The crew's maintenance technician was about to rush over and beat Helio when he was stopped by Prost and several other members of the strategy team. After all, these maintenance technicians are all strong men about thirty years old, and their physical fitness is good all year round.

At the same time, the Renault crew in the distance saw Helio stop at the Prost team pit station with one foot brake, and their first reaction was actually stunned. But then the people who watched Prost surrounded him, looking like they wanted to make a move, and they also reacted and immediately rushed over.

Because no matter what happens, protecting your drivers is the first priority, and a lot of times as a team, it's really about helping your family.

Helio wasn't intimidated by the Prost team, and he pushed back the mask with that familiar haughty smile on his face.

He locked his eyes on Zhang Yifei, and said in an uncomfortable and provocative tone: "Do you feel that you can't surpass me, so you are going to admit defeat?" ”

Helio didn't say anything specific, but everyone present knew what he was trying to say, and Zhang Yifei was currently running the third-fastest lap, just five thousandths of a second behind Helio.

To be honest, this backward gap is nothing even by F1 standards. If it weren't for the development of science and technology, the speed measurement equipment was sophisticated enough, and the accuracy of 100 minutes and seconds more than ten years ago, it would not have been possible to measure this slight gap.

But slow is slow, and that's what happened. It's just that Zhang Yifei is no longer the fledgling rookie last year, and he needs to use various competitive actions to show his sense of existence.

Regardless of whether the fastest lap in the winter test ranks second or third, there will be no more media or fans, because this kind of test will question Zhang Yifei's strength.

Originally, Zhang Yifei planned to accept this result and end this year's winter test, but he didn't expect Helio to come to the door to challenge in this way.

Don't cause trouble, but you are definitely not afraid, admitting defeat has never been Zhang Yifei's character. Since the other party wants to do something, then Zhang Yifei will accompany him to the end!

At the same time, more than 20 maintenance technicians from the Renault pit station all ran to the Prost pit station, stood behind Helio's car, and confronted the members of the Prost crew.

The expressions on the faces of the members of both sides are not very good-looking, especially the members of the Prost crew, who dare to come to the door when they see each other, and they have a kind of provocation effort, quite a kind of posture of fighting if they disagree.

However, Zhang Yifei did not show anger or anger, but took a step forward and stood next to Helio's car.

His action made the crew members on both sides secretly clench their fists and prepare, if there is any conflict because of this, then go up and do it directly! Especially Ah Hu and Brother Zhi, they squeezed in front of Prost and them, and presented a triangular position with Zhang Yifei.

This is their favorite way to fight, fighting tiger brothers and father-son soldiers. No matter what the final result is, whether he will be punished or not, Zhang Yifei can't bear this loss anyway!

At this time, Zhang Yifei leaned down and said something close to Helio sitting on the car in a condescending posture.

"Are you qualified to say the word lose in front of me?"

The tone was cold and forceful, and he didn't take Helio seriously at all.

In terms of arrogance, Zhang Yifei really doesn't lose anyone, and his label in the F1 paddock at the beginning was also an arrogant and arrogant Chinese kid.

It's just that with the improvement of strength and fame, when you have a certain status and foundation, you have nothing to do to speak like a stunned young man, so you will lower the level of "master". Therefore, Zhang Yifei, who was in the latter part of his rookie career, basically did not take the initiative to provoke or speak wildly.

But this does not mean that Zhang Yifei has no foundation for madness, and now he wants to let this American kid understand what Lao Tzu looked like at the beginning!

Zhang Yifei's condescending attitude made Helio feel very uncomfortable, a feeling of being completely crushed by the other party in terms of momentum. Moreover, Zhang Yifei's words are also a reminder to Helio that as a defeated subordinate of the original Indian program, he is not qualified to be rampant in front of him!

So at this time, the defiant smile on Helio's face began to freeze, but as the Indy World Champion, he was not intimidated.

Still resisted Zhang Yifei's coercion and said: "Can't afford to lose and start turning over old accounts?" Since you think you're strong and have the ability to surpass my lap time. ”

The two of them confronted each other face to face, so that more teams began to pay attention to the two of them.

"The show is coming, I thought the Indy kid would keep a low profile in the F1 paddock for a while, but I didn't expect to provoke the driver to fly so soon."

Not far away, at the Minardi team pit, the boss Minardi watched the conflict and said a word to Willy, the technical director next to him, with a tone full of schadenfreude.

He originally had nothing to do with Zhang Yifei, but under the influence of his son Madu, coupled with the crash of Yang Long at the beginning of last season, he hoped that the Chinese boy could make a comeback.

"Normal, Helio is here to fly."

Willie, who was next to him, replied, and was not so surprised.

Because in the F1 paddock, everyone knows in their hearts that Helio entered Formula 1 so quickly, and there is definitely Zhang Yifei's factor, and it accounts for a large proportion.

It's just that the two of them were in a state of peace and quiet during the entire winter test period, and the expected conflict did not happen.

It is understandable that Zhang Yifei did not look for trouble, after all, he is a winner, and he is also a F1 "senior", and taking the initiative to do things is to lower his own level.

But according to the arrogant character of Helio's program in Indo, it is really surprising that he was able to endure the humiliation of last year's failure and did not do anything during the winter test.

Now it seems that Helio is still not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is just waiting for an opportunity, waiting for himself to surpass Zhang Yifei, so that he has the confidence to provoke with capital!

"I just don't know if Fei will respond."

Willie went on to say that it was now less than half an hour before the winter test was over and the track was cleared.

Many of the teams that have completed the test program are already ready to dismantle the pits and move to the pits, and there are still few cars still running on the track, most of which have already returned to the pits. Helio chose this time point to provoke, which really made Zhang Yifei a little difficult to respond.

"Did you only learn about rider flying today?"

Minardi spoke with a sourness and confidence in his tone, and then continued: "This kid will definitely take it, Helio underestimated his madness!" ”

As Minardi said, Zhang Yifei faced Helio's active challenge, and a smile appeared on his face again, and he smiled brightly.

"Do you really think I can't outrun you?"

"Let's go for a run!"

The bright smile on Zhang Yifei's face reminded Helio of the most humiliating moment of his career at the IndyTrack.

It was this contemptuous smile that announced his failure with IndyCar and made this Chinese guy the conqueror of the IndyCar 500!

Seeing this smiling face again today, emotions such as anger, humiliation, and disobedience all came to Helio's heart. He endured the entire winter test, just for the coming of this moment of counterattack!

"Okay, then I'll satisfy you, just one round, I'll let you lose to death!"

Zhang Yifei didn't talk nonsense, agreed to Helio's challenge, and even said that it was enough to run only one lap!

In fact, even without Helio's provocation, Zhang Yifei was not very satisfied with his winter lap time. Not only lost to Helio, but more importantly, there is a big gap with Schumacher, which is equivalent to opening a notch.

The strongest enemy in Zhang Yifei's heart has never changed from beginning to end, he is Schumacher of the Scuderia Ferrari.

The man in the fiery red robe is the peak he must cross. The current Helio can be said to have given Zhang Yi the opportunity to follow the momentum, which made his heart ignite a raging flame of battle.

One lap, he was not aiming for Helio, but for Schumacher's record of 1:21.055!

Of course, what Zhang Yifei was thinking in his heart, Helio couldn't know, except for Korcel's vague premonition, everyone in the audience didn't know what he was thinking.

"Come on, let's decide the winner in one round!"

There was also a kind of frenzy on Helio's face, no longer humiliation and anger in his heart, but more of an expectation, which was the essence of his difference from the average arrogant driver.

Helio is arrogant, arrogant, and even doesn't know much about basic politeness, like a spoiled bear child who lives in his own world and does everything his own way.

But he's not afraid of a challenge, and he's even looking forward to taking on strong opponents, which makes Helio feel a sense of excitement and excitement. And he can risk his life in order to defeat his opponent and run the fastest lap without the slightest hesitation and profit loss.

In a sense, Helio is a racing fanatic, and his whole upbringing is nothing but racing. If you really want to find an analogy, it's like the motorcycle maniacs on the Isle of Man TT, who are pure racing cars in life, but Helio is a little poor.

Now that it was decided, Zhang Yifei turned around and sat in the cockpit of the AP05 car again, and at the same time, the members of the Renault crew also pushed Helio's R202 "Yellow Lightning" to their own pit pit, ready to run this last lap.

"This Indian kid, what a madman!"

Inside the Renault pits, technical director Bob Bell looked at the Renault car pushed over, and said helplessly to team manager Briatoli.

After seven days of winter testing, they thought he was a normal person, but the winter test was almost the time for the track to be cleared, and there was such a crazy provocation.

If the two teams fight just now, I don't know what kind of punishment they will suffer from the FIA, it seems that no two teams have fought each other crazy in history, at most it is a conflict between drivers, and the team members are persuaded to fight.

"In the F1 paddock, most of the people who can win the championship are crazy."

Briatoli did not blame Helio, but rather a tone of approval and appreciation.

Senna is crazy, the so-called conservative Prost has also been crazy on the Suzuka circuit, Schumacher never drives softly, even the Chinese kid flies, who dares to say that he is not crazy on the track?

In addition to Helio's unpleasant character, the other parts of Briatoli were very important, and even if it was his character, he felt that he could accept it.

After all, this team manager has also been with Alonso's "team cancer" in later generations, and the degree of dislike is almost comparable, so it is not surprising that he can accept Helio.

In the face of manager Briatoli's remarks, Bale could not say anything more, whether he liked the American driver Helio or not, as a member of the Renault team and the designer of the R202 car, he had to guarantee victory on this last lap.

This is not only for Renault, but also for himself, and no technical director wants to develop a car that is slower than others!

On the other hand, the Prost team was also in full swing to prepare, and Korsell did not express any ideas about Zhang Yifei's battle, but showed his support with practical actions.

"The tires don't need to be changed, even if the temperature is heated up with a thermal insulation blanket, the temperature of the best working conditions cannot be reached in one lap."

"Calculate the amount of fuel in the car, keep only the minimum fuel load, and keep the weight of the car as low as possible."

"Lower the chassis height, adjust the pneumatic package, and reduce the drag coefficient."

"The suspension is more supportive and faster in cornering."

One by one, the tuning of the AP05 racing car is all in accordance with the limit speed. Strive for Zhang Yifei to run an astonishing high speed in this final lap of the duel.

At the same time, Cowel also warned Zhang Yifei: "When you turn too low, there may be insufficient air downforce, and the grip of the car is insufficient, so the limit of the line depends on your own grasp." ”

All of Kossel's tuning is to minimize the drag coefficient, but the problem is that the drag coefficient is not all obstacles, but also provides guarantees for the safety and grip of the car.

Choosing speed comes with a risk, and the requirements for the rider's handling are higher.

But now Zhang Yifei's strength has the capital to make Cosell make extreme adjustments, as for how to do it, it is Zhang Yifei's own business.

"I know."

Zhang Yifei in the cockpit nodded very calmly, he was used to this kind of extreme challenge. Even he felt that his blood was boiling, and he never had the tension and sense of honor of the competition during the winter test, but now he has a little feeling!

The Renault team pits is basically doing the same thing, and with the wild performance of Helio as an Indycar, he is not inferior to Kossell to an extreme extent.

Even some of the tuning plans that the race engineers hesitated to, Helio took the initiative to ask for it, and speed is the pursuit of life for the driver. If you can't reach that limit, even if you win, it's not much fun!

After the two cars were tuned, they applied to the track console for starting instructions, and at the same time, the remaining winter test cars of the original track all entered the pit stop and vacated the track at this time.

Because all the crew members are looking forward to this exciting showdown in their hearts. There is even a vague feeling in some people's hearts that the fastest lap time during the winter test may be born!

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