The joy of victory made Zhang Yifei can't help but want to share it with others, he doesn't have any acquaintances in Japan, just think about it, just thank Tiancheng, and he hasn't been in touch for more than a month, I don't know how this guy's career progress.

took out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed Xie Tiancheng's number, and waited for a long time for someone to answer.

"It's rare, why did you take the initiative to call me today"

Xie Tiancheng has known Zhang Yifei for half a year, and this is the first time Zhang Yifei has taken the initiative to contact him, which is like the sun coming out in the west.

"Happy, I'm going to Europe soon to compete in Formula Renault."

"What's so fast"

Although it does not belong to a racing type, I probably still know a little bit that Zhang Yifei entered the Toyota youth training base only two months ago, and he was qualified to participate in Formula Renault, which is indeed very fast.

According to the speed of the average kart driver, two months should be to participate in the beginner Formula Comps, or the Japanese Formula 4 class car, and the European Formula Renault is already in a sense considered advanced formula in Asia.

"Are you playing in Renault Combass or Renault Euro 2000?"

"Renault Euro 2000."

(The introduction of Renault before the cycle was not clearly written, the Renault series was there in '71, and there was the European Cup in '91.) The Renault Euro 2000 was only held for the first time in 2000, and the book sets the date earlier. This event was renamed Formula Renault 2.0 in 05, and the name has changed four or five times. ）

Hearing that Zhang Yifei confirmed that he was participating in the Renault Formula 2000 European Cup, Xie Tiancheng was even more surprised, because the Renault 2000 can be regarded as a high-level formula event even in Europe, and the next step can directly enter F3, or even a higher F3000, Zhang Yifei's leapfrog step is too big.

"Be surprised, after all, the strength is here."

"It's a surprise, but can you be modest."

Xie Tianchen replied a little helplessly, Zhang Yifei became more and more embarrassed.

"No way, the strength doesn't allow it, by the way, how is your career development?"

"I had a successful tryout with the Nissan team and am now their test driver and should be able to become a third driver soon."

"Yes, better than me, you know, I'm still an academy driver."

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, Xie Tiancheng just smiled, he naturally knew that Zhang Yifei could go to the Renault European Cup, in a sense, he was already at the level of Asia's first-class.

"If you have time in the evening, why don't you have a drink to celebrate?"

"Come on, they're all professional drivers, and they're still drinking. I still have something to do today, I'll talk about it next time. ”

"Well, let's celebrate your first European victory."

"A must!"

Zhang Yifei is not modest, isn't he going to Europe to win the championship, he has no ambition to go to travel and purchase

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yifei made another call, this time to Uncle Lu on Hong Kong Island.

At this point in time, Uncle Lu happened to be on the noon break, so as soon as he saw Zhang Yifei calling, he immediately pressed the answer button.

"Yifei, what's wrong, is there any trouble?"

Lu Ningping also knows Zhang Yifei's character, if there is nothing going on, he generally won't call and chat.

"It's nothing, just to tell you the good news, I got a place sponsored by Toyota to participate in the Renault European Championship."

"What, you got a place in Renault's European Cup"

This time it was Lu Ningping's turn to be shocked, since he entered the Toyota youth training base in Japan, he basically didn't ask Zhang Yifei's results.

First, I don't want to put too much pressure on him, because at Zhang Yifei's age, he has done well enough.

The second is that in his eyes, Yifei is already a man, and he needs to bear a lot of things in the future, so Lu Ningping let him face all this alone.

Unexpectedly, in just two months, he told himself that he had won a place sponsored by Toyota to participate in the Renault European Cup.

You must know that Formula Renault is Lu Ningping's highest goal at this stage, and they thought that they would have to train for half a year, and then participate in the Japanese F4 Formula, and finally get a place to participate in Formula Renault.

As a result, this plan, which was supposed to take a year to achieve, was done in two months, he didn't know what Zhang Yifei had experienced during this period of time, but Lu Ningping knew that Zhang Yifei was definitely not easy.

"One Fly, I'm ......"

Lu Ningping originally wanted to say two happy words, but he was a little choked up as soon as he opened his mouth, and after changing to a karting coach, he knew how difficult it was to enter formula racing on the basis of Chinese, and Zhang Yifei could be described as making history.

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yifei naturally heard Lu Ningping's choked voice, so at this time he said to the relaxed side: "Uncle Lu, don't be too happy, this is just a qualification, and if you crane the tail on the track, you won't be able to laugh." ”

"It doesn't matter if you finish last, at least you're already on the European stage!"

Lu Ningping didn't care about Zhang Yifei's Renault results at all, his ability to appear on the track in Europe was a victory, and it was a breakthrough for Chinese drivers.

This is just like the track where sprinter Su Bingtian advanced to the world 100-meter final for the first time, even if he did not get the result in the end, he was still a hero, creating the history of Chinese standing in the world 100-meter track final.

Of course, Zhang Yifei's current achievements are far from being comparable with Su Bingtian, but at least in Lu Ningping's heart, standing on the European track is a success!

"Haha, I'm not just satisfied with standing on the track, I have to stand on the podium."

Zhang Yifei still makes the conversation a little lighter, but this is also his goal, at least to run into the top three of a sub-station and stand on the podium.

"Uncle Lu, I mainly want to tell you about my plan to go to Europe this time, because I am not in the name of a Toyota driver, but an individual driver sponsorship, so I can bring my own team."

"I'm going to bring all the people from the garage to get a first taste of formula racing and the team atmosphere and prepare for the future."

The competition-level maintenance team has always been the team that Zhang Yifei wants to build, and it is also the dream of the old man and Uncle Lu.

If you don't run a formula or a rally, then all of this will be very simple, and you can set up your own event-level maintenance team at any time, as long as the strength is qualified, manufacturers and sponsors will generally not object.

If you can't do it, you can buy your own racing car and participate as an individual player, and the funds are only tens of millions of dollars, and you can run a little bit to get sponsorship, and you can completely maintain it.

But F1 is different, it is the most high-tech car race on the planet, and the construction of a car requires a top R&D team to follow the wind tunnel laboratory, even if it is to buy a frame and engine, the combination is not a simple matter.

Unless Zhang Yifei has the money to build an F1 team, or his fame reaches the level of Schumacher, and the sponsor's father can let him do whatever he wants, it is impossible and unrealistic to build a maintenance team that is completely his own after entering F1.

"I don't think it's possible to take a Formula Repair car fly."

"No, it's still possible, I already have a preliminary plan."