At the beginning, Zhang Yifei said that if he met Kimi Raikkonen on the track, then he must defeat him.

The reason is as Lauda is now curious, as long as he stands on the Formula 1 track, he will definitely be compared to Kimi Raikkkonen. Zhang Yifei doesn't want to be someone's second forever, he just wants to be his first.

Therefore, defeating Kimi Raikkonen is the most direct and effective way.

"Very well, I also want to see you on the track, against Kimi Raikkonen."

Niki Lauda replied with a smile that there will be a pair of twin opponents in every era, leaving behind many classic battles for future generations to recall.

Take himself as an example, the championship battle with James Hunter in the 70s became a classic, and the famous racing movie "Fast and Windy" was based on him and Hunter.

Not to mention the eighties and nineties, when the glorious era saw the battle between Senna and Prost, a pair of twin rivals that overshadowed the rest of the era.

Even if Zhang Yifei is now in the era when Schumacher is thriving, there is still the appearance of Finnish "Iceman" Kimi Raikkonen, and he will stage a duel between ice and fire.

It's just that with the change of history, as the only two drivers who came to F1 from the junior formula "triple jump", Zhang Yifei has become the object of comparison with Kimi Raikkonen, so a new battle of twin stars began to slowly brew.

"Fei, in fact, I really regret that I didn't send you an invitation at the Renault party."

Lauda finally said what he really wanted to say, he was the first of the F1 bigwigs to discover Zhang Yifei's talent and potential.

But unfortunately, he is not the first person to throw an olive branch. If you can, even if it is against the board of directors of the Jaguar, you must sign Zhang Yifei, this Chinese kid is definitely not a rookie in China as the world thinks, he will definitely be able to show his brilliance in the F1 paddock!

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei smiled, although the Jaguar team is theoretically much stronger than the Prost team, after all, there is a world-class car manufacturer like Ford behind it, and there is also the foundation for the acquisition of the Stewart team.

But the problem is precisely Ford, I have to say that some of the management methods of American car companies are really not good, neither taking power nor delegating power, resulting in the two factions of the team being evenly matched, doing nothing, fighting every day.

Moreover, Ford's blind operation is not only on the F1 team, but also in many acquisition cases. At its peak, Ford acquired European car companies such as Aston Martin, Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo and so on.

At that time, it could be described as a fierce operation, and the style of the world's No. 1 car company. But the final result is that after this operation, the acquired car companies are all tossed half dead by it and then sold.

For example, the most familiar Chinese people are Geely snake swallowing Volvo, which is from Ford, not only brought Volvo back to life, but also through various contracts to rub the edge, slowly break through the contract restrictions to get the technology out, get the self-created brand Lynk & Co.

Think about how big the gap between Geely, a rising star in China, is compared with a century-old Ford, and it is really not easy for Ford to do what it can do under the background of Ford's strength.

Even in later generations, there was a ridiculous joke in the domestic automobile industry, that is, a hundred years of Chang'an, destroyed by Ford. Because of Ford's various marketing, workmanship, and even the quality of imported Ford, in some respects it is not as good as Changan Ford's joint venture.

It can only be said that Ford's family background is too thick, and the US empire is too strong to withstand the toss.

Therefore, even if the strength of this kind of team is stronger than Prost, Zhang Yifei will basically not consider it unless he really has nowhere to go. After all, he entered the F1 team just to become an F1 driver and fight for the championship on the track.

Instead of being in the convoy, being stumbled every day, playing some "Game of Thrones".

"Thank you very much, Mr. Lauda, for your appreciation, I can only say that I have no relationship with the Jaguar team."

"Hey......"

Lauda sighed, it's not that there is no fate, but that many things can't be done.

Just as Zhang Yifei was chatting with Niki Lauda, the lap times of the first batch of winter test teams on the track also appeared.

Of the three teams of Renault, McLaren and Minardi, Kimi Raikkonen from McLaren was the fastest at 1:23.221, a record away from the current track record of 1:21.892.

Coincidentally, the future lap record for this track was set by Kimi Raikkonen at Scuderia Ferrari in 2008, when the fastest lap was 1:21.670.

It's just that at this point in time, no one would know that Kimi would be able to set a record on the Catalan track eight years later, and no one knew that this Finnish newcomer would become a future F1 world champion!

At present, it is still the first round of winter testing, the speed is relatively slow, and many air kits have not been tuned to the best stage. What's more, there is camouflage in some key parts of the respective teams, which to some extent also affects the fastest lap of the car.

Camouflage testing is also a common part of winter testing, as this is the time of year when new technologies are being developed by F1 teams. Not all technology is put on the engine or the chassis.

A change in the design of the shell, a change in the air package, or even a slight difference in the curvature of the rear wing could be the latest technology after the wind tunnel experiments. After all, the F1 season has not yet begun, and if you are racing the latest technology, your opponents will notice it during the winter testing stage, or discover the meaning of the changes.

If there is any aerodynamic breakthrough, other teams may be competing to imitate it, and thus lose their technological advantage.

Even the Prost JS53 car, some of the key aerodynamic kits are camouflaged, which is an easy way to maintain the technical edge of your own team.

After these three cars go down, the next batch to take the field is Prost Racing, Ferrari, and this year's "new recruit" Toyota Racing Team.

Seeing the appearance of the Toyota team, Ukyo Yamamoto and Junko Takeda were very complicated in their hearts.

This is not to say that they regret following Zhang Yifei to join the Prost team, but watching their "old club" enter the F1 paddock so quickly, they are happy for Toyota in their hearts.

After all, this is the first time in decades that a Japanese F1 team has appeared on the F1 track since the withdrawal of the Honda F1 team in the sixties. Not to mention Ukyo Yamamoto and Junko Takeda, who have worked hard for the construction of the Toyota team.

But the joy of Toyota being the rival of Prost on the track starts to get complicated, but as a professional team member, you have to be professional.

Since he chose to serve the Prost team and became Zhang Yifei's data analyst and assistant, even in the face of the Japanese team, or even his "old club", he must defeat it mercilessly!

Compared with Ukyo Yamamoto and Junko Takeda, who set their sights on the Toyota team, Zhang Yifei's eyes were completely locked on Ferrari's Schumacher.

When Zhang Yifei entered the profession in his last life, Schumacher had already entered the end of his career, and soon announced that he had announced his second retirement at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan, so it is a pity that Zhang Yifei has never been on the track and witnessed the demeanor of a generation of car gods.

Later, there was a famous skiing accident, Schumacher suffered a heavy head injury, and a generation of car gods completely disappeared from people's sight, only from the occasional news, a little bit of his recovery situation, as if the end of an F1 era.

Seriously, maybe fate is like magic, Senna and Schumacher both suffered a heavy head injury. One is limited by the decline of medical conditions at that time, and the other has entered a long period of recuperation, and may not be able to show the demeanor of the car god in this life.

It's a good thing that Schumacher is alive in the end, otherwise it would be said that God needs two god-like drivers to have a final showdown.

A few cars on the track started winter testing, although it was not a race and there was no pursuit of results. But it just so happened that several cars started from the pit at the same time, so naturally there was a lap time competition subconsciously.

Toyota's pit stop was newcomer Strik Bernoldi, who was previously a test driver for Sauber and later joined the Arrows. But as history changed, the Arrow team was acquired by Toyota, and eventually Bernaldi became the official driver of the Toyota team.

However, this guy's previous results in F1 were not very good, not to mention that he was only ranked 18th in the F3000 Championship, and even the British F3 Championship was only runner-up, and the Australian Island Grand Prix only finished third.

For F1 drivers, if you can't even sweep at the F3 level, then it's hard for you to gain a foothold in F1. In fact, in the past, Bernaldi drove for a year and then lost his job with the collapse of the Arrow team.

Therefore, the main attraction of this test is on Alessi and Schumacher. Regardless of Alessi's historical record, he has won the championship and is a member of the rare "200 races" club in F1, and has competed on the F1 track for more than ten years.

More importantly, on June 11, 1995, it was Alessi's birthday, and he also won his first race in Canada.

It was supposed to be a good day for both sides, but on that day, his position as Ferrari's official driver was replaced by Schumacher from Benetton's team. So there is a grudge between him and Schumacher, now let's see if Alessi can "respond" to Schumacher.