Half an hour later, Zhang Yifei received a call from Xie Tiancheng again, and he had already arrived at the hotel parking lot.

Walking out of the hotel building, Zhang Yifei saw Xie Tiancheng leaning against a red Honda NSSX from a distance. His appearance did not change much from half a year ago. It seems that the venue race is still more comfortable than driving the Formula.

"Why, now we have changed our doors. If we don't open the Nissan 300zx, we will invest in Honda?"

Zhang Yifei smiled and joked, but seriously, the Honda NSSX is still better than the Nissan 300zx, and the one that matches it should be Nissan GTR.

After all, it has an all-aluminum body, the four major Japanese king-level sports cars, and has the title of "Japanese Ferrari". Later, it was replaced with the Acura logo and was made into a high-end supercar by Honda.

However, even if the label has been changed, the European NSS still did not achieve Honda's supercar dream, and its brand value is still not as good as the old European giants. And with the silence of Japanese performance cars, the title of "civilian" sports car has disappeared and gradually disappeared from the public's sight.

Of course, this is not a problem with Honda, a Japanese automaker, but a recession in the entire Japanese high-end performance car market. Compared with other Japanese king-class sports cars that have been discontinued, at least Honda still lets the NSS series survive.

Faced with Zhang Yifei's joke, Xie Tiancheng didn't care, and still replied in a gentle and indifferent tone: "The arta fleet is sponsored by Toyota, so naturally, NSS is used as the factory car."

"But why did you become an F1 driver and choose to run the F3 event on O Island?"

This is also a question in Xie Tiancheng's mind. It is logical that they are all F1 drivers, and they generally do not run F3-level events.

"There are many factors, including sponsorship, super driver's license application, and even reasons for expanding influence. I can't explain this kind of thing clearly. Anyway, you know that I'm going to the Grand Prix in O Island, and it's enough that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

"You don't have a super driver's license yet?"

Xie Tiancheng is a professional driver after all, and he still knows the Fia super driver's license.

In the whole world, including Le Mans, Indy and other events, there are no more than 300 drivers with super driver licenses, of which there are no more than 100 active drivers in F1. This is still included in the third driver and the test drivers of their super driver licenses.

They are already F1 drivers, and basically have a super driver's license by default. Zhang Yifei doesn't have a super driver's license yet. This is something Xie Tiancheng didn't expect, it's really weird.

"What's so surprising about not having a super driver's license? I don't even have a driver's license."

Zhang Yifei replied angrily, as an F1 driver, he is still driving without a license even when he goes on the road. Who said that the application period for an international driver's license is 18 years old?

Thinking about the entire history of F1, it is probably Verstappen, the later generations of Little Red Bull Racing, who has experienced such pain.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, Xie Tiancheng didn't know what to say. He had seen strange things, and had never seen such strange things. The world's top drivers are even illegal to drive a car. It's really...

"Okay, I won't tell you this anymore. You probably haven't been to the East Ocean Raceway. Let's take you to a run."

Xie Tiancheng's words were exactly what Zhang Yifei thought. Without accurate track data, if you want to accurately understand the track situation, you will naturally rely on going to the field to understand.

If you have the chance, it is best to practice running laps for a long time, so that you can remember the characteristics of the track in your mind. You may not be able to achieve the limit of the track trial running. After all, there are various obstacles, vehicles, and even pedestrians.

Any minor accident occurs, and then it will not be a matter of responsibility. As Xie Tiancheng said, Zhang Yifei currently does not have a driver's license. There will be many crimes for traffic accidents, such as driving without a license, dangerous driving, illegal speeding, etc.

Once it causes a bad impact, I guess I will be out of the way to apply for a super driver's license, which is really embarrassing!

But many times, this is the case, and there is no way to achieve both ways. In this situation, Zhang Yifei must go to the Dongwangyang Track to test the track in order to deepen his understanding of the track.

Otherwise, it would be completely insufficient to use the complexity of the street race, simple track data, and a 30-minute practice race.

Not to mention Zhang Yifei's current level, even if he asks Schumacher to come, he may not be able to outperform some local snakes on the completely unfamiliar track.

No, when Zhang Yifei thought of this, he felt a little guilty. Schumacher really won the Grand Prix championship in 1990, and his younger brother Ralph Schumacher won the Grand Prix championship in 1995.

So we can only say that the God of Cars is the God of Cars after all, and it must have a place far beyond ordinary people to achieve their kingly status.

But then again, Schumacher had a strong team providing data support at the time. Zhang Yifei's Prost team was not reliable and was still considered an individual contestant.

The two of them got on the bus and headed to the East Ocean Raceway on O Island. The so-called East Ocean Raceway is actually composed of streets surrounding Dongwangyang Mountain and O Island Pond. Usually, this place is no different from the streets of big cities. Once the Grand Prix race arrives, the O Island authorities will carry out road transformation and traffic control to hold street events.

Sitting in the car, Xie Tiancheng said in a tone of emotion: "When I saw you on Qixing Mountain, I didn't expect that one day, we two would become professional drivers and participate in the Grand Prix race in O Island at the same time."

"That's because you didn't want to be a professional driver, but I've always aimed at professional drivers."

Zhang Yifei smiled and replied, "If it weren't for his own excitement, Xie Tiancheng might have planned to go on the underground racing in Hong Kong Island."

The golden age of a driver is around 30 years old. At this time, a person's energy, physical fitness and reaction ability are at their peak.

At that time, Xie Tiancheng was in his twenties, if he didn't hurry up and became a professional driver, even if he changed his attention in the future, it would probably be difficult to reach his peak state. In a sense, he really helped Xie Tiancheng.

"Yes, if you weren't so determined, you wouldn't be an F1 driver so quickly."

Xie Tiancheng sighed, at that time, almost no one could have planned to take the professional driver path as firmly as Zhang Yifei. More importantly, no one would choose to take Formula racing, this is the most difficult path!

"To be honest, when I was in the Arta team, some teammates also discussed you. They were all very surprised and surprised, and they thought you could become an incredible f1 driver."

"It's not just them who find it incredible. Basically no one believes that I can be an F1 driver."

Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, looking at the street view outside the window.

Along the way, Zhang Yifei can be said to be an enemy of the whole world's concept, but he successfully did it.

Just like a dream that is not ridiculed, and has no real value. I have been a professional driver in my previous life. If I don’t challenge the highest difficulty in this life, how boring is life?

"Some people believe it, like me."

"No, I said I wanted to become an F1 driver, which was almost the same as bragging about the sky. You can believe it, that's really easy to cheat."

Zhang Yifei was telling a half-true joke. For a rookie who had never even come into contact with karts, planning to become an F1 driver is almost like dreaming in the daytime.

Even Uncle Lu and the others were very cautious, thinking that Zhang Yifei should choose a RV or their old rally.

But in the end they respected Zhang Yifei's choice and used all their efforts to achieve his dream. This is why Zhang Yifei gave two of his three seats and two cups to the old man and Uncle Lu.

This is not because of family affection, but because Zhang Yifei was grateful for their original understanding. You should know that many times, understanding is the support that a person needs the most.

"I didn't believe it when I was in Hong Kong, but when I saw you in Tokyo that time, I believed it."

"Because at that time, you changed a lot, and you also refused my master's help and wanted to rely entirely on yourself. Without amazing perseverance, you can't do all this."

"It can be said that at that time, you already had the potential to become a top driver."

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei laughed and said, "Okay, it's all right. You know I'm not a modest person, so I'll be floating."

"Indeed, you're not very modest!"

Xie Tiancheng replied in agreement with this point. It is difficult for Zhang Yifei to see the impact of the traditional doctrine of mean thinking, which is much more confident and arrogant than ordinary newcomers.

Maybe this is the characteristic that makes him without any fear when he is weak and dares to challenge the difficulties.

The area of ​​Ao Island is not large. From the perspective of the mainland, it is simply the size of a palm.

So after only about twenty minutes of driving, the two of them arrived at the starting point of the East Ocean Track, which was the Friendship Road surrounding the reservoir pond.

At this time, you can clearly see places on both sides of the street that are different from the previous street view, such as some scaffolding, and some reinforced guardrails are built in key locations of the street to ensure the safety of drivers and residents on both sides as much as possible.

However, just by looking at Zhang Yifei, this kind of enhanced guardrail will be built only if there are residential buildings next to him, and ordinary sections still use the previous protective berth. Moreover, due to the terrain of the East Wangyang Mountain, some sections of the East Wangyang Raceway are actually "cliffs" on both sides, with a large height difference.

Once you break out of the track, ordinary guardrails may not be able to withstand the high-intensity power impact of the car, and it will be in danger of falling down.

As time goes by, the authorities in the Island of Australia have actually used engineering methods to avoid many dangerous points in the East Ocean Track. However, in this era, due to time, technology and cost limitations, and event safety guarantees, they are completely inferior to those in later generations.
Chapter completed!