169 He Lang's Awakening (Large Chapter)
After the award ceremony, Zhang Yifei followed the team members to the maintenance station. Perhaps because of the audience's ridicule, everyone was filled with anger, and even their celebration was weakened a lot.
"Hey, no, why do you feel even more angry than me? Isn't it just a little booing, a small scene!"
Zhang Yifei finally couldn't help but point it out. To be honest, he had no feelings about these booing and whistling sounds.
In 1999, a Chinese came to Europe to fight. Unless he admitted that he was not as good as a European driver, he was destined to face a lot of cold eyes and ridicule. This was already under the psychological preparation of Zhang Yifei.
"Ichifeijun is right. This kind of scene is normal. Some Japanese drivers came to Europe to fight and received a lot of criticism and criticism, such as Katayama Ukyo Senior, so don't be too angry."
Junko Takeda comforted her and said, in the 1980s and 1990s, many Japanese drivers competed in F1, such as Ukyo Katayama, Akuri Suzuki, Takatoshi Inoue, etc., which were ridiculed by people. The Japanese have seen it, but they didn't feel it much.
Of course, this has something to do with their food.
Compared with the Japanese habits, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi are the most unhappy. They have never experienced such a scene. They just want to win the championship and are beaten by the audience. They are still unreasonable?
Seeing the two of them angry, Zhang Yifei smiled and put his hand on their shoulders and said, "In the professional arena, being angry is useless. Only victory can win respect."
"At the next stop, I will shut up all the doubters."
When Zhang Yifei talked about it later, his tone was full of murderous aura. Although he was not very angry about ridicule, it did not mean that he liked to be ridiculed.
Especially the kind of contempt for Chinese drivers at heart is what Zhang Yifei cannot tolerate the most. If you want to break this prejudice, you must rely on your crushing strength to prove yourself.
He Ziling stood behind Zhang Yifei, looked at his back, and listened to Zhang Yifei's final cold and domineering words, and felt an indescribable strange feeling in her heart.
She had never seen Zhang Yifei like this before. There were only a few contacts in the school. This guy was almost always smiling.
At most, when he was in conflict with Li Tao, he was not as weak as before, and he was very powerful in the fight.
But at that time, she still had the childishness of a little boy, but now Zhang Yifei gave her a completely different feeling, more like a mature man, with his own goals, no longer the same impulse as a little boy.
Will a person have such a big change in half a year?
He Ziling didn't know the answer, but what she knew was that Zhang Yifei was very appreciated by her. After all, a hard-working man is the most handsome.
When we arrived at the repair station, the car happened to pass the post-race inspection by Renault and was placed in the center of the P-room.
Unlike ordinary sports athletes, the object of Formula Sports is racing.
After all, stimulants are almost of no help to drivers. You should know that the average heartbeat of 180 times in the main race. If you take stimulants, won’t your heart jump out?
Therefore, the "urinary inspection" of Formula events is to check the car's oil to ensure that there are no illegal additives to make the vehicle's horsepower abnormal. Also check the aerodynamic kit to see if there is any trouble.
When members of the Toyota technical team saw Zhang Yifei coming in, they all celebrated at him.
After all, an Asian driver can stand on the podium when he participates in the European Cup for the first time in Renault, which is definitely a breakthrough.
As soon as they arrived at the maintenance station, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi let go of their previous discomfort and began to join the Toyota technicians in the post-match maintenance work.
You should know that after a fierce race, the wear and tear of the car is very expensive. Whether it is tires, suspension, or parts such as the engine, it requires a major overhaul.
Compared with ordinary civilian cars that focus on durability, Formula racing is more like burning "life force" to gain speed and explosion. Without thorough post-race maintenance, the next stop is likely to leave Zhang Yifei on the track.
Zhang Yifei did not stay at the repair station, but returned to the hotel with Junko Takeda and He Ziling. Post-match inspection is the job of professional technicians, and drivers only need to drive.
After returning to the hotel, he took a shower and changed into loose clothes, Zhang Yifei felt as if he had recovered from the tense atmosphere of the event.
At this moment, Zhang Yifei's cell phone rang, it was He Lang's call.
Press the switch button, and He Lang's excited voice immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Yifei, congratulations to you for winning the runner-up in the branch. You're so beautiful!"
"You are well-informed and you will know so soon."
"I also know a lot of friends in the European competition circle, so it's not difficult to find out the results of the competition."
He Lang does know many friends in his European circle, but his greatest influence is not in the racing circle.
Because seriously, He Lang's rally level is currently in the world and can only be considered a second-rate or lower-level level. This kind of strength cannot give him much say in the European racing circle.
What makes him really amazing is Eton College, a school known as the "cradle of elites" that has cultivated countless celebrities in the British business and political circles.
Many visionary nobles or wealthy families will find ways to send their children in, because any classmate here may have connections and help in their future careers.
Connections represent money and efficiency, and are extremely important to upper-class people.
Of course, He Lang is not a person who likes to show off, and he has never told Zhang Yifei about these things.
"But Yifei, your style evaluation of this event doesn't seem to be very good. The Renault event promotion friend also told me that when Kubica accepted an exclusive interview after the game, he accused you of malicious overtaking during the game, which almost caused a series of major accidents."
"And there are many European drivers willing to jointly testify, which may have some negative impact on your future progress in equations."
Hearing this, Zhang Yifei frowned. Formula events are actually a small circle, especially at the F1 level. There are only about ten teams all year round, and they are the kind of people who look up and look down.
Zhang Yifei doesn't care how the outside world evaluates himself. Whether it is arrogant or arrogant, it doesn't matter.
Audiences and media are the easiest people to change. As long as you can conquer them with your strength, there are many people who turn from black to fans. Unlike the entertainment industry, the competitive sports circle only cares about their grades!
But there is a little trouble in the driver circle. They hold a lot of revenge. Take this opponent Masa for example. The idol was Senna, who was also a Brazilian.
However, because of the karting stage, I failed to find Senna's signature, so I changed from fans to fans. Later, I publicly claimed that Schumacher was his teacher and the best driver in history, which aroused the dissatisfaction and attacks of many Senna's fans.
After all, these two generations of car gods are as difficult as Guan Gong and Qin Qiong. No matter who is stronger, the other party can find reasons to argue.
As a professional driver, if you say this publicly and bluntly, you will naturally be criticized.
Once the driver circle and team bosses and the big guys behind them have a bad negative impression of themselves, their future career will be affected.
Under the same conditions, the big guys are naturally more willing to choose drivers with good image and popularity. After all, a large part of the team's income depends on sponsorship and advertisers. In addition to strength, image and popularity are also potential advantages in a sense.
To be honest, Zhang Yifei had never considered this before. After all, he had never been exposed to the top level of racing in his two lives.
He heard that Zhang Yifei didn't say anything on the other end of the phone, He Lang thought that his words scared Zhang Yifei.
So he quickly explained: "Yifei, it is actually not a big problem that the newcomer stage has a negative impact. As long as you can maintain your achievements in the future and pay attention to your own remarks and image PR, these can be saved."
"After all, those big bosses of the F1 team, considering signing a driver will not be so superficial to decide by their personal preferences."
"And then again, Chinese drivers also have other potential advantages, that is, the booming Chinese automobile market. This is a big cake. Whether it is the team or the FIA, they have already targeted this market and need an image spokesperson."
After all, He Lang is an elite from Eton University. He has a longer vision and sees greater commercial value behind it, that is, the entire Chinese market.
Now China's automobile industry is in a stage of booming development, and various joint venture manufacturers are constantly being established and have formed racing teams. The huge population also represents a very objective viewing traffic.
Fia has long been eyeing this market. When the Donghai International Racing Park is completed, it will be launched immediately on the F1 Donghai Grand Prix.
The same is true for team owners. Population represents the consumer market, and sponsors hope to have a Chinese driver to help them open up the market.
Hearing He Lang explaining quickly, Zhang Yifei naturally understood what he was worried about, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, my psychological quality is not so bad, and this kind of thing will not affect me."
"Kubica just wants to say it. Her mouth is on him, and I can't control it. If I meet again at the next stop, I'm sorry, I'll surpass him next time!"
Zhang Yifei replied with a domineering attitude, "What are the malicious intentions or not?" He drives quickly with his ability, so why can't he surpass him?
Moreover, no collision occurred during the process, which was a dangerous move. As for the joint evidence of other drivers, Zhang Yifei could probably understand that the sand and gravel he splashed made it difficult for the drivers behind him.
But I didn't do it on purpose. It would be nice to be able to control the racing car in that case. How can I fly if I can control the sand and gravel?
In Zhang Yifei's eyes, the reason why they did this was more like a group to suppress newcomers. Maybe they didn't have this idea, they were just dissatisfied with Zhang Yifei's splash of sand and gravel, or they were still disdainful of group to suppress them, but the result was almost the same.
If Zhang Yifei is really a pure newbie, facing this kind of "public anger is difficult to offend" scenario, he is likely to be under too much psychological pressure and perform abnormally.
Chapter completed!