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263 I'm in a different place

The name displayed on Zhang Yifei's mobile phone is exactly the name of He Ziling and He Lang.

When Zhang Yifei saw that He Lang called, he was also surprised. He shook his head at He Ziling, and then pressed the switch button.

"Yifei, are you in the UK now?"

He Lang's inquiry came directly from the other end of the phone, and Renault's European Cup schedule was easy to find, so it was not surprising that He Lang knew Zhang Yifei's schedule.

"Well, I'm in the UK, is there anything?"

Zhang Yifei asked back, He Lang is not the kind of person who calls and chats, he must have something to look for him.

"Nothing big is going to happen. I'm here in the UK, and I'm going to meet you. And I haven't seen Zi Ling for a long time."

"You're coming to the UK?"

Zhang Yifei was a little surprised. He didn't expect that He Lang had come to the UK. But thinking about He Lang's graduate from Eton and had also trained in Citroen driver trainees in the UK. This place can be regarded as his "second hometown". It seems that he has nothing to do with coming to the UK.

He Ziling next to him heard Zhang Yifei say that his brother had come to the UK. She sat upright and said with an excited expression on her face, "Is my brother coming to the UK?"

Zhang Yifei nodded at He Ziling and expressed his confirmation.

"Well, I'm already in London, are you in Northamptonshire at Silverstone?"

"Yes, I'm in Northampton and staying at the Gramill Hotel. When will you come?"

"It's a little late today, tomorrow morning."

"No problem, Zi Ling is next to me, you can chat with her."

After Zhang Yifei and He Lang confirmed the location and time, they handed the phone directly to He Ziling next to them. It could also be seen from her expectant eyes that they wanted to say a few words to their brother.

He Ziling took the phone and started chatting with He Lang. It was basically home-cooked content, and Zhang Yifei did not have the habit of eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

He leaned against the backrest of the seat and closed his eyes to rest, but the fatigue caused by the previous trial run made Zhang Yifei fall asleep in a daze. When he was woken up by He Ziling, he opened his eyes and found that he had arrived at the door of the hotel.

"Yifeijun, it seems that you are really tired. Why don't you go back to your room and have some rest first."

Junko Takeda reminded him with a little distressed feeling that the continuous trial run for an hour is also a challenge for Zhang Yifei. After all, the longest schedule for the first half hour for the driver of Formula Elementary School is equivalent to doubled directly this time.

"It's okay, I'm not that weak."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile. It was true that he was in the car just now, and a sense of fatigue came as the shaking of the car. But after squinting for about half an hour, Zhang Yifei had recovered his spirit.

Compared with the crazy high-intensity training he had at Toyota Youth Training Base and the training he had just come to Europe to compete in Renault, in order to adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the competition, he worked hard.

This one-hour test run intensity is really nothing to Zhang Yifei now. Because his driving skills and physical fitness have improved greatly compared to the beginning, it is nothing more than an adaptation process.

Seeing that Zhang Yifei was not as tired as before, Junko Takeda nodded and replied: "Okay, let's go to the restaurant to have something to eat first."

"Um."

Zhang Yifei won, then took a step forward and prepared to enter the hotel.

But at this time, He Ziling ran two steps and grabbed his arm, handed over his phone and said, "You were asleep before, I was afraid that I would wake you up, and now I will give you back."

After taking the phone, Zhang Yifei asked back: "What did your brother say?"

"He asked me if I had been bullied by you. If so, I'll come here tomorrow and settle the score with you!"

Hearing He Ziling's words, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then replied, "Miss, you are treated by teachers and distinguished guests here, so how dare I bully you?"

Zhang Yifei is really not a joke. Ahu and Zhige both regarded He Ziling as their English teacher. And he knew that she would be a top student at Imperial College in the future, and he was even more respectful.

It is still the late 1990s, and the country still attaches great importance to college students, especially Ah Hu and Zhige, who are not well-educated, and they respect He Ziling, a famous college student.

As for Zhang Yifei himself, he was also very grateful to He Ziling, and it is no exaggeration to say that he was a distinguished guest.

Of course, now we treat He Ziling as our own person rather than as a guest.

"You know what you know."

He Ziling replied arrogantly, then turned to the hotel. As her relationship became more and more intimate, she gradually became less like an iceberg goddess in the school, but instead joked with Zhang Yifei.

The group entered the hotel, first went to his room to take a shower, and then gathered in the restaurant for a meal.

At this time, Cosell took out a Silverstone track map, which was densely marked and written with several pens of different colors. It can be seen that Cosell was not prepared temporarily.

"This is an analysis chart of Silverstone, which has the right speed and gear for the curve, and the best turn-by-turn route to match the speed."

"Today, based on your test run on the track, I made some modifications, which are tailor-made according to your driving style. You can refer to it carefully tonight."

The track test run this afternoon, and Cosell did not give Zhang Yifei instructions, which does not mean that he did not have any moves.

This analysis chart of the Silverstone track was formulated based on the detour routes of some previous top F1 drivers, his own understanding, and today's Zhang Yifei's driving habits.

If Zhang Yifei can fully understand this track analysis diagram, it is really possible that he will surpass the track record for more than 0.5 seconds. In this way, Zhang Yifei will complete another record that is difficult for subsequent drivers to break.

After taking the track analysis diagram from Cosell and looking at the detailed notes above, Zhang Yifei suddenly felt an indescribable touch in his heart.

Although this old German man is harsh and has to fight for his own life without any trouble, he sincerely helps himself improve.

Many times, this kind of help has surpassed the job of a competition engineer, and is more like the support of an elder to his younger generation.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yifei remembers Uncle Lu, and he spared no effort to help him, which gave him the opportunity to stand on the European track today. Now Kossel's help is to make himself capable in the future, stand on the F1 track, and compete with the strongest group of drivers on this planet!

"Cosel, thank you."

Zhang Yifei did not laugh, but thanked him solemnly. If it weren't for the fact that he had complained about Yamamoto Ukyo, he would have wanted to bow to Kossel for thanking him.

But in the face of his own touch, Kossel completely ignored it. On the contrary, he warned: "If you can't remember these track marks, or if you remember them, you will lose to your opponent in the competition. Then don't say that I am your competition engineer in the future, I can't afford to lose this person."

"Forehead……"

Zhang Yifei was really speechless when facing this sentence. This German old man is still very unique.

After dinner, Zhang Yifei glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and it was already eight o'clock.

At this time, Yamamoto Ukyo and the others had not come back yet. Logically speaking, after-match maintenance, replacement of the entire car with oil, tires, brake kits, etc. As long as there is no major problem, it will be almost done for two or three hours.

It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when Zhang Yifei and the others came back. Now three hours have passed. Could it be that there is something wrong with the racing car?

To be honest, after the Toyota technical team evacuated, Zhang Yifei was really unsure.

This is not because he doesn't trust Ahu and Zhige. After all, the strength of the two is not as good as that of a professional and technical team. And seriously, the time they have been in contact with Formula Racing is only in the past two months since they came to Europe, and it is impossible to achieve everything.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Yifei called Yamamoto Ukyo and asked if something was wrong with him.

"Ukyo, are you still on the track? Nothing happened?"

"We are already in the car back to the hotel. The gearbox was a little problem before, but it has been solved now."

When Zhang Yifei heard Yamamoto Ukyo say that he was on the way back and that the racing problems were solved, he felt relieved. After giving a few instructions, he hung up the phone.

Back at the room, Zhang Yifei followed the same method he was used to, while conducting physical training, while remembering the analysis diagram of the Silverstone track given by Kossel to the evening.

The difficulty of memory is not as difficult as before, because the turning speed and gear of most curves are actually the same as Zhang Yifei's test run.

There are only a few curves with subtle differences in speed, which basically speeds up slightly.

In the analysis chart of the Silverstone Track, the ones that are the biggest difference between Zhang Yifei's driving habits are actually some cornering tangents, overtaking routes, etc.

Because Zhang Yifei's biggest shortcoming at present is his lack of experience. No matter how hard he practices, he has only run six official competitions on the track in addition to his previous study at Toyota Youth Training Base.

In this European Cup Renault, some experienced drivers may have run over hundreds of Formula raids, which is the biggest gap between Zhang Yifei and other drivers. Cosell's track analysis chart uses his rich track experience to make up for Zhang Yifei's shortcomings.

The evening time passed quickly. At about nine o'clock the next morning, Zhang Yifei received a call from He Lang, who had arrived at the entrance of the hotel.

When Zhang Yifei walked out of the room and was about to go to the elevator entrance, he happened to see He Ziling coming out of the room. It seemed that He Lang had notified his sister at the same time.

The two of them took the elevator downstairs together, but when Zhang Yifei walked to the door of the hotel, they saw He Lang not alone. There was a young man standing beside him, who was about 20 years old.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yifei subconsciously looked at He Ziling to see if she knew each other, or some relatives and friends.

Facing Zhang Yifei's puzzled eyes, He Ziling shook her head and said that she didn't know each other either.

Seeing Zhang Yifei coming, He Lang warmly greeted him and gave him a hug.
Chapter completed!
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