"Did you see the Prost team announcement? Chinese driver Fei is ready to return to the track."

"Didn't the auto magazine report? The question is that this kid was in a car accident during the season and missed the main race for more than three months. I am skeptical whether he can maintain his previous level."

"Yes, some drivers will have psychological barriers after encountering major car accidents. The Chinese boy is still a newcomer. I think he is going to become a short-lived driver."

"Not necessarily, I feel that Fei has a strong psychological quality. I am definitely not the kind of person who will be afraid of the track if you get into an accident!"

"Even so, he missed too many games and was seriously lacking in experience. What should he compare with other new players on the court now?"

"Yes, Montoya has already won the top division in Monza, Italy, and Kimi's condition has gradually improved. He even surpassed Fei's score. He is too behind."

"Hey, I used to think he would be the newcomer king this year, but after an accident, there was no good situation."

"Not necessarily, there are three races in the end. Although there is no hope for the championship, there is also a chance to achieve a good result. Don't forget the crash of Schumacher Silverstone track the previous year, and he still remains strong when he returns to the track."

"Can he compete with Schumacher?"

"Why can't we compare, the Brazilian Grand Prix is ​​not over Schumacher?"

"You can compete with Schumacher in one car. Are you making trouble?"

"No matter what the situation is now, I still believe in flying, because I will never forget the rain battle at Sepang, the miracle of Brazilian track!"

In the Formula BBS Forum that has recently emerged in Europe, some car fans are discussing the announcement of Prost team about Zhang Yifei's return to the track.

Among these comments, there are some surprises, some sarcastic, some are not optimistic, some supportive, and some even compare Schumacher's crash that year.

In the 1999 Silverstone Raceway, Schumacher rushed out of the track at 230km/h. The sand and gravel buffer area failed to stop Schumacher's Ferrari and hit the outermost tire protective wall.

The impact damaged the entire front of the Ferrari racing car, and the tires penetrated the chassis and invaded the cockpit space, causing Schumacher's left leg to break and withdraw from the race.

This was the worst accident in Schumacher's career. He recovered for four months before returning to the track. A few years later, Schumacher recalled the scene at that time and said with lingering fear: "The accident happened very bizarrely. I really thought I would die at that time."

After returning to the track, Schumacher only had the last two races left throughout the season, and he had no hope of competing for the world championship. So he helped his teammate Eddie Elvin with all his strength, hoping that he could win the world championship title.

It's just a pity that Eddie Erwin lost to Finnish legendary driver Mika Hakinen by 2 points, and only won the runner-up. However, with the points between Schumacher and Erwin, Ferrari still won the team championship title of that year.

If Schumacher had not withdrawn from the competition in an accident, the seven-champion championship may not be Schumacher's limit, and he will sprint to the height of the eight-champion championship!

Eddie Elvin is also the only driver who can make the peak Schumacher a "wingman". Thinking about boasting that the car god helped me drive by and block the car in the future, it would be a very shameful thing.

Zhang Yifei's current situation is very similar to Schumacher in 1999. More than three months of recovery time have left him with 9 matches. Only the last three main games are left before the end of the 2000 season.

In fact, according to the normal frequency of two-week one game, plus the off-season with a half-month summer break, Zhang Yifei will not miss so many games.

The main reason is that the sub-station events during the recovery period are basically held on European tracks. Compared with the F1 overseas station, the transition of European tracks is much more convenient for the team and the efficiency has been greatly improved. Therefore, the interval between many sub-station events has been compressed to one week.

It is precisely because of these factors that Zhang Yifei missed nine races.

...

"Yifeijun, don't relieve the importance of your fault. It won't take long for your injury to heal."

In the team gym, Zhang Yifei was doing physical training. The amount of training during the recovery period decreased and muscle deterioration caused by the lack of force on his right leg were all problems that need to be solved.

Especially for F1 drivers, strong muscle strength is a necessary condition, otherwise the accelerator and brake pedal will not be able to accurately control the throttle and brake pedal. The speed error of one percent in any corner will double the risk of rushing out of the track.

Because there is never any redundant statement for F1 events. Any turn is dancing on the tip of the knife to challenge the speed limit, which requires the driver to have absolute control over the car.

"Don't worry, I'm not that vulnerable."

Zhang Yifei smiled and said to Junko Takeda and continued.

Previously, due to the fact that he was looking for investment, Zhang Yifei recovered from injuries very slowly after several days of running around. However, after getting the matter of investing in the Prost team, Zhang Yifei basically didn't have to worry about other things. He had reached his limit of ability, and success or failure was the most likely thing to be true.

So during the two months of summer break, Zhang Yifei was resting with peace of mind. With his physical fitness, as long as the injury of bone fractures can be well cultivated, the recovery speed will be very fast.

Basically, it took only one month to do anything, and Zhang Yifei started to do rehabilitation training. Now, as the competition time approaches, the intensity of the previous rehabilitation training obviously cannot meet the requirements of the competition intensity, so Zhang Yifei began to increase his training volume according to normal physical fitness standards.

At this moment, Cosel also walked into the gym. He did not pay attention to Zhang Yifei's training intensity, but asked: "Do you remember the data of the A1 track in Austria?"

"How can you not remember it after preparing a track in the past few months?"

Zhang Yifei replied with certainty that the time to return to the track was determined during the recovery period, so when Zhang Yifei had basically nothing to do in the past two months, he just recorded the data of the Austrian A1 track and watched the video of the competition.

It can be said that the Austrian A1 track is the track that Zhang Yifei has prepared for the longest time except for the opening match of the Australian Albert Park track, and even has even been even better.

"Well, there may be an adaptation process for the practice competition, try to be as safe as possible."

When Cosell heard Zhang Yifei's answer, he actually gave a rare reminder.

Although Zhang Yifei did not give up his understanding of the track during his recovery period, he even drove a racing simulator later.

But racing simulators are different from real driving f1 cars after all, not to mention that due to the technological level of this era, even if it is the most advanced racing simulator in twenty years, many driving experiences cannot be simulated.

Therefore, the practice competition that Zhang Yifei is about to face is the first time he has come into contact with F1 racing after a few months. For a newcomer in the track, there must be a factor of "hands-born".

Zhang Yifei has already encountered a serious track accident, and no one wants this kind of thing to happen again. Even Cosell, who has always been radical, has put safety to a higher position at this moment.

"Cosell, this is not your style. Shouldn't it be said that the full throttle runs faster?"

Faced with Zhang Yifei's teasing, Cosell's expression was unmoved, but he just replied indifferently: "If you are not afraid of death, you can also try running the A1 track with full throttle."

"Then let it go, after all, I'm still young..."

The Austrian A1 track is a typical high-speed track, and unlike the pure speed of Monza and Hoganheim tracks, the A1 track is much more dangerous because it will face many high-speed corners without buffering.

For example, the most famous Bosch Bend is on a long straight downhill road. With the cooperation of straight and downhill roads, the maximum speed will be over 350km/h, and then it will turn right without any buffering.

It is impossible to turn at a speed of 350km/h, so before entering Bosch corner, all drivers will slow down wildly. With the characteristics of low pressure adjustment of the A1 track, the chassis of the car is kept to the lowest.

So on the Austrian A1 track, the audience can see the scene where the chassis directly scrapes to the track road due to crazy slowdown and the body is down.

Moreover, there are more than one curve on the A1 track, and the degree of danger is conceivable. So even radicals like Kossel unexpectedly instructed Zhang Yifei instead of letting him run faster lap times.

Of course, this is just the practice stage. As for the qualifying or main competition, whether Cosell wants speed or safety is another question.

Zhang Yifei is preparing for the Austrian Grand Prix, and the drivers of other teams are not idle either, especially those who have direct competition with Zhang Yifei, such as Williams team Montoya, McLaren team Kimi Raikkonen, etc.

"Montoya, fly soon and return to the track. It's time to prove yourself."

After seeing the announcement of the Prost team, Sir Williams also reminded Montoya, but more in a tone that stimulated Montoya.

"He has no chance."

Montoya replied coldly.

Montoya is now very different from when she first entered F1.

At that time, Montoya was proud and arrogant, and more of a manifestation of himself externally.

The Indy World Champion, Carter Racing’s youngest defending champion, entered the Big Three team at the rookie stage. These achievements made Montoya the pride of heaven, standing in the most dazzling position of all rookies, and the spotlight was shrouded in his head.

Montoya has the capital of pride and conceit!

However, the successive failures on the track shattered Montoya's confidence and pride again and again. The crash at the Brazilian Grand Prix pushed him to the focus of public opinion, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that Montoya did not have that collision, and he would lose to Zhang Yifei once!

In the f1 race, there is nothing to lose, and all drivers have lost. But it is another concept that cannot afford to lose. Even the car god Schumacher has become his own black spots.
Chapter completed!