Now that Zhang Yifei knows Prost's plan, he has to find a way to intervene, after all, other people in this era do not have his epoch-making vision.

If it is completely left alone, maybe Prost will really give priority to replacing it with the most powerful Mercedes-Benz engine at present. After all, if you don't change it, it's really to the point of breaking the boat, even if it's smashing the pot and selling iron, you have to match Zhang Yifei with the strongest event engine, so that you can have a chance to impact the annual championship!

But only Zhang Yifei knows that next year's Mercedes-Benz engine is a younger brother, to be precise, all the cars next year are younger brothers standing in front of Ferrari F2002.

So Zhang Yifei had nothing to think about, so he directly targeted the 051 event engine, but how to negotiate this matter needs to be considered in the long run.

After all, Ferrari is not like a supplier like Mercedes-Benz, and now there is no Mercedes-Benz factory team in the F1 paddock, they are just simple engine suppliers, and it has no interest in selling them to anyone.

Ferrari is different, they have the ambition to defend their World Championship title in a row, and they can't afford to sell their engines to a strong competitor.

The reason why he was willing to sell to Prost in history was because the other party was a younger brother who had no ability to threaten his championship, and he could make a lot of money by selling.

But today's Prost team is different, with Zhang Yifei's joining, both the team atmosphere and the strength of the drivers have changed qualitatively. In addition to the Brazilian Grand Prix just past, Zhang Yifei also achieved the feat of overtaking Schumacher, which showed the threat to the Ferrari team.

In this situation, it is not so easy to buy a Ferrari engine.

And Zhang Yifei is not the management of the team, let alone decision-making power, he wants to change the direction of Prost's procurement, which is even more difficult.

In a sense, at this time, Zhang Yifei needs to show an ability to "turn the tide".

Seeing that Zhang Yifei didn't answer his question and had a thoughtful look on his face, Junko Takeda didn't continue to ask, but changed to a lighter topic.

"By the way, the team has almost arrived at the Catalan circuit in Spain, do you plan to continue to recuperate in Brazil for a while, or go to Europe for treatment?"

"It's not very serious, but the medical care in Europe is better, and Barcelona is a football city with a lot of experience with sports injuries, so I think you can get better treatment in Europe."

"In addition, the security environment in Brazil is not very good, which is also a disadvantage."

Hearing Junko Takeda's words, Zhang Yifei nodded, it is true that the convoy has already left, and there is no need for him to stay alone in Brazil.

Another is the safety issue, even during the recuperation period, bodyguards are arranged at the door of the ward to prevent the death threat before the game from coming true.

However, compared with the fierce emotions of the American audience before the game, various public opinions after the game have eased a lot. First, Zhang Yifei did not win the championship of the sub-station, which made them have a sense of balance in their hearts, everyone did not get it, and there was no so-called envy, jealousy, and hatred!

The other is Zhang Yifei's performance on the Brazilian circuit, when he calms down and thinks about it, it is true that the Chinese newcomer performed very well.

Strength is always the eternal symbol of competitive sports, and even breathing without achievements is wrong, while with achievements, as long as it is not a matter of principle, it can be easily forgiven.

After all, Zhang Yifei's little was nothing more than putting two cruel words before the game, and then the competition on the track became a little fiercer. If you don't look at this matter with the emotions of the home field, it is a fart in competitive sports to put some cruel words, and it is not a revenge for killing your father!

Time passed, the heat went down, and naturally no one mentioned it anymore.

However, no one can guarantee that among the hundreds of millions of people in South America, there are one or two crazy people, so the bodyguards and other things have not been withdrawn. But it's not a good idea to keep this atmosphere going, and it's better to leave Brazil and return to Europe.

"Okay, Junko, you help me clean up, we're ready to leave Brazil."

"Then I'll book a ticket to Barcelona tonight and inform the team to prepare for pick-up."

Junko Takeda was very efficient, and after agreeing, she got up and prepared to pack her luggage and book a plane ticket or something.

"No, I'm not going to Barcelona."

Zhang Yifei opened his mouth to interrupt Junko Takeda's move.

"So where are we going?"

"China!"

China? Junko Takeda was completely stunned at this time, she really didn't expect that Zhang Yifei would propose the idea of returning to China at this time.

"Why did we go to China, is it because Yifeijun is homesick?"

"No, but there are more important things to do."

"What's the matter?"

Now Junko Takeda is getting more and more confused, why does he feel that Zhang Yifei is not as frustrated and angry as ordinary drivers after being injured, but is full of fighting spirit and mysterious.

"Money!"

Zhang Yifei simply and rudely said his answer.

He doesn't know how much history has changed, but Zhang Yifei is very clear about one thing, that is, the current Prost team, the financial crisis is still very serious, at least it can't afford to buy a new event engine.

In fact, it is easy to guess this, the Peugeot engine has been malfunctioning in the winter testing stage, how can Prost, the quadruple champion, not be seen?

Why does Prost still insist on using the Peugeot engine, the team has reached this point so far, can feelings really be eaten?

The answer is of course not, Prost has no money to change engine suppliers, so he can only choose the relatively cheap Peugeot engine.

According to Zhang Yifei's observation in the team in the past six months, the current funding gap of the Prost team should be close to the level of 10 million US dollars. Whether it is the operation of the team or the cost of participation, it is similar to burning money.

Among them, the most expensive thing is, of course, the research and development of new cars, otherwise the Prost team would not be so miserable.

In many cases, some small teams, when they really have no money, will even take a racing model for two consecutive years. Prost was a driver at the same time, and he was still a legend.

He knew better in his heart that if he didn't develop a new car, it would be tantamount to completely giving up on himself, so even in the most difficult moments, Prost did not give up on the development of a new car. Historically, on the eve of bankruptcy and liquidation, the AP05 prototype was still in the wind tunnel, which is really not tragic.

If everything went well, Zhang Yifei ran well, and the team's attention increased, then the F1 copyright share at the end of the year would be more. Add to that the fact that fame may lead to more advertising sponsors, and maybe the team's difficulties will be over.

But now that Zhang Yifei is injured and retired, even if his fame and influence are considered to be the top of the rookie, Prost has no time to realize these things.

Dinitz's stake has already been used to fill last year's hole, and if history doesn't change much, at least $30 million is needed to get Ferrari's engine.

At this price, the Prost team will definitely not be able to take it, and the way that can be thought of is to continue to sell the team's shares.

Zhang Yifei's current status as a driver, to be honest, has no decision-making power on the topic of really determining the future fate of the team.

If you want to change a little bit, let the Prost team win the Ferrari engine, and have a chance to compete with the Ferrari Mars rover next year, you must have enough say.

What Zhang Yifei wants to do now is to use the two or three months of his recuperation and recovery, plus about a month of the summer break of the F1 season, to get enough funds to invest in the Prost team.

Even in the final stage, there will be a "nest of birds" to acquire the first F1 team belonging to China Holdings.

Zhang Yifei has no psychological burden on doing this kind of thing, after all, the acquisition of F1 teams is a common thing, and he is not a good poaching behavior. And in history, the Prost team has long been cold, and it is precisely because of his arrival that Prost has been given a chance to continue his life.

If he can control Prost, at least change the fate of the team's eventual bankruptcy and liquidation, all the crew members can stay stably, and Prost's own hard work can be retained.

And even if Zhang Yifei doesn't do it, it is nothing more than being acquired by other capital, because the current situation of the Prost team is irreversible.

In that case, it's better to take the lead yourself!

When she heard Zhang Yifei say the word money, Junko Takeda had vaguely guessed what Zhang Yifei wanted to do.

Because there are some rumors in the capital market now, Prost intends to sell 40% of the team's shares to get enough money to buy the race engine.

You must know that F1 cars are not conjured out of thin air when the new season arrives, and they must be developed and tested in advance, otherwise the cars that are not stable will wait for the failure to retire on the track.

Now that the body of the Prost JS54 racing car has been designed, it needs a gearbox to match the engine. Otherwise, there will be a farce in the future, and the Williams team has done all the cars, and suddenly finds that the engine is too big to fit.

If nothing else, in the next month or two, Prost Racing will announce various lives, announcing the termination of cooperation with Peugeot, the sale of shares, the search for a new engine supplier, and so on.

But Junko Takeda was still shocked in her heart, if what Zhang Yifei wanted to do was really the same as he guessed, then this move could be described as a snake swallowing an elephant.

You must know that tens of millions of dollars is not a small amount, especially for Zhang Yifei, who is still in the status of a "small role", it is an astronomical amount.

If he wants to take control of the Prost team, where can he find so much money? And I can feel that Yifeijun is very anxious, is the new Ferrari engine really so tempting?