Car Racing without Money-Chapter 585 - 230: I Choose to Challenge the Limits

Chapter 585: Chapter 230: I Choose to Challenge the Limits

Sitting in the Red Bull cockpit, Weber watched the "black lightning" flash past his eyes, and at this moment, his inner shock far exceeded that caused by Ferrari Team’s Masa earlier.

He had never thought he would be overtaken.

Even if overtaken.

He could hardly imagine witnessing an F1 drift maneuver overtaking on the track!

Honestly, this is not just a matter of driving skill. Just thinking about using this method to overtake, how bold must one be to verify it in a race?

The level of exaggeration is hardly inferior to future Duhan opening DRS through a corner, akin to bringing a racing simulator operation into reality!

All I can say is that the newcomers entering F1 in recent years are getting more and more outrageous...

"Horner, is there any historical data on the Albert Park Circuit, particularly T15 hairpin, showing this drifting line?"

After a moment of hesitation, Weber pressed the call button to inquire.

Even though he is a home driver in Australia, he still had no impression of such a thing.

"No."

Horner’s affirmative voice came through the headphones.

F1 certainly has drift overtaking, but it has never appeared on the Albert Park Circuit.

This Chinese newcomer has set a precedent!

Upon hearing Horner’s response, Weber fell silent, an unexpected wry smile appearing on his face.

Taking a deep breath to calm the cluttered thoughts in his mind, he stepped on the throttle to fiercely pursue.

The race is only halfway through, far from over yet!

At the HRT Team’s pit stop, team members fell into a frenzy seeing Chen Xiangbei’s successful overtaking.

They had thought that after following for so many laps, Chen Xiangbei had no possibility of surpassing Weber, who could have expected a surprising overtaking at the most difficult T15 corner.

Even the "hands-off manager" Briatore couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked Liang Chi as he watched the overtaking on the big screen, "Liang, does Bei have any drifting experience?"

Faced with this inquiry, Liang Chi didn’t know how to answer for a moment.

He first witnessed Chen Xiangbei’s driving skills on the mountain roads of Nanyun Mountain in Guangzhou-Shenzhen.

Who would have thought that over two years later, mountain road drifting could be applied to the F1 racing scene?

"Xiangbei was once a street racer."

Liang Chi could only reveal Chen Xiangbei’s identity before stepping into the professional realm, and his drifting experience could only come from this.

[Street racer?]

Upon hearing this answer, Briatore had a strange expression on his face.

Don’t forget, he came from being an Italian thug; street racing isn’t a novelty for a guy like Hua Bu.

Could someone acquire such driving skills from street racing?

At this moment, test engineer Mazzola spoke, "I feel it’s more like a rally driver."

"Exactly, I have the same feeling."

"Wasn’t it reported in the ROC National Cup that Bei relied on drifting to beat Button and Schumacher, an operation that only top-tier rally drivers have!"

Hearing an engineer mention the ROC National Cup, many people recalled back then, indeed, driver Bei won against Schumacher and Button, two F1 world champions, relying solely on his indoor drifting.

However, the ROC National Cup’s result was more of an honor and symbolic significance; no one realized how impressive Chen Xiangbei’s drifting technique really was. Today, it seems this guy can undoubtedly be compared to the top-tier rally drivers’ smoothness!

"It seems after the race we must ask this kid how much he’s been hiding."

Briatore said playfully, becoming increasingly interested in Chen Xiangbei.

Meanwhile, the strategy group members at the outdoor command post were not so "gossipy" about Chen Xiangbei’s past.

Their attention at this moment was more on how to catch up with the cars ahead.

From a historical perspective, the current top four drivers on the Albert Park Circuit can be called the four deities of the F1 arena in the 21st century!

There’s not a single one that the current Chen Xiangbei can challenge.

"Xiangbei-kun, your overtaking just now was very impressive, congratulations on breaking into the top five rankings."

"The driver ahead is Mercedes-Benz Group’s Schumacher, whose first group traffic speed is very fast, currently widening the gap over you with more than 10 seconds, also surpassing your average lap speed."

"Unless you achieve the pursuit speed of chasing Weber every lap, the hope of catching up is slim."

Sawano Hiroyuki congratulated Chen Xiangbei on his successful overtaking and then truthfully informed him of the current track situation.

The first echelon formed by the top four drivers has already widened the gap with the midfield group, making it exponentially difficult to improve the ranking!

This is also a common scene within the F1 paddock, where big teams and top drivers engage in battles of the gods, occupying the main positions in the points zone.

Midfield teams and ordinary drivers, most of the time, have no hope of scoring points, unless there is a track accident, or any car malfunctions occur in the front row; they then gain one or two points by "picking up scraps."

As for the lower-tier pay-drivers on the edge, unless causing some major accident, otherwise running the course would basically result in being unnoticeable, with hardly any broadcast cameras on them, simply accompanying runners.

Chen Xiangbei, after two races, has been within the competitive range of the mid-upland group, without touching the podium drivers’ battle of the gods.

Today, he finally reached the threshold of the "war of gods."

"How’s the tire condition?"

Chen Xiangbei asked this question again.

To achieve the ultimate speed, it depends on whether the tire life can support it.

"It has passed its peak grip."