The old muscle tear in Sawano Hiroyuki's shoulder still haunts him somewhat.

He fears a repeat of the past.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Chen Xiangbei replied firmly, though he might still have some concerns about F1 racing cars.

For the current Chen Xiangbei, an F3 racecar is just a "toy"!

With private testing at the Catalonia Circuit and training at the Blakeley headquarters factory, Chen Xiangbei has undergone transformative progress and change.

He now somewhat understands why the FIA strictly bans private testing; even rookie tests with old cars can still greatly enhance a driver's skills.

If it were a new car, then the smaller teams wouldn't stand a chance.

Odetto listened to the conversation between the two without saying much, his gaze turned towards many other F1 drivers and their teams also on the track.

Compared to the few people around Chen Xiangbei, an F1 team has at least seven or eight individuals, including not only the drivers and race engineers but also a professional PR media team filming them.

The F1 team promotional materials seen on TV and the internet are filmed this way.

Of course, Odetto's focus was not on their PR media team; he seemed more caught up in memories.

Whether it was during the days at Ferrari or the time as the team manager at Super Aguri, it all seemed like yesterday.

However, with Chen Xiangbei's arrival, there's a chance that tomorrow might rewrite history very soon!

Following Odetto's gaze, Chen Xiangbei also noticed the F1 drivers on the circuit.

Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen...

These renowned drivers, familiar to future generations, now appear before Chen Xiangbei.

Each of them represents an era or a dynasty of a team.

For example, Hamilton's Mercedes Dynasty, Vettel's Red Bull Dynasty, Alonso's Renault Dynasty.

Even Kimi Raikkonen was the last world champion for Ferrari Team.

The gathering of numerous F1 drivers makes the Spa Circuit seem like a realm of geniuses!

However, at this moment, Chen Xiangbei was just a minor character in their eyes, hardly garnering any attention.

The F1 drivers might not focus on Chen Xiangbei, but that doesn't mean he's an obscure "extra" in the paddock.

Drivers of the same level in F3 place Chen Xiangbei as their strongest opponent!

Compared to the Renault Formula, the F3 series under the FIA is more like a "gathering of talents."

Just the fact that five or six drivers eventually advance to F1 teams, among them well-known drivers like Bottas, Ricardo, and Bianchi.

Bottas and Ricardo need no further introduction; both were dubbed top prodigies upon debut, once considered championship contenders.

Only one encountered Hamilton, reducing to a second driver like Barrichello.

The other had a meteoric rise and fall, getting wrecked by the aging Vettel at Red Bull, and when the world thought the next world champion would emerge, Ricardo was rewarded with the historically talented teammate Verstappen.

Unsurprisingly, Ricardo was crushed...

Bianchi became known due to an accident, namely the 2014 Japan Grand Prix, where he crashed into a crane removing another car in the rain, suffered a severe head injury, and after a grueling nine-month battle, unfortunately passed away.

F1 racing is indeed dangerous in many instances.

During the "wild era," one in five drivers perished on the track, a ratio that exceeded all other sports.

F1 three-time champion Stewart once described F1 races: During that era, my best friends and the best drivers couldn't survive, allowing me to win championships.

However, this high fatality rate bizarrely halted after Senna's death in 1994.

For the next twenty years, no driver fatality occurred until Bianchi.

At this time, Bianchi was at the pinnacle of his life, winning the Renault Formula championship in 2007, placing third in the F3 European series in 2008, and currently leading the points standings upon his return this year.

Historically, he outperformed Bottas to win the 2009 overall championship!

Of course, these are stories for later, as it's still unknown who the current champion will be.

The results of Chen Xiangbei's test at the Catalonia Circuit, due to the postponement of the rookie winter test, are no secret within the paddock at least.

Being only 0.2 seconds off the official team driver is undoubtedly an astounding lap time.

However, just based on this result, it mostly only puts pressure on Bottas and others, making them "fear" is impossible.

One must know that these drivers are all prodigies who won their way up and have long been sought after by the youth training teams of major F1 teams, many having already experienced F1 rookie tests.

Especially Ricardo, who belongs to the Red Bull Racing Team's youth system, with his internal testing speed rumored to have reached a "terrifying" level.

In a sense, due to the public nature of Chen Xiangbei's test results, he is the "great demon king" standing in the open.

In fact, in private, test results not inferior to his exist as well.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiangbei has a god's perspective, and Bottas, the "single lap king," and Ricardo, the "talent monster," have long been on his list of opponents.

As they study Chen Xiangbei, he is studying them as well!

After seven kilometers of circuit walking, Mizutani Sho's tablet is densely scribbled with track features and road conditions.

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