After several hours of flight, the convoy chartered flight landed at Kuala Lumpur's international airport.

Compared with other countries in Southeast Asia, Zhang Yifei is relatively familiar with Malaysia, because there is nearly 30% of the Chinese ethnic group here, and compared with some "banana people" in other places, the cultural identity of Malay Chinese is still relatively strong.

As soon as the team members stepped off the plane, they were divided into two teams, including a loading and unloading team of 30 people, who will be involved in the unloading of the cargo aircraft, the passing of auxiliary equipment through customs inspection, and the transportation to the Sepang circuit for final assembly.

This construction time is usually completed in 2 to 3 days. Everything from the tool racks in room P, to the operation of the team's electronic systems, to the assembly of the F1 car, and finally the construction of the kitchen lounge, everything will be done in two or three days.

The loading and unloading team got off the plane and went to the cargo department, and Zhang Yifei and the team management naturally took the normal pick-up channel.

The F1 Grand Prix is currently the most important international event in Malaysia, and it can even be said that there is no one, and the importance they attach can be imagined.

Therefore, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, a special pick-up channel has been opened to accommodate fans who came to pick up the airport today, as well as media reporters from Southeast Asian countries to take pictures.

Zhang Yifei came out of the passage, and immediately saw a black crowd of people, as well as the flash lights that couldn't be opened by the eyes of the people, which looked very grand and big.

After all, in terms of economic strength, Malaysia now, in a sense, surpasses its contemporaries of China.

It's just that with the rise of China, they fell into the middle-income trap for the next two decades, without the support of huge industry, and their economic development was at a stagnant level.

Therefore, when later generations of Chinese people looked at the whole of Southeast Asia, except for Singapore, they did not feel that they had any developed places, but in this era, Malaysia is still a good economic country.

It is precisely because of the money that they were able to host F1 races earlier than China, and the first official F1 driver Yang Long appeared.

At this point in time, it happened to be the beginning of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and this year, there were domestic drivers entering F1, so the whole of Malaysia is in the stage of high enthusiasm for F1.

If you want to make an analogy, it is very similar to China is going to host the Olympic Games in 08, the heat of the National Olympics.

That's why there are such exaggerated numbers in today's pick-up lane, most of them are going to welcome their country's F1 driver Yang Long.

However, Zhang Yifei is now a well-known newcomer in the F1 paddock. China's status as the first professional F1 driver, as well as a good record of scoring points on his debut, helped Zhang Yifei promote his fame, and many Malaysians also know his name.

"Welcome to Malaysia~~!"

"Zhang Yifei, come on Sepang Circuit!"

"Fei, I'm your fan, sign me!"

"Ah~~~"

All kinds of noisy sounds sounded, plus the pick-up passage is an indoor space, and it is also affected by the echo. Zhang Yifei could barely say what to say when he got close, and all the screams left in the back.

However, many of these welcoming voices were sent in Chinese, which made Zhang Yifei feel more cordial.

But Zhang Yifei still heard some discordant voices, and there are a considerable number of Malaysians, who themselves do not have the natural closeness of the Chinese to Zhang Yifei's kind. In addition, some of the conflicts between Zhang Yifei and Xiong Long in the winter test have spread widely in Malaysia, and they are naturally hostile to Zhang Yifei from the position of supporting their own drivers.

During the winter testing, there were also reporters on site to report on the testing of the new cars of the F1 teams, as well as some of the new events happening at the Circuit de Catalonia.

Some of the conflicts between Zhang Yifei and Xiong Long were naturally reported by the reporters on the scene. It's just that at that time, one was a rookie rookie, the other was a third driver who wasn't even an official driver, and both of them belonged to the cat and dog level in F1.

But these news are different in Malaysia, where Yang Long entered the F1 team this year, but he has a very high degree of attention, and it is not too much to say that it is even the pride of Malaysia.

Zhang Yifei was also a Chinese at that time, but he didn't say anything drastic to Yang Long, on the contrary, he was very restrained in the face of Xiong Long's provocation.

But I can't stand the mouths of some media, after several rounds of reports spread layer by layer, it became Zhang Yifei who looked down on Yang Long, and even the news of bullying Xiong Long on the track came out.

Most Chinese people still don't believe in these gossip, so they will welcome Zhang Yifei's arrival while supporting their own drivers.

However, for the Malays, they even have racial contradictions with their own Chinese, how can they trust Zhang Yifei, and naturally trust some gossip in the media, which has become the source of these discordant voices.

Hearing these voices, Zhang Yifei smiled on his face, and there was no mood swing at all.

For him, these things can really be described as experienced in a hundred battles, and compared to the boos and ridicule in Australia, the Malays today are obviously not strong enough, they are really too weak!

Leaving the airport, the group sat on the bus provided by the track, and the team leader Heng said in a joking tone: "Fei, I kind of understand, why you have become a public enemy of the whole people in Formula Renault, there are really a lot of opponents." ”

Henry was previously the manager of Ligier Racing and has over a decade of experience in Formula 1 teams. To be honest, he has seen a lot of newcomers, except for last year's Kimi Raikkonen, there is no newcomer who can cause so much controversy like Zhang Yifei.

But Kimi Raikkonen, who made F1 history and was the first junior driver to enter F1 with a "triple jump", sparked a lot of discussion, and it is normal to have support and opposition.

And Zhang Yifei, although he also copied the miracle, there is still a fundamental difference between the pioneer and the replicator. Coupled with the fact that he comes from China without any racing background, he should theoretically have no waves in the F1 paddock, like most unknown newcomers.

As a result, I didn't expect that Zhang Yifei's attention in Australia, regardless of whether he was for or against, even surpassed Kimi Raikkonen.

The Australian Grand Prix has passed, and now it is in Malaysia, and all the focus is on Zhang Yifei after getting off the plane. This Chinese newcomer really has the potential to arouse national heat!

"No way, I also want to keep a low profile, but my strength doesn't allow it!"

Zhang Yifei replied helplessly, this is really because he wants to be low-key and has no intention of making trouble.

As a result, I didn't expect that the little that Yang Long took the initiative to provoke still affected Malaysia, which is really impossible to hide!

However, his words caused laughter in the bus, and the reason why Henry was able to joke about these negative factors.

It was because of the contact that they had already felt Zhang Yifei's terrifying psychological quality, and these off-court factors could not affect his game state at all.

Now judging from Zhang Yifei's answer, it is true that the Chinese newcomer did not take these objections seriously, and he was still in the mood to joke.

After almost an hour's drive, the team arrived at their hotel next to the Sepang circuit.

Because of the full support of the Malaysian government, the team felt that the various service preparations and racing attitudes were stronger than those of the previous Australian Grand Prix, and there were even special volunteers to help the team around the clock.

It takes two to three days to set up the P room and assemble the car, so this period is basically in the free activity stage, which can be regarded as a period of relaxation time for the drivers before the race.

However, Zhang Yifei didn't plan to waste this time, after he came to the hotel, he asked the team to move the racing simulator first.

The racing simulator of this era has the advantage of being simple and simple, that is, it is more convenient to transport and carry. Zhang Yifei was able to make full use of the free time of the sub-station to conduct simulation training on the Sepang track.

The results of the Australian Grand Prix, although for an F1 newcomer, to get points on his debut are very good. But for Zhang Yifei, the difference between the total time of more than one minute and Schumacher really made him understand what it means to have people outside the world and heaven outside the sky.

If he were to be slower, it is estimated that he would be caught by Schumacher in his debut.

The feeling of the ring is not pleasant, especially the humiliation of having to force the line with the blue flag on the track.

Many of the famous clashes on the F1 circuit were caused by the ring not yielding to the line, such as the ring between Red Bull driver Verstappen and Indian power driver Ocon in 2018.

This clash is a rare hands-on clash in F1 in the past decade. The main reason for the occurrence was that Verstappen had looped Ocon, but the latter was not convinced and completed the overtake strongly.

Eventually, the two line-grabbing teams into the corner collided and Verstappen was knocked out of the track, along with the loss of the upcoming race win.

It's like when Schumacher rushed into the pits of Coulthard, ready to find the other side to fight. "Turret" Verstappen was furious, and after getting out of the car, he rushed in front of Ocon and directly pushed the other party to prepare for a dry fight.

However, Ocon did not fight back, Verstappen pushed a few times, and then held back in front of the staff to dissuade him from the camera, otherwise there would be the first boxing scene in F1 in recent years.

Zhang Yifei didn't want to bear the humiliation of being sheathed, so he could only make adequate preparations and improve his strength. However, at this time, Diniz came to the hotel and prepared to complete the sponsorship contract with Zhang Yifei before the Malaysian Grand Prix.

For these commercial cooperation, Zhang Yifei did not plan to be distracted by himself, but gave it to Junko Takeda.

Now there are more professional personnel in charge of the things on the team, and Junko Takeda has no use. So Zhang Yifei thought of a position that was very suitable for Junko Takeda, that is, the position of a driver agent.

All F1 drivers, in order not to affect their training, commercial sponsorship endorsements are handled by agents.

Zhang Yifei had business cooperation with Huaxia Petrochemical and Guo's Group before, and he personally discussed it. But now this situation will change, unless it is a key decision point, and all the details will be handled by Junko Takeda herself.

Junko Takeda is also very happy about the change of identity of the driver's agent, because she has a public relations background, and she has been a little idle during this time, and she has a formal position and "office" direction, which is undoubtedly more able to realize her value.

The most important sponsorship costs have been negotiated in advance, and the details are not really important. However, Diniz put forward a request, that is, after the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei will return to China to cooperate with a Puma Group publicity.

For this request, Zhang Yifei agreed, and if he didn't return to his hometown, it was like walking at night in brocade. Even if it is only a sub-event now, this event has set a record in Asia!

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