It's raining?

Looking at the sudden rain, Zhang Yifei stood there in a daze, because it was about to start the practice competition, and he didn't expect it to rain at this time.

To be honest, no match has been a rain battle in the events that Zhang Yifei has experienced, and he is actually not familiar with the rain battle.

But you should know that in the f1 paddock, the battle of fame of the god Senna was the rain battle in Monaco in 1984!

Senna, who was 24 years old at the time, participated in the F1 race for the first time. The qualifying race was not very good. He drove the Toleman team No. 19 and started with the final pick.

However, in this F1 race, and it was the most difficult Monaco track, Senna surpassed the digital F1 players at that time with his precise control of the racing car and his perception of speed, and finally ranked second only 5 seconds behind Prost.

And more importantly, the game appeared with a red flag at that time and ended early. According to Senna's lap speed, if the game was not finished early, he would surpass Prost to win the scoreboard championship.

Later, at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, another heavy rain hit. Prost's car even turned off due to heavy rain. However, Senna speeded in the rain and even led the second driver more than one lap, winning the championship with an absolute advantage, and winning the first victory of his f1.

The shocking performance of these two rain battles not only helped Senna, who was still a newcomer, to establish his own name, but also won him the titles of "Senna in the Rain" and "Rain God" and so on.

Even if decades have passed, as long as there is rain on the track, the chariot god Senna, who was struggling with the wind and waves, will appear in people's minds!

At the fleet repair station, Cosell heard the "ticking, ticking" sound of rain outside, and also came to the door, watching the sudden rainfall on the track.

For some reason, Cosell's mind was full of the figure of that man and his lingering glory.

Three-time F1 annual championship, defending champion in 90 and 91, 41 sub-station champion, with a pole rate of up to 40%. In his career, he has been on the podium in a total of 80 times, Monaco, the most difficult track in the world, and the front row starts throughout the year...

There are so many glory. Without the accident in 1994, could Senna continue his legend?

But there is no if in this world. Kossel is a stereotyped, rigorous, and full of science and engineering thinking in Germany. He will not immerse himself in the glory of the past.

Senna's era is gone, and Schumacher's era is coming, but Cosel hopes to see that the Chinese boy who has high hopes can one day create his own dynasty.

"Charlie, replace the rain tires, adjust the front and rear air wings, adjust the gear density, and reduce the engine air intake."

Standing at the door, Cosell began to issue various adjustment instructions to Charlie, the chief technician behind him, to ensure the racing car's grip on rainy days. Cosell had long been familiar with these adjustment steps, and the same was true for the adjustment of Senna Racing back then.

"clear."

Charlie responded, and he would mobilize the team technicians and start to adjust the racing car on rainy days according to Cosell's instructions.

After experiencing the last Albert Park track, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi have begun to gradually adapt to the atmosphere of the F1 event and keep up with the team's progress, so there are two of them among the training personnel.

But looking at the rainy days outside, Ah Hu said with a little concern: "Brother Zhi, Brother Fei seems to have never experienced rainy days. It would be fine if it rains in the practice competition. What should I do if it rains in the main competition?"

"Yifei is an F1 driver. He has to face various track situations, so the solution is to overcome these problems and solve them."

After all, Chen Zhi is much older, and he no longer worrys about these problems. Since he chooses to become an F1 driver and has the ambition to sprint for the championship, he cannot give himself any shortcomings.

"That depends on whether Brother Fei can adapt so quickly. If he doesn't have enough game games and experience, he is Brother Fei's biggest shortcoming."

At this time, Ah Hu sighed, Zhang Yifei completed the "triple jump" and entered f1. This led to his current position. Even if he added Formula Renault, there were not more than ten games in the main competition, and it was mainly hot summer days.

Summer is not like a rainy spring and autumn season. Unless you happen to encounter a rainy battle, it is difficult to experience rainy battles, let alone accumulate experience in rainy days.

This has led to Zhang Yifei becoming a Formula driver and has not experienced rain battles seriously. He has only used rain tires in some water-stabilized tracks, but this is still very different from the real rain battles.

While Ah Hu and Chen Zhi were discussing, Zhang Yifei also returned to the fleet's maintenance station from the doping test room.

Seeing Zhang Yifei coming back, Cosell, who was standing at the door, asked, "The practice competition is about to begin soon. I have already made the preliminary adjustment of the racing car on the rainy day for you. Are you ready?"

Kossel's words have two meanings. On the one hand, it is to ask Zhang Yifei if he is ready for the practice match, and on the other hand, it is to ask Zhang Yifei if he is ready to deal with the rain battle.

“It’s ready.”

Zhang Yifei replied, and there was even a vague expectation in his heart. Senna's deeds in the rain were well-known, and he wanted to experience it or even challenge it.

Time soon came to eleven o'clock on Friday, which was the moment when the practice match was about to begin.

At this moment, more than 100,000 Malaysian spectators were present on the Sepang track. You should know that according to the design of the Sepang track, the main stand can only accommodate 30,000 spectators. However, with the lawn and other spaces around the track, there will be about 80,000 "stations" in the future.

Under normal circumstances, there are only about 30,000 to 50,000 spectators. When they come back to watch the game, the number of people in the main stand is exactly the same. After all, the main stand has seats and a roof that shades the sun and blocks the rain, which is relatively more comfortable than the position.

Only when there are exciting moments like the weekend main competition will there be a grand scene of about 100,000 people, because this is the biggest highlight of the F1 point competition.

However, today's Sepang track is abnormal, and even the practice competition on Friday is almost full. The main reason for this is that Malaysia's local driver Xiong Long will appear in the practice competition today.

Xionglong is the third driver of Minardi team, which can be regarded as a substitute. Once something happens to the official driver, Xionglong will be replaced by Xionglong. Many times, the third driver will participate in practice competitions and help adjust the racing car just like a test driver.

But for more practice competitions, formal drivers should participate in them themselves, so that they can achieve a 100% perfect match.

However, today's special factors of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Minardi team management will let Xiong Long, the local driver, play as long as they are mentally fine. This will not only bring adult beauty, but also cater to the sponsor Malaysia Lottery Company.

You should know that Minardi team is also struggling on the brink of bankruptcy these days. In order to sponsor "small money", all the Acama and Adog teams have been recruited into the team.

Thinking about the collapse of Sauber's team, he had to lower his standards, and at least he recruited potential newcomers of Kimi and Massa.

Minardi team, there is really no bottom line. Marquis, the last driver who is not even the same level as the second to last, can be recruited into the F1 team, and almost ran the full season, so you can see how crazy Minardi team is.

So it’s nothing to let Xiong Long play in a practice game. Even as long as the sponsorship fee is given by the Malaysian lottery company, they can consider giving Marquis a rest, and even the main competition will be run for Xiong Long!

However, Malaysian Lottery Company probably didn't expect that Minardi team would have such no lower limit and did not consider adding money, otherwise they would have really smashed a formal driver in advance!

So in the minds of Malaysian audiences and car fans, the practice race may be the only chance for local driver Xiong Long to play. In the qualifying and main races, there is no more domestic drivers, so today's practice race is crowded with people.

And because it was rainy, on the grass outside the guardrail, there were various colorful umbrellas connected together, which made the visual spectacular feeling even more than the previous Australian Grand Prix.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yifei actually respected the audience and car fans from the bottom of his heart. After all, they supported their own drivers with their own actions. This is very similar to those Chinese audiences who support themselves. It is their company that has been with them, which has given Zhang Yifei a lot of encouragement.

"Alaixi first conducts technical testing circles and verify the track conditions."

The boss Prost saw the green light on the maintenance passage and issued an order to start Alessi.

You should know that at the previous Australian station, Zhang Yifei first set off, because the time and place were good in all aspects, which was very suitable for newcomers to adapt to the venue.

But today's situation is completely different. The sudden rainfall on the track is a weather condition that Zhang Yifei had never faced before.

The biggest impact of the rain battle is that it is easy to slide off the track. If it is just a side slip, it is okay, at least it can ensure the safety of the driver. If it hits a relatively high shoulder and directly causes a rollover, the matter will be much more serious.

Moreover, the weekend is the main race. Even if you slide sideways out of the track at this time, it will cause problems with the chassis and suspension, and may not be completely repaired in just two days.

Prost's current test driver, Berdyce, can be described as being unbearable and completely failing to meet the F1 driver's standards.

But the problem is that if the driver does not change to start the backup racing, the main race must start from the repair station, which is equivalent to counting down directly. Prost has no way to recover Zhang Yifei.
Chapter completed!