In the F1 paddock, if the team wants to get a good result, it must choose two equally strong drivers.

But in this case, a contradiction will be highlighted, that is, when both drivers have the skill, control, and speed, how can you ensure that one of them does not have that strong "champion heart"?

This is why, the stronger the F1 team, the more infighting emerges, even in the Schumacher era, the Ferrari team, which has always been known for its extreme strength, can not suppress the battle between Leclerc and Vettel, which is becoming more and more obvious and public.

Anyway, now Alonso and Zhang Yifei's mouth cannons are endured to fight in the team pit, and most of the time, Alonso still shows a certain surrender posture, but he is not willing to be the younger brother driver completely.

In later generations, many teams directly spoke on the team radio in front of fans all over the world, and they also competed on the track, even if they crashed, they did not back down at all.

It can only be said that sometimes, the reality is more exaggerated.

Kossel has witnessed such infighting and understands that it is useless to rely on the team's strategy team to suppress the drivers when they are not convinced. And Zhang Yifei's personality is also relatively arrogant, and he has always been an enemy of the world, and he doesn't consider the help of any wingmen at all.

So in dealing with the relationship between the two drivers of the team, the Prost strategy team has taken a rare laissez-faire approach, you two can do whatever you like, as long as you don't rebel openly.

And taking a step back, in terms of the level of "struggle" between Zhang Yifei and Alonso, in the eyes of the team's strategy team, it is simply sprinkled with water (small meaning). After all, before Alessi and Heidefield, two people staged a "boxing match" in the lounge in three days, which is just an occasional two-sentence cannon?

The indulgence of the team's strategy group and the drivers themselves don't matter, so there is a lot of confusion on the track. The other teams subconsciously see the Prost drivers as a unit, but in fact the two of them are completely alone except for driving the same type of car.

Halfway through the season, the two didn't even have a direct conversation on the track.

The more simple and rude this way of getting along with each other, it is exactly what everyone expected. Just like the current Scuderia Ferrari strategy team, they have guessed countless possible chain reactions, but they never thought that Zhang Yifei and Alonso were "strangers".

On the track, Alonso is battling Schumacher, although he is nowhere near as strong as the peak of his later generation, and can end Schumacher's five-game winning streak. But today's Prost AP05 car, for the first time, is really stronger than the Ferrari F2002 in terms of performance, and it is not too much to call it a super "Mars rover".

Customized fin kits, unique brake disc modifications, these "black technology" technologies, let Prost racing stand on the pinnacle of performance. Remembering Schumacher's extreme tuning scheme that favors extreme speed, it gives the AP05 car a crushing advantage at low and medium speeds.

Another point is that although Alonso gave up the imitation of Zhang Yifei's line, he began to explore a style that suited his technical characteristics. However, the experience and control learned from it will not be forgotten, and it can also be integrated, but the initial stage is not as strong as full copy.

So all things add up, Alonso put a lot of pressure on Schumacher, and it is not as easy as he began to imagine that he could get rid of the Spaniard.

Lap 7, Lap 8 and Lap 9......

The narrow streets made it difficult to overtake, so the race went into a stalemate.

However, during this stalemate, Toyota's Takuma Sato car malfunctioned, and the black smoke coming out of the engine could be guessed that it should have burst the cylinder.

Historically, Takuma Sato has the titles of "kamikaze" and cylinder king, because this guy's technology is in F1, which can only be regarded as the level of the middle and lower reaches, but he still encountered some bad cars.

The rough and reckless driving style, the stability deviation of the car, in the hands of Takuma Sato, is a very high failure rate. Either you exploded by yourself, or in the process of overtaking, you took the car in front with you.

So this kind of thing is familiar to Takuma Sato, and even the other drivers on the track are glad that they don't have to face the Japanese driver's "suicidal" attack on this already narrow track.

After the cylinder burst, Takuma Sato used his inertia to drive the car to the edge of the car, which did not lead to the safety car. However, the location of his Toyota car failure happened to be at the exit of a sharp turn at the Monaco circuit.

It is precisely because he accelerated sharply after the corner, but the gear did not rise quickly, which led to the occurrence of cylinder failure.

This accident made other drivers who cornered and couldn't help but slow down their speed to avoid crashing into the Toyota car. Zhang Yifei already has a certain lead at the moment, and without the pressure of the opponent, he can naturally easily dodge it.

However, Schumacher and Alonso, who were in the ring behind, were in a battle of high concentration, and even if there was a voice reminder from the team, they could not concentrate on the corner, and still had to spare some energy to guard against the opponent.

The distraction naturally slowed down, giving Montoya, who had previously finished fourth, the chance to bite off Alonso's wake in front of him and join the action.

"Alonso is not doing well."

At the Pit Stop for the Prost team, Henry said with some concern when he saw Montoya killed.

In the few laps of the battle with Schumacher just now, the difference in strength can still be clearly seen, and when the performance of the two cars is compromised, Alonso can only barely drag Schumacher without finding any opportunity to overtake.

If Alonso is replaced by Zhang Yifei, the current Schumacher may be in jeopardy.

With Montoya in the fray, the former Indy World Champion is no character to mess with. Don't look at his recent results as if they are not very impressive, but in fact, for most of the season, Montoya has been able to stabilize the points area almost every game, and still has the strength of a top driver.

One-on-one, taking advantage of the terrain at Monaco, Alonso was able to keep Montoya at bay.

With Schumacher in front of him, it will be difficult for Alonso to defend Montoya while still looking for overtaking opportunities. He can only choose one point as the main direction in attack or defense.

'I would advise Alonso to defend, Schumacher is really strong and it is not easy to surpass him. The first is to secure the current position, after all, this is a position that can stand on the podium. ”

Leo, the design director next to him, also said his thoughts, and in this situation, he had to make a decision, and if he couldn't surpass Schumacher, he would defend Montoya with all his might.

Otherwise, in the face of this "pinch" situation, he may not even be able to maintain the existing third position, and Alonso faced these top drivers, after all, he still did not have the strength to fight against two.

Hearing the words of the members of the strategy group, Alonso Race Engineer Cod, pressed the red call button on the headset.

"Alonso, give up the overtaking of Schumacher, block Montoya with all your might, and then slowly look for opportunities."

At the first time, there was no reply from Alonso in the earphones, and after about five or six seconds, a stubborn voice came from inside.

"I don't want to give up!"

Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the crew members all had an indescribable feeling.

Because of this scene, it is like the reproduction of Zhang Yifei's decision before, the same unwillingness, the same arrogance!

"There's no way you're looking for an overtaking opportunity to stop Montoya."

Kede persuaded, he understood the character of this Spanish kid very well, especially with the precedent of Zhang Yifei's success, he didn't want to admit defeat!

"How do you know if you don't try?"

"Okay, you can try it now!"

Without waiting for Cod to reply, Cocel next to him gave Alonso a chance to try.

Although he is not the race engineer who directly manages Alonso, as the team's chief race engineer, he has the final say.

Alonso was a little surprised to hear that it was Cosell's voice, but he quickly understood. The German race engineer has always been aggressive and rough, and if you have that confidence, he'll give you a chance to prove yourself.

But once you can't prove it, you have to bear the consequences of failure!

No nonsense, Alonso immediately launched a tough attack on Schumacher in front of him after blocking Montoya's overtaking route.

This time the alignment was more extreme, and he delayed his braking point to the limit, risking a crash to make a desperate bet. It's just that Alonso found that what stood in front of him didn't seem to be a red Ferrari, but an impermeable wall!

At any given time, Schumacher never left any room for overtaking, as if he had all the corners of the entire Monaco circuit in his own hands!

Is this the strength of the "King of Monaco"? No wonder he hit the guardrail with the front wind wing before, and didn't let Schumacher overtake the front, he was also worried that he wouldn't come back?

Thinking of this, Alonso's mentality fluctuated a little.

Korsell has always told Zhang Yifei with his words and deeds, that is, on the track, you must remain absolutely calm, even without emotion, just like he made team instructions.

It's because once there is a fluctuation in the mood, it is easy to fluctuate in the state of the game. There may be times when adrenaline can be used as a stimulant to make a rider react faster and more frenetically.

But most of the time, emotions can affect the driver's judgment, so it's better to be an emotionless racing machine.

Now Alonso is in a hurry, and the more anxious he is, the more he will expose his flaws, and he can't even hold the middle line of the car. If it weren't for today's Prost car, which has obvious advantages in braking and cornering stability, he may have been overtaken by Montoya.

The reality made Alonso understand that he did not have the strength of one against two, rather than blindly wanting to surpass Schumacher and compete with Zhang Yifei for the Monaco championship. It's better to hold your position firmly and get rid of the Williams drivers behind you!

Alonso decisively gave up his attack on Schumacher at this time and began to defend Montoya with all his might.

This change in tactical direction instantly made Schumacher like a dragon returning to the sea and a tiger entering the mountains and forests, completely unfettered, and began to frantically increase his lap time to chase Zhang Yifei who ran to the front.

He didn't believe that he really couldn't outrun the rider whose aerodynamic balance was destroyed!

"What do you mean, Alonso doesn't hold Schumacher back, he just wants to keep his ranking?"

Sir Williams, watching Alonso turn around on the track and point the finger at Montoya, his face was full of surprise.

Now that Zhang Yifei is gradually expanding his advantage, shouldn't Prost team let Alonso drag Schumacher to create a bigger advantage for Fei and win the Monaco race?

Now Alonso's action is undoubtedly to ensure that his ranking is not surpassed, as for Schumacher, he doesn't care, let him compete with Zhang Yifei. Should the strategy team of Prost really think that Zhang Yifei, whose aerodynamic balance has been destroyed, can win Schumacher in a one-on-one heads-up, right?

In order to keep a third place in the race, but at the risk of losing the championship, the Prost team team had a broken brain?

As the founder of a team, Sir Williams couldn't figure out what the Prost team strategy team was thinking. Driver No. 2 doesn't play the role of his wingman, and really thinks he can get the same level playing field as Driver No. 1?

"It seems that the Prost team is really a two-driver competition."

Simmonds, the technical director next to him, also replied very unexpectedly, it is true that the Prost team does not understand this wave of operations.

Many teams have actually said that they should let their drivers compete fairly, but at the end of the day, when it comes to the critical period, winning the championship is definitely the first goal.

The team is not a charitable organization, what will it play with you absolutely fair?

And now the Prost team, the strength of flying is obviously the only block, how can a "rookie" like Alonso compete fairly with the Chinese boy?

If this were to be put in the Williams team, Alonso would either be honest and obedient, or get out of the way if he didn't. Even Montoya, the king of the Indian World Championship, was honestly his younger brother last season, if it weren't for Ralph Schumacher, he really couldn't hold up the wall, otherwise he wouldn't have the right to bargain at all.

Alonso is really unworthy in the eyes of Sir Williams!

"Maybe it's because Alonso is not very obedient, after all, he violated the instructions of the Minardi team last season."

Simmonds thought of a reason and added.

"Hmph, that's Prost, the founder is incompetent, the French are not suitable to be leaders, no wonder the drivers couldn't control the brawls before!"

Sir Williams replied disdainfully, at the driver level, Prost Quadruple Champion has nothing to say, belongs to the legendary driver level. But in terms of fleet management, Sir Williams really looks down on this Frenchman!

How can fleet management be free to such an extent, is it not possible to say that there is no authority?

Of course, Sir Williams was so excited not because of how upset he was. But now Alonso is defending Montoya with all his might, so that his driver loses the opportunity to overtake, which is equivalent to a battle between mussels and cranes, and benefits Schumacher, a fisherman!

Indeed, Schumacher is the biggest beneficiary of this battle, without Alonso's containment, coupled with the humiliation and anger in his heart, Schumacher can be said to have completely ushered in a crazy outbreak at this moment.

Just on the eleventh lap, the distance between him and Zhang Yifei could be felt almost visibly with the naked eye, and it was impossible for him to tolerate a Chinese teenager who was so presumptuous on his head!

Lap 12, Lap 13, Lap 14......

The number of laps of the race continues to increase, and Zhang Yifei uses Alonso to contain time, and the distance he has opened is slowly shortening.

Indeed, in today's race, Prost is stronger than Ferrari, as long as the two sides play at the same level, Zhang Yifei can definitely lead Schumacher.

However, both drivers chose to fight for the position of the lead car in an extreme way, which caused the performance of their respective cars to suffer.

It's just that compared with the gearbox tuning of Ferrari racing cars, Zhang Yifei's aerodynamic balance was destroyed, and the severity was not at the same level. It's fair to say that he's able to take advantage of the gap and have reached the limit of a top driver, and it's not an exaggeration to call it a brilliant handling.

However, there is a limit to manpower after all, and the opponent is not an ordinary person, but Schumacher, who is at the peak of his state at the moment!

By lap 25, the red No. 1 Ferrari was once again behind the No. 13 Prost. This time, there was no interference from the other drivers, and both men threw the riders behind them a lot, and the time for heads-up finally came.

"Schumacher caught up and flew, it seems that the damage to the racing kit still has a great impact on the speed of flying!"

"You're not talking nonsense, Fei can drive at this level, in my opinion, it's already a god-level control, you can't expect too much!"

"Yes, after all, the opponent is Schumacher, and it is not easy to get rid of him under normal circumstances, let alone the aerodynamic balance of the car is disrupted."

"I don't know if flying can create a miracle, don't give up!"

"Give up? In the dictionary of flying, these two words were not abandoned, otherwise he would have entered the pit stop to replace the accessories! ”

The spectators on both sides of the track, after seeing Schumacher catching up, also had a heated discussion.

Many fans are worried about Zhang Yifei, and some people think that Zhang Yifei has done well enough to be worthy of the name of a top driver, and some even began to pray in their hearts, hoping that he can persist until the pit stop.

But no one thinks that Zhang Yifei will admit defeat and surrender, if Lauda is a symbol of F1 courage.

So now in the hearts of many car fans, Zhang Yifei is a symbol of persistence, and he will never give up!

Zhang Yifei on the track looked at the rearview mirror, and the red Ferrari car inside was so conspicuous.

At this moment, the expression on Zhang Yifei's face did not have any trace of surprise and panic, on the contrary, he was calm, as if waiting for an expected old friend, waiting for Schumacher to appear.

After all, the "King of Monaco" is still here, and the pearl of the track he controls will not be handed over to him so easily.

Schumacher, no one else exists now, let's go one-on-one to see if your attack is sharper or my defense is stronger!