It was soon mid-to-late November. Zhang Yifei gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the F1 fleet and his driving skills were greatly improved.

Take the lap speed of Monrerey Track as an example. During this period, Zhang Yifei came to the track and ran twice. The lap speed increased from the first 3 minutes 06 seconds 73 to 3 minutes 04 seconds 52, which was more than 2 seconds faster.

Almost every test run, Zhang Yifei has improved by more than 1 second, which is simply an improvement in the speed of light for a new F1 driver!

Even Henry and Charlie, who had doubts about Zhang Yifei's strength and had to sigh at Zhang Yifei's potential. At least among the F1 new drivers they have come into contact with, no one can achieve the speed of Zhang Yifei's improvement.

You should know that this is less than half a month. If this trend continues, Zhang Yifei's lap speed will soon exceed test driver Emile and reach the passing line of a formal F1 driver.

"Charlie, Fei's talent is amazing. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe that this would be the result of a Chinese driver."

Henry looked at Zhang Yifei who was executing on the track and said in an amazement.

Because Zhang Yifei's third test run just now had reached 3 minutes, 04 seconds, 16, and the fastest lap for tester Emil 3 minutes, 03 seconds, 61 was only about 05 seconds away.

Although 05 seconds is a big gap in f1, you should know that Emil has been joining the Prost team for almost a year, and Zhang Yifei has not even a month, so the gap in time is also huge.

"Who could have thought? I can only say that the boss has a really good vision. He is a F1 driver who has won four championships and has seen the potential for flying. Otherwise, no one in Europe would believe that a Chinese newcomer can adapt to F1 racing so quickly."

Charlie didn't know about the conversation between Cosel and Prost that day. So in the eyes of the outside world, choosing to sign Zhang Yifei to become a formal driver was Prost's adventure.

Success, of course, it's like now. I praised Prost for his good vision and discovered Zhang Yifei's potential.

If you fail, you will naturally be blinded by Prost. You will be so confused that you will sign a Chinese rookie.

Anyway, if you win or lose, it is simply the eternal truth of mankind!

"Do you think Fly can reach Kimi's height this year and get points in the first F1 event?"

Before Zhang Yifei was questioned by the outside world, there was another driver who was questioning, which was actually no less than Zhang Yifei. This person was naturally Kimi Raikkonen who created the "three-level jump" miracle.

However, Kimi responded to the outside world's previous doubts about his strength with his own results. In this year's F1 season, he won points in his debut. It can be said that he is one of the few newcomers among F1 drivers who can get points in his debut.

You should know that the best of Senna and Schumacher have all ended in a terrible debut. Not to mention getting points, even the game has not been completed.

On the eighth lap of the Senna race, the turbocharger of the car exploded and became the first driver to withdraw from the race in the 1984 season. Schumacher was even worse. He withdrew from the race due to a clutch failure in his debut.

Therefore, Kimi Raikkonen, after experiencing a "three-step jump", was able to get points for his debut, which further demonstrated the difficulty and strength.

“It’s hard.”

Charlie shook his head. It was too difficult to get points on his debut. The right time, place, and people must be missing.

In addition to the strength of the driver, the car also needs stability and reliability. Just like Senna and Schumacher, they all withdraw from the race due to racing failures.

But unfortunately, Prost team's JS51 racing car is not a reliable racing car.

Because the team's R&D center is slightly inferior and it is equipped with a Peugeot unreliable engine, the combination of the two has led to the overall completion rate of Prost team this year only 30%.

From this "touching" finishing rate, we can see how unreliable the JS51 racing car is. To be honest, Zhang Yifei has now been the third test run, and the racing car has not left him on the track at all. I really don't know if this is considered to be Zhang Yifei's luck.

"Hey, I hope Fei can run. He may be the Prost team, the last hope."

Henry sighed at this time. As the manager of the Ligier team, he had witnessed the collapse of the team. Now the operating status of the Prost team is naturally clear to the management, so he does not want to experience the team bankruptcy again.

The only French Renault Group that has the strength to form a f1 team has acquired the Benetton team, so it is naturally impossible to take over the Prost team again.

Therefore, if the Prost team cannot hold on, there will be no chance of being acquired, and it will go bankrupt and completely disappear into the long river of history.

Cosell and Yamamoto Ukyo did not pay attention to the conversation between Henry and Charlie. All their attention was placed on the track.

With the signing of the entry contract, Kossel has begun to officially exercise his duties as a competition engineer, standing in front of the console, paying full attention to Zhang Yifei's training progress.

At present, Zhang Yifei's lap speed and progress speed have fully met Cosell's psychological standards. Although this lap is still at the bottom in F1, and even participate in the qualifying competition, it is very likely that even the main competition will not be able to advance.

But you should know that Zhang Yifei has not even had a month to come into contact with Formula Racing. As a pure newcomer, this result is already good enough.

Moreover, Kossell also saw Zhang Yifei's efforts during this period. His daily study of f1 materials and racing simulator training will definitely not be less than ten hours.

The problem is that in addition to these two things, Zhang Yifei also has a lot of physical training every day to ensure his physical fitness and adapt to the intensity of future F1 competitions. Therefore, Zhang Yifei's actual training time can reach about twelve hours a day.

Almost apart from eating and sleeping, he is trying hard to improve himself at any time when he sees Zhang Yifei.

What else is there for a teenager to say about how self-discipline and effort can be achieved in this level of self-discipline and effort?

Moreover, in addition to driving the driver's strength, there are certain reasons for racing.

Zhang Yifei has never been involved in F1 racing cars, and he has never even touched F3000-level racing cars. Without comparison, he naturally cannot feel the difference.

Prost team's JS51 racing, compared to Renault and Dalra racing, there is no doubt that these junior racing cars can be pressed to the ground and rubbed hard.

So Zhang Yifei drove on JS51 for the first time. He was full of admiration and respect for F1 racing, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with racing.

But Kossell is different. He has stayed in the top McLaren team and has seen what the championship racing looks like for the top team. Since reaching an agreement with Prost, he has been paying attention to the JS51 racing capabilities.

Not to mention anything else, just this Peugeot engine can be described as the word "garbage".

It would be fine if the horsepower is not better than the previous Honda engine, which is cheaper than before, but it is even more chaotic to stabilize. Especially after being exposed to fleet data these days, Kossel finally understood the outside world's stubborn criticism of Prost.

If you really change Honda to Peugeot, only those who are extremely stubborn will make such a stupid choice.

But these complaints are useless. It’s already like this. The result cannot be changed by just a few complaints.

The only thing you can do now is to improve your strength and achieve better results under limited conditions.

It is a little relieved that although the Peugeot engine has a high failure rate and does not have any advantage in horsepower, it has no disadvantage in power, so it can still run. In the history of F1, there are countless cases of using more garbage engines, which is nothing compared to the Prost team.

Everyone knows that the large team has the strength to develop and can have an advantageous "Radio". But the problem is that the large team is not so easy to get in. Zhang Yifei had no choice at that time, and the Prost team was his last chance.

Just when Zhang Yifei ran ten laps and returned to the maintenance station, Junko Takeda recorded Zhang Yifei's training data and received an email from the Renault event organizing committee.

Junko Takeda clicked and took a look, and soon a surprise smile appeared on her face.

"Cosel, Ukyo, the Renault Formula ended today. Yifeijun won the Renault European Cup championship with a total score of 34 points!"

Upon hearing this news, Kossel's performance was normal, but Yamamoto Ukyo and Ah Hu became excited instantly. This Renault champion can be said to have witnessed the efforts and efforts of the entire team, and was once the goal of everyone's struggle. Today, he finally reaped rewards!

At this time, Zhang Yifei happened to drive the car into the repair station. When he saw Junko Takeda and the others excitedly, he thought that his training lap had broken some record just now.

Before he could ask, he heard Junko Takeda excitedly say: "Ichifeijun, I just received an email from the Renault event organizing committee. You won the Renault European Cup championship with a total score of 34 points!"

"Damn, it's finally settled. At least I have a championship title in the series!"

Zhang Yifei also replied excitedly, no matter how much he said, this is also the first championship title in his life, even if the level is not very high, it is still worth being happy and clear. After all, this championship title has witnessed his growth and hard work.

"Yes, it's just a pity that you can't go to the award ceremony on site."

Yamamoto Ukyo said with a little regret that if Zhang Yifei could appear at the award ceremony, he would definitely enjoy cheers and applause, which is the encouragement he deserves.

"It's nothing. At least it's a way out for other drivers. Otherwise, others would have worked hard to finish seven races but there would be no hope of winning the championship. I would suddenly come out to steal the limelight at the celebration ceremony. How uncomfortable it would be."

After hearing what Zhang Yifei said, Yamamoto Ukyo felt that it really made sense.

Anyway, honor has already belonged, and as for cheers and applause, Yamamoto Ukyo believes that Zhang Yifei will not lack these two things in his future career.

Renault's European Cup ended, and the last stop of the F1 season two days later, the Grand Prix also ended.

This year's driver's championship was won by Ferrari's driver Schumacher. This is his third driver's championship title and the first driver's championship in Ferrari's 21 years.

When Zhang Yifei heard this news, there was a slight fluctuation in his heart. Because history changed again, Schumacher, who should have won the driver's championship in 2000, started the Ferrari dynasty era one year ahead of schedule.

However, Zhang Yifei has become accustomed to this change. Renault's European Cup advancement already indicates a change in the world. Many major events have been ahead of schedule, and even includes changes in Prost team.

Historically, they only ate zero eggs in the 2000 season, and the world has ate zero eggs now.
Chapter completed!