Hearing Zhang Yifei's simple and rough answer, Junko Takeda's face felt helpless. The public relations processing skills he is best at have almost no use after being Zhang Yifei's assistant. This guy is really a taboo!

"Okay, but try to be more tactful when interviewing the opening match, after all, the influence of the opening match is second only to the final match. Moreover, Singapore is a newly added track, and many viewers are watching the F1 competition on the spot for the first time, which can easily create a bad impression."

Junko Takeda still instructed that Zhang Yifei's personal image, as a whole, has risen in the global atmosphere. This is also the characteristic of competitive sports. Only dishes are original sins, and everything else is easy to discuss.

Today is different from the past. It’s nothing to be exaggerated when a young character was a little bit, but now Zhang Yifei has enough influence. Therefore, Junko Takeda does not want Zhang Yifei to be too strong in the pre-match press conference. Proper regression and maintain a friendly image in front of the audience will help enhance his public acceptance and even commercial value.

"knew."

Zhang Yifei replied casually, he knew what Junko Takeda was thinking. It was nothing to let him go when he didn't break the bottom line, but if he didn't set up a bottom line, he would be offended by others!

As time passed by minute by minute, as night fell, Singapore organizers held a grand fireworks show in Marina Bay at night. Several Singaporean and Southeast Asian singers came on stage to sing, including Stefanie Sun, who was more familiar to Zhang Yifei, and Adu, a newcomer who just debuted in this era.

However, at this time, Zhang Yifei had no time to enjoy fireworks performances and concerts, but instead followed the team strategy group to pay attention to the water accumulation in the track.

In the afternoon, there was a drizzle, but as time came to night, this drizzle stopped. This is the rainy spring, and it can never control its changes intermittently, adding countless changes to the game.

The problem facing Zhang Yifei and the strategy team is that although the light rain has stopped, the track will not dry out instantly. Some low-lying sections still have some water accumulation, forming a semi-dry and half-wet track road condition.

You should know that the half-dry and half-wet track road conditions can be said to be a nightmare for drivers and strategy teams, which is far more headache than heavy rain. Because the heavy rain is full wet track, just go to the rain tires directly, and it is easier to dry the track, and it is normal tactical strategies.

Only in this semi-dry and semi-wet track, how to replace tires is a test of the wisdom of the strategic teams of major teams. Because if you change to dry tires, your grip will be insufficient and you will easily lose control and you will rush out of the track.

If you change to a rain tire, the speed will be slowed down. Moreover, after some tracks do not rain, the asphalt pavement drains very quickly, and the water may be drained within half an hour. This is not a long time for the F1 main race that is nearly two hours.

So those riders who have replaced all-rain tires will face a very embarrassing situation. Should they enter the station and change their tires? Or should they continue to use rain tires to run the track?

If you enter the station, including the slowdown time of the maintenance channel, it may be gone in twenty seconds. And it is not just a time lag. It is very difficult to overtake the street race like Singapore, and this is the biggest disadvantage.

If you don’t enter the station to change the tire, then you will have no advantage in speed when running against the rain tire, and you will not be able to achieve good results. Therefore, in addition to the experience of team strategy and grouping, there is also a certain component of gambling luck.

In addition, for drivers, the racing grip will be strong and weak. It is possible that when the curves are stable at normal speeds, the semi-wet and half-dry track will be slippery, resulting in insufficient brake distance to break out of the track.

If you just seek stability and slow down the corner, the driver cannot guarantee whether the opponent can pass the full speed on this corner. Your pursuit of stability will give the opponent a chance to overtake.

Therefore, semi-dry and semi-wet tracks require very delicate throttle control technology and the driver's feelings about the slight changes in the racing grip. To put it more exaggeratedly, it may take a little luck to eventually become a champion.

Because the true perfect rain god does not exist, even Senna and Schumacher have actually made many mistakes in the rain battle. However, they can ensure that their speed is absolutely ahead, thereby suppressing other opponents on the track. This is enough!

So the choice now facing Zhang Yifei and the team strategy team is to choose whether to speed or to push the car more securely.

"Fei, I think the tire tactics need to be changed. Use a half-rain tire, and the second is not the previous soft tire."

The boss Prost made his decision. Half-rain tires are the most regular and safest solution to deal with semi-dry and semi-wet tracks, which is very consistent with Prost's conservative character.

"Now there is still half an hour before the race. I think the water accumulation in the track will be further reduced by then, and the speed of the half-rain tire is not enough."

Zhang Yifei prefers soft tires. He believes that as long as it does not rain, the track will accumulate less and less water, and the track will become dryer. Soft tires can ensure the speed of the car and maintain their pole position advantages. As for risks, he is very confident in his driving skills.

"Fei, this time I agree with the boss's half-rain tire plan. I and Ukyo looked along the track before. The Singapore track is a street, not a special asphalt grade for the track. Moreover, there is a thick layer of cement below that affects the rainwater immersion speed, so half an hour is not enough to drain."

"According to the weather forecast provided by the Meteorological Bureau, there are still rain clouds above the track, and there is a possibility of rain. Half-rain tires are indeed the most suitable tire strategy."

The team leader Henry also stood up and said, and at the same time, Yukyo Yamamoto, who was next to him, nodded in agreement.

Judging from the current track conditions and possible rain trends in the future, semi-rain tires are well-deserved best choices.

Moreover, it is relatively easy to block cars on the Singapore track, and they have already obtained pole position. There is no need to take this risk of not being worth the loss because of a little speed advantage.

After Zhang Yifei and his friends expressed their opinions, they looked at Cosell. As the chief competition engineer, he had the supreme decision-making power in the game, even surpassing his boss Prost.

But at this moment, Junko Takeda walked in outside and said to Zhang Yifei: "Ifeijun, the pre-match press conference is about to begin. You should hurry to the media center on the third floor."

Hearing Takeda Junko's words, Cosel said, "Go to the pre-match press conference first. I will check the road conditions with Ukyo again, and make the final decision before the start of the race."

Kossel did not blindly agree with either party, but chose to speak with facts. Now there is more than half an hour before the official start of the race. Anyway, the team strategies of different track environments have been registered, so it is better to make the final decision at that time.

After hearing Cosell say this, Zhang Yifei was not in a hurry, but followed Junko Takeda and walked directly to the track media center on the third floor of the repair building through the stairs.

The track media center is already crowded at this time, and as the opening match of the new season, the attention is unquestionable. Moreover, this year the drivers are more diversified, resulting in a greater increase in global influence, which has further boosted the popularity of the media.

For example, Zhang Yifei, the first Chinese to enter the ranks of world racing top drivers in history. Sato Takuro entered the F1, marking that Japanese drivers returned to the F1 track after several years of interruption.

In addition, the addition of Helio has caused the shadow of American drivers to appear in the f1 paddock, and the title of Indy Racing's strongest newcomer in history is too loud and one of the main reasons for increasing the attention of the opening game.

So today, almost mainstream media from around the world came to the track media center, hoping to get first-hand information on the new season F1.

Zhang Yifei came to the backstage to prepare and found that the other drivers participating in the pre-race press conference had arrived earlier than he did. Seeing Zhang Yifei coming in, Masa and Sato Dao both waved and greeted him.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yifei felt a little moved. When he was a newcomer last year, he was almost rejected by the entire F1 paddock. Not to mention that other drivers took the initiative to say hello, even if they said hello by themselves, no one would like to pay attention to them.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Alaisi pulled Old Verstappen and said a few words to himself.

In just one year, many things have changed. At least ordinary drivers in the yard dare not look down on themselves. Newcomers like Sato Takuma and Masa even showed their attitude towards him.

However, when Schumacher saw himself, he was not as "friendly" as before. He just nodded to himself, saying hello.

Zhang Yifei knew very well about the change in Schumacher's attitude, that was that he threatened him.

Zhang Yifei once read an interview report that when Schumacher made his second comeback, he became teammates with the later world champion Rosberg in Brown.

At the beginning, Schumacher was very friendly in facing Rosberg, and even guided him to race and teach his racing experience. However, as the race was halfway through, Rosberg came out and when the points approached Schumacher, the attitude of the German car god began to become extremely cold.

There is only one reason for this attitude change, that is, the strength of teammate Rosberg threatens Schumacher.

You should know that Schumacher is not the kind of perfect "legend" in TV series or novels. On the contrary, he is very real. Champions and achievements are the only things he pursues in his career, and he even does not hesitate to do some disgraceful means.

So seeing the change in Schumacher's attitude, Zhang Yifei knew in his heart that the kind of harmony that could fight side by side as a "teammate" on the Indy track would never appear again.
Chapter completed!