Reborn F1 Forza Motorsport

Chapter 43 Silverstone ([-])

"I'm afraid it won't work, Schumacher is with Benetton and we are far away from them, maybe you can meet him after the race today."

"Ok."

Yang Hao was a little bit lost, and now he could only stay here with Ferrari, probably even Lewis couldn't see it.

Fortunately, today is the practice session and tomorrow afternoon is the qualifying session, so the entire maintenance area is basically talking and laughing.

"Yang, practice will start soon, you can see how F1 gets out of the pit lane here."

F1 practice sessions are divided into three sessions, each one hour long.If it starts in the morning, there will be a lunch break in the middle and the second session will start at [-]:[-] pm.

Ferrari didn't have any key competitiveness due to drivers in 95, so the ranking requirements were not that high.

"Where's Mr. Todd?"

"He should have gone to a meeting."

"about how long?"

"I don't know, what's the matter?"

"I want to go to McLaren, so I need Mr. Todd to lead the way."

"Let me ask you on the walkie-talkie for you."

"Ok."

During the call, the first Ferrari car set off from the maintenance gate on the right, and Yang Hao was always on standby at the gate.

"Mr. Todd said that he will come and take you there when the No. [-] car leaves."

"Ok."

Most of the maintenance stations are the same Sharp TVs, and one shows a lot of data that Yang Hao can't understand in half-color.

In this era, it is more used by the driver to judge whether the car is faulty than by the computer to detect the overall vehicle.

Radio communication is also very important at this time.

Therefore, it is rare to see such a high failure rate and withdrawal in a race in later generations. Most of the withdrawals are caused by serious car accidents.

However, at this time, it is also related to the fact that most drivers choose to race steadily. After all, there was a bizarre incident where two drivers died on one track last year.

You can even see some poor drivers being trapped for ten laps, which is why many people only remember Schumacher and Senna at that time, but not the champion of a certain year.

"Todd is here, you can go there, you can see it when you go out."

"Ok."

The passage is very busy, and people from various teams are walking around inside.

"Mr. Todd."

"You want to visit McLaren?"

"Well, I want to meet a friend."

"I haven't heard that you have friends at McLaren."

"Also the same age as me, he is the McLaren junior driver, Lewis Hamilton."

"Oh, Hamilton? He is very famous in the UK. It is said that he has won several championships in Europe."

"Let's go over and see if the young man is there."

When he came to the McLaren maintenance gate, Yang Hao saw the black children in the McLaren crowd.

"Lewis, Lewis."

Yang Hao's voice attracted the attention of many McLaren staff.

Newey also came over at this time.

"Why is Yang here, Todd is here in the McLaren pit lane, you shouldn't come in."

In fact, there are express regulations in each maintenance area that the staff of each team are not allowed to go to other teams unless the game is over.

Luckily, Todd was a manager and wasn't wearing overalls.

"I just brought Yang Hao here, and he said he wanted to meet his friend."

"Oh? Yang, I didn't know that Lewis was your friend. Well, leave Hao Yang to me, Mr. Todd, and I will show him around then."

"Well, just remember to bring Yang here at the end."

"That's up to Yang Hao himself. After all, I'm wearing work clothes, Todd."

Newey smiled and pointed to his McLaren clothes.

The red of McLaren and Ferrari is still in contrast, and they are dressed in black overalls.

"Then Yang Hao will be handed over to you." Todd had no choice but to turn around and walk out of the McLaren maintenance area.

"rest assured."

For some reason, Yang Hao felt more relaxed chatting here at McLaren, instead of listening to those people in Ferrari speaking incomprehensible French.

"Yang, who was that person just now?" Lewis was curious.

"That's Ferrari's youth training manager." Before Yang Hao could answer, Newey knelt down and said.

"But Yang, I really didn't know you were still friends with Lewis." Newey was surprised.

"Yang and I came out of the same college, but he came in two years later than me, but I am the same age as him." Lewis said with one hand on Yang Hao's shoulder.

"Yang, I am very glad that you can come to visit McLaren." Newey explained to Lewis that Yang Hao added a Ferrari driver.

"Yang, have you joined Ferrari yet?" Lewis was surprised because Yang Hao hadn't told him yet.

"Uh, I just initialed a promise with them and didn't officially join."

Yang Hao explained.

"Okay, now let's show you McLaren's F1 maintenance area." Newey signaled the two children to follow him.

In fact, the pit area of ​​each team is the same.

Yang Hao, a lot of McLaren staff, has seen it. After all, there are only so many people in the McLaren base, and many people greeted Yang Hao warmly.

However, when Newey introduced one of the active drivers, Yang Hao was taken aback for a moment.

"This is Mika Hakkinen, he is our pride, but if you want his autograph it will be a while, he will start the practice test soon."

Newey pointed to the people inside the car and said.

I have heard of Hakkinen's name, Yang Hao, the Flying Finn.

Hakkinen was also a very outstanding legendary driver in the McLaren era, especially in 95 when he suffered serious injuries, he was still able to beat Schumacher in 98 to become the world champion at that time.

This made Yang Hao waver in his choice between McLaren and Ferrari. After all, the current McLaren is much higher than Ferrari, although the reliability of the Mercedes engine currently used by McLaren is worrying.

Although another McLaren driver is not as famous as Hakkinen, he is also the champion driver Coulthard who has won the race.

However, Coulthard is more well-known for his collision with Schumacher on the Belgian track in 98. First, he caused a historic 13-car collision on the first lap, and then caused Schumacher to rear-end when he was lapped by Schumacher Forced to withdraw from the game, you can even see Schumacher yelling at someone angrily for the first time.

Yang Hao wants to join McLaren now, after all, the environment is more familiar, but because of some quarrels with the McLaren boss that he met before, he is a little hesitant.

After a round of introductions, Neway stopped to speak to the two children.

"If it's okay at noon, the higher-ups want you and Lewis to have lunch together in the box upstairs."

"Can my parents come over too?"

"Probably not, because the boss wants to have a chat with you two alone. But I can arrange a private room for your parents to eat in."

"Is there a phone here? I need to talk to my mother."

"Yes, come with me to the office."

Along the way, Lewis and Yang Hao chatted about their respective competitions. Lewis, who heard that Yang Hao had advanced to the mid group, was also very happy.

"I think if you come to McLaren then we can be teammates in Formula Ford."

Apparently Lewis would love to have Yang Ho on board.

"Do you remember what happened between me and the McLaren boss?"

Lewis knew what Young was talking about.

"I think you have already won so many championships, the boss should pay more attention to you and I have been with the boss for a long time, and I think he is not such a grudge."

When I came to Newey's office on the second floor, I didn't have any curiosity. After all, it was a temporary office and the room was relatively simple.

Yang Hao called his mother to let him know.

"Go, but you have to eat well when you eat, and decide your own future."

This is what my mother said.

It gave Yang Hao quite a headache. It was really hard for him to make up his mind. After thinking about it, he decided to meet and see.

From the second floor to the other side, after opening the door of the room, the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows can clearly see the scenery on the track and even beyond.

"Boss, the two of them are here."

"Well, Newey, why don't you join us for lunch, there's nothing to do in today's practice match."

(End of this chapter)