Zhang Yifei finally gave Prost's whimsy and came to a conclusion, some people just don't have the same way, and he definitely can't pee with Helio. And two people have humiliated each other, and this kind of grudge cannot be easily eliminated.

Prost didn't say anything about Zhang Yifei's decisive refusal, after all, he was just joking. But this year's freelancers are basically here, and it depends on the final choice.

"Fei, have you decided on the final candidate?"

"When we get back to the French headquarters, give me a detailed list to choose from."

Although Zhang Yifei feels that his style of acting is simple and rude, he still doesn't want to make such a simple decision about the future of himself and the team.

After all, since Alessi said that he wanted to retire, so far it has been half an hour, Zhang Yifei didn't even have time to think, how to make a decision?

"Okay, let's make a decision at headquarters."

Prost nodded, it is true that it is a bit hasty to decide the number two driver of the future team now.

In the next few days, Zhang Yifei and the crew members still stayed in Tokyo, Japan, accompanying the injured Alessi.

There are many media and reporters who want to interview the situation, but they are all rejected and blocked. After experiencing the "gunsmoke" of the whole season, Zhang Yifei really wants to stay away from the life of celebrities and struggles, and let himself relax.

Now he also understands a little why many riders, even in a short period of time during the summer break, are looking for a leisure villa with beautiful mountains and rivers to give themselves a mental relaxation.

It's true that in this environment, even if there is no competition, you don't really relax, and you are always worried about the media or other things. Zhang Yifei now wants to get out of this environment, adjust his condition, and meet next season.

A few days later, as Alessi's condition was basically stable, Prost chartered a special plane, and all the crew members were withdrawn from Tokyo, Japan, to the headquarters in Paris, France.

Seriously, if it weren't for something like this happening to Alessi, Zhang Yifei would have planned to go home to China after the game. It's just that there are a lot of things to deal with now, so I can only go back to the French headquarters first, after all, there are still a few months before the start of next season, and I am not in a hurry.

After most of the day's flight, the flight landed at Paris International Airport. For the city of Paris, Zhang Yifei was just a noun in his previous life, but in this life, he is like his second hometown, and the time in Paris during his career is longer than in China.

After Alessi got off the plane, he was immediately transferred to a French hospital for recuperation, his injuries were not fatal, but it was not so simple to say that he could recover easily.

Originally, Alessi made the decision to retire, in addition to his own age, this injury actually accounted for a large factor. After all, it takes a while to recover from an injury, and factors such as muscle condition may not necessarily return to normal after the entire winter break.

You must know that Alessi is no longer young, and he is in the time period of retiring drivers, and whether he can return to normal state must be marked with a question mark. Instead of "abdicating and making way for Xian" at that time, it is better to take the initiative to quit at the end of your career when it is the most glorious.

The crew members returned to the headquarters building, and Zhang Yifei did not return to the dormitory to rest for the first time, but drove to the racing research and development center with Prost, accompanied by Cowel and Henry.

In fact, to be serious, Cosell, the chief race engineer, has not seen the new AP05 car of the Prost team next year for a long time. After all, Zhang Yifei recuperated from his injuries and dealt with the affairs of the Chinese engineer, and he had nothing to do to go back to France, while Korcel had been following the team to fight.

The R&D center of Prost Racing is still the same, but the eastern faces of people still give people a different feeling. After all, in a R&D base in France, it is indeed rare for so many oriental faces to appear in this era.

"BOSS, the Chinese engineers have been okay lately, right?"

Zhang Yifei asked with a smile on his face, in fact, from the reliability of the parts of the Japanese Grand Prix, it can be seen that there must be no problem. It's just that he needs to get a personal acknowledgment from Prost's mouth.

"Good, good ......"

Prost smiled embarrassedly in the face of Zhang Yifei's inquiry, there was a component failure before, and he was actually the one who was to blame. Let a group of novice technicians who have never been in contact with F1 at all, directly work against the drawings, and only slight errors appear, which is already considered God bless.

After the problem, coupled with Zhang Yifei's strong support, Prost also realized his mistake. So during this period of time, the engineers of the original R&D base were asked to impart experience and guidance, and naturally there was no problem.

And there is another thing that surprises Prost, that is, he thought that the level of engineers from China's low-end automobile industry must be scum. But in fact, the learning ability of this group of Chinese engineers can be described in two amazing words, no matter what they teach, they can basically achieve the target the next day.

Now think about Zhang Yifei's recommended words, diligence, discipline, efficiency, professionalism, etc., it sounds like a cowhide blowing to the sky, but in fact it is really so. Prost can't help but sigh these days, if he had hired a group of Chinese engineers last year to save money, maybe the team would have been revived a year earlier.

In fact, what Prost didn't know was that this group of Chinese engineers was the elite of the elite, and in addition to being transferred by Huali Automobile Group, they also frantically poached people from many Chinese car companies.

If even this group of people can't meet the standards that Zhang Yifei boasts, then the whole of China will really not be able to find a group of automotive engineering elites of the same grade in a short period of time.

Entering the assembly garage, a red and blue Prost race car had come off the frame and stopped in the open space in the center. This means that the research and development of the entire racing car has been completed, and now in front of Zhang Yifei and them is the AP05 prototype.

Done?

Looking at this brand-new racing car, Zhang Yifei suddenly felt his blood surge, and there was an indescribable excitement in his heart.

A car enthusiast will be thrilled to see a beloved car. Now Zhang Yifei is an F1 driver, and when he sees this "partner" who will accompany him on the track in the future, the mood can be imagined!

Not to mention Zhang Yifei, even Korsell and Henry, who were standing next to him, had a fascinated expression on their faces, looking at the new AP05 racing car, just like seeing a sexy and hot Latin American woman!

Racing is the driver's second life!

Leo, the team's design director, was standing next to the AP05 car at the moment, looking at the expression on Zhang Yifei's face, and introduced in an excited and proud tone: "Next year's Prost chariot, the prototype has been completely finalized and painted with paint. ”

"I can assure you that this car is definitely the strongest car ever built by the Prost team, or even the Ligier team. On the track next year, we won't have to be afraid of the performance of the Big Three, because we have cars as powerful as them! ”

Listening to Leo's impassioned words, Zhang Yifei walked to the side of the car, and the last time he saw this Prost AP05 racing car, it was still in the previous silver-white frame state, without carbon fiber pneumatic pricing, let alone painting.

Different from the previous generation of Prost JS53 pure blue paint, this time the red and blue colors appear more explosive and energetic.

Blue is naturally different, it is the signature colour of the Prost team, and it is also the colour of France. Red, on the other hand, comes from the Scuderia Ferrari heritage!

As mentioned before, an F1 team is actually made up of two parts: the chassis manufacturer and the engine supplier. The chassis manufacturer is the main body, and the fleet management right and naming right are all derived from the chassis manufacturer.

However, in order to highlight the status and performance of the engine, the name of the engine manufacturer will be added to the back of the team in the city, unless the naming rights are bought out. For example, the previous Prost team was not Prost-Peugeot team, but Prost-Acer team.

This time, however, Ferrari had a lot of money and had to disclose the engine supplier and include it in the naming of the team. So next year's full name of the Prost team will be the Prost-Ferrari team.

There is a really bizarre sense to say that Ferrari is an opponent that Zhang Yifei sees on the track as having to beat. Now they use the same race engine and even have the same team suffix.

Korsell also came to the side of the AP05 car at this moment, and looked around seriously. He is a real aerodynamics expert, and he is very interested in the aerodynamic design of the car body, and his focus is naturally different from Zhang Yifei.

"Leo, what are the specific stats of the car?"

"The test horsepower limit of the machine reached 980 hp, which is 10 percent better than the theoretical performance of the previous generation Prost car. However, the horsepower on the wheels will be reduced, and it will be about 8% stronger. ”

"With the air package design, the drag is also slightly reduced, and the straight-line acceleration will be faster. By this season's standards, this APO5 car is the Mars rover class! ”

Leo introduced very confidently, because the performance of the car is strong, it is a bit beyond his expectations, I really didn't expect Ferrari's new generation 051 V10 engine to be so powerful!

"Well, that's good."

Korsell also nodded, judging from the theoretical data alone, it is indeed the standard of Mars rover.

Of course, how well it actually performs on the track, how consistent it is, it's all unknown. But at least, it shows the strength and potential of this car!

Zhang Yifei next to him was also listening to Leo's data introduction, but what he was thinking in his mind was, if this AP05 car meets Ferrari's F2002 car next year, can it surpass the original Mars rover?

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