Looking at the smile on Zhang Yifei's face, Thomas was thoughtful, at this moment, he had subconsciously thought that what Zhang Yifei said was right.

Since personal doubts were answered, the host Thomas did not continue on this issue, but talked back to the topic of the competition.

"Recently, Minardi announced that the former No. 2 driver Marquis has been sacked, and Malaysian driver Alex (Yang Long) will replace him as the official driver."

"We all know that you had a violent racing accident with Yoong Long on the Sepang circuit and even crashed him into the hospital. Now that Alex is back on the track, have you considered the other party's revenge? ”

When Zhang Yifei heard this passage, the first thing he thought about in his heart was not how to answer, but to marvel at the toughness of the historical trajectory.

He has already tossed such a lap, and it is really destined that Yang Long can return to the Minardi team according to the historical trajectory and become the first official F1 driver in Malaysia.

But then again, Marquis is indeed amazing, probably more than Marquis in the past ten years, only the Japanese driver Yuji Ide, who has had his super driver's license revoked.

The Minardi team is now bottom of the table, but that doesn't mean they can stand a super-big dish than exist in their own team. Even if the season is not over, they have decided to make an early move and let Marquis get out.

In comparison, Yoong Long is actually not very good, but in any case, he is much stronger than Marquis, and he is a normal F1 driver.

"I congratulate Yang Long on becoming an official F1 driver, but revenge requires strength, do you think he is still on the same level as me?"

Zhang Yifei replied lightly, when he was at home in Malaysia, he had never faced 100,000 spectators, and today in Indiana, the United States, it is impossible to say any hypocritical polite words.

The fact is that now Yang Long is on the track and can't see his own taillights!

Although Thomas felt that Zhang Yifei's words were very arrogant, he also had to admit that Zhang Yifei has now become a first-class driver in the F1 paddock, and has the strength to compete for the championship of the sub-station.

Xiong Long is still the Malaysian newcomer, and Zhang Yifei is no longer the Chinese newcomer he was at the beginning.

"Fly, can I understand that Alex is not your opponent?"

"You can understand it that way."

Since Yang Long has entered the F1 paddock again, then the two sides are opponents, and Zhang Yifei has always wanted to show absolute confidence, which is a kind of psychological momentum!

"I'm sure Alex wouldn't understand it that way."

Thomas replied with a smile, which was a good relief from the smell of gunpowder on the topic.

"Fei, judging from today's interview answers, it seems that you think you have the chance to win the United States Grand Prix?"

"No, there is no way to determine who will be the winner until the end of the game."

"I'm confident that I'm going to fight for the title, just because I think the title is mine."

Zhang Yifei emphasized that his so-called arrogance is nothing more than his unwillingness to give in. It never meant that he would despise the truly powerful drivers of history, such as Schumacher and Barrichello.

Many times, Zhang Yifei's arrogance is caused by the stereotype of Europeans and Americans, and as long as he says some tough words, he is considered braggart and arrogant.

Of course, this attitude is much better now, at least Zhang Yifei is rampant, they are all used to it, and even think that this is a normal remark!

This world is like this, you don't have to care about outsiders, but set your own standards, and I'll be crazy when you touch the bottom line, so that you can see how good I am.

Once the other party gets used to it, he will agree with your standards, and he will not be surprised or opposed to anything. Zhang Yifei is like this now, Europeans and Americans are beginning to slowly signal his Chinese standards!

At this point in the interview, basically all the questions should be asked, "Time Magazine" is different from ordinary hot current affairs magazines, it does not pay much attention to new things. These interview questions and answers will only occupy a small part of the article, and more will be a narrative way to introduce the development process of the cover character Zhang Yifei.

"Fei, thank you again for your time with us, and we hope you can achieve your goal of becoming a U.S. Grand Prix champion."

"Thank you, I'll do my best to achieve this goal."

As the "Time" interview team left, team leader Henry walked in from outside the conference room and said to Zhang Yifei: "Fly, in a few days, you will be popular all over the world!" ”

"Didn't I already get on fire once a few days ago?"

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, not taking it too seriously.

When he won the Austrian Grand Prix a few days ago, almost the world's mainstream media reported the news, after all, it was China's first F1 champion.

"This time it's going to be even hotter."

But after Henry said this, he said with a playful smile on his face: "But flying you this time may not be as simple as the previous celebration, but there will be a lot of pressure." ”

"What pressure?"

"When you're interviewed in the United States, you shouldn't take the two Indy and CART champions lightly."

"Am I having contempt?"

Zhang Yifei felt inexplicable, he didn't seem to mock these two people, and also agreed with their competitiveness at the Indianapolis track, but he just felt that he was stronger.

Don't you think you're stronger when you're competing in the same game, but you still agree that your opponent is stronger?

"You said in the interview that the Indy Championship has nothing to do with F1."

"It's okay, isn't that contempt?"

Zhang Yifei is even more confused, although they are both claimed to be formula cars, but IndyCar and F1 belong to two different types, and there is no intersection between the two sides.

Even if you run the same Indianapolis track now, the layout is very different, and there is not much comparison.

This is like the difference between Olympic boxing and professional boxing, it is also boxing, in fact, the two are completely incompatible, the Olympic champion cannot be called the champion of boxing, and the gold belt and the Olympic medal are two completely incompatible honors.

"That's not how American fans think, you can't understand the weight of the Indy Championship in their hearts, and a lot of Americans even think that the Indy Championship is better than the F1 Championship."

"If you say it has nothing to do with F1, it means that the strength of the Indy champion is not applicable in F1. This is unacceptable to them, and they may even see it as a provocation to IndyCar. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei really felt a little incomprehensible, should he be so glassy?

However, when I thought about the remarks of a certain NBA team manager in China in later generations, the Yankees seemed to have been stepped on the tail, calling for freedom of speech, and then blocking the mouths of those who supported the Chinese.

It's the same, it's really a bunch of glass hearts.

"If they think it's a provocation, then it's better to treat it as a provocation."

Zhang Yifei replied indifferently, on the contrary, he even had a vague excitement in his heart, he liked to see the Americans jumping on their feet!

"Are you stressed?"

"At the Brazilian Grand Prix, I experienced death threats, so what was the pressure? I just like to see people get angry, but they can't get rid of me, it's really cool! ”

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, the smile on Henry's face became even worse, he knew that this kid would think so!

For the next few days, Zhang Yifei stayed in the hotel and trained in the racing simulator. The only difference is that during the training process, Zhang Yifei and Alessi began to communicate.

You must know that in the past, even in the same training room, two people almost treated each other as if they were like air, each practicing their own practice, and there was almost no communication.

But after Zhang Yifei tasted the sweetness brought by the experience twice, and now the relationship has improved a lot, so during the practice process, he began to take the initiative to ask Alessi.

Alessi didn't have a straight face, basically Zhang Yifei answered all questions. Even on some manipulation and extreme lines, Alessi will pretend to ask Zhang Yifei inadvertently.

After all, in addition to the advantage of experience, Alessi is actually lagging behind Zhang Yifei, a newcomer, in all aspects. Especially the extreme line alignment, this is an area that Alessi will not try before, after all, they are all "pension drivers", why are they so desperate?

In the face of the French veteran's twisted attitude, although Zhang Yifei snickered in his heart, but

He will not debunk either. Under this kind of tacit cooperation, the two people learn from each other and make progress with each other......

In the course of the past few days, the parts rebuilt from the headquarters have also been sent to the fleet maintenance station. Although it was a lot late, at least it was in time to catch up before the game.

At the same time, Zhang Yifei also got the news that the first batch of 20 R&D teams of Huali Group have also settled in Prost R&D base and began to engage in some precision parts processing operations.

In addition, Huali Group is also frantically recruiting and absorbing R&D personnel in automobile-related industries, and they plan to gather a team of at least 200 people to come to Europe, of which 100 people will go to Prost R&D base, and the other 100 people will enter the European R&D center under construction, so as to lay the foundation for future technology research and development.

Zhang Yifei felt very relieved about this news, he really didn't see the wrong person, Chairman Li does have the crazy ambition to become the world's automobile giant!

On Wednesday morning, the latest issue of Time magazine was launched worldwide, with Zhang Yifei on the cover, and the photo chose the moment when he stood on the top podium in Austria and lifted the trophy.

And there is a small line on the cover, which translates to "Chinese drivers who are challenging the world order." ”

Zhang Yifei is very satisfied with this subtitle, as the only non-white driver on the track, he is indeed challenging the European and American racing order!

Another point, as Henry expected before, when Zhang Yifei's interview content was exposed, it caused controversy in the United States, and countless American Indy fans felt that they were provoked by the Chinese.

Even some IndyCar riders have stood up, thinking that Zhang Yifei's contempt for Villeneuve and Montoya is an insult to IndyCar!

With the hot sale of "Time Magazine", these public opinions began to intensify, and with the previous rumors of Zhang Yifei's racial discrimination, they directly formed a national sensation in the United States!