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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Renault Gala was held. The purpose of this Gala was to celebrate Renault's acquisition of the Benetton team and returned to the F1 paddock again after fifteen years.

Just like congratulations, almost all the management of the F1 team will be present tonight, which will be a Formula Racing event.

In addition to these team management, only two Formula drivers were invited to participate, not the superstar drivers that many people think, such as Schumacher. Instead, Zhang Yifei and Kubica became representatives of Renault drivers and qualified to participate in the party.

Renault’s meaning is very clear, that is, let the Renault Formula currently have the best results and two most promising drivers attend the party, and give them a chance to show themselves in front of the F1 boss.

If someone can negotiate with the F1 team and copy Kimi's miracle of successfully entering the F1, this will push Renault-like Formula Racing to a higher and more popular position.

After all, except for Renault's Formula Elementary, other manufacturers' Formula Series did not create a feat that allows Formula Elementary drivers to directly enter the F1 team.

It’s just a pity that Zhang Yifei was the only driver who arrived at the party. Kubica was disqualified from the invitation due to her extreme actions at the press conference.

Zhang Yifei and Cosell arrived at the banquet hall early, perhaps because it was too early, so there were not many guests in the banquet hall.

Kossel glanced at the scene and did not find the acquaintance he knew. It was still early now. Generally, F1 bosses pay attention to the arrangement, and no one would arrive so much in advance.

Of course, it may also be that Kossell has been away from the F1 paddock for nearly ten years, and he doesn't know much about the new management of many teams.

After all, with the hot character of this old German man, he is not a sociable type. Not to mention that after ten years, even though he was in McLaren, he probably wouldn't be able to talk to him much.

The two of them found a corner to sit down, then ordered two glasses of juice from the waiter, and quietly waited for the others to enter.

However, what surprised Zhang Yifei was that Cosell's social level was not as "introverted" as he thought. Basically, most of the F1 management teams who came in later could be named, and even introduced them to Zhang Yifei.

"The one who comes in now is Eddie Jordan, the founder of the F1 Jordan team. He was a Formula driver in his early years. He started as a F3 team and entered the F1 field in 1991. It is very similar to Adenauer's experience."

"Jordan's team has a relatively weak capital and has always been at the middle and lower level. However, with Frenzen joining this year, he is very famous in cooperation with veteran Damon Hill. This year's team is in a strong momentum and has already set a record of the best results in history."

"If there is no major change, this pair of combination has already achieved initial results and will not be replaced easily."

Kossel not only introduced the team management to Zhang Yifei, but explained to him whether there are "vacancies" in the current situation of these teams. This gave Zhang Yifei a clear understanding of the F1 team that he could contact.

After talking about the Jordan team, Cosell continued to introduce it to another person.

"Claudio Lombardi, the leader of Ferrari, has a strong business ability. He signed Schumacher and Barrichello. This is a very competitive driver combination. I expect Ferrari's results to explode."

Kossell did not say whether Ferrari would substitute, because the answer was already very obvious. This pair was the match of the drivers of the championship team. Does Ferrari not want Schumacher to Zhang Yifei?

Kossel's vision is very accurate. In history, it was from 2000 that Ferrari can be described as sweeping in the F1 arena. The achievements of five consecutive championships have made other F1 teams feel a deep despair.

"Behind is Roger Sylman, the new executive director of Arrows. Arrows' current financial situation is very bad. He has experienced several resales and acquisitions in recent years. His financial situation is very bad, and his drivers are not stable, so there may be opportunities."

Hearing the name of the Arrows Team, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but think of Hank who was in the Toyota Youth Training Team before. His father seemed to be one of the investors of the Arrows Team.

Before Zhang Yifei arrived in Germany, Toyota was in contact with the Arrows and wanted to acquire it. This was not the first time that the Arrows team was acquired by a Japanese company. As early as 1989, it was acquired by Japanese footwork.

In history, Zhang Yifei remembers that it seemed like the Flying Arrows team did not find the next one to take over. After a few years, he went bankrupt in 2003 and owed a pi debt.

However, before the official announcement of bankruptcy, the Arrows had not participated in the 2002 season, so to be precise, the Arrows would collapse in 2001, and it was only less than two years before.

I just don’t know if the history of this world will change, and whether Toyota is willing to take over this deal.

If Toyota had not taken over, even if the Arrows team was willing to sign Zhang Yifei to become an official driver, Zhang Yifei would not have joined.

Because in history, Frenzen and Verstappen, the drivers of the Arrow Team, have also been to court in order to arrears of wages.

Zhang Yifei didn't expect that he would go out of business for a year in vain and would not get a penny of salary. He would have to stage a farce for asking for salary, so he was directly excluded from the Flying Arrows Convoy.

After introducing these people, several team managers came in one after another, including Martin Whitmarsh, the former boss of Cosell's former boss, McLaren team. As well as his former colleague, Alan Prost, the founder of the Prost team.

Seeing these people appear, Cosell's face read a sigh. Maybe he didn't expect that after nearly ten years, he would return to the f1 paddock and meet these old acquaintances again.

Because Zhang Yifei and Cosel were sitting in the corner, these old acquaintances did not notice Cosel, and Cosel did not choose to go over and say hello or something.

At this moment, a man wearing a baseball cap walked in and attracted Zhang Yifei's gaze.

Because of this kind of dinner party, they basically attended in formal clothes, even Zhang Yifei himself had a suit to support the scene. The man in front of him was wearing a baseball cap, which was obviously very abrupt outside of such occasions.

However, what surprised Zhang Yifei was that the senior executives of the team present did not look dissatisfied because the person in front of him was wearing a baseball cap. Many people even went to say hello to him, and it was obvious that this person's status or reputation was relatively high.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei saw a scarred face under the baseball cap.

When he saw this scene, Zhang Yifei immediately understood that because in the entire F1 circle, only one person who could be so respected by his colleagues and had a large scar on his face was Nicky Lauda.

But Zhang Yifei didn't understand. It was 1999 now. He remembered that Lauda retired in 1985 and ran his own airline. How could it appear at tonight's Renault Gala?

"Cosel, that's probably Nicky Lauda. How could he appear here? Didn't he quit F1?"

"During this period, not only Renault acquired Benetton, but another team was acquired, that is, the Stewart team, which was acquired by Ford Group in the United States and renamed the Jaguars."

"Lauda took over the CEO of the Jaguars with the support of the Ford Group and stepped back into the F1 paddock."

Hearing Cosel's answer, Zhang Yifei looked at him with a little surprise and said, "Cosel, it seems that you have been withdrawing from F1 for more than ten years and the news is still well-informed. The information that Junko Takeda gave me did not contain Stewart's acquisition."

"Because that's not the latest information."

Cosel replied lightly, with a sense of invisible pretentiousness.

Just when Zhang Yifei was planning to continue to praise Kossel's well-informed words, he felt Lauda's gaze and was looking at his position.

Did Lauda know Cosell?

Zhang Yifei recalled the information he had read during this period. It seemed that his last retirement in Lauda was in McLaren, and he also became teammates with "Professor" Prost.

It seems that Cosell was already in McLaren at that time, so it is no surprise that the two of them know each other.

However, Zhang Yifei soon felt something was wrong, that was that Lauda just nodded to Cosel, but locked his eyes on him.

This made Zhang Yifei puzzled. Logically speaking, he and Cosell were acquaintances, and they probably hadn't seen each other for many years. It was normal to have a look of eye contact and even say a few words.

But he didn't know Lao Da at all. For Zhang Yifei, Lao Da was even more like a legendary figure in his impression. He felt like he was unrealistic when he appeared in front of him.

Why did he look at him? Is it really because he is handsome?

Of course, this was just a joke. After Zhang Yifei and Lauda looked at each other for a few seconds, they looked at Cosell, wanting to find an answer from him.

Cosel naturally saw this scene. He thought Lauda was saying hello to him, but unexpectedly he turned his attention to Zhang Yifei, which made him puzzled.

However, Lauda only stared at him for a few seconds before being interrupted by the person next to him, and then he did not look at Zhang Yifei again.

"Cosell, why do I feel like Lauda knows me?"

"You'll know if you go and ask."

“…”.

Zhang Yifei suddenly felt speechless. You said this old German man was not right, why did he feel that he could not chat?

As the management of the F1 team gradually arrived, Renault's vice president also appeared in the banquet hall, and gentle music began to sound. Everyone smiled and started talking and contacting each other, or taking advantage of this opportunity to reach some commercial cooperation.

But there was someone who didn't integrate into this environment. He was sitting alone in front of the bar, drinking a glass of whiskey of heights. This person was "Professor" Prost.

"When the professor finally made a mistake in making a mistake, today is not a good day for him."
Chapter completed!