Chapter 703: Chapter 281: Directly Provoking the Whole Crowd (Part 2)

Thus now the HRT Team, seems to be a bit under collective attack.

"Hamilton, did you see? So many people have expectations and encouragement for you, you are the brightest rising star in the F1 Paddock, the future strongest champion!"

Dennis listened to the cheers at the scene, and heavily patted Hamilton on the shoulder.

To be honest, losing to Chen Xiangbei in the last race was a big blow to Hamilton, far beyond expectations.

No matter how outstanding Chen Xiangbei’s performance was before, Hamilton never regarded this Chinese newcomer as his opponent.

After all, I am a world champion, you are a rookie, what champion?

Renault Formula station champion?

But the undercut during the tire change pit stop at the Chinese Grand Prix, combined with Rosberg’s two-on-one, ended up being counter-killed by Chen Xiangbei and Trulli, which really impacted Hamilton’s perception.

Especially that mid-race wheel-to-wheel combat, fully showcased Chen Xiangbei’s absolute hard power.

If it were any other newcomer, they couldn’t withstand Hamilton and Rosberg’s joint assault.

Even last year’s rising world runner-up Vettel!

Dennis can be called Hamilton’s "Godfather," he feels he understands this young man’s character and psychology.

Proud, arrogant, extremely competitive.

Dennis doesn’t want Hamilton to show any discouragement, he must always be filled with absolute confidence, this is the mindset of a young world champion.

Hamilton has only won one championship, but his ceiling is definitely more than one championship!

"Of course, I am the world champion."

Facing Dennis’s encouragement, Hamilton replied with a smile.

Dennis indeed knows Hamilton well, but he also underestimated Hamilton.

The impact brought by Chen Xiangbei was just an unexpected shock, not something that crushed Hamilton’s fighting spirit.

If Chen Xiangbei entered European racing, and walked into the F1 Paddock facing cold eyes and ridicule.

Then the doubts Hamilton faced growing up can reach at least ten times those faced by Chen Xiangbei!

Hamilton’s entire career has almost been in a world of white people, becoming that standout black man.

If he were a bit more psychologically fragile, he’d probably already be depressed and unable to stay.

It is precisely in this environment that a strong desire to win was forged in Hamilton, even if friends or brothers stand in the way of his success, he would crash through without hesitation.

Because Hamilton understands that only by forcing oneself to become strong can one earn respect.

"GOOD, win this race back!"

Facing Hamilton’s response, Dennis was quite satisfied, it seems he was just a bit sensitive.

Inside the paddock, there are others with the same goal as Hamilton, not only him; in the Red Bull Racing Team’s P room, the two drivers are also ready.

As Chen Xiangbei won the F1 Chinese Grand Prix, his total points ranking has risen to fourth, overtaking Red Bull Racing Team’s Weber, and the gap with Vettel is very slight.

If Chen Xiangbei performs better than Vettel this race, then he could very likely reach the top of the standings.

Of course, the premise is to surpass Alonso and Schumacher.

Red Bull Racing Team has the fastest car in the paddock, which is basically an acknowledged fact.

Additionally, having last year’s runner-up driver and seasoned veterans, yet unable to beat a newcomer from the HRT Team, is something unacceptable for Red Bull Racing Team.

They must stabilize the driver’s and team’s top position, as this concerns team honor and commercial value!

"Vettel, you need to toughen up, don’t give the Chinese kid any more chances."

Red Bull’s team leader Horner instructed.

Vettel is a good driver, even a good person, but not a good leader.

Compared to Hamilton’s muddy struggle to ascend to the "throne," forging a heart of stone.

Vettel’s career has been too smooth, without many setbacks, never experiencing anything too painful, being viewed from a young age as Schumacher’s successor, then encountering Red Bull Racing Team’s peak, together establishing the first Red Bull Dynasty.

Being too smooth and not experiencing setbacks can easily lead to a fragile psychological defense.

Under heavy pressure, various oppressive errors occur during operations, spinning many times at critical moments makes Vettel’s late career have low reviews, affecting the gold content of his four championships.

At the same time, always being the genius kid "with shoes," makes Vettel lack the courage to make a desperate effort in wheel-to-wheel competition, unwilling to perish together with those "barefoot" rookies.

Over time, this starts to appear somewhat weak.

As for lacking leadership qualities, it’s related to his personality, a low-key, humble good person, destined to struggle to become a leader like Schumacher.

Leaders usually call the shots.

Although Horner in the 10-season is very young, he can become one of the most successful team leaders in F1 history for a reason.

He easily spotted Vettel’s personality flaw, knowing this young man lacks the decisiveness to crash in key moments like the Chinese kid.

When both sides compete wheel-to-wheel, the weaker side is bound to suffer!

"I’ll do my best."

"What I want is not the effort, but certainty, understand?"

Vettel’s response left Horner unsatisfied, he reiterated.

"Hmm, understood."

Seeing Vettel still with a calm demeanor, Horner felt a bit helpless.

Perhaps this is just his personality, not every champion-level driver must be full of force and ruthless. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

After all, there is also Kimi Raikkonen in the paddock.

Time ticks on second by second, quickly arriving at 11 AM, the start of practice sessions.

One by one, racing cars roared out of the P room, including Chen Xiangbei from the HRT Team.

Before departure, Odetto specifically emphasized once again that Chen Xiangbei should collect as much track data as possible to provide feedback, this is especially important for determining the racing adjustment plan.

After all, the current adjustment plan is more based on experience rather than the actual track situation.

Regardless of whether the two drivers are willing, this race’s car test data will be fully shared, the team’s interests will override the drivers’ interests.

This is absolutely good news for Perez, as a pure rookie driving an F1 racing car for the first time, it’s almost impossible to adjust a car well without data sharing.

The 13th HRT Racing Car drove onto the pit lane, the spectator stands immediately erupted into a clamor.

"Chen Xiangbei, get off the South Korea track!"

"Chinese Shopkeeper, you will never win the race!"

"Cancel Chen Xiangbei’s qualifying, South Korea does not welcome such drivers!"

"Violent and racially discriminatory drivers should be arrested for trial!"

The spectators were in a frenzied uproar, with all kinds of insults and boos incessantly heard.

To the extent that the slow-driving Chen Xiangbei could barely hear some sounds through the helmet visor.

Although not sure what exactly was said, coupled with not understanding Korean, from the Korean audience’s "gesticulating wildly" actions, he could roughly guess their meaning.

Just as everyone thought that as Chen Xiangbei drove onto the main track, the roar of the car would calm the commotion.

Unexpectedly, a scene appeared that no one at the scene anticipated!

Chen Xiangbei raised his right hand high, gesturing towards the stands with an internationally recognized gesture.

That is the middle finger!

"FUCK, the Chinese kid is so tough?"

"I’ve known Xiangbei to be arrogant before, never thought he’d be this arrogant."

"Provoking the audience face to face, has this ever happened in F1 history?"

"No, because drivers can’t hear the audience’s insults, but it happens quite a bit in basketball and football."

Members of multiple teams in the pits eagerly discussed.

Only HRT Team’s members had varied expressions.

There was surprise, shock, excitement, worry, and indifference.

Only Briatore sighed heavily, his concern wasn’t about the commotion Chen Xiangbei’s middle finger gesture would cause.

But this action, how much fine it will bring to the team!

Under normal circumstances, the penalty for swearing is ten thousand dollars, severe cases can reach forty thousand dollars.

This kid Chen Xiangbei made a gesture, so at least starting from fifty thousand dollars!

If he could, Briatore would prefer the audience shouted at him, at least in that way he could save potentially tens of thousands!