In the waiting area of ​​the maintenance station, Alonso was looking at Helio next to him with an unhappy look. This Indy local bun looked like Sima's face from beginning to end, and was as harsh as 20,000 to 50,000, as if other trial drivers were rookies in his eyes.

This attitude made Alonso very unhappy. If Helio was not arrogant and talked less, the boss would not find a chance to talk. He probably would have to turn on his bb mode long ago and feel uncomfortable without complaining a few words.

Actually, it’s not that the boss is so angry, because Helio just writes down on his face for Alonso. You should know that even Schumacher didn’t take this Indy champion seriously at the beginning. How can a Minardi rookie who “frys cold rice” make me respected?

By comparison, Masa is much quieter and more peaceful, just like his kind character, and will not show confidence and pride like ordinary F1 drivers, showing a sense of aggressiveness.

It is indeed just like Prost's opinion. If Zhang Yifei didn't think about reaching the sky in one step, challenging the status of the Big Three team, competing for the driver's championship with Schumacher, and accumulating for a few years, Massa's personality would become a good teammate and wingman.

Even becoming the next top green leaf driver, just like Barrichello of Ferrari.

But time doesn't wait for anyone. If you want to cross a mountain like Senna and Schumacher, you must become famous at a young age. Just like Hamilton, the driver who is closest to surpassing God in later generations, from the beginning, he showed the potential and achievements of a super genius from the beginning.

The three of them sat in Renault racing and then set off one by one. The management team in the club box stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, preparing to carefully observe the performance of several drivers.

After all, this is the highlight of today, and all three of them have a chance to become official drivers of the F1 team.

"Cosell, who do you think will be the fastest rookie in the trial?"

Henry asked Cosell beside him, after all, he was a racing engineer, the most professional and knowledgeable person.

“Halio.”

Kossel said Helio's name without hesitation, which was in line with his usual personality. He never played Tai Chi and his answer was simple and direct.

"Why?"

"He is the strongest, don't underestimate the Indy champion just because he lost a game."

As a competition engineer, naturally, you cannot change your mentality in the same way as a driver. Do not judge heroes by success or failure, it is the basic cultivation of a competition engineer. If you want to look at the overall data and strength.

Since the rumors of Helio joining the F1 team, Kossel and Ukyo Yamamoto began to sort out and collect Helio's race data. The best comparison object among them is naturally Montoya.

With only 19 years old, Helio also won the annual championship season. Indy's track results of more than 80% were stronger than Montoya, and even surpassed Villeneuve by 70%!

You should know that Villeneuve is already regarded as the super king of Indy Racing, Montoya is a newcomer who won the annual championship in the season, making himself a superstar driver in Colombia.

The track data of these two people was completely defeated in front of Helio. He was called the strongest newcomer in Indy Racing history, and it was not groundless.

In fact, if Helio hadn't been alone in the Indy 500 event, if he had underestimated Zhang Yifei and was unwilling to let Lei Qi and Blake intervene, he might have been able to overtake long ago.

When he realized that the situation was wrong, he was facing Schumacher, the strongest driver in F1, so he could only face the failure.

More importantly, although this kid is so crazy that almost no one takes it seriously, even if he is a senior driver of Indy Racing Championship. However, he doesn't say in the driver's professional standards that he is terrible in his professional work. It is said that he has been secretly trained at Williams Team.

However, this rumor Cosel has not yet verified it, but Helio's previous diligence and hard work in Indian local programs is obvious to all.

"No wonder you asked Fei before, if Helio was the strongest, would he choose to be a teammate? It turns out that in your heart, Helio would have long believed that Helio would become the strongest rookie driver today."

Henry replied suddenly, no wonder Cosel suddenly said something, it was true that there was no reason.

Kossel did not deny this, and even in his heart, there was an idea of ​​Prost team recruiting Helio.

Just like the old saying, children only distinguish right from wrong, and adults only value interests. What is the conflict between drivers? As long as they can win the championship, they can still become teammates who fight side by side.

In history, how many pairs of champion teams fought side by side? Most of them were similar to strangers after leaving, and even turned against each other. Since you want to choose the strongest No. 2 driver, let’s choose the strongest Halio!

Anyway, Zhang Yifei is not a good guy. As long as he has the confidence to suppress this Indy King, Cosell doesn't matter.

But in the end, Zhang Yifei knew his abilities and limits very well, and never thought of such whimsical operations. As a competition engineer, Kossel naturally had to serve the drivers, and of course it was impossible to take the initiative to bring this "bomb" into the team.

But Cosel always had a premonition in his heart that if Prost team dared to recruit Helio, this Indy boy would really dare to join!

The three drivers on the track began to rush. Zhang Yifei, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at this scene and felt a different feeling in his heart. After all, in the past, they were on the track and others became spectators, but today they were completely reversed.

From the line, we can see that none of these three people retain their strength today, especially Alonso, who has gone through some very extreme and dangerous lines. After all, he is not a rookie this year, but a "re-cooked meat" last year. Losing to a newcomer is a difficult thing for Alonso's stubborn self-esteem.

Moreover, Alonso not only wants to win the new opponent, but also wants to prove his strength to show Zhang Yifei. He is not a weak person who can be despised, nor is he the kind of wingman who loses his fighting spirit.

With Alonso's crazy drive, Masa and Helio gradually began to get ahead. For Masa, he had to defeat Alonso in order to get the No. 2 driver's seat in Prost team.

This is not to say that he values ​​and values ​​the No. 2 driver seat, but to learn and catch up with Zhang Yifei. Only Prost team can provide him with this atmosphere.

To be honest, Masa treated Zhang Yifei with a mentality of being both enemies and friends. On the one hand, he recognized the other's strength and even learned from Zhang Yifei. On the other hand, he regarded defeating Zhang Yifei as one of his professional goals.

After all, he was the biggest favorite of the Renault Formula at the time, but now he has become a follower. Masa also wants the spotlight of the f1 stage to shine on himself again.

After feeling Alonso's speed, Helio's expression appeared a fever on his face. Before, in the Williams test yard, he was like a madman, almost day and night driving the Formula Racing and Racing Simulator, which was not much more crazy than Zhang Yifei of the US Grand Prix.

In fact, Helio's progress during this period can also be described as amazing. The last time the Williams test speed was only a very weak gap, lagging behind Montoya. However, it significantly exceeded the test data of Montoya's newcomer stage and Williams team.

Considering that Helio is a real newcomer, his future potential is unimaginable. Sir Williamson gave a test driver seat at that time, but he refused without hesitation. He didn't even look down on the position of the second driver, so would he want a test driver seat?

To be honest, Sir Williams had a moment of trying to make up his mind to free up a formal driver's seat for Helio to bet on the strongest newcomer in Indy's history.

Just like the operation of transferring Jason Patton from the team in exchange for Montoya to become a formal driver.

But Helio's unruly and uncontrollable character eventually made Sir Williams retreat. After all, even a team like Minardi could not tolerate Alonso's disobedience to the team's instructions. Will Sir Williams, a boss known for his "cold-blooded and ruthlessness" tolerate a disobedient driver under his command?

So Sir Williams chose to give up, and Helio appeared on today's Jerez track.

After running the third lap, Alonso took the lead in breaking through the fastest lap of 1 minute 19 seconds 217 that Sato Dao ran. But in one lap, this record was broken. Helio directly broke through the limit of 1 minute 19 seconds and entered the field of 1 minute 18 seconds. The fastest lap was 1 minute 18 seconds 973!

"It's a bit quick."

Renault team chairman Bernard praised.

You should know that the track record is only 1 minute, 18 seconds, 135. This newcomer who crossed the border in Indy ran into the 1 minute, 18 seconds field, and is definitely the strength and level of a top newcomer.

And we must also consider the differences in racing performance. After all, this year's Renault team hastily acquired Benetton to enter the F1, and did not rely on the strength of the Renault-Nissan League to develop a more powerful new racing car.

So basically, it is still based on Benetton racing's foundation, and its performance is not very strong, which further demonstrates Helio's strength.

But the next scene surprised the team management on the scene. F3000 newcomer Masa actually defeated Helio in the fourth lap, and with a lap of 1 minute 18 seconds 968, it became the fastest lap on the track at present.

No matter how weak the lead is, it at least refreshed the fastest lap speed, and Helio is the foundation of Indy's annual champion, Masa is only the F3000 champion, and the grade is one level worse.

This is what makes people amazed.

"Are all rookies going against the sky this year? Will the next driver fly again?"
Chapter completed!