Chapter 437 F1 Test Driver
The F1 system and rules in this world are basically no different from those in previous lives, and the selection of official racing drivers is also extremely difficult and strict, and similarly, if you want to become a test driver of an F1 team, it is not something that ordinary people can do. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
For a general F1 team, the selection of test drivers is similar to the selection of official drivers, which are selected from the second-level F3 and F3000 formula races.
Only regular drivers who perform well in the sub-level Formula 3 and F3000 are likely to be spotted by the F1 team and recruited into the team as test drivers. Of course, if the driver performs well enough in the test driver position, then it is very likely that he will be developed by the team and eventually become the team's full-fledged driver.
Of course, there are exceptions to the selection of test drivers, and some teams also choose the best from the world's top car rallies such as the Tiandu Race and the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally. For example, Chai Ying, a famous F1 driver in Dahua who has just retired for two years, stood out from the Tiandu Race, and then was selected by the Real Madrid team as a test driver, and finally became a super driver who has been fighting with the world-recognized "car god" Somanov for seven individual championships for 12 years.
Even after 12 years of fighting with Sommanov, Chai Ying has won four individual championships from Somanov, who has won the most individual championships in F1 history. In other words, in the 12 years that Chai Ying and Somanov have been fighting, only one year of the championship has been won by others, and the other eleven individual championships have been divided by these two.
The grappling between these two in the past twelve years is very similar to the fight between Schumacher and Hakkinen, Schumacher and Alonso in the previous life, but the length of the grappling time between these two is much longer than the grappling time between Schumacher and his opponent in the previous life.
However, it is precisely with Chai Ying and Somanov in the F1 car world for more than ten years that this sport has become more exciting.
At that time, Chai Ying did not go through the F3 or F3000 formula, but was directly taken into the Real Madrid team by the discerning former Real Madrid team leader from the car racing sport, and thus grew into a generation of F1 kings.
These are all questions of the origin of F1 test drivers.
To really become a qualified test driver, there are also a lot of tests, among which the total mileage of the track running 500 kilometers at a speed not lower than that of the official driver in the training race is one of the most testing tests.
Formula 1 clearly stipulates that the test driver of an F1 team must complete a 500-kilometre test under the supervision of the inspectors of each team arranged by the FIA, otherwise the driver cannot become a test driver of an F1 team.
This is very different from the previous life. However, this requirement also arose because of the emergence of the Treaty of Closo.
The "Treaty of Closo" at that time can be said to have made the FIA lose face, but the FIA is not helpless, don't you teams want to use the "Treaty of Closo"? Well, you can use this treaty under the supervision of inspectors, I don't care about you in the FIA, but I in the FIA can control your test drivers.
The FIA has made it more difficult for test drivers to join, which has virtually greatly increased the cost of using the Closo Treaty.
These F1 teams are professional and they want to make a profit, so they take every race very seriously. No F1 team can afford to lose results as a result of the use of the Treaty of Closso. Thus, although the Treaty of Clostau is a very special treaty, it has only been used twice in the more than 40 years since its inception.
After all, a peerless genius like Kloseau can't be said to be a once-in-a-century event, but a once-in-thirty-year encounter is definitely not an exaggeration. Under normal circumstances, the level of the official driver is still higher than that of the test driver, so the leaders and managers of those F1 teams will not use the Treaty of Closs indiscriminately unless they really can't do it.
And even if this treaty is used, because of the strong requirements of the FIA, the level of test drivers of each team is not low, at least in the official competition, it will greatly reduce the safety hazards.
Therefore, these conditions restricting test riders can almost be said to be complementary to the Treaty of Closo.
Therefore, if the grandmaster wants to become a test driver of the Real Madrid team, he will have to face many tests, and one of the most important tests is the test drive of the total 500 kilometers.
Just when the grandmaster drove the tough guy to the base camp of the Real Madrid team in the southern suburbs of Tiandu, Sir Chai Ying, the current leader of the Real Madrid team, smiled and found Du Honggang, the inspector of the FIA team in the Real Madrid team.
"Yo, why did Sir Chai have time to come to me today? We FIA guys have never been treated well by your team......" As Chai Ying walked into his office, Du Honggang stood up with a smile and said.
Chai Ying has been the team leader since he retired from the Real Madrid team two years ago. The leader of an F1 team is even more powerful than the general manager of the team in some aspects, and the voice of the team leader is far greater than that of the general manager of the team on the field.
The functions and powers of the general manager of the team are mostly reflected in the overall management and external operation, technology, drivers, and competition tactical arrangements, which are all the final say of the team leader.
As a veteran fritter who has been racing in F1 for 12 years and a driver who has won four F1 individual championships, Chai Ying is expected to serve as the team's general manager after retiring.
As for Du Honggang, he is also from Tiandu, but the boss he serves is the famous FIA. That's right, this native of Tiandu is the inspector arranged by the FIA in the Real Madrid team.
The inspectors of the FIA are equivalent to the eyes of the FIA in the various teams, these inspectors are usually not very careful, but some important things need to be carried out under the supervision of the inspectors. For example, the recruitment of new test drivers by the team must be carried out under the supervision of inspectors.
Du Honggang and Chai Ying are old friends, Du Honggang was also an F1 test driver back then, but the team he served was not the Real Madrid team, but the famous Fiat Ferrari team. However, Du Honggang is older, so in the fourth year of Chai Ying's F1 competition, Du Honggang has already retired.
But even so, the friendship between the two is quite good.
Hearing the ridicule of his old friend, Chai Ying was also unimpressed, and said with a smile: "Lao Du, this time I have to trouble you for a few days." ”
"What's the matter?"
"Well, the team wasn't very happy with the test driver they hired in the first half of the year, so they wanted to hire two test drivers. I also just got the news that a test driver will come over for a test ride in a moment. ”
Hearing Chai Ying say this, Du Honggang said a little dissatisfied: "Lao Du, it's a bit unauthentic for you to do this, you should notify me at least three days in advance to recruit test drivers, so I can prepare." It's good now, you just notified me when people are coming, doesn't that make it difficult for me?"
"I'm sorry, Lao Du, you also know that I don't have a lot of say in this matter. It is said that this is an interim board meeting held at the headquarters of Real Madrid last night, and at the board meeting, Mr. Zong Lisheng Zong put forward some new proposals for the construction of the team, so today's interim test was born. Lao Du, I can't help it, it's hard pressed down from above, I can only listen to it......"
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