"FUCK, he has run at this speed, and he can still be 0.5 seconds ahead of Schumacher, how strong is he in this East China Sea Grand Prix?"

McLaren Racing Principal Ron Dennis, jumped straight from his seat when he saw the lap.

Seriously, he thought that the lap time of 1 minute and 32 seconds in the previous practice session was already Zhang Yifei's limit. And even if it is simulated on the computer, the fastest lap of normal line routing is about the speed at which Zhang Yifei runs.

I have to say that being able to run such a lap time in a practice session on a brand new track, even as the chairman of McLaren Racing, Dennis has a vague admiration for Zhang Yifei in his heart.

However, the lap speed of 1 minute and 32 seconds can only be regarded as the limit performance under normal circumstances, and there is pressure to catch up, and there is also hope to catch up.

Therefore, whether it is McLaren, Ferrari, Renault and other teams, in fact, they did not choose to admit defeat, and through various efforts to let the drivers improve their speed, so that the main race still has the strength to fight.

It can also be seen in the early stage of this qualifying race that several top drivers such as Schumacher, Barrichello, and Helio have significantly improved their lap times after being familiar with the track and referring to Zhang Yifei's line, and they are even very close to the fastest lap of Zhang Yifei's practice session.

If Zhang Yifei is still at the level of practice matches, he may still be in the lead, or take pole position by a narrow margin. But it can't be crushed like before, and it doesn't give other drivers any chance, so it will continue to the main race, and the East China Sea Grand Prix will be full of suspense again.

In fact, seeing that Zhang Yifei did not continue to maintain the lead in qualifying, brought hope to many teams, this Chinese kid was not so terrifying that he could not be defeated at his home stadium.

As a result, the fastest lap of 1:31.788 came out, and hope turned into despair again, and it can even be said that this is a speed that should be looked up to, beyond the analog lap time of a normal computer.

This is no longer the limit of the driver, and it is not an exaggeration to use the current limit of human beings.

"If I hadn't seen it today, I wouldn't have believed that everything in front of me was real, was it the performance of the car, or the ability of the driver?"

Designer Adrian Nevey was stunned, McLaren's computer-simulated lap time was the dominant one, and under normal circumstances, it would not be able to break the limit of 1 minute and 32 seconds.

In other words, no matter how much the McLaren driver plays, as long as he drives the McLaren car, it is impossible to surpass Zhang Yifei's current lap time.

That's right, the appearance of this lap time pronounced the "death sentence" of McLaren riders! This may be the first time in McLaren's history that the team has faced a scene in which previous encouragement of Kimi Raikkonen has turned into a joke.

Rational thinking made Nevey not believe that there were drivers in the world who could drive this kind of lap time on a new circuit, regardless of whose home stadium it was, even if it was Schumacher on a new Italian or German circuit.

So he wondered if there was a car factor in addition to the human factor, such as the end of the season when the Prost team started a new aerodynamic kit, or applied some of the technology of the AP06 car in advance?

"It doesn't matter anymore, by this moment, qualifying is over."

Ron Dennis smiled bitterly, he didn't want to continue to discuss the issue, because it seemed pointless, McLaren team was completely defeated this year, and it can be said that they were eliminated early.

Compared with McLaren, the team that was eliminated early, the most affected is the still competitive Ferrari team.

Schumacher has gone all out in the past two days, and in fact, he has already set a speed on the racing simulator that surpassed Zhang Yifei's fastest lap in the practice session.

After all, the lap record of the first East China Sea Grand Prix in history was run by Schumacher, and he has the strength and ability himself. Now under heavy pressure and at the top of his game, if he is only narrowly ahead of the track record, it is impossible to beat him in the pole position battle in advance.

In fact, Zhang Yifei is also very clear about this, so he keeps his hole cards.

Even if Zhang Yifei has a super lap strength of 1:31.788, he can't help but not expose it in advance because of the idea of showing off his skills, just for fear of stimulating Schumacher and making him burst out with terrifying potential.

The Ferrari strategy team originally thought that qualifying would give Zhang Yifei a killer feature, maybe it could break his confidence and add some chips to the race.

As a result, now when the lap time of 1:31.788 comes along, all the plans are turned into straw paper.

In the face of absolute strength, any skill is in vain!

Just when Schumacher's strategy group didn't know what to do next, Schumacher's voice came from inside the headphones.

"Todd, did you run the fastest lap just now?"

The lap times on the track broadcast screen are not visible to the drivers during the race.

However, out of the corner of Schumacher's eye, he saw the whole audience standing up and cheering, a scene he has experienced countless times, usually when there is a wonderful picture or a victory celebration, which makes the audience emotional.

This is China's home stadium, and it is the easiest to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience, and naturally Zhang Yifei is the most likely.

Could it be that the driver Fei finally started to exert his strength and ran the fastest lap?

In the face of Schumacher's inquiry, Jean Todd had a hesitant expression on his face, and he didn't know whether he should tell Schumacher about Zhang Yifei's super lap at such a moment.

A little lead will boost Schumacher's fighting spirit and allow him to overtake and regain pole position.

But now with a lap time of 1:31.788, even Jean Todd believes in Schumacher's quality, he feels that there is no hope.

It is better to let him stabilize his mentality, give up the pole position to maintain the second position, and then use tactics and strategy to defeat the opponent in the main race.

After all, the Monaco Grand Prix, which was 1.4 seconds behind Senna's second place, was lost, not to mention that the Tokai Circuit is a very easy track to overtake, and the pole position advantage is not so obvious.

Schumacher on the Ferrari car, seeing Jean Todd and the members of the strategy team, did not open his mouth to answer his question, and instantly he realized something.

It's just that Schumacher couldn't have imagined that he could be thrown off by as many as 0.5 seconds again for a lap at such a time, so he asked again.

"Todd, what's the fastest lap to fly?"

Hearing Schumacher's questioning again, Jean Todd and Rose Brown looked at each other, knowing that there was no possibility of hiding it any longer.

"Flying is now the fastest lap in qualifying, with a time of 1:31.788."

1:31.788?

This number directly made Schumacher gasp, in fact, he did not naively think that the practice match was Zhang Yifei's lap limit. However, he is very sure in his heart that no matter how fast Zhang Yifei's qualifying match is, it will not be anywhere.

Now that Zhang Yifei has directly broken through to the realm of 1 minute and 31 seconds, and the lap speed has thrown himself off by 0.5 seconds again, can he really run so fast on the East China Sea Track?

To put it mildly, even in the rain battle with Senna during the rookie period, Schumacher has never been crushed like this, so it is no wonder that the entire strategy group chose to remain silent.

Haven't you overtaken yet?

Schumacher asked himself in his heart, and he didn't want to admit that the answer was no. Throughout his career, Schumacher has rarely been so unconfident that he thinks he can't get ahead of him.

In fact, it was not just Schumacher, when other drivers heard Zhang Yifei run a lap of 1:31.788 from the team's voice, the momentum of chasing me in the early stage of qualifying instantly cooled down.

In particular, the first few drivers really reached the sprint stage, and the next lap was even slower, which obviously hit their confidence and fighting spirit.

"There is no suspense, flying is already a pole position!"

Standing in the team pit, Prost said this sentence categorically.

He knows very well how the other drivers on the track feel, because when Senna ran a shocking lap in the Monaco qualifying race, all the smoke of competition was extinguished in an instant, which is a kind of power to control thunder and lightning!

"It's so fast, from the practice session, it's a full second faster than it was on the racing simulator before! Is this the power of 200,000 spectators at home? ”

Yamamoto Youjing's tone was a little trembling, but he faithfully recorded all the data of Zhang Yifei, and the lap speed of the simulator was already terrifying, but as a result, Zhang Yifei was almost a second faster after running down the track in two days!

There has never been any track, Yamamoto Ukyo can see Zhang Yifei's progress so pervertedly, except for the power of the home field, he really can't imagine how to do all this.

"Is Phineas so scary?"

Not to mention the professionals in the strategy group, even people like Ah Hu, who have a big heart and don't pay much attention to subtle changes in lap time, have an incredulous mentality when they see that Zhang Yifei can throw Schumacher again for 0.5 seconds.

“OH MY GOD！ Fei is going to be the king of the home field. ”

Charlie, the chief technician next to him, was also stunned, his professional experience is much richer than Ah Hu, and he understands what this kind of lap time means.

Domination, absolute domination! As long as there are no accidents in the main race, Schumacher's championship battle is lost!

In fact, there are still ten minutes left in qualifying, but as many people think, there is no suspense at all, just waiting for the time to pass.

When the countdown was cleared, like thunder, the Chinese audience, who had been waiting for a long time to celebrate, broke out in an instant.

"Pole position! We won! ”

"I finally understand why Zhang Yifei is recognized and respected in foreign countries, because he is strong enough!"

"This is the Demon King of the Empire, on the track in China, no one is Zhang Yifei's opponent, not even Schumacher!"

"Fei didn't disappoint his compatriots who supported him, and this one Shumi did lose."

"yes, it's too big."

Not to mention the excitement of the Chinese audience at the scene, even the fans who supported Ferrari and Schumacher before finally chose to admit and pay tribute in the face of such lap results.

Zhang Yifei's speed is worthy of the whole track shouting!

"No problem! Pole position is no problem! Seeing it, the audience shouted and applauded for Zhang Yifei, this is his Chinese red! ”

Li Bing, the Chinese commentator in the commentary room, watched the countdown to the qualifying round end and Zhang Yifei became the pole position of the first East China Sea Grand Prix, and also stood up from his seat excitedly and shouted excitedly at Blundell next to him.

He used to support Zhang Yifei, more out of emotion, supporting his own drivers at home.

But now this pole position lap time proves that Zhang Yifei's performance is not accidental, he can dominate the East China Sea Circuit, and his hard power is stronger than Schumacher!

"It's really fast, and it's probably the most dominant pole sitter in recent years."

Blundel's face was also full of amazement, he actually thought that Zhang Yifei had an advantage, but he didn't expect that the qualifying match would be so crushed, and he was really told by the Chinese commentator, how could Schumacher be so slow?

Or to put it another way, how could Zhang Yifei run so fast!

No one knew the answer, and the audience didn't care what the reason was, they just needed to see that Zhang Yifei won the game.

Driving the car back to the pits, Zhang Yifei specially slowed down a little, then pushed the helmet mask away, looking at the waving national flags on the field, and the excited smiling faces.

It was the first pole position at the Tokai Circuit, historically in the hands of Schumacher, and probably in the world, and the title of "King of Monaco" is the crowning honour of the Formula Circuit.

But in Zhang Yifei's heart, there is no track comparable to the victory in the East China Sea.

"Zhang Yifei, he saw us! Come on and win the championship tomorrow! ”

"Let's win in one go, and be crowned on the East China Sea Circuit!"

"Forever the car god fly, come on!"

"Zhang Yifei~~! Come on~~! ”

Many spectators who were relatively close to the track shouted with all their strength with red faces, hoping to let Zhang Yifei hear their voices.

The efforts of these audiences were not in vain, Zhang Yifei heard these familiar native voice cheering, and he has stepped into the "Temple of Champions" with one foot, and tomorrow will be the moment to witness the miracle.

Following Zhang Yifei's pit stop, it was Schumacher of the Ferrari team, he looked at Zhang Yifei who slowed down and enjoyed the cheers of the audience, and looked at the Chinese red waved by the audience, the emotions in his heart were very complicated, and even felt an unprecedented pressure.

Once upon a time, there was only one type of red on the track, Ferrari red, which was its own, but now the spotlight is shining on another driver.

What made Schumacher even more desperate was that he still had the confidence to fight back in the practice lap, and with a pole position lap time of 1:31.788, he couldn't imagine how he could run out.

Even if he tried his best at the end of the practice session, he only ran a lap time of 1:32.091, still 0.3 seconds behind Zhang Yifei.

Don't think that Schumacher is slow, in fact, this lap time has surpassed his fastest lap in history, and Zhang Yifei's heavy pressure has indeed allowed Schumacher to squeeze out his potential and limits.

According to Zhang Yifei's speed and track control strength, there will be no major accidents in the race, and he will become the champion without any suspense. Schumacher felt that he could bite Zhang Yifei to the death, which was already a good performance, but the difficulty of overtaking was too great, almost impossible.

Under the weight of this despair, Schumacher's eyes also changed from complicated at the beginning to a kind of determination.

In the seventh championship match, I will definitely not admit defeat in advance!