440 Returning Home (Chapter 1)
With the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Prost Racing Team has also entered the intense post-race demolition stage, where all equipment and cars will be packed and transported to the next race venue.
The third leg is located far away from Malaysia, one in the eastern hemisphere and the other in the western hemisphere, directly across the entire globe, which is Brazil in South America.
Brazil is a country, and in the impression of later generations, the key words are samba and football. But in fact, the Brazilian formula car is simply too strong for a developing country and an industrially weak country.
Brazil has produced many F1 drivers, the most famous of which is, of course, Senna, who is the representative and symbol of Brazilian motorsport.
But in addition to Senna, Brazil also boast triple crown winner Nelson Piquet and Brazil's first-ever race winner and world champion, Emerson Ferdipalti.
Even if it is the era in which Zhang Yifei is currently living, Barrichello of Ferrari, he is also a Brazilian driver. And soon another famous Brazilian driver, Massa, will also enter the F1 paddock.
It is precisely because of the presence of these drivers, as well as the birth of several world champions, that Brazil has a strong racing atmosphere and has its own place in the F1 paddock.
In addition to these drivers, the Brazilian circuit itself is also very distinctive.
Just like the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, the Interlagos Circuit in Brazil has a tropical rainforest climate with frequent sudden rainfall. And the Interlagos circuit and the Sepang circuit are two extremes, the Sepang circuit is up to 22 meters wide, and the Interlagos circuit is not even half, it is very narrow.
This kind of narrow track not only increases the fierce competition on the track, but also makes crashes and other accidents more frequent.
For the FIA and the F1 governing body, it is their goal to reduce the incidence of accidents on the track and ensure the safety of their drivers.
But for a fan or ordinary spectator, what they want to see is a more intense and exciting race, rather than the drivers driving a "health car" on the track, and the crash caused by overtaking is the most intense part of the race!
Therefore, the Brazilian race has attracted the attention of many fans around the world, especially after 04, the Brazilian Grand Prix has become the finale of the F1 season, and many annual dramas have been staged to determine the ownership of the world championship, which has made fans even more crazy.
Zhang Yifei likes challenging tracks, and the Brazilian circuit just meets his requirements, and as the hometown of the car god Senna, Zhang Yifei also wants to see it.
After experiencing the transition of the Australian station, Zhang Yifei is no stranger to the team transition this time, so he is much more relaxed. What's more, he didn't plan to travel with the team to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and he wasn't pressed for time.
The next day, at breakfast, the team members gathered in the restaurant, but it was a little different from the past, the F1 teams brought their own chefs, and even the rich even brought their own raw materials, just to ensure that the taste and nutrition of the drivers and the team were balanced.
When Zhang Yifei came to the restaurant, Cosell and Prost were already sitting there, with a few newspapers on the table.
It is conceivable that Zhang Yifei is the first Chinese to reach the F1 podium, and also created the miracle of the rain battle at the Sepang circuit, if nothing else, will be the headline of many newspapers.
Sitting on the empty seat at the table, Zhang Yifei picked up a newspaper and said in a detergent tone: "Look at how the media reported on my brave performance yesterday, sometimes I really want to keep a low profile, but I can't help it, my strength just doesn't allow it." ”
When Zhang Yifei picked up the newspaper, the previous expression of sorrow was gone, replaced by a strange expression.
On the front page of the newspaper, it was indeed Zhang Yifei, but instead of a report on his results, it was a picture of Sophia hugging him and kissing him in the pit.
And it is also accompanied by a big title "A new generation of paddock dudes, surrounded by beauties when they are underage!" 》
Damn, what kind of stuff is this, it's a fact to say that minors are underage, and to say that playboys have endured it. But the question is whether this is blind or what's wrong, Sophia is alone in total, how did she come up with the word "surround"?
"Kossel, boss, when did you also have a hobby of reading entertainment newspapers?"
Looking at the playful smiles on the faces of several people opposite, Zhang Yifei said embarrassedly, and then changed a newspaper.
The next newspaper won't be a picture of him and Sofia, but it's not him headlining either, with Schumacher holding the trophy aloft on the front page.
"Six consecutive championships, is Schumacher on his own path to godhood? 》
Schumacher put it on the front page, Zhang Yifei didn't have any opinions, this is the glory that a champion should enjoy.
And winning six consecutive races is definitely a great achievement. As a person from history, Zhang Yifei knows that this is the starting point of Schumacher's canonization.
The side page of this newspaper also has a report about Zhang Yifei, describing the difficulty of winning the third place on the track. However, it is also implied that Zhang Yifei took the woman to the team pit stop, which is an indulgence.
If you start to indulge so much before you have achieved a good result on the track, the future will definitely be wasted.
Seeing this conclusion, Zhang Yifei was also a little dumbfounded, when did he take a woman to the repair station to indulge?
James Hunter's playboy behavior is not the mainstream of any F1 driver, let alone the extremely self-disciplined Zhang Yifei.
In order to maintain an absolutely sober mind and strong physical fitness, Zhang Yifei can be said to be not involved in smoking and drinking, let alone getting a woman in the pit stop. It can be said that the current Zhang Yifei is the same as Senna, and he has carried out the sentence that drivers don't need women, and he has followed it to the end, which is hinted at in this report, which is really a bit dark!
"FUCK, what the hell is this, if it weren't for the lack of time and energy in the game, I would have been warned by a lawyer's letter."
Looking at Zhang Yifei's unhappy appearance, several members of the strategy group at the table couldn't help laughing.
Charlie, who was sitting next to him, patted Zhang Yifei on the shoulder and said to him: "Don't be angry, the media is like this, for them, the popularity of the third place in a sub-station may not be as good as the lace news in the paddock." ”
Charlie said a fact, maybe Zhang Yifei's third place in the sub-station can be regarded as a breakthrough for himself, for Chinese racing, and even for Asian motorsport.
But in F1, the third place in the sub-station is nothing, and the runner-up in the sub-station is just the background wall of the champion. If it weren't for Zhang Yifei's performance at the Sepang Circuit, which caused a shock in the car world, it is estimated that he would not even be qualified to board the report.
Not to mention the third place in the sub-station, even if it is the overall third place in the season, in addition to the kind of "professional" fans after a few years, how can ordinary people remember who won the third place?
Only champions are qualified to be remembered by the world!
Henry also said euphemistically at this time: "And fly with the local driver before you."
Alex had a grudge and it's normal for them to report like that, you know. ”
There has never been an absolutely objective and impartial media, and all of them have their own positions. These newspapers are all local to Malaysia, and Zhang Yifei and Yang Long's holiday will not be turned over so easily.
If it weren't for the shocking counterattack of the rain war, it would indeed be as Charlie said, they would not have reported Zhang Yifei, so as not to add heat to him. So even if it's reported, it's normal for the content to be targeted, do you still want them to step out of the "enemy"?
"Looks like I'm going to have to go back to China and watch more compliments to balance it out."
Zhang Yifei made a joke, but in fact, he didn't pay much attention to these reports. In fact, being famous in any industry is similar to a celebrity, and doing something serious is far less attractive than lace news.
It's like a celebrity casually exposing a love, getting married or divorced, and the number of comments and likes will explode the usual business publicity.
Facts have proved that the mainstream of this world is the melon-eating masses!
"When are you going to go?"
"I'll leave later."
A trip back to China is something that Zhang Yifei determined in Australia, after all, there are many things he needs to return to China to get done.
For example, the promotional image of the F1 Tokai International Circuit, he is the driver spokesperson for the Tokai Grand Prix.
In addition, there is a $3 million endorsement contract signed with the Diniz family, which stipulates that Zhang Yifei needs to cooperate with a Puma publicity campaign in China, and it just so happens that this return to China can be done.
Another thing is more embarrassing, that is, Zhang Yifei has an F1 super driver's license, and he does not have an ordinary driving C license.
This led to his daily travel abroad to play without a license. If this is put in the more kind way of the police, driving without a license can run away.
If you put it in such an excess as the US imperialism, if you want to run away, I'm afraid that the magazine will be empty for you. If a world-class F1 driver falls on top of driving without a license, then this is a bit too much.
So this time when he returned to China, Zhang Yifei planned to solve the driver's license problem, and he couldn't drive without a license in the future!
After breakfast, Zhang Yifei packed his luggage and went to China alone.
In fact, he also wanted to bring Ah Hu and Brother Zhi back so that they could also reunite with their families. But this suggestion, Don't Ah Hu and Brother Zhi rejected it at the same time.
The reason is simple, they are now part of the F1 driver team, and they are still in the season, and there is a lot of manpower pressure on the transition. At this time, sticking to the team is the professionalism of a maintenance technician!
So Zhang Yifei was not reluctant, he understood the meaning and importance of professionalism.
Kuala Lumpur is not far from China, and Zhang Yifei landed at Hong Kong Island International Airport a few hours later. But when he walked out of the pick-up port, he was instantly stunned by the sight in front of him.
The whole airport is literally a wall of people! That's right, it's a human wall!
From the banners and slogans in the hands of these people, it is clear that they are all welcoming them.
Zhang Yifei never thought that he would be such a sensation one day!