At the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Alonso was unlucky against a new F1 circuit, as he suffered a car malfunction in qualifying and finished very low in the standings.

In this qualifying session, Massa took pole position and held on to his first position on the grid, always leading the front, followed by Hamilton in second.

It has to be said that Alonso still has the strength, it only took 9 laps to move up from 15th to 11th place in qualifying, and is already ready to attack Kazuki Nakajima in 10th place, and it is no surprise that he will move up one place again.

But on lap 13, Alonso pitted for a tyre change, and as the first driver to make a pit stop, he needed 9.8 seconds. If you include the deceleration of the maintenance lane, it takes about 20 seconds to enter and exit the station.

So Alonso came out of the pit and finished in last place, 84 seconds behind the leading Massa.

According to this gap, even the top drivers have made a pit stop to change the platform, and it will be difficult for Alonso to catch up with the leading front row. In order to recover the time lost in his pit stop to refuel and change tires, Alonso and Renault Racing directly instructed the team's No. 2 driver Piquet Jr. to crash, which triggered the safety car to be dispatched.

Alonso, the only driver to make a pit stop on the track, was the biggest winner.

At the same time, all the lead of the lead car Massa was zeroed out at the moment when the safety car was deployed. As a result, his mentality collapsed a little, and he had an accident when he pitted later, and before he could wait for the fuel pipe to pull out, he hurriedly stepped on the accelerator and left, so he was punished by the FIA for ten seconds to stop.

With a two-pronged approach, Massa is now completely collapsed, and he was far ahead of the opportunity to win the championship, but he didn't even get points. In the end, Alonso completed a shocking counterattack and won the first Singapore Grand Prix with a low standing.

In that year's season total, Massa ended up with 97 points, ranking second. Hamilton, who won the world championship title, only has a one-point advantage, with a total of 98 points.

It can be said that if it were not for the accident of the Singapore Grand Prix, Massa would have fulfilled his life's dream that year. Don't have to go through the pathos of the Brazilian Grand Prix again to become the best supporting actor.

Think about how many years Schumacher has suffered without competitive pressure because of Barrichello's handicap. And Alonso directly asked the team to instruct his teammates to crash, compared to this, this is called real unscrupulous!

Being able to rank from the bottom and fight for the championship position is undoubtedly a testament to Alonso's quality. But this kind of behavior of completely sacrificing his teammates also proves that the first brother really has no sportsmanship, and he simply doesn't treat the No. 2 driver as a person.

Of course, Alonso said afterwards that he did not know about it, and did not punish him for it. But this kind of operation, at least with his tacit approval, otherwise the team management would not have been so bent on going its own way.

But then again, F1 is a commercial race, and the champion drivers have done some dirty tricks more or less, nothing more than the difference in the bottom line, and few people have done it as simply and crudely as Alonso.

For example, Schumacher's concession was scolded to death back then, but Hamilton did the same thing, but it didn't make any waves. The reason is that the Ferrari team's strategy group stiffly asks the No. 2 driver to give up the car, while the other teams will "kindly" let the No. 2 driver pit for a tire change, refuel or something, isn't this just a natural overtaking?

Even later, at Monaco, Mercedes sent a team order directly to the Indian Power team, asking their young driver O'Con to give Hamilton overtake.

The convoy instructions were sent to another convoy, and this operation can only be described as a cattle batch. But as long as you keep a low profile, don't be so blatant, it's okay?

Therefore, Brother Tou likes to play team politics very much, but his means are particularly "mentally retarded", and he almost doesn't write the words "I did it" on his face.

It can only be said that God is fair, giving Alonso the technical prowess of a top driver. Otherwise, with his IQ and personality, if F1 is a palace fighting drama, Alonso really won't survive three episodes!

Zhang Yifei is very aware of Brother Tou's strength, and he is also very clear about his character and style. But he still chose to let the head brother join the team, that is, Zhang Yifei is confident that in terms of IQ and force, he will double crush Alonso, so that this Spanish boy can't set off the storm.

Tangerine born in Huainan is orange, and born in Huaibei is orange, Zhang Yifei does not have the luxury of thinking that after the change of history and environment, Alonso's personality will change amazingly. But at least the methods he used in history are enough if they don't work here.

"Very well, since the Singapore Grand Prix is fine, the final East China Sea Grand Prix will be much less difficult, after all, there is a whole season of preparation time for the final battle."

Prost was pleased with the two drivers' answers, something that had not been seen by the Prost team in previous seasons. Sure enough, when the strength reaches a certain level, many difficulties will no longer be difficulties.

"And fly, the East China Sea Grand Prix is your home turf, and I believe that on this track, you will give me a miracle."

Prost emphasized the East China Sea Grand Prix, and he believes that with Zhang Yifei's character, he will play like a life on his home track. So he didn't worry at all, whether Zhang Yifei could run well or not in the East China Sea Grand Prix, the suspense was how Zhang Yifei could run.

But hearing this, Zhang Yifei just smiled, and now that the opening game has not started, just talk about the results of the closing battle, no matter what kind of rhetoric it is, it feels like saying big words.

As China's first F1 track and the first F1 Grand Prix, the only thing Zhang Yifei can do is not forget his original intention. That is to let the national anthem be played on his home turf, for which he will do whatever it takes!

"Okay, if you know the schedule, you will continue to train, and in addition to the winter test next month, try to control the new generation of AP05 cars in the shortest possible time."

Cosell made a concluding remark and reminded him that the time for winter testing was approaching.

Although there is no explicit prohibition on private training for drivers in this era, some restrictions have actually been placed on the training of drivers during the winter break to prevent the gap in team strength from widening.

One of the restrictions is access to new cars, with drivers not allowed to test the new generation of cars until the official winter test begins.

But in fact, there is nothing to test, the new generation of prototype car various parts running-in, stability test, not at all like training to run the whole field. Parking feedback, as well as car fault detection, can disrupt the entire testing process.

In a sense, having a full-time driver do these experimental tests can also affect the normal training process. The best way to do this is for the test drivers to complete the test program and the actual drivers to prepare for next year's new season.

After determining the schedule of the sub-stations and the addition of the new track, Zhang Yifei's simulator training sequence was also changed slightly, and the updated Singapore track was taken as the primary training goal.

The reason why the Singapore Grand Prix was able to join the F1 schedule so quickly was that it used streets instead of building a dedicated professional track, which greatly saved construction time.

Since it's a street race, it's inevitable that it will be compared to the most classic Monaco circuit. The composition of the Singapore circuit is very similar to Monaco, with low adhesion and the second slowest track after Monaco in all speeds.

However, the Singapore circuit is wider than the Monaco circuit in terms of width, and the complexity of the corners is also inferior to the Monaco station. However, the emergence of innovative night races made up for the slight reduction in difficulty of the Singapore Grand Prix.

If the drivers can't get used to the atmosphere of racing under the lights in a short period of time, the race will be a nightmare for the drivers.

And this is also the most difficult part of the track simulation, no matter how realistic the car simulator is, it is impossible to simulate the scene of driving an F1 car at night. Not to mention a racing simulator, even on the real track, it is impossible to achieve the two necessary conditions of street and night fighting, and it is impossible to train privately.

So in a sense, this track is a fair track and treats all teams equally. Purely look at the driver's adaptability to the track in a short period of time, as well as the play of personal ability!

Perhaps this Singapore circuit is a problem for many "professional" formula drivers, because they have never experienced a night battle.

But for Zhang Yifei, the difficulty of this obstacle is zero!

The reason is also very simple, Zhang Yifei is not a "professional" kart driver, he runs on the streets! When are street events usually the most lively? It's midnight when no one is around, and it's called Cinderella time.

Even Zhang Yifei can be ashamed to say that there should be no experience in the F1 paddock that can surpass him in night racing. The complex lighting scene of the real street, Zhang Yifei doesn't care, F1 street lighting, what else is there to worry about?

Seriously, Zhang Yifei never thought that some of the experience of running underground racing on the street could also help F1 professional races, and it was a bit bizarre to say it.

Alonso next to him, basically the same plan as Zhang Yifei, is also based on practicing the Singapore track. And he is even more crazy and hardworking than Zhang Yifei, because this is a brand new track, if even the speed of this track can't compare to Zhang Yifei, it really means that his talent and strength are not as good as the other party.

The fledgling head brother still has a pride in his heart, otherwise he would not have carried the management of the Minardi team.

Alonso always has a heart to catch up and surpass Zhang Yifei!

A month is not too short, but it is not too long, and soon it is time for the winter testing of the 2001 season, which is still held at the Catalan circuit in Spain.

More than a dozen F1 teams have been transporting new cars and pits to Barcelona in containers. At the same time, the media from all over the world have also begun to gather to report the latest news of the team in the new season.

The members of the Prost crew also took several luxury buses to the winter test track. Now, with the lifting of the financial crisis of the fleet, both R&D personnel and maintenance personnel have increased a lot.

From the extremely compressed thirty people before, to a normal group of fifty people, at least in the future, when the transition is made, they will not be so in a hurry. And if Zhang Yifei wants, he can even create a mobile lounge exclusive to him instead of using the rest room provided by the track.

Of course, Zhang Yifei did not put forward this kind of extravagant request that cost money. After all, as the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. When the time comes, I'm used to it, and if I encounter any hard days again, how can I adapt to it.

The Catalan circuit, which has been deserted for a winter, is instantly much more lively with the arrival of the F1 crew.

Unlike last year's small role, which was not cared for, this year's Prost team just entered the stadium and attracted the attention of several teams that arrived earlier. Now that the French veteran Alessi has been replaced and the No. 2 driver has been replaced by a new Spaniard, it is unknown whether the Prost team will be able to maintain the strength of last year.

Inside the Minardi team's pits, Madu was looking at the Prost team building the pit with disdain.

"Hmph, I picked up the rookie driver we didn't want, and I wanted to see what the Prost team could run."

No one knows Alonso's quality better than the Minardi team, and no one in the team has regretted or regretted the sacking of the Spanish thorn from top to bottom.

This kid is a vegetable and a prickly head, but he doesn't know what shit luck he took in the rookie test, and he actually ran the second fastest result. But soon the Prost team will understand what kind of driver they have recruited to come back, and they won't be able to cry when the time comes.

Thinking of this, a hearty smile appeared on Madur's face.

Since you can't outrun the other party, let the scourge join the other party, in a sense, this is also a victory!

Technical Director Willy heard Madu's words, his brows subconsciously furrowed, he actually didn't like Madu very much in his heart, this guy was simply a second generation who didn't learn and didn't know.

But on this point of view, Willy and Madu have the same idea, Alonso has not run much in a year, and he is irritable and difficult to get along with, which team will go to this kind of person, which team will be unlucky.

Alessi has no strength, at least he can be a qualified wingman, and he has helped Zhang Yifei overtake at several critical moments. Alonso is not qualified to be a wingman for anything, and this kid is not willing to be a wingman yet.

On the other side of the Renault team, Helio was already wearing a yellow and black Renault jersey. His eyes also looked in the direction of the Prost team, but he always locked on one person, that is, Zhang Yifei.

He came to F1 with only two goals, to win the world championship and defeat Zhang Yifei. It can also be said that there is only one, after all, if you win the world championship, you will naturally win Zhang Yifei.

During the winter break, not only Zhang Yifei and Alonso trained frantically, but Helio was also not idle, and even longer.

That's the power of obsession and revenge, and he never came to terms with his defeat at Indy, which was the biggest setback of his career. Helio will use his talent and crazy hard work to prove to the world that he will always be the most powerful newcomer ever.

Not just IndyCar, but Formula 1 as well!

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