Helio's entry into F1 this time is ambitious, but in fact his training results on the team simulator are indeed amazing.

It can be said to have swept the simulator records of two drivers from Jenson Patton and Fischela before Renault, bringing the track lap to a whole new level.

The Renault team management can spend $1.5 million to sign Helio, which means that he has never underestimated his strength. However, his current performance still exceeds the team's best expectations, and has even reached the point where he can no longer look at Helio from the perspective of a newcomer.

The talent and strength are shown, allowing Renault's team to set its goal in the new season to defeat the Big Three with ambitious goals.

After all, last season, Renault was ranked fourth in points, but the drivers did not perform much and did not win the championship. They just slowly accumulated the fourth place.

So Renault seems to have no presence. If many car fans don’t look at the final standings, they think Prost has become the fourth giant.

The low-key "new team" season has passed, and Renault plans to show its wingman this year. In addition to the driver's improvement, the latest generation of racing car Renault has also emerged. This is a car with chassis and engines of Renault, not just last year's Benetton racing car.

The biggest difference between new teams such as Renault and Toyota and Jaguar is that they have rich F1 racing experience.

As early as the 1970s, Renault had become a supplier of F1 events. In the 1990s, Benetton and Renault cooperated to reach their peak. Schumacher's first two F1 world championship titles were won by Benetton.

So whether it is chassis manufacturing or event engines, Renault can play easily. Except for changing to the name of Renault team, everything else is full of old wines in new bottles.

Renault is not worthy of strength, capital, foundation and technology in all aspects, and it would be strange if it is willing to become a younger brother team.

Prost and Renault are eyeing each other, and even Sauber and Toyota are not willing to be lonely, which has brought great pressure to the Big Three teams this year. If the drivers and racing performance are not good, the stable triangle echelon may be broken in the past decade, and the f1 paddock will usher in a new round of reshuffle.

The one with the greatest pressure among them is naturally Williams. Montoya was crazily suppressed by Zhang Yifei last season. Ralph Schumacher was capable and could also reach the championship podium, but for some reason, he always felt that he was a little unreliable.

The only thing that made Sir Williams feel relieved is that this year's new racing car FW24 still has strong performance, and the new frame chassis is paired with BMW's latest p82 engine, which has performed very well in the test.

The past few years of Williams' cooperation with BMW are the last highlight period, and they can also defend the dignity and status of their Big Three teams.

When BMW acquired the Sauber team in 2006 and began to form its own factory team, Williams team was forced to choose the lagging Cosworth, and at the same time, they also lost BMW's technical support and huge sponsorship.

From then on, Williams' team fell from the peak three, and this fall lasted for more than ten years.

"Montoya, this year is the last chance, don't let me down."

After the end of last season, Helio came to Williams for a private test and performed very well. Although he was slightly behind Montoya in terms of data, considering his pure newcomer identity and future potential, his strength may eventually surpass Montoya.

However, Montoya was trained by Williams' team from the test drive stage and had a tacit understanding of cooperation. Helio, an American boy, is simply unruly and can be foreseeable that he will not be honest and obedient in the future.

After hesitation, Montoya was just a newcomer who had been running for one season, so he could stabilize the ranks of first-class drivers. He just bet on another Indy driver, and he was not very obedient. The risk was too great.

So Sir Williams finally left Montoya, but this was his last chance.

When Montoya heard Sir Williams' threatening words, he did not sit calmly on the sofa in the lounge.

The experience of the newcomer season this year can be said to have smoothed out many edges and corners on Montoya, allowing the originally wild and irritable Colombian superstar to learn what forbearance and quietness are.

Compared with other small teams, Sir Williams spent a lot of money this time, and during the winter break, Montoya and Schumacher Jr. were allowed to train privately on the track to maintain the feel and improve the skills.

Don’t think that F1 private training is just a few laps. The consumption of F1 racing components, track maintenance, and labor costs of crew members will cost at least tens of millions of dollars to maintain.

Many small teams have a year budget of only tens of millions of dollars, so how can they be qualified to burn money for private training like this?

Although Williams won the runner-up in total points last season, it did not pose enough threat to Ferrari, and all the drivers' top three places were lost.

Results are the only way for Williams to maintain its status and develop. This season must show stronger strength.

"Ralph, so do you. Don't always be a bad brother!"

To be honest, Sir Williams is even more disappointed with Ralph Schumacher than Montoya.

After all, Montoya is just a newcomer. If Zhang Yifei hadn't appeared in nowhere, and now Halio, the strongest newcomer in Indian history, entered the F1 paddock, Montoya's performance was actually excellent enough.

But Ralph Schumacher is different. Everyone equates him with the second Michael Schumacher expects, believing that he has the strength to become the world champion in the F1.

Objectively speaking, Ralph Schumacher's performance this year is not bad, ranking fourth in total points, only losing to Schumacher, Kurthard and Barrichello. Considering his professional time and age advantages, he has already stood in the ranks of top drivers.

This result is acceptable for small teams, but Williams is a Big Three team, and the runner-up can only be considered a loser. What is the use of the fourth and fifth place results?

Moreover, Montoya at least has the fighting spirit, wanting to defeat the Chinese boy and become a world champion to prove his glory of the Indy King.

Ralph Schumacher didn't care at all. He looked careless and liked to hook up racing girls in the team lounge. Several times, if Montoya hadn't been there, and there were more surveillance these days than in the 1970s and 1980s, it was estimated that the repair station would have staged Hunter's "fire fire" scene back then.

Sir Williams often wondered whether Ralph Schumacher wasted his talent, or was his own strength just like this?

When Shumach heard that he compared himself with his brother, the expression on his face finally changed, but he soon returned to normal and chose to remain silent.

Many times he really wanted to surpass Schumacher and walk out of the shadow that covered his light. But the repeated failures made Ralph gradually realize that there might be an insurmountable gap between him and his brother.

It’s not because they are all surnamed Schumacher, their talent and strength will definitely be the same. Many people regard him as a world champion, which puts a lot of pressure on Schumacher. His choice to be lazy and indulge may also be a way to escape.

Just like a young man who is addicted to the Internet in later generations, he uses the virtual world to escape expectations and pressure in reality.

Seeing that neither of its two drivers spoke, Sir Williams snorted coldly and sighed. He actually knew that the drivers were actually not bad in performance. If they put pressure on them, they might break the string, but the team had no choice!

Such a plot also appeared on McLaren, but it was not as direct as Sir Williams.

Last year, McLaren won the second and third place drivers, and this result seemed to be half as big as Williams, but the hidden risks were actually greater than Williams.

Because the two drivers of Williams team are young and have average strength, they have great potential and impact. McLaren team is just showing off with Coothard, but Kimi Raikkonen performed very poorly.

Coothard is actually not a solid driver. He performed well last year and may perform poorly this year's new season. If Kimi Raikkonen cannot grow, McLaren is the most likely to fall from the Big Three position.

After all, Prost, Renault, and even Sauber are not fuel-efficient lights this year!

The only good thing is the Ferrari team, with two drivers working together and both at their peak. In addition, this year's f2002 racing has amazing laboratory data, which outperformed last year's McLaren-Benz racing, and is the absolute "Mars rover" standard.

If this can also lose, then nothing can be used to say it!

I must say that there are any regrets, that is, last year's decision to sell the new season engine to Prost team may become a hidden danger. After all, no one can imagine that the performance of this year's racing engine will be so powerful.

With the retirement of time, the eleven team repair station was completed and the seven-day winter season test officially began.

Unlike the first round tests of Minardi, McLaren and Renault last year, Ferrari plans to test the waters first this year. They are very confident in their new racing cars and want to use lap times to tell these ambitious teams this year and want to challenge their own teams. Ferrari is still the strongest Ferrari!

At the same time, there was Renault team. Helio never knew what meant by moderation and tolerance. He was the kind of person who showed his sharpness.

This year, Helio is very confident in Renault Racing and his strength. Since Schumacher has come on the court, we will meet him and see how Ferrari's new racing car is.

The last one to appear in Sauber, the newcomer Masa sat in the cockpit, with a calm expression on his face, without Schumacher's domineering aura and Helio's sharpness.

The reason why Masa played was very simple. Schumacher was his idol. This was the first time he had the opportunity to compete with Schumacher on the same stage, so he didn't want to miss it. It was that simple.

However, these drivers immediately attracted the attention of the teams in the stadium. Ferrari's new racing speed and the strength of the two newcomers all made people curious.
Chapter completed!