Time passed minute by minute, and the contestants had already lined up a long queue on the maintenance lane, waiting for instructions from the event command center.

Soon, Zhang Yifei's headset came from the command center's departure order, and all vehicles headed to the track departure area and prepared for warming tires.

As the command was issued, the roaring sound of the engine exploded instantly. As a special engine for high-speed tracks, even if you didn't deliberately step on the accelerator to pull the speed to create a roar, the sound waves emitted are not inferior to the exhaust sound of any sports car.

Renault racing cars drove away from the maintenance lane and merged into the main track. Then they drove about a few hundred meters away to find the parking signs on the track, parked accurately behind the horizontal line, and waited for the next tire warming command.

Seeing the car in front of him moving, Zhang Yifei followed closely behind. After driving onto the main track, he could already see the audience seat next to the track.

Looking from Zhang Yifei's sight, the audience was already densely packed, and I just estimated that it should not be less than 10,000 people.

The number of spectators in the Monza Track can accommodate up to 56,000 people. Don’t think that 10,000 people are very small. You should know that this is not a F race, it is just a primary formula that is stronger than karts and Combass.

There are no world-class star riders here. They are all a group of newcomers who have just been promoted from karts and cannot even call them names. If tens of thousands of people come to watch the game, I have to say that this requires a solid racing culture to have such a grand scene.

Later generations Zhang Yifei also watched several Renault Asian Cup events, with no attendance rate even one-third. I still remember the Renault junior event with the smallest audience, with only a few thousand people in the stands, which is a bit "desolate".

After driving for hundreds of meters, Zhang Yifei also arrived at the starting area of ​​the track. At this moment, the starting area was "crowded and crowded". Not only were the racing cars parked here and stood on standby, but the team members of each driver were also making final preparations on the track.

In addition to the driver team, there are also Renault Racing Committee staff, media reporters, and cool-wearing racing girls, standing on the track with various signs, becoming a different landscape.

Of course, Zhang Yifei was not in the mood to admire these blondes. He parked his car in an empty parking space. Yamamoto Ukyo immediately brought Toyota technicians to the scene and used various instruments to detect the current tire temperature and tire pressure.

Brother Zhi and Ahu also pushed the tire frame over, with a brand new set of tires placed on it. If there is any problem, they will replace the problem tires as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, Junko Takeda held a kettle and gave Zhang Yifei the pre-race guidance. Moreover, because Renault had a short schedule, he did not have a drinking water device like F racing, and he drank water before the race.

"Yifei, how do you feel? Are there any problems?"

"no problem."

Zhang Yifei answered calmly. The more he reached such a pre-race moment, the more excited he was when he set off, just like the feeling of standing on the track in his previous life.

"Very good, thirsty?"

Junko Takeda was an assistant to Toyota Endurance Racing Team. She has rich pre-race experience, just like the usual chat, and does not give Zhang Yifei any pre-race pressure.

Zhang Yifei took the kettle casually and drank a few sips with a straw. It contained functional drinks that supplemented various trace elements. Because it is in high temperature summer now, the thick racing suit is almost like a steamer. Before the official competition, Zhang Yifei was already sweating profusely.

On the other hand, Yukyo Yamamoto and Toyota technician finally completed the inspection. He held the tactical board and said, "The current air temperature is 32°, the ground temperature is 4°, the tire temperature is 55°, and the relative humidity is 20%.

"In this road surface state, the tire temperature will rise very quickly, and there may be a fierce competition in the first lap. You should pay attention to the distance control of your defensive route with other vehicles to avoid track accidents."

"I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded. Yamamoto Ukyo is very professional in this area and is a qualified competition engineer.

Immediately afterwards, Yamamoto Ukyo gave a few more instructions on several key points, and did not say anything more, because what was said too much at this time would put a lot of pressure on the drivers.

The media reporters on the track also took advantage of this time to start interviewing drivers.

Today is the opening match of Renault's 2000 European Cup. There are quite a few media reports on the track, with various long guns and short cannons aiming at the drivers.

However, Zhang Yifei is not included among the drivers targeting, because a total of 34 drivers participated in the qualifying race today, and 4 drivers will be eliminated directly, and there is no chance to play in the main race. They are pure cannon fodder.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yifei is one of the cannon fodder in these people's eyes, because most drivers here have had several professional karting competition records, and one-third of them have had karting championship records.

Take today's opponent Kubica for example. He can only be considered a second-rate in F. He has only won the pole position and a sub-station championship once in his career. But he swept the Polish karting event, with six championships in three years!

Even if he came to a racing powerhouse like Italy, he won the international Italian Kart Grand Prix championship and successfully defended his title. It can be said that the kart championship was ruthless.

As a media reporter, would you interview such seed players, champion contenders, or interview a driver like Zhang Yifei who is likely to have no one tomorrow?

I can tell the answer with my butt, so Zhang Yifei once again became the background board and passerby.

However, Zhang Yifei doesn't care about this kind of scene. He doesn't like being interviewed very much, because he has caused a lot of trouble because of interviews in his previous life.

Whether he is young or frivolous, he often cannot do the kind of smooth practice of Tai Chi when facing interviews, so he can say whatever he has.

In foreign culture, you may have a better acceptance of Zhang Yifei's behavior and feel that he is true. However, under the domestic doctrine of meanness, too many people have become accustomed to hiding their true thoughts, so Zhang Yifei seems very alternative.

The first whistle sounded at this time, reminding the unrelated personnel on the track to start leaving.

Soon, members of the driver team, media reporters and some racing girls on the track began to leave the field, leaving only the racing engineers and the racing committee staff.

Yamamoto Ukyo squatted beside the racing car, glanced at the countdown above and said, "Ichiki, Junko and I believe in your strength very much, come on!"

"Don't worry."

Zhang Yifei nodded and replied, then gave Yamamoto Ukyo a thumbs up, and then put down his mask.

It was at this time that the whistle of the event staff sounded again, which meant that the track was completely cleared and all personnel had to stand behind the isolation wall.

As the race engineer and the last girl holding the sign left the field, only the arranged cars were left on the entire track. All the drivers set their eyes on the electronic timer on the crossbar and began to step on the accelerator lightly, waiting for the departure time to arrive.

5:20:00, this is the number of the red LCD screen above the track.

When the time came to 3:20, the first row of racing cars rushed out and began to warm the beads.

There is no fierce competition for warm beads. Most racing cars keep changing lanes back and forth on the track, moving snakeskins, and various rapid accelerations and heavy brakes, just to allow the brake pads and tires to quickly enter the working temperature.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei was in the middle of the lineup. He didn't do anything about warming the beads, but just ran the lap normally to make the tire temperature rise.

The tire warming process was very fast, and all the cars returned to the starting point again and parked in the previous parking spaces in turn, waiting for the qualifying race that was about to come.

f At this time, the qualifying competition system adopts an hourly competition system, which means that within a specified hour, the drivers will run twelve laps on the track and get the fastest lap speed. Later, another restriction was added, that is, it is not allowed to run more than four laps in a row.

Primary equations are all based on the standards of Formula One, and then changes are made based on racing performance.

Therefore, the qualifying rules of Renault 2000 European Cup did not adopt the one-hour competition system to determine pole position, but a more direct half-hour fastest lap speed, which is the rules of Zhang Yifei's previous simulation competition at the Toyota Youth Training Base.

Within half an hour, the driver who ran the fastest lap wins the pole position and will be ranked first in the main race, and so on. Drivers after 20 will be eliminated and cannot enter the main race, and the points in the Monza branch race will be zero directly.

After all the cars were parked, the five race indicator lights on the crossbar began to light up one after another. When all the lights went out at the same time, the roaring engine sounded wildly, and all the drivers rushed over, trying to run out of their fastest lap speed.

Zhang Yifei's starting reaction was very fast. The oil separation cooperation allowed the engine to burst out torque better, seized the center of the track, and pressed another driver on the left behind.

"pretty!"

Yamamoto Ukyo on the sidelines couldn't help but praise him. As Toyota's previous chief data analyst, he naturally knew the huge gap in strength between Asian drivers and European drivers, but in terms of Zhang Yifei's starting reaction and starting operation, he definitely reached the level of European drivers.

In less than two seconds, Zhang Yifei frantically increased the gear to sixth gear and began to chase the cars ahead, wanting to enter the leading group.

Because 34 racing cars are too dense, especially in the initial stage, the spacing of many racing cars is calculated in centimeters, and if you are not careful, the two cars will collide together.

You should know that even if it is the Renault Formula, on a high-speed track like Monza, all drivers have a speed of nearly 200k/h after starting.

At this speed, all around are cars shuttled, and the excitement and difficulty are far superior to street racing. This is the real feeling of dancing on the tip of a knife.

But unlike Zhang Yifei's previous events, European Renault drivers are definitely not a rookie. While Zhang Yifei is speeding up wildly, other drivers are not slow, and the surrounding cars are too dense, so there is no room for him to operate.

Qualifying is not a main competition, it only needs to look at the fastest lap, not the overall time.

Faced with the starting stage of racing intensive situation, Zhang Yifei did not choose to force his way, but instead held on to his own route and maintained his current median echelon.

It was at this moment that Zhang Yifei suddenly understood why later Asian drivers were too conservative when facing "hand-to-hand combat".

As for the current racing density and the distance between half a meter, no driver dares to say that he can make all kinds of extreme overtakings, and perfectly moves to the front.

Active attack represents the risk of doubled. Not to mention major accidents such as engine damage or transmission, just like Renault Racing’s fiberglass body shell and carbon fiber frame, there is no way to repair it and have to be replaced as a whole.

If you just hit it, you will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s okay if you have a rich man. A poor man like Zhang Yifei really has to consider whether he has money in his pocket!

I soon arrived in front of the slow turn of the number. Zhang Yifei ran through this bend before. He had to go from the current 6 gear to more than 200k/h and reduce the heavy brake to about 0k/h to make a safe turn.

So Zhang Yifei saw that the brake lights in the front were red, and all the drivers began to slow down and prepared to turn at a safe speed.

Zhang Yifei did not plan to start fighting hard on the first lap. This was not a three-stage elimination, so the scene of real bayonets being popular was in the last few laps. Because the fuel carried at this time began to consume almost the same amount, the weight of the vehicle would be reduced by dozens of kilograms, and the speed would be significantly improved.

But at this moment, a racing car quickly overtakes from the outside, and the number posted on the front of the car is 3.

Zhang Yifei remembers the driver of this car very clearly because his name is Philip Masa, he will be considered a top-notch F driver in the future and is also the champion of the 2000 European Cup in history.

Masa's speed was very fast, accurately surpassing Zhang Yifei and another driver, and then stepped on the brake very late. When he was out of the corner, he thrilledly borrowed the shoulder to get out of the corner smoothly, but this made him enter the first echelon and distanced himself from the middle driver group where Zhang Yifei was.

Damn it!

At this time, only a capital letter appeared in Zhang Yifei's mind.

He knew that he could become an F driver and was a genius player, but Zhang Yifei had never had any contact with F drivers before, and his two-life racing experience made him feel smooth all the way through his karting career.

If you win too much, people will always inflate, even if Zhang Yifei is not a complacent person, and he has always reminded himself that there are many experts in this world.

But in the end, my mentality still changed a little, and I felt that I should be good, and I might be able to get a wrestle with these future F drivers.

But Masa's overtaking and braking moment just now made him feel a completely different magical driving skill.

It is worthy of being the man who won the Renault 2000 championship and entered the f3000 European Series directly, and won the championship six times in eight sub-stop competitions and created the fastest lap five times. It’s so fucking strong and terrible!

Facing a strong opponent, either surrender or challenge, Zhang Yifei chose the latter.

Maybe Masa is a genius and history is destined to enter F, but sorry, Zhang Yifei also plans to leave his name in F's history.

Stimulated by Masa, Zhang Yifei lost his previous conservative mentality. Formula racing is expensive. If he hits, his house in Guangshen will be gone.

But the problem is, in this way, conservative battle in Formula arena, and they are always stuck at a bottleneck like those Asian drivers in later generations, and they cannot become an official F driver. What is the point of such a career?

Zhang Yifei had played with his life in the racing stadium, but he was afraid of losing money by crashing a car. It was because he thought too much and he had too many worries. Instead, he lost the courage to do whatever he had on the street and would have 7,300 yuan to fuck him.
Chapter completed!