Car Racing without Money

Chapter 783 - 319: I Only Want to Be Number One

After nodding politely to each other, Chen Xiangbei sat at the far left side of the long sofa, while Alonso took the middle C position.In F1 interviews, there’s no strict hierarchy for seating, but often world champions naturally receive preferential treatment. Just like Schumacher, no matter when or where he was interviewed, his spot was always the C position.

Across from the sofa, a sea of reporters filled the audience. The special commercial atmosphere of the Monaco Station attracted not only sports media but many commercial and even fashion-related media are gathered too.

As a result, the number of reporters before the race is especially large, with global influence being particularly high.

Beside the long sofa was a separate chair, occupied by Bach, the official host from F1, who would conduct the pre-race press conference interview.

"Welcome to the five drivers for the Monaco pre-race interview. You are all strong contenders for this season’s world championship, just a step away from the top!"

"First, I’d like to ask Alonso, you’re once again standing before the world championship. Are you confident in wearing the crown this time?"

Since winning consecutive championships in the 05 and 06 seasons, Alonso remained in the top three of the standings until the final race in the 07 season, with a great chance of defending the world championship.

Unfortunately, he encountered the prodigious Hamilton, and with their infighting combined with McLaren Team’s "spy gate," Kimi Raikkonen reversed and won the championship by a one-point margin in the final race.

After this, Alonso returned to his old team Renault for two years, but now drives the Ferrari to compete with Red Bull’s "Mars Rover" with absolute hard strength, once again reaching the top of the standings.

It can be said that Alonso has one hand on the triple crown, just needing to stabilize the last two races.

"Of course, I’m full of confidence about it."

Alonso replied very calmly, this is the power that confidence brings!

The Ferrari car wasn’t dominant in the 10 season, with teammate Masa only ranking sixth and scoring over a hundred points less than Alonso.

What is a god-level driver who brings a 0.5-second acceleration with him, Alonso displayed this thoroughly.

Even a youthful Vettel driving the Mars Rover was only on par with Alonso in peak condition!

After Alonso’s reply, Bach immediately turned the microphone to Vettel and asked, "You’re only two points behind Alonso, with a great chance to reverse your opponent. Do you yearn to become the new world champion?"

"Yes, I yearn to become the world champion!"

Vettel’s tone was filled with longing and determination. Last year, he already won the title of world runner-up, almost reversing Brawn GP Driver Jenson Button.

Standing in second place once again, he didn’t want to fail again.

"Good, I can feel your inner fervent desire to win, I look forward to you and Alonso providing an exciting championship showdown."

Then, Bach proceeded to ask Hamilton, Weber, and others, with topics primarily revolving around the competition for the world championship, the responses were as expected, frankly somewhat conservative and dull.

After all, as the official F1 host, Bach needs to consider the global image and can’t recklessly stir up or hype topics.

However, when it came to the reporter question segment, the atmosphere became entirely different, filled with sharpness and a tense powder keg feel.

And the focus shifted from Alonso and others to Chen Xiangbei.

The reason is simple, this kid is the new season’s challenger, the disruptor of the old order!

"Bei, you’re currently ranked fifth in the standings, with only a theoretical chance to win the annual driver’s championship, do you still have confidence in yourself?"

"This question is meaningless, next one."

Compared to the standard responses from drivers before him, Chen Xiangbei brought a sudden twist to the style.

He wasn’t interested in saying anything for appearances, always filled with confidence in himself!

With Chen Xiangbei’s answer, many familiar sports reporters showed an expression of "I thought so."

Only someone from commercial or entertainment types would ask such questions, anyone who interacted with the Chinese Kid several times wouldn’t ask such nonsense questions.

"Bei, your points have been dropping recently, the outside world thinks you’re just a flash in the pan in F1, what’s your response to this?"

The BBC reporter asked straight about the recent hot topic, Chen Xiangbei’s point ranking went down, who exactly gave him the confidence to make a comeback and win the championship.

"The ranking drop is the car’s problem, not mine, thanks."

The moment this answer came out, the scene was in an uproar among reporters.

Chen Xiangbei hadn’t attended driver press conferences in several races, a decline in ranking means a drop in performance, naturally, the focus of interviews would shift to the sectional champion.

Additionally, HRT’s overall strategy was long-distance score preservation, without any shocking comebacks from the tail of the field, lacking scenes and topicality, leading to much forgetting of Chen Xiangbei’s arrogant image.

Now it’s back, all back!

Only the Chinese Kid dares to say such things frankly, dares to be so domineeringly arrogant!

[Driver Bei hasn’t changed at all]

[Drivers who dare to offload responsibility to the team, aren’t they afraid to be fired?]

[Would you fire a future superstar in the racing world?]

[This is the Driver Bei I acknowledge, eternally commanding and aggressive!]