Chapter 745: Chapter 302: F1 Is a Team Game

With commentator Red’s announcement, the audience onsite was initially dead silent.

Although the Lingyan Circuit was hosting an F1 Grand Prix for the first time, there were no recorded track and corner statistics.

But that doesn’t mean the external world knows nothing about the track’s limits.

The reason is simple: qualifying sessions have taken place here, and the extreme lap times in qualifying are often the limit speeds for the track’s corners.

During Saturday’s qualifying session, the Lingyan Circuit experienced a rain shower, indirectly affecting the overall lap speeds.

However, even if it had an impact, it wouldn’t reach nearly 20 km/h; Chen Xiangbei’s cornering speed of 327 km/h already qualifies as a lead that is significantly ahead of Barrichello. He was outdone in a single corner!

Historically the best second driver, the Brazilian who once kept up with Schumacher, many knew he was aging and no longer in peak form, but last year’s "brief comeback" showed Barrichello could still compete.

But not even keeping up with the Chinese rookie?

"Shit, Barrichello sluggishly pressured for three or four laps, and that’s all?"

"Got ditched by the Chinaman in a single corner; no wonder he was just a wingman back then!"

"Couldn’t keep up with Button last year, and now can’t outrun a rookie?"

"Barrichello, maybe it’s time for you to retire!"

Sometimes turning from love to hate happens in a second; facing Chen Xiangbei ditching Barrichello, countless South Korean spectators onsite were emotionally devastated.

Actually, it wasn’t just the fans; even the outdoor command table of the Williams Team looked extremely grim.

Sir Williams wasn’t overly optimistic beforehand; instead, intuition vaguely told him Barrichello might not surpass Chen Xiangbei.

But humans tend to hold onto a "sliver of hope."

Think about it, Barrichello is a well-established top-tier driver, plus this race offers a tire advantage, and the car performance is neck and neck, with the trailing car able to slipstream the leading car.

Even if age and declining form affect him, there’s still a big chance for overtaking.

The venue delivered a heavy blow to the Williams Team; when Chen Xiangbei really put the pressure on, Barrichello couldn’t even keep up in a single corner and was ditched from the slipstream zone.

Now, without slipstream speed boosts and the slingshot effect, Barrichello, with his exhausted tires, has no hope of catching up.

"Barrichello, prepare to pit."

Sir Williams pressed the communication button on his earpiece, issuing the pit stop command to Barrichello.

"BOSS, delay the pit stop, I want to try again."

Barrichello, filled with dissatisfaction, initially did not comply with the pit stop command.

In the last race, Chen Xiangbei caused his tire to rupture, leading to his retirement, honestly, he didn’t feel he lost, more so he felt anger!

The reason is simple, the previous race featured a fully upgraded, high-powered HRT racing car, which was undeniably the "Mars Group" within the paddock, the Williams Team, which doesn’t even count as the lead of the "Earth Group" racing cars, being overtaken by Chen Xiangbei was naturally expected.

Even more so, the Chinese Kid’s moves were not clean; the overtaking process was quite reckless.

This race, both parties were at an equal standing; not exceeding Chen Xiangbei was a human issue.

Barrichello certainly wouldn’t admit he was inferior to Chen Xiangbei; pitting to change tires would mean admitting defeat, he still wanted to struggle a bit longer.

"Barrichello, pit!"

There was no negotiation; Sir Williams firmly repeated.

Failure had become inevitable, so the Williams Team’s goals should change.

From aiming to pass Chen Xiangbei to maintain their position within the points area.

Soft red tires had passed their peak grip, and behind them, Saub Team’s Kobayashi Kamui was chasing, followed even further by teammate Hockenheim employing tire preservation strategies.

Barrichello could no longer continue on the track; he needed to pit for tire changes to prevent opponents from executing an undercut (strategic overtaking). 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"COPY."

Faced with Sir Williams’ firmness, Barrichello had no courage to resist.

He could only respond incredibly unwillingly and then proceed into the pit lane.

"Barrichello pitting to change tires signifies his official abandonment of the chase."

"No one expected a top veteran’s oppressive pursuit would be easily broken by Bei, F1, like racing, is always moving forward; the new generation of drivers has arrived."

Red remarked with immense emotion, Hamilton, Vettel, Kubica, Chen Xiangbei, and other rising star drivers have gradually become the core force in the paddock and even won the world championship.

Barrichello indeed was once strong, but his era is over.

Just like the fall of Ferrari’s Yue Ma Dynasty.

Listening to Red’s words, Park Dongxu was momentarily speechless.

His judgment of surpassing Chen Xiangbei within three laps wasn’t just out of hatred and prejudice against the Chinese driver but more sincerely believing in Barrichello’s capabilities!

Reality gave him a sharp slap.

"NB, Chen Xiangbei!"

"FUCK, Driver Bei is just too strong, how can his cornering speed be so fast?"

"There’s no weak driver who gets promoted; after all, he’s a man known as the Twin Star with Raikkonen."

"Chen Xiangbei was a sensation at first, now I believe he’s deservedly so!"

Compared to Park Dongxu’s silence, the Chinese audience onsite was ecstatic.

Regardless of winning or losing, defeating Barrichello proved two things.

Firstly, Chen Xiangbei’s psychological resilience is terrifyingly strong, starting with an initial mistake, when faced with a veteran’s oppressive attack without any flaw, even proactively collaborating for a performance once.