"Fly, 1:44.739, you are the pole position for the opening race of the new season in Singapore!"

Without waiting for Zhang Yifei to ask, the boss Prost couldn't wait to tell Zhang Yifei about this result through the team's voice system.

Pole position for the opening race?

When he heard about this achievement, Zhang Yifei was not excited for the first time, but an indescribable feeling.

It's been a year, and I've been working hard and preparing for a year in order to be able to face the peak Ferrari and Schumacher!

Many times when I recall the strength and achievements of Schumacher this year in history, I can't help but have a deep despair, Schumacher in this era with the peak Ferrari car, is really invincible.

From last year, he tried his best to use the Ferrari engine, and then risked the "team cancer" and gave up Massa in favor of Alonso. No one knows the real reason why Zhang Yifei did these things, which is to silently accumulate capital and defeat Schumacher at the peak of 02.

The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and the preparations that can be made Zhang Yifei have already been made. Even though he is very confident in the Singapore Grand Prix and thinks he can fight Schumacher, he is always a little uneasy, can he really change his life and rewrite history?

This opening pole position result may be far from the real world championship title, I don't know how far away, holding on to death is a start. But at least Zhang Yifei understood one thing, that is, all the preparation and hard work were not in vain, and he could really fight with the peak Schumacher on the track and defeat the other party!

Its significance to Zhang Yifei is not only a pole position result, but also allows him to put all his previous worries and cowardice behind.

Even in the face of Schumacher, the pinnacle of history, he finally no longer has to look up, but can stand on the same starting line and look directly at the greatest car god in F1 history!

Zhang Yifei was in a state of emotion, but at this time, there was a carnival scene in the audience of the track.

In fact, many Chinese viewers shouted earth-shattering slogans before the race, but in their hearts, they really didn't have much confidence that Zhang Yifei could become the pole position of the Singapore Grand Prix.

But now this has become a reality, with the Chinese driver setting the fastest lap in the first major event of the new season.

", awesome, the driver flies, and I really got the pole position!"

"This is the first pole position driver at the Singapore Grand Prix, and Zhang Yifei has created another historical record."

"Are the ghosts still smiling? Take a good look at the pole position rider names on the display! ”

"With such a strong start to the race this year, is there really going to be a Chinese driver to reach the pinnacle of auto racing?"

"I don't know the ending, but at least now the driver is flying, an undisputed world-class driver, no longer a rookie!"

As the last spectator said, this is Zhang Yifei's first pole position after leaving his rookie season. It means that he has maintained the form and strength of last season, rather than the kind of short-lived driver, completely out of the rookie status.

In the list of world-class drivers in the future, Zhang Yifei's name must be missing!

Schumacher in the red Ferrari, when he didn't hear the congratulations from the team's strategy team, knew that he didn't take pole position.

Because only the pole position result can be regarded as a victory for Schumacher, even if it is second place, it is a failure!

As the car drove to the pits, Schumacher finally saw the lap time ranking on the big screen of the track, Zhang Yifei stood at the top of the list with a lap time of 1:44.739, becoming the first pole sitter at the Singapore Grand Prix.

His name was behind Zhang Yifei, with a time of 1:44.755, and became the second place in the qualifying race with an extremely slight disadvantage.

Can he fly so fast?

Schumacher is in his heart at the moment, raising such a question. Because this year's new Ferrari car surpasses last year's F2001 car in all aspects, and more importantly, it was designed to be completely tailored to Schumacher's requirements.

It can be said that Schumacher was very confident in this car, believing that it was a "Mars rover" in the standard sense. If nothing else, he will easily defend his World Championship title this year and claim his fifth career title, matching the record of five crowns held by early legend Fangio.

It's just that what happened later, but it was far beyond Schumacher's expectations, the winter test did not win the title of the fastest car, and the reason for the explanation can be found, after all, Helio and Zhang Yifei's death in the last lap is something that no one expected.

But now that he has even lost qualifying, there is no excuse to hide his defeat, and last year Schumacher realised that Zhang Yifei had amazing potential, but he didn't want to threaten himself in just one year.

Compared to Schumacher, who was able to stabilize his emotions, Helio asked the team about the lap time and ranking as soon as he finished the race.

The answer was that he was third in the qualifying race, running a time of 1:44.811. Don't underestimate this speed, because in the history of 08 Massa, the pole position time was 1:44.801.

But you know, '08 was Massa's peak and the closest he got to a world championship. And now Helio can only be regarded as a pure newcomer in the F1 paddock, and the two are not on the same starting line.

In the first qualifying race of the rookie season, he was able to run the third lap of the track, which is definitely a very impressive result. If it weren't for the peak Schumacher and Zhang Yifei, who was born out of nowhere, the pole position for this year's Singapore Grand Prix would have fallen on Helio's head.

In the nearly 20-year history of F1, only Villeneuve in the rookie season of 96 won pole position directly in his debut, and almost won the championship in the main race.

So all the data shows that Helio's results are good enough to deserve his title of Champion of the Year in Indy.

However, when Helio learned of this result, he smashed his fist on the steering wheel in anger. Maybe this result is excellent for others, but for Helio, it is unacceptable, because the goal of the king, how can it be the same as ordinary people?

Helio's goal has always been to take pole position, something that Villeneuve could have done in '96, and as the best newcomer in Indy's history, he is destined to hold himself to a low standard.

In addition to the pole position, what really made Helio feel unacceptable was that he lost to Zhang Yifei again. This is the third time that he has lost to a Chinese driver on the track, including the Indy 500 event!

Although the three races of Indy 500, Winter Test, and Qualifying are not official competitions, Helio knows in his heart that he has no reservations, and is completely trying his best to defeat this Chinese Yankee!

Why do you still lose, is it really not as good as the driver?

Helio roared in his heart, the defeat in this Singapore qualifying match really hit his previous impeccable self-confidence.

At the same time, in the track commentary room, Blundell said with a smile: "Leo, have you figured out what to say to Fei?" ”

Blundel's tone was light, but the irony in it was overflowing.

Leo looked at Zhang Yifei, who was waving his arms to celebrate the victory on the maintenance lane, and the emotions of shock, anger, and humiliation in his heart were mixed together.

He really never dreamed that the Chinese driver could be so strong, and in the opening race of the new season, he could run a new night street race and directly get the pole position!

Stalin once said that a traitor is sometimes more terrible than an enemy.

This sentence is applied to the mentality of some "banana people", in fact, there is no problem, they would rather blindly kneel and lick whites than believe in the strength of the Chinese. Therefore, in Leo's thinking, he never thought that Chinese drivers could win on the track, even if Zhang Yifei had already won two races last year.

"At the pre-match press conference tomorrow, I will apologize to Zhang Yifei!"

Leo reluctantly replied that the bet with Blundell before qualifying had been broadcast to the ears of the track spectators through FM broadcasts, and there was no point in denying it at this time.

"Very well, I'm sure Fei will accept your apology."

Blundell didn't continue to be sarcastic, he just didn't like Leo's attitude towards Zhang Yifei, after all, this kind of "banana man" is looked down upon even by foreigners. Since the other party is already willing to bow his head, Blundell does not want to be aggressive.

If you end up in person, it is no longer in line with the style of the British-stirring stick, and if you still trap yourself in it, it will really be a failure as a British.

Zhang Yifei returned to the team maintenance station, and the crew members had already gathered in the parking space, and dozens of people were in order to welcome Zhang Yifei's return.

"Phineas NB, got the first pole position of the new season!"

"Yifeijun ran well, kept in shape in the race, and we have a great hope of winning the championship!"

"I don't think it's very big, it's flying and I'm sure I'll win the championship!"

The crew was very excited, because the pole position advantage in the street race was so big, as long as the driver didn't make any mistakes or accidents on the track, there was a 50% chance of being the eventual winner and almost 10% of the chance of finishing on the podium!

Zhang Yifei got off the car, he was also very happy, and was about to say a few words to the crew when the roar of the engine came from far and near, and another Prost car drove into the pits, and the driver was naturally Alonso.

Alonso actually did well in qualifying, finishing seventh among all the drivers. In addition to Zhang Yifei, Schumacher and Helio, the third only three people in Barrichello, Montoya and Ralph defeated a number of well-known drivers in the paddock, such as Villeneuve, Coulthard and so on.

Therefore, when the crew members saw Alonso enter the pit stop, and he was a newcomer, they all expressed praise and encouragement to him.

It's just that Alonso at this time didn't have much excitement and pride on his face, but looked at Zhang Yifei with complicated eyes.

Because the fastest lap on the track was 0.5 seconds faster than that on the simulator. Previously, Alonso also thought that he was close to Zhang Yifei's strength and would soon be able to challenge the other party.

Now it seems that this idea is simply too naïve, in terms of qualifying lap times, he and Zhang Yifei are not at all opponents of the same level.

How much strength is hidden in this guy?