Look, it turned out to be Luke, the agent next to him, who was reminding him that the plane was about to land. At this time, the fully awakened Brazilian driver followed his companion's words and looked out the window, and was greeted by a foggy city shrouded in dark clouds and scattered raindrops on the glass window......

"Luke, it looks like the weather in Italy is more suitable for us right now!" As he retracted his thoughts as he sorted out his belongings and prepared to get off the plane, Massa said to Luke, who was his agent, assistant and friend. As a good friend, Luke naturally knew what Massa, who was a little depressed at this time, was referring to in this sentence.

Originally, everything was going smoothly in the direction that everyone expected! Returning to Ferrari, replacing Barrichello as the team's No. 2 driver and the great Michael. Schumacher is playing alongside each other, and it's all an opportunity and glory that every young driver wants to get, and it's all close to Massa. For the arrival of this day, the Brazilian lad even lost sleep for several nights.

However, everything changed when Massa returned to Italy and arrived at Scuderia Ferrari's headquarters. After a long conversation with Todd, Massa, who was already confident and hopeful about his future, was told that his previous contract with Ferrari had been bought out by Williams. This meant that the Brazilian, who had yet to play even a single race at Ferrari, would have to become part of the Williams team from the start of the new season.

For any driver, Massa now has to deal with an unacceptable result. What's more, Massa had such a longing and expectation for coming to Ferrari before. And they are ready to fight for this team for a long time. But now, in the blink of an eye, he has to face such a fate that was easily abandoned by the team. But as a professional driver, as a young driver who is not very well-known and not very qualified. Massa knew that no matter how dissatisfied and incomprehensible he was, all he could do was accept the reality......

"Hey! Felipe, don't forget that we've made an appointment to stop being sentimental! What's more, you're going to Williams after all! That's better than Sauber, right? Let's go! Knowing that his friend still couldn't get over the setback, Luke patted Massa on the shoulder lightly, and then walked towards the ramp of the plane, half an hour later. Massa eventually followed the crowd alone towards the gangway......

......

In January+, the uninterrupted ice and rain filled this cold haze. And now what makes Massa, who was already a little apprehensive, feel cold is the reception from the Williams team. Almost exactly the same as when Ye Feng came here, this veteran British team only sent an unknown guy in the team to settle the two of them in the three-star hotel where Ye Feng lived before. It can be seen that Massa, who only entered the field of vision of Old Williams under the strong recommendation of Lao Yedi, is not much higher than the original status of Lao Ye......

Now Massa can clearly feel that his trip to England is unlikely to be a pleasant one. However, after a night's rest after a tiring night's drive, Massa and Luke drove to the Williams base camp in the suburbs, after all, there is not much time left before the start of the season, and all kinds of preparations for the new season need to start as soon as possible. And now Massa's only expectation for this cold team is to hope that Ye Feng, an acquaintance who once had a relationship with him......

......

"On behalf of the team, I would like to welcome you very much! But. Sorry, the team is too busy at the moment! In addition to the development of new racing cars during this time, the most important wind tunnel also failed. So you don't have extra time to do a welcome ceremony for you, but when you're done, you'll be sure to make it up for you! Right now. Allow me to take the two of you on a tour of the team! Now, it was naturally Wells who stood in front of Massa and Luke, and the job of guiding them naturally fell on him. However, if you are familiar with Wells, you should be able to notice that Mr. Tour Guide has not known when there has been more vivid smiles on his face and less indifference. And it can be seen that this guy has been in a good mood lately. Of course, there was no way for Massa to know all this, and the Brazilian boy, after believing that the other party was faking with him, followed the other party around at his mercy.

Obviously, what Wells just said was not hypocritical. The busyness of the entire Williams factory is reflected in the bits and pieces. In these dust-free workshops, almost no one spoke loudly, but everyone's busy state at this time added a touch of tension and excitement to the air of the entire factory.

After all, it's someone who grew up touching cars since childhood. Soon, with Wells's dedication to the introduction and the sincere smiles of each team member who was introduced, Massa's heart, which was still dazed and indifferent just now, slowly warmed up. Sauber didn't have his own big workshop, but the atmosphere felt something the same thing about Massa, who had spent time at Ferrari. It's something about missing points and being self-motivated, and as they visit, Massa and the others finally stop in front of a crowd of people surrounding the busy, almost formed race car.

Now Massa really doesn't have any idea of being treated slowly by the team. Judging by the engineering prototype, which does not look completely complete, the Williams team is indeed having trouble developing the new car. According to Massa's experience, it is very dangerous that the development of the new car has not yet reached the road test stage when there is still more than one month before the competition will start! While the car may have been improved after road testing, it is more likely that Williams' new car was developed slower than other competitors. This can also be seen from the intense and busy state of work here, but there is no panic on everyone's faces.

"Hey! Sal, Leaf! Can you stop for a moment? Look who's coming now! Wells didn't know that Massa had calmed down at this time, and his worries about the new car were rising again. Instead, he shouted at a few people behind a computer next to him. And before the computer in front of it

Apparently arguing about something.

As everyone's eyes shifted, Massa finally saw the only acquaintance he had here—Ye Feng, who was wearing the same costume as the engineer. What puzzled the Brazilians was that Ye Feng was still holding a stack of drawings at this time, could it be that this guy was not a driver but an engineer?

"Hey! Felipe! There you are! Welcome! I was too busy to pick you up! In the evening, I will invite you to dinner to make amends! Ye Feng, who was arguing with Michael just now, saw that Massa was brought here by his own words, and suddenly felt weak in his heart for no reason, put down the information, and greeted him with a warm smile.

"Hey! Ye, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you change your career to become an engineer? "Most of the people who saw Ye Feng in the team for the first time were just as unacceptable as Massa at this time. Although drivers generally have some technical knowledge about racing. However, most of them are only involved in the test run and improvement. And it is the first time to see a driver like Ye Feng, who is obviously involved in the technical aspects of racing car development.

"Hey! Hello! Massa. I'm Michael and I'm the team's technical director. First of all, welcome to you! Now you see that this racing car is the new car FW-27, and Ye Ze, like all of us, is one of the main creators of this new car. As you can see, we've been working for a lot of days now, and our wind tunnel is broken, so we have to work hard to speed up the R&D schedule. Accompanying the other party, Michael, who came over from behind, introduced himself and answered Massa's question for Ye Feng. It's no more cold than the old Serena Williams' treatment of young drivers. Michael is very optimistic about the Brazilian driver across from him. Truth be told, when Serena Williams informed him that the team would sign Massa, Michael couldn't understand how the old Englishman used to snatch the fat piece from Ferrari's mouth, and Michael didn't figure it out until now. But. To be honest, he is also concerned about the fact that the team has two very talented young drivers at the same time, and if it is not handled well, the previous situation of disagreement between drivers may be repeated. And now Williams can't stand that.

"Oh! Felipe! You wait! I have something for you! Ye Feng, who was about to say something, suddenly remembered something, and suddenly turned around and left under the puzzled eyes of everyone......

"Felipe! Here you go! This is made just for you! With your favorite yellow on it, may you be successful here, and may you have a safe race! And now, welcome again! After a while, Ye Feng, who had come back again, handed over a basketball-sized package with beautiful packaging to Ye Feng, who was at a loss. When the Brazilian guy opened it, it turned out to be a brand new and very beautiful racing helmet. And after experiencing the initial cold reception, when Massa originally thought that he would continue to suffer a cold reception, after receiving this precious gift from the smiling Ye Feng, the Brazilian's heart finally melted at this moment, and he began to feel that his coming here may not be the beginning of a nightmare......

"Leaf ...... This ......"

"Nothing! Get to know everyone Filipe, I promise you'll love this place! ”

……

"There are now less than 3 days left until the opening match on the 36th. After a long off-season, everyone who follows the sport of Formula 1 has restarted looking forward to the new season. So, let's pay attention to the current situation of several teams that hope to challenge for the championship on the eve of the race.

First of all, we need to mention that nature was unbeatable in 2004 year... Rally team. Although, from this season onwards, a series of rules will be introduced that are in fact aimed at and weakening Ferrari's advantage, but as long as Ferrari and Michael are in the works, it will be as long as Ferrari and Michael . Schumacher is linked to each other, so perhaps no one doubts that they will be the favourites in the title race!

However, judging from the situation now that there are still 4 years to go before the opening game. Ferrari's work on the development of a new car seems to have been in a difficult situation. First, Ross Brown claimed in a press conference that the car's development was not progressing as expected, and then Todd was forced to admit in the near future that the F might not be used in the opener. It is likely that Schumacher will continue to face the improved F2004M from last season

Over the years, Ferrari has always been slower to adapt to sudden rule changes than McLaren and Renault. This time, all the detailed technical improvements were only released at the end of last year, and it was a bit confusing for Italians. However, it is believed that under the leadership of the scheming Jean Todd and the still prosperous Schumacher, the Red team will soon catch up as time goes on......

Secondly, before we talk about the recent situation of the second-place Williams team last season, I have to mention the recent high-profile Renault and McLaren teams. As things stand, these two teams are the best of all the big teams in terms of new car development! Renault Racing in particular is not the first of all teams to launch their own new local fleet. And from the words of Briatoli, one can clearly feel their strong self-confidence. It seems that last season's last-minute reversal by Williams also completely fueled the anger of the French, and with the increasingly mature Spanish lad Alonso, they could be the strongest rivals for Ferrari and Schumacher in their title defenses! Of course, Raikkonen and his McLaren have been in good shape recently after getting rid of the MP4-18 troubles, but they should still work on the car's consistency.

Now, it's time to talk about Williams and Anglo-American, two teams that are also British. As the runner-up and runner-up winners of last season. The two teams are almost strikingly similar. Williams has the young genius Ye Feng, while Anglo-American also has the more mature Barton. As a result, they may become the new dominant force in Formula 1 in the future. Both teams are currently caught up in the dilemma of developing new cars.

The Williams team's biggest problem isn't technology, it's that one of their most advanced wind tunnels is currently completely paralyzed, which makes him feel like he's doing it

Don't switch to another old wind tunnel that is on the verge of obsolescence. Greatly slowed down the development of the Williams FW-27. Same as Ferrari. At the beginning, it is still unknown whether Ye Feng and his new teammate Massa will be able to drive the new car to meet the challenge......"

Seeing this paragraph, Ye Feng finally closed the newspaper. Ended up on Damon. A reading of Hill's rather in-depth article. In fact, not only did Hill's article say that in addition to the problems, Ye Feng and his team had to face more difficulties.

The first is the faint "non-cooperative" attitude from BMW, although this "partner" still provides the Williams team with a new V10 engine. The team's cooperation is not enthusiastic. For this reason, many of the tuning plans for technical parameters are based on the Williams team's own little by little figuring it out. The second was a serious failure in the fleet's wind tunnel, which greatly slowed down the development of the new car. As everyone knows. More than 60% of the time spent on the development of an F1 car is spent in the wind tunnel, and once the wind tunnel fails, a car that has not undergone rigorous wind testing will not be able to exert its own powerful power even if it has excellent architecture. Moreover, it is hard to imagine how difficult it is to drive against the FW-26 in an improved version of the FW-26 when various competitors have made substantial breakthroughs in the development of new cars this year......

However, not everything is bad news. For others, the past two months may be a rare leisure time. But Ye Feng didn't stop his training life at all. In addition to assisting the team in the research and development of new cars, Ye Feng used this time to finally make his F1 car driving time reach the level that a first-year newcomer should have. Moreover, with a large number of uninterrupted practice every day, Ye Feng's driving skills have improved to a certain extent compared to the end of last season.

In addition, Ye Feng focused on honing his starting skills during this time at Senna's request. Sometimes dozens or hundreds of starts would even make Ye Feng collapse in such devil training. However, it can now be considered that Ye Feng's start (alone) has been much more stable and sharper than before. What is needed now is for Ye Feng to further hone in real combat in order to play out, and at that time, maybe the Chinese Ye at the starting line will make any opponent feel terrified......

In addition to these, Zhang Yu, as Lao Ye's "amateur" agent, still pulled a lot of advertising contracts for this guy who is gradually becoming popular in the Chinese world. In addition to McDonald's, Nike and Lucent, which have already signed contracts with Ye Feng, Ye Feng's list of sponsors has added the names of major companies such as China Mobile, Haier and Hongta Group. With the signing of these local contracts, Ye Feng's annual salary has actually increased from the previous 600 British to about 10 million pounds.

Moreover, in addition to Ye Feng's own sponsors, he is also looking for future sponsors for Williams. As we all know, more than a dozen sponsors of the current Williams team are actually allies of BMW, and the reason why they will invest money in old Williams is entirely for BMW's sake. If BMW gets rid of Williams next year, it is conceivable that the team's sponsors will be left in a large number of ways. Therefore, Ye Feng had to plan ahead for himself and the team, and when he simply told Old Williams that he wanted to pull some sponsorship, although the old British man didn't know the future development, he immediately agreed to let Ye Feng take full responsibility for this matter.

Under Ye Feng's secret invitation, there are now two Chinese giants that are very interested in investing in Williams Racing Team, Sinopec and Lenovo Group. They are different, and naturally they value Williams' influence as a veteran F1 team and Ye Feng's identity as a Chinese. Ye Feng and Serena Williams are interested in the abundant dollar capital in the pockets of these two companies and their own strong development momentum. At present, these two huge sponsorship cooperation are being negotiated secretly and intensely. And once it happens, then according to the sharing agreement signed by Williams Sr. and Ye Feng, Ye Feng's annual salary of 10 million pounds will soon double again, reaching 2,000 British dollars (about yuan), and he will be among the "30 million dollar club> in one fell swoop;

However, when there is a certain amount of money, it is often just a numbers game. Once upon a time, Lao Ye looked forward to the day when he could become a rich man and a multimillionaire. And now, when he became a billionaire measured in yuan, he lost those primitive interest in money. Now Lao Ye no longer knows how much money he has in his bank account, because all of this is done by the team of economists led by Zhang Yu to take care of everything for Ye Feng.

Now Lao Ye is naturally most concerned about the performance of him and the team in the new season. Now, in addition to training, he is most concerned about the progress of the development of the racing car. There is no doubt that the team has high hopes for the new car, which retains the twin keel frame of last season's success. It was hoped that its special design would give full play to the advantages of cornering stability and more downforce than other structures in the context of the regular reduction of downforce and engine cylinder count. At the same time, everyone hopes that the newly designed chassis of the two FW-27s will make up for the FW-26)|. The disadvantages of weight, agility and speed. It's just that the sky doesn't fulfill people's wishes, and the more everyone is looking forward to the new car, there are problems in the wind tunnel without warning. It seems like a lot of work......

"Boss Sai, how much do you think the new season's rivals will improve the performance of the car on the basis of the original? Will our FW-26 modification be able to hold up for some time? As the core personnel of the team, Ye Feng naturally knew that they were likely to have to use the old car to face the new cars of other opponents at the beginning of the race. Therefore, he asked Senna lightly, this is also the question that Lao Ye is not sure about and wants to know the most.

"It's hard to say! But one thing is for sure, if we don't fix the wind tunnel as soon as possible, the start of the race will be tough! It's hard! ”