F1: Absolute Car Feel

The broadcast at 2 minutes and 16 seconds of Chapter 280
The final race of the Formula One World Championship concluded yesterday in Abu Dhabi.

"After fierce competition in 19 races throughout the year, Wu Shi, a young driver from our country, won the overall driver's championship and achieved a historic breakthrough."

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The noise woke Wu Shi slowly, and he lifted the blanket covering him.

Louise was engrossed in watching television when she noticed he was awake and immediately said happily:
"Look, they're reporting on you!"

"Wu Shi won the world championship with an outstanding record of 6 stage wins and 16 podium finishes throughout the year, accumulating 342 points, 16 points ahead of second-placed British driver Lewis Hamilton."

"He created a miraculous season with his outstanding and consistent performance."

"This is not only the first driver in our country's history to achieve this achievement, but also the youngest person in the world to receive this achievement."

Louise listened and translated in Italian, making it seem as if Wu Shi didn't understand Chinese very well.

Wu Shi was both amused and exasperated. He patted Louise's head and then looked at the television.

This wasn't a live stream; it was a repost that Louise saw on YTP.

Wu Shi recognized the host; this was not a news broadcast at other times, but the 7 p.m. news program, "Xinwen Lianbo".

This broadcast was quite significant, and Wu Shi smiled as he watched it.

A name! Who wouldn't want one?

It was a full 2 ​​minutes and 16 seconds of broadcasting, while the news broadcast is usually only 30 minutes long!
However, Wu Shi also created too much history, which was too shocking.

This also reflects the fact that F1 has very low brand recognition in the country, forcing press releases to be written in greater detail.

It's also important to emphasize titles like "compared to the Olympics and the World Cup as the world's three major sporting events".

Otherwise, people who don't follow motorsports might not realize how valuable it is.

He waited until the entire news broadcast had finished before asking:
"They're all gone?"

"Yes, Mom has to attend a Ferrari meeting, Ms. Claire also has a lot of things to do, and the engineers need to prepare for tomorrow's tire tests."

Just then, the door opened and Wu Zhenlin walked in.

"Hey, our champion is finally awake! Perfect timing for lunch." Wu Zhenlin walked in.

"hey-hey."

Wu Shi laughed and got up.

"Go on, brush your teeth first." Wu Zhenlin waved his hand.

Wu Shi went to brush his teeth obediently.

After returning to the dining table, Wu Zhenlin asked:
"The evening news program on CCTV dedicated an entire page to reporting on your story, and my phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from reporters."

Wu Shi scratched his head, then heard a sound coming from the television.

"World-class formula"

"Why is it still replaying?" He turned his head to the side.

"Louise has been watching all morning!"

“Hey! Uncle Zhenlin!” Louise puffed out her cheeks.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, I won't say anything more." Wu Zhenlin laughed heartily.

Wu Shi laughed along, making Louise blush.

"When do you plan to return to China?" Wu Zhenlin asked.

Wu Shi took a moment to realize that his father had switched to "work mode" again.

However, now is certainly not a good time to relax.

Last night, after Massa had drunk too much, I soaked in the pool with him and told him about that part of his history.

There are too many secrets hidden behind 2008.

When discussing 2008, it was inevitable to talk about 2007, and the unexpected death of Ferrari's chief engineer, Nikil Stefan, last year.

“You are the world champion now, you have enough influence, but I think you still need your own power.”

"But F1 will not allow more people to come in and take a share of the pie. Your country has enough big companies. You should cooperate with them. Otherwise, you will never have enough power to fight against the unpredictable future."

Massa, after speaking from the bottom of his heart, still said with resentment:
"Bernie and his team knew about the crash well before the end of the 2008 season, but they didn't do any investigation. It wasn't until the summer of 2009, when Piquet Jr. exposed the incident due to internal conflicts within the team, that they took action."

"You know, if the investigation had started in 2008, the results of the Singapore Grand Prix would have been invalidated."

Wu Shi became a very good listener.

In his first year in the paddock, he was actually quite well protected.

But he also knew that this protection would not be permanent.

In fact, once he became a world champion, this protection was no longer sufficient.

So when his father brought this up, he didn't resist and said:

"Tomorrow I will also participate in the tire testing for the new season."

"I will also be attending the FIA's annual awards ceremony on December 4th, and after that, Williams should also have some plans."

Wu Zhenlin nodded and asked, "I heard from others that Williams' competitiveness will be very weak next year?"

Wu Shi scratched his head and said:
"Yes, this was somewhat expected. After all, we have already wasted too much manpower and resources for this year, and next year will definitely be very difficult."

"I don't know much about racing, so you'll have to judge for yourself. But as someone who's been there, I'll say a few words."

"You have to understand that when it comes to business, there's rarely any pure emotion involved; it's all about interests."

"This is completely different from interpersonal interactions."

The elderly father, Wu Zhenlin, couldn't help but offer some advice.

"I know."

Wu Shi smiled. There was no reason for him to be averse to Williams. If the time was right, he wouldn't hang on to Williams.

Perhaps this is because when parents share the same values, their words no longer sound like lecturing.

"That's good."

The two finally started chatting about everyday things, but after a few words, they realized there wasn't much left to talk about.

After all, this family is scattered all over the country all year round, and everyone is focused on their careers, so where would they find time for family matters?
The only thing they could talk about casually was Louise's school experience.

"Hey, do you want to get a diploma?" Wu Zhenlin suddenly asked when the topic of schools came up.

Why bother with this?

“If you’re going down the path of sports expertise, it’s always good to have more to say when introducing yourself,” Wu Zhenlin said with a smile.

"You're trying to fulfill your old dream of attending Tsinghua or Peking University, aren't you!"

"Hahaha!"

After chatting with his father for a while, Wu Shi saw him off to the airport.

"Tsk, he has a son who is a world champion in racing, but he can't even ride in the car his son drives," Wu Zhenlin lamented.

"That's because I don't have a civilian driver's license. I don't want to win the championship yesterday and end up in the police station taking pictures of me driving without a license today." Wu Shi said, both amused and exasperated.

"Hahaha."

Wu Zhenlin was very happy throughout the journey, and said to Wu Shi before entering the airport:

"I'll explore the domestic market first. I'm sure many large companies will consider it. In the end, having a team from our own country is the only way to succeed."

Wu Shi hadn't thought that far ahead; for domestic companies, the returns from investing in F1 didn't seem very high.

"Also, happy birthday in advance." Wu Zhenlin took a small box out of his pocket.

"Can we open it and take a look now?" Wu Shi asked.

"Of course." Wu Zhenlin nodded.

There's a key inside.

"Haha! We'll reveal the final answer when you get back to China."

Wu Zhenlin waved.

(End of this chapter)