As soon as the qualifying session for the South Korean F1 Grand Prix ended on Saturday, a storm erupted online.
Chen Xiangbei's two consecutive poles could be said to have overturned the world's car enthusiasts' perceptions. There was no home advantage here, and it was a highly challenging post-rain track, a genuine hell-level challenge for a newcomer.
Yet Chen Xiangbei accomplished it, outpacing top drivers like Hamilton and declaring his rise to the world.
Even the Western audience, who used to look at Chen Xiangbei with cold eyes and ridicule, put aside their past prejudices when faced with this highly impressive pole position result at the South Korean Lingyan Circuit and acknowledged the birth of another new F1 star.
