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There is no reason why Cosell said this. It can be said that Renault's success in acquiring Benetton today represents the complete failure of Prost team!

In 1997, Prost acquired the French team Likiah, and achieved remarkable results that year, with 21 points, ranking sixth in the team's total points.

This is definitely a gratifying result for a new team joining F1. It stands directly at the middle level of the F1 team and shows its potential.

At that time, Prost was full of energy and planned to build the team into "a pure French team, the cradle of young French racing talents."

Just as later generations have paid attention to internationalization, the F1 team always depends on strength and quality when choosing drivers and engine suppliers. It is impossible to deliberately choose some "defective products" because of the drivers and engine suppliers' nationality.

But Prost didn't think so. He wanted to build a pure French team, abandon the affordable Honda engine, and use the not-so-good French Peugeot engine.

In an instant, Prost's record plummeted. He only scored 1 point in the second year, and directly changed from sixth to the bottom team.

This cliff-like fall in performance directly caused Prost to be criticized. Many people believe that if he continues to hold on to the narrow national convoy, he will eventually lead the French convoy on the road of no return.

In fact, this is true. The team's performance in the second year has not improved significantly. Even the engine supplier, Peugeot Group, was under great pressure to believe that they provide garbage engines.

Of course, compared with the previous Honda engines, Peugeot does not have enough skills in the f1 engine, and it is very behind in terms of power and stability, which has led to the deterioration of the relationship between Peugeot and Prost team.

By 2000, Prost's team collapsed completely and only scored 0 points throughout the year. It basically had no competitiveness and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

It's also touching. Even if Prost scored 0 points, it was still not at the bottom. There was also a team called Minardi tied with it...

However, in the end, the dilemma of these two brothers went bankrupt and the other was acquired by Red Bull, and was changed to Red Bull II.

This is what Prost is stubborn. In fact, before bankruptcy, Prost still had a chance to survive. For example, there were Saudi princes and the Delae brothers, the shareholders of Daewoo Automobile in South Korea, who had contacted Prost.

It was only Prost who insisted on waiting for an ideal French sponsor to give up control of the fleet, and the bottom line was that the team name could not be changed.

The problem is that others want profit and fame when taking over the market. The mall is not here to talk to you about your ideal place. It is almost going to go bankrupt and still picky. It would be strange if this is endless.

In fact, at this time, Prost always had the best choice in his heart, that is, Renault, which is also a French company.

Renault once formed the F1 team and has always been an engine supplier for F1 racing. It was rumored that they wanted to return to the F1 arena, which was the best choice for Prost.

Unexpectedly, Renault just refused to save himself, but instead acquired the Benetton fleet. This was simply the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. Prost now felt a sense of despair, and even hated Renault.

This is true in history. Just the day before the Prost team announced its end of operations, Renault officially announced its return to F1. I have to say that this is an irony!

Of course, history has changed now, and the Prost team has not yet completely collapsed and is still breathing. However, Renault's party today is equivalent to announcing the death penalty for the Prost team.

"Prost, I didn't expect that you would be good at calculating for the rest of your life, but you failed to form a fleet."

Cosel sat next to Prost and said in a mocking tone.

Back then, he hated Prost's calculating personality, thinking that he was not good at being bloody and radical enough, which completely showed the speed and passion of racing.

Unexpectedly, Prost had been planning for the rest of his life, but he was so stubborn in forming a fleet, and he was even on the verge of bankruptcy and was unwilling to give up his ideals and original intentions.

Although Cosell used a mocking tone, to be honest, he didn't want to laugh at Prost. At least he persisted until the end as an idealist.

Hearing this, Prost looked at the side and was surprised when he found it was Cosell.

"Why are you here?"

Prost had never expected that he would meet Cosell at the Renault party. It was almost ten years since the last time the two met.

"You can even come out of the mountain to form an F1 team. What's so strange about me entering the F1 paddock again?"

When he heard Cosell say that he would form the F1 team, Prost smiled bitterly on his face. It might soon be that this team will no longer belong to him.

"Which team are you in, McLaren?"

Cosell spent his career in McLaren. If he came out, if nothing unexpected happens, it would be McLaren.

"I didn't join the team, I'm considered a race engineer for individual drivers."

"No convoy?"

Now it was Prost's turn to be puzzled. Even F1 sponsors paid drivers, they all joined the team.

To even take a step back, the f3000 level, or the f3 events below, are basically professional teams occupying the mainstream, and few individual paid drivers can gain a foothold.

Because when it comes to advanced equations, many things are no longer as simple as simple racing, but rather a complex racing project, and individual drivers cannot handle all of this.

As for the following primary equation, or karting, Prost didn't even think about it. How could a person like Kossel, who came out of the F1 strategy group, go to the primary equation?

It was only soon that Cosel's answer broke through Prost's imagination.

"Yes, I don't have a team, I'm just a race engineer for a Renault Formula Junior driver."

"How is it possible that your personality will go to the primary equation?"

Prost couldn't believe that although nearly ten years have passed, some of the memories of working together can still appear in Cosell's mind.

Kossell was known for his radicalism and popularity in McLaren's strategy group back then. He couldn't even accept the conservative plan of the F1 driver. Can he go to Formula Elementary, a stadium that can be called "entertainment mode"?

"Don't believe it, do you? The driver I guided is there."

After saying that, Cosel turned his body sideways and pointed his hand in the direction of Zhang Yifei.

"Chinese drivers fly?"

Prost called out Zhang Yifei's name, just as Kossel had previously guessed, only the F1 team with poor grades would choose to take a different approach and focus on Formula Elementary drivers.

This is the case now. Even though Prost has always wanted to build a purely French team, the situation no longer allows him to remain stubborn.

Moreover, as the team's performance declined, it had a great impact on sponsors. The team's finances became very tight and could no longer pay high salaries. If you sign a more powerful driver, you can only find ways to get a bargain from the elementary formula.

As it turns out, this method is feasible. The two that Sauber team picked up, especially Kimi Raikkonen, have already demonstrated the characteristics of a first-class F1 driver and have now won 6 points.

There are even rumors that McLaren Cyo Ron Dennis admires Kimi very much and has sent him an invitation. If nothing unexpected happens, he will transfer to McLaren next season.

This will receive a considerable transfer fee for the Sauber team, which will alleviate the team's financial crisis.

So Prost also looked at the Renault Formula, a player like Zhang Yifei who often made arrogant remarks on TV and won the Hoganheim branch championship, which was difficult to not attract attention.

"Yes, I'm the flying race engineer now."

Kossel admitted without any concealment that this may be a shame for others. After all, he had been in F1 and now he has become a junior driver's racing engineer.

But Kossel didn't care about this, and no one would laugh at it. Because he had proved his strength in McLaren and won the driver's championship with Senna.

It’s like the rich man pretending to be poor in the future is called experiencing life, and the poor man pretending to be rich is called vanity. Strength is the factor that determines attitude.

"How could you choose to become a rookie competition engineer with such a hot and radical personality back then?"

Prost asked jokingly, compared to Cosell's different ideas over the years, he had long since taken the conflicts of ideas seriously.

After all, you can let go of the grudges arising from Senna because of the highest honor of the driver. What is the conflict with Cosell's concept?

"Because Fei will not always be a rookie."

"You're very optimistic about this Chinese boy?"

"Otherwise, how could I become his competition engineer?"

The two of them answered each other in a row, and at this time Prost smiled and said, "Cosel, just say whatever you want. This is your personality."

From the first moment of Cosel's appearance, Prost knew that he must have something to ask him for, so it is almost obvious what Cosel wants to do now.

But Prost was still a little unbelievable. Will Cosell recommend such a new rookie to himself?

Even if he has won the Renault sub-station championship, so what?

Kimi won seven championships in the Renault UK Championships in ten stages, including 7 times and 6 laps fastest records. This is the real crush level sweep, otherwise Sauber would not choose to take risks.

The capital of a pole position bonus station champion is really impossible to impress Prost.

"Prost, you are a professor, you should be clear about what I want to do."

"Let Fei be the development driver of Prost team?"

Cosell did not answer after hearing this.

"You don't want him to be a test driver, are you?"

Cosel still looked at Prost without saying a word.
Chapter completed!