708 Headwind Output (Chapter 2)
Zhang Yifei discussed a few sentences with Cosell, and quickly determined the tuning plan for his qualifying competition, after all, he had personally tested all the tuning combinations, and he already knew it in his heart.
At this time, when Zhang Yifei turned around, he happened to hear the conversation between Ced and Alonso, and also saw the tangled expression on Alonso's face.
For the mentality of the head brother at the moment, Zhang Yifei can probably guess seven or eight points, he is a driver with a lot of personality, and he is never willing to bow his head easily, even in the face of pressure from the team management, Alonso will choose to be tough many times.
Now facing this scene, his previous pride and pride can be said to have been violently impacted. If you choose to use Zhang Yifei's test data, it means that it is a kind of bowing and surrendering, Alonso is not the kind of person who easily admits defeat, even if it is a rookie, he is also very confident in his driving skills.
"Qualifying is about to start, make a decision early."
Zhang Yifei did not express persuasion or refusal, but only reminded lightly that the qualifying session of the Singapore Grand Prix was about to be, and there was not much time left for car tuning.
In the face of Zhang Yifei's reminder, the expression on Alonso's face was cloudy, and it was obvious that he was fighting fiercely in his heart.
"I believe I understand the track."
Alonso finally chose to stick to his plan, he was unwilling to admit defeat and surrender to Zhang Yifei like this!
"Heh, whatever you want."
Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, and then walked to the lounge, ready to change into the racing suit.
He reminded Alonso that this sentence was purely based on the identity of his teammates and the interests of the team. It does not mean that Zhang Yifei begged Alonso to use his own data to run better results.
Just kidding, the two of them currently have a fart relationship other than this "teammate" identity. To put it mildly, the identities of the two are more like opposing "enemies", one thinking about how to kill each other every day and become the team's No. 1 driver.
The other Zhang Yifei, in fact, is not a good man and a woman, thinking of letting Alonso be cannon fodder to face the peak Barrichello, at least to help him share the firepower.
This is completely different from the tacit cooperation with Alesi before, there is no teammate appearance. But in fact, this kind of relationship is the normal way for teammates to get along in the F1 paddock, and the friendly cooperation between Zhang Yifei and Alessi before is not normal!
It may sound bizarre, but at the end of the day, it's a conflict of interest.
When Zhang Yifei first joined the Prost team, there was also a conflict with Alessi as the number one driver. But in fact, that kind of discord is more about Alessi's face, rather than much conflict of interest, and later with Alessi's resignation, naturally the two sides became more and more tacit.
But he and Alonso are both arrogant young drivers, with only one position, and if they want to get up, they will inevitably step on one person. This conflict of interest is impossible to reconcile unless an individual voluntarily surrenders and admits defeat.
It takes a process to surrender and admit defeat, and when there is no hope of victory, such an idea naturally arises.
Alonso began to show his potential, and also got this year's "Mars rover" level Prost AP05 car, officially entering his own explosive period.
At this time, how could Alonso easily surrender to Zhang Yifei, so even if he knew that it would be more beneficial for him to use the track data tested by Zhang Yifei, he still chose to stick to his decision, which is the personality of a future top driver.
At 9.10pm on March 2nd, there were only 20 minutes left before qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.
The 100,000 and 600 spectator stands can already be described as full, and even in front of the windows of some high-rise buildings next to the street, they are already full of fans who have not bought tickets.
This is also a feature of the Singapore Grand Prix, with many high-rise buildings and a view of the track from afar. Even the most exaggerated is the 165-metre-high Singapore Flyer Ferris wheel, where you can watch F1 races in a different way.
In addition, the reason why the Singapore Grand Prix chose to fight at night is not that I want to do some tricks, but because at this point in time, I can take care of the basic F1 market, that is, the viewing time of European fans.
Ratings mean money, and for a businessman nation like Singapore, maximizing the benefits of the F1 Grand Prix is a more important concern.
In the Scuderia Ferrari pits, Jean Todd is standing next to the car and mobilizing before the race.
"Shumi, you can't keep your strength in qualifying, it's hard to overtake at the Singapore circuit, so you have a big advantage in pole position, you have to win this qualifying race!"
The impact of the opening race is quite significant, especially for an "influencer" team like Ferrari, and maintaining influence and exposure means huge advertising sponsorship costs.
The Singapore Grand Prix is a must-win race for Ferrari, and the nature of street racing makes it difficult to overtake. Whoever can get pole position in qualifying, as long as they don't make any mistakes in the race, will be 50% sure of becoming the final champion.
"I know."
Schumacher nodded, he actually didn't like Jean Todd's instructions, didn't he know these things? Need a reminder?
However, the Ferrari team's strategy team has always been strong, even if Schumacher is the absolute supremacy in the team, it still has to give the strategy team some face.
'Of course I'm sure you can take pole position, but it's important to note that Renault's Helio is doing well and could be a threat.
When he heard this, even Schumacher's face showed a trace of solemnity.
Because after these three practice matches, Helio's performance and speed can be said to have exceeded many people's expectations. It can almost be described as under one person and above ten thousand.
Except for the three practice limit laps were overtaken by Schumacher, the rest of the time they were evenly matched, and the two overtook each other!
Last year's Montoya was eye-catching enough, but I didn't expect this year's Helio to perform even more exaggeratedly, exactly like when Villeneuve entered the F1 paddock.
Half a year ago, this American kid lost miserably at the Indy track, and was severely humiliated by Zhang Yifei. Who would have thought that half a year later, this guy would perform strongly in the F1 paddock and make up his mind to be ashamed.
Seeing the solemn expression on Schumacher's face, Jean Todd knew that he must have listened, so he didn't plan to continue to say too much, because if he continued to talk, it would be an insult to Schumacher.
But just as he turned around and was about to walk away, he suddenly remembered someone, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to Schumacher and asked: "Do you think there will be any reversal in qualifying?" ”
"Yes, I don't believe he can't run the night fight."
"Why?"
"No reason, intuition!"
Schumacher left this sentence behind, which sounded mysterious, but Jean Todd did not have any doubts, because his professional experience had taught him never to doubt the instincts of masters.
This kind of expert intuition is not shared by everyone, for example, most of the spectators in the stands still hold the results of three practice sessions to laugh at Zhang Yifei for becoming a short-lived driver.
"Without the cheers of the Chinese guys, the track was finally quiet."
"Are they embarrassed to brag about the drivers' results outside the top ten?"
"I want to laugh when I think of the title of the Chinese car god, and sure enough, it is a country without racing background, and there will be a driver, so he is called the car god!"
"I really can't wait to see how humiliating Helio will be when I flew so proudly at the US Grand Prix!"
"Come on Helio, prove the strength and pride of the Indy!"
In the face of this ridicule, the traditional unassuming character of the Chinese will rarely do things against the wind before the results appear.
But Zhang Yifei's arrogant image on the track still subtly affected some Chinese fans, isn't it just a little behind the lap time of the practice race, and now the qualifying race and the main race are not running, you are mocking?
"Lao Tzu likes to call the Chinese car god, what's wrong, you have the ability to let you America have a car god!"
"Now jumping like this, when Che Shenfei said about conquering the Indy Circuit, why didn't he see such a confident ridicule?"
"Chinese racing has no background, as if you are very strong in Malaysian racing, does Yang Long give Zhang Yifei shoes?"
"And can you that banana man shut up, you can't bleach this skin if you lick it like this!"
This is not an absolute home stadium like the United States or Brazil, when Zhang Yifei's fans stand up, the momentum is also not small, and the counterattack is also very confident!
Zhang Yifei is no longer the rookie who just entered the F1 paddock last year, and many driver fans looked in the mirror to see if the drivers they supported before mocking him!
Even if the Big Three fans are arrogant, Helio is an Indy champion, why is he so embarrassed in the F1 paddock?
Half a year later, I suffered from amnesia, have you forgotten how Zhang Yifei stepped on the head of the Indy champion in the first place?
As for Xiong Long, it's even more of a joke, Firefly dares to compete with the sun and the moon, and he has the qualifications to speak?
However, the most unacceptable thing for Chinese fans on the track is that some home spectators frantically belittled Zhang Yifei to please foreign fans, this image of a second dog is really disgusting.
In the face of the counterattack of Chinese fans, some people who were still very proud and ridiculed before did not know how to respond in an instant. Because this group of Chinese Yankees talked about their sore spots, ridicule also requires capital, you don't even have Zhang Yifei's achievements, where is the B face to sarcastically ridicule his strength, just rely on that habitual sense of superiority?
However, the scolding was soon drowned out by a roar of engines, and twenty-two new F1 cars pulled out of the pits. According to the final ranking of last season, the parking space on the track was parked once, which means that the qualifying race in Singapore will officially begin!
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