Zhang Yifei finally made a conclusion about Prost's whimsical thoughts. Some people just say that they are different and do not make plans. He and Helio will definitely not be able to pee in the same pot. Moreover, the two of them have humiliated each other, and this kind of grudge cannot be eliminated simply.

Prost didn't say anything about Zhang Yifei's decisive rejection, after all, he was just a joke. However, this year's free riders are basically here, it depends on the final choice.

"Fei, have you decided on the final candidate?"

"When I return to the French headquarters, I will give me a detailed list to choose."

Although Zhang Yifei felt that his style was simple and crude, he still didn't want to make such a simple decision on his future with the team.

After all, it has only been half an hour since Alaisi said he was going to retire, and Zhang Yifei has not even had time to think about it. How can he make a decision?

"Okay, I'll make a decision at the headquarters."

Pros nodded, and it was indeed a bit too hasty to decide the No. 2 driver of the future team now.

In the next few days, Zhang Yifei and the crew members remained in Tokyo, Japan, accompanying the injured Alaisi.

There are many media and reporters who want to interview, but they are eventually rejected and blocked. After experiencing the "smoke" of the whole season, Zhang Yifei really wants to stay away from the life of celebrities and struggles and relax himself.

Now he also understands a little why many drivers even find a leisure villa with beautiful mountains and rivers in a short period of time in summer to give themselves spiritual relaxation.

He is indeed in this environment, even without a game, he will not be able to truly relax. He is always worried about media or other things. Zhang Yifei now wants to get out of this environment, adjust his state, and welcome the next season.

A few days later, as Alessi's condition basically stabilized, Prost booked a special plane, and all members of the crew retreated from Tokyo, Japan to their headquarters in Paris, France.

To be honest, if it weren't for Alessi's incident, Zhang Yifei planned to go home to China after the game. But now there are a lot of things to deal with, so he can only go back to the French headquarters first. After all, there are still a few months left before the start of next season, so he is not very anxious.

After most of the day's flight, the flight landed at Paris International Airport. For the city of Paris, Zhang Yifei was just a noun in his previous life, and this life was like his second hometown. His career was longer than in China.

After getting off the plane, Alaixi was transferred to a French hospital for recuperation as soon as possible. His injury was serious but not fatal, but it was probably not that easy to recover.

At first, Alaisi made the decision to retire. In addition to his own age, this injury actually occupied a large factor. After all, it takes a while to recover from the injury, and other factors, the entire winter break may not necessarily return to normal.

You should know that Alessi is no longer young and is in the time period of retired drivers. Whether he can return to normal will be given a question mark. Instead of "abdicating and giving up the talent" at that time, it is better to quit voluntarily when the most glorious ends of his career.

The crew members returned to the headquarters building. Zhang Yifei did not return to the dormitory to rest immediately, but drove to the racing development center with Prost, and also accompanied by Cosell and Henry.

Actually, seriously, Cosel, the chief competition engineer, has not seen the new AAP05 car next year for a long time. After all, Zhang Yifei recovered from the injury and dealt with the Chinese engineers in the middle. He had no time to go back to France, but Cosel had been following the team to compete.

The Prost fleet R&D center is still the same, but the people-to-people eastern holes still give people a different feeling. After all, in a research and development base in France, it is indeed rare to have so many eastern holes in this era.

"Boss, Chinese engineers have no problem recently, right?"

Zhang Yifei asked with a smile on his face. In fact, it is certainly no problem from the reliability of the components of the Japanese Grand Prix. But he needs to get recognition from Prost's mouth.

“Very good, very good…”

When Prost faced Zhang Yifei's inquiry, he smiled embarrassedly. The parts failure had been broken before, and it was actually himself who should take the blame. He asked a group of novice technicians who had never been in contact with F1 to process the drawings directly, and only minor errors appeared, which was considered God's blessing.

After the problem occurred, with Zhang Yifei's support, Prost also realized his mistake. So during this period, the engineers from the original R&D base were allowed to impart experience and guide, so there was no problem.

And there is another thing that surprised Prost, that is, he thought that engineers from the low-end automobile industry in China must be of a terrible level. But in fact, the learning ability of these Chinese engineers can be described in terms of astonishing words. No matter what they teach them, they can basically achieve the indicator the next day.

Now thinking about Zhang Yifei's recommendation terms, such as hard work, discipline, efficiency, professionalism, etc., it sounds like a brag, but in fact it is true. Prost couldn't help but sigh these days that if he hired a group of Chinese engineers to save money last year, the fleet might have revived a year earlier.

In fact, what Prost didn't know was that these Chinese engineers were the elite among the elites. In addition to being drawn by Huali Automobile Group, they also poached people from many Chinese auto companies.

If even this group of people fails to meet the standards that Zhang Yifei boasts, then in the whole of China, there will be no more group of automotive engineering elites of the same level in a short period of time.

Entering the assembly garage, a red and blue Prost car had already gotten off the frame and parked in the open space in the center. This means that the development of the entire racing car has been completed. Now in front of Zhang Yifei and the others is the AP05 prototype car.

Completed?

Looking at this brand new racing car, Zhang Yifei suddenly felt a surge of passion and an indescribable excitement in his heart.

A car enthusiast will be extremely excited when he sees a beloved car. Now Zhang Yifei is an F1 driver. The feeling that he feels imaginable when he sees this "partner" who will accompany him in the track in the future!

Not to mention Zhang Yifei, even Cosell and Henry, who were standing beside him, had a fascinating expression on their faces, looking at the new Ap05 racing car, just like seeing a sexy and hot Latino girl!

Racing is the driver's second life!

Team design director Leo, now standing next to the ap05 racing car, looked at the expressions on Zhang Yifei and the others' faces, and also introduced in an excited and proud tone: "The prototype car for next year's Prost chariot has been completely finalized and painted."

"I can assure you that this car is definitely the most powerful car ever for Prost, even the Ligier team. On the track next year, we don't have to be afraid of the Big Three racing performance, because we have a car as powerful as them!"

Listening to Leo's passionate words, Zhang Yifei walked to the next to the car. The last time he saw this Prost AAP05 car, it was still in the silver-white frame, without a carbon fiber pneumatic cover, and even more without a paint.

Unlike the previous generation of Prost js53 pure blue paint, this time the red and blue colors appear more explosive and energetic.

It is natural to say that blue is different. This is the iconic color of the Prost team and the color of France. However, red comes from the heritage of the Ferrari team!

As mentioned before, an F1 fleet is actually composed of two parts, namely the chassis manufacturer and the engine supplier. The chassis manufacturer is the main body, and the fleet management rights and naming rights both come from the chassis manufacturers.

However, in order to demonstrate the status and performance of the engine, the engine manufacturer will be added to the entire team, unless the naming rights are bought out. For example, the previous Prost team was not the Prost-Peugeot team, but the Prost-Acer team.

But this time it is different. Ferrari is rich and powerful. If you want to use their engines, you must disclose the engine supplier and join the team's name. So the full name of Prost team next year will be Prost-Ferrari team.

It really makes me feel bizarre. Ferrari is Zhang Yifei's opponent on the track and he believes that he must defeat. Now he uses the same racing engine as them, and even has the same team suffix name.

Kossel also came to the Ap05 racing car at this moment and looked around carefully. He is a real aerodynamic expert and has a very good research on the aerodynamic design of the car body. His focus is naturally different from Zhang Yifei.

"Leo, what is the specific data for racing?"

"The maximum horsepower limit of the machine test reached 980 horses, which is 10% stronger than the theoretical performance of the previous generation Prost racing car. However, the horsepower on the wheels will be reduced, and it will be about 8% stronger."

"The air kit design has a slight decline in resistance, and the linear acceleration will be faster. If you follow the standards of this season, this APO5 car is the Mars rover level!"

Leo introduced it very confidently, because the racing performance was strong, which was a bit beyond his expectations. I really didn’t expect that the new Ferrari 051   v10 engine could be so powerful!

"Yeah, it's very good."

Kossel also nodded. Judging from the theoretical data alone, it is indeed the standard of the rover.

Of course, it is all unknown how well it performs on the track and how stable it is. But at least, it makes people see the strength and potential of this car!
Chapter completed!