263 Acquaintances in a foreign land

The name displayed on Zhang Yifei's mobile phone is the name of He Ziling's brother and He Lang.

Seeing that it was He Lang calling, Zhang Yifei was also very surprised, shook his head at He Ziling, and then pressed the connect button.

"Yifei, are you in the UK now?"

He Lang's inquiry came directly on the other end of the phone, and the schedule of the Renault European Cup was easy to find, so it was not surprising that He Lang knew about Zhang Yi's flight range.

"Well, I'm in the UK, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yifei asked rhetorically, He Lang is not the kind of person who calls and chats, he must have something to find himself.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm also coming to the UK, and I'm going to meet you, and I haven't seen Ziling for a long time."

"You're in England?"

Zhang Yifei was a little surprised, he didn't expect He Langren to come to the UK. But thinking about He Lang, who graduated from Eton College and has also trained as a Citroen driver trainee in the UK, this can be regarded as his "second hometown", and there seems to be nothing wrong with him coming to the UK.

He Ziling, who was next to her, heard Zhang Yifei say that her brother had come to the UK, she sat up straight, and said with an excited expression on her face: "My brother is coming to the UK?" ”

Zhang Yifei nodded at He Ziling and expressed confirmation.

"Well, I'm in London now, are you in Northamptonshire at Silverstone?"

"That's right, I'm in Northampton, staying at the Gramiel Hotel, when are you coming?"

"It's a little late today, let's be tomorrow morning."

"No problem, Ziling is next to me, you can talk to her."

After Zhang Yifei and He Lang determined the location and time, they directly handed over the mobile phone to He Ziling next to her, and it could be seen from her expectant eyes that she wanted to say a few words to her brother.

He Ziling took the phone and chatted with He Lang, basically some homely content, and Zhang Yifei did not have a habit of eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

He leaned on the back of the seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, but the fatigue caused by the previous test run made Zhang Yifei quickly fall asleep in a daze. When he was woken up by He Ziling, he opened his eyes and found that he had come to the door of the hotel.

"Yifei-kun, it seems that you are really tired, why don't you go back to your room and rest first."

Junko Takeda reminded a little distressed that the uninterrupted test run for an hour in a row was also a challenge for Zhang Yifei. After all, the longest distance for junior formula drivers is half an hour, and this time it is equivalent to directly doubling.

"It's okay, I'm not that weak."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, it was true that he was in the car just now, and a wave of tiredness came along with the shaking of the carriage. But after squinting for almost half an hour, Zhang Yifei's spirit had recovered.

Compared with the crazy high-intensity training at the Toyota youth training base, and the training that just came to Europe to fight for Renault, in order to adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the game, he played hard.

The intensity of this hour's test run is really nothing to Zhang Yifei now. Because his driving skills and physical fitness have been greatly improved compared to the beginning, it is nothing more than a process of adaptation.

Seeing that Zhang Yifei really didn't look as tired as before, Junko Takeda also nodded and replied, "Okay, let's go to the restaurant to eat something first." ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei won, and then took a step forward, ready to walk into the hotel.

But at this time, He Ziling ran two steps quickly and grabbed his arm, handed over the mobile phone and said, "I was afraid of waking you up when you fell asleep before, and now I will return you." ”

After taking the phone, Zhang Yifei asked rhetorically: "Did your brother say anything?" ”

"He asked me if I was bullied by you, and if so, I'll come over tomorrow and settle accounts with you!"

Hearing He Ziling's words, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but laugh, and then replied: "Miss, you are treated as a teacher and a distinguished guest here, and I dare to bully you?" ”

Zhang Yifei is really not joking at this point, Ah Hu and Brother Zhi both treat He Ziling as their English teacher. And knowing that she will be a top student of Imperial College in the future is even more respectful.

It's still the end of the 90s, and college students are still very valued in China, especially Ah Hu and Brother Zhi, who are not highly educated, and respect He Ziling, a famous college student.

As for Zhang Yifei himself, he is also very grateful to He Ziling in his heart, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is a distinguished guest.

Of course, now he treats He Ziling more as his own person than as a guest.

"You know each other."

He Ziling replied arrogantly, and then turned around and went to the hotel, as the relationship became closer and closer, she gradually did not have the iceberg goddess fan in the school, but joked with Zhang Yifei.

When the group entered the hotel, they first went to their rooms to take a shower, and then gathered in the restaurant to eat.

At this time, Caser took out a map of the Silverstone Circuit, which was densely marked, and it was still written with several different colored pens, so it could be seen that Caser was not prepared temporarily.

"Here's an analysis of Silverstone, with the right speed and gear for the corners, and the best cornering route to match the speed."

"Today, combined with your test run on the track, I have made some modifications, which are tailored to your driving style, so you can refer to it in the evening."

This afternoon's track test run, Cowsell did not give Zhang Yifei instructions, which does not mean that he did not have any action.

This analysis map of the Silverstone Circuit is based on the cornering routes of some of the top F1 drivers before, plus his own understanding, as well as Zhang Yifei's driving habits today.

If Zhang Yifei can completely understand this track analysis map, it is really possible to surpass the track record by more than 0.5 seconds. In this way, Zhang Yifei will complete another record, which is difficult for subsequent drivers to break.

Taking the track analysis map in Cosell's hand and looking at the detailed notes above, Zhang Yifei suddenly felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

Although this old German man is strict and has nothing to do, he has to play with his own life, but he is sincerely helping himself to improve.

In many cases, this kind of help has gone beyond the original job of a competition engineer, and is more like an elder's support for a junior.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yifei also remembered Uncle Lu, and it was he who spared no effort to help himself that he had the opportunity to stand on the European track today. Now Cosell's help is to make himself capable in the future, stand on the F1 track, and compete with the strongest drivers on the planet!

"Kossel, thank you."

Zhang Yifei didn't giggle, but thanked him very solemnly, if it weren't for the fact that he complained too much about Yamamoto Ukyo before, he would have wanted to bow to Korsell and thank him.

It's just that in the face of his own emotion, Korsell didn't take it seriously at all, and instead warned: "If you can't remember these track markings, or if you lose to your opponent in the race." Then don't say I'm your race engineer from now on, I can't afford to lose this person. ”

"Forehead ......"

Zhang Yifei was really a little speechless in the face of this sentence, this old German man is still a personality.

After dinner, Zhang Yifei glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and the time had come to eight o'clock.

At this time, Yamamoto Ukyo and they have not come back, it stands to reason that after the game, overhaul, change the whole car oil, tires, brake kits, as long as there are no major problems, two or three hours is about the same.

Zhang Yifei It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when they came back, and now three hours have passed, so it can't be that there is something wrong with the car, right?

To be honest, after the Toyota technical team withdrew, Zhang Yifei really had no bottom in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't trust Ah Hu and Brother Zhi, after all, the strength of the two people is not as good as a professional and technical team. And the two of them seriously, the time they have been in contact with formula racing is more than two months in Europe, and it is impossible to do everything.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Yifei still made a phone call to Yamamoto Ukyo and asked him if something was wrong.

"Ukyo, are you still on the track, nothing is wrong, is there?"

"We were already in the car back to the hotel, and there was a little bit of a problem with the gearbox before, but now it's been resolved."

Hearing Yamamoto Ukyo say that he was already on his way back, and the racing problems were solved, Zhang Yifei was relieved. After a few words, he hung up the phone.

Back in the room, Zhang Yifei followed his accustomed way, while doing physical training, while remembering the analysis map of the Silverstone track given by Cowel in the evening.

The difficulty of memorizing is not as difficult as previously imagined, because the cornering speed and gear of most corners are actually the same as Zhang Yifei's test run operation.

There are only a few corners where there is a slight difference in speed, and basically there is a slight increase in speed.

On the analysis map of the Silverstone track, the biggest gap with Zhang Yifei's driving habits is actually some cornering tangents, overtaking routes and so on.

Because Zhang Yifei's biggest shortcoming at present is still his lack of experience, no matter how hard he practiced, in addition to the previous study at the Toyota Youth Training Base, he only ran six official games on the track.

Like this Renault European Cup, some experienced drivers may have run hundreds of formula races, which is the biggest gap between Zhang Yifei and other drivers. And Cosell's track analysis map is to use his rich track experience to make up for Zhang Yifei's shortcomings.

The time of the evening passed quickly, and at about nine o'clock the next morning, Zhang Yifei received a call from He Lang, and he had already arrived at the door of the hotel.

When Zhang Yifei walked out of the room and was about to go to the elevator, he happened to see He Ziling also coming out of the room, and it seemed that He Lang notified his sister at the same time.

The two of them took the elevator downstairs together, but when Zhang Yifei walked to the door of the hotel, he saw not He Lang alone, there was a young man standing next to him, who was about 20 years old.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yifei subconsciously looked at He Ziling to see if she knew her, or what relatives and friends she had.

Facing Zhang Yifei's puzzled eyes, He Ziling shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

Seeing Zhang Yifei coming, He Lang also greeted him warmly and hugged him.

Then he brought Zhang Yifei to the young man and introduced: "This is Lin Wei'an, a driver from Ao Island, but he is not a four-wheeled car, but a motorcyclist, a very powerful kind." ”