Car Racing without Money

Chapter 831: Chapter 341: One Last Trump Card

"He pitted for a front wing change of over nine seconds, and he could still complete the undercut?"

"Did the pit stop collision affect Rosberg? It seemed like he was delayed a bit when avoiding while exiting the pit."

"Without the collision between Masa and Vettel, Rosberg couldn’t have been tactically overtaken by Chen Xiangbei!"

"No ifs. Driver Bei did overtake, and luck is also a kind of strength!"

"Come on, Bei, take the Monaco Grand Prix, you will become the greatest rookie ever in the F1 arena, and there’s no one else!"

As Chen Xiangbei returned to fourth place, he once again became the focus of the entire event.

One must know that Monaco is a track that demands zero mistakes. Dropping a single position could lead to a catastrophic price, making it hard to fight back.

Faced with the dual attack from the Ferrari Team, Chen Xiangbei held on to the end before making a mistake, and gradually erased the cost of his mistake with his performance and strength.

This is considered an exceptionally rare display for a rookie.

Most drivers would have long collapsed!

But at this moment, it’s still far from over or a success. Chen Xiangbei still has three opponents ahead.

Especially with Alonso and Vettel having more points than Chen Xiangbei, even if he takes the title in the final round, he will need another condition to win the world championship.

That is, these two must gain no points or be very far behind in ranking.

Clearly, the likelihood of this is close to zero, which means if Chen Xiangbei doesn’t want his chance at the world crown to only exist theoretically, he must reclaim his leading car position.

In the remaining more than forty laps, Chen Xiangbei will give it his all!

"Kimi, do you think Bei can keep overtaking?"

Mr. Soper asked, the direction of the whole event had proven that this temporarily retired genius driver’s judgment was more precise than his own.

"At least Vettel can’t stop him."

"Is the car’s side pod damaged?"

Mr. Soper asked back, Vettel’s unchangeable car body always had fatal risks.

"That’s just one part of it."

"What else?"

"Tires and psychological advantage."

Upon hearing Raikkonen’s answer, Mr. Soper fell into contemplation.

Although Vettel changed tires and exited ahead of Chen Xiangbei, the collision caused delay and disturbance in rhythm, his gap with the car behind is very small, just within attack range.

Even though Vettel fitted medium yellow tires, facing Monaco Circuit’s ten-degree ground temperature, it takes at least a lap for the tires to warm up, and this time point is Chen Xiangbei’s best attack opportunity.

The two have faced off before, and Vettel showed his "weak" side.

This is how the F1 paddock works; if you’re weak, you’re bound to be bullied. Chen Xiangbei would rather risk a collision than not showcase his strength on the track, to tell the outside world he’s not a pushover.

Once someone bullies a pushover, there will definitely be a next time. This is Chen Xiangbei’s psychological advantage!

As Raikkonen expected, Chen Xiangbei looked at Vettel’s Red Bull Racing car ahead and launched an attack without any hesitation.

[Do you really think I’m easy to bully?]

Facing Chen Xiangbei’s aggressive approach, Vettel’s expression was exceptionally ugly.

Honestly, although in the paddock he belongs to the mid-generation leaning towards a rookie driver, he’s in his third year of careers.

But he has already claimed a world runner-up title, which qualitatively distinguishes him from true rookies.

Chen Xiangbei’s actions perhaps are to seize the moment, but also indirectly illustrate a problem, that the Chinese did not consider him in eye, attacking anytime and anywhere, without even choosing a proper overtaking section.

The most promising rookie in the paddock, the successor of King of Cars Schumacher, the future leader of the German racing scene.

Now being so belittled by a first-year freshman, even if Vettel is "weak", he can’t tolerate it.

Moreover, Vettel is definitely not some coward, his previous yielding to Chen Xiangbei was more about not wanting a barefoot to step on a shod one, resulting in everlasting regret for a single mistake!

Determined, Vettel’s attitude became very strong, even slowing his speed to widen the distance from the car ahead, he would stick to the defensive line and not give Chen Xiangbei any chance to overtake.

The Monaco Circuit is indeed narrow, Chen Xiangbei took the middle route previously, even someone as strong as Alonso couldn’t find a chance. Although Vettel at the moment may be a notch below his peak four-time world champion capacity, achieving absolute defense is still easily done.

The two cars sped along like this, soon reaching the Monaco Circuit T12 to T14 combination turn, a large "U" shape turn. Due to the big steering angle, drivers can take it at low gear full throttle, maintaining an average speed of 230km/h.

Although it theoretically allows full throttle, remember that the Monaco Circuit has no runoff areas, the faster the speed means the steering is very sharp, requiring drivers to focus on the overall balance of the car.

If the car mounts a curb causing a bounce, or the speed is too high causing understeer, the car will deviate from the optimal line through the corner.

Dancing on the tip of the knife, deviation means crashing!

Chen Xiangbei barely touched the brakes upon entry, carrying a high cornering speed of 180km/h, and this speed kept climbing, showing a clear intent to go full throttle through the bend.