Korsell saw Zhang Yifei holding the rookie team list in his hand, and said lightly: "Many teams will be improved next year." ”

Although Korsell does not have a God perspective and knows the future results of these rookies this year, in terms of tryout performances, they are almost all at the top level of the past year. Even Takuma Sato, who is ranked fourth, can stand at the first-class level in previous years.

And more importantly, the teams that choose these newcomers this year can match their original drivers well, so that the overall strength of the team has been significantly improved.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is a win-win situation, but for Zhang Yifei's schedule next year, there will be more challenges.

"yes, it's going to be a great season next year."

Zhang Yifei agreed, the Mars rover era and the addition of this batch of top newcomers, next year's schedule is destined to be exciting.

"Is there pressure?"

Korsell asked Zhang Yifei.

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Because my goal is to be the champion."

Zhang Yifei replied very calmly, if you want to win the championship, you are destined to defeat all opponents. Now that you have made up your mind from the beginning and chosen the most difficult path, what pressure do you need to consider now?

When Zhang Yifei first entered the formula field, he had experienced the atmosphere of being an enemy of the world, and now this kind of scene can really only be regarded as a small scene.

After the rookie tryout, all team management returns to their respective headquarters, while new drivers only need to report to the team after the winter break.

However, this time, Alonso did not choose to go home for the winter break, but directly followed the Prost team back to the headquarters in Paris, France. I plan to use the team's simulator training to improve my strength and maintain the racing feel during the winter break.

Talent only determines the ceiling of a driver, and in F1, where almost everyone is a talented driver, the level of strength is sometimes determined by hard work.

Alonso has a lot of flaws in his personality, but he is by no means an unmotivated, lazy driver. And with the quality of the rookie stage now, Alonso is not qualified to enjoy the whole holiday, he needs to use the winter break to improve himself.

Faced with Alonso's decision, Zhang Yifei had another driver in mind, that is, Kubica.

Kubica also wants to improve himself and does not want to waste a long time during the winter break, and the racing simulator is not much for an old driver like him, so he chooses to run touring car events to maintain his feel.

As a result, this choice ended his entire career, and I have to say that it was a tragedy.

Back at the French headquarters, the crew held a small welcome ceremony to celebrate Alonso's new addition, which was much more grand than Zhang Yifei's entry into the team.

After all, now the Prost team has gone through the most difficult period last year, and the morale and state of all the members are also in a rising period, and it is very expected that the arrival of Alonso can make the Prost team become the real fourth big man in the F1 paddock, and even go further.

At this time, Alonso behaved very normally and did not show his "team tumor" nature. Instead, he chose to return to the team during the winter break for his hard work, which earned him the goodwill of many of the crew.

I hope that history will change, and so will people.

This is Zhang Yifei's only thought in his heart when he looked at the scene of living in harmony in front of him.

The arrival of the second driver of Prost means that all the pre-race preparations have been completed, and the next step is to prepare for next year's new season.

In the next period of time, Zhang Yifei and Alonso basically stayed in the simulator training room every day, practicing on the track.

Although Alonso did not suffer a car accident in the middle like Zhang Yifei and missed many games. But he is also a newcomer to the same batch of F1 paddocks, and his performance is not very good, and all the track layouts and lines still need to be familiar.

The time soon came to the end of December, with the arrival of Christmas and New Year in the West, the car crew and R&D personnel began to gradually take a holiday, and even the final test of the new AP05 race car was suspended, preparing to continue work next year.

Prost and Cosell also went home on Christmas Eve, and the entire team headquarters and R&D base only left Zhang Yifei and Huali engineers, these Chinese who do not attach importance to Western festivals stick to their posts.

Even Ukyo Yamamoto and Junko Takeda have returned to Japan, after all, Japan chose **** a hundred years ago, and their New Year is no longer the Chinese Lunar New Year, but synchronized with Europe and the United States.

The only thing that surprised Zhang Yifei was that Alonso did not choose to go home for the holidays, but continued to stay in the racing simulation training room at the headquarters and maintain the training rhythm with Zhang Yifei.

On Christmas Eve, Zhang Yifei was preparing for simulator training as usual, and happened to meet Alonso, who had the same idea, in the corridor.

"Aren't you going back?"

Zhang Yifei opened his mouth to ask, the communication between the two of them during this time was okay, much better than the stranger state with Alessi in the early days. It may be that on the trial track, Zhang Yifei's last threat came to Alonso, he basically didn't do anything, and he didn't play the BB machine attribute to Zhang Yifei.

Because Zhang Yifei's hand not only showed strength to Alonso, but also had an element of warning. If this Spanish kid is always BB in front of him, then the strength of the arm muscles means the weight of the fist.

Zhang Yifei didn't mind and let Alonso taste the iron fist of communism. Anyway, in the Prost team, the fights between the first and second drivers are almost a tradition, and he is nothing more than passing on this spirit and style.

"Not going back."

Alonso replied simply and walked straight to the racing simulator.

What he didn't say was that the main reason why he didn't go back was actually because of Zhang Yifei.

Of course, this reason is not because of love, but because of the simulator training with Zhang Yifei for more than half a month, what it brought to Alonso was a deep shock!

If Alonso was tough on Zhang Yifei before, it was because he was selected as the No. 2 driver by the other party, which made him feel a kind of contempt and insult. wants to defeat Zhang Yifei and use his strength to seize the position of the opponent's No. 1 driver to respond to this humiliating words.

So after most of the simulator training for more than half a month, he was really a little impressed by Zhang Yifei's strength. Zhang Yifei, who is also a rookie driver who entered the F1 paddock together, is ahead of him in almost all the lap times on the simulator, even the one he missed due to injury.

Alonso started karting at the age of 3 and can be described as a standard template for a career as a formula driver. He has experienced countless teammates, and no one of his peers has ever been able to crush him like this, but Zhang Yifei has done it.

The head brother has many shortcomings, and he is not a pleasant person, but the professionalism is really nothing to say, and the desire for the championship is even more so. All his complaints were about a better car that would give him the ability to chase his third title.

He doesn't want to lose to Zhang Yifei even in his efforts when he is behind, this may be something that Alonso can maintain his pride in front of Zhang Yifei in the end.

Therefore, the entire fleet of Western personnel, except for those who had to stay on duty, only Alonso volunteered to stay and conduct simulator training to improve himself.

"Or do you want to win me?"

Zhang Yifei smiled and continued to ask, he actually has the same goal and desire to win as Alonso, so he knows very well what the other party is thinking.

"Of course, I have to win you."

Even if all the track statistics were behind, Alonso still did not lose his confidence and pride.

His future is definitely not to be relegated to others, the highest podium of the world champion is the ultimate belonging!

"Then go ahead."

Zhang Yifei didn't talk nonsense, opened the racing simulator and started training, and the same was true for Alonso next to him.

Sometimes, it's a good thing to have competition and threats. At least it will spur itself to improve, otherwise it will be replaced by others.

No one knows better than Zhang Yifei how strong Alonso is, and there is a famous saying in later generations about him.

"Only people question Alonso because of character, and no one doubts Alonso because of technology."

I don't know if this is a compliment to Alonso or a mockery of him, but at least there is no doubt that the head brother definitely has the strength to threaten Zhang Yifei's position.

Arrogance is the biggest murderer of a professional driver. Even if he is stronger than Alonso now, Zhang Yifei will definitely not take it lightly. Choosing the strongest teammate is actually a kind of dancing on the tip of a knife, if you don't hurt others, you hurt yourself!

As New Year's Day passed, the time officially came to the year 2001 of this world, that is, the year 2002 of Zhang Yifei's original world.

The crew members are returning to the team after the year to prepare for the most important winter test before the race, which will determine the performance of this year's Prost AP05. Is it a carnival for the team to sit in the well and watch the sky, or does it really meet the standard of "Mars rover".

However, at this time, the FIA announced the schedule for next year, and released a bombshell news. That is, the order of the sub-stations will be changed, and two new tracks will be replaced.

The Singapore Circuit will replace Australia's Albert Park Circuit as the new opener circuit, while China's Tokai International Circuit will replace Japan's Suzuka Circuit for the season finale!

After reading the news of the new season released by the FIA, Zhang Yifei's face was full of surprise. Donghai International Circuit, Zhang Yifei specially inquired when he returned to China last time, and it was still in an unfinished state, but he didn't expect it to become an official track this year, and he also hosted the final battle.

Another Singapore track, which was even more unexpected by Zhang Yifei. Because of the historical Singapore circuit, it only officially joined the F1 Grand Prix in 08, which is six years ahead of schedule in this world.

It seems that with its own appearance, Asia's attention to F1 has increased significantly, and with the FIA's own global expansion strategy, it is frantically promoting Asian national grand prix.

In order to increase the influence of the two new tracks, he did not hesitate to make them the host of the opening and closing matches. Perhaps last year's ambitious challenge by the Indo-local program also sounded a wake-up call for the FIA.

If you don't seize the market again, the Indian program may not be willing to settle in the corner of the Americas!

"The addition of two new tracks means that all drivers are on the same starting line, and it highlights the suspense of this year's championship."

Prost said in a relaxed tone, now the two drivers of his team can be regarded as young drivers, so the opening of the new track will not have much impact on the team, and even in a sense, it will be beneficial.

After all, the most lacking thing for a new driver is experience, which is difficult to run on a racing simulator. The same unfamiliar starting line, the Prost team has made a lot of gains.

"But these two tracks are very new, especially the Singapore circuit, which is actually a block plus night battle. F1 has never had a night Grand Prix in its history, and even the drivers have never trained at night, so will they be able to adapt to it in a short period of time? ”

Team leader Henry said worriedly, this time not only the new track has been activated, but also a new Grand Prix mode has been opened, that is, night battles!

If the change of a single factor can still take advantage of the newcomer driver, then with so many factor changes, or even a completely different event experience, the experience of the veteran driver will regain the advantage, which will be a more severe challenge for Zhang Yifei and Alonso.

"I'm fine."

Zhang Yifei directly expressed his attitude, because he always remembered Cosell's words, that is, champion drivers must not have any shortcomings, even if they have never experienced a night battle!

Sure enough, when Zhang Yifei said this, Korcel glanced at him, and his eyes showed a kind of approval, which is the confidence and ability that a driver who regards the championship as his goal should have.

"I'm fine."

On the other hand, the head brother also showed his attitude, and during this period of time, training with Zhang Yifei helped him improve a lot, and even suppressed his complaining character.

After all, Zhang Yifei, the No. 1 driver who is stronger than him, has not complained, and what right does No. 2 driver Alonso have to complain?

Technology is fine, but character is really a bit of a problem.

After Zhang Yifei heard Alonso's answer, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, because at the Singapore Grand Prix, which was first launched in 08, Alonso and Renault Racing staged a famous "crash" incident.

This "crash gate" directly made Massa miss out on the world championship and became one of the biggest black spots in Alonso's character.

In contrast, Schumacher's "unscrupulous" performance for the championship, in the face of Alonso's means of manipulating the team's politics, it is really called the class to get an axe, and Guan Gong is playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong!

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