The engines began to roar on the track, and the three cars started in turn to start the winter testing of the new season.

Zhang Yifei and the members of the crew also stood outside the pit station, looking at the scene on the track. It was clear that the sense of competition in this year's winter test was much stronger than last year's, with all three drivers starting to the standard of the race and their reaction times surprisingly fast.

"These two newcomers did well and got off to a fast start."

Henry was the first to say that the quality of the newcomers this year is too high, and he started in a new F1 car for the first time, so quickly and skillfully. You must know that in the winter test of previous years, there are often scenes of newcomers starting and turning off, which is not at the same level at all.

"And that's not all, it's fast."

Prost added that the slight difference in lap time is not visible to the naked eye, but the difference in lap time can probably be guessed from the accuracy of the driver's line alignment. Schumacher is as textbook-level as ever, and the Circuit de Catalunya has nothing difficult for him.

And the alignment of Helio and Massa, there are no obvious flaws, you must know that they only ran a warm-up lap before, and they can have this level of alignment, which means that at least on the racing simulator, these two newcomers have not trained less.

One lap later, Schumacher lap time of 1:23.337 was still some way from his current track record of 1:21.892. However, it is important to know that the early stage of the winter test is more about testing the car than running the fastest lap.

In addition, it is only the first lap, and the tire temperature is not optimal in a short period of time in the winter climate, so it is normal for the lap time to be slow.

But when Helio's lap time came, there was an exclamation in the pit area, as he narrowly ahead of Schumacher on the first lap with a time of 1:23.299.

In addition, Massa's time was not bad, running a lap time of 1:23.516, far exceeding the average first-lap speed of newcomers in previous years.

"This Indian kid is really sharp!"

McLaren team chairman Dennis, with some surprise, said that Schumacher's speed was already fast on the first lap, and that Helio could overtake him only showed one problem.

That's this Indy kid, deliberately driving this lap time, he just wants to overtake Schumacher to provoke!

There has been no official competition yet, and it was really surprising that Helio showed a provocative move just after the first meeting of the winter test.

"After all, he has the title of Indy World Champion, and he is also known as the strongest newcomer in the history of Indy, so it is impossible to be as low-key and cringe as the average newcomer."

Team manager Whitmarsh explained that it was strange that he had seen the arrogance of the young Indy champion at last year's US Grand Prix, and that he wanted to keep a low profile and keep things quiet.

"It would be nice if Kimi had a sharp edge like him."

Dennis said with some envy that Kimi Raikkonen had been in the team for a year and had performed decently. But it may be that the personality is more introverted and indifferent, which makes people not feel the vigor of the rookie driver, and there is no arrogance of domineering!

is also a newcomer, Helio needless to say, Montoya has also had it, and even the low-key and forbearant Chinese boy Fei in everyone's impression is also sharp.

Only Kimi Raikkonen, who is as calm as ice, rarely sees him behave out of line.

'Maybe Kimi has a different style and I'm sure he won't let us down this year.'

During this winter break, Kimi Raikkonen also gave up his vacation to prepare for the new season. Maybe he is not good at expressing his inner fighting spirit, but his actions proved the desire of "Finnish Iceman" to win.

As the heir to the racing kingdom and the designated successor to the previous Finnish world champion Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen is not qualified to fail.

Probably sensing Helio's provocation, from the second lap onwards, Schumacher also abandoned the test feedback and instead picked up his own pace.

A four-time world champion, no one is qualified to run rampant in front of him, not to mention that Helio is just a newcomer to the F1 paddock right now. Even if he is the World Champion of India, he must also surrender in front of Schumacher!

Helio is not the kind of person who admits intimidation, on the contrary, an excited expression appeared on his face, and after enduring a winter's fighting spirit, he finally has a top opponent to take over!

It is not a surprise that Schumacher and Helio will be on the bar, but what people didn't expect is that Sauber's Massa has also accelerated and has not been left behind too much by these two people.

In previous years, the F3000 champion entered the F1 paddock and was basically the focus of the newcomers. It's like the same batch of freshmen entering college, and one of them is the top student in the college entrance examination, and naturally it is more eye-catching than others.

But this year, Massa was suppressed by Helio, and he himself is not an arrogant character, and he seems to have no sense of existence. I thought that he would not participate in this struggle, but unexpectedly, Massa still entered.

Zhang Yifei looked at the scene in front of him, and his thoughts were very complicated, because the original 2002 season in history no longer matched the memory in his mind, and it could even be described beyond recognition.

Historically, the 2002 and 2004 seasons of Ferrari were the era of the Mars rover, and the 2002 car was almost tailor-made for Schumacher, and Schumacher finished on the podium in the entire 17 races of the race, which was a terrifying achievement.

Considering that in the fiercely competitive Formula 1 arena with all sorts of accidents and car breakdowns, Schumacher's worst finish of the year was third, and if it weren't for the real thing, many fans probably wouldn't have imagined that this would happen.

In the 2004 season, the car broke a number of track records, and it was basically a sweep. And not only for Schumacher, but also for Barrichello, the two won the championship and runner-up respectively.

It's just that in the 2004 season, other teams also appeared on Mars rovers, and Barton, Alonso, Montoya and others all achieved good results. It also broke quite a few track records, so it wasn't as conspicuous as Schumacher in 2002.

It stands to reason that today's Ferrari's "Mars rover" will be far behind other teams, and it will take two or three years for Renault to rise. The indirect Prost team can also be skilled, but it can't compete with Ferrari cars, at least better than other teams.

But now it seems that the Renault R202 car is not much slower than the Ferrari Mars rover F2002. Is it Renault's performance or Helio's strength?

Zhang Yifei was thinking about the reason, but such a fierce confrontation made the atmosphere of the team at the scene high. Many of the crew members rushed to the side of the track, whistling and waving their arms at the speeding cars.

After all, it is not the time for the race, and the professional crew members can be as excited about the passion of the drivers on the track as the spectators.

In a sense, the scene of competing for hegemony is more conducive to the development of the entire industry than a single branch. The gradual decline of F1 in later generations has something to do with Mercedes-Benz's overly strong domination.

Even if you watch the first few races of the season and get the message that Hamilton is fast enough, you can predict in advance what the outcome will be.

The test lap times were constantly rising, and the drivers' lap times were alternating between them, and Helio was constantly competing with Schumacher. But Massa was not thrown away by them, and was still biting on the back of these two people.

As time went on, the first round of the first winter test of the three teams was completed, and Schumacher was the fastest lap of the winter test with a lap time of 1:22.081, just 0.2 seconds away from the track.

This lap time is certain that the fastest lap in this year's winter test will 100% surpass the Catalan track record, or even exceed it by a large margin. It can only be said that this year's new racing car is amazingly fast, and the winter test will usher in a bloody storm!

Helio ended up being a little slower, with the fastest lap of the first round being 1:22.203. But this lap time has already crushed last year's Kimi Raikkonen's fastest lap of 1:23.221 in the first round, and it is as much as 1 second faster!

I can't believe that when the car tuning is completed, Helio will run what amazing results, this appearance, I feel much more terrifying than last year's Zhang Yifei.

Even the last Massa ran a lap time of 1:22.553 in the first round of testing, which was only the same in the final test of newcomers in previous years. The strength of the F3000 champion has not shrunk, but he has met a monster-level newcomer!

When this first-round lap result came out, the rest of the drivers' management, who had not yet been tested, looked at each other a little. The reason is very simple, the first round is so perverted, and there are two newcomers among them, so what kind of lap time do their drivers have to run in the first round of testing to not be ashamed?

There are a small number of riders in this, and they may not even be able to run so fast in the final lap, so how can they run in the new season this year?

Some teams are worried, but there are others who are eager to try, and the Big Three are naturally needless to say, if they are even afraid of the winter test, they are not worthy of being called the Big Three.

In addition to them, Toyota and Prost are ready for the second batch of tests.

Needless to say, Prost is in the strongest period in history, plus this year it uses a Ferrari engine, I want to see how strong this AP05 is.

As for the Toyota team, seeing Zhang Yifei preparing to play, Takuma Sato began to sit still.

As once the strongest racing kingdom in Asia, but now it has been robbed of the limelight by China, Takuma Sato, as a new generation of Japanese drivers entering the F1 paddock, and is still under the Toyota team, he has the obligation and responsibility to show the strength of Japanese drivers!

Historically, Takuma Sato does have a bit of a kamikaze flavor, and the reckless and impulsive track is extremely impulsive, and whoever releases the throttle feels like a grandson. Therefore, there are countless scenes of crashes and engine bursts, which have been frantically complained about by the European media.

But now that he has not entered the Anglo-American team, but has come to the relatively reliable Toyota team, it may be that the history of the cylinder blow will change, but his character has not changed. Zhang Yifei came on the field and ignited the flame of battle in his heart.

However, Zhang Yifei, who was on the other side, did not pay attention to Takuma Sato at all, but was talking to Koser.

"If you're challenged by Helio on the track, do you choose to continue testing or compete for speed?"

Korsell asked Zhang Yifei, this is the next predictable picture.

"him!"

Zhang Yifei replied very simply and rudely, he knows too well what Helio's character is, and he is definitely not a person who can solve the problem by temporarily retreating.

The American kid is very fast, and it seems that the performance of the Renault R202 is also good, but I'm sorry, this time the Prost AP05 does not lose any racing!

At the same time, it's time for Helio to recall who he was once a defeated soldier.