But just as he tried to change lane, Alonso either kept a death stare on the rearview mirrors, or it was like he'd grown eyes on the back of his head, instantly mirroring the move to block off every overtaking line.
When it comes to this kind of slipstream sling-shot overtaking, Alonso can basically be called the "founding father" of the paddock. Even later when DRS became the absolute mainstream overtaking tool, he was still using the old-school sling-shot to take out a ton of rivals.
This whole routine is way too familiar to Alonso—whatever Chen Xiangbei is thinking, he can pretty much read it in advance!
After a few probing attacks with no gap to be found anywhere, that unstoppable momentum Chen Xiangbei had before seemed to drain away all at once, and he could only tuck in quietly behind Alonso, just following.
From the outside, this scene looked exactly like Chen Xiangbei losing the duel and deciding to give up.
