Lu Ningping looked at Zhang Yifei, but Zhang Yifei's eyes were always locked on this father and son, and his eyes were even a little red.

Once upon a time, he was such a little boy, but he didn't have a father role to support and encourage himself.

I hope that when this little boy grows up, he can still remember his dreams and expectations today, drive the strongest F1 car, gallop on the track, and become the next Chinese driver to stand at the top!

After a short pause for a few seconds, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei into a nearby office, where a young man of about a teenager was waiting. Seeing Zhang Yifei coming in, there was obviously some nervousness in his adoring eyes, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

To be honest, when Uncle Lu said that he would recommend a "student" and a driver, Zhang Yifei subconsciously thought that he was a go-kart child. Although the club claims to be a formula club, it is actually in its infancy, and there is only a kart class, including racing cars and coaches.

After all, in formula racing, every time you upgrade a level, the scale of money burning may increase exponentially. Zhang Yifei is now smashed on this track, it would be good to be able to get together the go-karts, and there is no money to upgrade at all.

At present, the biggest source of funding is advertising endorsements and sponsorship fees, but at least wait for the end of the season before there is time to pick up and negotiate next year's commercial cooperation.

So in a short period of time, for the club, the formula team is just in the planning, and there are still many difficulties in wanting to set up.

In addition, even if the money is in place, the recruitment of coaches is also a problem, and karting can still dig up a group of professionals from Hong Kong Island and Japan. But if formula cars want experienced coaches and team members, they have to go to Europe to play.

For the goal of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Formula Club, Zhang Yifei's goal from beginning to end is to create a world-class racing club and establish a competitive team in world-class competitions.

So at this moment, Zhang Yifei was a little puzzled, could it be that the teenage boy in front of him was a kart driver?

But the problem is that the teenage years have long passed the golden age of karting, although in this world, including myself, Takuma Sato and others, they are very old to come into contact with karting and subsequent formulas, and have also become F1 drivers.

But objectively speaking, this probability is still very rare, and it cannot be regarded as an individual case. Uncle Lu's vision and the standard of looking at people, Zhang Yifei is still very trusting, maybe the young man in front of him does have something extraordinary.

When he walked into the office, Lu Ningping said: "Yifei, this is the driver I want to introduce to you, he is the first student to sign up for the club, but he has not studied in the club for a day. ”

"Because of the current conditions of the club and the quality of my coaching, there is no way to coach him in the car. So I brought him to meet you, hoping that you would give him some advice and opportunities. ”

Uncle Lu has no way to guide him?

Zhang Yifei was a little surprised in his heart, how to say that Lu Ningping still has the title of "Chinese Car King". It may not be a big deal in the world, but in China, and even in Asia, it can be regarded as the number one person.

This teenager is only a teenager, and he has already made Lu Ningping unable to guide, and he looks like a character.

"What's your name?"

Zhang Yifei asked.

Zhang Yifei is not familiar with some well-known drivers in this era or in later generations, but at least he has some understanding. Basically, as long as he gives his name, he can know "where it is sacred".

"Fei~~ Hello Brother Fei, my name is Chen Congfu."

The young man in front of him was a little nervous, so he stammered when he spoke.

But when Zhang Yifei heard this name, his eyes changed instantly, and he understood why Uncle Lu couldn't teach. Because the young man in front of him is a real genius formula driver in China in this era, but he is limited by factors of heritage and financial resources, and finally has no way to gain a foothold in the world.

Compared with Zhang Yifei, who is a halfway monk, Chen Congfu is one of the few drivers in China who has received go-kart training as a child in this era.

He started his first karting at the age of 6, won the Yanjing Karting Championship at the age of 12, and became the national champion at the age of 14.

This achievement is invincible in China, but in the world, it can really only be regarded as average. Some powerful foreign junior drivers have won the continental and even world karting championships at the same age, and there are many who have entered the higher level of F3.

In fact, Chen Congfu went abroad in 99 years to participate in Italian karting events, and only finished 15th, which is a penultimate position. In the same year, Zhang Yifei participated in Formula Renault and won the world championship.

But in the next event, Chen Congfu performed well, and the next year at the age of 17, he joined the Formula Ford driver in England, becoming the first Chinese driver in history to go abroad and join the Formula European team.

In the follow-up, Chen Congfu climbed step by step, won the Asian Formula Renault championship, was favored by McLaren Racing, signed a contract to become a McLaren youth driver, and at the same time Zhang Yifei became an official driver of Prost Racing Team.

It is worth mentioning that there was also a famous academy driver in the McLaren Academy last year, his name is Lewis Hamilton. In other words, Cheng Congfu was, in a sense, a teammate with Hamilton, the later car god!

Of course, compared to Hamilton's results, Cheng Congfu is looking for his teammates' taillights most of the time. After all, Hamilton started as a karting and was an absolute genius N01 driver, sweeping all the way through, even F1 didn't stop him.

Becoming a McLaren Academy driver was the highlight of Chen Congfu's Formula 1 career, but it didn't stop there.

The reason is very simple, that is, a formula driver of his level, in the various F1 youth teams, there are only two ways to compete for the official driver's seat.

Either the strength is outstanding, crushing a lot of competitors and winning the official driver's seat, it is obvious that Chen Congfu does not have this strength, let alone the competitive teammate he met is Hamilton.

Or you can only become a sponsored driver and use the money to smash, for example, Chen Congfu later became teammates with Pérez, a driver of IndyGround Power, the Mexican driver was smashed into it with money, but Chen Congfu stood outside the threshold of F1.

Without both, Chen Congfu can only follow the old path of some Chinese formula drivers in later generations, that is, European formula can't get along, so he will return to China to run RV races as a way out and retirement.

Obviously, Chen Congfu, who was only 19 years old at this time, had never considered the matter of pension, and was still full of fighting spirit and ambition. But he also knew very well in his heart that he was not strong enough in the McLaren youth team, and the result of staying was to be eliminated.

Zhang Yifei in this era has become the spiritual idol and goal of all Chinese drivers, Chen Congfu naturally thought of Zhang Yifei, hoping to seek help from him.

But Chen Congfu didn't know how to contact Zhang Yifei, but fortunately, Lu Ningping was also a well-known figure in the Chinese car industry and had a wide range of contacts. So Chen Congfu found a way to find Lu Ningping, hoping that he could match him and let him see Zhang Yifei.

Lu Ningping, as an older generation of drivers, naturally hopes that the future of Chinese car talent will be prosperous, and indeed Chen Congfu's strength and talent are very good, and he has the opportunity to become the second Chinese F1 driver, so he agreed, and finally had the current scene.

After Chen Congfu finished saying his name, he saw that Zhang Yifei was just staring at him and didn't speak, this situation made him a little overwhelmed, so he could only look at Lu Ningping next to him for help, hoping that he could break the deadlock.

Facing Chen Congfu's eyes, Lu Ningping nodded slightly, and then introduced the young driver's current results and current situation to Zhang Yifei. It's just that what they don't know is that even without saying a word, Zhang Yifei knows very well what Chen Congfu wants to do.

"Uncle Lu, I see."

Zhang Yifei finally spoke, interrupting Lu Ningping's introduction.

I saw Zhang Yifei look at Chen Congfu again, and asked him expressionlessly, "What do you see I want to do?" ”

There are no ups and downs of the question, but it makes people feel a sense of not being angry and arrogant, Chen Congfu looked at Zhang Yifei in front of him, obviously only one year older than himself, but he felt that he was not on the same level at all, and this momentum alone was beyond his reach, and he deserved to be the strongest car god in China.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Congfu looked at Zhang Yifei and replied, "Brother Fei, I want to run F1." ”

"Say it again."

"I want to run F1!"

This time, Chen Congfu's tone was much firmer, and his eyes did not dodge at the beginning, and he finally dared to look directly at Zhang Yifei's fierce eyes.

"Almost every formula driver has a dream of running in F1, why should you?"

"Work hard and never give up!"

"What do you use to prove that you have to work hard and never give up?"

"Give me a chance to try out Prost's youth academy and I'll prove it with my actions!"

Chen Congfu stared at Zhang Yifei's eyes, this is what he wanted to get when he met today, to join the Prost youth team and get closer to the idol he admired.

Zhang Yifei didn't answer directly, he still just looked at Chen Congfu expressionlessly, this strange situation made Lu Ningping unable to figure out what Zhang Yifei was thinking.

But Lu Ningping knew very well in his heart that Zhang Yifei was a very assertive person, so he didn't help speak, just waited for Zhang Yifei to make the final decision.

"Okay, I'll give you this chance."

Hearing that Zhang Yifei was so decisive, he didn't even mention the request, and directly agreed. Chen Congfu, who was still very nervous before, instantly revealed a surprise on his face that could not be concealed.

"Thank you Feige, I'll definitely prove it to you!"

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei nodded, and then replied, "Wait a minute, I'll let the Prost staff contact you." ”

After saying this, he turned his gaze to Lu Ningping beside him.

"Uncle Lu, if there is nothing else, then I am ready to go to the East China Sea."

"Okay, then we'll wait to see you reach the top in the East China Sea!"

"Definitely."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yifei hugged Lu Ningping and the old man goodbye, and the members of the Prost crew were already waiting in the car, and there was really not much time to greet each other.

Back on the bus, Zhang Yifei told the boss Prost about Chen Congfu, and Prost casually agreed to the request to join the team's youth training.

Because the number of youth drivers is really not very important, each team may have to recruit five or six youth drivers in a year, which belongs to one more and one less, as for whether it can run out and become an F1 driver, it depends on its own creation.

For Chen Congfu and Zhang Yifei, it is quite clear that if history is changed to allow him to get better vocational training, he will have the opportunity to become an official F1 driver.

If a country's motorsports wants to develop, it will always rely on a certain person, just like Yao Ming of the NBA, when he retired, the overall level plummeted, and this tone did not completely ease even in the next 19 years.

This is why Zhang Yifei easily agreed to Chen Congfu, just like the concept he has always adhered to, as long as it is a Chinese driver and a company, Zhang Yifei will lend a hand on the premise of helping.

Not to mention knowing Chen Congfu's historical strength, even if it is another teenager, Zhang Yifei will also give this opportunity.

After taking care of the affairs of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Zhang Yifei followed the crew members that night and arrived at the East China Sea by flight. Also at Donghai International Airport, he received a grand welcome ceremony no less than Guangshen, which is enough to see Zhang Yifei's status and influence as a national superstar.

According to his previous habits, Zhang Yifei did not go directly to the hotel where he stayed to rest, but went to the track to have a look first. And this time, Zhang Yifei's mode of transportation to the track is not to drive there as before, but to take the subway!

That's right, it's by subway, because this East China Sea F1 Grand Prix is the first time that China has hosted a world-class competition, seven years before the 08 Olympics.

Therefore, Donghai used the highest standard method to organize this event, and even the subway opened two special trains, namely the "Schumacher special train" painted in red and the "Zhang Yifei special train" painted in blue.

Originally, this classic "blue-red duel" was staged in 06 years of history, when the special train representing blue was the head brother Alonso. It's just that with the change of history, Zhang Yifei became the driver who finally faced Schumacher, even if there is no Chinese identity bonus, he is also the absolute protagonist on the track.

Sitting on the subway, watching everything familiar around him reappear, Zhang Yifei felt like a dream. Once just a gravel in the long river of history, but now he has become the promoter of the wheel of fate, which is really impermanent......