Alonso did not continue to be rampant, and Zhang Yifei naturally did not take the initiative to stimulate provocations. To be honest, Zhang Yifei really intends to join forces with Alonso and become a twin star combination on the track, dominating the entire F1 paddock.

As for who will eventually become the world champion in the future, then it will be based on strength.

But at least at this stage, World Champion Zhang Yifei won't give up to anyone. He will give Alonso a chance to compete, but there is no such thing as absolute fairness in the world, and the team's resources must be tilted towards him, which is also the exclusive right of the No. 1 driver.

Many non-F1 professional fans, in fact, do not quite understand what the so-called team resource tilt means, thinking that the two drivers on the track rely on their own ability to run, as long as the second driver is not forced to be a wingman, this is fair competition, what other resources are good to tilt?

After all, the starting order is in the front and back, and they all rely on the qualifying race to run out by themselves, and the team can't decide this kind of thing.

In fact, this is not the case, and the most basic team resource tilt begins to appear in the development stage of the car.

For example, the new car every season, all kinds of ergonomic design, are according to the standard of the No. 1 driver's habits, and the layout can make him more comfortable and more comfortable to drive.

Even exaggeratingly, even the length of the wheelbase is determined by the driver's strengths, and some drivers like low-speed tracks, so the wheelbase is correspondingly shorter, so that the steering will be more precise and flexible.

If the No. 1 driver is good at high-speed tracks, then it doesn't matter if the wheelbase is a little longer, and the design direction is focused on top speed.

In addition to the chassis design, there is also the design of the aerodynamic kit, the priority of the pit stop strategy, etc., all aspects are dominated by the needs of the No. 1 driver.

For example, this year's Ferrari "Mars rover" F2002, which was almost entirely built for Schumacher, was not very friendly to Barrichello. So in history, both of them drove Mars rovers, but the final points were far apart, and the difference in strength was only one of the factors, and the design of the car also accounted for a large reason.

In comparison, Prost is relatively flat at the end of a bowl of water, and it is more of a universal design, rather than tailor-made for Zhang Yifei.

After all, for the team, only two drivers can be competitive at the same time to guarantee the constructors' championship title. Otherwise, only the drivers' championship title will still be a little worse after all.

Therefore, even if the No. 2 driver is not forced to give up the car and block the car on the track, the No. 1 driver still has an advantage in other aspects, which is the so-called no absolute fairness.

Of course, these things are not even unspoken rules, they are tilted on the surface, and Alonso naturally understands them.

That's why, in the F1 paddock, the No. 2 driver is always on his way to challenge the No. 1 driver, for the tilt of these teams' resources. Only by taking out the No. 1 driver can he lay the foundation for a better result, and there is a conflict of fundamental interests between the two drivers.

In fact, an old Chinese saying can be better described, that is, "do not suffer from the few, but suffer from inequality".

In the face of Alonso's ambition, Zhang Yifei, who stands in God's vision, naturally will not be arrogant. So instead of taking too many breaks, he turned on another racing simulator and started his own track simulation training.

Although Zhang Yifei believes that he has an advantage on the Singapore circuit that other drivers do not have. But Alonso's performance today gave him a warning that one should never underestimate the adaptability of F1 drivers.

They may not run as much as they do in the streets, but these problems are just a small obstacle for this group of world-class drivers, and they will definitely not be the basis for their own victory.

Especially the Ferrari "safflower green" combination at its peak, which does not exist on this planet, and the two of them can't adapt to the track environment. It's one thing to have confidence, it's not enough to have confidence to win a game, you have to be absolutely strong!

In the next few days, Zhang Yifei and Alonso were crazy training on the racing simulator as if they were on a bar. At the same time, the lap time also continued to break through, and Zhang Yifei's fastest lap even broke the pole position lap time in history Massa, showing that he really has a lot of experience with this Singapore circuit.

For such a scene, the crew members began to gradually understand why Zhang Yifei chose Alonso in the first place. One is that this Spaniard kid is really strong, but I don't know why he didn't play in the Minardi team last year.

On the other hand, the threat is also a spur for Zhang Yifei himself. When young people are not a little vigorous, the existence of people like Alonso objectively also stimulates Zhang Yifei's competitive spirit, and both of them are holding their breath!

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It's March 1st, and today is the Friday practice session in Singapore. Compared with the previous morning when he came to the maintenance station to prepare, this time Zhang Yifei arrived at the maintenance station in the afternoon.

The reason is simple, the Singapore Grand Prix is a night race, and naturally practice sessions are also held at night to allow the drivers to get used to it in advance.

The pit lane for the Singapore Grand Prix is integrated into a three-storey building, with the first floor for the teams' pit rooms and race control units, the second floor for the podium and press center, and the third floor for the track console and dispatch center.

This building brings together all the racing functions of F1, and it can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs.

However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the pit area is a bit too small, and all the teams are densely packed together. Even if a driver is not paying attention to a slight pit stop during a tense race, there may be an accident that stops the race.

But there is no way to do it, Singapore is just an island country where every inch of land is valuable, and it is already the limit to be able to find a way to build an F1 track.

It would be a compromise to create a vast pit area for the three-day F1 race in the city limits alone, which is unlikely.

In the Prost pit station, the crew members were doing the final car inspection, but after seeing Zhang Yifei coming, they all put down their work and greeted Zhang Yifei.

It can also be seen from this point that Zhang Yifei's prestige in the team is very high, even no less than the boss Prost.

The two assembled AP05 racing cars in the garage are quietly placed there, and compared to the simple paint during the winter test, this time the logos of various advertisers have been printed on them, as well as the driver numbers.

Prost finished sixth overall last year, and theoretically this year's car numbers should be 11 and 12. But in addition to the established number, F1 actually has its own car number, such as Alonso, who likes the number 14.

As a taboo number in the West, the 13th is similar to the meaning of 4 in China, so this number is still empty.

At the beginning, Zhang Yifei chose the number 13 as his car number, purely to disgust the group of Westerners who like to mock him. However, after a year of use, he felt that the title of "Death Flying" actually sounded pretty good.

So this year, he still chose the number 13 for his car number.

As for Alonso's current presence in the F1 paddock, he can only be regarded as an inconspicuous little brother, and the 14 car number he likes, the drivers behind him are unwilling to let go, and he is not qualified to grab it. This is similar to the number of clothes in ball sports, and the big guy naturally has more privileges.

So Alonso's car number is 12, which is a very standard number two driver.

"Fly, I'll do it myself, you can rest assured that there is absolutely no problem."

Charlie saw Zhang Yifei standing in front of the car in a daze, and thought he was observing the assembly of the car, so he came over and reassured.

Hearing Charlie's words, Zhang Yifei smiled: "Charlie, I just suddenly saw a new car with a complete livery, which is a little unfamiliar." ”

Indeed, compared to last year's pure blue livery, this year's full Ferrari red livery is still a little unfamiliar.

In fact, seriously speaking, it is not a problem of changing the painting, but the biggest enemy in Zhang Yifei's heart is Ferrari, but he didn't expect to use the same "heart", and it is still the same Ferrari red, which is really a bit of a trick.

Hearing this reason, Charlie also laughed and said: "I get used to running a race." ”

After saying this, Charlie changed to a yearning tone and said: "I really can't wait to see you run on the track, this year's Prost car is definitely not lost!" ”

In the previous years, in addition to the aggrieved drivers, the team of maintenance technicians was also aggrieved.

Because there are all kinds of car failures at every turn, they are either on the way to repair or on the way to repair all season. Moreover, the driver's complaints and the pressure from the boss also hit the self-confidence of the P RV team members.

The reason why Alonso didn't dare to accept it in later generations was because his complaints were too negative, like technician crew members, although they didn't have the right to call, but many of them had the right to answer.

Think about every race, you have to face the driver's complaints about the car, how good can the work mentality be?

If it was said that it was aggrieved before, then last year, on the basis of aggrieved, it was necessary to add regret!

Because Prost's driver gave a Mars rover to the midstream level, it doesn't seem to be much of a problem for a rookie to accompany a bad car.

But last year was different, Zhang Yifei's peak operation on the track, and the maintenance technician team was watching. Many times on the long straight, Zhang Yifei obviously had no problems with the operation, but he was eaten hard by other teams again and again.

The performance of the fastest car in this year's winter test phase proved the performance of the AP05's top F1 car, so the maintenance technician team is waiting for the arrival of the race, so that Zhang Yifei can give full play to his strength on the track!

This time, the Prost team will not be weaker, let the opponents feel the speed of the Prost car!