"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!"
Watching Chen Xiangbei pass by his car, Weber felt a bit ntally broken at that mont.
If the team had let pit first, this overtaking wouldn’t have happened, and Vettel would still be in front, a win-win situation.
Instead, the team "played favorites" and let Vettel pit first, resulting in Chen Xiangbei successfully undercutting .
The sense of powerlessness in knowing how the situation will unfold but being unable to change it is truly frustrating and stifling.
Last race, Hamilton experienced it, and this race it’s Weber’s turn.
"Why? Why didn’t they let pit first, Xiangbei clearly could have been held behind!"
"Captain" Weber is not one with a good temper, and he didn’t choose to swallow his grievances against the team’s unfairness, instead questioning them directly on the radio.
The Red Bull Racing Team managent’s faces looked a bit heavy at Weber’s questioning. Though this outco wasn’t what they wanted, it was within an acceptable range.
After all, the value of a championship far exceeds other rankings.
If that’s the case, whether Weber cos in second or third doesn’t really matter to Red Bull Racing Team.
It’s just that Weber himself finds it hard to accept.
"We’ll discuss the issue with the directives after the race."
Horner coldly replied.
It’s understandable for Weber to have objections, but openly questioning the team in the radio belongs to challenging the authority of the strategy group and managent.
So drivers can do this, but it doesn’t include Weber!
Feeling the change in tone from team leader Horner, even though Weber was still indignant, he could only temporarily swallow his anger.
A driver can’t wrestle against an entire team, ultimately, the team has the upper hand.
In fact, Red Bull Racing Team’s favoritism has long been a norm, historically in the 10th season’s Turkey Race, Weber was in blistering form, backed by consecutive victories in the Spain Station and Monaco Station, tying in points with teammate Vettel, both leading the points standings.
This race, Weber was also in the lead, with Vettel in second.
Facing this situation, the German young driver’s desire to win made him operate more aggressively, directly engaging in wheel-to-wheel combat with his teammate, then knocking Weber off the track, allowing McLaren Team to pick up a big win, finishing one-two.
Post-race, neither Marco nor Horner criticized the incident, on the contrary, in the subsequent UK race, Weber’s new front wing was even given to Vettel to use.
This directly led to the famous scene where Weber heavily smashed a water cup during the pre-race press conference, also thoroughly announcing the sides in Red Bull’s internal feud.
Of course, that’s all in hindsight.
As for the present, Chen Xiangbei’s fans and supporters had already stood up from their seats, unleashing their emotions and cheers enthusiastically.
"Chen Xiangbei, aweso, conquering the Korea Station!"
"Two consecutive wins, you’re going to beco the strongest rookie in history!"
"Winning the championship with hat tricks in two races, truly a miracle!"
"Car God Bei~~! Car God Bei~~! Car God Bei~~!"
Although there’s a scent of premature celebration with champagne, Chen Xiangbei’s performance indeed left the spectators unable to contain the excitent inside.
At the China Station, fastest lap, pole position, and championship achieved a hat trick, and Korea Station is a brand new track, pole position already equates to creating a track record, aning if Chen Xiangbei can win the race again, he’ll create the remarkable achievent of "winning three in a row".
In F1’s sixty-year history until now, even counting the chaotic early rules era, no driver has ever accomplished a hat trick in consecutive rookie season races.
If previously Chen Xiangbei and Kimi Raikkonen being called the rookie twin stars was like stealing attention,
Then now fans and supporters have the confidence and backing to say it out loud; Chen Xiangbei is the brightest new star in the F1 Paddock!
After this race, Chen Xiangbei’s status and identity will be completely different!
"Even sitting in the studio, I can hear shouts from so of the crowd on-site, indeed seeing Xiangbei climb from the ninth position after a start-up mistake to the current second position, his normal performance is enough to awe and drive fans wild."
"However, it’s still too early to celebrate Driver Bei’s victory, he hasn’t directly defeated a few strong opponents, relying more on his stability and team tactics’ success."
"Red Bull Racing had an absolute performance advantage in this race, and Vettel is also hailed as Schumacher’s successor, one of the new generation’s strongest drivers."
"Xiangbei wants to cross the last big mountain, it’s not that easy."
Initially very optimistic about Chen Xiangbei, comntator Red, at this mont facing the crowd’s cheer, instead threw a cold splash of water.
There are less than ten laps left in the race, Driver Bei and Vettel’s tire lifespan are the sa, but the car performance is vastly different, trying to chase is already hard enough, let alone overtaking in the final monts.
Being able to keep lap tis on par is already an outstanding and remarkable performance by Chen Xiangbei.
The further step is much more challenging than imagined.
Sotis motorsport is just like that, a 70% car and 30% human effort, it’s not just about relying on form and faith to bridge performance gaps.
Moreover, Vettel isn’t a rookie.
"Chen Xiangbei’s ranking in this race should just stop here."
Beside him, the Korean comntator Park Dongxu agreed.
During a significant portion of the race, facing Chen Xiangbei’s extre defense and overtaking, Park Dongxu was left speechless for quite so ti.
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