When Prost said the official driver's contract, it was like dropping a bomb in deep water, and the whole audience was shocked.

"FUCK, is Prost having a problem with his brain and being able to give him a formal driver contract?"

"Isn't it a joke that just such a Chinese newcomer has won an official F1 driver's contract?"

"Finnish iceman Kimi is not so exaggerated, why can Zhang Yifei become an official F1 driver?"

"It seems that the rumors of the collapse of the Prost team are true, he is already hungry!"

There were all kinds of voices coming from the field, most of which were mocking and ridiculing, they felt that Prost was simply an old fool, no wonder after the formation of the team, he did his best to go out of business step by step.

Even Zhang Yifei's supporters didn't dare to speak at this time, after all, the news was so exaggerated that no one believed that it would come out of Prost's mouth.

You must know that even Kimi, who is known as a miracle, had go-kart racing experience before entering Formula Renault, and even participated in Formula Ford.

Zhang Yifei is a pure newcomer, and his karting record is worse than that of Kimi Raikkonen, and Formula Renault is the only junior formula race he has participated in.

Yes, his first two races were good, but they were not convincing enough to prove that he had what he could do as an F1 driver.

It can be said that there is now opposition and shock from the audience, and no one believes that Zhang Yifei is qualified to become the official driver of the F1 team!

Ina, the reporter at the command center, was stunned when she heard the words of the official driver, she didn't expect Prost to say this, it was a bit incredible.

"Mr. Prost, I want to make sure again, did you just say the official driver's contract?"

"That's right, a formal driver's contract."

Prost confirmed again, in fact, the reason why he came over today was also to use this opportunity to spread the news that he was going to sign Zhang Yifei.

You must know that F1 is a commercial event, and the team also needs commercial operation, and it doesn't matter if the results are bad, but I am afraid that there is not enough attention to it quietly.

This is like many traffic stars in later generations, do you want to say that their hard power is outstanding? In fact, most of the strength is not very good, and it can even be said that the business level is a mess.

But as long as there is traffic and attention, there will definitely be various advertisers and sponsors coming to the door to attend various activities and endorse products. Whether you can make money or not is not necessarily related to strength in many cases.

The same is true for F1 teams, where sponsors are not concerned about how bad the results are, but how many people are following the team and whether they can bring more attention to their brand.

The Prost team is not having a good time at this stage, all kinds of negative rumors are flying all over the sky, and even the attention of the French mainland has been stolen by the newly established old factory team Renault, which can be seen from the attire of the spectators at the Manicour circuit today.

Therefore, Prost can only make a dangerous move and suddenly release this blockbuster news to add enough attention to his team.

Of course, this kind of hype is the same as the traffic star personality, it can only work for a while, once Zhang Yifei's strength can't support the F1 driver, then there will be overwhelming abuse, which is similar to the effect of the collapse of the personality, or even more serious.

After all, no matter how commercial F1 is, motorsports is still a competitive event after all, and strength is the foundation of the driver!

"OH MY GOD, THIS IS REALLY SHOCKING NEWS, MR. PROST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE THE CHINESE RIDER TO FLY?"

"Strength, absolute confidence, and a bet."

"Oh, the strength of Fei has already been shown in Renault, not to mention the confidence, he completely subverted the impression of the Asian driver, so what is the bet?"

Ina continued to ask step by step, which was also a question in the minds of many viewers, who really couldn't understand why Prost chose a Chinese newcomer.

"I'm not directly offering a contract to the driver, he has to meet my requirements in order to join Prost."

"And the requirement is to take pole position at the Manikul circuit, win and break the track record. Now that Fei has won the first pole position, I came to the scene today to see if he can meet my next two requirements. ”

Prost's conditions were spoken, and the on-site discussion became enthusiastic again, they didn't expect that Zhang Yifei had such a "gambling contract" with Prost behind his back.

What's even more incredible is that Zhang Yifei really got the pole position of the Manikul circuit under such gambling pressure, should this be said to be a strong Chinese boy, or other drivers are not strong?

"Hat-tricks on the track plus record-breaking, it's hard to do, right?"

"Damn, Fei actually reached such a bet with Prost, and I am really confident."

"Of course Fei has self-confidence, if it weren't for the self-confidence to be the enemy of everyone, he wouldn't have the results he has today."

"Having said that, it's true that F1 drivers have a formal contract that requires a hat-trick on the track and a track record to reach a reciprocal agreement."

The audience did not have the previous ridicule and abuse, but more of a discussion of the gambling contract itself. Indeed, Zhang Yifei wants to get this official driver contract, and the difficulty is no less than winning the championship of Formula Renault.

Now that Kimi Zhuyu is in front of him, if Zhang Yifei joins the F1 team, it will be no less difficult than Kimi winning the British Renault Series championship, then there will naturally be a lot less controversy.

After listening to Prost's "bet", the surprised expression on her face eased a lot. After all, the previous official driver contract was too shocking, if Zhang Yifei was not a Chinese newcomer, everyone knew that he had no money and no background, and it is estimated that some people would have thought about sponsorship through the back door.

Although I am still surprised now, with the premise of high difficulty, at least the impact is much less.

At this time, Ina pointed the microphone at Ghosn and asked: "President Ghosn, we all know that Fei was the representative of Renault drivers before, and now he has been selected by the Prost team, do you have anything to say?" ”

"I am very grateful to Mr. Prost for his interest in the Renault Series, which also shows that Formula Renault is becoming more and more influential, with the emergence of miracle driver Kimi last year and the emergence of rookie driver Fei this year."

"Fei's strength is actually obvious to all, and I sincerely congratulate him on being picked by the Prost team. I hope Fei can reach an agreement with Mr. Prost and create the miracle of Formula Renault again. ”

Ghosn, as the current president of Renault, even if he was not very happy with Zhang Yifei before, he still had to pretend and say some polite words. By the way, take this opportunity to promote your own Renault series.

If Zhang Yifei can really sign a contract with Prost Racing today, then Formula Renault will undoubtedly become the boss of Formula Junior and completely defeat the previous big brother - Formula Ford!

Ina was not very satisfied with Ghosn's official answer, after all, compared to the bombshell thrown by Prost, Ghosn was really not hot enough.

So Ina set her sights on the last team giant in attendance today, Sir Williams.

"Sir Williams, as far as I know, there is also a member of the Williams Driver Development Program, Dixon, what do you think he will do in the race?"

"I believe in Dixon's quality and he has a chance to win the title."

"What about how Dixon compares to the current pole sitter flying?"

Ina is not the kind of reporter who likes to make things, but she still has to ask this sharp question.

Because the qualifying race is a duel between Zhang Yifei and Dixon, and Dixon's qualifying score of 1:25.372 also surpassed the track record by a very narrow margin, and the gap with Zhang Yifei was less than 0.4 seconds.

This very close result means that the strength of the two people is between the two people, and they are also contenders for the championship of the sub-station, so they will naturally be compared with Zhang Yifei.

"I still believe in Dixon."

Dixon is a member of the Williams team, and in this case, as the team owner, Sir Williams is unlikely to discourage himself. Not to mention that he is between Zhang Yifei and Zhang Yifei, even if it is a big difference, he has to support his own people.

But at this time, Ina asked another question: "Sir Williams, it is said that yesterday your team assistant invited you to fly to the VIP viewing room, can you tell me why you were invited to fly?" ”

The live audience of Williams yesterday was not a secret to the media, and later Zhang Yifei went to the VIP viewing room, which was also seen by many people.

Today, I just took this opportunity to ask Williams for verification.

"I saw the strength of Fei and wanted to invite him to join the Williams team, but I didn't expect him to be preempted by Prost."

Sir Williams didn't choose to hide anything, after all, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and inviting a potential driver to join is a normal business operation.

It's just that with the current status of the Williams team, inviting a junior Formula driver to join is definitely big news.

Sure enough, when Sir Williams said this, the audience was in an uproar, and even Prost looked at Williams with surprised eyes.

You must know that Prost had no choice, and it happened that Korcel came to recommend him, so he chose to give it a go. But Williams is different, his team is one of the Big Three and is in the middle of the day.

Not to mention inviting any junior formula drivers, even if it is an active F1 driver, as long as Williams extends an olive branch, many estimates will consider transfers.

"It's amazing that there are two F1 teams and one junior Formula driver at the same time. I don't know Sir Williams, what is the team position you are offering to fly? ”

When Ina asked this question, the audience fell silent for a moment, Prost had already dropped a bombshell just now, and now they wanted to hear what kind of chips Williams would give.

Sir Williams heard this question, glanced at Prost who was curious next to him, and then replied with a helpless smile on his face: "The test driver contract of the Williams team." ”