206 Domestic proliferation (Chapter 2)
The familiar melody entered his ears and hit his heart. Zhang Yifei's originally calm mentality became turbulent. Huo Ranwen.a`
The slightly shaking arm revealed his inner dynamics at this moment. This is not only his personal glory, but also the glory of Chinese drivers and Chinese racing!
After the award ceremony, Zhang Yifei returned to the maintenance station, and the team members were excited to congratulate him.
The only thing that didn't change much was Cosell standing in front of the circular screen. He just nodded when he saw Zhang Yifei coming in, just saying hello.
As for congratulations, it does not exist at all.
Kossel did not say that it did not mean that Zhang Yifei didn't want to be proud, so he celebrated with others for a few words and then came to the maintenance station console.
"Cosell, don't you want to say anything, for example, I'll win this thing."
Cosell served as Zhang Yifei's competition engineer and was previously considered a "temporary" identity.
But from the moment Zhang Yifei fulfilled his promise and won the championship, Cosell will become the official competition engineer in his team.
This is not achieved by asking for it, but by winning!
"What's there to say, just a sub-station champion."
"But since you did it, I will naturally keep my promise and be your competition engineer."
When saying this, Cosell added: "But boy, you have to remember one premise, that is, I am only a race engineer for the F1 driver. If you can't become the F1 driver, all this will be invalid."
"There will be my name on the super driver's license in the future. Cosell, it seems that it will be difficult for you to enjoy the leisurely life of playing golf after retirement."
Zhang Yifei replied without showing any weakness. He and Cosel are actually the same kind of person, respecting the strong and despising the cowards. Therefore, he is timid and has never been Zhang Yifei's character.
Cosel glanced at Zhang Yifei and did not continue to speak. At this time, Yamamoto Ukyo leaned over and held a data board in his hand.
"Yifeijun, Masa ranked sixth in this competition, so the points were only 1 point, plus the Monza championship 10 points, the total score was 11 points. Suarez ranked fifth and scored 2 points, including the third-place 4 points in Monza station, the total score was 6 points."
"The fourth place in Kubikamonza is 3 points. This stop has not completed the race in full laps, so it is 0 points and the total points are 3 points. In addition, there is also the new driver Dixon at this stop, who also won the runner-up 6 points."
"You have 6 points in the runner-up at Monza, plus 10 points in the championship at Hoganheim, and currently rank first in the total score of 16 points. Besides Masa, the other opponents have a relatively large score difference, and the advantages are still very obvious."
In this era, the integral standard of the Elementary Formula is the same as F1. The first place is 10 points, the second place is 6 points, and the third place is 4 points, and then it is reduced to the sixth place by 1 point. All the players behind are ranked 0 points.
Currently, Zhang Yifei ranks first in 16 points. Unless he has no points in the next stop and Masa won the first and second place, it is impossible to surpass it.
Even if other drivers win the championship, they are at most at the same level as Zhang Yifei's 16 points.
It can be said that in terms of points, there are not many opponents that can threaten Zhang Yifei in the next stop. Since he has won the sub-station championship, the next goal is naturally to put it on the Renault championship.
Hearing Yamamoto Ukyo said that he had the first place in points, Zhang Yifei nodded, not as proud as he had ever approached Cosel.
After all, he also knew in his heart that a champion of the Elementary Formula sub-station does not mean anything. It was just that he saw the old German man pretending to be cool again and he planned to do something.
"Ukyo, check what happened in Dixon last stop and ranked tenth. This driver is not weak."
Kossell also did not pay attention to the points, and there were five games in the future, which was just the beginning.
During the previous competition, Cosell not only followed Zhang Yifei, but also paid attention to the drivers behind him.
He was deeply impressed by this "dark horse" Dixon because the driver's detour route was just as standard as a textbook.
Although there was no risky move, there were no obvious mistakes. It was under his steadily approaching pressure that Kubica chose to take risks step by step and eventually broke out of control and rushed out of the track.
Dixon did not choose to take risks, but just ran the circle according to the most standard route. This does not mean that he would not take risks, nor does it mean that he did not have the ability to take risks.
Kossel's years of experience tells him that if he can be a driver who is as accurate as a textbook, his potential will definitely not be limited to this. Kubica is not a novice. As Renault's official test driver, his status in this class is even better than Masa.
Dixon is definitely a potential threat to push him to such a tense level and must understand his opponent.
"Yeah, I'll check it right away."
"Cosell, do you see what's wrong with him?"
Zhang Yifei no longer had the previous hilariousness and asked seriously.
He was also deeply impressed by this Dixon, mainly because his performance on the podium showed his ambitions. This guy was not even satisfied with the runner-up, so he was naturally aiming at the champion.
But the problem is that ambition requires strength to support it. He won the runner-up score in this stop, but he didn't make any points in the last stop.
Even the runner-up at this stop was thrown by Zhang Yifei for more than 4 seconds, which can be said to have opened up a level.
If he had this kind of strength, he would not be valued by Cosel. You should know that his previous observation target was only Masa, and even the seed players such as Kubica and Suarez were not taken seriously by Cosel.
So, Cosell suddenly asked Yamamoto Ukyo to check Dickson, which surprised Zhang Yifei.
"Intuition tells me that his strength is more than that, so I want to know what happened to him at the last stop and why he is only ranked tenth."
At the last stop at Monza Station, Cosel had not joined Zhang Yifei's team yet, so he naturally didn't know what was happening on the track.
But then again, even if he joins Zhang Yifei's team, he will not pay attention to a driver in the tenth place.
Soon, Yukyo Yamamoto walked over with the data and said to Cosell: "Teacher, the information shows that the gearbox of Dixon's car at the last stop failed and the gear shifting mechanism was indirectly stuck. However, he did not choose to withdraw from the race and ended up only winning the tenth place in Monza."
Hearing this result, Zhang Yifei and Cosell were both a little surprised. You should know that the number of shifts in a game may exceed a thousand times.
Under the premise that the gearbox failed, Dixon not only did not withdraw from the race, but also won the tenth place, which is a bit impressive.
"It's interesting, boy, you may have to have one more opponent in the next stop."
"It doesn't matter. If you don't have this one, the champion is destined to defeat all opponents."
"It seems that you are very confident, so should you stop faster?"
Kossel said this, and everyone else at the repair station looked at Zhang Yifei with sympathy. Isn’t this delivered to the door?
"Well……"
Zhang Yifei originally wanted to bite the bullet and say a few words, but thinking of the various requirements of this old German man on weekdays and the life-threatening instructions on the track, Zhang Yifei felt a little silly.
You should know that Kossel only had two calls in half an hour at this stop. If he gave a life-threatening command at the next stop, he would probably be killed...
After the competition, the work on post-match maintenance was handed over to the Toyota technical team. However, Huzi and Chen Zhi both stayed because the post-match maintenance was considered a "overhaul" and the event engine needed to be replaced.
This is a rare learning opportunity for Ah Hu and Chen Zhi, so they naturally have to stay and study and cooperate.
Zhang Yifei took Junko Takeda and the others back to the hotel first. The two-day high-intensity competition also consumed a lot of physical energy.
In two days, I will rush to the next competition location, so this time period is considered a rare time for Zhang Yifei to relax.
When I returned to the hotel, I still went to exercise after taking a shower, but I lowered the training intensity appropriately.
After the staff arrived in the evening, everyone found a German restaurant and experienced traditional German sausage and Bavarian barbecue, which was a celebration of winning the championship.
During the process, Zhang Yifei was surprised. Some Germans in the restaurant recognized him and came to invite him to take a photo, which also allowed Zhang Yifei to experience the feeling of being a celebrity.
But what Zhang Yifei didn't know was that he could only experience the feeling of a celebrity in Germany, but in China, he has already developed in the direction of a celebrity.
The news that Zhang Yifei won the championship at the Hoganheim Track has been published in the China Sports News.
And signed a very shocking title "Chinese racing breakthrough, 17-year-old Chinese young player Zhang Yifei won the Formula Renault Championship."
You should know that China Sports News is the most well-known sports media in China. In this era when online media is underdeveloped, paper media still dominates. Most Chinese people get the latest news from newspapers except for TV.
Benefiting from the strong communication ability of China Sports News, even though many people don’t know Formula Racing, it does not prevent them from being proud of Zhang Yifei.
You should know that a 17-year-old young driver who traveled alone in the European arena and won the championship is something to be proud of.
This is like Liu Xiang's 110-meter hurdles later. In fact, for track and field, the 110-meter hurdles have little influence, far from being as good as long and short sprints.
But Liu Xiang's championship represents the historical breakthrough of Chinese athletes in track and field. It can even be said that a yellow race finally appeared as a dominant athlete in the track and field event, and finally made the 110-meter hurdles known throughout the country and even the world.
Zhang Yifei naturally cannot reach the influence of Liu Xiang in later generations, but this cannot deny that Zhang Yifei's championship is a breakthrough in Chinese motorsports.
And this is just the beginning. As long as Zhang Yifei can stand at the peak of F1, he will become the first "Liu Xiang" and even surpass Liu Xiang.
Chapter completed!