651 Must take the blame!
Hearing Zhang Yifei's last words, Alessi's mentality was not angry, but showed a smile on the contrary. This kid is really arrogant now, even he, a veteran of the team, dares to "laugh", if he doesn't show a little strength, do you really think that his career in the past ten years is in vain?
After Zhang Yifei accelerated his speed, he gave way to the side of the track, and Alesi took advantage of the ejection effect of the wake to catch up with Zhang Yifei in front of him with a foot of floor oil, and the two cars came to a side by side again.
"See! I'll just say that Zhang Yifei is not the kind of driver who sells his teammates for the sake of victory, he will rely on his own strength to win! ”
"This is the strongest Chinese driver we worship, this is the Chinese car god!"
"Your Excellency Yifei has shown the spirit of a samurai, and he deserves to be the strongest Imperial driver!"
"The strength of the demon king level is enough to defeat the opponent, and you don't need other people's handouts to win!"
"Come on Zhang Yifei, shut them up with victory, Chinese drivers always have their own guidelines!"
Zhang Yifei's move to give way to the car also made the audience in the stands enthusiastic, they didn't want their idols to bear the stain and eventually become the person who was in charge of the word "profit".
Drivers should chase the freedom of the wind and the limits of speed on the track, even if it costs them their lives.
Speed and passion are the direction that the driver's spirit should always pursue, not for the sake of winning a race!
"I'm attacking on the left, you're overtaking on the right."
Zhang Yifei didn't talk too much nonsense, and directly started attacking Barrichello in front from the left side to attract the opponent's attention, and then let Alessi look for opportunities to overtake from the right side.
According to his current popularity and hatred physique, if the Prost team must block a person, the vast majority of opponents will choose to block Zhang Yifei instead of Alessi.
The reason is very simple, it is much easier to block Zhang Yifei from overtaking Alesi, and letting Zhang Yifei go over, let alone overtaking and coming back, is a question of whether he can catch up in the future.
Kill the strong, the weak is not afraid, and spend your energy to deal with the weak, and in the end it is the strong who picks up the cheap. This principle is actually the same as Tian Ji horse racing, never use yourself to deal with the "inferior horse".
Barrichello on the red Ferrari saw the two Prosts side by side behind him and knew that the attack was coming. It's just that in his mind, he hasn't realized that Zhang Yifei is the one who feints, and the real candidate for overtaking is Alessi.
The reason is also quite simple, in the hierarchical atmosphere of Scuderia Ferrari, it is difficult for Barrichello to imagine the sacrifice of the number one driver to let the number two car overtake first.
Especially at the important moment when he can compete for the championship with Schumacher as long as he surpasses himself, he doesn't believe that Zhang Yifei can give up such a temptation!
The environment is different, the natural thinking and thinking are different, and it is obviously more important to block Zhang Yifei. So in the face of the attack, he changed the line at the first time to block the front, not giving the Chinese kid any chance to overtake.
As a result, an unexpected scene appeared, Alessi rushed over, without the slightest intention of helping Zhang Yifei attract firepower, but planned to overtake directly from his right side.
Is this a real intention to overtake, or is it a real thing?
Barrichello had this idea in his mind, he never thought that Zhang Yifei was so noble and willing to give away the chance of victory. I don't think the Prost strategy group will make such a decision that is obviously contrary to the interests of the team.
The balance of strength is here, so what if Alesi surpasses him, how much more can the Prost strategy group think that Alesi has the possibility of defeating Schumacher in the last few laps?
But when Alessi gradually paralleled his Ferrari car, Barrichello felt that the atmosphere was wrong, he was too focused on the Chinese kid, and put all the defensive suppression on this side, as if he really gave Alessi a chance to overtake.
In this situation, whether it is a feint or not, it is impossible for Alesi to give up the overtaking process. He was humiliated by Prost at the Austrian Grand Prix, and today he can't let history repeat itself in any way.
Under the instant choice, Barrichello actually gave up blocking Zhang Yifei, but stepped on the accelerator to accelerate, wanting to rely on the strong performance of the Ferrari car to block Alessi.
Perhaps in Barrichello's subconscious, losing to Zhang Yifei is no longer a shameful thing, and the other party has stepped into the ranks of first-class drivers, although only a rookie driver.
But it's an absolute shame to lose back-to-back to Alessi, a driver who has only won a single race in his career, and is still on the verge of retirement. In any case, you can't lose three times in a row!
"What is Barrichello doing? Don't block the driver from flying, go to block Alessi? ”
Jean Todd looked at Barrichello's final choice, he was simply stunned, as long as the driver with a normal brain must have chosen to block Zhang Yifei.
Even if Alesi is allowed to overtake him, can he pose any threat to Schumacher? The answer is, of course, impossible, and if Barrichello is really not convinced, wouldn't it be easy to let Schumacher cooperate with the block and come back again?
Now let the Chinese kid go to the front, maybe Schumacher still doesn't matter, but for Barrichello himself, it is not so simple to overtake and come back. And for the Scuderia Ferrari, Zhang Yifei's threat is far greater than that of Alessi.
Jean Todd could have thought that in his head right now, but in fact none of these possibilities would have happened.
As manager of a team, will he have Schumacher sacrifice his speed in front of the championship podium to help Barrichello stop the car?
Judging from the style of the Ferrari strategy team, this kind of thing is not to be thought of, and Barrichello is a driver who can give up at any time in front of the championship, and the interests of the team are paramount.
And afterwards, it was also him Barrichello who was ridiculed by the outside world, and the Scuderia Ferrari would not make any statement. Even more exaggerated, within Ferrari's strategy team, maybe they will blame Barrichello for why he lost to a "pension" driver in a row?
So now Barrichello is in a dead end, unless he can block the two Prost cars, otherwise no matter what choice he makes, he will inevitably take the blame!
The rest of Ferrari's strategy team understood this, so after hearing Jean Todd's complaints, they all chose to remain silent and did not respond to this sentence. They can sacrifice Barrichello for the sake of the team, but it's not good to have to step on it at this time.
Alessi, who was on the track, was also a little surprised to see Barrichello give up resisting Zhang Yifei and chase him at full throttle. He really didn't expect that his hatred was so great that Barrichello would be desperate to deal with him.
However, overtaking has reached this point, Alessi must not be able to retreat, the same full throttle acceleration, the red and blue cars began to fight frantically for speed, whoever can seize the next corner of the corner, who can become the ultimate winner.
Zhang Yifei on the other side also went down full throttle, since Barrichello chose to block Alessi, then he would not be polite to this overtaking opportunity. Everything that needs to be done has been done, and at this moment I don't owe anything to Alessi, and the next thing is the real championship battle, and there is no teammate friendship to speak of!
The three cars form a scene that hurtles around the track, and everyone wants to get the best way into the corner. However, relatively speaking, Zhang Yifei's position is the worst, and the speed is the slowest, not surprisingly, it is difficult for him to overtake the front in this corner, and the real highlight is the duel between Barrichello and Alessi.
When the entry point came, Barrichello took advantage of the performance advantage of Ferrari's car and was about half a body ahead of Alessi, but he did not occupy the best approach line because he blocked Zhang Yifei from giving up the middle line.
On the contrary, although Alessi is lagging behind, he is above the fastest cornering line, and at this time, Zhang Yifei is still eyeing behind, and Barrichello has not even compressed the space to change lanes and play the limit.
Either you have to go through the corner behind Alessi or you can use the extreme late braking to overtake the opponent in the middle of the corner. Otherwise, he would have to face Alessi's block once he exited the corner, which could be even tougher than the previous scene where two Prost cars attacked at the same time.
With no choice, Barrichello could only slam the throttle to the bottom and overtake Alessi at a faster pace.
In the face of Barrichello's extreme line-grabbing offensive, Alessi, who has always been accustomed to driving a "pension" car, is also tough at this time. He knew that this overtaking opportunity would not come easily, and if he missed it, the race would be reduced by another lap, and time was of the essence!
When communicating with Zhang Yifei before, this kid said that he couldn't surpass it, and he would regret it.
In any case, at this time, you must maintain your dignity as an F1 veteran, and you can't lose face in front of newcomers, let alone waste the opportunity to overtake and regret it!
Fight!
That was the final thought in Alessi's mind, as both cars entered the corner with the latest braking point, and because there was only one tangent, the distance between the cars was constantly shortening.
As the two cars got closer and closer to the center of the bend, the distance and speed of the cars had reached a very dangerous situation, and even Zhang Yifei, who was following behind, began to have an ominous premonition in his heart!
With a muffled "bang", Barrichello and Alessi inevitably collided together.
And because it was Barrichello who changed lanes to grab the line, the front part of his car hit the side of the left front wheel of the Prost car, and directly knocked the tires off. Without the support of the tires, the front axle rubs directly against the track floor, so to speak, all the way.
And the next scene is even more serious, the Ferrari car rushed onto the shoulder of the road with the Prost car, and the inertia of the two cars met the sloped road, directly overturning Alessi's car!