Car Racing without Money-Chapter 346 - 150: You Need to Prove Yourself
Opportunities are fought for, not waited for!
During the time back at the team’s headquarters, Chen Xiangbei basically "lived" in the racing simulator and the fitness training machine, pulling a high-intensity twelve-hour training every day.
Seeing Chen Xiangbei’s desperate effort, the Brawn GP team doctor and trainer felt "afraid", not knowing how this young Chinese man could endure it.
Only Chen Xiangbei himself understood, having fallen at the F1 threshold once in his past life, he absolutely won’t allow it to happen a second time in this life!
In the simulator cockpit late at night, Chen Xiangbei was still driving, while Odetto and Lu Xiaoman stood at the rear control desk watching, helping to adjust his car data in real-time and monitor various physical data.
To be honest, Lu Xiaoman has at least passed the nutritionist certification. Although she’s not as professional as a real doctor, she is familiar with basic medical knowledge.
With Chen Xiangbei’s training intensity, without real-time monitoring of his body data, there’s concern of sudden death...
"Odetto, Xiangbei is really pushing himself too hard, shouldn’t you talk to him?"
Lu Xiaoman’s tone carried a trace of distress. Although Chen Xiangbei had trained intensively before, it was never as "crazy" as now.
The closer he gets to F1, the more it seems that Chen Xiangbei’s pressure intensifies.
"If he doesn’t push like this, he won’t conquer the Spa Circuit."
Odetto hadn’t talked with Chen Xiangbei before, but he vaguely understood his mindset.
Placed within any F1 circuit judgment standard, Spa is considered one of the god-level circuits.
It’s regarded as an ultra-high-speed circuit, where about seventy-two percent of the time per lap requires full throttle, second only to Monza Circuit’s seventy-six percent.
Additionally, the Spa Circuit is a mountain road with a height difference of up to 102 meters, and the Red River Bend is lauded as the most famous corner in F1 history. Every F1 driver views taking the corner at full throttle as a career challenge.
Chen Xiangbei’s biggest issue now is the insufficient muscle strength in the shoulder and neck areas.
Even with an F3 car at Spa’s Red River Bend, it can hit a super high speed of 280km/h and still control steering amidst exaggerated height differences.
If he can’t achieve more than seventy percent full throttle at Spa, no matter how precise Chen Xiangbei’s cornering line is, it won’t compare to others’ "strength creates miracles".
As a circuit where letting off the throttle makes you a coward, Chen Xiangbei must overcome the G-force!
Other than crazy training to adapt, there’s no other way.
"But..."
Lu Xiaoman still wanted to persuade him a bit, after all from the team, besides Odetto, even Liang Chi had no power to convince Chen Xiangbei now.
"There’s no but."
"If he can’t withstand the training intensity, how can he conquer F1?"
Odetto forcefully responded.
This is not just an F3 event; it is a warm-up race.
At that time, seventy thousand spectators and management from ten teams will be watching.
It’s a necessary step for Chen Xiangbei to enter the F1 Paddock, having already taken a "fight to the death" attitude, he can only win, not lose!
Regarding this, Lu Xiaoman could only sigh, the sensibility of a woman ultimately can’t fight against the rationality of a man.
Time passed day by day, and half a month quickly went by.
August 26, Thursday.
Chen Xiangbei brought all the members of the Super Dream Team to the Spa Circuit in the Ardennes Highlands of Belgium.
Compared to the "desolate" Renault-level events, the F1 Grand Prix, even on a non-race Thursday, can still be described as "bustling".
It must be known that the members of each F1 team’s crew are not just the ten or so people in the Renault Formula P bay.
The management, engineering team, technician team, logistics team, media liaison team, all together often total more than two hundred people.
And this is the number for a small team, while larger teams like Ferrari and Red Bull having more than four hundred members is quite normal.
With ten F1 teams arriving at the Spa Circuit, it means there are thousands in the pit lane’s P rooms, assembling equipment and conducting tests.
Aside from this, there are GP2 and F3 crew members, they similarly need equipment and car inspections.
Also, the two official drivers of F1 teams often choose this time to walk the circuit, enhancing their familiarity with it.
When the official drivers appear, it attracts fans and media alike, making it difficult not to be lively!
Looking at the busy scene ahead, Ayong expressed a longing feeling and said: "Big Brother Bei, truly worthy of an F1 race week, it’s spectacular."
"If it were the actual race day, it would be even more spectacular!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
With mixed emotions, Chen Xiangbei replied, in his past life, he had run a warm-up race as an F2 driver, knowing well what it’s like with tens of thousands of spectators cheering in the grandstands.
"Big Brother Bei, when you become an F1 driver, will our Super Dream Team be as grand as this?"
"Mm."
Chen Xiangbei smiled and nodded.
Just before Ayong could imagine the future scenes more, Odetto called Chen Xiangbei to head to the Brawn GP team P room to meet Ross Brown and the two official team drivers.
At this moment in the Brawn GP team P room, engineers and technicians carried out their respective responsibilities, adjusting the equipment. Ross Brown was leading the strategy team, discussing some details of tomorrow’s practice session with Barrichello and Button.
Seeing Chen Xiangbei and others enter, they temporarily stopped their discussion and came over to greet with pleasantries.
