Car Racing without Money-Chapter 281 - 133: Home Field Advantage

Skiing is considered the most suitable activity during the F1 winter break period.

"I understand."

Listening to Sawano Hiroyuki’s words, Chen Xiangbei nodded to show his understanding.

After breakfast, Chen Xiangbei went with the Super Dream Team’s "Strategy Group" members to the hotel meeting room to jointly analyze and research the "graduation gift" sent by Nakajima Goro.

Even Odetto, who habitually "arrives late and leaves early," stayed unusually in the meeting room to provide suggestions this time.

After all, the victory of this race holds significant meaning for Chen Xiangbei.

Winning the championship might directly lead to a leap into the F1 field.

If the results are poor, even the basic sponsorship could be affected, making the professional career increasingly difficult.

This means not only Chen Xiangbei but the entire team must give their all!

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Three days passed quickly, and soon it was the official start time of the 56th Grand Prix.

This year’s Grand Prix can be described as "unprecedented," as its historical competition process has been exceptionally intense, breaking multiple event speed records.

More importantly, this year’s Grand Prix coincides with the ten-year anniversary of the Australian Special Zone establishment, receiving strong support from the official top leadership.

Coupled with the hype of Chen Xiangbei being the first Chinese F1 test driver participating, the event has maxed out in terms of popularity and influence, attracting even many tourists who never paid attention to racing sports to Australia.

At six in the morning, when the sky was still dimly lit, Chen Xiangbei and his entire racing team moved to the East Bay Circuit’s racing building.

The reason is simple: pre-race preparation time is particularly tight!

It’s important to know that the greatest feature of the Australian Grand Prix is hosting car, motorcycle, and formula three cross-category events at the same time during race week.

This means that compared to regular single events, the difficulty of coordination and operation between different races is high, often resulting in uncontrollable accidents, even affecting the F3 event’s practice preparation time.

To avoid this situation, Chen Xiangbei chose the early bird gets the worm!

Additionally, Chen Xiangbei may lack experience on the East Ocean circuit, but he has at least driven an F3 car in a previous life.

The technician team led by Liang Chi not only lacks experience but hasn’t even touched an F3 car, yet they need to complete the entire car’s setup adjustment within a short forty-five minutes of practice time.

If a car damage accident occurs, they must ensure rapid repair.

Arriving early at the track’s maintenance station means they can get in touch with the F3 car sooner, allowing the technician team to become more familiar with it.

Sharpening skills at the last moment, even if not fast, better prepared!

At six thirty, the group arrived at the racing building. Chen Xiangbei thought he was early enough, but actually, the maintenance station area at this moment could be described with the phrase "packed with people."

Many teams and drivers, who also lack Grand Prix participation experience, had similar thoughts and arrived early for race preparation, not just Chen Xiangbei.

"Brother Bei, it seems everyone values the Grand Prix results quite a bit."

Seeing the lively scene ahead, A Yong couldn’t help but mutter.

"Of course, whoever wins the Grand Prix will be the king of F3!"

Chem Xiangbei replied passionately.

Although he reached F2 in his previous life, various restrictions on fundamentals and funding led to a career that was neither warming nor scintillating, lacking any absolute highlight moments.

Often seeing peers from the same grade winning championships on special tracks like the Grand Prix and Monaco, enjoying the spotlight and fame, he couldn’t help but feel a trace of envy.

This time, Chen Xiangbei finally has the opportunity and strength to challenge for this title.

"Brother Bei, when will you become the king of F3?"

A Yong asked, having recently re-watched Jet Li’s "Fearless," leaving a deep impression with its lines.

However, as soon as he spoke, Brother Lei gave him a flick on the forehead.

"Did you only watch half of the movie, kid? That line isn’t a good omen."

Chen Xiangbei smiled at this and then walked towards the P Room.

The Grand Prix not only has unique rules but also varies in the sizes and arrangements of P Rooms for each team.

There’s no need to elaborate on the sizes; Australia itself is a small area, and many things are built according to miniature standards, making the P Rooms half the size of regular tracks.

There is more to discuss in terms of arrangement. Due to the short length of the East Bay Circuit’s maintenance tunnel and hosting three different events simultaneously, it means preparing three times as many P Rooms for the teams.

What to do if the number of P Rooms isn’t enough?

Transform the single-sided arrangement of maintenance stations into a double-sided layout facing each other. This way, the same length of the maintenance tunnel can accommodate twice as many P Rooms.

For example, the entire row of Formula Team’s P Rooms is opposite the motorcycle team’s maintenance station, showing a stance of mutual non-interference.

At this moment, inside the Super Dream Team’s central P Room position, there is already a Formula racing car placed. Its appearance and structure are similar to the Renault car Chen Xiangbei drove before, both belonging to the single-seater Formula racing category.

However, in terms of aerodynamics and intrinsic performance, the two differ fundamentally.

This is a true F3 racing car with aerodynamic design!