"Pole position! North Brother has secured the pole position at the East Sea Circuit!"

"The East Sea International Circuit finally has a Chinese driver starting on pole. It's no longer someone else's home ground!"

"Xiangbei is truly the glory of Asian drivers!"

"North really did it; he has the potential comparable to legendary drivers!"

The team members at the HRT Team pit stop are caught up in a frenzy of celebration at this moment.

Especially Liang Chi, whose eyes are slightly red as he recalls the dream he had when he and Zhang Zhicong founded Huasi Sports.

It was to nurture a Chinese F1 driver and establish a Chinese Formula racing system.

Although the latter hasn't succeeded, the former has exceeded expectations.

It's not just having a Chinese F1 driver; there's also the first Chinese pole position driver!

His lifelong efforts and dedication to racing have not been in vain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, pole position!"

"You are not mistaken; as the qualifying countdown ends, Chinese driver Chen Xiangbei secures the pole position at the 10th season's F1 Chinese Grand Prix and breaks the track record held by Schumacher for six years."

"I don't know how to describe my emotions. Let's shout and applaud for Chen Xiangbei; he has made history in Chinese racing and Asian racing, and who knows, he might even make history in world racing in the future!"

The commentator Li Bing in the broadcast room stands up excitedly as the qualifying countdown ends with Chen Xiangbei clinching the pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.

No Chinese motorsport personnel would not hope to see such a scene at home ground.

Yet, in the past, such hope was too slim, almost infinitely close to zero!

Even though Chen Xiangbei's practice performance lit up this dawn, Li Bing still dared not show absolute belief.

After all, F1 is different from the Australian Grand Prix F3; this is the arena for top drivers and genius talents, and Chen Xiangbei hadn't previously shown hard power able to dominate the East Sea Circuit.

But the result proved that Chen Xiangbei became the master of the East Sea International Circuit!

"So strong, this pole position has been maintained in lead from the start to finish, so strong!"

Sha Tong, overwhelmed by the emotional impact, could not find words to describe it, only repeating exclamations.

From practice, Chen Xiangbei's name has topped the list.

Only, inside and outside the paddock, they didn't pay much attention; practice results do not equate to qualifying results, much less the race.

Who doesn't know when the real match comes, other teams can pull out hidden aces from their sleeves?

Now as the dust settles, regardless of what tricks other drivers had, they couldn't outrun Chen Xiangbei!

Hamilton on the outlap circuit doesn't know the final lap speed and ranking of qualifying yet, but he feels an ominous foreboding from the red flags waving all around.

Once, at East Sea International Circuit, there was only one red, that belonged to Schumacher's Ferrari red.

At this moment, the audience is in a frenzy, but the fluttering is no longer the prancing horse flag, which can only mean one possibility: Chen Xiangbei ran an exceptionally good lap.

What ultimate speed did the Chinese rookie achieve?

"Lazam, report the qualifying rankings."

Hamilton asks his race engineer.

"You ranked seventh."

[Seventh?]

Hearing this rank, Hamilton can hardly believe his ears.

To be honest, he always thought of his qualifying speed as very fast; even if he couldn't get pole, it would at least be within the top three, only to fall to seventh. Something must have happened in the last flying lap!

"Are you sure the data is correct?"

"Yes, many drivers refreshed their times before the countdown ended."

"Then who is on pole?"

"The HRT driver North."

[Indeed, it's him.]

Hearing this name, Hamilton experiences mixed emotions.

He had already suspected it, but when the truth arrives, it remains incredibly hard to accept.

"Lazam, report all rankings."

"Vettel second, Alonso third, Weber fourth, Rosberg fifth, Button sixth."

"Behind you are Barrichello at eighth, Kubica at ninth, and Schumacher at the last of Q3."

Race engineer Lassar reports the full Q3 driver rankings, besides the anomaly of Chen Xiangbei, and Rosberg's eruption through disgrace, most positions are roughly reasonable.

The reason is simple; when drivers' states are fine, the competition is all about the absolute performance of the car.

Red Bull's fastest lap in the paddock still showcases its speed, bringing Weber up.

As for Kubica, Barrichello, and others who performed well earlier, they were restricted by the car's speed and couldn't compete with big teams; they couldn't achieve an inherent 0.5-second speed increment.

Carrying 0.5 seconds is a privilege belonging to historically GOTA-level drivers!

"Is Schumacher last?"

If Chen Xiangbei on pole, Hamilton had already felt forewarned by the paddock audience's reactions.

Then Schumacher at Q3 last was something he hadn't anticipated.

Knowing that at the previous Australian Grand Prix, Schumacher strongly took the race champion, and in this race, his teammate Rosberg similarly reached fifth.

How did the King of Cars lose the qualifying to a German junior once again?

"Yes."

Lazam confirms again.

Many people didn't know, it was precisely due to Schumacher's excellent performance at the Australian Grand Prix that high-intensity exertion along with the slippery surface confrontation caused his old injury to recur.