Zhang Yifei was a little unaware of the advice given by Alessi. Although he was in good health and could withstand bumps, he could indeed be used as a reason. However, in an F1 Grand Prix, this reason alone seemed a bit ridiculous.

However, Zhang Yifei believed that Alaisi would not just say anything to fool him. When he had time to discuss with the fleet strategy team, he should be able to come up with the final adjustment plan.

Putting the adjustment aside, Zhang Yifei opened the track map for himself that Cosell and Ukyo Yamamoto made, and began to compare with his experience of running on the simulator just now.

This time, because the track conditions were complex, the road map was formulated in detail, and even the slope was accurately marked. Coupled with the conventional different routes, brake points, gears, speeds, etc., the data volume was huge.

At the same time, it can also be seen that Kossel is serious about this track. After all, this is the home track that reached the peak of the track at that time, and it is also a peak in Kossel's own F1 career.

Kossel hopes that Zhang Yifei will achieve the same success on this track, witnessing the fanatical cheering scene again, and witnessing the rise of another newcomer!

The complex track and detailed routing chart made Zhang Yifei spend a whole day basically spending on the racing simulator. He kept trying various routing solutions to try to run out of the fastest speed of the Interlagers track.

The fastest lap speed is an extremely important indicator for the Interlagers track, because the track characteristics determine that overtaking will be extremely difficult. In many cases, the final result of the Grand Prix is ​​decided in advance in the qualifying competition.

According to statistics, the probability of pole drivers in the Interrages track winning is as high as 40%, while the probability of players starting in the front row winning the sub-station championship is even closer to 80%!

This probability is considered a very high value in the F1 track, basically falling behind, and it is difficult to get back to the sky. The scene of Zhang Yifei and Sepang track with more than a dozen cars in a row, let alone the scene of being staged on the Interlagers track.

The track is very difficult, but Zhang Yifei's training progress is much faster than he had expected before.

Because as the time of opening the simulator increased, Zhang Yifei suddenly realized that he could gradually combine the Interlagers track with the game map in his mind!

Although the game map only uses the Interrages track as the blueprint and has many details, the outline is basically the same. Many curves are from strangers at the beginning to sudden familiarity later. This situation is something that Zhang Yifei had never expected, and it was considered an unexpected surprise.

The day's simulator training passed quickly. The next morning, Zhang Yifei continued to do physical training first and then start the racing simulator as usual.

But at this moment, Junko Takeda came to Zhang Yifei's room and told him that the media came to interview him.

"Media interview? Which media comes to interview at this time? Is it promoted by f1?"

Zhang Yifei asked casually, usually, there are only two days before the competition, and media interviews basically choose to be in the practice stage rather than stuck in the pre-match preparation stage.

"It's not the media of the F1 organization, it's the Sports Illustrated from the United States. They want to conduct an exclusive interview with you and you will be the cover character of the latest issue."

Sports Illustrated?

This surprised Zhang Yifei a little because Sports Illustrated is the world's largest sports weekly, founded by Time Warner, a US media giant, and has a great influence around the world.

Those who can be interviewed by Sports Illustrated are basically some well-known athletes, and those who can be on the cover are even top players in various sports events who are qualified to be on the cover, such as Jordan, Tyson, Tiger Woods and other superstars.

Zhang Yifei's F1 score is very good among new players, but compared with the top in the industry, the gap is still very amazing. After all, even the sub-station champion has not been won, let alone the top-notch title.

So Zhang Yifei was surprised when he suddenly heard the interview notice from Junko Takeda. In theory, he was not qualified to be the cover character of Sports Illustrated.

"Don't be standing there. They are now setting up an interview room in the hotel conference room. Yifeijun, please move quickly."

Junko Takeda urged her, and she naturally knew that Zhang Yifei's ability to accept an exclusive interview with the cover character now will be of great help to increase his popularity in Europe and the United States.

Fame means higher value and more income. Even when transferring, it can be favored by large teams.

So Junko Takeda attaches great importance to this interview and does not want any accidents!

"Okay, I'll change my clothes and go there."

Zhang Yifei nodded. This was his first time except CCTV that he had accepted an exclusive interview with international foreign media, so he naturally wanted to show the style of Chinese athletes.

More than ten minutes later, Zhang Yifei came to the hotel conference room, where a large group of people were crammed. Interview equipment such as fill lights had been set up, and he was waiting for Zhang Yifei to come over for an exclusive interview.

Seeing Zhang Yifei come in, a white male with a beard on his face took the initiative to walk to Zhang Yifei and reached out to introduce: "hello, Fei, I am Alva, the interview host of Sports Illustrated. I'm very happy that you can accept our interview."

Zhang Yifei reached out to hold it, and replied with a smile on his face: "Hello, I am the Chinese driver Zhang Yifei, and I am also very happy to accept an exclusive interview with your weekly magazine."

After two parties introduced each other and politely speaking, they sat face to face on the arranged chairs. The camera pointed at Zhang Yifei, and the copywriting began to record what Zhang Yifei said.

"First of all, I am very grateful to Mr. Zhang Yifei for accepting this exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated Weekly."

"We all know that at the Malaysian Grand Prix, you staged a miraculous rain battle, and you left the pits and finally got on the podium, which is one of the few in F1 history."

"Even after the race, many car fans were amazed and saw the shadow of the Senna rain battle in you. So we want to know whether the rain battle at Sepang Track was a chance to perform at a super level, or do you really have such strong rain battle strength?"

When Aval's opening question was raised, the faces of the convoy members at the conference room changed. Especially Junko Takeda, who had a smile on her face before, became cold in an instant.

The interview was very sudden, and she attached great importance to the interview opportunities of Sports Illustrated, so she did not make any interviews. Unexpectedly, the other party's question would be so sharp and smelly of gunpowder.

Junko Takeda knows Zhang Yifei's personality. He is the kind of person who is soft but not hard. If you speak well and ask questions, Zhang Yifei will be very polite and modest. But once the other party provokes or acts, Zhang Yifei will fight back unceremoniously.

When faced with the arrogance of European journalists, Zhang Yifei was even more arrogant and arrogant, and the interviews also gave him a profound personal label. Even if he has entered F1 now, many people call Zhang Yifei an arrogant Chinese boy.

Therefore, the questioning of the Sports Pictorial with subjective doubts is likely to arouse Zhang Yifei's disgust and say some extreme words. Takeda Junko is still the obedient and conservative personality of a Japanese person, and she is always worried that Zhang Yifei's arrogant image will have a bad impact on him.

Of course, Zhang Yifei himself has never cared about these worries.

Because Junko Takeda will never understand that the world of competitive sports is not what you say, but what you do.

The simplest thing is to take fighting as an example. Connor always talks about the train and provokes his opponents in various ways, but it does not prevent him from becoming the hottest and most valuable mixed martial arts player.

The reason is that Connor has a strong record and has turned some of the awesomeness he has ever brag into reality. Another point is that Connor's playing style is beautiful and his blood is always the eternal theme of the fighting arena.

The same is true for Zhang Yifei. He used his own achievements to crush those doubts. And the radical and violent driving style can also make the audience feel the speed and passion of professional racing.

Whether you like Zhang Yifei or not, you can't otherwise this Chinese guy will be very happy to watch. This has almost become a consensus in the European and American car world.

The scene of Zhang Yifei's anger that Junko Takeda imagined did not appear. Zhang Yifei replied with a playful smile on his face: "On the Sepang track, I surpassed 18 opponents and stood on the podium of the branch station."

"If anyone can perform above level and reach my level, I will question my strength in the rain battle."

Zhang Yifei's answer was full of confidence. He no longer needed to attract attention by showing off his achievements like the European Renault Formula.

It wasn't Zhang Yifei's boast that the shocking counterattack of his Sepang track may be difficult to reappear within ten years. Even if he was asked to run it again, he was unsure whether he could create this rain war miracle again.

The reason why miracles are difficult to happen and replicate is that they are both indispensable in the right time, place and people!

Looking at Zhang Yifei's confident smile on his face, Aval felt a little confused. This is different from the background information collected by the interview team in advance.

Information introduction: Chinese driver Fei is a radical and arrogant driver, and he can easily make bold statements about external doubts. Therefore, the interview team chose this question as the opening question, which is to anger Zhang Yifei and say some hot news words.

Zhang Yifei's answer is indeed confident and arrogant, but it seems that he is not angry, and he can even answer with a smile, which makes Aval a little confused about Zhang Yifei's background.

Seeing the interview host's face changing, Zhang Yifei was actually sneering in his heart.

Originally, Zhang Yifei had a good impression of this bearded Aval. After all, he was very polite to say hello and other things, which was much better than some of the arrogant media he had encountered in Europe before.

But once the opening question is said, it feels not very good, and the meaning of open praise and secret criticism is very obvious.

I don’t know whether this opening question was proposed by Alva himself or decided by the Sports Illustrated interview team. But no matter which aspect, it is obvious that this Sports Illustrated interview is not a good deal.
Chapter completed!