Car Racing without Money

Chapter 797 - 325: Let Me Teach You How to Run

Although both sides were ready to fight, the brawl that many spectators were eagerly anticipating did not happen.Car collision accidents are extremely common in the F1 Paddock. Not to mention just a practice session, even in the finals of a championship, crashes are not rare, some even involve malicious collisions.

Of course, there have been many historical incidents where drivers wanted to fight, such as when Trulli and Sutil got out of their cars to shove each other, not to mention the early days of fiery figures like Schumacher and Montoya.

They were truly prone to road rage, ready to fight if they disliked someone!

As times changed, particularly with the FIA imposing increasingly strict punishments on drivers, direct confrontations have virtually vanished in F1.

"Brother Bei, are you okay?"

Ah Yong approached and asked Chen Xiangbei, then glared angrily at Rosberg.

He is the youngest member of the team, and truly regards Chen Xiangbei as a big brother. The forced overtaking by the opponent made him very angry.

"I’m fine."

Chen Xiangbei nodded, indifferent to the incident on the track.

Professional drivers have to naturally face these, and in his previous life he went through many, eventually dying on the track.

"Yong, quickly hoist the racing car back to the garage, don’t delay the repair time."

Odetto patted Ah Yong’s shoulder, speaking in a very calm tone.

Having spent decades in the paddock, what major storms hasn’t he weathered? This car crash is nothing!

The two drivers walked towards the repair station separately, while the team members and track staff moved the racing car.

Seeing Chen Xiangbei return, the strategy team members who stayed behind came over to offer comfort, hoping Chen Xiangbei wouldn’t feel any psychological pressure. This is just an ordinary overtaking incident on the track, one that even the FIA won’t investigate for right or wrong.

Things were calm on the HRT Team side, but as a home turf driver for the Mercedes Team, numerous reporters stood at the repair station entrance, all cameras focused on Rosberg, who had just returned from the track.

"Rosberg, you just had a collision incident with Bei, whose fault do you think it was?"

Upon hearing this question, Rosberg responded without hesitation.

"Of course, it’s Bei’s fault. He couldn’t stop me, so he again used dangerous and despicable collision tactics."

As soon as Rosberg said this, it instantly resonated within the paddock.

Since the beginning of the season, HRT Team has frequently engaged in various reckless and dangerous driving behaviors. The previous few stations pushed malicious blocking and collisions to the extreme, receiving much criticism and controversy within the paddock.

With the decreased competitiveness of the HRT Racing Car in mid-season, the two drivers behaved more honestly, often unable to overtake and thus resorting to "following the train," relying more on tire advantages and tactical overtaking.

Now, facing championship pressure, Chen Xiangbei once again firmly blocked, causing an accident.

Such a disgraceful team and driver, clashing with a home driver, led the local audience to curse openly.

"FUCK the Chinese folks, they resort to crashing when they can’t block overtakes, truly shameless!"

"The Mercedes Team should have fiercely taught the Chinese folks a lesson just now, to give them some memory!"

"Blocking in practice? Wait until the race; you won’t even see Rosberg’s tail lights!"

"Indeed, during the race, Rosberg will show the Chinese folks what true absolute dominance means."

Faced with the local audience’s rage, Chen Xiangbei’s fans and fan group couldn’t hold back from criticizing.

Chen Xiangbei is no longer the insignificant figure he once was; his championship contention performance during his debut season allowed him to amass a large global following, and coupled with Briatore’s operations, his popularity and topics have remained high.

It can be said that apart from those seasoned WDC veterans, Chen Xiangbei’s popularity and influence still hold him as the top newcomer.

No one is afraid of debating for voice control!

"It’s not clear who hit whom, so why is Bei being blamed?"

"Can’t even see the tail lights? Are you saying Rosberg can’t see Bei’s tail lights?"

"In terms of hard power, Rosberg can only look up to Driver Bei!"

"Go, Car God Bei!"

The audience on both sides engaged in heated verbal exchanges while inside the repair station, Odetto and Liang Chi stood before the damaged racing car, asking, "How long will it take to fix, and will it affect tomorrow’s third practice and qualifying?"

Upon hearing Odetto’s inquiry, Liang Chi walked around the car assessing the damage, then nodded and replied, "Front suspension is broken, lateral damage, unknown chassis damage."

"We have enough spare parts, and it can be repaired tonight."

For F1 teams, the difficulty of repairing damaged racing cars has never been a technical issue.

It’s about whether there are enough parts.

If spare parts are sufficient, even if a car is smashed to bits, the technician team can provide a brand-new car the next day.

Liang Chi then added, "If the chassis is damaged, then we’ll have to use the spare car’s parts, meaning Monaco Station can’t have another crash, or else it will affect the final station."

Although regular parts are not lacking for HRT Team, chassis remain limited in quantity.

Additionally, the team’s main research and production power are currently focused on next season’s TF120.

The new racing car will use a self-developed chassis paired with Ferrari’s power unit, meaning it won’t be compatible with the current Toyota power unit, and Monaco is a high-incident rate track with a historical completion rate of only about fifty percent.