Back at the team’s garage, the assembled team of technicians is conducting pre-race inspections following the steps.

This time, Liang Chi and the others are exceptionally serious, as they don’t want any stability issues to arise at the home race in China.

Many times, a home race for an F1 Driver is no longer just about earning results; it becomes more like a spiritual totem, similar to the 2008 Olympics held in the Bird’s Nest, where countless domestic athletes stood on the podium in tears.

On the other side, Trulli led his race engineer team and returned to the P room after completing the track walk a step earlier. Compared to Chen Xiangbei’s relaxed demeanor, his expression was very serious.

After the Australia Grand Prix, Trulli returned to the headquarters in London, United Kingdom, desperately driving the racing simulator in hopes of adapting to the characteristics of the new car upgrades in advance, thereby reversing Chen Xiangbei and dealing with Perez’s challenge.

No driver is willing to leave the F1 Paddock in desolation, and Trulli is even less willing to be kicked out by Briatore twice.

Whether for a seat or for his dignity, Trulli wants to stay.

However, the feedback after driving on the racing simulator almost broke Trulli’s heart.

He never imagined that Chen Xiangbei’s adaptability would be so extraordinary!

The theoretical speed of the new upgrade conditions is indeed fast, but the cost has turned from understeer to oversteer, often accompanied by various tail spins, almost feeling like driving a completely different car.

In his thirties, Trulli is considered an "older driver" of the previous era, where racing simulators were not mature, described as being akin to a "Little Overlord." Apart from familiarizing with the track, the actual training effect was equivalent to playing QQ Speed on the computer.

The older generation of drivers adapted to the car during on-track testing and often tuned conservatively to reduce car damage, as the car usually leaned toward understeer.

Suddenly encountering a car close to "tail spin," Trulli didn’t know how many times he crashed on the racing simulator.

If it were merely a matter of racing style, it wouldn’t be so bad. At the Australia Station, Chen Xiangbei also encountered the new upgrade package for the first time, with raw setup data that hadn’t even been tested in a wind tunnel, and faced a sudden rain race.

In Trulli’s eyes, the TF110 car in such conditions turned into a sled, but Chen Xiangbei adapted in just a few practice sessions, successfully reaching Q3 in qualifying.

Furthermore, without shared setup data, Chen Xiangbei achieved a podium finish in the rain race.

F1’s geniuses—a lot of them met by Trulli over his more than ten years of career.

Raikkonen, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel...

These all considered Trulli’s juniors.

Yet even those acclaimed as genius drivers still experienced adaptation and low points.

Except for Hamilton peaking at the start, no one could control the car just by idly driving.

Chen Xiangbei did it.

This talent is incredible to Trulli, and the conventional F1 genius standards may not describe him—might he become the next world champion or even the successor to the racing God?

Chen Xiangbei is unaware of Trulli’s simulator situation at headquarters in the United Kingdom, nor does he know the shock in his heart at this moment.

He only feels that the way Trulli is looking at him is a bit strange—perhaps Perez joining the team in advance has made Trulli feel threatened and uncomfortable?

"Trulli, was everything going smoothly on the track walk?"

Odetto spoke up to ask.

Even though he leans toward Chen Xiangbei, he is ultimately the chief race engineer for both drivers in name.

Odetto, especially aware of Trulli’s simulator driving condition, knows this veteran is not well adapted to the car with upgraded conditions.

Perez arriving in East Sea for track walking means either Mexican Telecommunications has made some promises, or he himself is eager to enter the F1 Paddock, possibly even planning to end his GP2 events early.

No matter which, it means there is not much time left for Trulli to adjust.

"Not bad."

Trulli nodded, not going to show weakness even if it didn’t go well.

Just after saying that, Trulli asked Chen Xiangbei: "Bei, how do you adjust yourself to adapt to an understeering car?"

If Perez hadn’t appeared, Trulli, despite that bit of pathetic self-esteem, would never have actively sought "advice" from Chen Xiangbei.

The reason is simple—rejected sharing car setup data in the previous race, and now seeks someone else’s experience.

It feels rather shameless...

But compared to face, Trulli wants to stay and is also curious.

To be honest, Trulli considers himself not lacking talent, at least capable of reaching the mid-range standard of drivers in the paddock and having "double-killed" freshman Alonso.

Why can’t he handle the new upgrade package?

In response to Trulli’s inquiry, Chen Xiangbei was a bit surprised, but he didn’t think much or hesitate, just replied.

"Feel the swing of the rear of the car, don’t resist slight corrections and adjustments in corners, and brake relatively early and smoothly to avoid skid in the corner by giving throttle early at the exit."

With no holding back, Chen Xiangbei shared Verstappen’s experience from later generations.

As for why not his own—the reason is simple: Chen Xiangbei has a rally driver’s foundation, preferring heavy late braking combined with precise front-end control, fundamentally different from Verstappen’s cornering logic.