The current situation of Helio and Patton also gave Renault a headache, but they did not intend to change their decisions because Helio is too strong!

After the winter test, Helio controlled the Singapore track in a very short time, and his lap speed was overwhelming Patton. This performance made the Renault team management decide to replace the No. 1 driver.

As the saying goes, children only distinguish right from wrong, adults only look at pros and cons, let alone Renault is a commercial fleet. This decision is a bit wrong with Patton, but in the face of the interests of the team, what is wrong with this?

Helio has the strength of a top driver and has the chance to lead the team to win the championship!

Even the wingman from Helio later asked that the Renault team chose to default. The results were too important for a team, and investing all resources was a matter of duty. No matter how dissatisfied Patton was, as long as he planned to be a Renault driver, he had to accept this situation.

In fact, the management of Renault team seems ruthless, but it is precisely the standard operating model of the F1 team. Computer terminal::/

Does Ferrari's Barrichello have room to bargain in front of the team strategy team? At critical moments, you will be asked to give up the car, but you will be obediently giving up the car.

Not to mention Williams' team, the boss is famous for his cold-blooded and ruthlessness. Once he can't get out of his grades, he doesn't even have the wingman right, so he quickly gets out of the team.

Even Zhang Yifei himself, when he entered the team, was in a sense, stepping on Alaisi as a newcomer. However, Zhang Yifei chose a fair showdown and won the identity of driver No. 1 with his strength.

However, the basis of a fair showdown is that the boss Prost is relatively old and willing to give opportunities. Other strong teams have no choice but to choose from drivers. If you give you any positioning, you can honestly take on the role of positioning.

If you are not satisfied, you can even replace it in the middle, let the third driver directly fill the seat, and then refrigerate you for one or two years during the contract period, and directly scrap your entire career!

So no matter how unwilling Patton was, he could not change his identity as a loser.

Just as the air was about to solidify, the door of the repair room was pushed open. Renault team manager Briatoli came to the lounge in person to notify the drivers that the first practice race would be about to go on and prepare to go on stage.

"Helio, Patton, are ready to play and show the strength of Renault!"

Renault team attaches great importance to this opening game and is full of confidence. They are going to announce to the world on the Singapore track that the former king Renault is back!

Both drivers just clicked silently and walked towards the door, but when Helio passed by Briatoli, Manager Renault said: "Play well and defeat the Chinese boy."

Briatoli knew Helio's inner obsession very well, that was to come to the f1 paddock and take revenge on Zhang Yifei.

Originally, during the winter test, it was a successful revenge in a sense. As a result, Helio failed to resist his inner arrogance and even went over to provoke Zhang Yifei, resulting in the failure of the last lap.

The problem is that it’s fine if you lose. The Chinese boy is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He actually came to the Renault repair station to fight back.

After the game, the mainstream public opinion in Europe and the United States was on Helio's side, but in fact, Renault still lost face because it was attacked by the other party to provoke it!

So this time, Briatoli won the victory over Zhang Yifei to encourage Helio, hoping that he could achieve better results with the desire for revenge on the track.

I thought Helio would understand his feelings, but he never expected that Helio replied in a very disdainful tone: "Is your goal just to defeat the driver flying?"

fuck, what is this attitude? What does my goal mean is to defeat the driver?

Just when Briatoli was a little surprised, Helio continued to speak: "Remember, my goal is to win the championship."

After saying this, Helio left without looking back and headed to the garage to prepare for the practice competition.

It was Briattoli's turn to experience it. Patton's feelings before. This American boy is so arrogant. It would be fine if Patton doesn't take it seriously. Is it not to take it seriously even the team manager?

Briatoli's face looked ugly. According to his temper, he really wanted to let Helio go out of the field and then let the third driver take over to attend the Singapore Grand Prix.

But reason eventually defeated the anger. As Helio said, he had the strength to compete for the F1 final championship. If he was taken down, the third driver would be far from reaching Helio's level.

Only children can distinguish right from wrong, while adults only look at the pros and cons is the best portrayal of Briattoly's mentality at this moment.

At the Prost team repair station, Zhang Yifei and Alonso also walked out of the lounge at the same time and came to the garage to prepare for the departure for the practice race.

Compared to the scene when Zhang Yifei first came to the track, the audience stands are almost full of people. The maximum number of spectators on the Singapore track is 100,060. Under normal circumstances, the number of visitors to the practice competition is only more than 50,000.

However, as the opening match and the first Grand Prix held, today's practice competition has an amazing attendance rate. Even if it is not all full, at least 80,000 to 90,000 people are on the scene, and the number of spectators is still quite exaggerated.

There were all kinds of national flags and team flags in the audience, but the previous Japanese Grand Prix did not appear on the scene, and Zhang Yifei did not have many supporters, at least it was far from reaching the "home court" effect.

If you look closely, Zhang Yifei's supporters are at most half a pound of the same number as this year's newcomer Hailio. But the problem is that Zhang Yifei has been running for a year and won the best newcomer of last year. As a newcomer, even if Helio has the halo of the Indy World Championship, can he have such an exaggerated popularity?

"Brother Fei, isn't Singapore a Chinese country? There are a few supporters."

Ah Hu couldn't help but mutter, he had been asking questions for a long time. Logically speaking, Singapore is a Chinese country and is both compatriots with Fei Ge. This place should be similar to home court.

The number of audiences was relatively small before, and I didn’t see many red flags and banners supporting Zhang Yifei. Ah Hu could still say that he was not all here. But now the practice competition is about to start, and the audience is almost there, and the supporters are not exaggerating, which looks similar to some European tracks.

Looking at Ah Hu's face full of doubts, Zhang Yifei just smiled faintly and replied: "Not all Chinese can be called compatriots. Just put aside the yellow-skinned face and treat them as foreigners, and you can understand it."

Zhang Yifei came from the Internet era in later generations, and the amount of information he received was naturally not something Ah Hu could compare.

Many people think that Singapore is a Chinese country and subconsciously recognizes it as a compatriot and a family. In fact, this concept is wrong. On the contrary, under the rule of this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that Singapore is a fan of China.

The political system is different, suppressing Chinese and fully promoting Westernized education. In fact, Singapore has no sense of identity. And holding the American imperial thigh, and China's strength is only a younger brother at this moment, which further encourages their sense of superiority, which has a rather high-level Chinese attitude.

The Japanese station was able to become home court before because the Japanese had the habit of advocating the strong. In addition, the full-time mockery of the US Grand Prix greatly stimulated the indignation of domestic car fans and supporters, and traveled thousands of miles to support the Suzuka Circuit.

It is now during the Spring Festival, and the number of supporters in China is relatively small. Singaporeans have no idea of ​​treating Zhang Yifei as their own. At most, Malay Chinese next door came to support him, so it is normal that there are not many supporters on the scene.

"That's it, I thought the audience would cheer today."

When Ah Hu heard Zhang Yifei's explanation, he was obviously feeling a little disappointed. He had imagined it was too beautiful before.

Everyone cheered? It would be good if the whole audience didn’t mock them at that time.

However, Zhang Yifei did not explain much. This question is too complicated. Moreover, it is also the survival rule of a small country. Just take it as running a race on an ordinary foreign track.

Of course, this situation has improved a lot with China's rise twenty years later. The reason for this change is that it is the survival rules of small countries, and we must hold our heads.

The track command center sent an order, and all the drivers got into the car, and at the same time, Ah Hu started the car with an igniter.

When he heard the rumbling sound of the engine in his ears, all the distracting thoughts in Zhang Yifei's mind were thrown out, and there was only a surging fighting spirit and expectation in his heart.

This is the first time I am driving a new generation of AAP05 racing on the official track. I wonder if it can continue its performance during the winter test and show the strength of a "Mars rover".

Because Zhang Yifei knew that after the Prost team in history had replaced the Ferrari engine, Alaisi performed well in the winter test track, and even got the second fastest lap that he had expected.

As a result, as soon as the official competition arrived, the Ap05 car collapsed, continuing the previous pace of the Peugeot engine, and only scored 4 points throughout the year.

"Fly, get ready to leave!"

Charlie next to him loudly reminded Zhang Yifei to prepare to leave the station and go on the track.

Hearing Charlie's reminder, Zhang Yifei pushed off the mask on his helmet, hid his entire face under the helmet, then stretched out his right hand and raised his thumb, indicating that he was in good condition.

"Come on, Brother Fei!"

"Come on, the new season proves our strength!"

"Fei, we are very strong now!"

"Yifeijun, be careful!"

Faced with this kind of indignation and waiting for Zhang Yifei to show his Prost's strength, Kossel just reminded him in a light voice: "Remember the track feedback."

He was worried that Zhang Yifei would simply pursue speed with a stronger AAP05 track. Now, what is more important is track feedback when testing, laying the foundation for the victory in the qualifying and the main competition.

"I know."

Zhang Yifei responded to Cosel, and then the green light of the repair station started to illuminate. He stepped on the accelerator and rushed out of the garage.
Chapter completed!