"Is this Chinese strongest title important?"

Zhang Yifei asked casually.

To be honest, he has never considered the strongest title of Chinese, because so far, there are only two F1 drivers, so it is necessary to compete for the strongest one?

If you really have this mentality, it is better to look forward to the long-term and have no confidence to compete for the world's strongest name. It is okay to challenge Japan's historical record and compete for the strongest Asia? Is the horizon still too low.

However, Zhang Yifei has heard of Xiong Long's character in later generations, because after he withdrew from F1, he started running field races. Later, he came to China to participate in many competitions, and his main driving model was Audi.

I heard that this guy is quite anxious and is the hot type. Joining the F1 team this year should have been the highlight of his life, and it is indeed the case in history. Both Malaysian media and some domestic media reported on Xiong Long.

But now the highlight of life is completely covered by Zhang Yifei's light, and the son of a team boss like Madu keeps urging him. Xiong Long, who is still young and energetic at this moment, comes to challenge him.

Zhang Yifei's rhetoric question made Xiong Long a little stunned. He had read a lot of Zhang Yifei's news reports before and knew that this Chinese driver was very arrogant and arrogant.

As long as you come here to challenge yourself, according to Zhang Yifei's personality, you will definitely follow it. How come this Chinese driver is very peaceful now, and he has no anger after being provoked, but instead asks questions to himself?

"It's very important to me. If I don't defeat you, I will always be your target!"

Xiong Long directly explained his thoughts, just like if European media pay attention to Zhang Yifei, they will definitely compare him with Kimi Raikkonen.

As the only two Chinese F1 drivers, as long as the media pays attention to Xiong Long, he will definitely compare Zhang Yifei with him. No one wants to be the contour of others forever, especially the level of F1 drivers.

In any case, Xiong Long can prove himself only if he wins Zhang Yifei.

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei smiled, he could understand this mentality. However, Zhang Yifei was not interested in running with Xiong Long. After all, although Xiong Long is known as a formal driver, he actually sponsored and paid to enter the Minardi team and could only be regarded as the third driver on the bench.

Both sides are not drivers on the same level, and it doesn’t make much sense to win. Zhang Yifei’s current goal is to focus on world champions such as Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher.

Even if you take a step back, it will be placed on future F1 champions such as Kimi Raikkonen and Jason Patton. Xiong Long doesn’t even have the strength to gain a foothold in F1, and he is really not worthy of Zhang Yifei treating him as an opponent.

"To be honest, I have no interest in running with you. If you have to run, wait for the main race."

Zhang Yifei replied, and then led Ahu and his group to prepare to return to the hotel.

But at this moment, Xiong Long stood in front of Zhang Yifei, looked at him and said, "Don't you dare to run away?"

When he heard this, Zhang Yifei's face looked a little bad. He had heard of it in his previous life, and because he was all Chinese, Zhang Yifei did not plan to take care of Xiong Long's challenge, so he could understand the other party's mentality.

But some things are a bit too much to entangle after another.

Zhang Yifei felt unhappy, but this sentence that was waiting for the main competition was also a kind of teasing in Xiong Long’s ears?

Because he is the third driver of the team, he has only run the last three races of the rookie season in history. If the team's No. 1 and No. 2 drivers have no problems, or if Minardi scores this year and does not give rookie time to play, he will not have the possibility of running the main race at all.

Even though he knew that it was a race, Zhang Yifei still said so. Isn’t this clearly a joke on him?

"There are events in this world that I dare not run, but you are definitely not among them. Some things I don't want to say are too ugly, so it's better not to humiliate yourself."

Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, if it weren't for the identity of a Chinese, he would have treated Madu like a word "Are you worthy?"

After saying this, Zhang Yifei directly pushed Xiong Long in front of him with his shoulders, and the group walked towards the hotel. At the same time, the maintenance station technicians next to him who were planning to watch the fun also showed a regret of not eating the melon.

Looking at Zhang Yifei's back, Xiong Long's unwillingness and shame were mixed together. He naturally heard the meaning behind Zhang Yifei's words. Indeed, the sponsor driver was at the bottom of the f1 contempt chain without strength.

After all, other drivers rely on their strength to enter the F1 paddock, and you come in by spending money. After all, competitive sports events still value higher, faster, and stronger, rather than who has more money!

"Hmph, this rookie really treats himself as a f1 champion."

Madu also looked at Zhang Yifei's back and said in a vicious tone.

After saying that, he turned to Xiong Long and asked, "He is looking down on you, are you determined to prove yourself?"

"Of course there is!"

Xiong Long replied firmly, Zhang Yifei's ignorance undoubtedly touched his self-esteem.

"Very good, the opportunity will come soon."

Madu said, smiling sinisterly on his face. He never expected that it would be so simple to arouse Xiong Long's fighting spirit against Zhang Yifei.

It seems that this young Malaysian driver is really eager to get rid of his sponsored driver and gain respect with his strength.

On the other hand, after Zhang Yifei returned to the hotel, all members of the Prost team went to the conference room to conduct today's test summary.

The content includes the adjustment of racing, the adaptation of the track, and some personal experience of Alessi.

These things are very valuable to Zhang Yifei. After all, Alaisi can only test the basic performance of the new racing car, and all adjustments are based on his habits. In the future, Zhang Yifei will compete in the F1 track, and all adjustments need to be changed according to his driving style.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei must be familiar with the racing adjustment process, so that in this year's F1 season, the best track adjustment can be quickly completed by relying on pre-race practice competitions.

The tests on the track the next day were still conducted by Alaisi. After all, the 8-day winter test time was very short, and the new car had a cylinder failure.

In order to ensure that the new F1 event is foolproof, experienced veteran drivers can only speed up the pace of racing tests. If there is no major problem with the racing car today, Zhang Yifei will conduct his first test tomorrow.

Unfortunately, during the test on the Alessi Raceway, the racing sensor issued a warning of hydraulic leakage. So after halfway through the test, the racing car drove back to the repair station for maintenance.

The appearance of this scene directly cast a shadow on the Prost team. I thought that after running nearly a hundred laps yesterday, the js53 racing car could have withstood the test, and the previous explosion of the cylinder would be an example.

But today's hydraulic leakage shows that things are not that simple. The leader Henry can no longer remain calm. He eagerly urged Charlie and said, "To find the cause of the hydraulic leakage as fast as possible, the problem must be solved before the winter test is over!"

After saying that, Henry silently said in his heart: "God bless you, don't be an engine failure."

The js53 test car began to be dismantled again. Generally, there are three main places where hydraulic leakage is generally three, namely the steering mechanism, the gearbox and the engine. The team technicians checked one by one, but there was no obvious oil leakage at the naked eye.

In the end, there was no way, so I could only use fluorescent agent to detect the leakage location at the risk of possible corrosion of the engine. In the end, it was found that the engine's oil cylinder connection was poorly sealed, causing the engine's cylinder pressure to drop, and an alarm for oil leakage appeared.

The engine had problems again, hovering over the heads of the convoy as if it were clouds.

"Charlie, can this problem be solved?"

Henry asked, the hydraulic leakage is much less serious than the previous direct bursting cylinder, and at least he can think of a solution.

"The solution is, but it is not practical."

"What's the solution?"

“Reduce power.”

The fundamental reason for oil leakage is that the sealed joint cannot withstand the high load conditions of the engine.

In the premise that there is no way to improve the assembly process, the easiest solution is to reduce the pressure of the engine, so that the possibility of oil leakage can naturally be greatly reduced.

"Still it drop?"

Hearing this, the French veteran Alessi on the side finally couldn't help but speak.

You should know that this engine has been reduced by Peugeot to improve stability.

As for his test experience, the engine power cannot be said to be obviously insufficient, but compared to other teams of racing cars, there is no advantage. If the engine parameters are also reduced, it will be at a comprehensive disadvantage.

In this way, Prost will not have any competitiveness in this year's F1 season.

"Can't drop any more! Charlie, is there any way to make the event engine last two races?"

Henry also understood that the engine parameters could not be reduced anymore. At present, this Peugeot engine has suffered oil leakage after running 110 laps. But the problem is that the new Fia regulations now require the engine to run two races, otherwise the penalty will be imposed.

Even if the replacement is caused by an engine failure, unless you withdraw from the competition during the finals, you will be retracted and set off after the replacement.

The ten-ranking order will start. Unless you perform against the will of a deficit, it will be much better than withdrawing from the race, and it will be basically difficult to get points. Therefore, the Prost team must find a way to make the Peugeot engine last two races.
Chapter completed!