By the time the three team leaders walked out of the VIP viewing room, the post-race interviews in the celebration area had also ended, and the award ceremony was about to begin.

This time, whether it was an interview or the cheers of the audience, Zhang Yifei became the absolute protagonist, almost covering up the light of the runner-up and the third runner-up.

The championship is everything, and the runner-up may sometimes be an obscure bystander, let alone the third runner-up, who does not even deserve to be remembered.

But this time, in the hearts of Makina and Duden, there were no other excessive emotions except envy. Because Zhang Yifei won with absolute strength this time, the speed was so fast that the drivers behind him felt desperate.

Without the ambition to challenge, there will naturally be a lot less hostility and gunpowder.

When Zhang Yifei and the three of them stood on the award platform on the second floor, the audience suddenly burst into cheers and screams. Because Ghosn led Prost to appear on the podium at this time, these cheers were for "Professor" Prost.

You must know that Prost's peak period was to compete with Senna for the entire late 80s, and with the super drivers in the early 90s, and even the results were vaguely overwhelmed by Senna.

It's not because it's still the late 90s, and Prost has only been retired for six years, otherwise he could have been inducted into the F1 Drivers' Hall of Fame and become a respected legend.

Of course, even now, Prost is well deserved to face the title of legendary driver, and many people are his fans. Especially on the circuit in France today, it is not surprising that Prost, as a French driver, is proud of the French driver, and there are so many excited cheers and applause.

Prost waved to the audience with a smile on his face, which caused screams, even comparable to the cheers of Zhang Yifei who won the sub-station championship before.

It can be seen that even a legendary driver who has been retired for many years still has an amazing influence.

Zhang Yifei glanced at Prost, who nodded slightly at him, affirming Zhang Yifei's performance on the track. Then Prost stood by and waited for the award ceremony to take place soon.

As in Hockenheim, it was Duden, who finished third, stepped onto the podium to receive flowers and the Renault Trophy from Ghosn. Followed by Makina, who was second, his face eased a lot at this time, after all, this was his first podium at the Renault European Championship, which was a zero breakthrough.

In the end, Zhang Yifei stood up, he held his hands high, like a king to accept the cheers of fans and spectators on the field, this is the right that only champions enjoy.

The Kossels in the pit stop are also standing under the medal platform at this moment, looking up at Zhang Yifei in the championship seat, waving their arms.

Especially Ah Hu, at this time, he said excitedly to Chen Zhi next to him: "Brother Zhi, I asked Fei Ge how long it will take him to become an F1 driver, and now I finally have an answer." ”

"Just today!"

Hearing Ah Hu's excited words, looking at Zhang Yifei on the podium, Chen Zhi also nodded excitedly and replied: "That's right, it's today." ”

On the podium, after awarding the third and second place, Ghosn stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Prost, who gave up the opportunity to award the championship, after all, a future F1 driver will appear today.

Prost was not polite, the purpose of his coming to the podium was to present the award to Zhang Yifei in person. Even waiting for the picture of the award will most likely become the headline of tomorrow's sports event coverage.

After receiving the Renault trophy, Prost came to Zhang Yifei, shook hands with him, handed over the trophy and said: "Congratulations on completing the agreement and becoming the official driver of the Prost team." ”

"Thanks, I just proved Cosell's vision."

Zhang Yifei knew that Korcel had always been at odds with Prost back then, and he came forward to help him reach an agreement with Prost before, but he actually begged for it with a low head. Today, Zhang Yifei used this title to help Korcel win back this breath.

Hearing Zhang Yifei say this, a trace of surprise instantly appeared on Korser's face, he has come into contact with a lot of young drivers, and these people are basically humble and respectful when they face the opportunities they give.

In this kind of scene, Zhang Yifei is still the first person to dare to say this to himself. But thinking about this kid's previous consistent image, Prost also thought about it, this guy is a thorn.

Taking the trophy from Prost's hand, Zhang Yifei held it high and won a round of cheers again.

At the same time, on the LCD screen behind Zhang Yifei, a bright red national flag appeared, the radio on the track was turned on synchronously, and the national anthem sounded.

Zhang Yifei looked ahead with a solemn face, listening to the familiar "March of the Volunteers" next to his ears, and his heart was full of thoughts.

Think about the promise you made in the last stop, that is, you want to hear the national anthem in the F1 field. Now, the most important step has finally been taken.

After the award ceremony, many reporters blocked the stairs of the platform, and their target this time was not Zhang Yifei, but Prost on the stage.

"Mr. Prost, Fei has made a pre-race promise, are you really going to give a formal driver's contract?"

Prost nodded and replied, "Of course, what I promised at this time. ”

"Then this will mean that there will be an official driver leaving or terminating the contract of the current Prost team, can you explain which driver it is in advance?"

"I'm sorry, this is an internal matter of the team, and it is inconvenient to disclose it for the time being."

Prost refused to answer the question, because the current F1 season, Prost team's results are very poor, and it may be that more than one driver has left, and the whole team will be vacant.

"Mr. Prost, we all know that you are a legendary driver on the Formula 1 circuit, but when you become the owner of the team, you don't seem to be very good at running a business."

"We've got inside information that you've defaulted on the event engine supplier, is this news true?"

"This is a rumor, we are a strategic partner with Peugeot Group, there is no arrears or anything, and Peugeot will continue to provide engines."

Prost directly denied the whole news, but the entire reporter in front of him still asked unrelentingly: "But a senior executive of Peugeot recently said that the poor results of the Prost team have had a very bad impact on the reputation of the Peugeot Group, and they are considering terminating the cooperation with the Prost team, is this news true?" ”

"This question can be directly applied to my previous answer, and I will not repeat it."

Seeing this scene, Ghosn next to him glanced at the assistant beside him, and several staff members leaned over at this time to help Prost stop the group of reporters and continue to ask questions, so that he could leave through the passage.

Entering the staff passage, Prost's face instantly turned blue, he didn't expect the current situation of the team to be known by reporters so quickly.

And because of the results of the event, Peugeot is actually not a strategic partnership as Prost said, and the manufacturer has expressed its dissatisfaction.

But Peugeot's top management publicly accused that Prost was unaware of this, so he planned to rush back immediately to find out what the reason was.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei returned to the pit station, also celebrated with his team members, and agreed to go out for a good walk tonight, which can be regarded as appreciating the world-famous "Night Paris", preparing for the intense race of this month, and having a complete relaxation.

But as soon as the agreement was made, Ah Hu suddenly remembered something, and asked Zhang Yifei: "Brother Fei, let's go back to celebrate later, what should we do with this racing car?" ”

Almost every time a formula car finishes a race, it undergoes a complete overhaul. Especially in this era, the craftsmanship is accurate or something, far less than that of later generations, and the failure rate of racing cars is quite high.

Before Zhang Yifei after the game, he directly handed over the post-game inspection to the Toyota technical team, and at most, Ah Hu and Brother Zhi stayed to learn experience.

But today's sudden absence of Toyota's technical team has made post-game maintenance a problem, and Ah Hu and Brother Zhi have not been able to take charge on their own.

"Junko, is there any news from the Toyota European Racing Organization?"

"There is no response, and if there is no response to the email tomorrow from Toyota Racing Europe, I will go to the team headquarters at Le Mans to find out why."

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei's brows furrowed, although he has already stepped into the F1 paddock with one foot, but at this stage, the Renault European Cup has not yet been completed, and he still needs financial and technical support from the Toyota event organization.

As long as Zhang Yifei did not formally sign a driver contract with Prost Racing Team, then the previous sponsorship contract still exists, does it mean that Toyota Racing intends to breach the contract?

"Junko, Toyota's racing division, did you know in advance that I was in contact with other teams, so they were ready to default?

Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto, although they are still employees of Toyota, but in fact, from the moment they chose to come to Europe, they can be said to be members of Zhang Yifei's team.

So Zhang Yifei didn't have any worries about these words, and said them directly to his face.

"It's possible, but what you signed with Toyota is only a youth driver contract, because Toyota doesn't have a formula team at present, so it can only be regarded as an upgraded version of the student contract, and it is destined to sign with other professional teams."

"From this point alone, there is no need for Toyota to do such a contract-breaking thing, which is not very logical."

Junko Takeda also said the key point, that is, although Zhang Yifei signed a youth driver contract, Toyota does not even have an official team at present, Zhang Yifei wants to join Toyota, and there is no place for him to go.

Therefore, there was no mandatory clause in the previous Toyota youth training contract, at most, Zhang Yifei jumped ship and left during the contract period, and Toyota's fees and sponsorships were refunded.

If Zhang Yifei doesn't want to give this money, he can also delay it until the end of the one-year contract period, and the two parties can terminate the contract peacefully.

After all, Toyota is only in the experimental stage of forming a team, and the real Toyota F1 team will not officially compete until three years later, so there is no need for them to do such a contract-breaking thing.