"Brother Fei, there are so many people who support us this time, and there are many people with national flags."

Standing in the pit and seeing the scene in the audience, Ah Hu was a little excited in his heart, because today he actually had the illusion of a home field.

"Anyway, I'm also the first F1 driver in China, and I still have to have this card."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, after all, it is a great honor to meet so many supporters in a foreign country.

"Is the pre-race overhaul complete?"

Korcel asked Ah Hu, he didn't care that the audience was a supporter, and he was purely serving the event.

"It's been overhauled, no problem."

Ah Hu replied seriously, he knew that Korsell was very strict and had to give a definite answer.

In fact, the pre-race maintenance is relatively simple and easy, nothing more than to test the hydraulic system, and then cooperate with the organizer to extract oil for storage and inspection, nothing complicated.

"Hmm."

Korsell nodded, looked at Zhang Yifei's side, and then continued: "Get ready, the game is about to start." ”

Within a few minutes of Cosell's words, the pits received an order from the track command center, and all the drivers went to the track to assemble, and the qualifying session was about to begin.

For these steps, Zhang Yifei is now familiar with the road, and he is full of confidence in this stop, so he has no nervousness.

Sitting in the racing car, Ah Hu used an external power supply to plug in the starter motor from the rear of the car and ignited the track engine.

"Come on, Yifei-kun."

"Fly, win the championship."

Junko Takeda and He Ziling, who stayed in the maintenance station, gave Zhang Yifei a blessing and encouragement.

"No problem."

Zhang Yifei waved his thumb, then put the gear loose and drove the Renault car to the race preparation area.

The other drivers in the P room are basically doing the same thing, but Zhang Yifei is missing an old opponent at this stop.

That is, once recognized as Renault's top seed in the European Cup, Massa chose to retire from the tournament to undergo surgery because of his shoulder, and Massa will not be seen on Silverstone.

History has been changed in this way, and Massa, who should have won the Renault Euro 2000 championship, may not even be in the top three this time, and I don't know if he will be able to see him in the F1 paddock in the future.

Entering the maintenance channel, Zhang Yifei still did not choose the front position, but because of the location of the P room, when he parked in the starting area, he was still quite forward.

"Is that our Chinese driver Zhang Yifei? He's going to be in F1 soon. ”

"That's right, he is Zhang Yifei, the strongest driver in this Renault European Cup, and today we can see him take pole position again."

"So sure? Even if you have the strength to enter F1, winning pole position may not necessarily win the game, right? ”

"If you can't win steadily, it can only show one problem, that is, the strength is not enough, and Zhang Yifei is strong enough!"

Zhang Yifei's fanatical supporters on the field had some discussions with those viewers who only knew Zhang Yifei after seeing the news.

There are many supporters of Zhang Yifei today, but most of them are some "follower" fans, they don't pay attention to any racing, and they don't understand the strength of the drivers here.

Just because Zhang Yifei became the first Chinese driver to enter F1, they came to support because of their Chinese identity. So the riders on the road were replaced by Huang Yifei, Li Yifei or something, and the result was the same.

As a result, the remarks on the scene shocked these new supporters, who did not expect that there was such a strong Chinese driver on the European circuit.

And soon some foreigners refreshed their inner audience again, because the audience once again sounded with fanatical English support voices.

"Fly, take out your opponent and show the momentum of King Renault!"

"Take pole position and make all your opponents despair!"

"Renault's strongest driver fly, F1 is your stage."

The arrogant roars come and go, and what kind of drivers there are, what kind of fans there are.

It would be a joke for such an "arrogant" Chinese kid to still ask his supporters to be low-key and forbearing.

And unlike the "shame culture" culture in the East, the West is a "sin culture". They won't feel embarrassed because of this kind of clamour, Zhang Yifei is strong, and if he can win the championship, he is qualified to be arrogant!

In the face of the cheers from the audience, Zhang Yifei also raised his fist to signal, this feeling of having fans is really good.

Although Zhang Yifei didn't care about all kinds of cold eyes and ridicule before, he was not a masochist, and the cheers and support voices were naturally more pleasant to the ear in comparison.

During the preparation time on the track, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi nervously paid attention to various sensor pressures, such as tire pressure, turbo pressure, water pressure, etc.

After all, this is the first time they have worked as technicians independently, and without the help of Toyota's technical team, everything will be taken care of by them.

And they also know that this race determines whether Zhang Yifei can win the championship in advance, which is crucial to his future F1 itinerary, so there is no room for the slightest mistake.

There are a lot of reporters on the track today, because Zhang Yifei copied Kimi's miracle, and even surpassed Kimi, and many media wanted to interview the new F1 driver to get first-hand information.

So as soon as the drivers drove the car onto the track and stopped, the media reporters standing on both sides flocked to it, and Zhang Yifei was naturally the absolute protagonist.

"Mr. Zhang Yifei, after officially becoming an F1 driver, has there been any change in your mentality?"

"Fly, as an F1 driver, do you think you can win Silverstone?"

"Do you feel pressured to go to F1 and face the best drivers in the world?"

"Kimi has heard what you are going to challenge, and he says no to you! What do you want to say about this? ”

With so many media interviews, Zhang Yifei didn't know which one to answer, but the last sentence attracted his attention.

At the previous press conference of Prost, many reporters compared Zhang Yifei with Kimi Raikkonen. At that time, Zhang Yifei was blunt and expressed his ambition to surpass Kimi.

Of course, this kind of remark brought him a lot of criticism, and even Prost disagreed with Zhang Yifei's statement, believing that he was not strong enough to challenge Kimi. If it does not live up to the remarks made at the press conference, it will become a point of ridicule for Zhang Yifei, and it will also call into question the vision of the Prost team to select drivers.

This kind of public statement will naturally be passed on to Kimi's ears by the media, you must know that although he is a newcomer who has only officially stepped into F1 this year, his popularity is no longer inferior to many veterans.

What's more, this is a duel between two drivers who have also created miracles, and many people are curious in their hearts about who will be the strongest "triple jump" newcomer.

In the face of the media's relay, Kimi just answered a simple "NO"!

Kimi is known as the "Iceman" in all his lives, except that he is from Finland, the land of ice and snow. There is also his character, in front of the camera lens and voice recorder, he is famous for "cherishing words like gold", giving people a cold feeling, so he is called the Iceman.

But his "NO", in addition to his personality, obviously didn't take Zhang Yifei's challenge seriously.

"Are you saying Kimmy's answer to me is NO?"

"That's right, that's all he replied to."

The reporter who said this sentence was a little excited, he had already seen the sight of hot news.

As a result, what disappointed him a little was that Zhang Yifei did not say anything arrogant and provocative angrily, but said to the reporter with a smile: "If you see Kimi again, you can tell him, and I will let him see the YES side." ”

"Is that all?"

"Yes."

Zhang Yifei nodded.

"Didn't you say you must be better than Kimi?"

"It's not a conflict."

"You ......"

Just when the reporter wanted to induce Zhang Yifei to say two astonishing words, the whistle on the track began to sound, and unrelated personnel left the track and entered behind the fence.

Watching the reporter leave, Korsell said lightly: "Boy, are you more modest now?" ”

"Nope."

Zhang Yifei is blunt, at least on the track, he will not be overly modest.

"That answer doesn't look like your style."

"Because I don't need to use this way to get attention and affirmation."

Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, taking the interview scene just now, almost all reporters focused on themselves.

As a junior formula driver, Zhang Yifei feels that his popularity is almost enough. And those interview words in the past have also established a tough image for themselves, and no one will treat themselves as soft persimmons.

"If you run into Kimi on the track, do you think you can beat him?"

"I've won him."

Zhang Yifei said this sentence without hesitation, he did not show his arrogant side, it does not mean that he does not have the confidence to defeat his opponent.

Kimi is destined to become the opponent that Zhang Yifei wants to surpass, after all, everyone wants to be their first, not to be named the second of someone.

"Good."

Cosell nodded, agreeing with Zhang Yifei's confidence. For Kossel, in the face of competitive sports, there is no arrogance, only winning and losing.

If you win, you can go crazy, of course, if you lose, you will have to bear the consequences.

The second whistle began to sound on the track, and Kossel and Ah Hu, who was wearing an ignition, walked off the track.

The mentality of the team members at this station is relatively relaxed, after all, Zhang Yifei's results are far ahead, and what he is pursuing is a breakthrough, not success or failure.

The lights above the track started to light up and the first lap was still a regular warm-up lap. Although many drivers no longer have the confidence to beat Zhang Yifei strongly, they still don't want to fall behind.

And because of the special relationship of Silverstone, if you qualify lower, you will not be able to see the starting lights in the race, so the ranking of the qualifying race is very important.

Loosen the clutch to start, put up a first gear to fuel, and then quickly upshift to accelerate. This set of processes, for the current Zhang Yifei, is almost no different from instinct.

But this time, he felt a mechanical jerkiness, as if the shift was a little slower.

However, because it is a warm-up circle, there is no need to add and decrease gears crazily, so Zhang Yifei didn't take it too seriously, maybe it was an error in his feelings.