Reborn F1 Forza Motorsport

Chapter 36 Test
"This is Bruce McLaren's first trophy and it represents McLaren's first trophy in the F1 era."

"Here are some photos from when I won the championship."

In fact, McLaren is still in the ranks of the top teams at this time.

Until later, because McLaren was unable to win various competitions all year round, the pressure on research and development increased sharply, and the investment of the Bahrain royal family in McLaren was decreasing, so that McLaren was even forced to sell its headquarters.

It is a tragedy in the world, a case where I have caused myself to be miserable because of too many projects.

"However, we have a very good karting driver joining this year, and his performance in Europe this year is also very good. I am looking forward to his performance in F1 in the future."

He knew who Newey was talking about, that is, Lewis Hamilton, but Newey didn't know that the driver who had high hopes from McLaren would choose Mercedes one day.

And became a legendary driver of Mercedes, not to blame Hamilton, but to blame McLaren's lack of funds in the later stage and the huge problems in developing vehicles.

"Okay, let's go to eat, you must be hungry, I will give you a canteen card, so you don't have to pay for your meals in the future."

The cafeteria is really big, and it is a bit like a buffet. There are many meals to choose from, and the environment is very clean, which is much more advanced than the school.

There were too many dishes for a while, so Yang Hao didn't know what to eat, so he ordered a curry rice and seafood soup.

"Many people also like to eat Indian curry."

"But as a driver you need to eat less, you need to eat more nutritious things."

"After all, you are now starting to help you train according to the standards of F1 drivers. You can eat these things every day after you retire in the future."

Newey smiled.

"That will have to wait until I am 30 years old, there are still more than 20 years."

"30 years old is not the age for F1 drivers to retire. They have to be at least 36 years old to retire, unless there is a serious accident in the middle."

Indeed, as Newey said, F1 racers have a long lifespan. Generally, they will stay in F1 for about 20 years after they come out of youth training. Schumacher was already 41 years old when he came back, and he could still win the championship.

So it is really more difficult to enter F1 than the national football team to enter the World Cup.

You need to be patient to wait for such an opportunity, and if you get the opportunity, you have to prove that you are worthy of that opportunity.

It can be said that although Zhou Guanyu's appearance was a coincidence that Kimi retired, but after these few games, he has proved that he deserves the last F1 driver's seat.

Don't forget, Mick Schumacher ran for a year without even getting a single point.

"We will conduct some physical tests on you in the afternoon to ensure that our training for you is effective."

This is the first time a series of physical examinations have been carried out in the team's medical room.

The check is very comprehensive, including your heartbeat, measurements and physical heart rate test for switchback running.

"These indicators are pretty good, but I'm a little worried about your physical measurement data. Your heart rate is very unstable when you run, and sometimes it's very high."

"This is what you need to pay attention to. Of course, for you now, these are just some habits that you need to change. You will not have formal special training until you enter the elementary formula competition in the future."

"Our kart training base is actually not here. It's just a research and development base. You can come back here after training every day to make a car."

The McLaren logo was everywhere, and he even spotted some McLaren roadsters from the era in the parking spaces.

I came to a huge circular building, "This is McLaren's office area, but there is a rest area specially prepared for drivers on the first floor."

There is a receptionist on this floor, asked the staff and came to a room.

This room is huge, with a living room, a bedroom and a small bathroom.

"You tidy up your things first, I'll wait for you on the first floor."

"Ok."

In fact, Yang Hao didn't have anything to tidy up. He probably just checked if there was anything missing, then closed the door, took the room card and left.

After meeting Newey in the lobby on the first floor, he got in the car and went to another factory building.

You can clearly see a winding indoor track and an outdoor track outside.

Both tracks were empty, though.

"Because it's race week, you can hardly see our drivers training in it, they are all competing in races all over the world."

"You need an employee card to enter, and it will be made for you after you finish training today."

"Okay, let's start the first step. First of all, you need to follow me to do a set of stretching exercises and warm-up exercises before practicing on the field. This is very important."

"I don't think your college has done it?"

"I had a friend who taught me some warm-ups when I was at the academy."

"Oh?"

"Then we can quickly adapt to this rhythm."

After a set of movements, Yang Hao was quite tired, but he was not out of breath.

Because each action has a time limit of not less than 30 seconds.

"Half an hour rest, then we get in the car and start the indoor and outdoor testing."

After about half an hour of rest, Newey also pushed a go-kart to the track.

Entering the track, Yang Hao found that it seemed to be a little bigger than the academy track.

"This track seems to be a little wider."

"Your observation is very careful. This is built according to European standards, and the length of the outdoor track is the same."

"So, it may be more difficult for you because the distance of the track has become longer."

"This is your racing suit first. It may be too big or too small. We have contacted your academy and they said they will send the racing suit with the car."

"Thank you."

The racing suit is okay, not too big.On the contrary, the helmet is a bit too big, and it is a bit shaky when worn on the head.

"Get started when you're ready."

"Ah."

Fasten your seat belt, Yang Hao started.

The racing track of the team is indeed different, the road surface is very flat and you can't feel any bumps on the road.

However, the accelerator brake of this car is also different from that of my own car. It is difficult to control the brake to slow down when turning.

Fortunately, Yang Hao has been able to use karts to the end without being limited to one car.

He can adapt to the brakes and accelerators of the new car in one lap.

The steering wheel also adapted to the size of the turn within one lap, and from the second lap, it was possible to complete the lap without making mistakes.

This aroused the interest of Newey on one side. Generally, few people can adapt to the new car within one lap.

No wonder it caught Todd's fancy.

In the third lap, Yang Hao could already do the push lap. Yang Hao even felt that this track was simpler than the previous college track, because he didn’t even need to stick to the red and white baffles to go through the U-turn.

Around the middle of the fourth lap I heard Newey yelling through a loudspeaker.

"After this lap, we will stop and go to the outdoor arena."

Yang Hao slowed down slowly and parked the car next to Newey.

"We're not going there, you're going to drive another one."

Newey wants to do more tests on Yang Hao to see if he can adapt to continuous car changes, because in F1, the car is often repaired after one race, and the car adjustments are different in each race.

Because of the F1 schedule and the time limit for developing vehicles, the drivers do not have much time to adapt to changes in the vehicle, and basically rely on practice sessions to adapt to the vehicle.

(End of this chapter)