592 Malicious Blocking (Chapter 3)
Helio's tough answer was actually expected by Rhazzie, the new champion of IndyCar, is indeed terrifying, but also arrogant and terrifying.
To be honest, Rhazzie didn't like Helio, but in this moment, he shared Helio's confidence. Only such an IndyCar can defeat the powerful F1 and lead IndyCar to become the world's No. 1 motorsport!
When the race came to lap 42, in front of Zhang Yifei, a Minardi car appeared.
Minardi's two official drivers are Alonso and Yang Long, and the head brother Alonso has retired early due to a car failure. So now the one who can appear in front of Zhang Yifei is naturally the remaining other driver Xiong Long.
If Xiong Long can appear in front of Zhang Yifei, it is naturally impossible to be in the lead, but he is about to be circled by Zhang Yifei!
Since being overshadowed by Villeneuve, Xiong Long was stopped once for his pit stop, resulting in being far behind, and it was precisely because of this backwardness that Xiong Long's mentality completely collapsed.
After all, in terms of hard power, he is one grade behind the previous drivers, and this stop can bite the top five, relying on sufficient preparation before the race, and that breath!
That's right, people often have explosive potential, and they really rely on a belief, and defeating Zhang Yifei to prove himself is the biggest belief in Xiong Long's return to the track.
Originally in the fifth position, he could see the blue Prost car in front of him from time to time, and Yang Long could still hold on to the fight. and fell behind, he had no confidence to catch up at all, and was completely deflated, and finally ushered in the situation of being caught by Zhang Yifei.
Seeing that there was Xiong Long in front of him, Zhang Yifei didn't have any psychological fluctuations, because from beginning to end, he didn't treat Xiong Long as his opponent. The so-called battle for the strongest Chinese people, the belief in revenge, etc., are all wishful thinking that Xiong Long was not convinced after he lost.
In Zhang Yifei's eyes, there is now just a driver in front of him who is about to be lapped by himself, and this kind of thing has happened several times in the previous schedule. After all, whether it is the battle with Montoya or the entanglement with Schumacher, the speed is inspired by each other, and the drivers are far behind.
Zhang Yifei ignored Xiong Long, but it didn't mean that Xiong Long ignored him. When he saw the familiar Prost car in the rearview mirror, the expression on Yang Long's face was a little hideous.
Since I can't surpass you, then I'll stop you!
Even at the Minardi team's pits, Madu got a pair of headphones and hinted at Yoong.
"Alex, you should know how to do it!"
There is no doubt that Madu is hinting that Xiong Long is blocking the car, anyway, there is no hope of entering the points area, so simply squeeze out the last bit of use value!
Zhang Yifei quickly came to the back of Yang Long's car, according to the rules of the event, the driver who was lapped should unconditionally slow down and give way, and give way to the overtaking line to let the fast car overtake.
However, it is clear that Yang Long has no intention of giving way and still holds the fastest line on the track. Zhang Yifei was not surprised by Xiong Long's move, he knew the revenge mentality in the other party's heart, so he simply took the overtaking line.
Since you are unwilling to give way, then I will surpass you, in the face of strength, there is no point in playing such a little trick!
Just when Zhang Yifei was about to overtake Xiong Long, the Minardi car suddenly changed lanes and blocked in front of Zhang Yifei's car, preventing him from overtaking this time.
"What do you mean, maliciously blocking the car?"
At the Pit Stop of the Prost Fleet, when they saw this scene, the members of the strategy team broke out instantly.
At present, the race has come to such a critical time, and Zhang Yifei is in the first position, and the strongest driver Schumacher is still chasing behind.
Any mistake in Zhang Yifei's operation may be seized by Schumacher and lose the lead. In such a difficult situation, there are still ring drivers who maliciously block the car, isn't this deliberately trying to lose Zhang Yifei?
"Appeal to the track command center, hurry up and let the referee give way to the blue flag, hurry!"
Cosell roared out directly, and instructed Henry to complain to the track command center, if this critical moment is to fall behind because of malicious blocking, it will be a fatal blow!
Without hesitation, Henry began to contact the FIA staff at the track command centre, but by the time he was on the phone, a blue flag had been flown over the track.
A driver who is shown a blue flag must give way to the race line, and if a driver fails to give way to the express car within 3 corners after being shown to wave the blue flag, that driver will be penalized after the race.
Zhang Yifei on the track, facing Yang Long's blocking moves, the expression on his face was extremely gloomy. Because you are resentful, you are unwilling to give up the racing line, Zhang Yifei can accept it, it's a big deal that I will surpass you.
But on the premise of not giving way, you have to maliciously block the car, which is simply an insult to professionalism!
But at this moment, Zhang Yifei had no other way, when Schumacher was on the track, the Coulthard who was lapped maliciously braked to block the car, and the right front wheel was knocked off, and he could only go to him after the game to settle accounts, and finally failed to fight.
It is impossible for him to stop Yang Long with a foot of brake during the race, and just fight on the track.
In any case, the top drivers are looking for victory, not revenge.
Only those LOW rookies who have no strength and can only give up on themselves will put grievances in the first place, and Zhang Yifei's goal is to be the champion!
An overtaking was unsuccessful, Zhang Yifei soon launched a second attack, this time he did not treat the front Xiong Long as a ring driver, but as an opponent he wanted to overtake, and began to take it seriously.
Facing Zhang Yifei, who had reached his peak form, Xiong Long was not his opponent at all, and he almost overtook in the second corner. It's just that in the end, Xiong Long relied on the advantage of the front car to suppress Zhang Yifei's front car.
After the second corner, entering a short straight, Schumacher took advantage of the opportunity of Yang Long's blockade to accelerate directly to Zhang Yifei's side, and relied on the performance of the car to start overtaking the rear wheel of the Prost car.
In fact, this situation has been staged several times before, Zhang Yifei relied on a better line of entry into the corner, overtook back in the corner, and resisted Schumacher's attack.
But this time, Zhang Yifei not only had to face Schumacher's attack, but also faced Yang Long's blocking, which was equivalent to double the difficulty!
Soon, the three cars showed a zigzag, and at the same time, the referee on the edge of the track began to show the blue flag for the second time to remind Yang Long that he had to give way to the two fast cars behind!
In the face of the second warning, Yang Long made a choice without hesitation, he gave up the fastest corner line, directly in front of Zhang Yifei, allowing Schumacher to easily overtake. And Zhang Yifei also took advantage of this gap to overtake Yang Long behind Schumacher, and the two of them entered the corner one after the other.
It's just that this time, Zhang Yifei lost the advantage of the first car!
"Grass mud horse, can you still play like this on the track?"
"Anyway, they're all Chinese, so they cheat their own people?"
"The Chinese are a fart, the banana man, he is pure revenge!"
"Get off the track, this kind of driver without a work ethic doesn't deserve to stay in F1!"
In an instant, the Chinese audience on the track exploded, just like many traditional Chinese concepts, they naturally have a good impression of foreign Chinese of the same language and species.
But in fact, Chinese are not equal to Chinese, and many times when you treat them as compatriots, they do not necessarily look at you.
Xiong Long doesn't have any compatriot friendship with Zhang Yifei, he just wants to defeat Zhang Yifei. If you can't defeat it, you will at least take revenge on Zhang Yifei.
It's because of this Chinese newcomer that he almost ruined his career, so no matter what he does, it's not excessive, at least I haven't knocked my opponent off the track like him!
Yang Long still thinks that it was Zhang Yifei's deliberate behavior when he crashed off the track, so in his opinion, his blocking action is at least much cleaner than Zhang Yifei's malicious collision!
"Fly, it's no problem to be behind for the time being, you can surpass Schumacher!"
Almost immediately, Korsell pressed the call button to give Zhang Yifei psychological comfort.
Because he knows that in this case, how big a blow to a rookie driver is, Korsell is a little worried about Zhang Yifei's psychological endurance.
"Of course I can!"
A firm voice, radioed, was transmitted to the headphones of each crew member.
A few simple people, but some of the more sensitive crew members felt a sour nose.
Under this kind of blow, Zhang Yifei, as a newcomer, did not lose control, was not discouraged, and did not even complain, but simply expressed his will and confidence, which is simply unimaginable!
You must know that even Schumacher has suffered a scene of emotional explosion when he suffered a similar malicious blockade, but Zhang Yifei carried it.
"I'm sure you can."
Zhang Yifei in this state, Korsell believes that he can do everything!
Schumacher on the Ferrari car, looking at the Prost car behind him, did not have the joy of overtaking in his heart, but it was very unpleasant.
As a world-class king, he is extremely confident in his own strength and never needs to rely on any help from others to defeat an opponent. Especially in this "heads-up mode", Xiong Long's behavior is simply a humiliation of his own strength!
But Schumacher is not a "White Lotus" either, he disdains to overtake in this way, but he can enjoy the dividends of overtaking very calmly. On the track, he only cares about who is the champion, and in order to win and win the world championship, Schumacher can "do whatever it takes"
It's one thing to be unhappy, it's another to enjoy it.
It's just that Schumacher soon found that Zhang Yifei behind him didn't seem to be affected much, as if what had happened just now had not happened, and launched an offensive to overtake when he entered the corner.
To be honest, Schumacher has experienced this situation a lot, but he asked himself if he couldn't recover Zhang Yifei's mentality so quickly, especially in the rookie season.
Is the Chinese kid in the back an emotionless racing machine, and he has not been affected by this malicious blocking of cars?