When the Ferrari strategy team decided to treat Zhang Yifei as the most important opponent, it meant that another thing was true, that is, they provided the event engine and really began to raise tigers!

The Renault team pit stop was also shocked by Zhang Yifei's lap time. They thought that Helio was second only to Schumacher and ranked second in the first test, but they didn't expect to be surpassed by Zhang Yifei so quickly, and the opponent also led Schumacher and became the fastest lap on the track.

"Helio, can you fly faster than you fly?"

Renault's team manager, Briatoli, asked Helio, who was also looking at the broadcast screen.

This Renault manager is the team manager who later single-handedly brought out Alonso's two world championships.

It's just that he went in a completely different direction from Alonso, and the turning point was the malicious accident in Singapore in 08. Alonso said he was not punished for not knowing it, but the team manager was banned for life and said goodbye to his F1 career.

However, this punishment cannot be regarded as wronging him, and the malicious accident Alonso can only be regarded as the fuse at best, and the real decision to do so must be agreed by the Renault strategy team.

Otherwise, no matter how strong the driver is, it is impossible to command another opponent to crash and cause an accident, so as to dispatch the safety car.

As the team manager, the boss and the main person in charge of the event management, it is impossible not to take the blame for something, and it can only be said that this method is the same as that of the Ferrari strategy team.

Of course, this method of spelling is on the stupidity!

Maybe this is the problem that the team will expose in peak condition, that is, it is a bit drifting, focusing only on the result, not the process. There is quite a kind of idea of heaven and earth, self-esteem.

McLaren's Coulthard did the same to get another driver to take the lead, famously colliding with Schumacher, causing damage to the opposing car, leaving him unable to continue competing with Hakkinen.

Renault could have allowed the No. 2 driver to force an overtake in the corner, causing a bit of an accident. In the field of F1, it is almost impossible to judge whether subjective or malicious, which is why the penalty rate for F1 accidents is very low.

Just to make an excuse, at that time, the line grabber shook a little, his foot cramped, and the event arbitration committee couldn't be sure that the rider was deliberate. After all, racing is a high-risk sport, and at such a high speed in cornering, it is normal for some accident to occur, which driver can guarantee that he will not crash once he overtakes?

But running normally, hitting the guardrail, and being able to "bounce" back to block the track, this is a bit too fucking.

It's just that I'm mentally retarded, and I treat others as mentally retarded.

I've really seen stupid team instructions, but I've never seen such stupid team instructions, and the Ferrari strategy team has to bow down in the face of the Renault strategy team of the year.

However, this is all a matter of later generations, and the current Renault team did not get Alonso, but got a Helio who is in their eyes and many times stronger than Alonso.

In the face of Briatoli's inquiry, Helio replied decisively: "Of course I can be faster than him!" ”

This sentence is not how much Helio exaggerates, let him go to the track and run again, it can surpass the fastest lap time of Zhang Yifei at present.

It's just that this is not Zhang Yifei's fastest lap, and it's hard to say who will be strong and who will be weak at that time.

Briatelli was very satisfied with Helio's confident answer, and the value of this year's team of $1.5 million, the Indy Championship of the Year is really strong, and there is no need to treat him as a newcomer at all.

It's no wonder that last year's Big Three team, who kicked Jenson Barton, must also make Montoya an official driver, and indeed the Indy champion has this capital.

Speaking of Jenson Barton, Briatoli looked at him as well and asked: "Barton, do you think you can be better than Alonso?" ”

Zhang Yifei was naturally handed over to Helio to deal with, as the second driver of the wingman, Barton's opponent was Alonso. If they can overtake Prost, the new No. 2 driver, and cooperate with Helio to snipe the driver, then Renault will still have a big chance of winning this year.

"I'm confident."

Barton also replied very seriously, he had experienced being abandoned, and he could better understand the rarity of opportunities.

The Renault team was very good to him, and in the most difficult moments, they chose to accept him and become a full-time driver. Last year, his performance was not good, but it had little to do with him, because the team had just been formed, and the old cars that had been modified were still used, and the team management was relatively chaotic, so he couldn't run the results.

Jenson Button has never been a surprise driver, and his real strength is consistency and well-roundedness.

If you give him a 100-point car, he'll give you a 100-point score, and if you're offering a failing car, don't expect him to surprise him.

Renault has been doing well this year, and Jenson Button is confident that he will be able to run well, at least not as well as Alonso, who finished bottom last year.

"Very well, our goal for Renault is to win the championship, so we don't lose to any team!"

Briatoli is also very confident, and this is what Renault Racing has given him. Since the 70s, Renault has been an engine supplier with five teams and won six Constructors' Championships.

If you count the future history, then Renault and Red Bull Racing have won a total of 12 constructors' championships!

Renault engines definitely have a brilliant record, this is their confident capital!

At the Pit Stop of the Prost Racing Team, in the face of Zhang Yifei, who surpassed Schumacher in the first test and ran the fastest lap on the track, the faces of the crew members were full of surprised smiles.

Because even they didn't expect that the new AP05 car could be so strong, and they directly took the fastest lap in the first test.

Zhang Yifei just stopped at the pit stop, and before he could get off the car, Prost directly surrounded him and asked, "Fei, how does the overall feeling be?" ”

"The car is very performant, and I think it can be top-notch."

In fact, Zhang Yifei originally wanted to say the "Mars rover" standard, but thinking that it was only the first test, the team and the driver did not try their best to run the fastest lap, and it was really difficult to say the performance ranking of the car at that time.

At least the Ferrari team is definitely not inferior to the Prost AP05, after all, the ultimate performance of the car depends not only on the engine, but also on the transmission system, chassis, suspension and other factors.

It's like the Mercedes-Benz team in the future, and the Williams team, which also uses Mercedes-Benz engines, is still at the bottom and the bottom.

Zhang Yifei is not arrogant enough to think that the current Prost racing design can surpass Ferrari racing cars.

"That's not much different from the laboratory data, this year our Prost team will have the strength to compete head-on with the Big Three!"

As the boss and founder, Prost, faced with this kind of scene of boiling out, almost didn't shed tears.

Last year, Zhang Yifei's performance could already be described as perfect, but Prost's racing performance was weak, and in the end it was still not competitive. If he has a first-class car today, I believe that Zhang Yifei, who is playing his best, has the possibility of defeating the Big Three team.

Prost Racing Team has finally ushered in the dawn of its rise!

The words of the boss Prost also made the crew members excited, especially the team of maintenance technicians, who united together and fought side by side last year, creating an almost impossible event.

This year, they can finally stand on the same starting line as their opponents, and they believe that Prost drivers are no worse than the Big Three!

Watching the team carnival because of the performance of the car, Alonso on the side had an indifferent expression on his face.

He hadn't experienced the ups and downs of last year, so it's hard to understand such feelings. But in his heart, he was a little envious that Zhang Yifei could get so much attention and respect from the team, which was beyond the identity of the No. 1 driver, and was the real influence and status.

Alonso understands Zhang Yifei's experience, understands that he is the driver of the Prost team to turn the tide, and if you want to get such equal respect and recognition, you must show your strength, be stronger than Zhang Yifei, and lead the team to victory!

The winter test continued in the afternoon, but Zhang Yifei did not go on the field, but worked with Cowel and the team engineers to adjust the car on the problems found in the morning test.

So Alonso started his first test of the winter as the team's No. 2 driver, and Alesi's chief engineer Codd has officially become Alonso's race engineer and will serve him throughout the future.

"Alonso, I know you're keen to prove yourself, but the winter test is more about getting to know and master the new car, so it's not good to put the cart before the horse."

Since the winter break, Cod has been working with Alonso as a temporary race engineer.

He didn't really like the Spaniard's personality, but he was impressed by his hard work and perseverance, and finally chose to become his official race engineer.

Cod knew Alonso was strong at heart and desperate to win, to be the superstar driver in the F1 paddock, to be the world champion at the top of the race.

However, many things, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and the fastest lap speed in the first test is grateful, and you ignore the run-in feedback on the data of the car, which will affect the future race. The state of youth and frivolity is something that every F1 newcomer driver has experienced, so he reminded him.

"I understand."

Alonso nodded, in fact, his arrogance and irritability have dissipated a lot during this time.

The reason is very simple, Zhang Yifei is too strong, and he suppressed the head brother in all directions, so that he began to look at himself with a humble attitude.

"For Prost, and also to prove that he is a good driver, go ahead!"

An engineer like Codd, who has assisted a veteran, is really suitable for and understands Alonso's mentality, which not only mobilizes his emotions, but also suppresses his "anger".

"I will also contribute to the rise of Prost!"

When he said this, Alonso took his eyes back from Zhang Yifei, Prost is not only Zhang Yifei, but also I, Alonso.

If you want to become a champion team, you need two drivers to support together, and one day, I, Alonso, can also get the respect and attention of Zhang Yifei!