Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is.

This applies not only to the law of the jungle, but also to the F1 paddock.

Singapore Grand Prix Zhang Yifei can be described as full of confidence, strong racing performance, coupled with his rich racing experience, for this sub-station championship, Zhang Yifei can be said to be bound to win!

Even if Zhang Yifei stands in God's vision and rarely underestimates the really strong drivers on the track, but after continuous victories and his own confidence in this stop, he still inevitably has an arrogant mentality and feels that he is unmatched!

If it weren't for this simple racing feedback, it is estimated that Zhang Yifei would still be immersed in this mentality, thinking that he didn't know how to lose so much in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Now the ability shown by Brother Tou is like a blow to the head, which makes Zhang Yifei wake up. Never underestimate F1 drivers, especially those who have proven their strength in history, Alonso, who was a rookie last year, had this kind of performance, so what about Schumacher, who was already at the top?

"Alright, get ready to pit stops."

Cocel did not stop Alonso's risk-taking behavior, this is also his character, he is not afraid of your radical adventure, he is afraid of your instigation!

And for young and vigorous newcomers, stopping is never the best option, even if it is a little lesson, which may be a better experience for future careers.

Alonso pitted for adjustment, and Zhang Yifei also made a pit stop immediately afterward, but he did not choose to be as radical as Alonso as he had shown in the past, and even deliberately more radical to force the No. 2 driver to show his strength.

Zhang Yifei still followed his initial feedback to increase the air downforce of the front nose, shorten the time to slow down when stepping on the brakes, and reduce the risk of excessive temperature of the braking system.

Basically, at this time, the drivers of other teams also made pit stops one after another, and carried out preliminary car tuning according to their own understanding and feedback of the track.

After completing the tuning of the car, the lap time has improved significantly compared to before, and at this time it has entered the serious stage of training, and the drivers have begun to show their strength.

However, Zhang Yifei's lap time has not changed significantly, and he is still in a tepid state, which is stronger than the previous countdown, but it is still outside the tenth.

"What's the matter, is flying so slow?"

Jean Todd of the Ferrari pit pit, looking at Zhang Yifei's lap time that still hasn't changed much, has a doubt in his heart.

Because of the previous practice matches, Zhang Yifei was slow at most in the early stage, and after the pit adjustment, he began to rebound strongly. Not to mention being able to run the fastest lap, at least running in the top is fine, but this time the ranking is still unchanged, which is a bit unreasonable.

"Theoretically, it shouldn't be so slow, I don't know if it's a problem with the tuning, or if he's not in good shape."

Brown shook his head, he couldn't think of a reason.

"Now the practice is not over, there may be a reversal in the end, and the Chinese kid is very hidden."

Jean Todd didn't continue to speculate, Zhang Yifei's surprise victory has appeared more than once, not until the last moment, who knows what tricks he plays.

Some other people who pay attention to Zhang Yifei basically have the same idea as Jean Todd after all kinds of speculation. But with the passage of time, when the countdown to the first practice was over, Zhang Yifei's ranking was still outside the top ten.

Now not only the professionals are puzzled, but even the spectators on the track have begun to discuss.

"Is it over? Why is Zhang Yifei still ranked so behind? ”

"I don't know, the winter test is still the fastest car, and there is no time for this month, so it has dropped so much?"

"Could it be a car performance problem, a lot of cars that are tested fast in winter, but in fact the track performance is not good."

"You look at Alonso's highest ranking, he was in the top five at one point, and there is a problem with the performance of the car, how can a rookie like him run so fast?"

"What is the reason for that? As soon as he flies, he has to refuel! ”

No one knows the reason, why Zhang Yifei, who has always been brave and invincible in practice competitions, suddenly withered this time.

In particular, those Chinese supporters are even more worried, if there is no world-class driver, will it be short-lived and only last for one season?

At this time, Zhang Yifei's lack of background was exposed, even if he performed perfectly and strongly last season, once there was an abnormal performance of rapid decline in performance, many people began to worry and doubt.

If the speed of Zhang Yifei is not good, most people are still just confused, and when the second practice is finished a few hours later, the result that is still outside the top ten directly detonates the feeling of public opinion.

"Is there something wrong with flying?"

Sir Williams looked at Zhang Yifei's results, frowned and asked Simmonds, the technical director beside him.

As the first team boss on the track to perceive Zhang Yifei's potential, Sir Williams has mixed feelings for Zhang Yifei.

From the opponent's point of view, Sir Williams can be said to have tried his best to let his drivers kill Zhang Yifei. Especially in the US Grand Prix, Montoya knocked Zhang Yifei off the track, and Sir Williams couldn't wait for this Chinese guy to get out of F1!

But aside from this identity, Sir Williams admires Zhang Yifei very much, potential, technology, and even diligence, which can be said to be lacking. In addition to being a little aggressive and reckless on the track, he can be called a perfect rookie model.

According to Sir Williams's judgment, Zhang Yihui's lap time is more than that, what went wrong.

"It's not in good shape, or it's not good for the track, it's like he's running a street race for the first time."

Simmonds came up with these possibilities.

"It's not the first time that he won the F3 championship at the Guia Circuit."

"It's F3 after all, it's very different from F1."

"I don't think that's the reason."

Sir Williams shook his head, although the gap was very large, but at the original Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei crushed Takuma Sato to win the street race.

Even if Zhang Yifei's street competition is not a specialty, it is absolutely impossible to become his shortcoming!

"Then this track doesn't seem to be anything special, maybe it's just the form factor."

Simmonds replied casually that it is not a big deal that he does not run well in the practice race, and it is the main race that really determines the results.

What's so special?

Sir Williams thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Night Battle! Isn't the most special thing about this track being the night battles? Could it be that the shortcoming of flying is that it is not suitable for night races? ”

"It's possible that we all discussed the layout of the track, and subconsciously ignored the biggest feature of the Singapore Grand Prix, which is the night battle!"

"Then it can be explained now, Fei is not good at night fighting."

Simmonds also agreed, and the members of the strategy team were all standing in the pit, and it was almost black during the day under the light.

On the contrary, the driver is the one who experiences the night racing firsthand, and no matter how bright the lighting system is, it cannot compare to the real daytime, let alone the light changes in the "tunnel".

"I thought Fei had no shortcomings, but now one has finally been exposed!"

Sir Williams was even vaguely excited to receive what he thought was the correct answer.

Because Zhang Yifei has not exposed any shortcomings on the track to his current position, even if it is a headache for many drivers, Zhang Yifei has performed amazingly on the Sepang track, which can be called "Senna possession"!

Many people know that Zhang Yifei has not received systematic formula car training, which means that he has run fewer types of tracks. In this case, it is an incredible thing to have no track shortcomings, and now it seems that the new night battle mode may be Zhang Yifei's shortcomings!

Not only did Sir Williams guess that it had something to do with the night battle, but soon others, after various speculations, also blamed Zhang Yifei's current declining performance on not adapting to the night battle.

However, this is still speculation, and to really determine the factors, we need to look at the performance of the third practice match.

Because of the three practice sessions, the first one focuses on the tuning of the car to better adapt the car to the track. The second session is a tire wear test, based on the results of which the final pit stop plan is decided.

If the tires are really worn, then you may have to give up the previous stop-and-go tactics, perhaps by changing the tire formula, such as medium or hard tires.

The third practice session was to simulate the actual combat situation to test the results of the car's tuning. So the fastest lap is usually in the third practice session, which is a simulated battle.

As a result, many people were surprised that Zhang Yifei was still in a state of backwardness in the ranking after three lap times. It is a little stronger than the previous top ten, just in the tenth place.

But his "old rival", Renault's Helio, was extremely strong, second fastest lap on the track behind Schumacher, and even beat the top driver Barrichello!

The collapse of the three practice matches almost made many people think that they could sit down, and this Chinese kid finally exposed his shortcomings, that is, he can't fight at night!

Not to mention the Malay audience and Helio fans, even the other viewers who had sour Zhang Yifei before before have joined the group ridicule team for him. Even the Singaporean fans at home did not take into account the slightest "kind-race" friendship and ridiculed unscrupulously.

"Does Zhang Yifei have night blindness? Could it be that the mainland is still in a state of famine, and they have run F1 and have nothing to eat? ”

"Haha, night blindness is a little better, if it's color blindness, can Zhang Yifei distinguish the departure lights?"

"That group of Chinese hillbillies also said that Fei can run the fastest lap, and now I still think about how not to be at the bottom!"

"It's also a Chinese car god, I want to laugh out loud when I listen to it, and it's really the level of Chinese production."

The ridicule in the stands came and went, many people were suppressed by Zhang Yifei for too long last season, and now Zhang Yifei's practice lap time was not good, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and began to launch a counterattack.

Not to mention these ordinary audiences, even many F1 crew members have a schadenfreude mentality, waiting to see Zhang Yifei's jokes.

At this moment, the Prost pit station, like the center of the storm whirlpool, seems extremely calm.

Zhang Yifei and the members of the team's strategy team were standing in front of the computer, analyzing something against an icon, without being affected by external factors at all.

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