384 Ring Future Champion
Looking at the blue car beside him, the expression on Frentzen's face was a little hideous, and he gritted his teeth and stepped down with his right foot.
The throttle response of the F1 car is very fast, and the surging power is transmitted to the wheels, and the blue car next to it, which is about to overtake, is once again lagging behind.
But at this point, Frenzen was already in the corner, and he had to adjust the steering wheel and control the direction of the car's exit from the corner, otherwise he would rush off the track. It's just that at this time, when he turned the steering wheel in his hand, he was horrified to find that it had no effect.
The forced lifting speed of the corner overtook Zhang Yifei, which has exceeded the limit of tire grip, and the influence of crosswind, the Frenzen car is no longer a problem of understeer, but a complete steering failure.
No matter how hard he slammed the steering wheel, the car was completely out of Frenzen's control, and he rushed to the stacked tire wall next to the overtaking corner. With no choice but to slam on the brakes, the locked tyre emitted a puff of black smoke on the track, which then sliced through the turf of the buffer zone and crashed into the wall of the protective tyre in the corner.
This time, Frenzen was not as lucky as the first time he collided with Barrichello, and the entire front of the car was almost completely destroyed, and he had to announce his retirement.
“MY GOD! Was Frenzen killed by the Chinese newcomer? ”
"It's so fast, I can't imagine him in a corner, how can he be so much faster than Frenzen?"
"It has something to do with the tires and the fixed wing, Frenzen is obviously out of control due to the lack of tire grip."
"No matter what, Zhang Yifei has come back again, who else will question his strength now!"
The seventh pick, only one step away from the top six rankings when Zhang Yifei started.
Now there are six drivers in front of Zhang Yifei, namely Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Heidefeld, Kimi Raikkonen, and Giancarlo Fisichella.
In addition to the regular members of the top three, and Kimi Raikkonen, who can be said to have been fighting with Zhang Yifei for a whole game, there are also two more riders, Heidfeld and Fisichella.
Fisichella is an Italian who previously belonged to the Benetton team, but with Benetton being bought by Renault, Fisichella is now a Renault driver.
In terms of strength, Fisichella is a typical blue-collar driver, who has not had much performance in his career, but he is not very bad. Give him a chance, and most of the time he can seize it, just like Zhang Yifei fell behind because of a crash, and Fisichella managed to catch up.
What really surprised Zhang Yifei was that Heidenfeld actually took the opportunity to catch up and surpass Kimi Raikkonen.
You must know that in Alessi's heart, Heidfield, a newcomer, is simply a shocking pen. Last season, it was because of the presence of Heidfield that the team's results collapsed like this, and it also detonated the atmosphere in the team.
Zhang Yifei knows history, so he understands that Heidfield is not so good, on the contrary, his performance in the rookie season even surpassed Kimi Raikkonen at one point. It's just that after a long period of cultivation last season, the "funny" performance of Heidefield and Alessi made Zhang Yifei's evaluation of Heindfeld subconsciously lower a lot.
So it was quite surprising to learn that he could surpass Kimi Raikkonen and come to the fourth ranking.
Zhang Yifei's goal in the opening game is to win the Gemini War with Kimi Raikkonen. Therefore, the front car Fisichella is the opponent who must be surpassed, and now that the race has been more than halfway through, Zhang Yifei is not to mention the podium, at least to stabilize the ranking in the points area.
Just when Zhang Yifei accelerated at full throttle and caught up with Fisichella about to overtake, he unexpectedly found that there was another car in front of him, and it was not the McLaren car driven by Kimi.
What the hell is going on, isn't there only six cars in front of you, why is there one more?
"Cosell, who is the extra car in front of me besides Fisichella, has the Coulthard fallen?"
'No, Coulthard has overtaken Ferrari's Barrichello and is currently second.'
Cosell's voice came through the headphones, and they had more detailed standings in their hands, so they could see the track better than the drivers.
"Now the driver in front of you, in addition to Renault's Fisicella, is also Renault's Jenson Button. He seems to have an electronic glitch and is about to be caught in your trap. ”
Jenson Barton?
When he heard this name, Zhang Yifei was shocked in his heart, because the more young drivers on the track now, the more familiar Zhang Yifei became.
For example, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, and now Jenson Barton!
Patton was born in a formula racing powerhouse like the United Kingdom, and it can be said that he received a standard karting education from an early age, which can be regarded as very "orthodox".
But these are not the point, what really established Barton's status and popularity was his 2009 F1 World Championship!
If Zhang Yifei wants to say his impression of Barton, there are only three words to describe it, that is, "stable as a dog"!
Barton has had a terrible career throughout his rookie years, and can face any complex weather and scuffle. Lap speed is relatively weak among the world champions, so there is no track lap record and pole position, but in the long-distance race, he is not lost to any opponent, even the superstar Hamilton in the future.
And Jenson Button is also a master of tire protection, some people watch his race video and use the computer to analyze it, his line is almost a standard racing diagram of a track, the requirements for accuracy are terrible, it is no problem to call it textbook level.
It's fair to say that Barton is the kind of ceiling that may not reach the superstar level, let alone Senna, Schumacher, Hamilton. However, his lower limit is beyond the passing line of superstar drivers, and any car in his hands can play at least 95% of the absolute performance.
Barton may not be the first choice for the top teams, but it is definitely the second option that can be found.
It is also worth mentioning that Barton was very strong in the rain and was considered the strongest driver of his generation, if not one of them. In a sense, the title of Senna in the rain, Barton also deserves it.
Zhang Yifei didn't expect that such a stable driver in his impression would be lapped by himself in the race, which is unimaginable in a few years.
Of course, Cosell said that it might have something to do with the electronic system of Barton's car, and after looking at it for a few seconds, Zhang Yifei found that Barton's speed was very problematic and very sluggish.
Fisichella easily overtook Barton, and then Zhang Yifei also completed the ring for Barton. I really didn't expect that my first lap on the track was actually a lap for the future F1 world champion - Jenson Button!
Barton's appearance is just an episode on the track, after all, in the rookie stage, Barton did not run any fastest laps, the overall performance is limited by the performance of the car, and the ranking is not good-looking, it is not too much to say that it is a small role.
Therefore, he was lapped, and did not cause any waves on the track, just like the previous withdrawal of Marquis and Bernoldi.
But soon, a wonderful scene on the track came, Zhang Yifei at the 9th turn of the track, it can be said that he easily completed Fisichella's overtaking. Historically, Fisichella drove a Renault car and was given three laps by Schumacher.
Because of the appearance of Zhang Yifei, which led to changes in the history of this world, Fisichella not only did not get trapped, but on the contrary, he also rushed into the top ten, which is already a very good result.
Coming to the sixth place again, looking at the latest ranking that appeared on the screen, many people in the pit let out a roar!
"Beautiful!"
"good job (well done)!"
"After this game, the flying will shine!"
"Yifeijun is really not behind the European and American drivers, as long as he can get points, he is no longer the strongest driver in China, but has firmly worn the title of the strongest driver in Asia!"
All kinds of excited voices sounded, the top six represents entering the points area, and now it has run nearly 40 laps, as long as Zhang Yifei can stabilize the ranking, even if he does not surpass Kimi Raikkonen, it can still be regarded as a historic breakthrough in the Asian Formula.
No Asian driver has ever finished in the top six on his debut and even picked up points. And more importantly, Zhang Yifei can be described as ups and downs, and the process is not smooth sailing.
It may not be possible to see anything if it has been smooth sailing, but after experiencing the trough, it can also turn the tables against the trend, which is the embodiment of real strength.
Especially for newcomers, the pressure brought by backwardness is likely to crush the mentality, but Zhang Yifei has used his stable performance to show his incomparably strong psychological quality, which is worthy of being a talented driver in China!
The cheers in the pit did not affect Zhang Yifei, because the current sixth place is not Zhang Yifei's highest expectation.
After all, it was the sixth pick to start at the beginning of the competition, and Zhang Yifei can only say that he will not advance or retreat now.
Of course, even if it doesn't advance or retreat, it is an excellent result for an F1 newcomer. Whether it is Senna or Schumacher, or even Barton and Alonso, who are hot in the future, their debut achievements are not very good.
The top ten is the standard for qualified super newcomers, and if they can enter the points area, they will undoubtedly reach the range of talented drivers, and Zhang Yifei will inevitably sit on the twin star title with Kimi.
Speaking of Alonso, Zhang Yifei was really on the track and saw the Minardi car driven by Alonso.
I have to say that in this era, Minardi is really a brother in the middle of a brother, and there was a Prost team that was going to go out of business before as a difficult brother, and now the Prost team is beginning to rise, and another difficult brother and brother Arrow team was acquired by Toyota, leaving Minardi alone with a crane tail.
Zhang Yifei certainly doesn't care about the Minardi team, after all, this is a team that is destined to be acquired.
What really made Zhang Yifei sigh was that he had lapped the 2009 world champion Jenson Barton before, and now it seems that he is about to lap the defending world champion in 2005 and 2006, "head brother" Fernando Alonso!