At around ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Yifei and the members of the car crew finally stood at the entrance of the Donghai International Circuit.

Compared with all the tracks he has run before, Zhang Yifei's feeling is the most special for the Donghai International Circuit.

It's not just because it's a track in China, but because Zhang Yifei didn't know how many laps he had run on this track before he transformed into a rally driver in his last life, even if he has changed the world now, these familiar scenes are still vivid.

"Brother Fei, the poster at this door is really big, you are quite handsome to photograph, and you deserve to be the spokesperson of the East China Sea Circuit."

Ah Hu looked up at the huge posters on both sides of the gate, each poster is at least ten meters high, the 22 F1 drivers who participated in the East China Sea Grand Prix this time are placed on the two plates of the gate, giving you a very shocking visual impact.

Of course, in the middle position, on the left and right are huge posters of Zhang Yifei and Schumacher. Just like the previous subway trains, the main color is still blue Prost, against the red Ferrari.

Zhang Yifei on the poster, wearing a Prost racing suit, crossed his hands at his waist, and looked firmly into the distance. Of course, the most conspicuous thing is the bright red five-star red flag on the belt, which represents his identity as a Chinese driver, and also represents that in China's first Grand Prix, there are his own drivers, and it is no longer someone else's stage!

"That's a must, it's originally Guangshen Jincheng Wu."

Zhang Yifei Tian shamelessly admitted that Ah Hu, as the number one horse boy, boasted that patting horses is a basic "professional skill", otherwise how could he be a little brother?

After a few jokes, the group walked towards the pit stop, which was brightly lit at the moment. 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 in Europe, it must be flown over.

In a sense, the time crunch is much tighter than the simultaneous transition of the European circuit. Therefore, the members of each team are assembling the race cars overnight, and building the team pit station and wiring the fiber optic cables on the track.

The same is naturally true of the Prost crew, and their time is even tighter, after all, some members followed Zhang Yifei to Guangshen to participate in the unveiling ceremony, and the manpower is a little less than that of all the members.

However, it does not have much impact, the current Prost team is no longer in the poor B state of the year, and with a set of extreme car crew members, Zhang Yifei could not even provide technical support in Renault Racing.

With the team's achievements coming more and more, especially Zhang Yifei standing at the door of the world championship, this year's commercial sponsorship of Prost Racing Team has approached 100 million US dollars, and the team's income can be roughly seen from the dense brand logo on the racing suit.

Therefore, the number of crew members has expanded to more than 100 people, even in the F1 paddock, the number of people is second only to the traditional Big Three teams, and the number of people is comparable to the number of French giants Renault, which is a scene that Prost did not dare to look forward to in the past.

Kossel, Alonso, chief technician Charlie and others are also staying in the pit at the moment. Seeing Prost and Zhang Yifei and his party coming, there was no surprised expression on their faces, let alone asking about the Guangshen Formula Club.

Because for people of their level, the kind of formula club in Guangshen is like a "small workshop". If it weren't for Zhang Yifei's relationship, how could the Prost team be able to look at it, and naturally they would not pay much attention to it.

"Are the pit stops set up and the track wiring done?"

Prost opened his mouth and asked Charlie, as the chief of the engineering staff, he is usually the commander-in-chief of this kind of thing.

"The pit is almost set up, but it will take a little time to route the track, this is a brand new track, and you need to figure it out for the first time."

The Tokai International Circuit, which was three years ahead of its history, is new to all F1 teams, with no previous experience to follow.

Especially in terms of track wiring, even with the assistance of track staff, it is not so handy after all. Therefore, compared with the speed of repair station construction, the wiring is obviously a beat slower, and it is still not handled well.

Hearing this answer, Prost's brow furrowed, he attached great importance to the East China Sea Grand Prix. After all, this final battle will determine who is this year's world champion between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher.

Another point is that the difference between Alonso and Barrichello is not huge, and if the situation is good enough, Prost may be able to claim the constructors' championship.

This is definitely a desperate turnaround for an F1 team that was on the verge of bankruptcy two years ago, and it also greatly stimulates Prost's ambitions, he wants them all!

However, Prost also understood that this kind of thing was useless, speed was never the key to track wiring, and keeping the radio open during the race was the most important thing, so he nodded at Charlie and didn't say anything.

At the same time, Korsell saw Zhang Yifei coming over and said to him: "The data analysis map of the East China Sea Circuit has been made, you can come and take a look." ”

On the console's desktop, there is a data map of the Tokai Circuit, on which each corner is marked with the angle, speed, gear, and best alignment. These are all made by Yamamoto Ukyo combined with computer and racing simulator data, because Zhang Yifei has not been in the East China Sea in the past two days, so I need to hurry up and explain it to him.

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei nodded and walked to the console a little casually.

Regarding Zhang Yifei's casual state, Korcel's face was expressionless, but his eyes were full of fierceness.

To be honest, on the eve of the competition, Zhang Yifei decided to go to Guangshen to attend the unveiling ceremony of the club, which Korsell was already very dissatisfied, in his opinion, the driver has been fully involved in the car during the event, and should not pay attention to these miscellaneous things.

But Korsell also knows that Zhang Yifei's significance to Chinese motorsport is that many times he can increase his influence geometrically. And the dream in this kid's heart is also ambitious, and the old man in Germany is also very clear that he always wants to see the rise of Chinese racing.

So even if he wasn't very satisfied, Kosell still didn't raise any objections. It's just that now that Zhang Yifei is back, and he hasn't entered the state of the game yet, the dissatisfaction has begun to accumulate to the point of being on the verge of exploding.

If it is not the pre-race preparation stage, and the crew members are all present, it is estimated that the German old man's irascible personality will be mercilessly "sprayed".

"The length of the Tokai International Circuit is 5.451 km, and the whole course is 56 laps, with a total of 14 corners, 7 equal left and right corners."

"This track is from the hands of German designer Hermann Türk, and he also designed the Sepang circuit in Asia before, so it can be said that the two tracks have similarities, especially the retrospective corner at the end of the big straight, the Sepang track part of the track braking in the corner, and the East China Sea track even the braking point is in the corner, which belongs to the full curve tracking braking, which is a crazy setting!"

Kosell told the characteristics of the East China Sea Track, in fact, there is no need for Kosell to say, Zhang Yifei knows better than him, after all, this is the track he has run for several years in his previous life.

The East China Sea Circuit and the Sepang Circuit are both designed by the same designer, so there are many similarities, and some people even call the East China Sea Circuit the Sepang Circuit Change. However, on the East China Sea Circuit, many of the shortcomings of the Sepang circuit have been filled, and the setting to challenge the limits of handling has been enhanced.

For example, the T2 curve corner, the most exciting overtaking point on the Sepang circuit, has been upgraded at the East China Sea Circuit, with a faster entry into the corner and a more extreme braking route.

Because the overall shape of the Tokai Circuit can be seen as a simple "up" shape, with two very exaggerated long straights, the speed can easily reach the limit of the car.

The starting point of the track is in the middle of the vertical "up", and Turn 1 is at the top of the top. However, the No. 1 bend is not a right-angled bend connecting the horizontal bend like the Chinese character, but a spiral shape, and also contains the No. 2 and No. 3 bends, and even part of the No. 4 bend.

When the car accelerates upwards from the bottom of the shaft and reaches its apex, it can easily exceed 330 km/h, and then it begins to turn right into Turn 1.

It's just that Turn 1 is designed as an extra-long spiral curve, and even together with Turn 2, it's close to a circle. Drivers need to ensure that the brakes and steering do not rush off the track in the spiral corners, and they must also maintain their speed and draw a perfect arc to make a corner.

If it's just a 1st or 2nd turn, when you're about to finish the spin, you immediately turn left and start the backspin, which is the 3rd turn of the track, and the same maneuver has to be repeated.

It's like playing a go-kart game, where you encounter an S curve, drift forward and then immediately drift in the opposite direction, and if you want to be faster, you have to drift while spraying nitrogen.

The feeling of passing through the spiral corner of the Tokai circuit is similar to that of a game, the corner that should have been slowed down is so long that it must be accelerated in the corner, and the arc is larger and more exaggerated than the S corner.

This requires the driver to have absolute control ability and understanding of the track in order to achieve the perfect combination of brake and throttle to achieve the legendary full-curve trailing braking.

It is precisely because of the difficulty that the Tokai Circuit is one of the easiest overtaking tracks in F1, and the slightest mistake will make the opponent easily overtake.

After Kossel finished the track profile, he glanced at the two drivers to hear what they thought. found that Zhang Yifei's attention was not on the drawing data, but was obviously distracted.

This state broke through the limit of Kossel's patience, and the old German man directly reprimanded severely: "Fei, do you think that if this is your home stadium, you will definitely be able to win Schumacher and win the championship?" ”

It is true that Zhang Yifei was in a state of distraction just now, but he did not travel into space, but recalled the data memory of the East China Sea track. So suddenly faced with Cosell's question, he subconsciously replied: "There is such an idea." ”

When Zhang Yifei said this, the faces of the crew members in the pit station were a little weird.

The home field is indeed an advantage for many drivers, but the problem is that this Donghai circuit is a new track that was only 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 opening race of the Singapore circuit, Zhang Yifei won the championship, showing his amazing talent for adapting to the track. It's just that if you are arrogant and inflated because of this, is it too much to look down on Schumacher, not to mention that the current top position in the overall standings is still firmly occupied by Schumacher.

The biggest drawback of young drivers is that they are easy to get carried away and can't control their mentality, and now Zhang Yifei hasn't even won the first world championship title, is it starting to be arrogant?

"Well, since you're so confident, you don't need me to say anything more, just prepare for the game yourself."

Korsell was really angry at this moment, he could accept the arrogance and radicalism of young people, but he could not accept their indulgence and laziness.

So he was very disappointed with Zhang Yifei's arrogance at the moment, you must know that although Zhang Yifei was arrogant in the past, he despised his opponent more strategically, but he attached great importance to tactics, and he never slacked off in various pre-game exercises and preparations.

The pursuit of the home field and the treatment of returning superstars, did he really lose himself?

Hearing Cosell's angry remarks, Zhang Yifei realized that the old man in Germany may have misunderstood, but there are some things he can't say, after all, for the Donghai International Circuit, the memory and familiarity engraved in his bones are all things from his previous life, and it is impossible to say it.

So in their eyes, it is a brand new track that requires strict preparation, but in Zhang Yifei's eyes, every corner is deeply imprinted in his mind, and this is his absolute home field!

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

"Kossel, you're mistaken, that's not what I meant."

Zhang Yifei could only ease the atmosphere, and there was no way to carry the black pot by himself.

At the same time, Prost also advised: "It's a good thing that he has self-confidence, and the day after tomorrow is the practice time, and this time should focus on the game." ”

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

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

This time, Zhang Yifei did not fall into the memory of "fugue in space", but pretended to listen to Cosell's explanation very carefully. It's just that the wiring data on the drawings was run by Alonso on the track simulator in the past two days, and there are obvious flaws in many places, which makes Zhang Yifei very uncomfortable to look at, and frowns from time to time.

This expression also made Alonso look in his eyes, and instantly his heart was not very happy.

When the track needs simulator data, it doesn't matter if you go to Guangshen to participate in the unveiling ceremony, and now I run out of the line on the racing simulator, and this dissatisfied expression is what does it mean?