At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yifei followed the crew members and finally stood at the entrance of the Donghai International Racing Stadium.

Compared with all the tracks I have run before, Zhang Yifei's feeling is the most special about Donghai International Racing.

Not only because it is a Chinese track, but before Zhang Yifei transformed into a rally racing driver in his previous life, he didn't know how many laps he ran on this track. Even though he has changed his world, these familiar scenes are still vivid in my mind.

"Brother Fei, the poster at the door is so big. It's quite handsome to take you. It's worthy of being the spokesperson of the East China Sea Track."

Ah Hu looked up at the huge posters on both sides of the gate. Each poster was at least ten meters high. The 22 F1 drivers participating in the East China Sea Grand Prix were placed in two plates at the gate, giving you a very shocking visual impact.

Of course, in the middle, there are huge posters of Zhang Yifei and Schumacher on both sides. Just like the previous subway train, the main color is still blue Prost, fighting against the red Ferrari.

Zhang Yifei on the poster was wearing a Prost racing suit, crossed his hands at his waist, and looked straight into the distance with firm eyes. Of course, the most conspicuous thing was the bright red five-star red flag on the belt, which represented his identity as a Chinese driver and also represented that there were his own drivers in China's first Grand Prix, not others' stage!

"That's a must, it was originally Hirosunami Kaneshiro Takeshi."

Zhang Yifei shamelessly admitted that Ah Hu, as the number one horseman, boasted that playing horses is a basic "professional skill", otherwise how could he be a younger brother?

After a few jokes, the group walked towards the track maintenance station. At this moment, the direction of the maintenance station was brightly lit. Because the interval between the Japanese Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix is ​​only seven days, and it cannot be transported by land like Europe, so it must be transported by air.

In a sense, the requirement of time urgency is much more important than the transition of European tracks at the same time. Therefore, the members of each team assemble the racing cars overnight and set up team repair stations and track optical cable routing.

The same is true for the Prost crew, and their time is even tighter. After all, some members followed Zhang Yifei to Guangzhou and Shenzhen to attend the unveiling ceremony, and there was less staff than the gathering of all members.

However, it did not have much impact. The current Prost team is no longer the poor B state he used to be. It only has a limiting team member team. Even Zhang Yifei could not provide technical support in Renault Racing.

As the team's performance increases, especially Zhang Yifei stands at the door of the world championship, the commercial sponsorship of Prost team has reached nearly 100 million US dollars this year. From the dense brand logo on the racing suit, you can roughly see the team's revenue.

Therefore, the crew members have expanded to more than 100 people. Even if they are placed in the F1 paddock, the number of people is second only to the traditional Big Three teams, and it is comparable to the French giant Renault. This is a scene that Prost dared not expect in the past.

Cosell, Alonso, chief technician Charlie and other personnel were also staying in the repair station at this moment. Seeing Prost and Zhang Yifei and his group coming, there was no surprise expression on their faces, and they did not ask about the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Formula Club.

Because for people of their level, the equation club in Guangzhou and Shenzhen is like a "small workshop". If it weren't for Zhang Yifei's relationship, how could Prost team be worthy of it? Naturally, they would not pay much attention to it.

"Have the maintenance station construction and track wiring completed?"

Prost asked Charlie, as the chief engineer, he usually acted as the commander-in-chief.

"The repair station has been almost built, but it will take some time to route the track. This is a brand new track, and you need to explore the first route."

The Donghai International Track, which is three years ahead of history, is brand new for all F1 teams and has no previous experience to follow.

Especially in terms of track wiring, even if the track staff assisted, it is not so easy to handle. Therefore, compared with the speed of building a repair station, the wiring is obviously a beat slower, and it is still not handled well.

Hearing this answer, Prost frowned. He attached great importance to the East China Sea Grand Prix. After all, this final battle will determine who will be the world champion of Zhang Yifei and Schumacher this year.

Another point is that the difference in points between Alonso and Barrichello is not big. If the situation is ideal enough, Prost may also win the team championship.

This is definitely a desperate comeback for a F1 team that was on the verge of bankruptcy two years ago, and it also greatly stimulated Prost's ambitions. He wanted it all!

However, Prost also understood that it was useless to be impatient. Speed ​​was never the key to track wiring. Keeping the radio open during the race was the most important thing, so he nodded at Charlie and said nothing.

At the same time, Kossel saw Zhang Yifei coming and said to him: "The data analysis diagram of the East China Sea Track has been made, come and take a look."

On the desktop of the console, there is a data map of the Donghai track, with angle, speed, gear, and optimal routing marked on each corner. These are made by Yamamoto Ukyo combined with computer and racing simulator data. Because Zhang Yifei has not been in Donghai these two days, he needs to hurry up and explain it to him.

"Um."

Zhang Yifei nodded and walked to the console casually.

Regarding Zhang Yifei's casual state that was inadvertently revealed, Cosell's face had no expression on his face, but his eyes were full of sharpness.

To be honest, on the eve of the competition, Zhang Yifei decided to attend the club opening ceremony in Guangshen. Kossel was already very dissatisfied with this. In his opinion, the drivers had already devoted themselves to racing during the event and should not pay attention to these miscellaneous things.

But Kossel also knew that Zhang Yifei's significance to Chinese motorsports was often the case that he could increase his influence into geometric multiples. And the boy's dreams and ambitions in his heart were also very clear. He always wanted to see the rise of Chinese motorsports.

So even though I was not very satisfied, Cosell still did not object. But now seeing Zhang Yifei coming back and not entering the competition state, dissatisfaction began to accumulate to the verge of an outbreak.

If it is not the pre-race preparation stage and the crew members are present, it is estimated that the German old man's irritable personality will "squirt" without any mercy.

"The length of Donghai International Track is 5.451km, and the whole journey is 56 laps. There are 14 curves in total, and there are 7 curves at the same time."

"This track was written by German designer Hermann Tilke. He designed the Sepang track in Asia before. It can be said that the two tracks have similarities, especially the look back at the end of the big straight road. The Sepang track part tracks and brakes in the curve, while the East China Sea track even the brake points are in the curve, which is a full-curve tracking and braking, which is a crazy setting!"

Cosell tells the characteristics of the East China Sea track. In fact, it is not necessary for Cosell to say that Zhang Yifei knows better than him. After all, this is the track he ran for several years in his previous life.

Both the East China Sea Track and the Sepang Circuit are from the same designer, so there are many similarities. Some people even call the East China Sea Track the Sepang Circuit and change it. However, on the East China Sea Track, many shortcomings in the Sepang Circuit have been made up and the settings that have enhanced the challenge of the control limit.

For example, the t2 arc curve at the most exciting overtaking point of the Sepang track has been upgraded on the East China Sea track, with faster entry and more extreme brake routes.

Because the overall shape of the East China Sea track can be simply seen as a "up" shape, with two very exaggerated long straights, and the speed can easily reach the limit of racing.

The starting point of the track is the middle position with the character "up" and the word "up" is vertical, and turn 1 is at the top of the top. However, turn 1 is not like the Chinese characters, connecting the horizontal right-angle bend, but is spiral, and also contains part of turn 2, 3, and even turn 4.

When the car starts to accelerate from the bottom of this vertical and reaches the top, the speed can easily exceed 330km/h, and then start turning right and enter turn 1.

However, Turn 1 is designed as an extra-long spiral curve, even together with Turn 2, as exaggerated as a circle. Drivers need to ensure that the brakes and steering do not break out of the track in the spiral curve, but also must ensure their own speed and draw a perfect arc to turn.

It would be fine if you just turn 1 or 2. When you are about to finish turning, turn left and start turning back. This is turn 3 of the track. The same control needs to be repeated again.

It’s like playing a kart game. When you encounter an s-turn, you will immediately drift in the opposite direction after drifting in the forward direction. If you want to speed faster, you have to drift while spraying nitrogen.

The feeling of passing a spiral bend in the East China Sea track is similar to the game. The curve that should have been slowed down is too long, so it has to accelerate the corners in the curve, and it is even larger and more exaggerated than the curve of the s-bend.

This requires the driver to have absolute control ability and understanding of the track in order to achieve a perfect combination of brakes and accelerator and achieve the legendary full-curve tracking braking.

It is precisely because of the difficulty that the Donghai Track is one of the easiest tracks in F1 to overtake. If any mistake is made, the opponent will easily surpass it.

After Cosell finished talking about this track information, he looked at the two drivers and wanted to hear their own ideas. However, he found that Zhang Yifei's attention was not on the drawing data, but was obviously distracted.

This state broke through Kossel's limit of patience, and the old German man directly scolded him sternly: "Fei, do you think this is your home court and you will definitely win Schumacher to win the championship?"

It was true that Zhang Yifei was in a state of distraction just now, but he did not travel in space, but recalled the data memory of the East China Sea track. So suddenly, when facing Cosel's question, he subconsciously replied: "I have such an idea."

When Zhang Yifei said this, the members of the crew in the repair station looked a little strange.

Home stadium is indeed an advantage for many drivers, but the problem is that this East China Sea track is a brand new track that has been built this year. Even if this is Zhang Yifei's home stadium, in addition to morale, everyone is equal in terms of track familiarity.

In the Singapore track, which was first entered in the opening game, Zhang Yifei won the championship and showed his amazing talent for adapting the track. However, if he is arrogant, would he look down on Schumacher too much, let alone the top position in the total score list, which is firmly occupied by Schumacher.

The biggest disadvantage of young drivers is that they are easily carried away and unable to control their mentality. Now that Zhang Yifei has not even won the first world championship title, is he just starting to be arrogant?

"Okay, since you are so confident, I don't need to say anything more. Make preparations before the game."

Cosell was really angry now. He could accept the arrogance and radicality of young people, but could not accept their indulgence and laziness.

So he was very disappointed with Zhang Yifei's arrogance at this moment. You should know that although Zhang Yifei was arrogant in the past, he despised his opponent strategically and attached great importance to it tactical. He never slacked off in various pre-match practices and preparations.

Has the home chasing and the treatment of returning superstars really made him lose himself?

Hearing Kossel's angry remarks, Zhang Yifei realized that the old German might have misunderstood, but he could not say some things. After all, the memory and familiarity that were engraved in his bones in the East China Sea International Track were all things in his previous life and could not be said.

So in their eyes, it is a brand new track, and it requires preparations to be prepared for the battle, but in Zhang Yifei's eyes, every corner is deeply engraved in his mind, and this is his absolute home court!

This is not the arrogance that others understand, but Schumacher really has no advantage in fighting with himself on this track!

"Cosell, you misunderstood, that's not what I mean."

Zhang Yifei could only ease the atmosphere, and had no choice but to take the blame.

At the same time, Prost also persuaded: "It is a good thing for him to have confidence, and the day after tomorrow is the practice competition time. At this time, the competition should be the priority."

Seeing Zhang Yifei's regression and Prost's persuasion, although Cosell had a stubborn temper, he knew very well that now was not the time to get angry.

So after snorting coldly, he continued to stand in front of the track map, analyzing the track data with Zhang Yifei and Alonso.

This time, Zhang Yifei did not fall into the memory of "swimming space", but pretended to listen to Cosel's explanation very seriously. However, the wiring data on the drawings were found on the track simulator in the past two days, and there were obvious flaws in many places, which made Zhang Yifei feel uncomfortable and frowned from time to time.

This expression also made Alonso see it, and he felt no more happy in his heart in an instant.
Chapter completed!