408 Overwhelming (Chapter 2)

"Fei, as I said before, we'll meet at the Sepang circuit."

Sophia didn't dress up as glamorous as she did at a drinking party today, just a simple denim skirt and T-shirt.

But I have to say that the Latin girl's body is really hot, even if it is just a very common dress, under the appearance of a figure comparable to a model, there is a different style and temptation.

Especially the pair of long legs, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but glance at it twice. But fortunately, Zhang Yifei's concentration is good, and he withstood the extreme temptation that night, let alone today.

"It's nice to see you again."

Zhang Yifei smiled and said hello, even if she doesn't look at her appearance, Sophia is also the daughter of her "gold master".

"How's your ankle?"

Sophia asked, came to Zhang Yifei's side, and then took his arm by the hand, which seemed very natural.

Zhang Yifei was still a little overwhelmed by Sophia's intimate actions, so he could only withdraw his hand without missing a trace, and then said with a smile: "It's no big deal, tomorrow the main competition will be normal competition." ”

Seeing Zhang Yifei's pretending to be inadvertent, Sophia's face showed a playful smile, and she got closer and closer to Zhang Yifei and said, "Fei, are Chinese boys as shy as you?" ”

"I'm not shy, I'm just not to the point where I need to be supported."

Smelling the unique fragrance on Sophia's body, Zhang Yifei replied stiffly, no matter how you say it, you can't be laughed at by foreign girls.

"Really?"

Sophia looked at Zhang Yifei with a playful smile, as if she had seen through what he was thinking in his heart.

Seeing that the movements of these two young people became more and more ambiguous, Prost coughed at this moment, and then said: "The qualifying race is about to start, Fei, who do you think can get the pole position?" ”

"Schumacher."

Taking advantage of Prost's clearance, Zhang Yifei also walked in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and below the Paddock club is the team pit station area, where you can clearly see the starting process.

For the question of pole position, Zhang Yifei has never had a second answer, Schumacher is really invincible, even if he compares himself, Zhang Yifei, who has always been more confident, does not dare to say that he can win the pole position in front of Schumacher now.

The car god is the car god after all, especially before he falls!

Listening to Zhang Yifei's answer, Prost suddenly felt that there was no suspense in this question, so he changed his statement: "Then what do you think of Kimi's ranking today?" ”

"Top ten."

Zhang Yifei replied casually, to be honest, 03 years ago, Kimi Raikkonen's performance was not particularly stable.

There were highlights, and there were also many low-ranking events, and it wasn't until the battle with Schumacher in 03 that the "Finnish Iceman" really made a name for himself and became the protagonist in the F1 paddock.

"Looks like you're looking good at Kimi."

"It's not that I'm optimistic, but he's really strong."

As a god's perspective, Zhang Yifei knows that Kimi can win the drivers' championship and become one of the brightest drivers in the F1 paddock, how can he not be strong?

"Really? I think the opposite of you, I don't think he can make it to the top 10. ”

"Why?"

"He didn't have a very good practice lap time and you could tell he wasn't very used to the hot Sepang circuit. And now Kimi's results are very inconsistent, which will also affect his performance, and he will not be able to run in the top 10 in qualifying. ”

Prost gave his reasons, and his opinion was accurate. However, Kimi is one of the few drivers that Zhang Yifei is very familiar with in this era, so he still maintains his opinion.

The qualifying racers started in order according to the position of the previous stop, and Zhang Yifei's attention was naturally on Schumacher, who started first.

Today, completely from the perspective of a bystander, Zhang Yifei can see Schumacher galloping on the track more intuitively. It's no exaggeration to say that watching Schumacher's racing route and handling is a pleasure!

It didn't rain in qualifying, but the rain in yesterday's practice session left a lot of water on the track, and the depth of the water was much more exaggerated than on the average track.

The main reason for the deep water accumulation has a lot to do with the structure of the Sepang circuit, because when the whole track was selected, a swampy area was directly chosen. Even though the foundation was stabilized by various methods at that time, the track still sank slightly after two years, which led to serious water accumulation on the track.

Of course, this is a serious criterion for an Formula 1 car, and from a normal point of view, this little bit of water is nothing at all. But Schumacher's line avoided almost all the water spots on the track, and it was hard to see him splash a drop.

Keep in mind that the faster the car goes, the narrower the driver's field of vision and reaction time, which requires extremely strong handling and route selection. Maybe Schumacher's rain battle is not as good as Senna's level of who competes, but this is definitely not his shortcoming, it is equally strong and terrible!

The display on the track constantly refreshes the fastest lap times of the drivers, probably because of the waterlogging, resulting in not many car route options, so this time the lap speed of the qualifying racers is very tight, basically within 0.1 seconds.

But the top two contenders have always been the two Ferrari cars competing against each other, and the only one who can pose a slight threat to them is Schumacher Jr. from Williams.

It is not for nothing that he said that he was full of confidence, he experienced a crash and retired in the last race, but he still performed well in qualifying, firmly holding the top three positions, constantly alternating with Barrichello, and even narrowed the lap time gap with his brother to less than 0.05 seconds.

Behind them are some familiar faces at the top of the track, such as McLaren's Coulthard, Anglo-American Villeneuve, and so on.

However, there was one driver who was strong in qualifying today, and he made it straight into the top six: Arnold Trulli from Jordan.

To be honest, this driver is a very ordinary blue-collar driver in F1, let's say strong, and the results are average, not much better. But when it comes to special dishes, you can also maintain a midstream level, and occasionally win a race championship and pole position.

After all, there are a few car gods like Schumacher and Senna, and there are also a few dishes like Iide Yuji and Marques, and Arnold Trulli is the most popular type of F1 driver.

As time went on, qualifying came to an end, and looking at the lap times on the big screen, Prost had a winner's smile on his face.

"Fly, it seems that my prediction is a little more accurate."

Before the race, Prost predicted that Kimi would be outside the tenth, and indeed as he predicted, this time Kimi Raikkonen had a lap time of 1:37.728, ranking 14th among all drivers, which is considered a relatively low position.

Looking at Kimi's ranking, to be honest, Zhang Yifei didn't expect him to be so far behind, but the F1 paddock is like this, no one is an eternal winner, let alone Kimmy, who is still in his youth.

The pole-sitter had no suspense and was taken by Ferrari's Schumacher, whose fastest lap was 1:35.220. Compared to the Sepang track record of 1:34.433 set by himself, it is almost a second slower.

This is also related to the condition of today's tracks, the waterlogged road surface is more picky about the choice of racing routes, and the fastest is not necessarily the safest. Not just Schumacher, but all the drivers were on the slow side.

"Fly, Montoya ran to sixth, and the championship of the Indy 500 is really not to be underestimated."

Prost sighed with emotion, then remembered something and continued: "By the way, fly, at the end of the practice match, I heard that Montoya pointed out that this battle will win you, do you have the confidence to fight?" ”

"Do I still lack faith?"

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, let alone Montoya, even if Schumacher challenged him, he would not admit it.

"Very good, let me see if you can create a newcomer miracle if you understand."

"I believe he can create!"

Sophia said in a tone of adoration, what she admires most about Zhang Yifei is this kind of indomitable momentum!

……

Sunday, April 10th, is the time for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The sky was full of clouds, but it didn't rain, but the dim sky made people feel oppressive.

Compared to the gloomy weather, today's Sepang circuit can be described as "lively". Because there are 110,000 spectators on the track today, not to mention that the stands are already overcrowded, even all the idle lawns of the track are already full of dense spectators.

Most of the 110,000 spectators came to support Yoong, and although they knew that as the third driver, there was no chance of racing, but it was a matter of pride to see their own drivers in the F1 paddock.

It's just a pity that this pride was shattered by Zhang Yifei, and Xiong Long is now lying in the hospital and has no chance to appear at the Sepang track.

So most of these people have become opponents of Zhang Yifei, and they plan to use their voices to vent the anger in their hearts. By the way, let's take a look at Zhang Yifei, who started from the maintenance area, how the crane tail was given a ring.

This hostility began to manifest itself in the drivers' parade stage, and basically from any corner of the track, you could hear slogans such as "ban", "get out of Malaysia", "murder driver", "punishment", etc., which were simply overwhelming towards Zhang Yifei.

These voices completely overshadowed the cheering for Zhang Yifei, after all, Malaysia's home stadium, the thousands of Chinese spectators, are very small in front of the number of 110,000.

Zhang Yifei was mentally prepared for this scene, and he didn't care. Because most of them were angry for a while, and as time went by, they slowly calmed down, and most of them were able to look at the crash in practice with an objective and rational attitude.

There are many examples of this on the Formula 1 circuit, especially well-known drivers who have experienced the scene of being "hacked", and time will tell.

But after listening to it too much, the unhappiness in my heart will still rise uncontrollably. It happened that at this time, the question of the host of the Malaysian parade was a fire for Zhang Yifei's flashpoint!