238 Depth Charge
When Prost said the official driver's contract, it was like a bomb was thrown into deep water, and the entire audience was sensational.
"**, is there something wrong with Prost's mind and can actually give a formal driver's contract?"
"Isn't this a joke that a Chinese newcomer got the official F1 driver contract?"
"Finnish iceman Kimi is not so exaggerated. Why can Zhang Yifei become an official driver of F1?"
"It seems that the rumors of Prost's collapse are true. He is already hungry!"
Various voices came from the field, most of which were ridiculed and ridiculed. They thought Prost was simply a confused person. No wonder he had done all his tricks after establishing the convoy and went bankrupt step by step.
Even Zhang Yifei's supporters dared not speak at this time. After all, the news was too exaggerated and no one believed that it would be said from Prost's mouth.
You should know that even Kimi, who is called a miracle, had had karting competitions before entering the Renault Formula and even participated in Formula Formula.
Zhang Yifei is a pure newcomer, and his karting event record is worse than Kimi Raikkonen, and Formula Renault is the only Formula Elementary Event he has participated in.
Yes, his first two races were good, but this still lacked enough persuasion and could not prove that he had the strength of an F1 driver.
It can be said that the audience is now opposing and shocking. No one believes that Zhang Yifei is qualified to become an official driver of the F1 team!
Ina, an interview reporter from the command center, was stunned when she heard the words "Official Driver". She didn't expect Prost to say this, which was a bit incredible.
"Mr. Prost, I want to make sure again, are you just talking about the formal driver contract?"
"Yes, formal driver contract."
Prost confirmed again. In fact, the reason why he came here today was to take advantage of this opportunity to spread the news that he wanted to sign Zhang Yifei.
You should know that F1 is a commercial event, and the team also needs commercial operation. It doesn’t matter if the results are bad, but what I’m afraid of is that I don’t have enough attention.
This is like many traffic stars in later generations. Do you want to say that they are very strong? In fact, most of them are not very strong, and they can even say that their business level is a mess.
But as long as there is traffic and attention, there will definitely be various advertisers and sponsors coming to visit, attend various events and endorsement products, etc. Whether you can make money is often not necessarily linked to your strength.
The same is true for the f1 team. For sponsors, the focus they care about is not how amazing the results are, but how many people are paying attention to this team and whether it can bring more attention to their brand.
The Prost team is not having a good time at this stage, with all kinds of negative rumors flying all over the world. Even the French local attention has been taken away by Renault, the newly established factory team. This can be seen from the costumes of the audience in Manicur Track today.
So Prost could only take risks and suddenly released this important news to add enough attention to his team.
Of course, this kind of hype is just like a traffic star setting, and it can only work for a while. Once Zhang Yifei cannot stand the F1 driver, he will be overwhelmed by the insult, which will be similar to the collapse of the character, or even more serious.
After all, no matter how commercialized F1 is, motorsports are still a competitive event, and strength is the foundation of drivers!
"Ohgod, this is really shocking news, Mr. Prost, can you answer why he chose Chinese drivers to fly?"
"Strength, absolute confidence, and a bet."
"Oh, the strength flying has been shown in the Renault event, let alone confidence, he completely subverted the impression of Asian drivers, so what is this bet?"
Ina continued to ask questions step by step, which was also a question in the minds of many viewers on the scene. They really couldn't understand why Prost chose a new Chinese person.
"I didn't just give the Flying official driver a contract. He had to meet my requirements before he could join the Prost team."
"And this requirement is to get the pole position at Manicur Track, the championship and break the track record. Now Fei has obtained the first pole position condition. Today I came to the scene to witness whether he can meet my two requirements."
Prost's conditions were expressed, and the on-site discussion became enthusiastic again. They did not expect that there was such a "bet" behind Zhang Yifei and Prost.
What is even more incredible is that Zhang Yifei, under such pressure of betting, really got the pole position of Manicur Track. Should this be said to be a Chinese boy or other drivers not being able to do it?
"It's hard to do the track hat trick plus breaking records, right?"
"Damn, Fei actually made such a bet with Prost, and he is really confident."
"Fei certainly has confidence. If he hadn't had confidence in being an enemy of everyone, he would not have had the results he has today."
"After that being said, it is indeed a rare formal contract for F1 drivers. You must have a track hat trick and break the track record before you can reach a reciprocal agreement."
The audience no longer had the previous ridicule and abuse, but more of a discussion about the bet itself. Indeed, Zhang Yifei wanted to win this formal driver contract, and it was no less difficult than winning the championship of the Renault Formula.
Since Kimi is already in front, if Zhang Yifei joins the F1 team, it would be less difficult than Kimi won the British Renault Series championship, then there would naturally be much less controversy.
After hearing Prost's "bet", Ina's surprised expression on her face eased a lot. After all, the previous formal driver contract was too shocking. If Zhang Yifei was not a Chinese newcomer, she knew that he had no money or background, so someone would have thought about the back door of sponsorship.
Although I am still surprised now, after the difficult premise, it will at least bring a much smaller impact.
At this time, Ina pointed the microphone at Ghosn and asked: "President Ghosn, we all know that Fly was the representative of Renault drivers before, and now he was selected by Prost team again. Do you have anything to say?"
"Thanks to Mr. Prost for his attention to the Renault Series. This also shows that the influence of the Renault Formula is increasing. Last year, a miracle driver Kimi emerged, and this year, a new driver has appeared again."
"We are actually obvious to all. I sincerely congratulate him for being selected by Prost. I hope that Fei can reach an agreement with Mr. Prost and create the miracle of the Renault Formula again."
As the current president of Renault, Ghosn still pretends to be polite and polite, even though he is not very happy with Zhang Yifei before. By the way, he takes advantage of this opportunity to promote his Renault-type competition.
If Zhang Yifei can really sign the Prost team today, then Renault's Formula will undoubtedly become the boss of the primary equation and completely defeat the previous big brother Ford Equation!
Ina was not very satisfied with Ghosn's official answer. After all, compared to the bombshell thrown by Prost, Ghosn was really not popular enough.
So Ina set her sights on Sir Williams, the last team giant who arrived today.
"Sir Williams, as far as I know, there is also a member of the Williams Driver Development Programme member Dickson. What do you think of his performance in the main race?"
"I believe in Dickson's strength and he has the possibility of winning the championship."
"What about Dixon compared to the current pole player flying?"
Ina is not the kind of reporter who likes to make trouble, but she still has to raise this sharp question.
Because the qualifying match is a showdown between Zhang Yifei and Dickson, and Dickson's qualifying score of 1 minute 25 seconds 372, also surpassing the track record with a very narrow advantage, with a gap of less than 0.4 seconds from Zhang Yifei.
This very close result means that the strength of the two people is equally good, and they are also contenders for the championship in the branch station, so they will naturally compare with Zhang Yifei.
"I still believe in Dixon."
Dickson is a member of Williams' team. In this case, as the team owner, Sir Williams cannot make his anger. Not to mention being equal to Zhang Yifei, even if he is a big difference, he has to support himself.
But at this time Ina asked another question: "Sir Williams, it is said that your team assistant invited Fei to the VIP viewing room yesterday. Can you tell me why Fei was invited?"
Yesterday, Williams' live audience was not a secret for the media. Later, Zhang Yifei went to the VIP viewing room and was also seen by many people.
Today I just took this opportunity to verify with Williams.
"I saw Fei's strength very much and wanted to invite him to join Williams' team, but I didn't expect him to be taken first by Prost."
Sir Williams did not choose to hide anything, after all, such things cannot be concealed. Moreover, inviting a potential driver to join is also a normal business operation.
However, with Williams' current status, it is definitely a big news to invite a Formula Elementary driver to join.
Sure enough, when Sir Williams said this, the audience was in an uproar in an instant, and even Prost looked at Williams with an unexpected look.
You should know that Prost has no choice, and it happened that Cosell came to recommend him, so he chose to give it a try. But Williams is different. His team is one of the Big Three, and he is at the peak of his life.
Not to mention the invitation of Formula Elementary Drivers, even if they are active F1 drivers, as long as Williams extends an olive branch, many people will probably consider transfers.
"It's so shocking. There are two F1 teams, and a Formula Junior driver was invited. I wonder what team position you provided to Fei?"
When Ina asked this question, the whole audience became quiet in an instant. Prost had already dropped a bombshell. Now they wanted to hear what chips Williams would give.
Chapter completed!