A few laps later, Zhang Guan returned to the pit, ran out again after refueling, and after a dozen laps, Zhang Guan came back to refuel and change tires. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info tossed around for a whole morning, and finally ran 50 laps, which is considered to have completed 300 kilometers.

50 laps of testing is enough to show the level of a driver, a driver can drive a Formula 1 car at high speed to complete 50 laps, theoretically capable of handling the main race of Formula 1.

Zhang Guan's performance today has completely shocked Ross Brown, and it can even be said that it has completely subverted Ross Brown's three views. Someone who has never been exposed to motorsport to run a first-class racer in a single Formula 1 car is something that Ross Brown would never have imagined in his life.

Although this kind of test does not show Zhang Guan's true level, Ross Brown sees Zhang Guan's talent in motorsports, and with this talent, it is worth giving him a car, even if he can't win now, but he will definitely win the future!

In the afternoon, Zhang Guan and Ross Brown returned to the team's laboratory.

A pure white race car was out there, and the car hadn't been painted in any way.

"This is our new car?" Zhang Guan looked at the car with interest. He knew that the car was the BGP001, or as it should be called the China Power 001 now, and it was the car that swept the other teams in the 2009 season, occupying two positions on the podium on several occasions, and that both Ferrari and McLaren could only chase the taillights of this car.

Ross Brown nodded: "Yes, this is our new car, and now we are doing the final wind tunnel testing, and after the wind test, we can go to the road for testing." With thirteen days left until the last public test before the season, we are pressed for time. The next wind tunnel test will require the drivers to participate, so you'll probably have to stay here until the start of the season. ”

"No problem, I'm here with luggage." Zhang Guan nodded.

"One more thing, we're going to have to confirm the number two." Ross Brown spoke.

"Do you want to choose between Barton and Barrichello?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yes, we can only choose one. We have limited funds, and we can't even afford to test drivers this year. So the number two driver also needs to work as a test driver. Ross Brown began.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Both drivers have a lot of experience, but Barrichello is definitely the better one. Barton started racing in Formula 1 in 2000, while Barrichello started racing in 1993. Barton was the star of British racing at the time, but he had not achieved very good results for so many years; Barrichello is a veteran of the Schumacher era, and at Ferrari, he also assisted Schumacher to the world championship. Ross Brown began.

"Which of the two of them gets paid less?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"That's Barrichello! He's 37 years old, and I think a pension contract can keep him. As for Barton, I guess he doesn't want to leave, given that he's been with the team for five years and it's not easy to find a new team right now, so if you talk to him, he'd be willing to take a pay cut. Ross Brown began.

Zhang Guan lowered his head and thought. In terms of strength, Barton must be better than Barrichello, the 2009 F1 championship in history was won by Barton, but Zhang Guan does not want Barton to be his deputy, any driver who aims to win the championship does not want to have an equally strong teammate.

In Formula 1, the two drivers of a team often have a distinction between the first and secondary, and the second driver of the team has the task of helping the number one driver to achieve a better position in addition to the good results. For example, in the Schumacher era, Schumacher's deputy would often take on the responsibility of blocking the opponent, so that Schumacher could lead more, and sometimes the deputy would give up his position to Schumacher even if he was ahead. So Schumacher won so many world championships, which is also closely related to the help of his teammates.

But if a team doesn't have No. 1 and No. 2 drivers, and both drivers are very strong, then there will inevitably be infighting. For example, in 2007, when Alonso and Hamilton were in the McLaren team, both of them were aiming for the world championship, and the consequence was that the two people on the same team fought in the race, and in one race, the two people originally occupied the first and second places, but they had to fight, and finally the two cars of their team almost collided.

In this sense, Barrichello may be a good candidate to assist his teammates in winning championships, and a driver of his age no longer has any ambitions, more than a contract pension; And Zhang Guan is the owner of the team, Barrichello, a wage earner, will definitely not be so blind to compete with the boss for the first place; What's more, Barrichello has had the experience of assisting Schumacher. When Schumacher won five consecutive titles from 2000 to 2004, his teammate was Barrichello.

Not necessarily if it were Patton. Barton was once seen as the successor of Schumacher when he was young, and was expected by British fans, but he has not achieved much in recent years, and he has been holding his breath in his heart. And during the McLaren period, Barton in history also competed with his teammate Hamilton for the championship position.

After some consideration, Zhang Guan still said: "I think we should keep Barrichello." ”

Ross Brown nodded, he didn't object, but glared at Zhang Guan meaningfully, as if he had seen through Zhang Guan's inner thoughts.

Barton is certainly more capable than Barrichello, and if Barton is retained, the new team may be able to earn more points, and Ross Brown is certainly well aware of this. However, Ross Brown obviously does not have to mess with the big boss of the team for this kind of thing, not to mention that Barrichello and Ross Brown also have a teacher-student friendship, when Ross Brown was the technical director of Ferrari, Barrichello was the second driver of Ferrari, and Ross Brown did not want to see his disciples lose their jobs.

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Barrichello looked anxious at his home in England.

The team found a new buyer, but Barrichello didn't hear that the team was going to renew his contract, and he felt that he was likely to lose his job.

Barrichello, who is 37 years old this year, is already a grandfather in the sport of motorsport, and he is the oldest of the active drivers, and with his age, if he is unemployed, it may be difficult to find a position as a regular driver.

"I wonder if the team will keep me if I don't want a salary? Maybe it's time for me to try racing in other sports? But at my age, I can only go to some low-level rally. Barrichello shook his head helplessly.

At this time, Barrichello's phone rang, and he glanced at the caller ID, it was Ross Brown. He immediately picked up the phone.

"Rubens, the team is ready to renew your contract! However, the price is not very high, after all, you also know the current situation of the team......" Ross Brown's voice sounded.

"Okay, no problem, I'm more than willing to continue playing for the team and I'm okay with a certain amount of pay cut!" Barrichello looked a little excited, and then asked, "Mr. Brown, who are my teammates for the new season?" Or Jane Barton? ”

"No, you're going to have a new partner, and someone you would never think of." Brown didn't continue to sell Guanzi, he continued: "Your new partner is our boss - Zhang Guan!" (To be continued.) )