Zhang Yifei did not flinch, he still insisted on his attitude, because this was Zhang Yifei's dream.

Although this dream is now spoken out, it is the object of ridicule by everyone, but the dream that is not ridiculed has no value in realizing it!

Prost and Zhang Yifei looked at each other, to be honest, at this moment in his heart, he felt that he was a little underestimating this Chinese boy, treating him as an ordinary young driver, thinking that he could absolutely control it.

But now it seems that this Chinese kid is not just arrogant on the surface, but has a firm idea inside.

"Young people, it's a good thing to be ambitious, but ambition needs to be supported by strength, do you really think you have this strength?"

"Mr. Prost, whether you have this strength or not, you need to go to the track to know."

"But one thing is certain now, and that is that since I am a driver for Prost, I will naturally take into account the interests of Prost, and you don't have to worry about that."

The current Prost is no longer the driver who fought for the championship on the track back then, he is the owner of the team and a businessman!

Zhang Yifei's dream is worthless in the eyes of businessmen, and they only value profits.

For the same thing, Prost's first reaction was to consider whether it would have a negative impact on the team. If it were Korcel, he would not only feel indifferent, but would also praise Zhang Yifei's ambition, and defeating Kimi Raikkonen was a must!

Because he can't defeat Kimi Raikkonen, then Zhang Yifei's name in the future will always just copy Kimi's miracle, and he will be the second Kimi, not the first Zhang Yifei!

However, Zhang Yifei can also understand this, if he stands in Prost's position, he will also put the interests of the team in the highest priority.

The reason why Zhang Yifei chose to be tough is actually to let Prost see his attitude and let him understand that he is not the kind of "little guy" who can handle it casually.

A lot of the time, except for those superstar drivers, most drivers are underdogs in front of the team. Especially when it comes to big teams like Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz, it's not the driver's decision to execute the team's strategy.

It's that once the strategy group gives an order, it must be executed, and there is no need to negotiate, even if the order is to ask you to give up the championship that is close at hand!

I don't know what kind of character Prost has, Zhang Yifei has not been in contact with it, but it is certain that he is definitely not a weak person.

I think that back then, he could collide with Senna-for-tat, and he would do whatever it took for the championship. Later, because the team management supported Senna, he turned around and went to Ferrari without saying a word, wanting to prove himself with his strength.

After a year off from the competition with poor results, in the face of various "honest and old-fashioned" doubts from the outside world, he made a decisive comeback at the Williams team, defeated Senna to win the title of world championship, and proved that he was the world No. 1 and then retired again.

Such a person has absolutely strong confidence and confidence, Zhang Yifei does not show his attitude now, and he is afraid that he will not have the qualifications to talk about conditions in the future.

Hearing Zhang Yifei say that he had the same interests as the team, Prost's face softened. He is a stubborn and assertive man, which is evident on the track, earning him the title of "Professor".

So he was a little unacceptable that a newcomer to the team would challenge his authority and question Zhang Yifei when he came back.

But the concept is different, this is a normal thing for F1, he and the team's strategy team back then, I don't know how many times there were arguments on the track, not to mention Zhang Yifei's few "bold words" at the press conference.

As long as it can be determined that the interests of the driver and the team are aligned, then these are small and acceptable drawbacks.

After the press conference, Zhang Yifei returned to the hotel and saw Korsell sitting in the lobby of the hotel, leisurely watching and reading the newspaper with coffee.

Seeing that Zhang Yifei was back, he asked indifferently: "How is it, how do you get along with that guy Prost?" ”

This press conference, Kossel did not pass, because the old German man's personality does not like to join in this kind of fun. When I was in McLaren's strategy team before, I was also in the behind-the-scenes team.

More importantly, although he let go of the grievances with Prost, he even followed Zhang Yifei and joined the Prost team. But this does not mean that he has any old friendship with Prost, and the two sides have at most changed from incompatibility before to tepid now.

"General."

Zhang Yifei replied truthfully, and indeed he also felt that there was also a Cosell problem between himself and Prost, that is, the lack of integration in style.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, Prost put down the newspaper in his hand and said in an expected tone: "It's strange that Prost can accept an arrogant Chinese kid like you." ”

"But don't worry, Prost is stubborn, conservative, and even a little too shrewd, but he's not a difficult person to get along with. Now that I am the owner of the team, I will have a lot less interference on the track, but I can think too much about my relationship with him and race with peace of mind. ”

Kossel has a fiery and aggressive personality, but he is not a reckless man, how can he enter the McLaren strategy group, be a doctoral supervisor and professor of racing engineering at the Technical University of Berlin, how can he not have a brain?

He had already guessed that with Zhang Yifei's character, there would definitely be some friction with Prost, and there would be unhappiness with his boss, which might cause a lot of psychological pressure on young people.

That's why he said such a paragraph, so that Zhang Yifei didn't have to worry too much, Prost was not cautious. It doesn't even have a young rider who can't accept this bit of personality.

After Zhang Yifei heard it, he replied with a smile: "I'm not worried, if he is such a small-bellied person, he will not reconcile with Senna, let alone become a legendary driver on the track." ”

The feud between Prost and Senna can be said to have been carried out throughout the ** decade and has become the most famous event in F1.

But a day or two before Senna's death, when he was filmed by the French TV station TF1, he also expressed his respect to Prost. Saying that Prost was welcome back to him, Alain was still his friend.

The F1 championship can be said to be the highest honor for a driver, and a person as proud as Senna can not hold grudges, but also express respect and reconciliation. Nature represents certain aspects of Prost and is respected by Senna.

If he had been so small-minded, it would have been impossible for him to reconcile with Senna, and Kossel, an old German man, would not have succeeded in negotiating with him.

Anyway, when it was put on Zhang Yifei himself, Kossel begged for someone to return to a stinky temper, and he felt that he couldn't accept it. Still want an F1 driver's contract? I think you're trying to eat a fart.

Of course, this is in the case of no understanding of Kossel at all, familiar or think that this old German man is cool.

Seeing that Zhang Yifei was not affected, Korsell changed the topic and said: "Now that the press conference has ended, you can prepare to go to the next stop at the British Silverstone Circuit, the time is set for tomorrow morning, and it will be difficult to make an appointment for a test run on the track if it drags on." ”

"Well, we'll leave tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yifei nodded, if it weren't for the delay of this press conference, Zhang Yifei would have planned to go to Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom.

You must know that the UK has a very strong racing culture, whether it is the field, rally, formula or even motorcycles, there are top races in the UK.

For F1, the UK has given birth to two of the Big Three, in addition to Ferrari, McLaren and Williams Racing are all headquartered in the UK. It can be said that in this era, Britain is the true center of Formula World racing.

Silverstone also has a very long history, it is the world's first F1 World Championship track, witnessed the development of the entire F1 history, so that Silverstone has a high historical status.

Because of these prerequisites, the events held at Silverstone are very intensive, and with various open days for spectators, it is basically difficult to book enough time for the test run.

There are less than ten days left before the race time, and if he hadn't made an appointment earlier, Zhang Yifei might not have been able to run two laps before the race.

Data is always something on paper, and in this era, there are no high-end racing simulators, and there are no field test runs, even if Schumacher comes, I am afraid he will have to "roll over".

After setting the time, Cowsell stood up and prepared to return to his room, and when he reached the elevator door, he stopped and looked back and asked, "Does your $2 million sponsorship have a direction?" ”

The $2 million sponsorship is a small number for an F1 team, and the annual investment of each F1 team is calculated in the unit of 100 million.

But two million dollars is almost an astronomical amount for a civilian driver like Zhang Yifei. All the money Zhang Yifei has seen in his life may not be worth two million US dollars.

So Korsell asked, if Zhang Yifei really can't do it, then he has to prepare in advance.

Korcel is not worried about himself, he is thinking about Junko Takeda and Ah Hu, after all, with Korcer's qualifications, let alone the Prost team, he has no problem if he wants to enter any team.

After this period of contact, Kosell gradually identified with Junko Takeda and Ah Hu, because Kosell saw their seriousness, hard work and dedication.

Those who work hard may not be rewarded, but those who do not work hard are absolutely not eligible to be rewarded, so Korsell wants to help.

When he was in the F1 paddock, Korsell also knew a lot of business bigwigs. It's just that because of his personality, Korcel doesn't have a good appetite for businessmen, and he doesn't have too many deep friendships, and it's not easy to get two million dollars in sponsorship.

But the matter has come to this point, if Zhang Yifei can't sponsor him, he can only show this old face again and find a way to get two million dollars in sponsorship. 8)