Car Racing without Money-Chapter 448 - 178: I Want to See Your Speed_3

Briatore’s crafty maneuver was also seen by him.

Back when he was with the Renault Team, Briatore already had a precedent of treating Trulli like "a Japanese".

Now that Trulli has fallen into his hands again, I’m afraid he’ll be squeezed to the limit by Briatore.

The winter test has just started, and out of concern for the drivers, Soter didn’t want the manager to go too far.

Briatore understood Soter’s concerns but didn’t show any reaction. In any case, the desired effect had been achieved, and Trulli’s lap was indeed very fast.

But it’s still not enough, so Hua Bu pressed the voice call button and informed Chen Xiangbei, who was getting ready to push.

"Xiangbei, Trulli just clocked a time of 1 minute 19.622 seconds."

"I hope to see even faster speeds from you."

[1 minute 19.622 seconds?]

Upon hearing this number, Chen Xiangbei was utterly astonished.

Historically, Trulli has been known for his fast lap times, reaching top driver standards within the paddock.

But can he really outpace me by more than two seconds?

Even Verstappen only has a little over a two-second gap over Latife!

Chen Xiangbei, starting from the Renault Formula, leveraged past life experience and present life efforts to bulldoze his way into the F1 Paddock.

This far, the "dividends" from his past life seem to have been exhausted.

However, Chen Xiangbei was acutely aware that he’s no longer the mediocre rookie from the F2 tier that failed at F1’s threshold in his previous life.

This time, he truly possessed top-notch car control and talent.

Yet, at the formal winter test, a gap of over two seconds emerged, making him doubt reality.

Is Trulli too good, or am I just too weak?

Regardless of the reason, Chen Xiangbei vowed not to surrender before fighting, determined to challenge his limits!

This time, he didn’t even bother with a "copy" voice response, instead stomping the pedal, unleashing the TF110 prototype’s potential.

The car’s speed climbed continuously, and paired with the tuning for extreme speed, Chen Xiangbei’s only pursuit was "fast"!

But the tuning and pursuit came at a cost.

When speed broke through the safety threshold, the car’s handling suddenly became much harder, and any slight mistake on a turn at the current speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour...

The outcome is uncertain, but the car would definitely be destroyed.

It’s fair to call such driving at extreme speeds, dancing on the edge of a blade.

In the P Room, the team’s strategy group and engineers synchronized with Chen Xiangbei’s car data and speed, showing complex emotions on their faces.

Surprise, delight, worry, doubt...

Mixed emotions left them speechless. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Uncle Liang, this car was calibrated based entirely on computer-simulated speed orientation without any adaptation to the Fei Ge driving style. I’m really worried it might be too aggressive for him to control the TF110,"

A Yong was a bit anxious as he spoke to Liang Chi beside him.

After all, he personally set the initial calibration based on simulated data, clearly aware of its extremity bias.

To some extent, over roughly a year in Europe, it wasn’t Chen Xiangbei who improved the most, but rather Chinese technician members including Liang Chi.

With Chen Xiangbei, there’s past foundation, but A Yong climbed from an ordinary Renault-level Formula mechanic in China to top-tier in an F1 racing team, securing a foothold step by step.

The overall growth speed can be described with the word "ascend".

Following months of training at Brawn GP’s headquarters and the Lifield Technology Center, combined with concerted study of cultural courses, they’ve genuinely understood the principles of F1 car structure, operation, maintenance, and tuning.

A Yong understood the control difficulty of extreme tuning and the consequences of losing control.

He used to think Odetto was aggressive enough, but now it seems the old Italian is only tough-talking but soft-hearted.

The new team manager, Briatore, is truly ruthless!

"I believe in Xiangbei’s strength."

Liang Chi replied calmly.

To be honest, A Yong’s mindset was something he had experienced many times, worrying that Chen Xiangbei couldn’t handle the car, causing an accident on the track.

But now he’s "come to terms" with it, this is the destiny of Chen Xiangbei or rather any driver.

"If you’re not ruthless, you can’t stand firm."

When facing someone as ruthless as Briatore, you have to be even more ruthless!

As the car went through T14 and T15 combined bends, Chen Xiangbei arrived at the last 90-degree right-angle bend.

At this point, his rear tire temperature exceeded the warning threshold, the braking force declined significantly due to brake fade, indicating that even without a long-distance test, signs of the TF110’s overheating were already emerging.

But at this moment, Chen Xiangbei didn’t bother paying attention to these things. He just wanted to know how fast he could go on this lap!

After all, it’s not just about being two seconds slower than other drivers, but two seconds slower than his teammate.

For an F1 driver, slowness might be due to the car.

But if you’re significantly slower than your teammate, you can’t find any reason, it can easily end your career.

The roar of the engine came from afar, then Chen Xiangbei drove the TF110 full throttle through the finish line.

Almost simultaneously, the track monitoring equipment had clocked the lap time.

minute 19.378 seconds!

Chen Xiangbei’s lap directly surpassed last year’s pole position and was 0.3 seconds faster than Trulli, who’s famous for his single-lap speed!

When this lap time was announced, not only were members of the HRT Team’s P Room shocked and surprised.

Even many in the pit watching other team members gasped.

"MAN! The Chinese rookie beat Trulli’s lap time, is this guy really that fast?"

"Breaking last year’s pole lap under the slipstream rake, even with significant improvement in this year’s energy recovery system, this performance is astounding?"

"Truly a groundbreaking jumper driver, it seems he truly has F1 level hard strength."

"MY GOD, no wonder Briatore was so arrogant at the press conference, stating that the Chinese driver Xiangbei can surpass Schumacher and Alonso, indeed overwhelming talent!"

To become an F1 group member, naturally, no one is a rookie, nor do they blindly denounce or exaggerate any driver.

Everything is about data speaking for itself!

Xiangebei being faster than Trulli could be attributed to various factors.

Like calibration bias, different test items, or simply Trulli not going all out.

After all, internal talks and competitions in the HRT Team wouldn’t be broadcasted through TR audio.

But surpassing last year’s pole lap time unequivocally proves that Xiangbei has something!

Bear in mind, this is only the first day of winter testing, if this speed continues developing, how fast can Xiangbei run on the final day?

F1 has seen drivers who amaze during winter tests.

Often, these drivers become the next paddock stars in F1.

Could it be that the focus of the 2010 F1 season will be a Chinese rookie?