Zhang Yifei, standing in front of the mirror, looked at the image inside that could only be seen on TV, and his heart was filled with emotion.

Once upon a time, this was a scene that I couldn't even imagine, but now it has become a reality. Moreover, Zhang Yifei also knows the future history and has set a record of a formal Chinese F1 driver twenty years in advance. He only hopes that China in this world will not need to wait for the next Chinese F1 driver for twenty years.

Putting on the baseball cap with the F1 driver's logo, Zhang Yifei walked out of the room and followed the members of the team to go to the press conference venue together.

Today, as the first meeting of the F1 new season, it not only interacts with car fans, but also assumes the responsibilities of some press conferences, so many media reporters came to the scene, which was more solemn and formal than all the sub-stations later.

The eleven teams, a total of 22 official drivers, plus the team management, etc., were a huge and powerful person (a hundred people) appeared at the meeting.

Of course, the only ones who can truly be called the protagonist are the drivers and bosses of the 11 teams. If we divide them more in detail, they are the star drivers and the bosses of the big teams, and they can be considered the protagonists.

All the media were already waiting at the press conference. After the F1 drivers and his group came over, the flash could not be opened. In addition to these media reporters, there were tens of thousands of teams and driver fans waiting for the opportunity to face the drivers after the interview.

If you are lucky, you can also get the driver's signature or some team souvenirs.

You should know that although the majority of the team's revenue is sponsorship and Fia dividends, once it reaches the level of Ferrari, Red Bull, and Mercedes-Benz, the profits brought by surrounding derivatives will be amazing.

This is very similar to the football industry, such as uniforms, sneakers, dolls, dolls, etc., which can bring huge profits to the team. If the bi) grid is a little higher, it can be jointly released with other products, such as the Real Madrid joint version of XX mobile phone, XX watch Barcelona commemorative model.

Even if it is famous enough, you can get along with any food or home furnishings. This is the value after building the brand.

Therefore, the smaller the team in later generations, even if the budget is small, it will be difficult to operate. The Ferrari team ranks first in budget every year, even several times that of small teams, but they are prosperous and can still make money. This is the difference brought by brand value.

22 official drivers appeared collectively, standing in a row for the media to take photos. The bigwigs of each team were standing aside at this moment, not wanting to steal the limelight from these drivers.

However, in addition to the team, the current FIA president Morris, who had just delivered a speech to media reporters about F1's plans and wishes for the new season of F1. At this moment, he was also standing aside and watching the F1 active drivers accept media photos.

Prost took advantage of the crowd's focus on the F1 drivers and moved to Morris' side, shook hands and greeted him with a smile on his face.

However, compared to Prost's overflow, Morris was obviously much colder. This was not because he had a holiday with Prost, but because Prost was not from a faction, and he was even a hostile faction!

Morris is British, while the last FIA president Jean Marley Barrister is French.

In the 1980s, Fisa, led by Barrister, and Foa, led by Eberney Eccleston, broke out in a battle for F1 management rights.

In the end, the two sides reached a compromise and signed a peace agreement, but in fact Barrister had the upper hand, and later F1 was completely under the jurisdiction of Fia.

Morris was a member of the British Foa organization. Later, he witnessed the dispute between Senna and Prost. Barrister, who was dealing with the dispute at that time, was so biased towards his French compatriots.

These two things combined, as well as the subsequent competition for the FIA ​​president, gave Morris a bad impression of the French. In particular, Prost was still the party involved in the disputed world back then, and Morris was even less interested in him.

Prost also knew the grievances and grievances of those years. He didn't know what he could change Morris's idea, but he just hoped that he could solve one thing, that is, Zhang Yifei's super driver's license!

You should know that the start of the F1 competition is near, but so far, Zhang Yifei's super driver's license has not been approved!

Although Kimi Raikkonen applied for a super driver's license last year, it was a twists and turns, claiming to have received special approval before the game. But in fact, Kimi got the approval of the super driver's license after the winter test, which can only be considered as a surprise.

The Zhang Yifei competition will start a few days ago, and the super driver's license has not yet come out, which makes Prost really angry!

Without a super driver's license, it means that the driver is not qualified to compete in the F1 track, so all the plans of the Prost team will be disrupted, and only the current test driver, Berdys, will be replaced by the bench.

But the problem is that the gap between Boldes and Zhang Yifei is too big and there is no comparison. The result of this hard-pressing is probably not much better than that of Akuri Suzuki in later generations.

The Prost team has experienced the failure of the past year, and this year is their only chance to collapse. They cannot afford the result of being at the bottom for the second time!

"Chairman Morris, there are a few days left to start the Australian Grand Prix, but the team's Chinese newcomer still has no special approval of super driver's license. Can the Council hold a special meeting to complete the approval of super driver's license for driver's license before the competition?"

When Morris heard Prost's words, he was speechless and just looked at the driver's direction.

"You should know the difficulty of special approval. I have held an review meeting on the board of directors, but many directors feel that Chinese drivers do not meet the F1 driver standards, so I am also embarrassed."

Difficult? These words made Prost feel a little angry. When he specially criticized Kimi, why didn’t he see you in such a dilemma?

Kimi only won a British Renault Series championship, while Fei won the Renault 2000 European Cup driver's championship and the F3 championship in the Grand Prix of the O Island. In terms of results, it is more convincing than Kimi and even meets the standards for applying for a super driver's license.

If even this is difficult, then Kimi is not qualified to stand on the track at all!

Prost felt very angry, but he also understood that this time was a stage where one had to bow his head. Anger had no meaning, but on the contrary it would only be bad things.

Now his role is no longer the driver who was on the track, who could have collided with Senna for the sake of the champion. But the founder and boss of a team, who must be responsible for the future and development of the team!

So Prost calmed down his heart and said, "Chairman Morris, I know you have the final right to review. Fei is really a rare potential driver. He feels that he has reached the standard line of f1."

"This can also be seen from Fei's winter test results. His speed has entered the top ten drivers, and he is the first among new drivers in recent years, surpassing Kimi Raikkonen last year."

"Flying's results are indeed good, but many things cannot be just looked at the winter test. F1 is the highest driver's class in the world. We cannot allow any driver to lower the level of the F1 event by special approval."

"As the president of the FIA, I should maintain a fair and just attitude, so I still have to wait until the Council passes it."

After Morris finished speaking, he looked at Prost with a deep meaning, and he hid the secret of Prost's talk with the French President of the FIA.

How could Prost not understand that such a look was indeed used to take advantage of the relationship between French compatriots. However, there was not much violation in the final punishment, and there were sufficient reasons to cancel the Senna score.

However, with the fall of Senna, people's worship and regret for the God of Cars have made the remarks one-sided. Moreover, Prost's use of relationships is a fact, and there is no explanation for this.

"I agree with your idea, but now it's urgent. Can you hold a board meeting as soon as possible to approve Fei's super driver's license again?"

“Now the directors are all…”

Seeing that Morris was still making excuses, Prost interrupted: "Chairman Morris, I hope you understand that Fei is not just a newcomer, he also represents the huge market for F1 in China in the future! The East China Sea track has been built, Fei is the spokesperson of the Chinese Grand Prix. As the chairman of the FIA, he should take it as his mission to develop F1 events."

"If you are unable to participate in the new season because of your super driver's license, you should know how serious the consequences will be, and even lose the huge market in China!"

"Are you threatening me?"

Morris replied in a bad tone. He agreed with Prost's statement in his heart, but did not like this threatening attitude.

"I didn't threaten you. This is a consideration for the future development of F1 sports. And now Prost team has no third driver candidate. If you insist on refusing the approval of your super driver's license, Prost team will decide to withdraw from the race in the new season."

Prost was really anxious at this time. The consequences of letting Baldyce push forward were not much different from withdrawing from the competition. It would be better to use the public opinion caused by withdrawing from the competition, and force Morris to make concessions.

Sure enough, after hearing Prost's words, Morris's face became complicated. He and Prost looked at each other for a few seconds, and then said: "I will hold a special council tonight. If it is approved, I will approve the super driver's license for the special driver. If it has not hurt, I will follow the rules."

"no problem."

Prost agreed immediately, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but start to rise.

How could Prost be without any preparation? This scene was long before he expected.
Chapter completed!