Chapter 227: Qualification Turmoil (Part II)

As a former world champion and now a famous F1 columnist, when he wrote the commentator's article on the F1 Grand Prix that ended the day before, there was really nothing more than the literal meaning of the text. As a very professional journalist, Jones's last sentence just tells a potential fact for everyone to pay attention to, and there is no more personal color in it

And the British people who first read this article did not make any fuss because of that passage. For them, life doesn't revolve around F1 and Williams. They also have older sports organisations such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool to keep an eye on, and even British fans have teams like Anglo-American and McLaren to support. Therefore, although Williams has a large number of fans in the UK, it is not yet mainstream. So even though these people began to worry about the next pit stop after reading the article, the whole British society was still operating smoothly and somewhat coldly, according to its own unique pattern

But the public's indifference does not mean that anyone who has read this article will be able to remain calm. Serena Williams is one of these Damons. Jones's words woke up the closest person to the center of the conflict. But as Jones said in the article, once Schumacher Jr. decides to make a comeback, then even he, the team owner, must do what is contractual. And to be honest, the old British man didn't put all his energy into that article at first. He is so anxious about lawsuits and contract renewal issues that he doesn't have the energy to pay attention to this matter now.

But when some fans who surrounded the factory gate of the Williams team with slogans strongly demanded that the team renew Ye Feng's contract and let him participate in the last three races, the old Williams began to feel that something might go wrong with this matter! Really. Before he could order any measures, the fans at the gate of the factory had already gathered more and more! The slogans in people's mouths are also becoming more tendentious and aggressive.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that for these British Williams fans, they are now extremely afraid that Ye Feng will follow in the footsteps of the other two drivers and leave them. Jones's article said that the Williams team did not let Ye Feng in the subsequent races, especially if the Chinese was not allowed to participate in the first Shanghai Grand Prix in history, which was about to be held, would undoubtedly anger Ye Feng, who was still in a "swing" state in the eyes of most fans, and forced him to choose to leave the team. And that's exactly what these fans don't want to see. Especially when Ye Feng was on the podium again at the Italian Grand Prix.

It's not that they don't know that Ye Feng is now just a substitute for Schumacher Jr., and according to the contract, Schumacher Jr. has a legitimate reason to ask Ye Feng to unconditionally give up his qualifications. But for these fans, the German was nothing more than a traitor who left them behind in a crucial and difficult moment! Letting them lose Ye Feng again because of taking care of Schumacher Jr.'s contract is definitely something that every Williams supporter can't accept!

Therefore, after people "understood" these external factors, the slogan that the crowd demanded that the team renew the contract with Ye Feng at all costs and strongly demanded that Ye Feng participate in the race began to deteriorate gradually. People began to call Schumacher the younger a traitor for no reason, and urged the Germans not to sabotage the convoy at an inopportune time. Scolding and scolding, people seem to be reminded of Montoya, another who chose to leave the Williams team. So the Colombian was also quickly embroiled in the drooling of fans.

As a result, a party that was originally a request for the team to let Ye Feng continue to race was instigated by a small group of low-quality fans, and was turned into a farce full of saliva and abuse at the gate of the Williams team's headquarters, and the sports front pages of major British newspapers the next day were naturally enlarged pictures of this farce. The picture also shows Schumacher Jr. and his bodyguard being surrounded by "excited" fans when they entered the gate of the Williams team headquarters

However, objectively speaking, things have developed at this time, although public opinion has caused a little people's attention to this matter. But after all, this is only something that happened to a small group of British fans. It was a few giants in F1 and the international world who really pushed this into an inextricable situation

Bernie. Ecriston was one of the first giants to pay attention to the incident. No way, as an authentic British, it is natural to pay more attention to what happens in your own country. If it had been a dispute over a few other riders, Bernie wouldn't have even bothered to pay attention to it. But this matter involves Ye Feng, and the next race of the upcoming F1 is about to be in Shanghai, China. This had to give Bernie a bit of a headache when he was looking at the matter.

As we all know, the Asia-Pacific and North American regions have been a key focus for Bernie and the entire F1 management company as the European market is becoming increasingly saturated. It is different from the situation in North America where it is difficult to be chased and intercepted by high-level events such as NASCAR and IndyCar

The region is still largely lacking in top-level high-level motorsport, and the Shanghai Grand Prix is about to start for the first time. It is the most important link in the F1 hierarchy's attempt to open up China, an emerging market for motorsports.

If it weren't for Schumacher Jr.'s accident that caused Ye Feng to enter F1 early, all this might have developed according to Bernie's previous assumptions. But the reality now is that Ye Feng has not only appeared in F1, but also has a better result than Schumacher Jr. when he was in the team! When he saw Ye Feng's amazing performance, Bernie and a group of F1 executives were simply happy! This is really a great opportunity for F1 to make the most of its foray into China! Especially when Schumacher and Ferrari have already won the championship and the game has lost the biggest suspense, Ye Feng's ability to compete in China is undoubtedly the biggest selling point and gimmick of the game! One can imagine how enthusiastic Chinese fans and the city of Shanghai will be to welcome the first Chinese Grand Prix in history.

However, it was at this time that Schumacher Jr. showed signs of wanting to make a comeback. How can this be? If Ye Feng has never appeared in F1, or his results are a mess. Now, when the China race is about to start, let Ye Feng, the Chinese driver who just finished on the podium in the last race, not compete in the Shanghai Grand Prix? Bernie couldn't imagine how much damage such a result would do to this all-out promotion of F1 in China, and how angry Chinese fans would feel that they had been fooled!

Quickly thinking of the seriousness of the situation, Bernie picked up the receiver of the phone without hesitation, even when he knew that Schumacher Jr. also had the most legitimate reason to seek a reason to play in the matter. He wants the German driver to put himself in the shoes of the whole league and look at the bigger picture for F1. Now Bernie doesn't want to talk to Serena Williams on the phone first, because he knows that stubborn guy will definitely use some contract excuse to prevaricate himself, and Bernie is also a little annoyed that this friend's team has recently had a messy series of events, and other people's families can live in peace, as far as his Williams team has a lot of things

put down the phone, but little Schumacher felt very uncomfortable, what happened to the world? How could it have changed after only a few weeks of rest?

First of all BMW's Mario. Tyson, the BMW executive who once persuaded himself to renew his contract with the Williams team for one year and then sign a three-year contract with BMW (similar to the way BMW wooed Ye Feng, but Schumacher Jr. did not know the details of BMW) but was rejected by himself, called Schumacher Jr. again yesterday. And the content of the call surprised him. What the other party mentioned to him was Ye Feng's matter. On the phone, Schumacher Jr. could feel Tyson's very tactful persuasion not to make a comeback at the Chinese Grand Prix, and in return, Tyson also promised that if he cooperated in this matter, Schumacher Jr. could continue to enjoy some of the implicit sponsorship contracts of BMW's sponsors even if he went to Toyota. To be honest, at this time, the German driver was already a little surprised, just a Ye Feng, even if the results are good now, as for BMW, is it so exciting?

Then the next call came from Schumacher Jr.'s car king brother, in which Michael bluntly "advised" his brother to rest for a few more weeks, and since their team's current results are good, there is no need to give it their all when he has switched to Toyota

Hi! That's a lot of fun! His little Schumacher himself has not yet made a clear statement that he wants to make a comeback, and these people, including his brother, are scrambling to persuade themselves not to compete so quickly, and they don't admit that this has anything to do with that Chinese kid! Is Schumacher an idiot when he is younger? Isn't it that as soon as he comes back, it will hinder Ye Feng's performance in his own homeland? But figuring it out, he, Ralph. Schumacher is the team's chosen driver! And no matter what Ye Feng says, he is just his own substitute! How can you act like everyone is afraid to see themselves, afraid that his little Schumacher will steal the limelight from Ye Feng?

And at this time, Bernie, who surprised Schumacher Jr. the most, called again. The content is not surprising that it is about his little Schumacher's comeback, and this time Bernie, who was very respected by Schumacher Jr., didn't even have the euphemism of the previous ones, and directly suggested that Schumacher Jr. should consider the overall situation of F1, and don't consider a comeback for the time being, even if he wants to make a comeback, he will have to wait until after the Chinese race! Bernie on the other end of the phone thought he was being open and honest, but what he didn't expect was that his honesty just touched Schumacher Jr.'s taboo at this time.

Looking at the TV picture that was set to mute by himself, Schumacher Jr. felt abandoned by the whole world. At this time, the news that happened to be broadcast live was once again broadcast yesterday when his car was surrounded by fans at the gate of the team headquarters. So, the Germans, who saw all this, could no longer bear it at this time, and while smashing the remote control in his hand into the TV, he still shouted angrily in his mouth:

“***! Don't let me come back, they don't want to see me! I'm still going to make a comeback! I'm still going to participate in this Shanghai Grand Prix! ”