Cosell understood the doubts in Zhang Yifei's heart, reaffirmed Montoya's timing, and reminded him that his opponent had been replaced.

For Zhang Yifei, this news can be described as an unexpected joy. The first is to avoid the risk of being caught between the front and back, and the second is that on this track, Schumacher puts less pressure on himself than Montoya.

This is not to say that Schumacher's strength is not as good as Montoya, but many drivers have their own strengths, and Monto-Asia is familiar with the Indianapolis circuit, and there are no flaws in the line to take advantage of.

It's like Senna's rain battle is world-famous, and at its most exaggerated, he can beat the world's top drivers at the time, including Schumacher, by nearly 4 seconds in a single lap. Can it be said that Senna has the strength to lead Schumacher by 4 seconds on a lap? The answer, of course, is impossible, the lap speed is 4 seconds ahead, which is simply the rhythm of beating a child, and it is not on the same level at all.

It can only be said that the irregular rain battle at that time, the half-dry and half-wet track, just belonged to the point where he was best at it, and he could create the miracle of the greatest lap in F1 history.

The same is true of Montoya now, the Indianapolis circuit has magnified his strengths, so on this track, the strength and pressure shown are more powerful than Schumacher.

Overtaking like Turn 1, Zhang Yifei suspects that if he replaces Schumacher with Montoya, he may not be able to overtake him.

Montoya, who had come out of the pit pits, looked at the two cars that were already far ahead, and his expression was gloomy.

During the pit stop just now, the chief technician found that there was also a clear crack in the front nose wing of his car. In order to ensure the normal progress of the next race and the safety of the drivers, the team strategy team temporarily decided to replace the front nose wing.

I have to say that the Williams team is worthy of the title of the Big Three team, and the professionalism of the crew members has nothing to say. In the case of a last-minute decision to replace, it only took them more than 15 seconds to solve the problem, which is really amazing.

If it were the Prost team, the visual inspection time would have taken about 18 seconds to change the nose wing without preparation. This is where you can see the essence of a top-class team, they have been through too many accidents and have enough preparedness.

However, at this moment, Montoya does not have any mentality of giving up, he is still confident that he can catch up with Zhang Yifei and Schumacher in front of him and defend the glory of the home field!

On the other side, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher started a chase battle, and it was obvious that Schumacher's attack this time was more ferocious and aggressive. If it weren't for the world championship to get points, Zhang Yifei even had a feeling that when grabbing the line, the other party had the urge to hit himself on the track.

Also on Schumacher's side, he also felt the change in Zhang Yifei's defensive intensity, this Chinese newcomer, not as straightforward as before relying on speed and simple pressure to win, but the line is varied, creating a lot of turbulence that affects the aerodynamic balance of the rear car.

To be honest, these operations are the consciousness of F1 veterans, and Zhang Yifei was able to change his defensive strategy just by experiencing a simple stop, which really surprised Schumacher.

Thirty-two laps, thirty-three laps, thirty-seven laps!

The lap time began to grow, and the fierce battle between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher continued, and it was indeed Zhang Yifei's defense that was getting better and better, even if Schumacher's offensive was more intense, he still did not find a good opportunity to overtake.

Of course, there are indeed concerns about Schumacher, after all, the world championship is just around the corner, he may not be as conservative as Prost, but he can't be as desperate as Senna, and he still retains some strength after all.

"It's amazing, the king of Chinese newcomers, it's growing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye."

Toyota team manager Tomita Mian, looking at Zhang Yifei's defensive operation, said in a surprised tone.

It is obvious that during the fight, Zhang Yifei constantly changed lines to destroy his tail airflow, making Schumacher not so easy to speed up, and even disturbing the aerodynamic balance of the rear car.

This point was not seen in Zhang Yifei's defense before, and even in the first half of the race, Zhang Yifei relied more on tough blocking cars and too fast cornering speed to maintain the advantage of the rear car.

If it weren't for the young man's reaction fast enough, this kind of upright way of blocking the car, a little slower lane change would be unstoppable.

After hearing this, the team leader Ueto Hirakawa also nodded and said: "China's Yifeijun is indeed very strong, showing the strength of Asia's No. 1 driver, and it is a pity that we gave up his youth training contract at the beginning." ”

Toyota's racing division has really regretted it recently, and in order to acquire the Flying Arrow team, it gave up such a big potential stock as Zhang Yifei. It is even no exaggeration to say that even if there is no foundation of the Arrow team, as long as Zhang Yifei is around, an F1 upstream team can be built.

After all, Toyota is not a local tyrant to enter the game, there is no capital to start from scratch, Toyota is the champion team of Le Mans, and has the strength of the world's largest car factory, it can be said that strong drivers are what they lack the most.

The better Zhang Yifei performs, the more they feel lost!

"President Tomita, I have learned that Ichifei-kun's signing with Prost Racing Team seems to be just a base salary. If we pay the transfer fee and liquidated damages, will we be able to poach Yifeijun to the Toyota team? ”

Hearing Ueto Hirakawa's suggestion, Tomita was really a little moved, the basic salary means that the liquidated damages will not be very high, plus the transfer fee, which is also within the range that the Toyota team can afford.

The main thing is that the two drivers of the current Toyota team, Crick Bernoldi and Jos Verstappen, are too old to be used, and the old Verstappen may be ready to retire next year, and there will be a vacancy for a full-fledged driver.

"Toyota's board of directors should be fine, but how can you say that Zhang Yifei is moved?"

"The data analysts and agents around him are all employees of the Toyota Academy team, and now many friends are in contact with them, and I think I can let them persuade them."

"Yes, I'll leave this matter to you."

Before Tomita became team manager, he was the president of Toyota's racing division, and his rank was too far from Yamamoto Ukyo, so he didn't know these two former Toyota employees. Since Ueto Hirakawa has this relationship, it is indeed possible to give it a try.

After all, the current Zhang Yifei is no longer a matter of potential, but shows the strength of a first-class driver. As long as he is not a flash in the pan, with Zhang Yifei's current age, he is almost destined to become a top F1 driver, and even to impact the world championship!

This is a rare super newcomer for Toyota, and it is better to be able to dig into its own team.

The competition between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher on the track is still very fierce, and Zhang Yifei gradually feels difficult.

From the beginning, he was able to suppress Schumacher with turbulence, which had an obvious effect, but later, Schumacher obviously adapted to the change in Zhang Yifei's defensive rhythm.

Seriously speaking, Zhang Yifei is not a new trick, in Schumacher's career, I don't know how many similar situations have been encountered. It's still too tender to beat him in this way.

So his offensive became more and more ferocious, and the line grabbing began to become tougher. Zhang Yifei knew that the front transverse link of Schumacher's car was a reinforced component, and if he really had to crash lightly, he would inevitably suffer a loss.

It's just that many times before, relying on his newcomer status and the concept of being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, Schumacher had a lot of considerations and did not show that kind of toughness.

But now as his strength grows, Schumacher begins to feel pressured and threatened, and he will inevitably use tougher measures against him. So in some of the scrambles for the line, Zhang Yifei didn't dare to be as unscrupulous as before, feeling that he was sure of Schumacher.

In the passive situation, there were several times when Schumacher almost overtook successfully, and even once at Turn 1, Schumacher had already overtaken the whole car, and Zhang Yifei relied on the advantage of the chain of corners to take the line and overtake back.

"Isn't Schumacher the best driver? How can you not even surpass a Chinese Yankee! ”

"FUCK YOU, is it true that the championship of the United States Grand Prix should be won by a Chinese driver? I can't accept it! ”

"Hurry up Schumacher, don't grind!"

"Montoya, catch up with the first two, is your strength just like that?"

"Come on Montoya, the champion can only be yours!"

Faced with the situation that Zhang Yifei was leading on the track, many American fans began to get anxious, and they opened their throats and shouted.

Before, they just used Zhang Yifei as a rookie, but in fact, Schumacher is the real target of Indy fans. After all, only by beating the strongest F1 driver can IndyCar be justified.

As a result, I didn't expect Zhang Yifei to be a little unexpected, if he really won the championship in the United States, where would he put his face?

"Rezi, the Chinese newcomer is indeed a bit strong."

Blake, the Indian champion, sat in the audience and said to the double champion Rhezzie next to him with a solemn face.

As the Indy Champion of the Year, they are naturally not rookies, and they can understand those subtle and difficult controls.

If it was an accident that Zhang Yifei could run to third in the previous qualifying race, then now it is absolutely impossible to surpass Montoya and block Schumacher!

To be honest, these Indian champions really didn't take Zhang Yifei in their eyes at first, thinking that he was just an object of ridicule and humiliation. And now, this Chinese kid is far more powerful than he imagined, and this level is not at all a Chinese rookie in the report!

Instead of answering, Rheezie said to Helio beside him, "Do you think you are better than the Chinese newcomer?" ”

As this year's new champion, Helio, known as the strongest Indy driver, is the main force in this challenge to Formula 1.

His previous opponent was only one person, and that was Schumacher, and all the hype was to make Schumacher fight. And now it seems that the F1 super newcomer really lives up to his name.

"I'm the best formula driver, do you have any doubts?"

Helio replied to Rezzie indifferently, his eyes were full of battle intent and murderous aura, and he did not have the slightest modesty and respect for his predecessors.

He is sitting here today for the title of King of Formula Formula, whether it is Zhang Yifei or Schumacher, they are all in the list of opponents he wants to beat!