According to the rules released by the FIA, after the practice sessions, only necessary fine-tuning on the car setup can be made, such as simple adjustments to the winglet angles.

If you want to change the engine power settings, you must get it done before the practice session ends, otherwise, it will be considered a violation and you'll be penalized with a grid drop.

This rule exists to enhance the viewership and unpredictability of the competition; otherwise, every team would prepare two sets of setups—one for top speed during the qualifying and another for the race.

Without the balance adjustment space, car performance would become the absolute ruler, and there would be no dark horses in qualifying and the race.

The root of the F1 history development and rule changes over so many years has always been about making the team strengths more equal, instead of the race outcome being a foregone conclusion before it even starts.

During the Mercedes Dynasty era, F1 viewership plummeted to the bottom, partly due to Schumacher's official retirement marking the end of an era, and the FIA's poor commercialization.

Another reason was that the Mercedes "Mars Rover" was too dominant.

The championship was certain to go to Mercedes with eyes closed, so why bother watching a one-sided race?

"Yes, team leader."

Sawano Hiroyuki responded and then pressed the voice communication button.

"Xiangbei, pit next lap."

"Roger."

Chen Xiangbei didn't know exactly what happened.

However, from the unusual actions of other teams on the track, he could roughly guess it related to the qualifying session.

As for Briatore's expression fluctuating between red and white at facing such team orders.

The long-standing "I rule supreme" team management style made him very dissatisfied with Odetto's offense to his authority, especially since this old guy was publicly mocking him in front of the whole team.

But Briatore also knew very well that Odetto had followed Chen Xiangbei throughout the journey.

Whether it's the team owner Kalanbant, or the major Chinese shareholders, they will undoubtedly support Odetto firmly, making it not easy to dismiss this eyesore and fully control the team's management rights.

Experiencing the taste of disliking the opponent but unable to deal with him, the Italian scoundrel finally experienced it firsthand.

In the past, others were the ones displeased with him.

Sote soon also issued a pit stop command to Trulli, whether he had already adapted to the car or not, he likewise had to switch to high-power mode.

The current situation of Trulli is very much like new drivers who have just joined the team, hoping to secure their seat through their performance.

Manager Briatore has already clearly sold the seat to the Mexican rookie Perez, the only obstacle being he hasn't gained absolute control yet, and being too excessive would meet opposition from other team shareholders.

To stay, Trulli must be exceptional, able to match or even surpass Chen Xiangbei, leaving Perez no chance to replace him!

But the problem now is Trulli is "getting old," he doesn't have the capability.

But passive dismissal and voluntary withdrawal are two things; whether it's Trulli himself or his race engineer Sote, they will do their utmost to stay in the paddock and continue driving F1 cars.

This means whether he can handle the car or not, Trulli has to keep pace with Chen Xiangbei.

If he's left far behind, there's truly no hope of turning the tables.

Of course, Odetto and others did not oppose the order issued by Sote.

Even though they didn't have faith in Trulli, every driver should have the opportunity for a do-or-die struggle.

Who knows, maybe a miracle could happen?

The two HRT Racing Cars entered the pits one after the other, announcing the early conclusion of the third practice.

Chen Xiangbei got out of the car cockpit and stood in front of the team control stand, originally intending to ask Odetto for the reason for the pit order.

But when he saw the lap time leaderboard, Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton had surpassed his fastest lap, he immediately understood Odetto's intention, the other teams' technician crews were already exerting efforts.

"Are you feeling the opponents are fast?"

Odetto saw Chen Xiangbei staring silently at the monitor screen and therefore asked proactively.

"No."

"This isn't fast enough?"

"I can be faster!"

Chen Xiangbei gave an extremely firm answer.

In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Xiangbei had completed three practice laps at the East Sea International Circuit. In actuality, he had been in a simulator for almost ten years! 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

1 minute 32.422 seconds is the limit of the TF110, not his limit.

"That's some spirit."

This time, Odetto finally gave a positive evaluation, also proving his decision was correct.

That would be letting Chen Xiangbei choose, he would also opt to try a high-power mode once!

"Does the car setup still need improvements anywhere?"

"The suspension is too hard, I can clearly feel the road changes, and the long-term minor bumps combined with heavy braking into corners put a lot of pressure on the neck."

Chen Xiangbei did not stubbornly persevere, sharing his experience at the East Sea International Circuit.

He indeed has extensive experience, but that was in the simulator and below the F1 level.

As the purest racing machine on Bluestar, the G-forces brought by an F1 car far exceed expectations, and lap after lap accumulates stress on the body, Chen Xiangbei realized it wasn't as easy as imagined.

F1 professional training is akin to the concept of bodybuilding for muscle growth; even with over a year of intense training, a regular high school student's physique still lacks sufficient neck-shoulder muscle thickness and strength.

Regular tracks are tolerable, but the hardest suspension paired with high G-force, Chen Xiangbei felt discomfort.