In the hotel where the Tianming team stayed, Schumacher, Jonathan and others had already made preparations, and the rest of the team's staff had already arrived at Albert Park, and they should be doing further analysis of the environment of the race at this moment.

"Let's go, it's time to go to the track. After putting everything in order, Schumacher said to Jonathan with a smile.

"It's really time to go, I guess the chairman should wait for them to be in a hurry. Jonathan responded with a smile.

In order to avoid encountering media interviews, Zhou Jingming, Zhao Ke and others have arrived at Albert Park first.

As soon as a few people walked out of the hotel door, they happened to run into the members of the Ferrari team, who had been surrounded by reporters, and as soon as these reporters saw Schumacher appear, they immediately became excited, and they all pointed the microphone at Schumacher and them.

"Mr. Schumacher, today is your first race for Tianming, do you have any vision for the result?"

"Mr. Schumacher, there are rumors that you left the Ferrari team because the team paid more money, is that true?"

"The outside world is not optimistic about your mentality to win this year, and the bookmaker has even adjusted your odds to win the championship to 10th place, what do you think of this?"

"Do you have anything to say to Mr. Teixeira of Scuderia Ferrari at this time?"

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One question after another was thrown at Schumacher, and Teixeira also turned to look at Schumacher, who knew that it would be too inappropriate for him not to say anything.

"First of all, I would like to say thank you to Mr. Teixeira and all the members of the Scuderia Ferrari for nurturing and taking care of me over the past three years, but there are also many frustrations in the professional league, I hope you can understand my choice, and I sincerely hope that the Scuderia Ferrari will achieve a very good result this year. ”

After a pause, Schumacher continued, "As for my performance this year, no matter how the outside world thinks of me, no matter how high my odds are, I still believe in my strength and my team personnel, and I will prove everything with practical actions, thank you." ”

After saying this, Schumacher and others got into the car smoothly under the opening of the staff.

At this time, on the track, the drivers of Williams and other teams were already ready to go, and the staff of each team began to be busy on the track, and the atmosphere of the whole race scene was extremely warm.

In the audience, the spectators who came to watch this practice match also entered one after another, and the scene was already very lively before the game started.

"Schumacher, why haven't they come yet?" asked Zhao Ke anxiously in the work area of the Tianming team. They've been waiting here for almost twenty minutes.

"I guess I met a reporter for an interview. Zhou Jingming looked at the time, "It's still early, don't worry." ”

Speaking, Zhou Jingming's eyes also looked at the Tianming team F1 car parked on the side, this is also the first time this car has been unveiled in front of the public, orange-red body color, two pairs of prominent front and rear wheels, and the rear bumper with the tail raised high, from the point of view of appearance, this car of Tianming team is no different from the cars of the rest of the teams.

This car named "TM2000", the real hardcore, lies in the use of a large number of new materials and high-tech, in all 12 participating teams, Tianming Racing Team's car is the lightest one, equipped with the engine, is also a collection of Tianming Group's latest technology in the field of engines, it can be said that this car represents the highest technical level of Tianming Group.

"It's coming, it's coming. Just when Zhou Jingming was in a daze, He Yingxun said suddenly.

Zhou Jingming looked in the direction He Yingxun pointed out, and really saw the car in which Schumacher and several people were riding.

"I'm sorry, chairman, I made you wait for a long time, I met a reporter on the way, and I was delayed a lot. As soon as Jonathan got out of the car, he immediately ran to Zhou Jingming and said.

"It's nothing, hurry up and get ready, the practice match will start soon." Zhou Jingming shook his head with a smile, and patted Schumacher on the shoulder at the same time and said.

"Okay, then we'll get ready. Schumacher smiled and nodded.

At this time, on the track, last year's Drivers' Championship winner, McLaren's Finnish driver Hakkinen, was already wearing a racing suit and was the first to appear, and when Hakkinen appeared on the stage, the audience also burst into warm applause.

The free practice sessions are all based on lap timed racing rules, the total duration of the practice session is one hour, each driver can complete an hour, how many laps of the race depends on their own situation, each driver's lap results will be announced in time, but these results are only used as a reference, and will not have any impact on the subsequent qualifying and points races.

At this time, the engineers of the Tianming team are doing the final calibration of the car before the practice session according to the current competition environment.

"The weather, fine. ”

"The air temperature is 23 degrees. ”

"The surface temperature of the track is 35 degrees. ”

"Air humidity 56%"

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Environmental parameters are reported from the staff, and the engineers calibrate the car based on these parameters.

Schumacher, on the other hand, is doing warm-up movements on the sidelines, ready to come on the field at any time.

As the time came to 11 o'clock in Melbourne, the first free practice of F1 of the year officially began.

Before starting the car, Hakkinen looked in the direction of Schumacher, who was originally his biggest competitor for winning the championship this year, but Schumacher, who was subversive, actually joined the newly established Tianming team at this time, which made Hakkinen both surprised and excited.

"Since you cut off your wings, then you're welcome this year, and by the way, I'll achieve the great cause of three consecutive championships in my career. Hakkinen retracted his gaze and muttered to himself.

There is only one driver in F1 history who has won three consecutive championships, and that is Argentine driver Fangio, who won the Drivers' Championship for four consecutive seasons from 1954 to 1957.

Hakkinen has won two consecutive titles, and as long as he wins this year's title, he is only one step away from equalizing the record of Gio.

Thinking of this, Hakkinen did not hesitate, and immediately started the car, and the car made an earth-shattering engine sound, and then rushed to the cheers of everyone.

On the other side, Ferrari's Barrichello, McLaren's Kuta and other drivers also came to the field one after another to start their own time trials.

Soon, Hakkinen, who was the first to make his debut, completed his first lap with 1:25.628, which was a good start.

Immediately afterwards, Barrichello and others also completed their first lap one after another, among which Kuta temporarily ranked first with 1:25.398, followed by Hakkinen.

"Are you ready?" asked Jonathan with a smile on the sidelines, Schumacher had already put on his racing suit.

"Ready. Schumacher nodded slightly.

With that, Schumacher slowly walked to the edge of the car under everyone's gaze, and Tianming Group's F1 debut was about to begin.

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