"COPY."
Chen Xiangbei simply replied before grabbing the opportunity to directly enter the pit lane.
In fact, not only he went to the pit, but the tire compounds of twenty drivers on the track, limited by the mandatory pit stop requirent, were mostly starting with soft or ultra-soft tires, now all past their grip peaks.
Ricardo’s off-track incident happened to shorten the pit stop window ti.
If they don’t seize the opportunity to pit now, once the yellow flag speed limit is lifted, the entire tire change ti will take at least an extra ten seconds!
Watching the F3 cars pit one by one for a tire change, Jas then said in an emotional tone, "Earlier, Xiangbei’s feint move really was sowhat unexpected, with an ultimate late braking that fooled Ricardo, while also finding a special cornering apex point."
"Honestly, when I saw the apparent tail slide in the broadcast footage, I couldn’t tell if it was Xiangbei’s luck or his skill!"
Not only Ricardo couldn’t understand how all this happened, but even the comntators with the "observer" perspective couldn’t figure it out.
It’s just a sha Chen Xiangbei can’t hear the comntators’ confusion; if he could, he would undoubtedly tell them.
The cornering maneuver earlier had no elent of luck, purely skill and execution!
Throughout the first half of the race, Chen Xiangbei had already made several tentative attacks at the T8 corner just to taunt and provoke Ricardo, making his defensive driving increasingly resolute.
Chen Xiangbei is well aware of one thing: while he studies Ricardo and other competitors’ data, his opponents will certainly study his driving style and technical characteristics.
Aggressive, arrogant, assertive, daring...
These adjectives are the labels Chen Xiangbei displays.
When the Chinese Kid opts for corner overtaking, it will surely reveal the assertiveness of whoever eases the throttle is a coward, and whoever brakes is not worthy.
In racing, montum is what often counts; if Ricardo does not want to be a loser, he has to face the challenge with a "bright sword" spirit.
Losing is not scary.
Fear is what makes you lose for a lifeti.
Ricardo understands this truth too.
It’s just that Ricardo never imagined that his psychology was precisely predicted by Chen Xiangbei.
Chen Xiangbei wants Ricardo to "not be afraid"!
With prolonged tentative attacks, Ricardo kept defending his line, continuously wearing out tires, giving Chen Xiangbei’s car a great traction advantage.
aning at the sa braking points, Chen Xiangbei can brake to the limit, while Ricardo cannot.
The result is clear, Ricardo eventually went off the track.
In competitive sports, external labels are epheral; they are rely props to assist Chen Xiangbei in victory.
Ricardo did attempt to understand his opponent, but his understanding wasn’t thorough enough.
At least he didn’t truly see what kind of driver Chen Xiangbei is.
As for the final tail slide maneuver, it was also part of Chen Xiangbei’s plan.
He doesn’t possess Verstappen’s extre car feel to capture every change in tire grip and rear vehicle movent.
However, Chen Xiangbei has his advantage—that he has indeed served as a professional rally driver, having unequaled experience with tail slide trajectories compared to Formula drivers!
A dual approach is needed to achieve such seemingly impossible overtaking.
"Jas, I originally thought Spa Circuit’s speed characteristic would be Ricardo’s coronation track for the F3 Championship."
"But unexpectedly, he encountered a more formidable opponent, Xiangbei—the Chinese Kid might be the strongest F3 driver!"
Guest Klas was thoroughly convinced this ti; the T8 corner is the most challenging corner and overtaking point at Spa Circuit, yet Chen Xiangbei cleanly and beautifully passed Ricardo, the latter having almost no chance to respond.
Especially the car control demonstrated by Xiangbei, Klas reluctantly admits, has surpassed the limits of an F3 driver, reaching realms of GP2, even F1 Drivers.
No wonder the new Chinese entrant imagines creating a miracle by jumping to F1; he indeed has the strength for it!
"Even Ricardo couldn’t stop Chen Xiangbei; who else on the Spa Circuit could?"
"Bianchi actually has decent strength, but unfortunately, he encountered the stronger driver, Xiangbei."
"According to the current tire change speed, Bianchi might not even have the qualification to block Chen Xiangbei."
"Xiangbei, you will beco the true king of F3!"
Watching the technician’s tire change actions in the pit stop, Chen Xiangbei’s supporters on the Spa Circuit stands were thrilled.
Bottas was eliminated right after the start, and the strongest competitor Ricardo has retired.
Now the only threat is Bianchi; as long as the tire change speed is faster by 1 second, then Chen Xiangbei will exit in front.
The Dream Team’s speed is slow compared to F1 teams.
Bianchi doesn’t have a full Ferrari technician team, simply relying on the F3 team power can’t be faster than the Super Dream Technician Team.
Once beyond Bianchi, there won’t be anyone on the Spa Circuit who can compete with Chen Xiangbei!
At the pit box position in front of the garage, under Liang Chi’s lead, the Super Dream Technician Team was racing against ti to change the tires on Chen Xiangbei’s car No. 13, each person’s expression extrely focused and serious.
They know very well that Chen Xiangbei has achieved perfection in this race.
Whether they can finish it early now depends on their performance.
The sound of the tire change gun rotating echoed in their ears as the stopwatch numbers quickly jumped.
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