639 Enemy of Fate (Chapter 2)
Villeneuve, who was in the back car, watched as the distance between himself and the car in front suddenly shortened sharply. He instantly understood what Coulthard was thinking, and the other party had no patience to look for opportunities, but planned to come hard.
Do you even underestimate me Willeneuve?
A kind of scornful anger instantly filled Villeneuve's heart, since you slow down and press the car, right? Then it's up to me to speed up and overtake!
Even if the distance between the two cars was already within a very unsafe range, Villeneuve showed no signs of slowing down, but directly kicked the accelerator to accelerate, intending to use an emergency lane change to bypass the Cothard in front.
It's just that the relative speed of the two cars is too fast, it can really be described as lightning fast, Villeneuve just turned the steering wheel to change lanes, but the whole body has not changed lanes, and it has already caught up with Coulthard in front.
The Anglo-American car hit the back of the Cothard in the middle of the side of the car, and this non-frontal offset impact caused both cars to slide uncontrollably, and broken parts were scattered all over the ground.
“FUCK!”
Coulthard, who was directly knocked to a stop, looked at the McLaren car whose rear wheel was knocked off, shouted angrily, and then smashed his fist on the steering wheel.
He really didn't expect that Villeneuve would finally make such a reckless move, just the kind of car distance just now, even if he didn't accelerate and wanted to exceed the distance, Villeneuve actually stepped on the accelerator?
Villeneuve on the other side was no better, and the force brought by the last accelerator acceleration caused the carbon fiber shell in the middle of the entire body to be shattered, and even the main frame of the body was deformed and invaded the cockpit.
Fortunately, the strength of the main structure of the F1 car is still very high, and it does not develop towards lightweight like other components, leaving no design margin. As long as there is no rollover or a direct hit by a falling part, the driver is generally protected in the cockpit.
These two cars suddenly lost control, and also posed a great threat to Kimi Raikkonen, who was close to crashing into Villeneuve, who was skidding out of control.
However, this emergency braking avoidance action gave Alessi a chance to get behind, because he was far away from the two cars that had been involved in the accident, so he had plenty of reaction time to choose the route to pass.
So he didn't slow down much to pass through the tight section and took advantage of the opportunity to pass Kimi Raikkonen, as well as Villeneuve and Coulthard, to move into fourth place on the track, just one step away from the podium!
"Fly, there's an accident ahead, pay attention to the yellow flag."
Henry's voice sounded from the headphones, because of the fierce collision between Coulthard and Villeneuve, and Coulthard was also blocking the track, affecting the safety of the event, so the track referee raised the yellow flag, and the safety car began to lead the car.
Hearing this news, Zhang Yifei had only one thought in his heart, that is, such a thing as shit luck can also be his turn?
You must know that Zhang Yifei's biggest disadvantage is that he starts from the pit station and stops for 10 seconds, and he wastes a few seconds of time just stopping to change tires. If an accident is used in the safety car, the leading car in front will slow down, and you can at least equalize the time you wasted in the pit stops, which is like pie in the sky.
Some people are happy, some people are sad, and Montoya's whole face turned green when she heard the news of the yellow flag on the track. He took advantage of the time when Zhang Yifei entered the station, and finally opened a gap, which will be erased in an instant, and the two are on the same starting line.
More importantly, Zhang Yifei after the tire change will have better grip and faster speed. The advantage in his racing performance will be made up, and even behind Zhang Yifei at the moment, which is definitely the last thing Montoya wants to see.
Is this God blessed? But the problem is, the Chinese kid doesn't seem to believe in God!
The rules in the F1 paddock are like this, once the safety car is out, no overtaking is allowed. No matter how unhappy the drivers are in their hearts, they can only follow honestly, otherwise they will be punished by the black flag.
But fortunately, during Zhang Yifei's pit stop, Montoya overtook Bourti of the Sauber team in front of him and officially broke into the top ten, finally avoiding the possibility of another head-on battle with Zhang Yifei.
"Todd, where is the Chinese kid now?"
Taking advantage of the moment when he was crushed by the safety car, Schumacher asked Ferrari manager Jean Todd a question.
The moment Zhang Yifei showed off the red super soft tires in the race, all the teams could feel his ambition to sprint to the front row. But this thing is not so easy to do, so Schumacher is curious about how far Zhang Yifei can catch up with the past third of the schedule.
"I used to be 11th, but the accident between Coulthard and Villeneuve moved him up to ninth."
"So fast?"
Schumacher uttered this sentence in a tone of surprise.
Putting aside the accident overtaking, Zhang Yifei was ranked eleventh before, which means that in one-third of the race, Zhang Yifei surpassed half of his opponents. You must know that this guy not only starts from the pits, but also adds a 10-second timeout, which can be called the harshest start in the F1 paddock after retirement.
With such a big gap, he used a third of the schedule to catch up with half of the riders. If this trend continues, this kid can at least break into the points area, or even the podium!
Not to mention the current track accident, it can be regarded as helping Zhang Yifei and shortening the distance with his front-row drivers, and the chance of him rushing up is even greater!
Could it be that the driver Fei can really complete the miracle of the rookie's triple championship?
Schumacher couldn't help but think of this possibility, but he quickly rejected it.
Because Zhang Yifei wants to win three consecutive championships in the rookie season, he must defeat one person, and that is I, Schumacher! No matter how strong and imposing the Chinese kid is now, I will not give him any chance!
Villeneuve didn't hurt the two of them in the Coulthard, and the efficiency of simply moving the accident car was still very fast. After only one and a half laps, the track was back in the air.
At this time, Zhang Yifei seized the opportunity, and quickly overtook Burti of the Sauber team in a flash of light, and appeared behind Montoya's car again. And this time, the two of them are closer to each other, and they are in a state where they can attack at any time.
Is this guy really the Grim Reaper?
Seeing Zhang Yifei, who quickly overtook Burti behind him and reappeared as his driver, Montoya couldn't help but shout in his heart.
This feeling is really like being chased by death, no matter how hard you try, you can't escape!
"Fei took advantage of the time when the safety car left, and used the faster operation reaction to overtake Bourti in front of him and came to the back of Montoya again."
"I don't know how many times this is the first time Montoya has been in range of Fei's attack again. To be honest, I'm starting to sympathize with the Colombian superstar a little, Fei really is his mortal enemy! ”
Blundell sighed at this time, and he could clearly feel Montoya's avoidance of the battle today, and wanted to sprint to a more front-row position, rather than fighting with Zhang Yifei.
But no matter how fast he runs and how many opponents he surpasses, Zhang Yifei can always appear behind his car again, and he will never get rid of the feeling, this feeling of being chased and running is definitely uncomfortable.
"This is the Grim Reaper, and no one can escape the scythe harvested by Lord Ichifei."
Ito Yusheng said in a yearning tone, he really thinks that Zhang Yifei is like a grim reaper on the track, and no one can escape his "pursuit".
In the face of Ito Yuo's remarks, Blundell was simply a little speechless, is the Japanese commentary too much comics, is it all this virtue?
The audience in the stands was even more excited when they saw Zhang Yifei ushering in another battle with Montoya.
"Zhang Yifei, don't be polite to the Colombian kid, kill him!"
"That's right, this is his last chance to run ahead of you, let him eat dust in the back!"
"Your Excellency Yifei, show your strength like a demon king!"
"The champion is your strongest ambition (the strongest ambition), let the king of India surrender again!"
The crowd roared like thunder, even if many fans who were not Zhang Yifei were infected by this atmosphere and began to applaud Zhang Yifei, hoping to see a wonderful overtaking scene.
After all, Zhang Yifei has come to the eighth ranking, and compared with the starting stage, the distance from pole position Schumacher has also been shortened a lot by the track accident.
In this situation, Zhang Yifei really has a chance to sprint to that championship!
Out of the corner of his eye, Montoya saw the red flags waving all over the audience, and he had experienced this kind of scene himself, so he naturally understood what he was doing.
These viewers have already begun to cheer for the Chinese boy, and according to Montoya's understanding of Zhang Yifei, the stormy attack will come soon.
Come on, I, Montoya, am not a weakling, and it's time to settle the grievances at the US Grand Prix!
Montoya gritted his teeth and said that the Colombian superstar may have been sluggish and depressed, but he will never be the kind of bastard who does not have the courage to fight, even Zhang Yifei does not doubt this.
So many times, Zhang Yifei had to hold absolute confidence, with an attitude of strategic contempt, thinking that he would definitely be able to defeat Montoya. But in terms of tactics, he has never despised Montoya, as an old opponent who has fought many battles, no one knows Montoya's strength better than Zhang Yifei.
But none of this matters, no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, as long as he is in front of him, he must surpass it!