little advice from the car god......

"Say it! Boy, what do you want to hear me say? Perhaps it was because of Lao Ye's depressed mood that he was equally depressed, Senna finally couldn't help but ask Ye Feng now.

"Oh! Boss Sai...... It's nothing! I just think you didn't scold me for not running a good qualifying race yesterday, which is a little bit embarrassing! Now the car god is talking, but Lao Ye doesn't know what to say. Suddenly, a very cheap sentence blurted out.

"Hey! You kid......" Senna was also choked by Ye Feng's words, "It's just a qualifying match, as for being like you?" And, boy, don't you think you've been thinking too much since you arrived in Germany this time? ”

"Too much? Boss Sai, what's too much? Ye Feng naturally knew what the car god was talking about, but being directly pierced by the car god like this, Lao Ye still couldn't hold back on his face.

"That's it! Brat! What are you doing with me? Isn't that what kind of history you want to make? I understand that, in fact, if a driver doesn't pursue this kind of breakthrough, then he is not a good driver. So I didn't say anything if you thought about that. However, do you think it would be useful to think about it at this time? Do you think people like me and Schumacher and Prost care about some Rausch records? A driver's first concern should always be the race itself! Senna said in his heart that he knew that your kid would say this, so the car god ignored Lao Ye and continued.

"Boss Sai, I understand what you said! But...... But I really want to win! Now it's like this...... "Actually, Ye Feng didn't want to calm himself down at this time, but his restless heart was still in chaos......

"If you want to win, you have to force yourself not to think about it! Aren't you also aware that you have a certain problem with overtaking? Since you're starting so far back now, there's one thing you're thinking about right now, and that's how to use your light fuel advantage to outperform every opponent in front of you! Note! Before you outrun an opponent, just think about the opponent in front of you! ”

"Will this work? Boss Sai? I thought you'd give me some strategic advice! ”

"And do you think there's a better way now?"

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