After Zhang Yifei sat in the cockpit, Alessi also walked out of the lounge and walked towards his No. 14 car.

He saw Zhang Yifei who was about to leave, and after hesitating for a moment, he still walked over and asked, "Are you still adapting?" ”

Faced with Alessi's sudden greeting, Zhang Yifei was stunned for a moment before replying with a smile: "No problem." ”

Sometimes after getting along for a long time, after all, there will still be some teammates, Alessi, a veteran, is not bad in nature, but he has the arrogance of the French in his bones, and he can't let go of the shelf, especially when facing newcomers.

Either you will be an honest junior in front of him, or you will use your strength to convince him, and if you don't get up or down, there will be the scene in Heidenfield before, and the two of them will have a lot of trouble.

"Hmm."

Alessi nodded, didn't say anything more, and continued walking towards her car.

But as soon as he took two steps, he stopped again, turned and said.

"Outperform Montoya this time."

"Huh?"

"You're better than him, and you're more worthy of the title of the best newcomer of the year."

"Do you think so?"

Zhang Yifei asked unexpectedly, he didn't expect Alessi to bluntly say that he was the strongest newcomer.

"I don't want to be told that I can't see enough."

After saying that, Alessi did not stop this time, but put on his helmet and sat in his own car.

Don't want to be told that your vision is not good? Could it be that Alessi has already told others that he is optimistic about becoming the strongest newcomer this year?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifei smiled at the corner of his mouth, the French veteran's attitude is quite indifferent, and he usually doesn't communicate with each other, he didn't expect to be so optimistic about himself, and he has already regarded him as the strongest newcomer?

Now there is not only an Indian World Championship title between himself and Montoya, but even a Monza title in the F1 paddock.

If you want to beat Montoya and regain the glory of being the strongest newcomer, you need at least one sub-tournament champion.

But to be honest, the title of F1 race is more difficult to win than expected, and it is better than Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Barton, Fernando Alonso, and other famous world champions who have been running for several years to get through.

With only three races left to go, can you still overtake Montoya?

Zhang Yifei himself did not have full confidence to give an answer to this question, but one thing he knew very well was that he would do everything he could for the championship!

"Ignition."

Kossel gave the command, Ah Hu connected the electronic start device to the rear of the car, and Zhang Yifei immediately pressed the ignition button.

There was a dull roar, and the familiar roar of the engine came out again.

The furious engine and extreme speed are the most exciting times for the drivers, and Zhang Yifei can't wait to get back to his original feeling on the A1 track in Austria!

"The oil is fine."

"The cylinder pressure is normal."

"The temperature is normal."

"The sensor link is fine."

After the voices of the engineering technicians sounded one after another, and after confirming that there was no problem with the current working conditions of the car, a yellow light began to light up in the P room, and the engineering technicians began to unplug the cable connecting the car and the computer, and prepared for the final start.

At the same time, the maintenance technician takes down the warm-up blanket that hangs from the tires of the car. At this point, it marks that all the starting steps have been completed, and it is waiting for Zhang Yifei to drive into the track.

At this time, inside the earphones, there was also a departure instruction from the track command center, and the yellow light in the P room also turned into a green light. Zhang Yifei pressed the clutch key on the keyboard, hung up the first gear and drove out of the P room.

After entering the maintenance track, as soon as I stepped on the accelerator, the engine speed began to soar, the deafening engine roar sounded, and the blue Prost car disappeared from everyone's sight.

"It would be nice if the boss was here today, he is the king of this track."

Team leader Henry sighed at this time, you must know that Prost dominated the Austrian A1 circuit in the eighties and nineties, and won a total of three championship titles here, which was the most active drivers at that time.

It's just that this time at the Austrian Grand Prix, Prost didn't come with him. Because with the $50 million from the Houley Investment Group in the account, Prost was busy settling debts, negotiating details with Ferrari, and developing new race cars.

There are only three races left for the season, and soon the latest generation of the JS54 prototype will be tested after the race. With only one month to go, he must make sure that he completes the testing of the car before the winter break, otherwise it will delay next year's winter testing.

"Don't worry, Henry, Kossel was also a member of the crew when McLaren won two A1 races, so he definitely knows the process very well."

"And this time the flight is very well prepared, I believe he will be fine."

Race engineer Cod also spoke at this time. Zhang Yifei has always been the kind of arrogant but not arrogant person, in any game, within the scope of his ability, his pre-game preparation is always extremely solid.

Austrian Grand Prix, if you count the period of recuperation, Zhang Yifei has been preparing for more than two months.

When he was a rookie in the opening game, he was able to break into the points zone at the Australian Grand Prix, and today he is not as good as a rookie at that time?

"Maybe the expectations have become higher, our goal at the beginning was just to fly and run the whole distance, and the ranking is not important."

"But now ......"

When he said this, the corners of Henry's mouth subconsciously showed a "shy" smile.

"Now I'm thinking about when Fei can become a champion."

"It's not just you, it's all the crew."

"yes, when will Fei stand on the top podium?"

Henry sighed, and then looked at the ring screen, which had a picture transmitted back by a camera in Yifei's car.

It's just that limited by the technological level of this era, coupled with the limited wireless bandwidth, the picture is not very clear, and it is even accompanied by Caton. Under normal circumstances, even if it is a member of the crew, they mainly watch the screen broadcast on the track.

However, there are 22 cars on the track, and it is impossible for the director to focus on one driver, not even Schumacher. So in most cases, only the front-row drivers are more qualified to show their faces.

And the rear rider at the bottom, unless he has an accident or is ringed, he doesn't even deserve his name, and he still wants to show his face?

Zhang Yifei's driving speed on the screen is not very fast, and it is still his signature "turtle" style.

It's not that Zhang Yifei deliberately wants to drive slowly, but because he is not familiar with the track, he needs to use a few technical test laps to slowly explore the characteristics of the track.

And this time, Zhang Yifei is relatively familiar with a lot of data on the track. But another problem arises, and that is that the driving feeling of this car is always a little uncomfortable, and it can't be done as quickly as possible.

After all, this car is only a spare car, and the previous nine races were also driven by Bourdais, even if the car has been tuned according to the characteristics of the A1 track. But many things in the feel are still in the style of Boerdais, such as the steering gear ratio, brake accelerator pedal force adjustment, and so on.

Of course, the purpose of practice is to fine-tune the driver's car. Zhang Yifei fed back these uncomfortable driving feelings to the team and asked them to write them down. After running the technical test circle and entering the station, a new round of adjustment will be carried out according to their own needs.

There are not many corners on the A1 circuit in Austria, compared to the standard of more than a dozen corners on other circuits, the A1 circuit has a total of only 9 corners, and none of them are in double digits.

Fewer corners means more straights, especially the A1 track often comes to a 90-degree right-angle bend directly after a long straight, which does not give the driver any buffer at all, and the track layout is simple and rough.

Therefore, in the face of this kind of track, there will be very frequent sudden braking and rapid acceleration scenes, which have high requirements for the stability of racing machinery. And the team with strong engine performance also occupies a great advantage on the A1 track.

Unfortunately, neither the mechanical stability nor the high-performance engine accounted for either of the Prost cars. Therefore, if you want to run well and hit the points area or even the podium, Zhang Yifei is required to accurately judge the braking point and cornering route.

The only place where he can recover from his disadvantage is the dangerous sharp turns on the A1 circuit!

But the question is, Zhang Yifei, who suffered a bone injury and did not participate in official competitions for three months, or in his rookie season, he returned to the track for the first race, can he really recover these disadvantages?

According to the standards of ordinary drivers, it would be good for Zhang Yifei to play normally under this premise, so don't think about anything to recover the disadvantage. But now many people's requirements for Zhang Yifei are no longer the normal standard for newcomers, but at the same level as Montoya.

Before Montoya became an F1 newcomer, he had the title of Indy World Champion, and being placed at the same level as him means that Zhang Yifei also has the strength of a champion.

Can it be done? A lot of people don't know the bottom of their hearts, including Prost's crew, because it's just too difficult.

may be because Zhang Yifei has created miracles before and planted seeds of hope in the hearts of many people. Even if intellectually told them that it was impossible, but emotionally, they never gave up hope!

"What is the lap time of the driver's technical test?"

At the Jaguar team's pits, legendary driver Lauda asked the crew next to him.

He has always been very optimistic about Zhang Yifei, and even moved the idea of poaching Zhang Yifei to the Jaguar team after the season. But with the signing of Prost's three-year contract, this idea was naturally cut off.

However, this time Zhang Yifei returned to the track, and he was still very concerned, because as far as Lauda knows, Williams, McLaren, and even the British and American teams don't want Zhang Yifei to be in the limelight this time.

And this year's battle for the strongest newcomer in F1 will soon be decided, and whoever wins this battle may decide the final direction of the season.

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"It's still as slow as ever, but Fei has already made a pit stop to adjust, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how fast he can run a lap time after the speed test lap."

Lauda couldn't make too many expressions on his face because of the burns, but he could clearly feel the excitement in his tone and the expectation for Zhang Yifei's next performance.

Because of this lap time, it is very likely to determine Zhang Yifei's true state after returning to the track!

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