"Is the new talent from China really that strong?"
An engineer from an F1 team asked the question that was on almost everyone's mind at that moment.
The temperature and track conditions at the Spa Circuit today were indeed ideal for breaking records, with lap times nearly a second faster than last year as the best evidence.
But that doesn't mean Chen Xiangbei could be 0.2 seconds faster than Hamilton.
The more terrifying part is that this Chinese kid only pushed for two laps from start to finish.
One lap during practice and one during qualifying.
Once could be attributed to an extraordinary performance or a stroke of luck.
But doing it twice means this Chinese kid has absolute confidence!
At the very least, he's extremely confident about his lap time consistency. The average lap time on the simulator is hovering around the track's pole position record.
Astonishing, truly astonishing.
