749 A scholar is born, and a similar person dies. (5K)
When the countdown to the qualifying round was finally over, and the name of Yifei at the top of the list became a freeze frame, the audience once again burst into thunderous applause and cheers, which simply resounded in the sky.
What was once a record that only Schumacher could break by himself has finally changed to another person's name, and he is the driver Fei from China!
"Pole position! Monaco's pole position was taken by our Zhang Yifei! ”
"See, this is the strongest Chinese driver, the car god flys!"
"The flight was beyond everyone's expectations, and the fastest lap of qualifying will go down in F1 history."
"Schumacher's strongest race at Monaco has been lost, will he have the last laugh this year?"
At the end of the cheer, a Prost fan stood up and asked the red Ferrari on the other side.
The Red Army, which once looked down on all beings from above, was finally defeated by the Blue Grim Reaper from France on its strongest track.
The younger brother team, which used to be at the bottom of the track, can now finally show its fangs to the dominant Ferrari!
This rhetorical question, like dropping a spark in a cannonball, instantly detonated the already depressed Ferrari team.
"No matter how much the Ferrari team fails, it's not something you Prost can provoke!"
"Before discussing whether Schumacher can have the last laugh, I hope that your drivers can fly and have a laugh until the final battle, and don't cry too late."
"You are so proud to get a pole position, do you really think that the title of King of Monaco is now in the hands of Fei?"
"Our Scuderia Ferrari has endured countless challenges and is still at the top of F1, you Prost are still far from it!"
The Ferrari fan, with an indignant voice, responded to the question of the Prost fan.
You must know that in the past, after the race, it was a moment of pride and glory for Ferrari, but now it has become a celebration scene for Chinese boys. They don't want to accept such an outcome, but they have to accept the fact that it is.
If that's the case, that's it, now even a cat-and-dog team like Prost dares to provoke Ferrari?
When my red Ferrari was at the pinnacle of the flag, you Prost team didn't know that you were waiting for bankruptcy in that corner, this is the background and status, and no one can provoke and question it!
That's why these Ferrari fans will start to refute frantically as if they didn't poke at the G-spot. However, this scolding battle did not start there, because the follow-up Prost fans chose to restrain their silence.
In a sense, Ferrari fans are right, there are winners and losers on the track, and no one can be a winning general forever. Schumacher was able to dominate the track for eight years, and now he has only been beaten by someone to break his record, which is already worthy of respect and admiration.
And Zhang Yifei only got the pole position, and the victory in the main race decided who is the real king of Monaco. Now this kind of rhetorical question may be carried away by excitement for a while, and if it triggers a scolding battle again, it will have the taste of villain's ambition.
Results are the only thing in the F1 paddock that has the right to speak. If you want to fight back against these comments from Ferrari fans, the only moment that will be truly decided is when the Monaco race is over tomorrow.
Ferrari fans are very aggrieved, but they are not too angry to be discouraged, and they rely on historical results to prove their strength.
Because of Schumacher's final lap time in qualifying, the result was not bad, only a slight gap behind Zhang Yifei, running a lap time of 1:14.295, also breaking his fastest lap record.
And this result can also be verified from the side, it is not that Schumacher has become weaker or weaker, it is indeed Zhang Yifei's lap that was too strong, and he ran a lap speed that does not belong to the conventional range.
In fact, on the track, it was not only Zhang Yifei's lap time that was shocking, but also the third-ranked driver, which also surprised many crew members. It's just that Zhang Yifei's fastest lap is too eye-catching, covering up the light of the third driver.
The third-placed driver, also from Prost, is Fernando Alonso!
That's right, everyone didn't expect that this Monaco track, known as the "rookie killer", not only broke through with a single flight, but even last year's Minardi rookie Alonso also ran a super fast lap time.
If Zhang Yifei has always had the title of Wonder Chinese Kid, it is not so bizarre what F1 history he has created. So Alonso, who can only be regarded as a mid-to-upper performance this year, can run such a ranking, which is really a bit incomprehensible.
What's even more incomprehensible to everyone is that these two rookie drivers are actually from the Prost team, how on earth did they do all this?
Even team owner Prost, who has dominated the Monaco circuit four times, is extremely experienced. But he didn't come to Monaco with the team at all in this Grand Prix, and relied on phone guidance?
Everyone didn't understand how this was done, and even the members of the Prost crew were surprised that Alonso's lap time soared, could it be that there was another "driver flying"?
But Alonso knows very well in his heart why he can do this, that is, he is imitating Zhang Yifei's operation and routing in all directions!
Maybe this is something that Alonso himself has never thought about, and one day he will learn and imitate the "competitors" of the same team, but when he ran around with Zhang Yifei's line and control, those stubbornness and recklessness were thrown away.
Zhang Yifei is indeed an object worth learning and imitating by himself!
That's why, in qualifying, he is the second driver besides Helio to look forward to Zhang Yifei showing his "fangs". It is because he has run on the racing simulator himself and knows that the lap time of 1:14.503 cannot be Zhang Yifei's limit, and the qualifying race is the real firepower.
Imitation has brought Alonso great results, but there is always an indescribable contradiction in his mind, because he feels like a copyist!
This kind of COPY is different from other teams watching videos to learn, as a teammate, Alonso can see all of Zhang Yifei's line tracking records and control videos, many of which are confidential information within the team.
It can be said that Alonso is taking advantage of this convenience to truly imitate Zhang Yifei at the copycat and pixel level.
No one wants to be a replicator of anyone else, just as Zhang Yifei had to beat Kimi Raikkonen when he first entered F1.
If you can't defeat the "Finnish Iceman", then you can only bear the name of someone second, and you will never be Zhang Yifei's first!
Alonso's pride and his dignity as an F1 driver, naturally he didn't want to become Zhang Yifei's second in the future, so he relied on the other party's way of routing and handling to pick up ready-made bargains on the track.
So he was very conflicted in his heart, sitting on the sofa in the lounge, he couldn't see the joy of finishing third in Monaco at all, but on the contrary, there was a kind of pain.
"The way you line and control in qualifying is not what you're used to."
Before Alonso could say anything, Zhang Yifei, who was watching the video review in the lounge, spoke directly.
However, he did not directly provoke, but used such indirect words, but Zhang Yifei believed that Alonso understood what he was talking about.
Sure enough, when he heard Zhang Yifei's words, the expression on Alonso's face was very exciting, he didn't expect Zhang Yifei to see it so quickly, and he said it directly.
A sense of shame welled up in his heart, so that Alonso didn't know how to face Zhang Yifei.
After being silent for about ten seconds, Alonso exhaled deeply, then looked at Zhang Yifei and said, "That's right, I imitated your line and control method to run the Monaco qualifying race." ”
"I can see it, but I don't recommend it to you in the future."
Zhang Yifei replied lightly, in fact, when he returned to the team lounge and saw that Alonso's face was very entangled, he felt a hint of situation.
Theoretically, as a "newcomer" to the Monaco circuit, even if you get a third place, it is enough to be proud and happy. Even if you are not very satisfied, if you want better results, it will not be painful.
When he reviewed the video of the game and saw some corners, Zhang Yifei instantly understood the reason for Alonso's pain.
A similar corner can be said to be accidental, but the alignment of several consecutive combination corners is exactly the same as the braking point, which should be difficult to describe as accidental. Some things may not be the best choice, and Zhang Yifei doesn't want Alonso to imitate himself at the pixel level, so that he will no longer be the head brother Alonso in history.
"Are you worried that I'll overtake you?"
Alonso looked at Zhang Yifei and asked rhetorically.
Hearing this, Zhang Yifei smiled, the head brother is still that kind of good character.
"Do you think I'm going to worry about that?"
Zhang Yifei shook his head, to be honest, he was disappointed that Alonso could ask this sentence.
Imitators, can never surpass the original, because all your things are created by others, when one day there is no imitation object, what to do on your own?
And Zhang Yifei has never worried that he will be surpassed by Alonso, if there is really a little bit, it can only mean that he is not strong enough. The tone is worried that this kind of thing will happen, it is better to make yourself stronger, to the point that others cannot surpass it.
"Alonso, imitation can only make you the second Zhang Yifei forever, and it is impossible to become the Alonso who is respected and admired on the track."
"There is an old Chinese saying that those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die! In fact, you have always been a very promising driver in my heart, and I am looking forward to playing against you in the future and not letting me down. ”
After saying this, Zhang Yifei got up and walked out of the lounge, he knew that Alonso at this time needed a little space and time to think.
Zhang Yifei has never been a stingy person, and the purpose of his words is not to worry that Alonso can steal a teacher or something. On the contrary, if Alonso is willing to ask, Zhang Yifei can tell the Spaniard about his racing experience without reservation.
It's just that Zhang Yifei doesn't want to see Alonso go astray, the pinnacle brother in history, no matter how annoying he is, after all, he relied on his own strength to create his own honor.
Zhang Yifei doesn't want to deprive him of this, if Alonso continues to imitate like this and can't run out of his own style and characteristics, then there will be no day to prove his strength.
The night after qualifying was destined to be a sleepless night, and both Ferrari and Renault had their heads back at the hotel discussing emergency strategies.
The Ferrari strategy group is a little better, Schumacher is second, Barrichello is fifth, according to the previous tactics of sacrificing Barrichello, there is a good chance that Schumacher will complete the final overtake.
The Renault team was a bit out of the game this time, and Helio could have been in third place, and even without crashing, maybe there was a chance to go further. Historically, the top three at Monaco have all had a chance to compete for the championship, but now the Helio practice crash has led to a straight start from the grid, and the bitter fruit of playing the limit.
Now relying on a ninth-ranked Jenson Barton, it will be too difficult to get to the front row, so you can only take a step back and put it on the points area.
However, in addition to these two already competitive teams, there is also one team that has the ambition to win the title of King of Monaco: McLaren, which has been dormant for a long time.
This year's McLaren team is arguably the worst year in recent years.
Last year, they finished third in the overall standings, behind Ferrari and Williams, but they managed to secure a runner-up spot in the drivers' rankings, but Kimi Raikkonen did not perform well, otherwise they would have been able to take down Williams.
I thought that according to last year's trend, Coulthard continued to fight Schumacher for the championship spot, Kimi Raikkonen ran for two years, and his form and potential also came out, and this year will be a harvest year.
Unexpectedly, Kimi Raikkonen was on the rise, finishing in the points in most races and finishing on the podium a few times. It's just that Coulthard has collapsed, and it's not an ordinary collapse, from last year's championship contenders, to the point where the top 10 can't be stabilized.
In comparison, Williams' Ralf Schumacher's results have also fluctuated, but at least there is still a high time to pull up the overall level, and Coulthard is really declining.
In addition, Montoya's performance is as stable as ever, holding the lower limit of the Williams team, allowing them to maintain the Big Three seat, second only to Ferrari and Prost, and stronger than Renault.
And the McLaren team, which has fallen from the Big Three to the fifth position, is simply unacceptable for them!
The only good thing is that Coulthard finally found some form at the Monaco circuit, and he also passed Barrichello in qualifying and is currently fourth on the track.
In fact, Coulthard's lap time can be in the top three in previous years, but this year, Zhang Yifei has appeared, pulling Schumacher to break the fastest lap of the track.
It's just the two of them, after all, one is the strongest newcomer and the other is the strongest king. As a result, Alonso of the Prost team, who didn't know what medicine he had taken on the Monaco circuit, was able to run to third in qualifying amazingly, beating Coulthard by a head.
Originally, it was difficult to compete for the championship in fourth place, but this time McLaren's other driver, Kimi Raikkonen, did not drop the chain, and the qualifying result was seventh.
In front of him is Williams driver Montoya, and in front of him are Barrichello and Coulthard, and the gap between the two McLaren teams is not large, and it is entirely possible to join forces.
Even if you don't win the championship in the end, at least you must ensure that there is a McLaren driver on the podium.
So in the hotel, Ron Dennis, the chairman of McLaren Racing, almost with a deadly order, demanded that there must be one person in the two people, Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen, who can stand on the podium of the Monaco circuit!
"Kimi, Coulthard, no matter what way I use in the race tomorrow, whoever has a chance to win, the other person must be unconditionally a wingman and obey the team's instructions to fight together!"
"Our McLaren team is at the bottom at the moment and can't continue to sink!"
Dennis said it was sad that he didn't want McLaren's giant status to be lost in his own hands.
Kimi Raikkonen and Coulthard nodded with solemn expressions on their faces when they heard this, they also knew that there was no difference between the first and second drivers this time, and they had to go all out, even sacrificing one person, to ensure the team's victory.
"Also, if you really need to, the crash is also within the tactical policy."
Dennis finally said this coldly, no matter what, he used an upright way to fight for the crown of victory. But when this sentence is spoken, it means that the team may issue some abnormal instructions, or even go against the spirit of the driver.
That's what McLaren's internal meeting is really trying to say tonight, and that's to do whatever it takes to win for the team!
The expression on Coulthard's face was not much surprise when he heard Dennis's words, because he did this kind of thing for the victory of Mika Hakkinen, knocking Schumacher's wheels off.
But Kimi Raikkonen has been at McLaren for two years, and Dennis has taken great care of him and never let him use any shady means.
So now when I hear the team chairman, whom I admire and respect, say such words, I feel like my faith is collapsing.
Looking at the shocked look on Kimi Raikkonen's face, Dennis knew what was going on his mind.
Young drivers have more of a sense of honor and driver spirit in their hearts. But F1 is a commercial event, and only profit is the only thing.
"Kimi, you can't be sheltered forever, don't forget, you're the heir to Finnish racing, do you think Mika Hakkinen is the last Finnish world champion?"
When Dennis moved out of Finland and Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen had no choice but to put the team's interests first.
Looking away, Kimi Raikkonen lowered his head and didn't speak, but the answer was obvious.
Tomorrow's main match is destined to be a bloody battle.
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