527 Mixed Joys and Sorrows (Chapter 3)
"Well done!"
The Pit Stop, where the atmosphere had been frozen, instantly seemed to be ignited, and the crew members cheered.
Regardless of Alesi's strength, he was remembered as a veteran of the Prost team and chose to join the team at its most difficult time.
And many times, the French veteran is the backbone of the French team, and the newcomer can come and go, as long as the French veteran is still there, the team has not collapsed, and there is still the confidence to continue to compete on the track.
"Alessi~~! Alessi~~! Alessi~~! ”
From eighth to seventh, it's just a small improvement in the rankings, and you haven't even entered the points area yet.
But it also depends on what the situation is, and now under the tense atmosphere of the team, an encouraging point is urgently needed.
And it was no one else who Alessi had overtaken, but Scuderia Ferrari's No. 2 driver, Barrichello, the top driver on the track at the moment!
It's like a driver who barely reaches 60 points at an ordinary level, and suddenly a small universe explodes and defeats an opponent who usually scores 90 points.
This result is enough to be proud of the French veteran!
"Fly, Alessi overtook Barrichello and beat the Ferrari driver, and I'm sure you can too."
Henry told Zhang Yifei the news through the voice system at the first time.
Because he knows how much pressure Zhang Yifei is facing now, and Alessi, who may be ranked seventh, can't bring much help to Zhang Yifei, but the mental encouragement of his teammates to defeat the Ferrari driver is immeasurable.
Did Alessi surpass Barrichello?
Hearing this news, Zhang Yifei was indeed surprised.
It's not that he underestimates his teammates, on the contrary, he is quite grateful to the French veteran now, but the problem is that he not only knows the record of Alesi in this world, but also knows the future development history of Alesi.
Objectively speaking, the strength of this French veteran is indeed a bit unsuitable, and he can be regarded as a blue-collar driver in the early days.
The kind that is less than the top and more than the bottom is also a person who has entered the Ferrari team, and he has been driving for five years! Without some strength, it is really difficult to establish a foothold in the Ferrari team, even if it created the Ferrari before its own ruling dynasty.
But at the end of his career, Alessi was not a blue-collar worker, he could only be regarded as a bottom-of-the-line driver, and Barrichello at his peak was not at the same level at all.
On the track, Alessi is one of those who can't see Barrichello's taillights for a long time, even if they don't come on in bad weather.
Today, Alessi actually surpassed Ferrari driver Barrichello in the heads-up process, did the veteran really start the second spring of his career?
"Well done Alessi!"
Even in the face of Schumacher's huge pressure, Zhang Yifei still sent his congratulations to Alesi at this time.
"Drive well, wait until you win Schumacher, but don't even be as good as me."
Alessi's tone was flat, without the slightest hint of joy at being congratulated.
But Alessi's words, in fact, have admitted that he is inferior to Zhang Yifei. And he also used a similar method to let Zhang Yifei defeat Schumacher.
Schumacher is the strongest man on the track, and only by beating him can he reach the top of the Austrian Grand Prix!
"Don't worry, I can't hold back."
Zhang Yifei replied with a joke, and the pressure in his heart was much less than at the beginning.
Indeed, Alessi's victory gave Zhang Yifei a lot of spiritual encouragement, French veterans can break through themselves, and I, Zhang Yifei, will never fall behind!
Confidence started to rise dramatically, against the pressure of Schumacher, now that I can take pole position, I can be the first car, I can beat you Schumacher once!
That means I have the strength to defeat you a second time! In any case, today I will step on the crown of the car god and go to the top of that championship!
Schumacher in the rear car, feeling the speed change of the blue Prost car in front of him, his inner emotions were very complicated.
Shock, incredulity, anger, competitiveness and other emotions followed, and it can be said that he has now been blocked for more than 20 laps, which is something that Schumacher had not thought of before.
According to his pre-race prediction, Zhang Yifei could be pulled off pole position within five laps, so on the third lap after the safety car was withdrawn, Schumacher launched a fierce attack on Zhang Yifei.
It was almost a must-surpass situation, but it was resolved by Zhang Yifei's calm response, and he squeezed the performance of Prost racing car to the extreme in an instant.
After all, the difference in car performance, that is, the difference of 12 percent, will be infinitely magnified in the whole course of 60 or 70 laps. But in the ultra-short schedule, this gap is only a few centimeters or tens of centimeters, so Zhang Yifei can fight Schumacher for so long.
At that time, Schumacher did not surpass, and he didn't take it too seriously, so it can only be said that Zhang Yifei's response was very good, and he played the level of the strongest newcomer on the track.
But Schumacher believes that this kind of play, Zhang Yifei can't keep it forever, and soon this newcomer will make mistakes and loopholes for himself to catch, which is also a common problem for newcomers on the track.
As a result, it has been more than 20 laps now, and Zhang Yifei still has not made a mistake enough to overtake, and still maintains an extremely stable performance, without the appearance of a newcomer at all.
This makes Schumacher feel very uncomfortable, can he not even surpass a newcomer?
"Shumi, it's time to show a little strength beyond Prost's fly."
Jean Todd's voice appears inside Schumacher's headphones.
The Ferrari boss has always had a blind identification with Schumacher's strength, and rarely gives such orders to make him overtake.
Because it didn't take Jean Todd to say anything, Schumacher was able to overtake all the riders in his way. So this identification should not be called blindness, but Schumacher has the strength.
But this time, Jean Todd was!
Although Barrichello is in the Ferrari team, he is only positioning the No. 2 Green Leaf driver, and everything is for Schumacher. But Ferrari's No. 2 driver is not a soft persimmon, let alone a rookie.
If Schumacher is the first in the world, Barrichello will become the second in the world!
A French veteran like Alessi, it can be said that Jean Todd really didn't take him very seriously.
It's not that Jean Todd is arrogant and looks down on people, on the contrary, he is a relatively kind boss. Especially with Schumacher, it can be regarded as a teacher and friend, and during the period when the car god was recuperating from his injury, Jean Todd was one of the very few relatives and friends who were allowed to visit Schumacher.
Barrichello, in contrast, was rejected as a stranger after five or six years of teammates and co-creation of a Ferrari dynasty.
The main reason is that in the last two or three years, Alessi's performance has been a bit unbearable, and it is impossible to appear in the list of Ferrari's opponents at all. It's impossible for a perennial bottom-of-the-line driver to be treated like a great enemy by Ferrari!
As a result, this kind of driver overtook Ferrari No. 2 driver Barrichello, and another driver of Prost also blocked Schumacher for more than 20 laps.
This situation was unheard of before, and Jean Todd felt unacceptable, which was a humiliation for the status of the Scuderia Ferrari!
So he doesn't want the track situation to continue, Barrichello's matter can be put aside, Schumacher shouldn't be in the position of the second in 10,000 years, it's time for the Chinese kid to give way!
In fact, there is no need for Jean Todd to remind him that Schumacher himself felt a little unbearable, and he replied firmly: "In the next lap, the flying general will see that he is far behind me." ”
"Good, that's how it should be!"
Jean Todd was pleased with Schumacher's answer, and he never considered whether such a scenario could be realized.
Just kidding, if Schumacher couldn't do it, no one in the world would have this strength!
On lap 27, Turn 3 of the Austrian Circuit 1, there was a downhill straight in front of this corner, but it was not as long as the straight before the Bosch corner, but it was about 400 meters away.
In later races, this section of the road is the starting and overtaking area of the DRS (Adjustable Rear Wing). However, in this era, the adjustable rear wing that can change the aerodynamic layout of the car has not yet been used, so everyone still relies on the hard power of the car to overtake on the straight.
Zhang Yifei was still in front of Schumacher's car, no matter how the other party changed lanes, Zhang Yifei followed Schumacher to draw the dragon together. Because he understands that as long as Schumacher is allowed to cross his rear wheel on the straight, then the power of the next floor oil will not be able to be carried by Prost cars......
Turn 3 itself is a sharp bend, and the speed must be reduced sharply from more than 300 km/h to about 100 km/h before entering the bend to ensure a safe turn.
At the same time, the G-force will be as high as 2.1 in cornering.
Of course, the impact of this G-finger with twice the body weight is nothing to Zhang Yifei, and more than a year of neck muscle training is not in vain.
The real challenge is that after Turn 3, you will enter a slight downhill section, about 50 meters, and then another corner will come soon.
This kind of continuous cornering is a great test of the number of cars to control the acceleration and deceleration of the car, and it is also one of the most frequent overtaking sections on the A1 track.
Zhang Yifei not only has to ensure that he slows down before entering the corner, but also ensures that he must be prepared to accelerate during the cornering process, otherwise it will be easy to increase the overtaking speed of the car on the downhill section and be caught by the opponent to overtake.
As before, Zhang Yifei chose the fastest cornering route and prepared to cut the line normally. But as he turned, he spotted his left side of the road, and the red shadow quickly chased after him, and then turned at the same time.
And it is very close to your own racing car, and the distance between the two cars may be within 10 centimeters!
This kind of extreme distance is close to the distance, and it is still in a state of steering in a sharp corner, without absolute confidence, and no driver dares to do this.
But it's Schumacher, what he can't do, no one in the F1 paddock can do.
It's been 27 laps, and he doesn't plan to give Zhang Yifei another chance to lead, he must show the strength of his strongest driver!