Stunned for a moment, Zhang Yifei also reacted quickly, he bowed slightly and said: "Hello, my name is Zhang Yifei, and I am the trial driver who came over today." ”

"Hello, my name is Lu Ningping, his go-kart coach."

Zhang Yifei and Lu Ningping still greeted each other in the Chinese way, and he was really not used to this kind of behavior of bowing at every turn.

"Hello, Yifei-kun."

"Hello, Mr. Lu Ningping."

Junko Takeda also cooperated with the return salute, but Zhang Yifei was surprised by her opening this time, because she spoke not English, but Chinese!

"Do you speak Chinese?"

Because he was so surprised, Zhang Yifei asked directly.

"Yes, I took the Chinese department when I was in college, and you can talk to me directly in Chinese."

A female manager of the Toyota youth team who can speak Chinese, Zhang Yifei doesn't know what to say, the world is really a bit crazy.

"Okay then, may I ask Junko Takeda, when will I start the trial?"

Surprised to surprised, Zhang Yifei didn't have the energy to explore why Junko Takeda could become a team manager, and he only had one thing to think about now, that is, to become a Toyota youth student through a trial.

"You can just call me Junko, the tryout is ready and ready to start at any time."

"Then let's start now."

"Please go to the locker room and change into your racing suit."

After saying this, Junko Takeda led the way and took Zhang Yifei to the drivers' lounge.

Enter the Drivers' Lounge, just like the NBA Players' Lounge, with rows of wardrobes for the driver's personal belongings. For example, racing suits, helmets, gloves, etc.

I don't know if Zhang Yifei is the first academy driver, or if the other drivers are not here today, anyway, the entire drivers' lounge is empty.

Zhang Yifei found his name on a wardrobe, and when he opened it, there was a full set of racing gear. When contacting the trial before, Lu Ningping had already sent all his information to the Toyota team, so they had prepared these things in advance.

To be honest, this also surprised Zhang Yifei, because under normal circumstances, the team will only provide these items to the drivers who have passed the training. Even some driver academies still need to pay for their own purchases, and Toyota can prepare in advance without a trial, which is indeed very sincere, and it seems that they are fully prepared for the future in F1.

It's just a pity that Zhang Yifei has historical experience, and the Toyota team will not have a good time in F1 in the future, basically at the bottom of the grade. Finally, in 2010, he announced his retirement from F1 with the BMW team, and I don't know if this world history will change.

Put on a full set of equipment, because it is tailor-made, so it fits well in every aspect. Everything was ready, Junko Takeda took Zhang Yifei and Lu Ningping to the car parking area.

However, the moment he entered the garage, Zhang Yifei was dumbfounded when he saw the car he was going to drive next. Because what is placed in front of you is not a go-kart, but a formula car in every sense!

That's right, it's not the kind of go-kart that Zhang Yifei drove in the club before, even a 250CC super kart with an aerodynamic kit. What you see is a pure formula car, like the Formula 1 cars you see on TV.

Now the problem is also in front of us, that is, Zhang Yifei has never driven a real formula car, which is not a difference in appearance. It's the way you handle, the way you sit, the way you stand, everything you do.

To put it simply, it is the feeling of a person who has only driven an ordinary car and suddenly asks him to drive a supercar.

Don't think that if you get your driver's license and sit in a supercar, you can drive it casually. Whether it's a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, when every supercar is sold, there will be operation training for new owners.

Because of the supercar sitting vision problem, as well as the difference in rear drive force, it is easy for the average novice to lose control. Especially if you don't know something, you start the SPORT mode as soon as you come up, thinking that as long as you kick the accelerator down, you will feel the push back feeling brought by the speed.

But the reality is not that you can feel the push back caused by the speed of moving in a straight line, but that the huge horsepower makes the rear wheel slip and directly lose control of the push. Therefore, the SPORT mode on the supercar is also jokingly called the paradise mode.

Because Junko Takeda knew Chinese, Zhang Yifei did not speak, but looked at Uncle Lu next to him, his eyes were complicated.

Similarly, Lu Ningping also looked at Zhang Yifei in surprise, they all made a major mistake that they had never thought about before. That is, Japan is not like Europe, and the driver academy has a complete echelon training starting with go-karting.

Toyota Racing is a professional team that wants to enter Formula 1, and they do want to recruit and develop academy drivers, but their youth development plan does not include a karting component, but starts directly with formula one.

So the one in front of me is the car built by Toyota to compete in F1, and the model is named TF101. However, this one is still different from the version that will actually be on the Formula 1 track in the future, it is only a prototype for testing.

And the engine is also different, in order to adapt to the academy drivers, the power output is much lower, only 200P horsepower, and the top speed is 260 per hour.

This power data doesn't seem to be very good, many modified cars on the street, the horsepower has reached about 400P, and the later generations are full of thousands of horsepower.

But the power data is always just a number on the books, and to really run, you have to refer to the vehicle itself. For example, the weight of the GTR vehicle was more than 1.5 tons before the lightweight modification, and the weight of the formula car in front of me was less than 500KG!

There is no modification that compares to lightweight, and the three-fold mass gap allows this formula car to break 100 in 4 seconds, which is already the data that can only be achieved by supercars in the current era.

The car is a formula car, but the person is not a formula driver, just when Zhang Yifei and Lu Ningping were in a complicated mood, the manager of Junzi next to him saw that the two people did not react, so he asked: "Are you ready to start?" ”

"Can you wait a minute, I have something to say."

Lu Ningping replied first, he planned to drag out some time to find a way.

"No problem, I'll wait for you outside and come back in ten minutes."

Many drivers will do pre-race psychological counseling, or have tactical arrangements with coaches, and Junko Takeda has seen this situation a lot, so she left Zhang Yifei a psychological buffer time.

It's just that things are not what Junko Takeda imagined, after seeing her walk out, Lu Ning said solemnly: "The information and invitation letter from Toyota before, did not say the content of the trial and the vehicle, at that time I thought that the opportunity was rare and did not think much about it, so I quickly agreed, and now it seems that I was too careless before." ”

Lu Ningping, the karting coach, is actually a halfway monk and has not been exposed to the level of formula. Because the overall environment of the formula on Hong Kong Island is currently only at the level of karting events, the most powerful performance of the Chasing Wind Club is the super kart customized for Zhang Yifei later.

But there is an insurmountable gap between karting and formula racing, and karting can only be regarded as a cradle level. Zhang Yifei has never been exposed to a real formula car, so how can he try out?