Compared with the stunned of others, Zhang Yifei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Because when the head brother was in the McLaren team, he once complained about the performance of the car in the team's voice, which translates to the Honda racing engine, which is as slow as a GP2 car!

GP2 racing car is now the F3000 level, so when this sentence came out, it directly became a famous saying in the racing industry, as long as there is any F1 car performance is not good, it will be called gp2 engine (GP2 engine).

What's more serious is that when Alonso complained about this sentence, it was at home in Japan, and Honda executives were present at the time.

Think about Honda, as an engine supplier, spending so much money on it, only to be frantically complained about by its drivers in front of the world on its home turf, which will be a big blow to Honda's brand value and commercial image.

It was precisely because of this incident that Alonso broke with Honda, and even the F1 team did not dare to recruit this god anymore. In case this track BB machine complains about what amazing words, do you want the team's image to be gone?

This is also the unspoken rule in the F1 paddock, you can scold anyone, even your boss and teammates, as well as the FIA bosses, but you must not scold your own team.

Historically, those who have publicly complained about their own teams have basically not ended well, and the Ferrari team has had two, one is that after the contract expires, facing the same fate as Alonso, no team dares to ask for it.

The other was directly fired by Ferrari founder Enzo on the spot, which was equivalent to ending his career.

Of course, this also depends on strength, and when the head brother said this, his strength had already declined greatly. If this sentence is said at the peak, it is estimated that the result will be completely different, and the team will still be a treasure.

It's just that Zhang Yifei didn't expect that this classic scene in history would be staged in advance today in another way. Sure enough, the head brother is still the head brother, and he can't control his mouth!

Although there is no management of the Minardi team here, the expressions on the faces of the other team owners when they hear this are not very good.

After all, as the owners of a team, they are on the same front as Minardi management. Now the trial track is okay, there is no global live broadcast, no media involvement in TR (voice) reporting, can be treated as a joke.

But what if this happens again in the future? Not every team has the deepest pockets, has its own engine supplier, and doesn't care about outside influences and opinions.

Originally, many team management, seeing Alonso's amazing lap time, had the idea of throwing an olive branch. As a result, because of this sentence, they directly gave Alonso to PASS, and the head brother really belongs to the immortal!

"Fly, I don't think this Spanish driver can do it."

Prost, who had already agreed with Zhang Yifei's idea before, also began to regret it at this moment, at the beginning he said that Alonso was a "team cancer", "time bomb" or something, it was more of a joke, where can a rookie jump, and suppressing him is not like playing?

But now the situation is completely different, and this guy may still "detonate"!

For a convoy, it would rather have Helio, an internally exploding bomb, than Alonso, an external cancer. If he complains about the Ferrari engine like this, then the Prost team is not done with calves?

"It's kind of stupid."

Zhang Yifei also agreed, but he didn't have Prost's mentality, but more of a funny feeling of witnessing the reappearance of history.

After all, when he heard this voice in later life, he was a melon-eating spectator, and he could also play with his online car fan buddies. Although the position is different today, the feeling is still the same, at most, I think that the head brother is really a "talent".

"But boss, I'm still sticking to the stronger standards I used to have, and if Alonso joins the team, I'll shut him up."

Zhang Yifei didn't plan to change the order, since he had already made a decision at the beginning, he would stick to it to the end.

And this kind of complaining requires the premise, that is, the racing engine is really bad, and it has nothing to do with the strength of the driver.

Although it is stupid for the head brother to say this, in fact, the Honda engine in those years was really only a "GP2" level. Here the GP2 needs to be put in quotation marks, because no matter how bad the F1 engine is, it is still much stronger than the real GP2 grade.

Alonso is in the McLaren team, using Williams engines, and can also win the second place, and the level of the bloody battle with the Red Bull team's Wirt.

It's just that when he met the peak Red Bull, Werther directly won four consecutive championships, and he simply killed Alonso, who was in the second spring of his life.

Later, McLade rotated the Honda engine, which really plummeted, directly from the second runner-up strength to the second-to-last bottom strength.

Of course, there are also McLaren's own reasons for this, the team's internal research and development is a mess, and the strange thing that the engine can't fit into the body of the car is what happened to the McLaren team.

It can only be said that in those years, McLaren, Honda, and Alonso, whose strength declined, did each other's treasures, which eventually led to the famous "GP2" incident.

If Alonso were to join the Prost team, then history would naturally change. After all, Alonso has also been mixed in the F1 paddock for more than ten years, although he has done a lot of stupid things, but such stupid things have only been done once, and the basic mountain IQ is still there.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei believes that under normal circumstances, the possibility of the recurrence of the "GP2" incident is almost zero.

"Well, it depends on God's will."

The selection of the strongest drivers was the unanimous opinion of the team's management, and Alonso was not appointed. If he can really maintain this lap time until the end, it can only be said that it is God's will, and Massa is not as good as man.

Alonso's lap time also directly stimulated Massa and Helio, both of whom had reasons to surpass Alonso.

Helio, in particular, has such a pride that he does not allow himself to lose to a Spanish rookie who is "fried cold rice". He should be like Villeneuve back then, directly crushing the audience!

If the previous Helio still retains his strength, the current Helio still shows that he is like a madman. The line is extremely aggressive and wild, and even sometimes it doesn't care about the car and the safety of his own life, and the wildness and courage of the Indy riders are brought into full play!

On the ninth lap of the test, Helio ran a lap time of 1:18.344, which was 0.3 seconds higher than Alonso's fastest lap before.

This result is amazing, and the management of Sauber, Toyota, and Renault all have excited expressions on their faces. You must know that because of the battle of the Formula Century, many F1 management have lowered their expectations of Indian drivers by a notch.

After all, Zhang Yifei, a super newcomer in F1, won the three Indy champions in the Indy 500 mode for the first time, and it is estimated that these people are not strong when they enter F1.

But now this idea has been completely overturned, Helio definitely has the potential to become the next Villeneuve, and the least is the strength of Montoya, sure enough, the strongest newcomer in the history of Indy, not in vain!

Montoya's result on this lap was not bad, and the lap time broke through to 1:18.576 again, but Helio was too perverted to suppress his otherwise brilliant result.

At the end of the final lap, the fastest lap of the three men was fixed on the display, and Helio became the well-deserved first in this year's rookie test with a time of 1:18.229, less than 0.1 seconds behind the track record of 1:18.135.

Taking into account the performance of the car, as well as the weather temperature in winter, etc., Helio's result is actually not inferior to the track record, and even slightly ahead.

Of course, the track record does not equal the fastest lap, and Schumacher's qualifying time of 1:17.652 is still far ahead. But it still shows Helio's quality and potential, and he will definitely be one of the highlights of next year's F1 season.

"This Indian kid is really strong."

This time it was no longer Korcel who was praised, but Henry. Because of this lap time, it is really a bit scary, and with the momentum of his Indy champion, it is really possible to replicate Villeneuve's miracle.

"The other two are good, too."

Cosell nodded in agreement.

Because of the final result, Alonso's lap time was fixed at 1:18.431, while Massa's final lap time was 1:18.417.

I don't know if it's because the master made a move, stimulating each other, this time the lap speed is obviously a bit too fast. Not to mention the two newcomers who are not compared to Helio and Massa, in the case of Alonso, this lap time has exceeded his professional level last season.

This result is great news for the team management who were present today. If you can get one of them, you will improve the future potential of your team by at least more than one notch.

In particular, if Helio can give him a powerful car, he really has a chance to challenge the Big Three of the track.

The only one whose face is still not very good-looking may be Prost, because the results have now appeared, and Alonso is faster than Massa. According to the previous agreement, the future No. 2 driver of Prost parking space will fall on this "time bomb" Spanish boy.

Seeing Prost's sad face, Zhang Yifei went over and comforted: "BOSS, don't be so pessimistic, believe in my strength, but also believe in the ability of Prost's strategy group, Alonso can't turn the sky." ”

"And there's also good news."

"What's the good news?"

Prost asked rhetorically.

"Choosing Alonso now will help you save a lot of money!"

The advantage of joint team testing is that the cost is low, and the disadvantage is also very great, that is, after the emergence of potential newcomers, several teams will compete for it.

If the driver doesn't have a goal in mind, then which team to go to will naturally depend on who pays the most money!

Today's performance of these three people, the signing fee can be far from the average newcomer can be compared, like Helio can exceed the million dollar level by visual inspection.

Under normal circumstances, Alonso's offer will not be low, and if the Prost team wants to grab it, millions still have to be prepared. But after Alonso's own BB tricks, it is estimated that the other drivers don't want this guy very much.

If there is no competition, the price will naturally not be raised, and maybe the basic salary will be able to get him. In a sense, the Prost team can be regarded as saving money and picking up a leak!