Car Racing without Money-Chapter 560 - 218: Chinese Rookie Shatters Expectations (Part 3)

But just as Senna was celebrating his victory, Prost had already reached an agreement with the FIA president, also from France, announcing that Senna’s benefit from the escape route violated the rules, directly canceling the race points.

Originally, this matter, following the plot development, would simply become another "gate" incident in motorsport politics.

Yet destiny allowed the two drivers to face off in the season finale once again in a championship showdown, but this time it was Senna leading.

Logically, Senna having suffered from a black box operation before, needed only to maintain his lead and finish the race to undisputedly win the world championship.

But compared to the world championship, Senna still cared about his vengeance!

Without any suspense, Senna chose revenge and hit Prost off the track, even though this dangerous driving act carried the risk of being penalized again by the FIA, thus losing the world championship.

Senna did it anyway.

The desire for victory combined with his relentless spirit, made Senna great and legendary.

If he hadn’t done this, he would never become the revered champion in the eyes of the public!

Prost once saw Senna’s style and shadow in Chen Xiangbei.

If he hasn’t misjudged the person, driver Xiangbei would definitely not choose to concede.

Soon the two cars approached the T12 corner, which was already one of the last few turns at the Albert Park Circuit.

Under the helmet, Chen Xiangbei was expressionless, staring intently at Kubica’s movements in the car ahead.

Observing the opponent change lanes to seize the conventional cornering line, Chen Xiangbei predicted and followed behind, successfully benefiting from the slipstream of the Renault car.

The HRT Racing Car enhanced its straight-line tail speed at this event, meaning that under the slingshot effect, Chen Xiangbei was actually almost 10 km/h faster than Kubica, enough to complete an overtake before entering the corner.

Treating others as they treated him, Chen Xiangbei pressed the accelerator down, inch by inch overtaking Kubica’s rear wheels, intending to use the same tactic to complete the overtake.

Win back what was lost!

But the straight line before the corner wasn’t long enough, Chen Xiangbei only managed to get the car’s front wing past the rear wheels of the car ahead, unable to complete a full overtake before entering the corner.

Nevertheless, it was sufficient; according to F1 rules, Kubica couldn’t change lanes casually, at least he couldn’t block Chen Xiangbei’s cornering line.

Often the speed into a corner doesn’t matter much, as long as you are faster than your opponent it is enough.

The two cars entered the corner one after the other, with Chen Xiangbei gradually catching up during the corner due to a faster cornering speed, achieving a side-by-side position.

In response, Kubica showed no intention of yielding, stubbornly holding his best path and even deliberately turning the wheel toward Chen Xiangbei, getting close.

He knew that the HRT Team didn’t have enough spare parts to withstand any car damage during the qualifying.

Since that was the case, then strike while the iron is hot!

Watching Kubica’s pressure move, Chen Xiangbei’s face showed a cold smile; honestly, this was within his expectations.

The reason is simple, Chen Xiangbei had a god-like perspective of history, very well aware of Kubica’s personality and driving style, many of his fixed styles were predictable.

In contrast, Kubica knew nothing about Chen Xiangbei!

Facing the pressing Kubica coming closer, Chen Xiangbei directly hit the brakes hard, slowing down and turning, then the car’s front almost brushed the tail of the Renault car, changing lanes in the opposite direction.

Under the effect of inertia, before Kubica realized what Chen Xiangbei was doing, he found that the opponent had precisely identified the apex point of the corner, directly crossing paths to overtake during the corner.

Chen Xiangbei could describe the entire slowdown, lane change, and overtaking maneuver as "success in one fell swoop," without any error, demonstrating perfect understanding and control of the car and the track!

In fact, Chen Xiangbei never intended a hard overtake in the corner, his maneuver was simply using Kubica’s assertive mentality to play a trick.

The cross path overtaking was Chen Xiangbei’s real kill shot!

Only the TF110 car with the characteristic of oversteering could complete the sudden brake and turn inside the corner; with the previous understeering characteristic, Chen Xiangbei couldn’t perform such an operation.

Watching the HRT Racing Car overtaking in front, Kubica was dumbfounded, nearly unable to believe his eyes.

Chen Xiangbei combined reaction and driving skill, and his control over the timing of the overtake, completely surpassed the standard any rookie should have.

What’s more astonishing was that Chen Xiangbei had anticipated his control!

All of his defensive actions, the rookie from China seemed to know in advance, providing a seamless response.

To be honest, if both had swapped positions, Kubica believes he couldn’t have achieved it.

Chen Xiangbei’s strength, at this moment, shattered Kubica’s perception; the Chinese rookie was terrifying!