Car Racing without Money

Chapter 794 - 323: Facing or Yielding (Part 2)

"Then just wait and see!"In fact, not only was Odetto filled with confidence in Chen Xiangbei earlier, but even the track fans and car enthusiasts also shared a blind craze and admiration for him.

Throughout the season up to now, Chen Xiangbei has done everything he could, showcasing all the performance of the HRT Racing Car, never disappointing his supporters. How could he not be filled with confidence?

On the track, the HRT Racing Car was speeding like lightning, and the whole audience’s eyes were fixed on the big screen broadcasting the race. This lap, Chen Xiangbei’s line was clearly more extreme, nearly using the curbs to devour the entire buffer space, and it’s evident that there were fewer corrections in the corners.

Soon, the first timing sector flashed purple, indicating that he had run the fastest speed in the field.

The second timing sector flashed green, meaning he was faster than his previous lap.

Immediately, the third timing sector flashed green again, confirming Chen Xiangbei’s speed on this lap was faster than his fastest lap in the first practice.

As for whether he could catch up with or even surpass Rosberg, there remained a suspense.

But this suspense didn’t last long, as the track data processing center quickly displayed Chen Xiangbei’s lap speed on the big screen.

minute 13 seconds 307!

Chen Xiangbei did not surpass Rosberg’s fastest lap, the gap between them was 0.3 seconds.

Yet, the crowd in the HRT Team’s pit still cheered and applauded. As a rookie running the Monaco Circuit for the first time, achieving such lap times in practice can already be described as excellent.

In fact, Chen Xiangbei’s lap speed ranking also rose to second place.

"Mr. Xiang Bei, great result, 1 minute 13 seconds 307 ranked second."

Sawano Hiroyuki immediately expressed his congratulations to Chen Xiangbei through the team radio.

But upon hearing this number, Chen Xiangbei’s face did not show any joy.

A gap of 0.3 seconds, let alone at Monaco, can be considered a chasm in any F1 circuit qualifying.

Moreover, for a championship contender, second place is the biggest failure; Chen Xiangbei’s goal is only first place!

After a brief cooling-down lap buffer, Chen Xiangbei floored the pedal, and the car speed started to soar crazily. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: to surpass Rosberg’s lap speed and become first in practice.

Watching the monitoring screen as the speed of Chen Xiangbei’s car number 13 soared, Mizutani Sho’s expression instantly tightened. This speed was obviously beyond the track’s safety limits; Mr. Xiang Bei’s emotions were somewhat getting the better of him.

Just as Mizutani Sho hesitated whether to remind Chen Xiangbei, the track broadcast monitoring screen showed that a car was quickly approaching from behind!

"Bei, watch out for the Mercedes Racing Car approaching from behind."

Odetto’s voice came through the headset, not mentioning Chen Xiangbei’s dangerous speed, only informing him that a car was drawing near.

It indicated the speed of the car behind was faster!

Upon hearing Odetto’s reminder, Chen Xiangbei glanced at the rearview mirror, where the Mercedes silver paint gleamed with a unique "metallic" sheen under the sunlight, approaching swiftly like an arrow leaving the string.

Indeed, only wrong names exist, not wrong nicknames.

At this moment, the Mercedes Racing Car truly lived up to the name of "Silver Arrow!"

There was still some distance between the two cars, and given that the F1 car’s rearview mirrors are designed to reduce wind resistance and meet aerodynamic layout, their area is pitifully small; Chen Xiangbei couldn’t immediately see the car number on the front.

However, he knew in his heart that it was impossible for Schumacher to be driving that Mercedes, leaving only Rosberg.

The entire season, the relationship between Chen Xiangbei and Rosberg could be described as "irreconcilable" with four words.

The collisions at the beginning of the season, and the "provocations" against Rosberg, had already planted a grudge between the two.

Originally, Chen Xiangbei wasn’t concerned about these grudges on the track, but Rosberg had a very significant character trait: he loved to babble and complain.

Frequently expressing shady or accusatory remarks about Chen Xiangbei in various interviews, much like when he later competed against Hamilton, the two childhood friends perennially mocking each other’s teammates until they became strangers.

Rosberg acted like this partly out of dissatisfaction and jealousy.

Partly, it was due to needing to vent under great pressure!

Rosberg, to some extent, shared a similar initial environment with Vettel, having a world champion father, a wealthy family, a childhood sweetheart wife, completely embodying a perfect family.

The comfortable environment lacked tempering; Rosberg and Vettel similarly didn’t possess strong enough inner hearts, starkly different from Hamilton, who grew up being mocked and discriminated against.

This wealthy scion was thrust into the contenders for the world championship, leading to immense mental pressure throughout his Mercedes career facing Hamilton’s competition, needing to rely on a psychologist for guidance in the latter half of the season, being so nervous that he frequently had to go to the bathroom to vomit before races.

This is why Rosberg chose to retire immediately after winning the championship in the 16th season.

He truly couldn’t bear the pressure any longer.

Although Rosberg now didn’t face such exaggerated pressure as in his future championship contention, external expectations and doubts about him were not few.

The reason is simple: being the son of a world champion naturally warrants comparison with world champions.

Just like the entire careers of young Senna or Mick Schumacher in the future are shrouded under the halo of Uncle Senna and father Schumacher.

If you perform well, it’s expected because you enjoyed your predecessors’ resources.

If you perform poorly, you’ll face thousands of mockeries, for you’ve disgraced your predecessors’ reputations!

Rosberg being crushed by a Chinese rookie like Chen Xiangbei, without a doubt, external mockery and controversy were inevitable. He was eager to find an opportunity to prove himself, and the Monaco home track was the best timing.

There’s nothing more glorious than winning the championship at your home track, and nothing more satisfying than "getting revenge" at home!

Previously, it was always Chen Xiangbei as the attacker provoking Rosberg.

Today, Rosberg was filled with fighting spirit and determination, ready to show Chen Xiangbei who the true king of Monaco is!

The unusual scene of two racing cars in high-speed pursuit during practice was naturally immediately captured by commentator Red.

He immediately explained: "An unexpected scene appears on the track, Rosberg from the Mercedes Team is speedily pursuing the HRT Driver Bei ahead who is pushing."

"You must know this is Friday practice, everyone is still in the stage of car adjustments and track tests; Rosberg’s speed implies abandoning feedback evaluation on track conditions, even if this is his home track, even if his practice lap speed is far ahead, I believe he wouldn’t be so confident to directly forgo testing."

"So there’s only one truth: Rosberg is provoking Bei, trying to prove his domination over the Monaco Circuit!"

Red’s tone was somewhat excited; the most captivating aspect of races is the grudge match, not to mention the performance of two top-tier new generation drivers.

He’s genuinely curious about how the always sharp-tongued Chen Xiangbei will respond to Rosberg, who possesses the advantages of timing, location, and human factors.

Fight back? Or back down?

For others, there may be two choices, but for Chen Xiangbei, his choice is only one.

Victory belongs to the brave at a narrow path!

The two cars weren’t shying away from each other’s fast speeds, not hinting at practice, directly using Monaco Circuit as a duel arena.

Often the appearance of a competitor can squeeze out more potential, Chen Xiangbei already felt his adrenaline surging, this is the stimulation brought by massive secretion of adrenaline.

"You wouldn’t expect anything less from Bei; judging from the speed, he chose to fight back!"

Red’s face showed a self-mocking smile, realizing he should never have had such a question; Bei would never retreat.

Listening to Red’s words, Henry sitting beside him saw this scene, and his expression turned somewhat unsightly.

Following this, he responded in a contemptuous tone: "Driver Bei will soon realize that he has provoked an opponent he shouldn’t have messed with. This year, no one can outrun Rosberg on this track; he will show the opponent what despair truly means!"