588 Despicable Tricks (Chapter 2)
Montoya on the inside of the corner, even in the most tense cutting process, he always divided part of his attention, paying attention to Zhang Yifei who wanted to overtake on the outside road.
When he saw that the other party was rushing towards the concrete wall a little uncontrollably, Montoya felt a kind of pleasure as a winner, and also a kind of regret of losing his opponent.
Regardless of the victory and the grudge, the Chinese kid on the track will be a good opponent, and Montoya also appreciates his driving style and desire to win.
But unfortunately, Zhang Yifei is his opponent, and he has defeated his opponent!
The unwillingness, anger, humiliation, and other emotions of the loser far exceed the appreciation of the opponent. Competitive sports only look at the champion, as long as he can win this game, whether the Chinese kid lives or dies is his own choice!
Just when Montoya thought that he had the chance to win, he suddenly found that Zhang Yifei did not hit the cement protective wall as expected, but stabilized on the edge of hitting the wall!
This scene made Montoya feel like he had been struck by lightning, and he really didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment. More importantly, Zhang Yifei took advantage of the speed, and the rear tail was about to cross his front wheel!
When a car starts to accelerate during a corner, it is generally done by passing through the center of the corner, rather than waiting until the entire corner has gone out before accelerating out of the corner.
Zhang Yifei is faster than himself at the moment, and once the corner is completely passed, it will represent the success of the opponent's overtaking. Montoya really couldn't have imagined that his iconic No. 13 Death Turn on the Indy's home track would be overtaken by his opponents!
No, I can't afford to lose!
Montoya's mentality began to fall into a kind of madness, even to the point of indulging. He didn't follow the previous curve tangentially, but changed lanes sharply and rushed in the direction of Zhang Yifei.
His intention is actually obvious, that is, he intends to hit Zhang Yifei on the corner,
With the current margin of Zhang Yifei only a few centimeters away from the protective wall at the edge of the track, let alone a direct impact, even if it is just a light touch, Zhang Yifei's JS53 racing car will definitely have a "close contact" with the cement protective wall.
In the face of victory, no means are compromised, even if it is Montoya, who has always been more bold and rugged in the past, he has to use this despicable way. On the American home track, as long as he can win, he is willing to bear any infamy!
Seeing that Montoya suddenly walked the line abnormally and quickly approached him, Zhang Yifei was not stupid and sweet, what the other party was thinking in his heart and what kind of move he planned to make, he could guess probably.
To be honest, even if he could guess what Montoya wanted to do, he was a little shocked inside.
After all, the malicious collision of the driver on the track in the past was to push the opponent out of the track when there was a buffer zone or a relatively "safe" situation. This is something that many of the top drivers have done, and before the 21st century, there weren't even many voices blaming it.
For example, in the 80s, the dispute between Senna and Prost, these two people simply collided blatantly, and they admitted it directly after the race. As a result, not only was there no punishment, on the contrary, fans were extremely excited, agreeing with this behavior, and saying that they should be repaid like this.
Schumacher has also done such a thing many times, and was later punished by the FIA, and was accused by many fans of being "unscrupulous".
However, Schumacher did not do much damage to his opponents, and did so in low-speed corners, sending them into a buffer zone of gravel rather than destroying their cars.
But now Montoya's actions are simply "murderous"!
Turn 13 had no buffer and crashed into the concrete wall as soon as it got out of control, and now out of the corner, the car began to accelerate back into the long straight, already heading for 300 km/h.
If Zhang Yifei gets out of control at this time, the consequences are unimaginable, and Montoya's means of victory can be described as vicious!
To be honest, whether it is in memory or contact in this life, with Zhang Yifei's understanding, Montoya is not such a vicious villain. There have been many crazy overtakes in history, but he didn't hit his opponents, he couldn't control it, and he rushed off the track by himself.
It can only be said that this world, due to his arrival, has completely changed Montoya's mentality, so that he has begun to develop in an extreme direction.
Zhang Yifei knew the consequences of hitting the wall, so he didn't hesitate at all, and directly stepped on the accelerator, in a vain attempt to completely surpass Montoya. But at this time, it was already slow, after all, the period from Montoya's action to Zhang Yifei's reaction was enough to close the distance of less than two or three meters.
"Be careful!"
Many members of Prost's crew couldn't help but shout after seeing this scene, they didn't expect Montoya to make such a despicable move!
The two cars quickly approached, and the rear wing of the Prost car after speeding up also surpassed the front nose wing of the Williams car little by little. However, the speed at which the two cars approached still surpassed Zhang Yifei's car speed.
Montoya's front nose wing of the car inevitably touched Zhang Yifei's rear wing in the end, just like the common "American interception method", the Prost car that was hit in the rear began to tilt uncontrollably.
Originally only a few centimeters away from the concrete protective wall, after the car tilted, the protruding rear wing was scratched against the wall, and the high-speed wear of the carbon fiber pneumatic kit made a clear black mark on the concrete protective wall.
Feeling that the car was out of control, Zhang Yifei did not click the brakes to slow down, but instead turned on the engine speed limit and stepped on the accelerator to the end. I want to use this instantaneous increase in longitudinal power to counteract the lateral impact force.
Because in this case, once the brakes are pressed, it will cause a complete cross-cutting of the car, not to mention whether the car will be destroyed and killed, at least the journey of the United States Grand Prix will end at this moment.
Zhang Yifei didn't want to lose, let alone quit, he wouldn't sit on the trailer and get off the field, suffering from the ridicule and ridicule of nearly 200,000 spectators at the scene. If you want to conquer the proudest Indy circuit in the United States, then you must do it!
The most important point of power offset is that the tires can no longer slip at this moment, Zhang Yifei has made the best crisis management method in the fastest reaction time, and then it depends on the performance of the tires!
Don't slip, bite the ground!
Zhang Yifei prayed in his heart, this is his only chance!
Time may be just a blink of an eye, but for Zhang Yifei, it is as long as a century has passed.
From the initial side shift, to the fact that he could feel the rear wing rubbing against the concrete protective wall, to that familiar feeling of handling coming back again.
Zhang Yifei understood at this moment that he had won, and in the end the car still kept its balance!
"Awesome! What is the strongest king of India, not surpassed by our Chinese drivers! ”
"The Yankees have listened to Lao Tzu, and Zhang Yifei is coming to the Indianapolis Circuit, so he is destined to be conquered by him!"
"See, this is the strength of the strongest newcomer in F1, why do you think Montoya can win Zhang Yifei?"
"If you can't run, you're going to use despicable means? It turned out to be useless, the strength is not at a level! ”
"Death Bend 13? I'm sorry, look at Zhang Yifei's car number, he is the track death! ”
Excited shouts began to sound, and the Chinese spectators in the stands were crazy about Zhang Yifei's extreme overtaking.
Overtaking in this corner, Zhang Yifei completely showed his strength, even if Montoya used unsportsmanlike means, he could not prevent the opponent from surpassing. The so-called Indy's home stadium, that is simply a joke, Zhang Yifei became the first car and became the fastest driver on this track!
The carnival of Chinese audiences naturally caused dissatisfaction among many American Indy fans. The race is not over yet, and no one can say for sure which driver will be the winner.
"What's the matter, Montoya will eventually overtake and go back!"
"Since it's so powerful, wasn't it blocked by Montoya for more than 30 laps before, and the Chinese rookie thought he had won when he overtook a car?"
"What do you mean by despicable means? It's obvious that the Chinese guys have a problem with their own control and hit the cement protective wall! ”
"Don't rejoice too early, it's not the turn of a Chinese driver to run rampant at Indy!"
Even though the facts are already in front of them, these American fans are still unwilling to admit defeat, and even deny Montoya's malicious collision.
However, in the event commentary center, Blundell clearly saw Montoya hitting the tail of Zhang Yifei's car through the broadcast screen, and he was very indignant about this kind of behavior!
"Montoya's actions just now are too dangerous, even unsportsmanlike. If Fei doesn't stabilize the car, the consequences will be unimaginable, and this behavior cannot be allowed to happen on the Formula 1 track! ”
In the face of Blundel's accusation, the expression on Lewis's face was a little dissatisfied, but he also saw the picture just now clearly, and it was indeed Montoya's fault.
However, he still helped Montoya to defend: "The process just now is very dangerous, but it does not mean that Montoya is unsportsmanlike, outside of the high speed of Turn 13, after the corner, tangential to the outside of the road, is a normal car control." ”
"It can only be said that Fei's overtaking move was too aggressive, and there was not enough buffer space for Montoya, so there was a dangerous situation. I advise drivers to pay more attention to their safety during overtaking and not create a track crisis! ”
Hearing that Lewis could actually throw the pot on Zhang Yifei, Blundell simply laughed angrily, he had never seen such shamelessness.
If the two sides had swapped identities, Blundell didn't believe Lewis would have said what he had just said. It can only be said that the Americans really have a shameless face of double standards, and they have vividly interpreted it!