Schumacher won the karting championship as a teenager and was appreciated by Mercedes-Benz to support him in F3 and touring car racing.

He made his debut in F1 in '91, but his performance was not very good, and he only represented Jordan in the Belgian Grand Prix, and retired without even finishing the first lap.

But in the '92 season, it can only be said that the car god is the car god after all, and the characteristics of talented drivers are beginning to show. Schumacher finished on the podium eight times and won his first race trophy and finished the season third in the overall standings.

You must know that this is Schumacher's real rookie season, and he has achieved such amazing results, so it is not too much to call Schumacher a super rookie.

Just two years later, the super-newcomer became a superstar, challenging the long-established car god Senna on the track, and eventually caused the tragic accident.

It can be said that Schumacher is a German driver with a very attacking desire and ambition, and has even been accused of being able to compromise on the means for the championship. So Zhang Yifei's current behavior made him see the shadow of his original rookie stage.

Every driver in the room had a period of youthful recklessness, so Schumacher would not take this kind of remark to heart. Even he expects Zhang Yifei to use his strength to prove his remarks and challenge himself on the track!

Zhang Yifei's remarks naturally aroused the heat of the scene, and many reporters wanted to get more content from him.

But after Zhang Yifei said this, he even entered the "Finnish Iceman" mode with a faint smile, and no longer said any arrogant remarks.

Because the effect and popularity that Zhang Yifei wants has been achieved, he believes that today's insolent remarks will definitely become one of the hot spots in the new F1 season.

Public opinion is a very empty thing, but the influence is real.

The battle of the twin stars, the arrogance of Chinese drivers, the strength of super newcomers and other hot topics all mean that the audience wants to witness these happening on the track.

Kimi was able to get special approval at the beginning, also because after the winter test, his lap time was exposed, so that his influence reached its peak. Many viewers are looking forward to seeing how the first ever F1 rookie driver to complete a "triple jump" performs on the F1 track.

FIA's biggest source of revenue is the copyright and advertising revenue sold to TV stations, and audience ratings represent God. Therefore, the strength is nothing, and the influence and popularity caused by Kimi are the key to the special approval of the super driver's license.

Originally, Zhang Yifei didn't plan to use the influence of public opinion to enhance his popularity like Renault, after all, this thing could easily become a double-edged sword.

But the scene he saw just now made Zhang Yifei understand that the super driver's license has not yet been completed. Although Alessi said that Prost would definitely solve it, Zhang Yifei didn't want any accidents and didn't want to be a green light driver, so he decided to add fuel to the fire.

If this can't put pressure on the FIA to approve a super driver's license, then Zhang Yifei can't say anything.

The main part of the F1 driver meeting is not to interview reporters, but to allow fans to face their favorite drivers.

As the interview session ended, the staff began to let fans in in batches. This link is very similar to the celebrity meeting in later generations, except that there is no such fanatical screaming of young ladies in the entertainment industry.

However, Zhang Yifei soon discovered that it was not that there was no scream from the young lady, but that his fans did not have it!

Because he saw Kimi Raikkonen not far away, surrounded by a large group of female fans, screaming frantically to take a photo with him and sign autographs.

And Zhang Yifei has a lot of fans here, but most of them are Chinese, and they are mainly big men.

It may also have something to do with the current racing environment in China, where the people who can follow F1 are men. And Zhang Yifei did not get any results in the F1 field, his popularity could not reach the national level of Liu Xiang in later generations, and naturally there were few female fans.

"Yifei, come on, you are the pride of our China!"

"Zhang Yifei, you must run in F1, let this group of foreigners see that our Chinese drivers are not weak!"

"I flew for more than ten hours and arrived in Melbourne at eight o'clock in the morning. I'm so excited that you're going to beat all your opponents, and I never imagined that a Chinese driver would be able to say such a thing on a F1 track! ”

"Fei, the winter test results are very good, you didn't disappoint us!"

"Brother Fei, I believe that you will definitely be able to win the championship and become our Chinese car god!"

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The cheers and encouragement came, making Zhang Yifei forget all his previous envy of Kimi's female fans.

There are local Chinese from Australia in front of these faces, but more of them have been on a plane for more than ten hours, just to be able to cheer themselves on at the F1 driver meeting.

These people came to Australia because of a Chinese F1 driver, which made them proud and proud.

They want Zhang Yifei to feel the power of support, not alone, alone in a foreign country, competing on an unfamiliar track.

"Thank you, I won't let you down."

Zhang Yifei replied in a slightly choked tone, he had received a lot of cheers and applause, but he had never been so close to the fans and fans who supported him.

The faces in front of them are so real, and their hopes and longings are written in their eyes.

In the entire international motorsport competition, there has never been a single Chinese driver. You must know that this is a race that represents speed and passion, and at the same time, it also reflects the strength of a country's automobile industry, which many Chinese people have been looking forward to for too long.

Now F1, the highest temple in the world of racing, has finally ushered in a Chinese driver, waiting to witness and conquer!

After the drivers' meeting, there was a brief lull. This is a time to adjust the driver's condition, because soon the first stop of the new F1 season, Albert Park in Australia, will start.

On Thursday, the day before the start of the training match on Friday, Prost took a super driver's license with Zhang Yifei's name and photo printed on it and handed it to Zhang Yifei. After receiving this specially approved super driver's license, the stone in Zhang Yifei's heart finally fell to the ground.

At the same time, it also means that from this moment on, Zhang Yifei can be regarded as a truly complete F1 driver. After all, without a super driver's license, Zhang Yifei can't participate in any F1 events, and simply relying on a contract with Prost drivers can only be regarded as in name only.

Everything was ready and the time was fast approaching Friday, which was the time for the first round of Formula 1.

However, today is not the time of the race, nor is it a qualifying race, but a practice race that Zhang Yifei has not been exposed to before, and there is no primary formula before!

A full F1 race should actually consist of five races, including two practice sessions on Friday, plus a final practice session on Saturday a few hours before qualifying.

Compared with qualifying and main races, practice matches are often ignored, and even some domestic F1 races are broadcast, which directly omits the practice races, and you can't see the practice matches at all.

But for an F1 race, practice sessions are the foundation. You must know that F1 is the world's most high-tech and industrial-level race, and the car will be significantly upgraded and transformed every year.

Unless there is really no money, or the team has a major accident and it is too late to develop a new car. Otherwise, which team will use the same model of F1 car to participate in F1 racing for two years.

Because if you don't upgrade or rebuild your car, you'll be far behind your rivals the next year, and you'll not be competitive at all. Just like the new JS53 car driven by Zhang Yifei, the power parameters are not as good as the old JS51 car.

However, the actual speed on the track is not slower than the old car, which is because the new JS53 car has been modified and upgraded in many places, and the stability of the car has been enhanced to a certain extent.

Even historically, on the eve of the collapse of the Prost team, the latest model of the AP05 prototype was developed. However, with the bankruptcy and liquidation of the team, the prototype car was also auctioned, and there was no longer a chance to drive on the track.

Officially, because of the upgrading of the car, some of the team's previous track tuning data may not be able to adapt to the new car. So the purpose of the practice session is to use these few hours for the team engineers to evaluate the track attributes, and then use the driver's feedback to tune the car to the most suitable condition.

Many teams have confidence in their confidence, or if they are in poor condition or physical condition, they will also have test drivers complete this kind of practice session. But it can also be done one or two of them, and the last one is taken by the official driver, fine-tuned according to their habits.

However, these can only be replaced if the test driver is strong and the official driver is experienced.

Zhang Yifei is a newcomer, and Bouldais, the test driver of the Prost team, has no experience in F1 racing, and is not even as good as Zhang Yifei.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei didn't even think about this alternative to saving physical strength, he could only complete the five races of the sub-station by himself.

Alessy would not let an inexperienced rookie like Berdais run the training race in his place, so on Friday morning, the entire Prost team took to the Albert Park circuit to prepare for the team's first training session of the new season.

At the same time, the Albert Park Circuit was already bustling with people, with at least tens of thousands of spectators in attendance. As the first stop, coupled with the arrogance of the Chinese newcomers before the game, it attracted many people to the scene, and they all wanted to see it.

Does Zhang Yifei have the strength to defeat his opponent, or is he a mouth cannon who can only shout?