After coming to the lounge to change his full set of equipment, Zhang Yifei got on this brand new Formula Renault racing car. In the next seven races, this car will accompany him to fight.

Now the Monza Track is on a closed day, and the competition will officially begin on the post-natal genius, so no tourists or spectators appear.

Moreover, the other participating drivers are basically local European drivers. They have a advantage in geographical location and can usually come to Monza for trial runs and are relatively familiar with the track.

So they were not in a hurry to come here to test the run today. Anyway, the race will only be the genius after the competition, and there will be enough time to debug tomorrow, so there is only Zhang Yifei and one racing car left on the track, so you can run alone and enjoy it!

Of course, because it is the closed day of the stadium, various monitoring equipment on the track are not turned on. Zhang Yifei's test run data is purely based on Yamamoto Ukyo's experience and stopwatch timing. The error is relatively large and can only be used as a reference.

"Brother Fei, come on, be careful."

When Ah Hu saw Zhang Yifei preparing to run, he cheered up.

At this time, Zhang Yifei stretched out a finger and waved at Ah Hu and said, "Small scene, Qixing Mountain Bike God, let's find out."

Now that Ah Hu comes, Zhang Yifei finally has someone to joke. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to speak with Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto before. After all, one is a woman and the other is a wood.

When she drove to the track, Junko Takeda acted as the temporary starter. As she waved her arm, Zhang Yifei stepped down the accelerator and rushed out like an arrow from the string.

Zhang Yifei was not unfamiliar with driving this Renault 2000 car because the specifications and other aspects of this car are the same as the Formula Racing Car at Toyota Youth Training Base.

This is also an advantage of Formula racing, which is that everything is severed by the FIA. There is little difference between vehicles between different manufacturers, so there is no problem getting started.

Only when you reach the Formula 1 level can you feel the performance differences in top F racing cars. The horsepower gap in Formula primary racing cars is very small, and the transmission power response is extremely close.

In order to save trouble, many manufacturers are too lazy to build their own primary racing cars and directly purchase originals to assemble them.

For example, the Renault 2000 racing car is not all developed by Renault, France. The frame is from Tatuus, Italy, Eu comes from Agiarelli, a subsidiary of Fiat, and the engine transmission is Renault's own.

In the first lap of trial run, Zhang Yifei did not play any extreme operations because he was not familiar with the track and racing performance. This was not Toyota's youth training base, and it would be no problem to hit the racing car.

You should know that racing cars are rented now. Just now, Zhang Yifei also took a closer look at the price of the racing car on the rental contract, which was written as 250,000 US dollars.

In this era, the exchange rate is more than the ratio. If this car is really smashed and scrapped, Zhang Yifei will have to compensate more than 2 million yuan. This money does not belong to the Toyota-sponsored project, so it is really a bit unaffordable to ask Zhang Yifei to compensate for it personally.

Some Formula drivers in Asia in later generations had poor lap performance, racing speed and defensive ability when they competed in European tracks, but they all had a "common problem".

That is, it is too conservative in the "hand-to-hand combat" where bayonets are popular, and there is almost no desire to take the initiative to attack in the "strong dialogue", which has become a bottleneck for Asian drivers to move from excellence to top.

In addition to the relatively "moderate" cultural background, it is a conservative field strategy, which has a lot to do with reducing vehicle damage compensation. To put it more thoroughly, this is also a reduction in participation costs.

After all, if you hit the car and scrapped it, you may not be able to afford to eat, so you have to be more at ease if you change it.

Zhang Yifei also faces this kind of risk of being in a good position. Naturally, he should be more cautious when trying out the first lap, mainly to feel the changes in the suspension and tire grip.

I don’t know if it is because of decades of experience in mass-produced cars and Formula Renault, the power of this car is better than that of Toyota Racing.

But this is normal, because Toyota's prototype car is F, so it took it to modify the power and air kit and threw it to youth training drivers for use instead of specially developed for Formula Elementary. Naturally, it feels that it is a little worse.

After a preliminary experience of the racing performance and the track, the tire temperature gradually increased. Zhang Yifei accelerated at the beginning of the second lap.

After the starting point of the Monza Track, there was a long straight road. Zhang Yifei rose directly to sixth gear. The engine speed began to rise wildly, and the speed quickly approached the limit of 260k/h.

"Brother Zhi, the speed-up of Formula racing is really sharp. It feels like it will be broken in less than five seconds."

Although Ah Hu has not been in contact with Formula Racing, he has worked in a car repair shop for several years and is very sensitive to vehicle speed. He can see Zhang Yifei's full throttle speed-up action at a glance.

"The car is light, the transmission efficiency is high, and the horsepower book data is not exaggerated, but the horsepower on the wheel is not low, so the acceleration is very fast. Ah Hu, we both have to study it carefully in the future so that we can accompany Yifei to compete in the professional track."

"I will, Brother Zhi."

Ah Hu nodded vigorously. Today he had already felt the impact of his profession and speed, which was very tempting for a teenager.

Whether it is the support for Zhang Yifei or the flames ignited in his heart, Ah Hu wants to stay on the track and feel this speed and passion.

Soon Zhang Yifei arrived at the Monza Track turn, which was a combination turn called rettifilitribune. It translates to a name for a Roman civil servant.

Anyway, when Zhang Yifei saw the track information, he didn't know why the Italians used the Roman Guardian to name the track curve. It may be that cultural differences lead to poor brain circuits.

The angle of the curve in the combination is very small, so you must press the brakes heavily before entering the curve to reduce the speed to about 0k/h to safely turn.

From the peak of 260k/h, it will quickly drop to around 0k/h, which will test the driver's judgment of the brake point. If the speed is too low, it will be surpassed by others. If the speed is too low, it will be lost in the corner.

Zhang Yifei didn't play any limit when he tried running. He braked to a speed of 70k/h early, and passed this corner safely.

This curve not only requires high requirements for entering the corner, but also has a long straight after exiting the corner, so in a very short time, the speed of the car must be increased from the previous 70~0k/h to the limit speed of 6 gears again.

This is why, to reduce the downforce of the airflow and the grip of the tires, it is to allow the car to gain an advantage in acceleration from corners. Otherwise, the corner will not be overtaken, and the straight road will be overtaken. That is really atrocious.

During the cornering experience, Zhang Yifei felt that the suspension support was fine, but the downward pressure of the airflow was a little stronger. Zhang Yifei felt that the acceleration after the cornering was not strong, which was almost the same as the extreme acceleration at the Toyota Youth Training Center.

But you should know that this car is slightly stronger than Toyota racing, and the track quality is also better. If it is just the speed of Toyota youth training base, Zhang Yifei won the championship, and it is estimated that he will not be able to make it into the main race.

After all, there are more than 30 contestants, and there are only 20 places in the main competition. In other words, in the qualifying stage, more than ten drivers will be directly eliminated, and there is no chance for formal competition.

Zhang Yifei's goal this time was very low, and he was not arrogant and thought that he would win the championship. The highest goal was to stand on the podium, and the lower limit goal was to run into the main race.

Because he has been professional drivers for both lives, he knows how strong the professional atmosphere in Europe is. This gap is the same as the gap between the Chinese Super League and the five major leagues, especially Formula Racing. Many European drivers compete on the track at a few years old.

It is equivalent to when you are about to run by your legs at the starting line, your opponent has already started the car. How can the Novice fight against krypton gold players?

"Yifeijun, how does it feel to try running?"

The voice of Yamamoto Ukyo came from the headset. For the formal Formula Competition, there was a call system inside the driver's helmet to facilitate the team to convey instructions.

"The suspension feels good. If I can, I hope it will be harder. Can the downforce of the air be lowered? I feel that the acceleration from the out-of-the-loop is not strong enough."

Zhang Yifei expressed his feelings. In fact, the adjustment was already very good, but Zhang Yifei hoped to be more extreme, after all, the opponent was too strong.

"The suspension can't be harder anymore, because the shoulders of the Monza Track are high. Many times, extreme overtaking and cornering require borrowing the shoulders. Suspension that is too hard can easily be damaged and the risk is too high."

"The downforce can be adjusted. I chose to use a more conservative solution, but if the tire grip is further reduced, the stability of the vehicle will also be reduced accordingly. It is easy to lose control when the high-speed cornering is out of control. Do you think you can control it?"

Yamamoto Ukyo mentioned the shortcomings of adjustment. He did adopt a conservative strategy, which is the same as the "common problem" mentioned before in Asia.

However, this is also for Zhang Yifei's consideration. It is not just for money. As a driver who participated in Renault professional competition for the first time, Zhang Yifei lacks experience and control of track speed.

If the tire grip is too reduced, the tire may not be able to grasp the ground when turning corners or changing lanes at high speed. If you lack experience and do not handle it well, even if there is no major accident, waste too much time will be a waste of money.

"I don't think I'm a problem. I have to further increase my speed in the qualifying and the main competition."

Zhang Yifei smiled on the surface, but in fact he still felt a sense of crisis in his heart. If his opponent is too strong and leads too much, he must be more deadly in order to have the opportunity to catch up and surpass.

"Okay, drive the car back to the repair station and we will adjust the air kit and tires."

Racing engineers serve drivers, and they will continuously adjust racing data according to drivers’ requirements.

This kind of basic racing adjustment cannot be done casually. Zhang Yifei needs to continue to test the race track, and use driver feedback and various remote sensing monitoring to complete the most suitable racing adjustment.

The same long-term test run and practice will cause the driver to consume a lot of physical strength, which is why the test runners exist. Therefore, Yamamoto Ukyo must find a balance point to avoid Zhang Yifei's excessive physical strength and affecting the official competition the day after tomorrow.

After rounds of trial runs, Zhang Yifei kept driving the car back to the repair station for adjustment, which put a lot of pressure on Yamamoto Ukyo. Because in a sense, Yamamoto Ukyo himself was actually a newcomer to Formula Events.

After all, Toyota has not been involved in the field of Formula racing before, but it only has teams that compete in the endurance race in Europe. Although the body of the European endurance race is very similar to Formula, there are still great differences in the inner world. For Yamamoto Ukyo and others, the equation also starts from scratch.

After running for more than 40 laps, the car changed to four sets of tires of different soft and hardness levels, which finally allowed Zhang Yifei and Yamamoto Ukyo to find a perfect adjustment in all aspects.

After the test run, Junko Takeda took the stopwatch to Zhang Yifei and said, "Yifeijun, your fastest lap is 5 seconds 63 minutes, and the fastest record of Renault from the track is 55 seconds 6 minutes, and the gap is about 3 seconds."

3 seconds? When hearing this number, Zhang Yifei frowned. You should know that in formal professional competitions, there will be no youth training bases. There is a time gap of about ten seconds. Many times, professional drivers win or lose between milliseconds.

Of course, this is compared with the track record. Due to the drivers and the field factors, when the race is in the main race, basically all drivers will lag behind the track record.

The difference of only 3 seconds made Zhang Yifei a little difficult to accept. It was okay to enter the main competition from the qualifying competition, but it was very difficult to compete for pole positions or start in a higher order.

Zhang Yifei speculated that if the driver who got the pole position did not encounter extreme weather conditions, the fastest lap speed would only be less than one second slower than the track record!

Seeing Zhang Yifei's frowning expression, Yamamoto Ukyo came over and patted his shoulder and encouraged him: "Ifeijun, the first professional formula trial run, it's great to have such a lap speed, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Yamamoto Ukyo said this, not just a word of comfort. You should know that as an Asian driver, Zhang Yifei came to Monza for the first time to test the race. The fastest lap speed was only three seconds away from the track record. He basically ensured that he could run into the main race and was already above the passing line standard.

At this time, Zhang Yifei smiled and replied, "Don't worry, this is not stressful for me,"

Zhang Yifei is just not very satisfied with his grades, which does not mean that he is under much pressure.

Just kidding, at least I have seen many big scenes in my previous life, but I don’t have the psychological quality of this little wind and wave, and I’m still thinking about opening Formula One?

"The racing adjustment data is basically confirmed. Let's try it out here today. Everyone is going back and let Yifeijun have a good rest."

Junko Takeda came over and announced the end of the test run, because more than three hours had passed since Zhang Yifei got into the car and tried it out for the first time.

July of Monza Track is a hot wave. Even if Zhang Yifei can return to the maintenance station to rest intermittently, the full set of equipment will be tested under the scorching sun for a long time, which will also consume amazing physical strength. Judging from Zhang Yifei's condition, he has experienced slight dehydration.

Everything is too much or too little. The competition will officially begin the day after tomorrow. Zhang Yifei will come to the Monza Track to practice tomorrow, so that's all today and give Zhang Yifei plenty of rest time.

In this way, Zhang Yifei and his group took a seat on the Toyota Gram and returned to the hotel in Milan.

Yamamoto Ukyo was still idle. He formulated the main competition tactics for Zhang Yifei on the track data. The main content is that Zhang Yifei is on each corner, the most suitable gear and speed, where the brake point is, etc.

Because Renault's Formula is different from the F race, the competition time is short and the number of laps is small. Generally, the number of laps in the main race is within 20 laps, while f requires about 60 laps.

Therefore, the Renault Formula does not need to consider whether to enter the station to refuel, tire change, etc. In a sense, it is also to reduce the technical cost of the competition. If everything is followed by the F rule, few people in the primary Formula will be able to afford it.

But at this time, Zhang Yifei looked at Chen Zhi and Ah Hu with a confused look on his face, and thought about another question in his head, that is, the language barrier that made them both unable to get in.

Tactical forms are written in English according to standards, and they can't even understand them, let alone participate in the formulation.

Therefore, language issues must be solved, at least in terms of professional vocabulary such as racing, they cannot be an obstacle.

But the question is, how to do it? It is obviously impossible to let Junko Takeda be a translator or teach English. Although she is known as an assistant, she is actually the position of team manager, and the competition needs to be coordinated by her.
Chapter completed!