"Fei, you still don't know what the conditions I gave you are, so you made up your mind so quickly?"

"If I were to give you a contract as a test driver for the Williams team, would you regret your sloppiness now?"

Williams said this confidently, and he had already begun to imagine what kind of regretful expression Zhang Yifei would appear on next.

Just disappointed Williams, Zhang Yifei's face was calm, and he didn't feel any regrets at all because he rejected the contract of the Williams team test driver.

To be honest, Zhang Yifei is still a little shocked in his heart now, he used to think that a giant team like Williams, at most, like Renault, gave himself the identity of a development driver of an F1 team, and could get in touch with F1 racing and training.

Compared with Renault, a "newcomer" player who has just started to buy the Stewart team, the training experience of the Williams team and the racing tuning skills are undoubtedly much better than the current Renault.

When a newcomer joins the Williams team, even if he doesn't have the opportunity to officially play on the field, the improvement will be amazing after receiving the systematic F1 driver training of the Williams team.

At least it's okay to sweep the F3 level, and if you're strong enough, it's not too difficult to be the best in the F3000 race.

Once you have the results, then there will be a lot more options for the next step, and becoming an official driver of an F1 team is not far away.

As a result, I didn't expect that Sir Williams gave a test driver contract, which is like a Chinese footballer who gets a substitute player contract for teams of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and it may be even more difficult.

After all, compared with football in this era, Chinese formula racing is even more backward, and there is not even the most basic professional league, but there are also professional leagues such as A A and A B in football.

Test drivers are completely different from development drivers, although they are both under the name of F1, but one is still outside the door, and the test driver has really started, can drive F1 cars, driving on the track!

Even future media reports will call Zhang Yifei the first Chinese driver to enter F1, just like Ma Qinghua in later generations. It's just that the time when Zhang Yifei entered was 13 years ahead of schedule!

But shock is shock, Zhang Yifei really doesn't have any regrets in his heart, and it is still the same old saying, even if he is a test driver, he can't satisfy Zhang Yifei's appetite.

"No regrets."

Zhang Yifei replied simply, and his tone seemed very flat.

Because whether it's Ghosn or Williams, they all have a problem, as if it's a great gift to give yourself the status of a development driver or a test driver.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't it be a strong cooperation that both parties are satisfied with?

Even if Zhang Yifei is only a junior formula driver, even if he comes from China with no racing background, he still doesn't need charity from others. These identities and contracts, he can win with his own strength.

So he prefers the bet contract with Prost, naturally there is nothing to say if he loses, and there is nothing to thank if he wins, this is the official driver contract he won with his strength!

This attitude towards Zhang Yifei is something that Sir Williams never expected. After all, this is the Chinese kid, because of the lack of knowledge, I don't know what the Williams team test driver represents.

Or is it really like the media propaganda, the Chinese kid takes arrogance as a habit, and has no idea that the sky is high and the earth is thick?

With this doubt, Sir Williams couldn't help but ask: "Fei, although you refused my invitation, I am still very puzzled. If the Williams Racing team's test driver contract doesn't impress you, what do you really want? ”

"Official driver contract."

"Impossible!"

Zhang Yifei almost finished saying this sentence when Williams replied in an angry tone.

It seems that the previous media's evaluation of Zhang Yifei was correct, this Chinese kid is really arrogant, but he just got good results in the junior formula, I really think he is the strongest driver in the world?

"No is impossible, I have reached an agreement with Prost Racing that I will become a regular driver for Prost next season as long as I can meet their goals."

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, it really shocked Ghosn and Williams, and they would never have thought that Zhang Yifei had really reached an official driver agreement with the F1 team.

You must know the decades-old history of formula racing, and last year Kimi Raikkonen reached a formal driver contract with Sauber Racing.

Prost is a stubborn Frenchman who wants to build an F1 team with pure French blood, and even does not hesitate to abandon the cheap Honda engine in favor of the backward Peugeot engine.

Someone with this style would accept a Chinese driver, and it was a pure rookie level?

"How could Prost ask for a Chinese newcomer, and what agreement could impress him?"

Ghosn pressed by the fact that Renault had previously been in contact with Prost Racing for the takeover, but the two sides eventually broke up. It can be said that Ghosn knows Prost relatively well, and this kind of stubborn person will change his mind?

"Pole position, championship and track record at Manicour."

Tomorrow is the moment when the answer will finally be revealed, and there is no need for Zhang Yifei to hide this matter, so he simply said the bet with Prost.

A hat-trick plus a track record?

When he heard this bet, even a well-informed team veteran like Williams was incredible.

On the one hand, he didn't expect that Prost would actually reach such an agreement with Zhang Yifei, which was not at all like his previous style of acting. However, given the current situation of the Prost team, it is understandable that "The Professor" intends to take a risk.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei actually has the confidence to accept this kind of agreement, and there are many hat-trick formula cars, on the contrary, there are many more. But with one more track record, there are very few who can do all four.

Because the fastest lap is not equal to the track record, even in F1 events, basically the fastest lap is in the qualifying race, and the main race is relatively less.

If you add the breaking of the track record, then Zhang Yifei can say that he has challenged almost everything that the Manikul Circuit can challenge. However, considering the exchange conditions for becoming an official driver of the F1 team, only a hat-trick and a track record can achieve an equal exchange.

After the shock, Williams did not have the previous dissatisfaction, and it is true that compared to the test driver contract, the temptation of the official driver's agreement is too great. If it were on Williams himself, he would also opt for a full-fledged driver's contract.

But now there is a practical question ahead, that is, can Zhang Yifei really meet this requirement?

This answer is very difficult in Williams' experience! Especially after the qualifying situation, there are more drivers who want to retaliate against Zhang Yifei in the main race.

When the time comes, Dixon will not follow Zhang Yifei's car like today, but will throw him as far as he goes, and the difficulty of Zhang Yifei winning the championship will far exceed the pole position in today's qualifying race.

After all, the fastest lap at pole position, the error tolerance rate is too high, Zhang Yifei has enough time to wait for the opportunity, and then throw off his opponents. But the main competition is different, it looks at the total time, and there is no time to wait for Zhang Yifei!

"Fly, to be honest it's an amazing deal to be an official rider, but there's one thing you have to think through. The test driver contract is already in front of you, but the contract of Prost's official driver is an almost impossible task, especially given your current situation. ”

"If I were you, I would choose the test driver contract that is in front of me."

Williams really admires Zhang Yifei now, and even more values his potential. You must know that this kind of challenge agreement is an incentive, but also a pressure!

It was with this amazing pressure that Zhang Yifei defeated all his opponents and took pole position in Manikul. Although Williams didn't think he could continue to win the race, pole position has proven that Zhang Yifei has a big enough heart.

In F1 events, under the duel of top drivers, driving skills are not the decisive factor in many cases, because the qualitative gap cannot be opened.

On the contrary, it depends on the psychological quality of the driver, whether he can withstand the pressure brought by the event, maintain absolute calm control, and so on. Coupled with Zhang Yifei's precise control performance in the corners today, there is no doubt that he is qualified.

Even intuition has told Williams that this Chinese kid in front of him will become an excellent F1 driver in the future!

Zhang Yifei replied with a faint smile on his face at this time: "Sir Williams, it's a pity that you are not me. And I, choose to challenge the impossible! ”

"Very well, I will witness your challenge tomorrow!"

Without further persuasion, Williams felt attracted to a junior formula driver for the first time, and he suddenly understood a little bit about why Pete Sauber of the Sauber team would choose a Finnish newcomer Kimi to join the team, maybe it is this kind of newcomer who can feel sharp and fearless!

At this point in the conversation, there is nothing more to say, Zhang Yifei walked out of the VIP viewing room and returned to his maintenance station.

Seeing Zhang Yifei coming back, Yamamoto Youkyo leaned over and asked, "Yifei-kun, what is Sir Williams looking for you?" ”

"Become a test driver for the Williams team."

What the? Zhang Yifei's answer made everyone in the maintenance station put down the things in their hands and looked at him in surprise.

Williams, the Big Three team in the F1 circle, actually took the initiative to invite Zhang Yifei to be their test driver?

"And how did you reply?"

Yamamoto Youkyo hurriedly asked, he actually wanted Zhang Yifei to agree in his heart, because this is an absolutely rare opportunity to be safe!

"Of course it's a refusal, my target is the sea of stars, how can I sit in the pit and watch the water dispenser?"

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, the corners of Cosell's mouth in the pit station couldn't help but rise.