Chapter 169: Close Encounters with Sauber's Convoy
The cadres of the Hurricane Speed Racing Team happily had a reunion dinner, and early in the morning, Lao Ye picked up his bag again and got on the bus from Le Mans to Paris. Originally, Ye Feng still had plenty of time to wait for his team to finish the WRC France station and then it was not too late to leave, but Ye Feng didn't want to be late for the first time to report to the Sauber team, and he also wanted to use more time to quickly familiarize himself with all aspects of the performance of the F3000 car, so Ye Feng still chose to leave very low-key after just winning a happy victory......
On the high-speed train from France to Switzerland, Lao Ye flipped through a booklet introducing the details of the Sauber team to use the leisure of the journey to learn more about the team. For a 14-year-old team, Sauber's results in F1 can only be described as dismal. Sauber has never won a single race, not even a pole position in all these years, let alone two awards of the year. However, Sauber's results in the small and medium-sized teams are not bad, at least they are still better than Minaldi. At least Sauber, who was once basically the "second team" of Ferrari, still has some technical strength and heritage.
However, this is also where Ye Feng and Senna feel a little puzzled now. To say Pete. Who does Sauber have a good relationship with, it should be either Mercedes or Ferrari, when did Schultz and BMW get involved with Sauber? Could it be that BMW is interested in buying Sauber and forming its own fleet to establish a new mountain? If that's the case, it's not good news for BMW's current partner, Williams Racing! Because if the BMW team is once established. Or if BMW had switched to supplying engines to Sauber, the Williams team's fragile technological chain would collapse overnight. So as the team's driver, Ye Feng is facing not only the competition within the team, but also a Williams team with greatly reduced technical strength, which is undoubtedly a situation that no driver wants to see in today's F1 race car performance is becoming more and more decisive in the race......
"Boss Sai, let's not think about this yet. I don't think anything Williams will be like in the future, but it won't have a big impact on me! Now for me, raise the level. As soon as possible, between the current F1 drivers and the current drivers, Sauber's F3000 is still [:.rest!] If I play well, maybe I can even mix up my driver's license and land resume! For the uncertain situation of the team in the future, Lao Ye is still more indifferent, knowing that Senna is a little worried about his future, Lao Ye in turn comforted the car god. In fact, this is also the car god's concern for chaos, and who calls Ye Feng a heartless landlord many times......
"Huh! You kid comforted me in turn? But you're not bad, it's a bit of nonsense to think about it now! And if you give Pete. If Sauber makes a good impression, maybe someone will be able to take you in if you don't have a job in the future! "When the car god heard it, Lao Ye himself didn't take it seriously. He was quickly relieved, and began to ridicule Ye Feng.
"Don't worry! Plug Boss! Who are we? It's definitely not going to be that miserable! Ann! Ye Feng closed the booklet and said coawardly, and at this time, the high-speed train finally slowly entered the platform. Zurich has arrived......
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When Lao Ye came out of the platform and saw the people who picked up the Sauber convoy. Ye Feng couldn't help laughing. It was completely different from the previous situation when Ye Feng was given a cold reception at London International Airport, this time there were as many as seven people from the Sauber team who came to pick up the station, including the deputy manager of the team, and because they knew that Ye Feng was a Chinese driver. Therefore, the "enthusiastic" Sauber team also specially invited a Chinese translator for Ye Feng.
However, when Lao Ye spoke a few words of Chinese to that compatriot, he quickly changed to English and talked to the seven people who picked up the station. Because after Lao Ye said a few words to the people, he didn't understand a word of this compatriot, and when he asked in English, he knew that this guy was a Hong Kong boy and could not speak Chinese at all. Fortunately, the English of a few of the people received was still very good, otherwise the joke made by the Sauber team and Lao Ye would be a big one. However, with the scale and standard of reception alone. Lao Ye left a very good impression on the Sauber team.
After a hearty dinner, the reception staff arranged Ye Feng in a five-star hotel in the countryside adjacent to a huge inland lake. For the first time, Lao Ye was in this rural hotel in Switzerland, the richest and most harmonious country in the world, and he felt that the night here was so quiet! The furnishings of the hotel are so simple and elegant, and what makes Lao Ye a little fond of it the most is the huge clock made of naked parts on the wall opposite his bedroom, which is indeed worthy of the reputation of the watch kingdom......
But soon, Lao Ye once again felt the alternative enthusiasm from this country full of stories! When Lao Ye, who thought it was room service, opened his door, the two blonde and blue-eyed people dressed more like sexy stunners who had just come out of the pool and quickly stuck to Lao Ye's arms. Look at the posture of these two foreign MMs, I can't wait to open the door like this, and I'm going to eat the old leaves.
With such nephrite and golden fragrance in his arms, Lao Ye almost burst into tears with excitement! This is the legendary Double Fly! The legendary 3P! As a classmate Ye Feng bathed in the warm sunshine of the party, how can he grow so big? I almost didn't sit on the floor on the spot! And when Lao Ye tried his best to make his limbs almost uncontrollable
After the lady pushed out the door, this guy still cried!
What a great place! He Ye Feng is like this, is it easy for him? So Lao Ye tossed and turned like almost "masochism" through this somewhat difficult night......
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Early the next morning, Lao Ye, with two black circles under his eyes, was woken up on time by the waiter of the hotel. At this time, the Sauber convoy was used to receive the Alfa Romy where Ye Feng traveled. The entrance of the store. Look at this famous car that is difficult to see in China. Lao Ye still discovered the inextricable connection between the Sauber team and Fiat and Ferrari. The staff of the Sauber team who came to receive Lao Ye saw Ye Feng's two big dark circles, and then contacted them to know some inside stories about this hotel. Naturally, it was also imaginative, which made Lao Ye suddenly embarrassed, and quickly got into the car in a gloomy manner......
After half an hour of driving, Ye Feng finally arrived at the legendary headquarters of the Sauber team. Looking up, Ye Feng's first feeling was that the headquarters of the Sauber team was more than a little smaller than the headquarters of the Williams team! It's no wonder, after all, there is a gap between a small team like Sauber and a traditional old powerhouse like Williams in all aspects. After all, many of the core components of the Sauber team are obtained through outsourcing. And it's not like the Williams team is basically able to achieve most of its own production.
And when Ye Feng stood in the huge living room of the Sober convoy and looked out of the window, the door of the living room suddenly opened, and Ye Feng knew that it was a senior executive of the convoy who came to meet him, so Lao Ye smiled and turned around. A man with a huge bald head walked in with a few people who had received Lao Ye, and there were a few guys in racing suits who obviously looked like drivers. What does Lao Ye think of the big bald head in the lead, how is it like Pete he read in that booklet. Sauber, this is something Lao Ye didn't expect, he never thought that after just experiencing the second leg of the competition in Malaysia, Pete. Sauber was still in the convoy. And he actually came to greet him in person, a driver who only came to drive the Sauber F!
"Are you Pete? Mr. Souber? I thought you were still with the team in Malaysia! Ye Feng was very surprised now, and the bald guy walked over with a quick smile and shook Lao Ye's outstretched hand when Ye Feng said this.
"Haha! Call me Pete! Leaf. I've heard Schultz say your name for a long time! Actually, we were supposed to meet in Germany, but unfortunately you were already in England when I got there! And then there's that test drive at Williams, alas! If you had come to me for a test ride first, a genius like you probably wouldn't have let the lucky Frank grab it first! ”
The person who came was none other than Pete. Sauber. He held Lao Ye's hand and laughed and said something that surprised Ye Feng even more. That test drive in the rain in Dorington was a matter of great secrecy for the entire Williams team. Now Sauber actually knows the details of his old leaf, which is obviously revealed by Schultz to this bald guy, which proves even more that the relationship between BMW and Sauber at this time is extraordinary. At the same time, it also proves that Sauber brought him over this time is definitely not just as simple as being an F3000 generation driver! But now Lao Ye also > + inner shock. Instead, he continued to smile and said to the bald guy:
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to know me so well, Mr. Sober! This really flattered me! May I ask who are the two behind you......" Lao Ye said to the other party tacitly, while looking at the two drivers behind the bald guy who were shorter than Lao Ye, and these two people also looked at Ye Feng with complicated expressions at this time.
"Oh! Look at me, patronizing and talking to Ye You, let me introduce you! This is the number one driver of our F1 team, Kicarlo. Fisicella. This is the promising young Friepe of our team. Massa, you'll all be teammates from now on. Kicarlo, Friepe, don't think that Ye is here to drive the F3000 for something: _ Song surpasses Ralph and Juan's super masters! You have the opportunity to learn together! It seems that the last stop in Malaysia Massa won points for the team or made the bald guy feel very good, he solemnly introduced Ye Feng and the two drivers, and at the same time pointed out the importance of Ye Feng in his mind. Although this sentence does not sound so comfortable to the two of them, after all, they are the current F1 drivers.
"Hey! Kikallo! Don't listen to Pete! He's kidding you! I love your driving style! It's true! Nice to see you! Lao Ye said this sentence in Italian and Fisicella, he shook hands with the Italian very sincerely, and Sauber's introduction just now and Lao Ye's fluent and terrifying Italian at this time made Fisichella stunned on the spot.
"Hey! Friepe! I'm a fan of Brazil! I also love your driving style! Congratulations on earning valuable points! Such surprise soon came to the humble Massa, because Lao Ye's Portuguese is also fluent and more indigenous than the indigenous Brazilians.
Lao Ye looked at the two stupid melons, and he was amused in his heart, he really liked these two riders, but the reason for liking Lao Ye didn't dare to say it directly, he couldn't tell these two guys, Lao Ye is now happy that he finally met two drivers who are shorter than himself.....