After the first practice match, the whole arena set off a shocking applause.

In previous seasons, people were already quite dissatisfied with Mercedes-Benz's dominance of the world with its technological superiority. It's a bit like the Bulls in the NBA's six-game winning streak, where everyone knows that Jordan ruled the game, and while many Mercedes fans love the feeling of creating legends, for most fans, this kind of crushing game is not spectacular.

It's like a duel between two swordsmen, you come and go, and the suspense doesn't come until the last moment to reveal the passion. If you knew before the duel that one of the swordsmen was a rookie who had just come out of the rivers and lakes, and the other swordsman was actually his mother's martial arts alliance leader, it wouldn't be interesting.

This is roughly the state of F1 now.

And this practice session allowed the audience to see a new F1 pattern and the hope of the rise of Williams, an old team.

This brings people an indescribable sense of freshness and expectation!

Amid the cheers and applause of the crowd, F1 Betting also released prize money for practice sessions. Seeing Williams' No. 2 driver Amondero's 1-5 odds and more than 50 million pounds in prize money that was enough to shock people's jaws, people went crazy.

Countless people have set their sights on the Williams team's pit lane, if not for anything else, but because there is a lucky person there who is the envy of everyone - Li Fanyu!

After the first practice match, there were more than ten minutes of effort, and the VIP manager who had bet on Li Fanyu before came over with a complicated expression.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li!"

Hearing someone call him, Li Fanyu pulled out of the celebration of the convoy, and when he saw someone coming, he laughed: "Hey, it's you." ”

"Mr. Lee, congratulations on winning a prize of 55 million pounds, after deducting taxes, you have 41.59 million left in the prize, may I ask this money...... How will it be paid to you?"

Li Fan smiled foolishly, took out his business card printed with his private account from his arms and handed it over.

Seeing that the manager was a little forced to smile, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why, you feel like you're not happy that I won the lottery?"

"Ahem, it's not. Mr. Li, I'm genuinely happy for you, but ...... I served as a VIP account manager for the first month, and I had such a big loss in my hand, I am afraid that it will be miserable. ”

……

Li Fanyu won the jackpot, so naturally he couldn't put the money in his pocket and forget it. After the practice session, except for the two drivers who needed to strictly control their diet and rest, and some technical engineers who needed to adjust the car, Li Fanyu directly entertained the entire team.

Alonso, Cheng Ke and others naturally also participated.

At dinner, Alonso drank a lot of wine, sat down next to Li Fanyu while everyone was enjoying himself, and asked his boss very formally to let him go back to F1 and join the Williams team as an official driver.

In fact, with the age of the head brother, it is not without a foothold in F1. At less than forty, he is still in competitive form. And even after quitting F1, the king did not waste his skills, but worked seamlessly in the Formula E team. Although his form has dropped from his peak, the experience and mentality are more than enough to make up for it.

Back in F1, it is not a problem in Li Fanyu's opinion.

However, as far as the current Williams team is concerned, two young drivers must be focused on development. With Alonso's current form, if he joins Williams, he can only come back as a test driver at a reduced price, otherwise the team will have to cut one driver.

From the team's point of view, bringing Alonso back is not the right business. Williams has always been a team without emotion and emotion, and the goal is only to achieve better results on the track. So Li Fanyu knew that Alonso's request would not be realized in a short period of time.

But seeing that this old man couldn't hold his hope in his eyes, Li Fan couldn't bear to refuse directly. After thinking about it, he pulled the head brother and whispered in his ear.

"Are you serious?!"

After listening to Li Fanyu's secret arrangement, Alonso's eyes widened in surprise, "Do you really want to do this?"

Li Fanyu nodded deeply: "That's right." So give me another half season, and next season, with my reputation and character, I will definitely let you get back what you lost in this arena, everything you didn't get. ”

Alonso groaned slightly, excitedly picked up the wine glass in his hand, and drank it all.

"Well, I believe you!"

……

Silverstone's practice sessions are divided into three sessions.

Over the next two practice sessions, the Williams team, which had already attracted the attention of other teams, was targeted. Other cars continued to provoke and force the Williams team to perform on both cars, but in order to protect the car, the team's technical director gave the usual test tactics to the two drivers during the next two practice sessions.

The first day at Silverstone ended on a relatively smooth note after the stunning debut of Williams Racing Team No. 2.

According to the schedule, the next day will be a qualifying session.

Generally speaking, practice sessions are all about running and playing, testing the performance of the cars and getting to know the individual teams. Therefore, if there are no special circumstances, each team will not work hard in the practice session. Each team does not give special tactical instructions to the drivers, and most of the time they let the drivers play freely, or test the track according to the technical requirements of the team, collect data for qualifying and the main race, and adjust the adjustments.

Qualifying was different.

Because it is related to the starting order and pole position competition in the race, a good starting order and the first start have a very big impact on the race. So in qualifying, the teams are just having fun.

When the bayonets were in the red, the various convoys showed their real skills. Various tactical routines are frequently staged, and the drivers also use all their skills to show all their skills.

Unlike yesterday's practice session, the problems of the two Williams drivers were exposed in qualifying.

Amondero's tactics were not executed properly, and under the pressure of the No. 2 car of Riffa-2 and the No. 2 car of Mercedes-Benz, he did not run with the momentum of yesterday. The car's performance was not fully exploited under the tactical pressure of other teams, and the No. 1 car driven by Xavier, because the driver was technically conservative and relied too much on the team's tactics, was unable to support the No. 2 car when it was suppressed and lost its echo.

At the end of qualifying, both cars took grid positions No. 4 and No. 12 respectively.

The pole position in the main race was won by Hamilton, who played steadily and was escorted by his teammates throughout the race.

Seeing this result, Li Fanyu was a little uncomfortable.

Damn, the driver can't do it, he's so young!

If you do this, won't you lose your 11 million?

It was also when he was worried that Alonso looked at Javier and smiled.

"This guy is running in my style. But he only learned a little bit and did not grasp the essence of the tire protection running method. ”

Li Fanyu thought for a moment and patted him on the shoulder, "Fernando, otherwise...... During the race, do you give the team a boost?"

Alonso smiled heartily, "No problem, but next season, you'll have to run me in the number 2 position." ”

Li Fan's face darkened.