214 Volkswagen (Chapter 2)
Cosell has a typical Prussian tough spirit, and after so many years, it is really difficult for him to pull down his face and be close to Prosttaus.
Hearing that Korsell on the other end of the phone had not spoken, Zhang Yifei thought that he was not interested, so he continued to speak: "Korcel, the Renault party is not very important, it doesn't matter if you go to Paris later." ”
"No, I'll go with you to Paris tomorrow."
"Huh?"
"That's it."
After Cosell finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly, as crisp as ever.
After all, Kossel still chose to go to Paris with Zhang Yifei to face his old "colleague" Prost.
Compared with his own conceptual breakthrough, Korsell wants to help Zhang Yifei more, not because Zhang Yifei's potential or strength impresses him.
After all, Korsell is a member of the team who has worked with Senna, and he has seen the level of the car god, and Zhang Yifei has not been able to reach the level that impresses Korcel.
is the contact during this time, Zhang Yifei's degree of effort far exceeds those drivers in McLaren's youth training back then. It can be said that Zhang Yifei seized any opportunity and did not miss any time to improve himself.
When talent can't close the gap, the level of effort becomes the only decisive factor.
People who work hard always deserve more rewards.
Zhang Yifei didn't know everything behind this, and with Kossel's character, he wouldn't complain to Zhang Yifei.
So he felt a little baffled by Korcel's sudden change. However, this old German man has always done his own thing, and Zhang Yifei is used to it.
Of course, Korcel was able to go to France with him in advance, Zhang Yifei was still very happy in his heart, after all, he could get more professional guidance, and his understanding of the track was also a little higher.
The next morning, the group checked out of the hotel and set off. Europe is this convenient, going abroad is as simple as going out of a province in the country, you can leave whenever you want, and you don't have to worry about visas.
Helper also came to the door of the hotel on time and gathered at the door of the hotel as agreed, and Zhang Yifei was never worried about this, because Caser really has a strict sense of time, and there are always such things as being late.
Today, Cowsell didn't drive his Volkswagen classic car, but drove a Volkswagen fifth-generation Passat touring version.
As soon as he saw this car, Zhang Yifei's eyes lit up a little, he didn't expect the German old man to drive quite tastefully, and he chose a generation of classic models.
This generation of Volkswagen Passat is the most successful generation in the world, because it uses the Audi 80 platform, which is the predecessor of the later well-known Audi A4 in China, which has greatly improved the driving quality and is added by the Audi halo.
But Zhang Yifei's eyes lit up when he saw this car, not because it had anything to do with Audi, after all, the Audi A4 in later generations could be regarded as a bad street, and it completely gave no one that sense of surprise.
What really made Zhang Yifei appreciate this car was because it was a "wagon", which translates to the travel version, and it was also the predecessor of the later Volkswagen god car R36.
In later generations, there were three major domestic second-hand cars, namely Volkswagen R36, Mitsubishi EVO, and Porsche 997.2, which can be called the three major financial products in the automobile industry, with an astonishing high value retention rate.
Among them, Volkswagen's faith car is the R36, the appearance and space of the station wagon, but there is a 3.6L V6 engine, up to 300P horsepower, can achieve five seconds to break 100.
Therefore, R36 can be described as a classic model for home travel, track racing, and pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Zhang Yifei has considered that he will leave his bachelor career in the future and buy an R36 to become his "pension car".
It's just that this wish has not been fulfilled, and the R36 has naturally not arrived, but I didn't expect to see the predecessor of the R36 at this point in time, which is also a generation of classic models of the fifth-generation Passat Travel Edition, which is really fate.
So Zhang Yifei didn't drive the rented Fiat Palio, and cheekily got the key from Cosell, planning to experience this "home thug".
It's just that Zhang Yifei was soon disappointed, compared with the 3.6L V6 engine of the later R36, the strongest power of the fifth-generation Passat is only 2.8L V6, and the horsepower is even less than 70P, and the power feeling is not at the same level at all.
It is no wonder that the sixth-generation R36 can become a financial product, and the gap in power is the decisive factor.
Although Germany and France are territorial countries, the distance between Heidelberg and Paris is not close, and the drive is almost 800 kilometers.
However, they are both two old European capitalist powers, and the road infrastructure is not bad, and there are highways all the way, so it only takes about six hours to drive there, which is not a special exaggeration.
I set off in the morning, stopped at a rest stop on the way, had lunch by the way, and arrived in Paris in the afternoon.
Compared with Milan, the fashion capital, the name of Paris, the "romantic capital", is obviously more attractive to girls.
After entering the city of Paris, Junko Takeda and He Ziling swept away their previous fatigue and kept looking at the scenery outside the car window. Indeed, for most people, famous attractions such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the Arc de Triomphe are familiar.
Even Zhang Yifei is full of curiosity at the moment, this is the first "familiar" big city after he came to Europe, at least compared to Heidelberg, which he has rarely heard of before, Paris himself can say a few place names.
"Sister Junko, let's go to the hotel to settle down, let's go to the Eiffel Tower to have a look, I've wanted to come and have a look for a long time, but my brother didn't bring me over before."
"Okay, I've been to Paris twice before with the endurance racing team, so I'm quite familiar with it, so let's have a good look around Paris when we have time."
"Hmm~!"
Although Toyota does not currently have an F1 team, it formed the French Le Mans endurance racing team in 1988, which has a history of ten years and is an old endurance racing team.
The headquarters of the Toyota European Racing Organization is set up in France, and when Junko Takeda was the assistant manager of the Toyota Endurance Racing Team, she spent a period of time in Le Mans, France, and Paris is a city she is more familiar with in Europe.
Zhang Yifei, who was in the driver's seat, listened to the whispers of the two girls in the back seat, but just smiled and didn't speak.
Just as you aspire to run a lap around the New North circuit, there's nothing wrong with a girl wanting to wander the streets of Paris.
Zhang Yifei chose a hotel with a relatively high price comparison, after all, now that the team has more Cosell, the financial support has increased again, Zhang Yifei can only find a way to save a little, don't end up with the Renault European Cup, the old man gave himself a million and spent it.
However, Zhang Yifei did not have the slightest reluctance to these expenses, you must know that everyone in this is without wages, which is regarded as "voluntary labor".
Others have confiscated the money, how can Zhang Yifei be embarrassed to let the team post it upside down.
After settling in the hotel, it was already dark, and the six or seven hours of long-distance driving also made everyone more tired, so after dinner, they all went to rest early.
A little earlier in the second morning, Zhang Yifei exercised as usual, but this time there was more Cosell to guide him. Now Zhang Yifei is not like he is in the Toyota youth training base, there are special physical trainers to make plans, and it is completely dependent on Zhang Yifei's own persistence and exploration.
In fact, this is not the point, mainly some heavy-duty physical training, such as squats and deadlifts, which need to be protected by another person. Originally, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi were the most suitable for this job, but the two of them had the same heavy task of learning English, so Zhang Yifei's weight-bearing training basically stalled.
Now there is Kossel "with the whole group", and some risky physical training has been put on the agenda again by Zhang Yifei.
After the completion of physical training, it is the theoretical knowledge of racing, such as aerodynamics and engine principles, which is a more profound knowledge than driving, and it is impossible to control it in a short time.
Only by relying on the accumulation of time can you improve your understanding, so that when you enter the F1 team in the future, you can better tune the car to your satisfaction.
In the afternoon, the team members all went out to walk around the streets of Paris, but compared to a small city like Heidelberg in Germany, Paris is not very safe, and even worse than Milan.
If you want to choose the city with the worst safety in Europe, then Paris is definitely on the list, once known as the "thief capital" of Europe.
With the experience of Milan last time, this time Zhang Yifei and Ah Hu chose to follow closely throughout the whole process. And in order to avoid the trouble caused by immature appearance, Zhang Yifei and several people directly wore tight vests to fully display their muscles.
I have to say that compared with the weak overseas Chinese in Europe, Zhang Yifei's muscles can be called strong.
Needless to say, Zhang Yifei himself has been doing high-intensity physical exercise for more than half a year, and his muscle lines have long been highlighted. Coupled with a strong neck and "unicorn arm", most foreigners on the street have been crushed, even fitness enthusiasts have to be leisurely.
Ah Hu and Brother Zhi's muscles are also good, they themselves have a foundation for perennial physical labor, and when Zhang Yifei exercised physically, the two of them also participated, and their physical fitness was not bad at all.
This time, the three of them specially showed their muscles, and those cats and dogs with bad intentions naturally didn't dare to lean over and cause trouble. There were even some black ghosts who peeked at He Ziling and Junzi, and when they faced the eyes of Zhang Yifei and several people, they chose to dodge and didn't dare to look directly.
Violence certainly won't solve everything, but it's definitely hard to solve problems without violence.
"Brother Fei, according to your method, sure enough, no one is looking for trouble."
Ah Hu also felt the effect, and praised Zhang Yifei.
"Nonsense, who doesn't like to pinch soft persimmons."
Zhang Yifei replied angrily, if it weren't for the poor security in Paris, especially stealing and robbing, and staring at the Chinese wool the most, he wouldn't have made such a decision.
After a tour of several famous attractions and satisfying their curiosity about Paris, the group returned to the hotel.
In the next two days, Junko Takeda brought Zhang Yifei a lot of information about the team's management, so that Zhang and everyone could get to know each other well, so as to avoid the embarrassment of not knowing anyone at the party.
At the same time, knowing the identities of these people, there is a premise for communication. While it's almost impossible to get into an F1 team with a party, it's not a bad thing to get in touch with the team's management, at least there's a way to communicate, and that's a networking network.
Two days passed in a flash, and soon it was time for the Renault Gala, and this time although the name of the party was used, there was actually a press conference in the afternoon to promote the Renault series. And there will also be a driver speaking session, as the champion of the Hockenheimring circuit, Zhang Yifei is naturally qualified to be the driver representative.
So at noon, Zhang Yifei left for the Renault press conference, but he didn't bring all the team members over. After all, the current identity is only a personal paying driver, and it is inconvenient and too conspicuous to bring so many people over.
So Zhang Yifei just went to Korcel, because Korsell has a lot of connections and experience in the F1 circle, and he can give a lot of help on the spot.