When Zhang Yifei faced interviews in the F1 paddock last year, he challenged many top drivers, but never publicly challenged Schumacher.

No matter how the world or history has changed, Schumacher has always been the high car god in his heart, representing the memories of an era. It is precisely with the retirement of Schumacher that F1 seems to usher in the end of the era, no matter how strong Hamilton is in later generations, he can't get back the original feeling.

With the memories of this youth and the respect in his heart, Zhang Yifei has always maintained restraint in treating Schumacher.

But the previous backstage photo made Zhang Yifei understand that there is no idol on the track, no matter how much he once admired and looked up to Schumacher, from now on in order to win and win the world championship, he and Schumacher can only become enemies!

Listening to Zhang Yifei's "declaration of war", Schumacher did not have any surprised expression, because he made this decision earlier than Zhang Yifei.

"Many people used to have this idea, but the person standing on the top podium has always been me."

Schumacher did not face the anger of Helio's provocation, but replied very flatly, perhaps in his heart, Zhang Yifei is more qualified to be his opponent than Helio.

"I know, but it's time for a change."

"Then I'm waiting for you to challenge."

The tone of the two men was very flat, but the spark of the confrontation in it made the entire media center quiet.

Many people have a hunch in their hearts that this may be the beginning of the replacement of the old and the new in the F1 paddock.

In the face of Schumacher's use of the word "challenge", Zhang Yifei also rarely did not refute, once said that challenge is a word used by the weak against the strong, for which he also caused a conflict with Barrichello.

And this time, Zhang Yifei admitted that standing in front of Schumacher, he was indeed a weak person before the day when he really defeated him!

What happened at the press conference made Massa and Takuma Sato, who participated for the first time, simply stunned. They never imagined that a very ordinary pre-game press conference would evolve into this scene of a battle of immortals.

At the same time, it is precisely because the "Immortal War" is too exciting that Massa and Sato Takuma have become complete supporting roles. It was only when Zhang Yifei and Schumacher tacitly chose to converge that some reporters asked them some innocuous questions.

The saddest of these may be Massa, the newcomers who entered the F1 paddock as F3000 world champions in the past, are the focus of the media and can stand in the spotlight.

It's like the champion in the ancient Chinese imperial examination, the scene of entering the Hanlin Academy is almost the same, even if he was just a little brother in the official position when he first entered, the aura on his body was extremely bright.

And now his F3000 aura is completely covered by Helio, and the newcomer topic is not as good as last year's arrogant Chinese kid driver Fei, and his influence has directly fallen to the level of Takuma Sato.

If it weren't for the winter test and qualifying, his results were far higher than the average rookie driver, and he might not even be eligible to participate in the pre-race press conference for the opening race.

Without Helio's arrogance and the "war" between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher, this pre-match press conference would naturally be almost over.

However, just as Zhang Yifei was about to get up and leave, Leo, the host of the press conference, stood in front of the media and said to the reporters: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have one last important thing to announce. ”

Hearing Leo's words, the reporters and drivers who were about to leave the field could only return to their positions, intending to hear what Leo was going to say.

"I'm sure many of you already know that during the qualifying session, I had some discussions with my senior commentator Blundell about the final ranking of the Chinese riders."

"At that time, I was very short-sighted that Fei couldn't even run in the top five, and if he could get the top three or pole position, then I would apologize to Fei for my short-sightedness and contempt."

"Everyone knows the results of the race, Fei became the pole position driver of the first Singapore Grand Prix, so today I would like to solemnly express my apologies to Fei in front of all the media!"

After saying this, Leo turned to the seat where Zhang Yifei was sitting before, ready to apologize to him and say sorry or something.

But at this time, the reporters in the audience burst into laughter, because Zhang Yifei's seat was empty at the moment, and just when Leo was about to add a long speech to himself, he got up and left directly.

This drama spirit is messing with himself, if he really apologizes sincerely, the team pit stop is on the first floor of the building, and he can apologize to himself after the qualifying session, maybe Zhang Yifei will accept it at that time, after all, he is really not so stingy.

Now I still want to pull myself and stir up the news in front of so many media reporters, then I'm sorry, I won't accompany you, brother, you can act slowly!

When he realized that Zhang Yifei had already left, and his words were just a waste of feelings and performances, Leo's face turned green in an instant. He never imagined that Zhang Yifei would be so faceless, and he didn't even have a line for the most basic life in traditional Chinese etiquette.

Mainlanders, you remember for me!

Leo roared with hatred in his heart, but at this time, Zhang Yifei was already in the team pit stop, and he couldn't see the hatred on his face.

But even if you see it, what can you do with Lao Tzu?

In the pit, the members of the strategy team were all standing together, Kossel and Yamamoto Ukyo, and just now they took a brief look at the track to determine the wetness of the road surface and the water accumulation.

As mentioned before, the street asphalt grade does not meet the grade standards of the F1 track. What's more, the process of infiltrating rainwater on the road surface is much slower, and after half an hour, the scene of the track being half dry and half wet has not changed much.

Therefore, Kosel finally decided to change the starting tyre from the previous soft tyre to the semi-wet tyre in qualifying. However, the one-stop tactic is still maintained, waiting for the pit stop to change the tires, and then depending on the weather and road conditions, decide whether to change to soft tires or continue to rain tires.

Zhang Yifei has no meaning for Kosel's final decision, he believes in Kosel's judgment and vision. And objectively speaking, as a pole position driver, he has a big advantage in the Singapore Grand Prix itself, and there is no need to take some indifferent risks.

This has nothing to do with conservatism or cowardice, on the contrary, the recklessness of the stunned youth, the upper limit is fixed on the sub-station champion, and it will never become a world champion.

Just as the crew members were preparing for the race according to the team's strategy, they suddenly heard a voice coming: "I want to follow the previous strategy and start on soft tires." ”

In an F1 team, only two drivers can say such words, Zhang Yifei has decided to follow the instructions of Kossel's team, so now the only person who speaks is naturally Alonso.

I saw him looking at Kosel, just like the stubbornness who rejected Zhang Yifei's track test data before, he still stubbornly wanted to change the tire strategy according to his own ideas.

Kossel did not speak in the face of Alonso's objections, and Prost, who was standing next to him, finally couldn't help but have an angry expression on his face.

I've tolerated this Spaniard once before, and now he's going against the team's strategy, he's just an F1 newcomer, and he really sees himself as a superstar in the world, and he's qualified to bargain with the team?

"Alonso, this is the team's decision, there is no room for negotiation with you."

Prost said with a straight face, if this guy is really disobedient, even if he performs very well in the winter test and qualifying, Prost has the idea of replacing him.

If you don't have enough strength and results, you should never take yourself too seriously and think that you can bargain with the team!

Hearing Prost's words, Alonso's face turned blue and red, he is not the world champion in the future now, so he naturally has no confidence in speaking, and he has no arrogant capital.

Even if it was his own idea, in fact, Alonso hesitated for a long time, waiting for the team discussion to end and soon be implemented, he couldn't help but say it.

When the head brother became the BB machine on the track, it was he who won two world championships, and said that the team could endure it, who is used to him now?

"If I use half wet tires, with the current qualification, the most I can do is enter the points area, and it will be difficult to get on the podium, so I want to fight on soft tires!"

"BOSS, I hope you'll think about it."

Alonso spoke in a pleading tone to Prost for his reasons.

He knows that the opponents on the track are very strong, and if he doesn't fight for this one, it will be difficult for him to hit the podium or even the final championship.

Of course, there is another sentence in his heart that he has not said, that is, he wants to defeat Zhang Yifei to prove himself, if he uses half-rain tires, Alonso does not have much confidence, because no one knows better than him, Zhang Yifei is strong on the Singapore track!

"Fight? What do you fight for, you can enter the points area, you have already met the requirements of the team, don't think about hitting the podium, pay attention to your positioning! ”

Prost was also annoyed by Alonso's attitude of "committing the following offenses", so he spoke more forcefully, and could even be called a reprimand!

After all, Alonso had a history of disobeying the team's instructions in the Minardi team before, and Prost didn't want this to happen to him, so he had to suppress Alonso's disobedience tendency!

But at this moment, Kossel's voice rang out: "Okay, you start on soft tyres." ”

"Kosel, you ......"

Prost looked back at Korcell, he didn't expect the other party to agree.

"I appreciate your idea of hitting the podium, so do it."

The reason given by Kossel is very simple, which is also in line with his usual radical character, he is never afraid of the crazy ideas of the drivers, but the other party does not dare to think about it!

Seeing that Kossel agreed, Prost didn't want to reason with this German madman, so he snorted coldly and stood next to him without speaking.

After getting the agreement, Alonso's face showed a trace of irrepressible excitement, but soon he looked at Zhang Yifei standing next to the car, his eyes were full of war.

I, Alonso, would never put my fate and position on the second-hand driver!