Although Bazel is not a veteran F1 commentator, he is definitely not a rookie, with five years of experience in the event commentary.

Seriously, Bazel was a little frightened by this lap time, in his professional commentary career, except for Villeneuve's super play a few years ago, there should be no driver who can reach the current level of Zhang Yifei!

You must know that he is a newcomer from China, he has not received systematic formula training, and before the Austrian Grand Prix, he has been out of action for more than three months, which is theoretically a low point in form.

As a result, Zhang Yifei not only won the pole position, but now even the track record has been broken, which is simply shocking!

At the same time, a thought came to Bazel's mind if Zhang Yifei really surpassed Schumacher and won the Austrian championship. That would mean that Zhang Yifei completed a hat-trick of pole position, track record, and race championship in the fourth race of his career.

Bazel doesn't know if there is anyone in history who has achieved a hat-trick faster than Zhang Yifei, but in his impression, it seems that it was not so fast. Even if there were, it was a matter of the "ancient" era.

At the same time, Bazel is 100% sure of one thing, that is, Zhang Yifei, who is only 18 years old this year, is definitely the youngest driver in history to complete a hat trick, there is no doubt about this!

"You read that right, it was indeed 1:08.596, Fei broke the A1 track record set by the legendary Finnish driver Hakkinen, and became the first Chinese driver in history to set a track record in F1!"

Blundell was sure of breaking the track record, and his face was full of shock.

This is simply unimaginable, Zhang Yifei broke the record in qualifying, after all, there are many drivers who broke the record in qualifying, and qualifying is originally the pursuit of the fastest lap, and all car tuning is based on speed.

But that's a race that's different, it's going to be tuned to the final result, and it's impossible to give up points and championships for the fastest lap of a lap. Therefore, the track record of the main race is not so easy to break.

Especially for a Chinese newcomer, the difficulty is even greater. What's more, there are only 50 laps left, with about a third of the way to go, and the car is at its lightest.

Zhang Yifei can break the track record now, so how fast will his lap time be next, and then surpass his current record?

When the commentary confirmed that Zhang Yifei broke the track record, the tens of thousands of spectators in the stands actually couldn't believe it. Even Zhang Yifei's fans and supporters have carefully checked the lap time of the track display screen a few times to see if the number on it is 1:08.596.

A few seconds later, when the lap time was double-confirmed, the crowd on the track exploded.

"Damn, what the fuck is breaking the track record, this is our first F1 track record in China, right?"

"Of course it's the first one, we don't have any other F1 drivers except Zhang Yifei."

"It's too strong! I knew that Zhang Yifei had hope of catching up, but I didn't expect him to catch up so fast! ”

"Chinese car god Zhang Yifei!"

"The strongest driver Zhang Yifei!"

Not only were Chinese fans in a state of extreme excitement, but even many foreigners at the scene couldn't help but stand up and applaud this historic moment in F1.

It was the first time that a non-white driver had been able to break a record on an Formula 1 track and set a new record.

The earliest Thai drivers were not good, and neither were the strongest Japanese drivers, and it was not until Chinese driver Zhang Yifei competed in the F1 paddock that an Asian professional driver finally broke the track monopoly record, which was definitely a historic moment!

Some people cheered, and naturally some people were as sour as eating lemons.

Some of the Williams home crowd, as well as those who are white supremacist, couldn't help but taunt.

"It's just a track record, happy like what, let's win the championship first!"

"It's not over yet, the lap time must be the fastest on the track, and I believe that Shumi, Montoya, and even Barrichello and Coulthard will have a chance, they are the strongest drivers on the track at the moment."

"Villeneuve, who swept the track record a few years ago, is not good now, don't rejoice too soon!"

"A bunch of Chinese buns."

These ridicules are not small, but the Chinese audience at the scene doesn't care at all, Zhang Yifei has received less doubts and ridicule along the way?

They always believe that Zhang Yifei can finally use his achievements to respond to these cold eyes and ridicule. Aren't the European fans applauding Zhang Yifei in the stands now the best example?

Zhang Yifei on the track didn't know that he had broken the track record in the race, and Korsell did not call him to inform him of the news.

But he can actually vaguely feel that the gap between himself and Schumacher is narrowing, and the gap with Montoya, who is chasing behind, is widening. This can only prove one thing, and that is that you are faster than them!

Faster than Montoya, Zhang Yifei was not too surprised, he admitted that Montoya is very strong, and he can be regarded as a first-class driver in the F1 paddock. However, Zhang Yifei never thought that he was worse than Montoya, at most he was equal.

This time I was more prepared, and it was no surprise that I was able to overtake Montoya, and it was even less difficult than the previous Brazilian Grand Prix.

After all, the Circuit of the Americas is the real home of Montoya.

However, if he can shorten the distance with Schumacher, Zhang Yifei is a little unconfident, and even falls into a kind of self-doubt.

Is it because I'm playing better and driving faster, or is there something wrong with Schumacher who is driving slowly? Or is this their own delusion, but in fact, the distance between the two sides has not narrowed?

But as a professional F1 driver, the control of distance is the most basic requirement, even if it is a difference of a few centimeters, how can it feel wrong with this obvious shortening of distance?

"Kossel, am I shortening the distance between me and Schumacher?"

"Yes."

"How much closer?"

"Probably a few seconds."

Hearing Cosell's answer, Zhang Yifei almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood. In total, he is a few seconds behind Schumacher, does what Kosell say does not mean that he didn't say it?

The old man in Germany began to play tricks again, did he want to keep himself in the fighting spirit of the sprint?

Zhang Yifei blamed Cossell for this, and he really didn't pay much attention to the shortening of the distance. Only when Zhang Yifei really catches up with Schumacher's wake will that represent the start of another attack, and this shortening is of little significance now.

However, compared to Cosell's lack of attention, the team members were very happy, after all, Zhang Yifei broke the current track record, which is the first time that Prost has broken the F1 track record in nearly three years.

Even if Zhang Yifei only finishes in second place, as long as no one surpasses Zhang Yifei's fastest lap, a runner-up title and a track record are enough to make the crew feel very satisfied, which is also a huge improvement!

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Williams team pit is a little gloomy, but there is no anger and dissatisfaction before.

Sir Williams has begun to accept the fact that Montoya was dumped by Zhang Yifei, and if the Chinese kid does not make mistakes, it will be very difficult for Montoya to catch up.

But the problem is that so far, the Chinese kid is as steady as a dead dog, except for the previous car failure, there have been no obvious mistakes at all, there is no way to close the distance between the cars, and there is no way to eat the car wake.

In this situation, small mistakes cannot solve the problem, and the possibility of big mistakes is really not high.

"It seems that Fei Fei has not been idle during his injury and has been fully prepared for this Austrian Grand Prix, and it can be seen from his line that he is not inferior to Schumacher at all."

Since Montoya has little hope of catching up with Zhang Yifei, and there is no fierce direct confrontation before, Simmonds began to praise Zhang Yifei objectively.

After all, Symonds was Schumacher's race engineer during his time at Benetton, and he won two world championship titles with him, and Symonds still has a very full understanding of Schumacher's technical strength.

Zhang Yifei can drive this kind of lap time, which is not something that can be explained by a simple talent, and the line must be after countless simulator exercises and the memory of track data.

Diligence is an indispensable thing in any industry, and the reason why Senna and Schumacher can become a generation of car gods is that they work harder and harder than others, and they can even give up.

Symonds admires this kind of disciplined and hard-working driver, and like the young Schumacher, he has unlimited potential for the future.

Hearing Simmonds's words, a wry smile appeared on Sir Williams' face.

"When Fei was still running Renault races, I had already followed him and had an idea of how hard he worked. It's just that I didn't expect that his talent was so amazing that he could really catch up with Schumacher in a Williams car when he was behind. ”

"In the future, he will be a strong enemy of the Williams team."

Sir Williams finally gave Zhang Yifei a definition, you must know that for Sir Williams, who has always been tough, it is already the greatest compliment to be able to give newcomers the title of a strong enemy.

Just before this race, with Montoya's steady rise, Sir Williams thought his rookie driver was not inferior to the Chinese boy.

But today's performance on the track, Zhang Yifei really threw Montoya away. If he can win the championship and keep it up.

There is no doubt that Zhang Yifei will be the brightest star in the 2000 season!