237 Three teams
"That's right, then the test driver is even worse than the substitute! If the formal driver doesn't have anything to do, he will have no chance to play at all. If Brother Fei wants to be a formal driver!"
Anyway, Ah Hu doesn't know the difficulty of entering the F1 team, nor does he understand the four words Williams. In this era, what status does it represent? Anyway, I will support Zhang Yifei first.
"But this is the Williams team's test driver, how many drivers have always dreamed of."
Junko Takeda couldn't help but sigh. She had come into contact with many youth training students and knew what it means to enter F1 for these Formula Elementary Drivers.
Not to mention the test drivers of Williams team, even if they join their drivers' academy's development driver program, they are like Dixon. I don't know how many people want to snatch their heads and squeeze in. Now Zhang Yifei refuses so lightly.
"By the way, isn't it said that Prost team is going to collapse? It's also a good choice to look at Williams team in this way."
Chen Zhi did not stand on Zhang Yifei's side this time, but rationally felt that Williams was more reliable.
"It's not going bankrupt yet, and then again, if Prost team wasn't about to go bankrupt, they wouldn't have given a contract for the official driver, which would have both pros and cons."
"Okay, don't discuss this matter anymore. I have already refused. Even if I regret it, no one will accept it."
Zhang Yifei finally waved his hand. He knew that many of the team members wanted to be more secure. But there was no way. Zhang Yifei himself was a gambler. He would rather bet on the official driver than become a test driver.
The team is based on Zhang Yifei as the absolute center. Since he has said that, all kinds of discussions have stopped. Everyone continues to be busy with the post-match maintenance work and prepare for tomorrow's official competition.
At this time, Zhang Yifei came to Cosell and said to him: "I rejected the invitation from Williams team. Do you have nothing to say?"
"very good."
Cosel replied simply and directly, he had no regrets. It was better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, which was also the style of Cosel.
"I knew you thought so."
Zhang Yifei smiled. This old German man is more radical than himself, so he didn't have to doubt his thoughts. He asked in vain.
"By the way, Prost will come to the main competition tomorrow, you must be mentally prepared."
"He's here, what's the point of preparing?"
Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, Prost couldn't put any pressure on him.
"I'm not talking about Prost, but with his arrival tomorrow, your agreement to become a formal driver will also be exposed. According to the situation on the track today, the drivers who may be blocked tomorrow will be even more crazy, and there will be even the possibility of malicious collisions."
There is never a shortage of jealous people on the track, especially a "public enemy of the track" like Zhang Yifei. He has a little dark mentality and hopeless competition for the podium. Maybe he will really take extreme actions against Zhang Yifei and destroy the possibility of him joining the Prost team.
The challenge that Zhang Yifei will face tomorrow may be several times more difficult than today, so Cosell reminded him.
Hearing Cosel's words, Zhang Yifei finally put away his previous relaxed expression. Indeed, the current situation is far from the time to celebrate happily. Tomorrow will be the most difficult game since he entered Formula.
The track record is not so easy to break, not to mention that there will be blocking and blocking by other drivers. The main race does not have the high fault tolerance rate of qualifying. As long as one lap slows down a lot, it will affect the overall finishing time.
Even if you finally win the sub-station championship, you are likely to not reach the time to break the track record, and everything will fail by then.
It would be fine if it was just a fair competition block, but I was afraid that some drivers would crash into a car maliciously and exchange it with Zhang Yifei. This kind of behavior is really hard to guard against!
"What, are you scared?"
Seeing Zhang Yifei's serious expression, Cosell did not comfort or encourage him, but instead asked him in a sarcastic tone.
"Scared? I don't have this word in my dictionary."
Cosel, a German old man, likes to put pressure on him. He can admit defeat in front of anyone, and he must never admit defeat in front of Kosel, otherwise it will be endless hidden dangers.
"I'm very confident, then tell me what are you going to deal with?"
"There is an old saying in China, "I have my own plans when soldiers come to block the water and soil when they come to cover it!"
After Zhang Yifei pretended to be deep, he turned around and left to prevent the old German man Kossel from continuing to ask questions.
To put it bluntly, his response was to watch running...
After all, in this case, no response method can be effective, and you can only rely on the on-the-spot reaction on your own track.
That night, Zhang Yifei returned to the hotel and found some of the bend routes and brake points he drew. With his experience in today's qualifying competition, he modified and optimized them again, and then kept every extreme bend route in his mind.
Because Zhang Yifei had a premonition that today, it may be more than once tomorrow.
Although I have said that the generals come to block the water and soil, at least they must have generals and soil. If you really have no preparation, you will definitely not be able to stop other drivers from the obstacles tomorrow, and even some drivers’ tricks.
So there are still necessary preparations. For the sake of this formal driver's seat, Zhang Yifei gave up too many invitations and had no way back. He could only win!
...
The day's rest time passed quickly, and the main race time of Manicur Raceway was approaching.
Today, the track is still dominated by yellow and black. After all, this is France's home court, and Renault still has many fans.
And yesterday Ghosn came to the scene, which made many Renault fans want to meet the vice president of Renault. It was in his hands that he completed the acquisition of Nissan, making Renault a world-class company across the East and the West.
As a result, today's scene surprised and shocked many car fans, because not only Ghosn was on the scene, but also Williams and Prost in the interview seats at the event center.
In a Formula Elementary Competition, three founders of the F1 team appeared. This scene is really rare, and it makes people unable to believe that this scene is true.
To put it more exaggeratedly, even in the F1 event, there may not be three team CEOs or founders. Generally speaking, they are team managers or team leaders leading the team. CEA is not an important event and will not appear on the track.
Why did the three of them appear here have become a question in the hearts of many car fans, but the exclusive interview at the Race Center soon answered their doubts.
Renault official reporter Ina, who served as the temporary host, took advantage of the pre-match preparation time to hold a small visit.
"First of all, we welcome the three team founders to the event center for this exclusive interview."
"I believe that the appearance of you has already made the audience confused and surprised. Why do three F1 teams appear in a Formula Elementary Event?"
"Sir Williams and President Ghosn were here yesterday, so I handed this question over to Professor Prost who is here today."
"Mr. Prost, why did you appear at Manicur Raceway today to watch a Renault event? Is it to select potential drivers?"
After Kimi completed the "three-level jump" and entered the Sauber team, the F1 bosses turned their attention to the junior event, which was no longer a rare thing. So Ina directly mentioned the possibility that the audience thought, hoping to get Prost's answer.
"Yes, it's to select potential drivers, and it's to be prepared to watch a driver who has already been selected."
"Oh, then who is this lucky person? Can Mr. Prost say it directly?"
The Formula Elementary Champions are undoubtedly lucky to be valued by the founder of the F1 team. The audience began to whisper, speculating about who the driver Prost was selected.
"I think it's Masa. He is the strongest driver in this class and has a brilliant karting record!"
"It's possible, but Masa performed too poorly in the last stop. The results of this qualifying match were affected by a shoulder injury. He was only fifth, and his results were not very impressive."
"Would it be Dixon? I think he is quite strong, and he is said to be a newcomer to Williams' driver development plan."
Hearing this speculation, a person next to him immediately retorted, "How is it possible, Sir Williams is still on the scene today. Could it be that Prost poached in front of him?"
"I think it's the driver who flew. He is really too strong. He has two and a half races, one championship and one ascendant, and has won two pole positions. His results are simply crushing!"
"Impossible, a newcomer is still a Chinese guy. Prost is a purebred French descent. Can he like Chinese guys?"
"What do you mean by Chinese guys? Racial discrimination, fuckyou!"
Another yellow-skinned audience immediately stretched out their middle finger and cursed.
"Bastard, if you have the ability, make the Chinese become an F1 driver. If you don't have the ability, shut up!"
This white Frenchman is not to be outdone. He expressed the inner thoughts of many European car fans, that is, Chinese drivers are unlikely to be valued by the F1 team at this stage.
Kimi can complete the "three-level jump", but Chinese people cannot do it!
Their argument naturally did not affect Prost in the command center. He took the microphone at this time and said, "It doesn't matter if he says it, he is the Chinese driver Fei."
When this answer came out, the debate in the audience disappeared, and instead it was an uproar.
"Damn it, it's really the driver who flies. Can Prost take a fancy to him?"
"It's incredible that the Chinese newcomer was actually valued by the founder of f1."
"Professor is famous for his calculations, so it is impossible to misunderstand it?"
The audience on the track was surprised, and Ina, the interviewer at the command center, was also shocked. She never expected that the driver that "Professor" Prost would be Fei, the new Chinese newcomer.
"Oh, it's so surprising, can we know, Mr. Prost, are you planning to sign the flying?"
"Yes."
"Then what kind of contract do you plan to give? Is it convenient to disclose, such as young drivers, development drivers, or higher-level F1 test drivers?"
“None are not.”
"What kind of contract is that?"
Now Ina felt a little confused. Didn’t she give no contract, but she was just optimistic?
Chapter completed!