Meanwhile, it's Monday, a non-holiday, and there are far fewer people at midnight.

Also, it is the latest day before the start of the Grand Prix week, and with the race day approaching, more fans and tourists will flock to Australia.

Especially for this Grand Prix, it's the first time a Formula driver from China is participating, so surely there will be more spectators than ever before.

Monday is the only chance for Chen Xiangbei to run on this track in person!

"Okay, Monday it is."

Chen Xiangbei nodded.

Given the current situation, without a pre-run, relying solely on the thirty-minute practice session, mastering this track would be a daydream.

The Grand Prix results are crucial for Chen Xiangbei; it's the key step to advancing to F1, he can only win, not lose!

"So, where do you plan to go now?"

"To the hotel to meet up with Uncle Liang and the others."

After hearing Chen Xiangbei say he was going to the hotel, Qin Lianjie thought for a moment and replied, "I won't go back either, I'll stay at the same hotel with you guys."

Although the Hong Kong Island is adjacent to Australia, commuting back and forth takes hours.

Besides, Qin Lianjie is genuinely curious about what Chen Xiangbei's professional life is like.

And how, in just six months, did his driving skills improve like a monster!

"No problem, we'll head over now."

Chen Xiangbei nodded, then drove the Volkswagen R36 to lead the way, guiding Qin Lianjie's Camry to reach the hotel where the team members were staying.

This hotel isn't exactly bustling by Macau standards, but it has the advantage of being clean and quiet, making it perfect for the team members to rest before the race.

When Chen Xiangbei arrived, Ah Yong was already standing at the hotel entrance to welcome him, and upon seeing him, immediately gave a bear hug.

Fortunately, Chen Xiangbei's shoulder muscle strain had already recovered, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to withstand Ah Yong's hug.

"Brother Bei, I've missed you. Without you, the team has been like it's lost its backbone!"

Ah Yong's tone was a bit excited, as the team members' connection with Chen Xiangbei grew stronger; when he's not around, they really don't know what to do.

"Don't exaggerate, isn't Odetto still there?"

Chen Xiangbei replied with a smile; Odetto also came to Australia, nominally the team leader should be the backbone.

"He's been out early and back late with Mizutani these days, not sure what they're doing."

"Is Odetto here right now?"

"Yes, he's waiting for you in the hotel meeting room."

Upon hearing this, based on Chen Xiangbei's understanding of Odetto, the old man definitely hasn't been idle but has been preparing for the race.

So he called Qin Lianjie and led him to the hotel meeting room.

At this moment, inside the hotel meeting room, upon receiving the message that Chen Xiangbei was coming, all the team members had already gathered here waiting.

Of course, they weren't here to ceremoniously welcome Chen Xiangbei's "return to the team."

As Chen Xiangbei had guessed, there was extremely important pre-race preparation work.

When Qin Lianjie followed Chen Xiangbei into the meeting room, he was immediately taken aback by the orderly seating arrangement; who knew professional racing teams were this meticulous even off the track?

Chen Xiangbei briefly introduced Qin Lianjie to everyone; Liang Chi and Lu Xiaoman already knew him, and Sawano and other Japanese technical staff exchanged polite introductions.

Only the old man Odetto maintained his usual high-cold demeanor, a nod sufficed as a greeting.

After Chen Xiangbei took his seat, Odetto simply asked, "Ran the East Bay Circuit this afternoon?"

Just as Chen Xiangbei gradually familiarized himself with Odetto's character, Odetto similarly understood the nature of this Chinese kid.

Since Chen Xiangbei arrived in Australia this afternoon, there's no way he'd be out playing until evening before returning to the hotel.

So coming back at this late hour only meant one thing, the kid went for a pre-run of the track.

"Yes."

"Did you gain anything?"

"Not much."

In the afternoon, Chen Xiangbei only got familiar with the track layout, but for Formula racing, that was far from enough.

He at least needed to achieve centimeter-level precision!

Upon hearing this answer, Odetto signaled to Mizutani Sho.

The latter pressed the play button connected to the meeting room projector, revealing a map of the East Bay Circuit on the screen, and then the image zoomed in to show the individual cornering trajectories.

Seeing this, Chen Xiangbei was stunned; before returning to China, he already knew that neither Brawn GP Team nor Super Dream Team had years of data on the East Bay Circuit.

The reason was simple; they were all F1 teams, why bother collecting F3 race data?

It's like a college student wouldn't specifically organize middle school exercise books.

"Odetto, don't we not have data on the East Bay Circuit?"

Chen Xiangbei couldn't help but ask; Odetto wouldn't mislead him about this matter, would he?

"Not having doesn't mean we can't make it?"

"Or if it can't be made, you won't run?"

Odetto bluntly responded with two sentences, leaving Chen Xiangbei momentarily speechless.

Standing in the back, Qin Lianjie felt an invisible pressure from this scene.

Is this what an F1 team leader is like?

Truly assertive!

As for the team members inside the meeting room, they had long become accustomed to this scene.

Compared to the pressure exerted on Chen Xiangbei on the track, this pre-race discussion barely counted as an appetizer.

"We don't have real data on past years' drivers running the track, but that doesn't prevent us from creating a theoretical perfect lap for the East Bay Circuit."

"Just like making a simulator map, in these days Mizutani and I gathered public information from the road administration and went to the streets for field measurements to obtain the track surface condition, corner angles, curb height differences, etc."

"Then calculating through these data using computer simulation, we can derive the theoretical optimal cornering line and the ultimate perfect lap time."

Odetto described what he and Mizutani Sho had done; simply put, like the name "Formula," they recorded various cornering routes on the track, and through computer simulation and mathematical formulas, derived the best APEX point and "perfect lap."

Of course, just like the perfect lap in the racing simulator, it's only theoretical data.

In reality, limited by the venue, weather, track surface, or even interference from opponents, the racing route in the competition can't overlap with the theoretical cutting line; how close you can get to the "perfect lap" depends purely on the driver's understanding and performance.

Like the F1 Japan Grand Prix in '25, Renault Team's rookie Duhan applied his simulator experience to the practice session, with DRS fully open speeding through corners at 331km/h.

Even F1 drivers, tackling corners at full throttle to challenge the track's limits, are already walking the edge of control.

This guy went full throttle with DRS through corners, truly bringing the simulator's "game" into reality; if you don't crash, who will?

After saying this, Odetto pointed directly at Chen Xiangbei and added.

"Before the race starts, memorize all this data without making mistakes."

"You need to know, street races have no room for mistakes!"

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