Chen Xiangbei was conducting a long-distance heavy-load tire test, with almost no requirements for lap times, deliberately avoiding the racing line much of the time to prevent obstructing other drivers who were speeding.

After all, you have to be a bit fair and not be too double standard—it’s not like others blocking you is a jerk move while when you block others it’s all laughs?

Based on this principle, Chen Xiangbei drove on the outside of the track, allowing the trailing car to cut in from the inside and smoothly take the corner.

But the opponent suddenly rushed straight towards him, could it be out of control?

With this doubt in mind, as the silver Mercedes was about to rear-end, Chen Xiangbei quickly turned the steering wheel to ride the curb, almost being squeezed into the buffer zone’s escape route.

The trailing car’s steering wheel seemed welded in place, it continued to speed past and then elegantly drew an arc in the corner as it left, leaving only the flashing red tail lights to Chen Xiangbei.

There was no doubt that the opponent’s last cornering maneuver was not in any way out of control.

"Damn, what does this Rossberg jerk mean, trying to slap Brother Bei’s face at his home track?"

The team pit crew member Ah Yong saw this and furiously cursed.

No need for a professional driver or engineer, even he as a mechanic could tell that the opponent was blatantly provoking on purpose.

Choosing a spot like the home track at East Sea International Circuit, simply not giving Brother Bei any face!

"This guy was acting all pretentious in the past few races, often throwing shade at Xiangbei, finally dropping the act today?"

Brother Lei nearby chimed in, his tone full of disdain.

Right from the inaugural match, Rossberg accused Chen Xiangbei of dangerous driving and filed a complaint with the FIA.

Of course, Chen Xiangbei didn’t hold back either, openly mocking Rossberg as a weakling, inviting him to challenge at any time, their rivalry grew deeper and deeper.

However, unexpected rain at the Australia Station allowed Chen Xiangbei to show off a spectacular rain battle, leaving Rossberg no chance to retaliate. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Meanwhile, Schumacher topped the rain battle at the Australia Station, adding considerable public pressure on Rossberg, who was also a Mercedes driver.

In the F1 realm, if you can’t outrun an opponent, there are countless excuses to find.

If you can’t outrun a teammate, the only term to use is incompetence.

Especially when one wins a Station championship, while the other can’t even touch the podium, it magnifies this disparity.

Even if this teammate is the King of Cars, Schumacher.

Rossberg is an extremely patient driver, facing Hamilton’s dominance and the Mercedes team’s favoritism, he waited four years as the second driver, seizing fleeting opportunities to make a comeback.

Indirectly, he ended Hamilton’s dream of becoming an eight-time champion.

But at this point in time, Rossberg was very young, he hadn’t endured the trials from teammates and the team to learn restraint.

Looking at the racing Chen Xiangbei ahead, the arrogance born from being a second-generation racer prevented him from suppressing his inner disgust and anger, attempting to create some trouble to prove he wasn’t a weakling or coward.

In most cases, encountering such annoying sly maneuvers, it’s just about exchanging greetings over team radio.

But Chen Xiangbei didn’t plan to tolerate, especially not at East Sea International Circuit.

Not to mention Rossberg, even if the driver of the silver Mercedes was Schumacher, the "Crossing Dragon" has to submit in front of the "Local Snake"!

With a push of the pedal, Chen Xiangbei was no longer in a leisurely test mode, the car speed instantly soared chasing towards the silver Mercedes ahead.

The change in car speed immediately transmitted through sensors to the monitoring screen, seeing Chen Xiangbei exhibiting signs of "road rage", Mizutani Sho said worriedly: "Leader, North’s car is on heavy load long-distance tuning, and the remaining life of the neutral tires is limited, such emotional confrontation might go wrong."

Presently, although the HRT Team no longer lacks replacement parts, if an accident occurs during practice three, the team’s technician group will find it very difficult to repair and tune the car within a few short hours.

Professional drivers going headfirst into driving "out of spite" is by some means not a good sign, and even more meaningless.

Sawano Hiroyuki next to him, upon hearing, also nodded and said: "Rossberg isn’t a rash impulsive driver, rather his personality tends to be calm and stable, making such a provocative move, I suspect he’s deliberately trying to provoke Xiangbei."

"The opponent came prepared, if Xiangbei clashes with Rossberg, it indeed would be quite a loss, with great risk."

"I feel the team should issue a command to calm Xiangbei down and have him return to the pit."

Sawano Hiroyuki, thinking rationally, believed Rossberg’s provocation was bizarre, inconsistent with his usual personality and persona, more like a trap luring Chen Xiangbei in.

Regarding the persuasion from the team strategy group members, Odetto did not respond.

From a rational standpoint, indeed having Chen Xiangbei calm down and return to the pit would be the best choice.

But often, not everyone can view things rationally, on-site spectators can’t, media reporters won’t, and even Chen Xiangbei, who has started the pursuit, might not understand the team’s decision.

Retreating at the home track before even fighting is a huge morale blow.

Amidst reason and emotion clashing, laughter filled with mockery was heard from behind.

"Tut tut tut... Odetto, you’ve become more cowardly with age."

"During the Ferrari Team’s championship contention, Schumacher dared to crash rivals off the track, willing to lose a whole year’s points. Did your strategy group members persuade back then?"