After Zhang Yifei and the old man determined some preliminary plans for the future, he handed over the remaining F1 race bonuses to Zhang Zhiguo.

There are also rewards for getting points for each F1 race, generally 1 point, and the monetary reward ranges from $10,000 to $50,000. A local tyrant team like Ferrari is naturally the top of 50,000, after all, they are not bad for money.

That's why many drivers are going to the big teams, and in addition to the better performance cars that the big teams can bring in and the security of the event, income is also a decisive factor.

Running the same result, the driver income of a large team may be several times that of a small team.

Even if a new sponsor comes in this year, a team like Prost is still very financially strapped and owes a huge amount of money to engine supplier Peugeot.

Therefore, it is impossible to come up with a $50,000 points bonus, and under normal circumstances, you can only get a $10,000 base reward like the Minardi team.

But Zhang Yifei's performance is too eye-catching, and Prost also understands that he must reward the Chinese boy with a little sweetness. So even if the team's financial pressure is greater, Prost still gave a reward of 1 point and 20,000 US dollars.

After the two races, Zhang Yifei won a sixth place and a third place, adding up to a total of 5 points, that is, a reward of 100,000 US dollars.

This money is a huge amount of money in China for about 2,000 years, but it is still far from enough to build a professional-level maintenance team.

It's just that Zhang Yifei is currently dry, and he can only come up with so much money, which should be about the same for starting, and the rest can only rely on the follow-up to find a way to make money. At least the endorsement of the preferential price in the past, it will be difficult to appear again in the future, Zhang Yifei will realize the value that a driver of his level should have!

Seeing that his pocket was empty, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he was really fortunate to have been suffering for several years and returned to the pre-liberation period overnight.

When I gave the money to Uncle Lu in the morning, I thought it was just a number, and I was almost enough. As a result, at night, the embarrassment of lack of money came again, should I spare a little energy and focus on business to make a big deal?

This idea began to come to Zhang Yifei's mind, after all, his previous goal was to become an F1 driver, to achieve the concept of one person to be fed, and the whole family not to be hungry. You can simply pursue your career dreams without carrying too many things.

However, in this year's foreign competition, he has received the support of too many Chinese people, and from their eyes, he can see the enthusiasm and desire for Chinese racing.

That's why Zhang Yifei decided to use his own strength to find a way to lay a foundation for Chinese racing. It's just that the gap between personal dreams and Chinese racing is too big, and some things that didn't need to be considered much before now need to be seriously considered.

The next morning, Zhang Yifei said goodbye to the old man and took an early flight to the East China Sea. Because he had a contract with Huaxia Petrochemical before, he needed to shoot a promotional video about the Chinese Grand Prix, and use his influence to build momentum for the future F1 Donghai station.

To be honest, in addition to the agreement of the commercial contract, in fact, Zhang Yifei himself also wanted to see how the construction of the Donghai International Circuit was doing.

Historically, the construction of the Donghai International Circuit began in 02, and it took two years to complete the main project in March 04, and passed the acceptance of the FIA, and held China's first F1 Grand Prix in September of the same year.

This is also the first time that China has hosted the world's three major sports events, and the total number of spectators is as high as 1.6 million, setting a record for the number of spectators in a single event in China so far, which can be described as a sensation.

The arrival of the F1 Grand Prix has made many Chinese people who have never even seen a few performance cars in the early 21st century feel the charm brought by the peak of the automobile industry and experience what is called real speed and passion.

But the history of the World Tokai International Circuit changed, and construction began at the end of 1999.

Under normal circumstances, it would take more than two years to build, and in 2002 the Chinese Grand Prix could be held, two years before the historical event.

Theoretically, however, if construction is fast enough, it could host the F1 Grand Prix in 2001, three years earlier than in history. But because the timeline of this world is slightly different from the world Zhang Yifei was in before, the historical correspondence is actually two years.

As soon as I got off the plane, the reception staff of Huaxia Petrochemical was already waiting at the airport. In order to avoid the enthusiastic reception of Hong Kong Island International Airport again, this time Zhang Yifei took the VIP channel, trying to hide his whereabouts and avoid wasting time.

In fact, the shooting of the promotional film only needs to be completed in the studio, but at Zhang Yifei's insistence, Huaxia Petrochemical still took him to the Donghai International Circuit under construction.

For the Donghai International Circuit, Zhang Yifei has not only been here in his previous life, but has even run a track race on it, and this time he came over, which can be regarded as a revisit.

Looking at the Donghai International Circuit, which already has a rough outline in front of him, and feeling the familiar layout scene, Zhang Yifei has a feeling of suddenly dreaming.

Different times, even different worlds, but they stand in the same place, as the saying goes, things are not people, but they are things and not people.

The emotion did not last long, after the filming was completed, Zhang Yifei took out his mobile phone and asked Lu Ningping about his driver's license.

"Uncle Lu, how is the driver's license test?"

"I have already found someone to arrange, after you return to Guangshen, you can directly conduct the venue and road test after answering the questions, and you can get it done in half a day."

"OK, no problem, I'll go to Guangshen in the afternoon."

Zhang Yifei has been delayed in China for two or three days, and with the travel time to Hong Kong Island to Sao Paulo, Brazil, the total time to return to China this time will be as high as five days.

Under normal circumstances, if Zhang Yifei is an F1 veteran, this is not a big impact. But unfamiliar tracks, unfamiliar climates, all take time to adapt.

Zhang Yifei has not much time left, because he still has the task of familiarizing himself with the Interlagos circuit in Brazil on the simulator, so he naturally has to seize every minute.

At the end of the filming of the promotional video in the East China Sea, Zhang Yifei can be said to have rushed back to Guangshen non-stop. But even so, Zhang Yifei couldn't catch up with the time of the test, so he could only postpone it to the driving test center the next morning.

In his last life, when Zhang Yifei took the driver's license test, he already had a detailed subject classification, and the student files were relatively formal. But the driving test is quite chaotic in this era, after all, in an era when even a driver's license can be easily bought, you can't be too demanding on the driving test process.

And through the standard, it is not the kind of satellite positioning line in later generations, and it is completely determined by manual judgment, which leaves too much room for maneuverability.

If the relationship is good, maybe two packs of cigarettes will be easy to pass, if the examiner is not used to deliberately correcting you, there are countless ways to make you uncomfortable.

Therefore, after Zhang Yifei saw the scene of the driving test center in this era, he suddenly regretted a little in his heart, is his professional ethics a little excessive, this kind of test method is not much better than buying a driver's license!

"Uncle Lu, this driving test is a bit confusing."

While Zhang Yifei was waiting, he couldn't help muttering, although he had some understanding before, but seeing it on the spot was still a bit beyond his expectations.

"Now it's gradually formalized, and it used to be more casual. If it weren't for your status as an F1 driver, it might not have a good impact if it was passed on, and you would be a world-class driver. Otherwise, it is actually the most convenient way to find a relationship to get a driver's license. ”

"I think so too."

Zhang Yifei finally agreed with Uncle Lu's statement, after all, the reality is like this, and the construction of the legal system cannot keep up with the pace of development......

After waiting for about ten minutes, it was Zhang Yifei's turn to take the exam, which is equivalent to the second subject in later generations, but there are some slight differences in the test items.

Zhang Yifei is also an F1 driver, so naturally he doesn't have the nervousness and apprehension of ordinary newcomers taking the driver's license test, and it is impossible to give cigarettes and red envelopes or something, he never thought that he would fail this kind of problem.

After getting in the car, Zhang Yifei fastened his seat belt very skillfully, and then ignited the gear, and released the clutch with one foot of the accelerator.

But the truth was not at all what Zhang Yifei imagined, he stepped on the accelerator and found that the car did not move.

Hey? How can this car step on the gas pedal useless?

And not only did the car not drive forward, but it also turned off directly and slipped backwards!

Because when Zhang Yifei stepped on the accelerator, he was already accustomed to sending the clutch fast and using the starting method of the racing car.

As a result, the throttle did not respond, the engine speed could not be pulled, and at this time, the clutch was almost loosened, and the car with manual transmission spontaneously ignited and turned off. And Zhang Yifei was still in a daze at this time, why the accelerator did not respond, there was no braking, and the test car began to slide backwards.

Zhang Yifei drove F1 without encountering this kind of ghost thing of stalling, feeling that the test car was slipping backwards, he hurriedly stepped on the brakes, so as to avoid becoming the "terminator" of the examination room.

If you take the driver's license test and crash the test car, Zhang Yifei will really have no face to see people, it's too funny!

"Which driver's license do you have, you can still turn off the engine when you take a step, and you can't control it basically, what kind of driver's license are you going to take!"

The examiner looked at Zhang Yifei's blind operation, and reprimanded him for splitting his head and covering his face, which is very in line with the consistent style of driving school instructors in later generations.

what？ (What)

Zhang Yifei is really alive, for the first time, he was pointed at his nose and said that he couldn't drive.

But he couldn't explain it, so he could only reply helplessly: "Examiner, it's none of my business, I didn't respond when I stepped on the accelerator, is the car broken?" ”

"You're going to test the venue, what throttle do you need, should you drive a racecar? The throttle line has been pulled out, and of course there is no response when you step on it. ”

"I failed the first exam, I prepared for the second time, and I didn't pass the next appointment."

This sentence reminded Zhang Yifei that some driving schools and teaching and examination centers, in order to avoid newcomer students from stepping on the accelerator in a panic, directly unplug the accelerator cable during the road test, or race fast under the accelerator and can't step on it.

It's just this kind of thing, Zhang Yifei has entered the F1 paddock, who still remembers these, naturally it is habitual to go down with one foot on the accelerator, and then it is reasonable to have the first chance to fail.

Hearing the examiner say that he was unqualified, it was a bit of a blow to Zhang Yifei's self-confidence.

, shouldn't you be an F1 driver and fail to get a driver's license?