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Kossel's subsequent words undoubtedly express his attitude. Did Zhang Yifei choose Xiaofu to join the F3000 team as a test driver, or would he plan to use the results of the next few stops to copy Kimi Raikkonen's miracle and directly enter the F1 team's sight.

If the latter is chosen, then Zhang Yifei must sweep the next few stops so that the F1 team can see the potential of talented drivers. Otherwise, no second F1 team will do the lottery-buying behavior like Sauber team.

"Mr. Adenauer, thank you very much, but I don't plan to be a test driver, but I want to hit a higher stage."

Zhang Yifei himself has a simple and crude style. He did not choose to go around and directly expressed his attitude to Adenauer.

Adenauer did not have any unexpected expressions about Zhang Yifei's reply, because when Cossel said that, he was basically destined to end.

Because he understands Cosel's adventurous character, since Cosel is willing to come out and become the competition engineer of this Chinese boy, then this Chinese newcomer must have something that attracts him.

Not to mention anything else, adventure and radical style are essential, otherwise Cosell would not be able to become a cowardly contest engineer.

"I respect your choice, and your choice is in line with Cosell's adventurous spirit."

"It's just that the number one and two drivers in our team are also very excellent young people. They can't provide you with higher positions. I hope we will have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."

If you want to become a formal driver in one step, you either have to be short of it or have a terrible strength, and you have seized the position of a formal driver.

The two current drivers of the Adenauer team are both considered to be good, at least Zhang Yifei does not have a clear advantage in crushing, so even if Adenauer thinks Zhang Yifei is very good and wants to sign him, there is no vacancy to make him a formal driver.

"I understand that if I have the chance in the future, I will consider working with Mr. Adenauer."

Zhang Yifei was also kind of polite, after all, business is unsuccessful and righteous.

Speaking of this, it basically means the end, so both sides stood up, and Zhang Yifei planned to be polite and send Adenauer to the door.

Seeing Zhang Yifei's actions, Cosel waved his hand directly at him and said, "You don't have to send it. Prepare for tomorrow's game and don't forget the bet between us."

"Don't worry, I won't forget, you're sure to lose."

After contacting this period, Zhang Yifei was also familiar with Cosell's personality. He was not as cowardly as he had asked for help before, so he directly argued with Cosell.

"Boy, I hope I can see you as confident tomorrow."

Kossel replied without hesitation, not worried at all that he would hurt Zhang Yifei's self-confidence.

After saying that, he and Adenauer walked out of the conference hall and several people walked towards the hotel gate.

As he distanced himself from Zhang Yifei, Adenauer couldn't help but say, "Cosell, what you requested for Fei, wouldn't you want him to become an F1 driver directly and copy Kimi's miracle?"

"What, can't it be?"

Kossel did not hide his request for Zhang Yifei. If he had not entered the level and ambition of F1, he would not have come out to coach at all.

An ordinary Formula driver undoubtedly lowered his grade.

"But, just a new Chinese guy, do you really think he can jump from the elementary equation to f1?"

"To be honest, if it weren't for seeing you as a flying race engineer, I wouldn't have come to invite you today. You should know that a pole player is too ordinary, but he can't get the qualification of a f3000 test driver at all."

Unlike Zhang Yifei's whimsical thoughts before and he doesn't like f3000, in fact, the f3000 team also doesn't like him at this stage.

You should know that he is only the runner-up in the branch and the pole position. If he doesn't win two main championships in Formula I this year, you are embarrassed to go out and say hello.

Just like the Renault 2000 European Cup that Zhang Yifei is participating in, there should be no less than ten of them with the title of Formula Elementary School Sub-Station. The number one seed like Masa, the number one winners in the sub-Station start at least five.

After all, Masabah-Chevrolet Formula Championship champion and Italian Formula Renault Formula Championship champion, and both won the sweeping posture. In these two Formula Championships, he contributed more than five sub-station titles to him.

Ardenner saw Zhang Yifei's performance in the qualifying competition today and agreed with his strength. But it is far from enough to ask the founder of a team to come and talk about it in person.

The real reason why he came here in person today was not because of Zhang Yifei, but because of Cosell's vision. So he was willing to take the position of a test driver to verify Zhang Yifei's potential.

But he didn't say these things in front of Zhang Yifei, after all, it was a little hurtful.

"Why can't you think that flying can go from primary equation to equation one?"

"Just because he is a new Chinese? Is it not about strength, but about race and nationality?"

Cosell's tone showed a hint of anger, and he could not understand the thoughts of despising others because of race or nationality.

No matter which country you come from, as long as you can show your strength, it is worth looking forward to.

Kossel never considered Zhang Yifei's identity and nationality. The reason why he was willing to be Zhang Yifei's competition engineer was initially because of Yamamoto Ukyo, and he trusted his students' vision.

Later, he was simply moved by Zhang Yifei's persistence and hard work. He had seen many students and youth training drivers, and very few could study and train for more than ten hours a day.

And Zhang Yifei is so self-conscious and persevering every day, he has never seen anyone in the professional team in those years!

God always favors those young people who work hard. Cosel also appreciates Zhang Yifei's spirit, so he can't accept it. These things do not depend on the driver's efforts, but only on the contempt of his origin!

"no, no, no, that's not what I mean."

Adenauer quickly explained, "You must know that Germany has experienced the Jewish incident in World War II. This aspect is a very sensitive topic, and Adenauer does not have the intention of despising this.

"Cosell, I just think that the foundation of flying is not very stable, which may lead to his upper limit bottleneck. It does not mean that he is a Chinese and his driving skills must be poor."

"No, it's completely different from what you think. Fei has a solid foundation, even completely beyond my expectations."

At this time, Cosel replied meaningfully. If he thought the biggest problem was about Zhang Yifei, it was that this kid had a solid foundation.

Judging from the driver's resume, Zhang Yifei has only been in contact with kart training for less than a year. He has never had any professional competition experience before, and is just an ordinary high school student in China.

However, during this period, Cosell found that Zhang Yifei's foundation was extremely solid, and it was needless to say that he controlled the driving. Basically, as long as he conveyed the instructions himself, Zhang Yifei could achieve his goal soon and was completely without any novice.

More importantly, I am giving the track data to Zhang Yifei. As long as this guy memorizes it, he will be able to drive it on the track the next day.

You should know that theory is one aspect, but in fact the track is another matter. Drivers without a solid foundation need to cross the line countless times before they can finally master these skills.

But Zhang Yifei is different. He can run seven or eight points on the first time he goes on the track, just like he has rich track experience, but he has not had enough good guidance data before, so he can't perform.

The problem arises. Zhang Yifei has less than one year's foundation in formulas and his age is here. He cannot have any professional competition experience before. How did he achieve such proficiency and basic skills?

Is a genius driver? After thinking about it, Cosell can only accept this explanation. After all, it is not surprising that one or two super geniuses have appeared in China's population of more than one billion.

"Is that true? Then I'm looking forward to seeing Fei's performance."

Adenauer cooperated and said, but he didn't believe it very much. He also found it difficult to understand why Cosell was so optimistic about such a Chinese boy, and he actually started to exaggerate it. This really did not conform to Cosell's style.

Just as Adenauer was about to get in the car and leave, he suddenly thought of something and turned to Cosel and said, "Cosel, if you really want to fly into the F1 team, the possibility is almost zero at present, you know that."

Kossel did not answer after hearing this. He did know that Zhang Yifei wanted to enter the F1 team, and the possibility was infinitely close to zero. Kimi was really occupied by both the right time, place and people, and Zhang Yifei's conditions were much worse than Kimi's in all aspects.

I am willing to believe that Chinese newcomers have created miracles, but there may not be many people in Europe who have the same idea.

"But now there is a chance, it depends on whether you are willing to try."

“What opportunity?”

"If Prost team, if they fly in Renault's European Cup, they may choose to take a gamble, but between you and the professor..."

The Prost team is an F1 team formed after McLaren driver "Professor" Prost and retired.

Because Prost was a Frenchman and received the support of French car manufacturers, he acquired the then-old French fleet Likiah in 1997 and named it after his own name and changed it to Prost fleet.

When it was just acquired, Prost team had a good performance, and got 21 points, ranking sixth in the team standings.

This is a good start for a new team that has just entered F1.

But later Prost stubbornly wanted to build a pure French team, and gave up the cheap and beautiful Honda engine and used the French-signed engine. As a result, the team's record collapsed, and only scored 1 point in a year, approaching the bottom.

This year is the year when Prost team has avalanche. The F1 Grand Prix is ​​now halfway through, and the two drivers have withdrawn more than 60%, and their points are even zero, creating the worst result in the team building.

If you are in trouble, you will think of change. The Prost team is almost at the end, which is even worse than the Sauber team, which is at the bottom in previous years.
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