To be honest, when Henry and Charlie received the order from Prost to return to the headquarters, they did not agree with Zhang Yifei's strength in their hearts.

This is not subjective contempt or discrimination. It simply objectively looks at the general strength of Chinese drivers. In addition, Renault's race level is too low, so I don't believe that a newcomer has the ability to control F1 racing.

However, there has been a precedent for Kimi Raikkonen before, allowing the world to see what a talented driver looks like. So even if they don’t agree with each other in their hearts, they still uphold the professional spirit and serve Zhang Yifei.

As a result, Zhang Yifei's performance is much better than expected!

You should know Henry’s worst plan. As long as Zhang Yifei tests the F1 race car without crashing, he will meet the standards of the passing line.

"Amil can reach 245kh after flying this curve, but there is still a gap."

Henry replied, but it was immediately refuted by Charlie.

"But the problem is Emil, the third place in F3000, the European Cup champion of F3, has been testing JS51 racing at Montrealy Track for half a year. Today, Fei first came into contact with JS51 racing, and Montrealy Track is completely unfamiliar to him."

"Do you still remember how fast a driver turned around before? It was only 180kh, how big is the difference compared to flying?"

To be qualified to be a driver in the F1 development, at least one needs a champion at the Renault Formula Elementary Level. Larger teams even require the F3 annual championship title.

The Grand Prix of the Island of Australia is very famous, but in fact, it is not as good as the European F3 Championship in the FIA ​​event rating. Therefore, Zhang Yifei's current resume may not be as good as the development drivers of the big team.

The new driver of the Ligier team was a driver who had been testing the F1 race car for the first time, but his performance was much worse than that of Zhang Yifei now.

Not to mention that the curves were passing so fast, even the long straight did not dare to grease the floor. After all, the junior racing car they drove before was almost the same as a toy car in front of the F1 racing car.

Unless it is a F3000 level racing car, it can barely be considered a shrinking version of the F1 racing car, and other Formula racing cars are not comparable. Even if it is an Indy 500 racing car, it is definitely not as good as a F1.

The test driver Emile was faster than Zhang Yifei, but based on all objective conditions, he was obviously not as amazing as Zhang Yifei's current performance!

"It's very good, no wonder Mr. Prost chose him to join the team."

Henry finally admitted that Zhang Yifei's performance is indeed not comparable to ordinary development drivers.

The roar on the track resounded throughout the sky, and after a lap, Zhang Yifei was completely excited.

It is really like the famous saying of later generations, that is, "the power is flying brick". As long as the horsepower is enough, even a piece of brick can fly into the sky.

Now that 930p horsepower is like this, Zhang Yifei dared not imagine that in the era when there was no end to turbocharge, the 1988 Senna drove a McLaren chariot with a 1350p horsepower to win the driver's championship?

Two, three, four...

As he became more familiar with racing and tracks, Zhang Yifei's car speed became faster and more stable.

His performance on the track at this moment could not see the shadow of a newcomer. Even the technician team of Prost team could not control the curiosity in his heart. He stood behind the display screen, wanting to see what kind of results Zhang Yifei could achieve in his first test drive.

This scene is like Senna in 1983, when he participated in the test drive activities of Williams, McLaren, Lotus and other teams.

As a result, at the Donington Park Raceway in the UK, Senna drove Williams and completed forty time laps. When the lap came out, it shocked the team leaders present.

Because Senna's lap speed not only surpassed the new driver who tested the game with him, but even surpassed the world champion Kirk Rosberg that year!

This result is quite terrifying. A new driver who came to the team to try out can surpass the world champion of that year. How strong should he be, or how great is his potential?

Even though Rosberg did not test the car seriously with the mentality of the competition, you should know that he is the strength of the F1 championship, and Senna is just a newcomer to come for the trial. All kinds of objective reasons still cannot cover up the potential of the car god that Senna had already shown at that time.

This kind of trial result naturally made the team boss present focus on Senna.

Among them are Sir Frank Williams of Williams, McLaren EO Ron Dennis, Lotus Manager Pete Wall.

Senna, whom they all liked, threw an olive branch to him.

You should know that these are all giant teams of that era, equivalent to later generations Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull, and Ferrari also attracted a new driver and wanted to invite him to join his team. What an honor?

But unfortunately, the driver lineup of Williams and McLaren teams had been finalized at that time. The main sponsor of Lotus team, the British Imperial Tobacco, did not agree to the Fortress because they required that there must be a British driver in the team, and Senna was Brazilian.

So in the end, these teams could only provide Senna with a test driver contract, rather than a formal driver.

Faced with such a request, Senna's choice at that time was the same as Zhang Yifei, that is, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail than a phoenix tail, and he could not accept being a test driver.

In this way, Senna tossed and turned to a last-stream team named Toleman, and started his F1 career just like the current Prost team.

Senna's case has been widely circulated in the F1 circle. When you see such a powerful test drive driver, you will naturally think of Senna back then.

However, although Zhang Yifei's final lap speed was excellent, it was still much worse than Senna's amazing results at the time, and even the test driver Emile did not achieve the results.

"It seems that it is not easy to have another Senna."

Henry said with a little regret that every time such a newcomer appears in the F1 circle, he will always compare it with Senna. Unfortunately, Senna only has one, and these newcomers are a little worse.

"I think the flying has run enough."

Charlie did not agree with Henry's opinion. Senna was very strong at the time, but before accepting the F1 test drive, he had already run to the British F3 Championship, the Grand Prix, etc., and his Formula Experience is far better than Zhang Yifei now.

And more importantly, Senna joined the Westrushreyrag team of the UK F3, and was very strong and powerful. It not only has F3, but also has a F3000 team.

If it was not favored by the F1 team, Senna would definitely run the F3000 race. So with the help of the team, Senna had already been exposed to higher-level racing cars, which was essentially different from Zhang Yifei now.

The difference between the two people is naturally not to be viewed by Senna's standards.

When Zhang Yifei ran to the ninth lap, Henry's instructions came from the headset, asking Zhang Yifei to enter the station.

Because the length of the Monrerey track is almost twice that of the standard F1 track, if Zhang Yifei ran nine laps into kilometers, it would be equivalent to running hundreds of kilometers. Therefore, the wear of the tires has reached a critical value and the grip has begun to decline. In order to ensure the safety of the drivers, Henry asked Zhang Yifei to enter the station and finish the test drive.

When Zhang Yifei returned to the repair station, Cosell, who had not spoken, asked Henry: "What is the standard for Fei's lap speed of 3 minutes 06 seconds 73 on the Montrere Raceway?"

Kossel has the rigor of a German. Although he is Zhang Yifei's competition engineer, that is completely unfamiliar to him.

So during Zhang Yifei's test drive, all the instructions were sent by Henry, and Cosell did not choose to interfere.

Now that the test drive has ended, he also doesn't know what level Zhang Yifei's lap speed of 3 minutes 06 seconds 73 is equivalent to the Monrerey Track.

Any grade needs to be compared to see the level, so he asks.

"It is a very excellent result in the development driver level, but it is at the bottom among F1 drivers. Currently, the team test driver Emile's lap speed is 3 seconds faster than Zhang Yifei, and the number one driver Jean Alessi's lap speed is even more than 4 seconds."

Hearing this speed, Kossel was out of his mind, did not surpass the joy of developing the drivers, nor did he fall behind the dissatisfaction of the F1 drivers.

The length of the Montrere track is twice that of the ordinary track. If calculated according to the standard track, Zhang Yifei's single lap speed is 15 seconds slower than the test driver Emile, and more than 2 seconds slower than the French veteran.

You should know that Senna's newcomer stage was still tested at Brabham's team and was also at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

He performed well at the time, but his lap speed was 2 seconds slower than the head driver of Brabham and the three-time world champion Nelson Piquet from Brazil.

As the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, he will shoot him in the back!

Nelson Piquet didn't want Senna, who is also a Brazilian driver, to join the Brabham team. After a 2-second slowdown, Senna was nicknamed "Sao Paulo Taxi Driver".

The meaning of this nickname is to make fun of Senna's driving speed, which is no different from that of taxi drivers in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

From this we can see that the 2-second gap is really amazing in the f1 lap.

What's more, Senna is 2 seconds slower than three-time world champions. Zhang Yifei is a French veteran who has only once in his career. The lap difference between the top drivers is probably even more exaggerated.

At this moment, Zhang Yifei also drove the JS51 racing car back to the repair station and took off his helmet and got off the racing car. Zhang Yifei obviously had a sense of excitement from speed, and the watch on his face was quite happy.

Looking at the team members in the repair station, Zhang Yifei should have asked Henry about the test drive just now. After all, Cosell and the others have not officially joined the company, and they are as unfamiliar with racing and tracks as Zhang Yifei.

But it may have become a habit, Zhang Yifei asked Cosel directly: "Cosel, how did I run just now?"

The conversation between Henry and Cosell was basically heard by the people in the repair station. I don’t know if this kind of result should be said to be good or bad.

According to Kossell's previous style, it is estimated that Zhang Yifei's test drive score is very different from that of the F1 driver. Even when he is not satisfied, he will use a critical tone.

However, this time Cosell's performance surprised Zhang Yifei's team members.

Faced with Zhang Yifei's inquiry, Cosel nodded and said in a affirmative tone: "I ran very well."

When Zhang Yifei heard Kossel's praise, he was surprised. When did this German old man have such a low standard? He got a very good review after his first contact with F1 racing?

"Really good?"

Zhang Yifei asked in confusion, could the old German man be saying something slander to him?

However, Cosel has always been straightforward and rude, and has never had a precedent for sarcastic words, nor does he fit his character.

"real."
Chapter completed!