Looking at the surprised expression on Zhang Yifei's face, this time it was Junko Takeda's turn to be unexpected, she was just introducing the top seed, is it necessary to be so surprised?

"Yifei-kun, have you heard of Massa?"

"Huh?"

Zhang Yifei came to his senses, it seemed that he was too surprised, a little illogical.

So he quickly explained: "I've heard that he didn't win the Italian Renault championship, and he is the most famous driver in this year." ”

In fact, Zhang Yifei didn't know who the contestants were before, after all, the network was not developed in these years, and he had to contact the Renault Organizing Committee to get the list of drivers.

When Junko Takeda got the list of contestants, Zhang Yifei didn't read it at all, because he didn't know him after reading it, so he was too lazy to waste time.

As a result, I didn't expect that the Renault 2000 Euro Cup was held earlier than history, and as a result, Massa still appeared here, which is really fate.

"By the way, are there any other drivers worth noting?"

The appearance of Massa is a wake-up call to Zhang Yifei, he has met a future first-class F1 driver, who knows if there is a second Massa in this race, it seems that he is still too careless, even if he doesn't know, he should pay more attention to the opponent.

"In addition to Massa, there are Suarez from Prema, Kubica from CramCompetition and Maquina from Manor."

"They've all won championship titles in karting, especially the Mano team, which produced last year's British Formula Renault champion Kimi and completed the miracle of jumping straight from Formula Junior to F1."

The Mano team does not need to be reminded by Junko Takeda, Zhang Yifei has heard of it, because it not only gave birth to F1 driver Kimi, but also another world-class F1 driver, who also participated in Formula Renault under its banner, he is Lewis Hamilton, who can be called the strongest F1 driver twenty years later.

But Zhang Yifei always felt that there was another name that felt familiar, and this name was Kubica, but Zhang Yifei couldn't remember who it was, just familiar.

"What is the full name of this Kubica at Krum Athletic?"

Robert Josef Kubica, a Polish driver and the current official test driver of the Renault 2000 car.

When he heard this, Zhang Yifei finally remembered who this Kubica was, and when he was training in professional racing cars in his later life, he read a case of a track accident, and the protagonist of this accident was Kubica.

In the Formula 1 '07 season in Canada, he had a serious accident while passing a hairpin corner, crashed into a Toyota car, ran off the track and lost control, and finally crashed into the wall violently.

At that time, his precise speed was measured to be /h, and the on-board black box data showed that the instantaneous peak G-force experienced by the Kubica was 75G.

It stands to reason that this person should be cool, and at the time the reports believed that he was at least seriously injured at the beginning, but this guy only had a slight concussion and an ankle sprain, and was discharged from the hospital the next day, like a nobody.

If he hangs up, it is estimated that Zhang Yifei will not remember this person, it is precisely because of this guy's shit luck that the accident can be the same as no one at this speed, which made Zhang Yifei remember this name.

If Zhang Yifei remembers correctly, this Kubica seems to have won the fourth overall result in the Renault 2000 Euro Cup, which can be regarded as a strong opponent.

It seems that as Junko Takeda said, because of Kimi's success, the Renault 2000 Euro Cup has become a fragrant bun, and the strong drivers of all parties intend to replicate the miracle, and there are actually two future F1 drivers in this edition, and there are not necessarily no others.

You must know that there are dozens of F1 drivers in the world, and various formula competitions emerge in endlessly, generally like this kind of junior formula event, it is already considered to have stepped on the thunder to meet a future F1 driver, and I actually met two, I really don't know whether to say fate or luck.

But now that he has met it, Zhang Yifei has no sense of fear, and if he wants to stand on the championship podium and become the strongest driver, he naturally has to beat all your opponents.

If you are afraid, you will lose! Not to mention that today is to meet Massa and Kubica, even if today is to compete with Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton on the same stage, Zhang Yifei also has the courage to fight, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, which is the spirit of the bright sword that a professional driver should have.

The day before the game passed quickly, and on July 15, it was the official start of the Renault Euro 2000 Cup.

The first race at Monza will take place over two days, with a qualifying elimination on Saturday and a points race at the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon, Zhang Yifei and his entourage came to the Monza circuit again, and compared with the previous two times, this time there was a sense of familiarity.

This familiarity is not only because of a few times, but Zhang Yifei yesterday he ate the track data of Yamamoto Ukyo, and basically had a clear understanding of every corner and braking point of the Monza track.

After all, the Monza track is a high-speed track, and there are only seven big corners in the whole course, compared to the low-speed track with more than ten or twenty corners, the memory difficulty is slightly lower, and he believes that his fastest speed this time will exceed the previous test run.

Coming to room P, today it was not only Zhang Yifei and them, but also several staff wearing Toyota uniforms were already waiting for Zhang Yifei and his party at the maintenance station.

They are the employees of Toyota Motorsport Europe, who will provide technical support to Zhang Yifei throughout the race day.

It is important to know that there are many accidents in formula racing, including driver errors, car breakdowns, track accidents, and more.

If these accidents occur, a very professional professional team is needed to solve the problem, and with Toyota's technical support, Zhang Yifei will be completely relieved of his worries.

After greeting each other, Zhang Yifei went to the event command center and selected his car's temporary number.

Zhang Yifei's choice of number is 13, and the reason is very simple, that is, no one chooses this number, because in European and American culture, 13 is almost the same as 4 in China, and it is an unlucky number. But Zhang Yifei is not a European or American, he doesn't care about this.

After selecting the number, Zhang Yifei changed into his racing suit and followed the personnel of the Toyota team to carry out the final inspection of the car.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, an order came from the race command center, and all the drivers drove the cars to the maintenance lane and drove to the starting area.

There is no requirement for the car order in formula racing, as it does not affect the race qualifying order. Therefore, whoever drives to the maintenance lane first will be in front of the queue, which is similar to the ordinary queuing method.

When Zhang Yifei drove the car out of the P room, more than a dozen cars had been parked in the maintenance lane, ready to wait for the instructions of the event center to go to the starting area of the track.

Looking at the neat arrangement of more than a dozen racing cars in front of him, the roar of the engine was resounding, and the "fully armed" drivers were ready to go to the track, this scene made Zhang Yifei feel a feeling of blood boiling in his heart.

This is the real professional arena, surrounded by some of the world's strongest junior Formula 1 drivers, and even a few future F1 drivers.

Only by competing with the strongest opponent can you feel the excitement brought by the challenge, and Zhang Yifei is already a little impatient.