Zhang Yifei on the track began to improve his speed wildly, and his powerful AP05 performance once again brought Zhang Yifei's initial passion. Now he dared not say that he must be a Mars rover, but he can be sure that it is no longer a "tractor"!

"The flight is very fast, it seems that the Prost car will perform well this year."

Sir Williams spoke, his face a little solemn.

From the engine roar and racing acceleration, the F1 team masters in the paddock can roughly judge the basic performance of the car. At least the current performance of this Prost AAP05 car is much better than last year's JS53.

"The specific performance depends on the fastest lap speed, but judging from the performance of Ferrari F2002 before, the engine performance should be less than poor."

Technical director Simmonds replied, his eyes also locked in the blue and red car on the track.

He knew what Sir Williams was worried about. Zhang Yifei, who drove a JS53 car last year, performed so amazingly. This year, he would be given a more powerful car, so Williams team would not even have the advantage in racing performance. Can Schumacher and Montoya fight the drivers?

"Ferrari is raising a tiger for trouble!"

Sir Williams shook his head. No one expected that Ferrari would sign a race engine supply contract with the other side when Prost was in the most difficult time.

Now it seems that it is not just a threat to Williams, but Ferrari itself is not much better!

"Who could have thought that Prost team could be resurrected under the leadership of a Chinese boy?"

Simmonds said with a wry smile, "At the time, the situation in Prost team was basically waiting to die!"

Who would have thought that the future would pose a threat to itself by supplying the event engine to such a team?

Faced with such an answer, Sir Williams also smiled bitterly, and what he said now was a hindsight.

The performance improvement is basically certain even if there is no final lap speed. The next step is to see which step you can improve and how stable the car will be.

The speed of the first lap on the track was soon out. Zhang Yifei ran a lap speed of 1 minute, 23 seconds, 175, which was significantly ahead of Helio's first test of 1 minute, 23 seconds, 299, and surpassed Schumacher's first lap.

You should know that last year's test drive, Zhang Yifei tested it in 7 days of winter, and the fastest lap speed was only 1 minute 22 seconds 405!

Now the first lap of the first test has reached the threshold of 1 minute and 22 seconds. There is no doubt that Zhang Yifei's fastest lap this year will be significantly ahead of last year and break the current track record.

This is not only an enhancement of racing performance, but also an enhancement of drivers' strength. If Zhang Yifei stepped into the threshold of a top driver last year, then he can stand firm in the position of a top driver this year.

From then on, a Chinese driver will appear on the highest mountain in the world-class driver!

When this lap speed was passed through the team voice and passed to the other five drivers in the same field, there were surprises, surprises, worships, and shocks!

Among them, Kimi Raikkonen may be the one who felt the most pressure. He ran 1 minute 23 seconds 375 in the first lap.

This lap speed cannot be considered slow, and it greatly surpassed his test results last year, but facing Zhang Yifei's fastest lap in the track, it is a bit too much to watch. Especially Kimi Raikkonen believes that his efforts during the winter break, coupled with the stronger mp4-17 new car, should surpass Zhang Yifei in one fell swoop.

As a result, he is now behind again, which is a big blow to Kimi Raikkonen's confidence. Even if the Finnish Iceman rarely writes his emotions on his face, he can feel a sense of frustration at this moment.

Why did I try my best but still lose to the driver Fei?

"Flying so fast?"

Not to mention Kimi Raikkonen, even at the McLaren team repair station, after seeing the speed of the first lap, the expression on the team strategy team's face was full of surprise.

This year, not only Ferrari is very satisfied with its engine, but McLaren is also very satisfied with the performance of the Mercedes-Benz engine. Moreover, the stability test of the new racing car is also far higher than last year. The McLaren team was full of confidence.

You should know that last year McLaren had the fastest racing car in theory, but its poor stability made them not perform well in the season. This year, it is a comeback, but it is aimed at the F1 world champion!

Kimi Raikkonen started first, lap speed was better than Zhang Yifei. This result was originally very satisfied with the team, much faster than last year's test speed. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yifei's speed could be so fast, even Schumacher and Helio in the first round of the test were surpassed by him.

"Prost's new car is stronger than we expected."

The expression on the face of racing designer Newe is very serious. In addition to the driver's own strength, the racing performance is definitely not much slower. At least last year, with the Prost JS53 performance, it is difficult to run Zhang Yifei's current lap speed when he switched to Schumacher.

"Yes, the competition for us this year is even more fierce. It seems that the rumors outside that Prost will become the fourth giant may not be groundless."

Prost has already gained fame since the end of last year's season, and many media have promoted it to become the fourth giant in the F1 paddock.

However, many teams do not take this kind of media coverage too seriously. After all, it is not that simple to become a giant team. Which team, Ferrari, McLaren, and Williams, have not created a dynasty and used absolute dominance to put themselves on the peak throne?

The Prost team is far behind them. A brilliant driver who flies is not a problem. The quality of the car team, racing performance, No. 2 driver, etc. are all indispensable.

Judging from last year's performance, the quality of the car crew has not become an obstacle. After all, the Ligier team was formed and has been operating in the paddock for more than ten years, and is not a rookie.

Today's lap speed, coupled with the performance of Ferrari's new racing car, means that the Prost team may have solved the problem of racing performance. Now there is only the last suspense left, that is, how strong is the second driver Alonso.

Last year, Alonso's performance in Minardi team was not very good, and he even disobeyed the team's instructions and was terminated, almost no team dared to ask for it.

Although the second fastest run is achieved with the rookie, second only to Helio. But the moisture of the rookie trial is there. After all, if you have been running for a year, you have nothing to brag about when you go to the pure newcomer.

If Alonso's trial performance can reach the level of wingman in the upstream or even midstream at that time, with Zhang Yifei's current strength and Prost team racing performance, the rumors of the fourth giant may come true, and even threaten the Big Three teams!

The speed of the first lap made the current Big Three teams of manufacturers feel some threat. As the lap speed began to rise, the fastest lap speed in the first round of tests came out. The expressions on the faces of these crew members on the scene could even be described as verdant.

Because Zhang Yifei tested the last lap, the maximum lap speed he ran out of the tire under the condition of no oil load, broke through the limit of 1 minute and 22 seconds and came to the field of 1 minute and 21 seconds. The final result was 1 minute and 21 seconds 997!

This is 0.1 seconds faster than Schumacher's fastest lap speed before, and it is only one step away from breaking the current track record. Although the track record does not equal the fastest lap speed of the track, you should know that this is only Zhang Yifei's first round test. In the next few days, with the completion of the racing adjustment and the increase in the tacit understanding between the drivers and the new racing car, breaking the current track record is easy, and it can even surpass the fastest lap of 1 minute 21 seconds 032!

"Is this the first test of Fei running with all his might? Otherwise, how could he run such a terrifying lap?"

At the Ferrari pit station, Jean Todd looked at the fastest lap speed after the second round of tests, and his expression on his face was incredible.

It's really fuck! I'm a genuine Ferrari racing lap, but I was surpassed by Prost's "pirated version", which really made the Ferrari team feel a little unacceptable.

If this is Zhang Yifei's limit, then it is understandable. After all, no one regards this Chinese boy as a rookie now. It is actually not difficult for top drivers to exert their strength and run the fastest lap in the first test. Currently, there are at least five people in the yard, which can be easily done.

But the problem is that no one knows how many successful Zhang Yifei has used. After all, this is just the first test, not the final test. What if this kid ran out easily?

“It’s indeed a bit too fast.”

Technical director Ross Brown also had a lot of surprise on his face. As one of the most famous racing engineers in F1 history, no one knows better than him the performance of this year's Ferrari engine and the bonus of this Ferrari F2002 to Schumacher.

As a result, this kind of sure-win situation was actually led by the "pirated" Prost team. Ross Brown did not believe that Prost aerodynamic design could lead the Ferrari team with the same engine!

At the same time, he didn't believe that Zhang Yifei could surpass Schumacher in terms of strength.

So how did this be done? Is there really a driver who runs the fastest lap in the first test stage to compete for a false reputation?

"Let the team strategy team focus on the observation targets this year and the driver fly, which will become the biggest hidden danger!"

Jean Todd directly issued instructions to the team strategy group and began to focus on monitoring and analysis of Zhang Yifei's data, elevating him to the level of opponents of Kurthard and Ralph Schumacher.

This may be the moment when Ferrari team treats new drivers as their biggest enemy.

The last one who received so much treatment from Ferrari was Villeneuve, the current British and American teams. However, compared to Zhang Yifei, Villeneuve is also the Indy World Champion, and it is not embarrassing to treat him as his biggest opponent.
Chapter completed!