Zhang Yifei in front of him encountered Barrichello blocking the car, and there was a very uncomfortable feeling, originally the second Ferrari driver could be regarded as the top defensive master. Now, because of the rainy night, many edge sections of the track are not daring to walk, and the range of line routing is limited.

It can be said that Zhang Yifei can overtake not many routes, and there is still a chance to meet ordinary drivers, and it is difficult to give him this flaw in the face of Barrichello, who is fully defending.

And more seriously, there is more than just a duel between Zhang Yifei and Barrichello on the track. Just when they were fighting with each other, the rear car Montoya also followed, forming a kind of flanking attack on Zhang Yifei.

In the face of this kind of pinching attack, Zhang Yifei was not very panicked at the beginning, after all, he was not good at overtaking, and the same was true for Montoya. And last season, I Zhang Yifei could block you Montoya, and this season don't want to easily surpass me in front of me!

However, soon Zhang Yifei found that the situation was a little wrong, and seeing Montoya catching up, the front car Barrichello was not just blocking it, but deliberately blocking Zhang Yifei's normal line, creating opportunities for Montoya's overtaking, in a sense, forming a real alliance between Ferrari and Williams!

"We can see that the front riders are now in a subtle state, as if Barrichello and Montoya have formed a tacit agreement to cooperate to take out Prost's fly."

"It's reminiscent of the fact that Scuderia Ferrari chose to let Barrichello block the car instead of attacking the lead car Helio with Schumacher. Could it be that in the eyes of the Ferrari strategy team, Fei has become their biggest rival? ”

As a veteran commentator on the track, Blundell quickly spotted the signs of Barrichello's "cooperation" with Montoya.

And there was a vague surprise in his heart, everyone knows that the Chinese driver Fei has been in the limelight recently, and many people predict that he will become a world championship competitor.

But as a newcomer who only entered the Formula 1 paddock last year, and who didn't have a high overall standings, it was a surprise that he was being taken so seriously by Scuderia Ferrari.

You must know that the people who can make Scuderia Ferrari defend so much in the past are the number two man on the track after Schumacher, or a world champion-level opponent, but has the driver really come to this point?

'I don't think Barrichello is working with Montoya against the Chinese drivers, it's more like blocking the threat of Schumacher from the drivers behind him, which is a common scenario for the Scuderia Ferrari.

"Blundell, you're really looking too highly at Zhang Yifei."

Leo expressed his objections with an expressionless face, the British commentary is really old and nonsense, Barrichello is obviously pressing the car all, insisting that it is because of Zhang Yifei.

Since the practice session in Singapore, the Briton has favored Zhang Yifei, and now he is even more bragging that even the Ferrari team is afraid of him, is this such an exaggeration to explain after receiving money?

"Leo, I think you should look at Fei with an objective mentality, he is indeed a miracle driver."

"Blundel, I don't think you're being objective right now."

In the face of the Singapore commentary's rhetoric, Blundell could only shake his head helplessly and laugh, this kind of thing can't be argued with, and Barrichello can't admit that he will "cooperate" with Montoya.

I'm such a big face that I can make two of the big three join forces to deal with it!

After Zhang Yifei felt some abnormalities in Barrichello's operation, a sneer appeared on his face.

To be honest, he was a little shocked in his heart at the moment, he didn't expect Barrichello to do such a thing. How to say that as the nominal No. 2 person in the F1 paddock, the car number is No. 2, and if you want to block the car, you will block all of them, and you will honestly follow me and eat exhaust.

In this way, he obviously has a deep fear of himself, and would rather let Montoya go over and become a member of the blocking camp than give himself any chance to overtake.

However, Zhang Yifei did not admit the slightest cowardice in the face of this situation, and he also frantically changed lines on the track, pressing Montoya behind his car. Since I can't get past it in a short time, don't even think about picking up the leak and going to the front row!

On lap five, the three of them were locked in a stalemate on the track, while Prost's Alonso caught up and attacked Montoya without hesitation.

"Ralph, get Alonso involved, don't let him interfere with Montoya!"

Inside the Williams team's pits, an emergency convoy command reached Ralph Schumacher's ears.

The strategy team has clearly seen that Barrichello has a tendency to release water on Montoya, and wants the two of them to work together to kill Zhang Yifei first. Now Alonso is keeping up, which will affect Montoya's attack.

Even if Sir Williams was unhappy with Montoya's disobedience before, at this time, for the sake of the team, he must ensure that he can overtake successfully.

Hearing this kind of instruction from the team, Ralph Schumacher felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, in the past, it was Montoya who shared the pressure like this, and now the team really has the idea of making the Colombian the No. 1 driver?

However, Ralph Schumacher's personality is not as irritable and direct as Montoya, and even if he is uncomfortable in his heart, he still intends to carry out the team's orders. After all, judging from the current situation, it is true that Montoya is in the lead, whether it is for himself or for the team, he cannot watch Montoya be caught between the two Prost drivers.

Montoya is in a critical period of overtaking at the moment, and he has crossed the rear wheel of Zhang Yifei several times, but he has been snatched back by the Chinese kid to overtake the key line.

The more critical moments of success and failure this are, the more Montoya's unparalleled desire to overtake is aroused, because success may be next time!

But just as he was about to change the line to attack again, he suddenly found that Alonso's speed was faster than he predicted, and the offensive was extremely ferocious, directly blocking his own line change direction, so that Montoya had no way to launch a continuous attack on Zhang Yifei.

This sudden block simply made Montoya furious, but he forcibly suppressed his anger, obviously now is not the time to entangle with Alonso, overtaking Zhang Yifei is the key.

But what happened next made Montoya angry and went straight to his heart, that is, Alonso, a rookie, completely ignored Ralph Schumacher's attack, and even risked being overtaken, like a mad dog, only thinking about attacking himself.

Almost all of Montoya's lane changes were destroyed by Alonso, and there was no way to reach a tacit alliance with Barrichello like before.

Is this the strategy of the Prost team?

Montoya had this idea in his mind, it seemed that there was no connection between Zhang Yifei and Alonso before, but now that the driver Fei was in a crisis situation, Alonso rushed over desperately to "save the car", and even didn't care that he might be overtaken, this is too fucking responsible to be a wingman, right?

Several consecutive line walks were blocked, coupled with the "team" of the Prost team, made Montoya understand that if he did not solve the Spanish boy behind, it would be difficult for him to overtake Zhang Yifei smoothly.

So at this time, Montoya plans to join forces with Ralph Schumacher to fight side by side, kill Alonso first, and then consider solving Zhang Yifei's problem.

Do you like to be a wingman "rescue"? Lao Tzu can't surpass the Chinese boy, and he can't cure you, the Spanish boy?

"Ralph, I'm blocking Alonso, you're ready to overtake!"

After saying this, Montoya directly gave up the attack on Zhang Yifei and began to change the line and slow down in front of Alonso's car to create opportunities for Ralph Schumacher further behind.

As Montoya shifted his attention, Zhang Yifei's pinching pressure was also reduced a lot.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei still doesn't understand why Montoya gave up the opportunity to overtake, but dealt with Alonso. But for Zhang Yifei, the process is not important, it is only the result that matters, and it is clear that Alonso has played the role he expects, that is, to show enough threat to share his firepower.

It's just that what Zhang Yifei doesn't know is that Montoya regards Alonso as his most loyal "wingman", and if he knew that this was the reason, he would probably cry and laugh.

Barrichello, now that I have no worries, it's time to deal with you!

Zhang Yifei took his eyes off the rearview mirror and completely focused on the fiery Ferrari No. 2 car in front of him. No matter how strong Barrichello's defense was and how qualified a "greenleaf" driver was, he was never able to be the star of the track.

Supporting roles, you should position yourself!

Turn 7 on the sixth lap of the race was not a single corner, it was a combination turn to be exact. Together with Turns 8 and 9, it forms three consecutive 90° corners, much like Turns 1, 2 and 3 after the start.

However, the difficulty of this combination corner, the first turn of the race track is much more difficult, first of all, when entering the seventh corner, reduce the speed of the car to 110km/h in third gear, and then accelerate with one foot of throttle out of the corner. When entering Turn 8, I immediately had to drop to around 94km/h in 2nd gear, then accelerate again, and then reduce to 126km/h in 3rd gear, and pass the last Turn 9.

Any acceleration and deceleration in this section must be extremely accurate, because once you slow down, you risk being overtaken by the car behind. Once the speed is too fast, you can't get over a 90-degree right-angle bend at all, not as simple as rushing off the track, but directly hitting the track wall.

Compared to Turn 1, there is also a buffer zone to give the rider psychological security. This No. 7 combination turn has made many drivers have to be cautious, and it has also become an overtaking point with both risks and opportunities!

"He's ready to overtake Barrichello at Turn 7."

In the team pit station, Cowel said lightly at this time, he had expected Zhang Yifei's move and would choose to overtake Barrichello at this corner.

"Turn 7, that's very risky, there's no way to guarantee the grip of overtaking."

Prost frowned, although he has been retired for nearly a decade, the smell of a former top driver is here. Even if it's a brand new Singapore circuit, he can roughly estimate the risk of overtaking at this corner.

Zhang Yifei chose this corner to overtake, which can be regarded as a dangerous move.

Hearing Prost's words, Cosell did not continue to speak, but silently stared at the broadcast screen. Instead, Henry said: "Fei has to overtake, otherwise Alonso can't support the attack of the two Williams drivers." ”

Henry also saw the situation on the track clearly, and no one expected that the Ferrari team would aim its guns at Zhang Yifei. And it is even more unimaginable that Barrichello and Montoya will reach a tacit understanding on the track, and the two will join forces to attack Zhang Yifei.

It can be said that Zhang Yifei's track situation this year is several times more dangerous than last year, after all, he was just a Chinese kid who was despised last year, and most drivers did not take him seriously, but gave Zhang Yifei a lot of opportunities.

This year was completely different, with the fastest car in the winter test, pole position in the opener, pre-race interviews announcing that they were going to win the opener, and so on. These things have accumulated little by little, and the limelight is so strong that many drivers regard him as the biggest threat in their hearts.

Alonso's previous ferocious offensive gave Zhang Yifei time to breathe, but judging from the current situation, Alonso can't reach the strength that Zhang Yifei was able to withstand the previous Barrichello and Montoya's joint attack, which can be described as dangerous, and it is a matter of time before he is overtaken.

Of course, this can't be entirely blamed on Alonso's lack of strength, after all, no matter how Barrichello and Montoya join forces, it's not like a team always has to hide it, otherwise the No. 2 person on the track will have to join forces with the Indy champion to block the Chinese boy, and he will be laughed at.

And now that Montoya and Ralph are both Williams drivers, they can naturally have no scruples, and Alonso is facing more pressure.

Once Alonso can't hold on, what Zhang Yifei will face at that time is not the joint attack of the two drivers, but the pincer attack of the three drivers.

So now Zhang Yifei has no choice, he can't overtake Turn 7, and the situation behind him will be dangerous!

Turning into the bend on track No. 7, Zhang Yifei delayed his braking point, and then used the wake effect to bite the rear of Barrichello's car directly. The two men entered Turn 7 at the same time at an extremely close distance, one after the other.

Want to be superego? It's not that simple!

In the face of Zhang Yifei's offensive, Barrichello's face was very calm, he knew the character of the Chinese kid too well, and he understood that he would inevitably choose to overtake here, so he had already prepared for defense.

The two of them tangent the line perfectly, and then accelerated out of the corner, but at this time Zhang Yifei's tail speed was faster than Barrichello, he changed lanes with the steering wheel, directly seized the position on the left, and caught up from behind to be side by side with Barrichello.

Looking at the Prost car that appeared on the left, Barrichello did not feel any nervousness, he still held his middle line and did not give Zhang Yifei any room to move.

Because with the arrival of the No. 8 right-angle turn, Zhang Yifei's position can't turn at all, because even if you just hit the steering wheel on the spot to corner, you are walking in an arc, how can you make a right-angle turn in an instant?

So when Zhang Yifei wants to corner, he will inevitably slow down and follow his driver, and there is not enough radius on the left side for Zhang Yifei to cross the corner.

At this time, Zhang Yifei was indeed in a very stiff position, and he relied on a faster tail speed to catch up with Barrichello and reach a position side by side.

But the problem is that Zhang Yifei has Barrichello's car on the right, and the track protective wall on the left, just enough to accommodate the width of his own car in the middle.

Moreover, from the No. 7 bend to the No. 8 bend, the distance in the middle is not a long straight, and Zhang Yifei can't overtake the opponent if he wants to speed up. Because it was about to be the next corner, Barrichello had already pushed the speed of entering the corner to the limit, and he still wanted to overtake and inevitably lose control in the corner!

There was no choice, Zhang Yifei could only slow down at the moment of the 8th turn at this time, and followed Barrichello to make the corner.

When the No. 8 turn came out, the same plot played out again, Zhang Yifei relied on the advantage of tail speed, and came to the position side by side with Barrichello, it was obvious that he still didn't want to give up, after all, this is one of the best overtaking spots on the entire track!

Want to come again?

Barrichello looked at the Prost car next to him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he had already counted Zhang Yifei's operation and reaction to death, and it could be said that the current situation was under his control.

He understood the Chinese boy's eagerness and reluctance, and wanted to bet on his mistake or carelessness in the No. 7 combination turn to give him a chance to overtake.

But I'm sorry, the same underdog I Barrichello won't do twice, the driver flies, you're really strong as a newcomer, but it's nowhere near the point of hitting the opener.

At least in front of Scuderia Ferrari, no one will be given a chance to win the championship!

The same plot did play out, but when they were side by side, there was an unexpected fork.

This time, Zhang Yifei did not maintain the same speed, trying to squeeze a line out of Barrichello's hands. Because he already understands that Barrichello is ready, this opportunity to give way, no matter what, will not be given to himself.

Since the other party doesn't give it, then you can only grab it!

I saw that Zhang Yifei did not control the speed, but accelerated wildly with a foot of oil on the floor, and soon came to 180km/h in 4th gear, and the speed was still rising.

Relying on this crazy speed, Zhang Yifei completed the overtaking of Barrichello, but at this time he had already passed the brake point and entered the corner, and Zhang Yifei did not have time to change lanes to seize the middle line, he was like a cannonball, directly "crashed" into the corner.

What is the Chinese kid doing, suicide?

Watching Zhang Yifei surpass himself, Barrichello's heart was not frustrated, but incomparably experienced. The cornering speed at Turn 9 is at the limit of 126 km/h in 3rd gear.

Now Zhang Yifei's speed is estimated by Barrichello's experience, and it is definitely close to 200km/h. This kind of speed cornering has nothing to do with technology, it is beyond the physical cornering limit, and it is impossible to successfully corner.

And more importantly, Zhang Yifei is close to the inside of the corner, and it will be a right-angle bend immediately, he doesn't have any line at all, is he going to rely on this speed to turn hard?