"I already have a direction for sponsorship, but I have to go back to China if I have time."

Zhang Yifei has been considering sponsorship for a long time. After all, he is also China's first F1 driver, which has made history. As long as CCTV's interview can be broadcast on TV, his fame will definitely soar.

Think about the athletes who made breakthroughs in their respective fields in later generations, such as Liu Xiang, Li Na, Zou Shimin, etc., who almost all became national-level figures.

Once the national propaganda machine is activated, the influence it will bring will be unimaginable. Take Liu Xiang as an example. At its peak, endorsements alone will easily exceed 100 million.

And you should know that the 100-meter hurdles are actually considered relatively unpopular in sports. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Xiang was released in China, there would probably not be many people who would pay attention to the discussion at all, and their influence around the world would not be outstanding.

This is completely different from f1. It is only limited by the restrictions of China's automobile industry and motorsports, so it is relatively unpopular in China. However, in the world, f1 is one of the three major sports events in the world.

Because f1 has a season every year, its event intensiveness is far higher than that of the World Cup and Olympics, it has an amazing viewership rate of up to 60 billion. This is why f1 can be called one of the three major sports events in the world.

Especially in the current commemorative period, with the rise of Ferrari and Schumacher, the influence of F1 will reach its peak.

This can be felt even in Chinese Volkswagen. The simplest example is that many people may have never seen a racing car, but they know the name Schumacher, which represents the peak influence of F1.

With the foundation of fame and the influence of the F1 event, Zhang Yifei believes that companies will take the initiative to come to him and will be able to consider sponsorship at that time.

And then again, sponsorship is not a waste of money. Companies with a little vision and vision can calculate what it means to only need two million US dollars to get a year of global advertising.

This can be called a bargaining. Any company with ambition to go abroad will not miss this opportunity. After all, if you want to achieve the same advertising effect, the money you spend in another way may increase by more than ten times.

At the same time, Zhang Yifei also thought of a final retreat, that is, various accidents really occurred. When there was no way to get sponsorship, he could only seek Uncle Lu to help and ask Mr. Huo from Hong Kong Island.

Because Mr. Huo has always supported the development of sports, he established a sports fund in 1984. I believe that with Mr. Huo's foresight, he will definitely see the great value of the two million US dollars sponsorship.

"You want to find sponsorship when you return to China?"

"Well, except China, I can't get two million dollars in sponsorships elsewhere."

If you want to get sponsorship from foreign companies, you must at least become famous in the F1 arena, so that you can become the spokesperson for foreign companies in China. At present, Zhang Yifei is still a little short of it, so Zhang Yifei has not considered such unrealistic things and hopes to put them in China.

Hearing this sentence, Kossel thought for a while, and then said, "If you want to reserve time for returning home, then you must win the championship at Yinshi Station, otherwise it will affect the F1 training during the winter break."

The end time of the last stop of the f1 race is probably in mid-November, which is exactly the end time of the last stop of Renault racing.

The end of the season means a period of rest, which is called the winter break abroad.

However, most of the time, the winter break will become the time for F1 driver track training and racing development and adjustment. Moreover, the New Year abroad is not the Chinese lunar calendar. Basically, all teams and tracks on New Year's Day will enter the New Year holiday stage.

In other words, the training time during the winter break is only about one month.

If Zhang Yifei fails to complete the Formula Renault event ahead of schedule, he will not have enough time to go to China to attract sponsorship, which will affect his contact and training for F1 racing.

So if you want to win this time difference, Zhang Yifei must ensure that he wins the championship in advance. In this way, there is no need to run the remaining few races, and the extra time will be spent in F1 racing training, or return to China to attract sponsorship.

"Cosell, don't worry about this, no one will be my opponent."

Zhang Yifei is full of confidence at this moment. Winning in a row can really bring a great momentum bonus, which is like Schumacher's five consecutive wins sweep.

"Don't be too happy too early. Anything on the track can happen. You've just won a few small games."

Cosel poured cold water at the right time. Although he also agreed with Zhang Yifei's current strength, there is a great possibility of winning the championship. However, being too confident is not a good thing, it will make you infinitely underestimate the opponent's strength and threat.

"I'm not happy, I just implemented the ideological principles of a great Chinese man."

"What thought?"

"Tactical attention is given to your opponent, but strategically, you must despise your opponent!"

Hearing this sentence, Cosell unexpectedly did not refute, but nodded and walked into the elevator.

The next morning, Zhang Yifei and his party had packed their luggage and headed to Northampton, a city in southern England, which is also the city where the Silverstone Raceway is located.

Unlike before, Zhang Yifei and the others drove their cars on the car and carried the train, then passed the British and French underwater tunnel, entered the British boundary, and then drove to Northampton.

Compared with the prosperity of Paris, Northampton can only be regarded as a small town in the UK, with a population of less than 200,000. However, its cultural and artistic atmosphere is very strong. Zhang Yifei and historic people drove over along the way and saw several theaters and museums. There were countless small castles with historical atmosphere.

As usual, the group found a hotel in Northampton to settle down first, and then Junko Takeda immediately went to the Silverstone Track Command Center to make an appointment for the test run.

Zhang Yifei and the others arrived relatively late. If they dragged on, they would really rely on "paper talk".

"Have you recorded all the data from Silverstone?

After getting settled, Cosel asked Zhang Yifei, and now he was about to start to enter the game.

"The curve data is almost the same, but I have seen a lot of overtaking routes and extreme curve cutting. Because there is no actual track, it is not very accurate."

At the end of the last race, Ukyo Yamamoto took advantage of his work at the Le Mans headquarters and obtained detailed data about the Silverstone Track.

After all, this track has a long history, and its complexity and rigorousness almost define the standards of championship racing. Therefore, professional teams will use Silverstone as a model to study it. Of course, these materials are also available at Toyota Le Mans headquarters.

So this time, Zhang Yifei got track data earlier than before and had more time to prepare.

"Is it just about the same?"

Cosell frowned, and could clearly hear dissatisfaction in his tone.

Because Zhang Yifei has longer memory and preparation time this time, he doesn't want similar answers.

When Zhang Yifei heard Cosel's words, he felt a little scared because he felt that no matter how perfect he did, this old German man would always find something he was dissatisfied with.

I have never been exposed to Silverstone, so I can only talk about the track data. If I don’t say it, what should I say?

Seeing Zhang Yifei's face seemingly dissatisfied, Cosell asked directly: "What are the racing adjustment parameters of Silverstone Circuit?"

“Medium downforce.”

“How many full throttle corners are there in Silverstone?”

“7.”

"Wrong, there are 10!"

When Zhang Yifei heard this number, his first reaction was that Cosel, the old German man, planned to kill himself. How could he have 10 full throttle corners?

"What you call 7 is just about the speed of F1, but for the ultimate speed of Renault racing, there are 10 corners that can pass through the throttle."

"Sorry, I forgot to convert."

Zhang Yifei admitted that he made a mistake because all the information was based on the F1 standard, so he subconsciously said 7.

"Is this what you call the same? I haven't even figured out the most basic speed difference, and it's still a long way to go."

To be honest, Zhang Yifei was indeed a little relaxed because he had not yet been on the track and did not demand himself according to the strictest standards.

"Don't think that you can relax after running two championships. F1 is the real beginning. Even if you are the strongest driver, you cannot guarantee that you can absolutely control the track."

"Take Silverstone for example, a racing accident occurred in Schumacher, a Ferrari team, which caused a broken left leg. Do you think you know this track better than Schumacher?"

Zhang Yifei didn't say anything because he also remembered that Schumacher had suffered an injury once in his career, at the Silverstone Circuit in 1999. Unexpectedly, Kossell would give him an example.

However, this injury also allowed the world to see Schumacher's tenacity. He rested for 98 days and insisted on returning to the arena in the last two events, winning the Ferrari's first annual team championship since 1983.

"The data is fixed, but every driver is different. After entering F1, it is difficult for you to have a trial run like the Renault Formula. So you must fully integrate this unfamiliar data into your memory so that you can fully exert your full strength on the track!"

This is what Cosell wants to express, because Zhang Yifei can no longer focus on the Renault equation, he must use the standard of f1 to demand himself.

Although private training is not prohibited in this era, after becoming an F1 driver, it is impossible to be able to familiarize yourself with every track by trying to run after becoming a Renault driver.

After all, the requirements for F1 racing are too high, and no team can withstand the trouble of frequently changing venues and trying to run. Not to mention that later, in order to prevent the gap between strong teams and weak teams from further widening, Fia completely banned drivers from training privately.

Zhang Yifei completed the "three-level jump" and became an F1 driver ahead of schedule. This is a miraculous achievement, but it also brought him huge drawbacks and challenges.

Because he lacks training in competitions such as f3 and f3000, he loses the opportunity to be familiar with the track. In the future, he will face countless unfamiliar tracks, but he does not have the opportunity to go up and try to run the familiar.
Chapter completed!