After leaving the ward, Zhang Yifei and Prost did not speak for a moment, but walked silently for a while.

He came to the elevator. The moment the door was closed, Prost spoke, "Fei, what do you think of Alessi's suggestions?"

"You are the boss, you have the final say."

Zhang Yifei replied casually, to be honest, he had never considered changing teammates before, unless it was Alaisi's injury, he could not support his future career journey.

But thinking about the 34-year-old Kubika can still drive F1 with one hand, while Alessi's injury is far from this level. In addition, he has improved his current state and will have a stronger racing car in the future. It should not be a big problem to continue running for one or two years.

But now Alessi has raised it, and the real problem is in front of him. However, Zhang Yifei doesn’t want to arbitrarily make his own decisions. What driver should be chosen? This is the boss’s authority.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, Prost hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Now that the season is over, many driver contracts are expired, and f3,000 newcomers will also emerge to test the car."

"In addition to the main drivers of all major drivers, other No. 2 drivers and newcomers basically have opportunities to negotiate. Are you a newcomer, or are you a veteran who has experienced to become a wingman like Alessi?"

Prost still gave Zhang Yifei the opportunity to express his opinions. To put it no exaggeration, Zhang Yifei's current status in Prost team is like Schumacher of Ferrari, which already has enough right to influence decision-making.

And more importantly, Zhang Yifei is indirectly holding a stake in Prost team in a sense. Although he has never asked for treatment as a shareholder, in fact, this point cannot be changed.

"Newbie."

Alessi was willing to become an wingman in the end, but not every veteran was willing to become an wingman. It was based on his personality when he completely subdued the other party. When he met someone who was more scheming and was willing to bet but not admit defeat, there was no way to do so.

In comparison, newcomers may have weaknesses and orders, but they are more likely to crush them with their strength and get along more directly.

Zhang Yifei has no time and energy to play in-fighting teams. Moreover, he signed a three-year contract with Prost, a veteran who is at the end of his career, is on a downward trend. Will he change another partner at that time?

"Sato wonders what you think, several F3-level champion drivers, and showed their dominance, and even tried cars in British and American teams. More importantly, he is also an Asian yellow man and may be more harmonious with you."

Prost recommended Japanese driver Takuma Sato because he had already tasted the sweetness of a national star in Zhang Yifei.

Although Japan is not like the Chinese Formula, it is directly a desert area, but now the gap in the Japanese F1 drivers has appeared. With the rise of the leader Zhang Yifei, they also need a strong F1 driver to maintain their position as a strong automobile industry country.

Zhang Yifei's example has shown how much capital power is hidden behind the national superstars. If Sato Dao can be recruited into the fleet, then Japan's advertising and sponsorship capital can be absorbed, which is very necessary for the long-term development of the fleet.

After all, the annual budget of Prost team is less than 50 million US dollars, while the Big Three teams are not less than 100 million US dollars. Especially the tycoon like Ferrari team, even as high as 200 million US dollars, and the salary for Schumacher is 60 to 70 million US dollars.

In the future, if Prost team becomes the fourth giant, or even squeeze out one of the three giants, the team budget that starts at $100 million will not be able to support the subsequent development of the "Mars rover".

So for the future of the team, or to put it bluntly, Prost plans to recruit another unpopular national driver for the sake of money.

Sato Talk?

Zhang Yifei was still a little surprised when he suddenly heard Prost say this name. He didn't expect that the boss would recommend Sato to Damage the Japanese driver.

Objectively speaking, Sato Dao's strength is not too bad, at least his career performance is not inferior to Alessi. The main reason for his poor overall performance is that the team he joined was too bad. From the British and American teams at the beginning to the later Akuri team at the Suzuki, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a generation of tractors.

If you want to drive amazing results at this level, your strength will be amazing.

It is obvious that Sato Dao is just a moderate driver who is fighting hard, and there is still a clear gap between him and the world's top F1 drivers. However, the ability to win the Indy 500 World Championship in later generations also proves that he has certain potential and may not have been able to play it out in the F1 paddock.

Zhang Yifei is not bad about Takuma Sato. Although the two of them had fought in the Grand Prix F3 event in the O Island Grand Prix, the process was not very pleasant.

But Sato Dao is the first driver who shows the bloody nature of Asian drivers in the F1 field. He can lose, but he will never slow down and admit defeat! This has led to him being criticized a lot, even rejecting the entire F1 group, just like Zhang Yifei who has just entered the Formula field.

The only difference is that Zhang Yifei finally gained a firm foothold with his strength and followed the path of Hamilton in later generations. But Sato Dao was unable to prove himself in the end, and could only go far away to print local procedures with the bankruptcy of Suzuki Akuri's fleet.

To be honest, if you partner with Takuro Sato, Zhang Yifei is acceptable just from his strength.

However, Zhang Yifei knew that behind Sato Tao, the capital of Japanese auto manufacturers such as Honda. This is in an opposition to the Chinese auto industry background he represents. If he really gets rid of it, Prost and Japanese auto manufacturers will join forces with him, and then he and Huali Group will probably become the eaten shrimp.

Of course, this is just a possibility, but Zhang Yifei must be careful of many things in the future, and he has no capital to lose!

"You can consider whether there are any other candidates."

"The strongest newcomer this year, the f3000 champion Masa is also in the test drive stage, but he has many teams to pay attention to and may not be able to recruit Prost team. There are also several newcomers and test driveers who have entered the transfer market in advance, but none of them are suitable."

"The rest are drivers whose contracts expire in other teams. It is possible that Jenson Patton and Fernando Alonso will become free agents and are also targets that can be negotiated."

When he said this, Prost suddenly thought of something and said to Zhang Yifei: "By the way, there is another very important newcomer who will enter the f1 paddock, which may attract many drivers to compete for."

"Who has such a big name?"

According to Zhang Yifei's historical experience, after entering the f1 paddock this year, the biggest newcomer should be Masa.

Hero Senna, tragic Masa, this Brazilian driver, will become the last world-class driver in the Brazilian car world, supporting the glory and hope of all Brazilian car fans.

To be honest, Masa is really good at driving a decent race car at its peak, and you have the chance to compete for the F1 world championship.

But he was very sorry that he met Hamilton, who drove a stronger Mercedes-Benz racing car, and won the world runner-up title by one point. Later, he was very unsuccessful and was hit in the head by racing fragments, which became a turning point in his state.

From then on, Brazil's last driver to compete for the world championship also fell from the car world. This country that gave birth to the car god Senna eventually declined.

But Prost had already said about Masa before and did not give him such a high evaluation. So Zhang Yifei was really curious. Among the newcomers this year, who can still surpass Masa?

"Indy World Champion, the strongest newcomer ever, Helio Kess is sturdy!"

Helio?

When he heard this name, Zhang Yifei opened his mouth wide in surprise. He really didn't expect that Helio would come to f1.

"Don't he run the local printing procedures?"

"Since you have chosen to come to F1, you will naturally not run the local printing program. But this is also a normal thing. For example, Villeneuve and Montoya have only been running in Indy racing for a year or two, and after winning the annual championship, they choose to come to F1."

"After all, both technology and income, Formula One is far more than the local Indian formula. To use an old Chinese saying, "You are saying that people go to a higher place."

Now Prost is at the fleet headquarters and has been with a group of Chinese engineers for a long time, and he has gradually learned a lot of things, and even he knows this common saying.

"It's very interesting."

Zhang Yifei said with a playful smile on his face. Helio chose to come to the F1 paddock this year. He probably was unwilling to accept his feelings and rushed to take revenge.

When Prost saw the smile on Zhang Yifei's face, he knew that this kid must have guessed that Helio had intended to enter the F1 paddock this year.

"You're right. According to the news circulating now, Helio's primary goal in the F1 paddock is you. And since the US Grand Prix, it is said that this super newcomer has a frequent test drive process and is crazy about the performance and track of the F1 racing car. It seems that he is prepared."

"Then let him come. Indy 500 can't win at home, and still want to win me in f1?"

Zhang Yifei said in a disdainful tone, "What is the strongest newcomer in history?" The Indy drivers should understand where their strength limit is. Not every champion is Villeneuve, or Montoya's strength, and he can become the top master in the F1 paddock.

Most Indy riders are actually placed in the f1 paddock, which is really worth mentioning!

"If you recruit him into Prost, it will definitely be a very interesting thing to be your teammate."

Looking at Zhang Yifei's attitude, Prost teased, "What kind of sparks will two arrogant newcomers collide in the same fleet are curious."
Chapter completed!