A deafening roar of engines rang out, and a blue racing car sped by. And just when the air still seemed to be filled with the afterimage of the car, another car flashed like a shadow. Under the rare bright sunshine of the British winter, the Wellington Park Circuit, which was originally shrouded in the cold winter, was suddenly stirred up by the two cars speeding by......

At this moment, the two cars that had just galloped away turned around and ran back in turn, and the roar of the engines on the empty track seemed to be infinitely amplified. If you look closely, you may notice that the two blue and white cars are slightly different in one way or another.

That's right, this is an important part of the recent Ramp up of preparations for Williams Racing, testing the overall performance of the new car. After a period of intense busyness, the Williams team finally launched its new season vehicle FW-28 a month before the start of the season. Now, when the real road test begins, people are still very nervous and have mixed feelings. Expectations were high for the car, which used more advanced design concepts and architecture, and it was also uncertain how the car with the new Cosworth engine would perform. And this year is the first year of the transition from the V10 engine to the V8 engine stipulated by the FIA, and when many teams choose to use the original V10 engine to reduce the number of cylinders, it is indeed a very risky attempt to let the new car use the authentic V8 engine!

Know that the risks and benefits of doing so are very high! After a lapse of many years, the first major challenge for the teams was that the original test data began to become an untrustworthy ornament. Because no one is stupid enough to compare a V10 engine car with a V8 engine car. There is no point in referencing it in this way. As a result, teams are almost starting from scratch when it comes to engines.

And now, like now, the Williams team will directly let themselves use V for the new season without any transition, and if it succeeds, then the benefits are very huge. If Williams' adventure can succeed. Then the team will take a stage lead over the opponent in the development of the V8 engine, and theoretically speaking, a well-run pure V8 engine is still better than a V10 engine with a limited number of cylinders in all aspects; : With Ye Feng and the team's choice, it is undoubtedly a risky move, winning is like a bamboo, and if you lose, at least in this season, I am afraid that there will be no chance to turn over.

Therefore, in the face of this FW-28 car road test, every member of the Williams team is very important. While everyone understands that a new car can perform strongly, it is not enough to pass a road test. But everyone still hopes that the FW-28 will perform better in the virgin test. And for the testing of this new car. Williams also did a good job. In addition to this FW-28 [;] : The original FW-27 car with several championship trophies, an FW-27 with a replacement of the Cosworth V8 engine, and a V10 engine converted into a V8 engine

The reason why so many cars were being put to test together was that the whole team was going to use the test to see what the new car was really capable of. For example, the duel between 27 and 28 will be tempted to see how far apart this car is. The Williams team's psychological expectation is that the new car will eventually be at least close to the performance of the 27 cars with V10 engines. Comparing the performance of the BMW engine in two different frames, the team wanted to see how big the difference between the different aerodynamic frames was......

Now galloping on the Dorington circuit are the two official drivers of Ye Feng and Massa. At this time, the FW-28 driven by Massa with a limited number of cylinders was ahead of the FW-28 driven by Ye Feng with a new Cosworth engine.

At this time, the person who felt the most was Ye Feng, who was chasing after his teammates in front. Although he had high hopes for the new car today, and although he was almost trying his best to control the car at this point, it was no matter what. He still had to accept the fact that Massa in front of him was constantly widening the distance between him and himself. Frankly speaking, in the wind tunnel test, Ye Feng had a relatively low estimate and psychological expectation of the performance of the current Cosworth engine, but Ye Feng still did not expect that it would really reach the road test stage. This Cosworth V8 engine can't outrun an old BMW engine that simply limits the number of cylinders......

After 10 laps, Ye, who was "tormented" by the performance of today's new car, ended today's road test. I don't know if it's because of fatigue or disappointment, this time Ye Feng didn't continue to discuss with his teammates but rushed straight into the locker room, and then chose to leave in a hurry. The first road test of the new season ended with such an awkward scene......

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The news of Ye Feng's departure that day was finally captured by the sensitive British media. Then these do-gooders played their best trick of cocooning and stripping. layers began a detailed analysis of the "insider" implied by Ye Feng's move. In the end, it was concluded that the development progress of Williams' new racing car was unfavorable, and Ye Feng finally couldn't bear to get angry. Then, when the colorful news was presented to the public, people began to feel a little worried about the prospects of Williams for the new season.

And before Williams, Ye Feng and others came forward to clarify this situation, various media even threw out that Ye Feng and the team had been estranged because of the "accident gate" incident at that time, and this time Ye Feng lost confidence in Williams due to the unfavorable development of the car, and then attached to Ye Feng There were many more transfer messages of one kind or another......

In a word. When the Williams team's new season car development plan encountered a setback, no one expected that the external environment of the team would also become severe due to the exposure of some internal problems. The season hasn't started yet, but Ye Feng and the team have to accept the first serious challenge of the season early. In fact, everyone in their hearts understands that the so-called Ye Feng transfer rumors don't matter, the most important thing is the research and development of the car. How to make this FW-Cosworth engine work together to play a satisfactory effect is the crux of all the problems......