"Impossible! Even if the Prost team goes out of business tomorrow, I will not accept a rookie to become an official driver of my team! ”

Prost refused outright, he didn't know whether to say that Cosell was whimsical or something else.

It's a joke to want a junior formula driver to become an official driver of his own team! Does he think everyone is Kimi Raikkonen?

"There's nothing impossible in this world, do you really want to see the Prost team go out of business?"

"The Prost team will not go out of business, even if it can't survive in the end, it won't be a Chinese rookie to save it."

Prost couldn't accept Cosell's statement at all, and the matter could be said to be non-negotiable.

"It's because of your stubbornness that the Prost team is where they are today."

"I don't dare to say that flying will definitely save the Prost team, but now that you have no better choice, why don't you dare to give it a go like the Sauber team?"

"I dare to give it a go, are you sure that Fei has the strength of Kimi Raikkonen?"

Prost felt his anger rising, just like at McLaren, where Corpor was always so aggressive that he never thought about whether he could actually do it.

At the beginning, with Senna's cooperation, many of his tactical strategies were successful, but now relying on a Chinese newcomer, can he have the strength to change the situation?

"If you haven't tried, how do you know that flying doesn't have the strength of Kimi Raikkonen?"

"Will my fleet be used as a test subject?"

Prester sneered, Cosell might have overestimated the relationship between the two of them.

"I never wanted to use your team as a test subject, but I firmly believe that Fei has the strength to stand in F1, so I want you to give him a chance."

Instead of being as cold as before, Korsell looked at Prost and said it in a very sincere tone.

Even Korsell didn't want to admit that he was begging the other party to give Zhang Yifei a chance.

Maybe he hadn't seen Cosell before, Prost's anger went down a bit, and he calmed down a bit.

"Kossel, although I don't agree with many of your radical ideas, I'm sure you look at the driver's vision, flying is indeed powerful, and I don't deny that."

"But he doesn't have enough proof to become an official F1 driver, at least now I don't see him being better than Kimi Raikkonen."

"I can trust your vision and give him a chance to test the driver, and as for going further to become a full-time driver, it will take flying to prove his strength."

Hearing Prost's words, Korsell thought for a moment and replied: "How about proving it with the pole position bonus win at Manicur?" ”

Zhang Yifei's fastest way to prove it is the next Manicour circuit in France, and Cowel doesn't want to give Prost any chance to hesitate.

In fact, now Korsell is also very anxious, from the moment he served as Zhang Yifei's race engineer, he has begun to think about how to let him enter the F1 team as soon as possible, after all, Korsell does not plan to really mix in junior formula for a few years.

The Prost team, which is the goal chosen by Korcel in recent times, is the easiest team to achieve to get Zhang Yifei into F1.

Because the Prost team is on the verge of going out of business, their current form is difficult to absorb strong F1 drivers. If you don't have a strong driver, you can't improve the team's performance, and you get stuck in a vicious circle.

Therefore, the Prost team must use some extreme means to change the fate of the team, just like the previous Sauber team, which chose Kimi Raikkonen.

But the problem is that the current business status of the Prost team is much worse than that of the Sauber team. In addition, Renault's announcement of the acquisition of Benetton today is simply the last straw for the Prost team.

If there is no inflow of funds and sponsorships, the Prost team will survive next year at best.

Without major changes, Korsell expects the Prost team to live for only one year. More than half of this year's F1 schedule has passed, and this kind of performance of the Prost team will inevitably have a vacancy in the flow of drivers.

If Zhang Yifei does not fill this vacancy, it will naturally be filled by the current test driver, and Zhang Yifei will become the new test driver.

In this case, if you want to become an official driver, you need to wait at least a year before the next F1 season is over. Whether the Prost team will be able to exist at that time is a question.

In the event that the Prost team goes out of business, a year's time will be wasted, and it is very likely that they will go to other teams, and they will still have to start as test drivers.

"Are you sure he'll get pole position and championship in Manikul?"

"I'm sure I won't come back to you if he can't get it."

At this point, Kossel must trust Zhang Yifei 100%.

"Pole position and championship are not enough, I have to break the track record and complete a hat-trick before I will consider signing him as a full-time driver."

Prost directly gave this proof another price, and he also knew that Zhang Yifei completed a hat trick in the last stop, if this Chinese newcomer can achieve a hat trick in two consecutive stops, then he really has a certain amount of strength and fear potential.

At that time, even if it is a gamble, I will have a lot of confidence.

"No problem, Prost, you prepare the contract."

"You're as confident as ever."

Prost replied with a smile, and then raised his glass, which was a rare agreement between him and Kossel.

Seeing Prost's movements, Korsell also had a rare smile on his face and raised his wine glass.

After so many years, many things have become different from people, and those conflicts in the original concept are indeed not a threshold that cannot be overcome.

When Korsell was "negotiating" with Prost, Zhang Yifei also had a heavyweight on his side, he was the legendary F1 driver Nikki Lauda.

Zhang Yifei was originally staring at Prost's side, wanting to see how the two of them were talking, but he saw Lauda walking towards him, and even did the previous position of Cosell.

Regarding Lauda's actions, Zhang Yifei can be said to be surprised and shocked, and at the same time, one thing can be certain, that is, Lauda's eyes were indeed looking at him before.

"Surprised, isn't it, fly." Lauda said to Zhang Yifei with a smile.

Hearing that the other party even called out his own name, Zhang Yifei was even more surprised.

What the hell is going on, and why did Lauda take the initiative to find herself, and she still knows her name?

"Very surprised, Mr. Lauda, how did you know about me?"

"I was in the Jaguar building at the Nürburgring, and I happened to see you running the New North Circuit."

"Huh?"

There is such a coincidence in this year, Lauda actually saw himself running the New North Circuit.

"To be honest, it's hard not to attract attention if someone chooses a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG to run at the New North Circuit."

Zhang Yifei chose the Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG at that time, purely to experience the feeling of a "thug in a suit".

But then again, it is true that at the New North Circuit, a place that pursues excitement and lap times, almost no one will choose the Mercedes-Benz S-Class to run. Naturally, Zhang Yifei's unique taste attracts the attention of others.

"Your driving skills are very good at the New North Circuit, driving a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG, and you can still run a time of 7 minutes and 47 seconds, which is very powerful."

This also made Zhang Yifei secretly surprised, but he didn't expect that Lauda even knew the specific time when he ran in New North, and because of He Ziling, he didn't know how much it was.

"Thank you for the compliment, it's just a fluke, it's a super long play."

Zhang Yifei replied modestly, but the uncontrollable smile on his face still revealed his inner thoughts.

To be praised by a legendary F1 driver is a high rating.

"I also watched your performance in Formula Renault, which is also very good."

Lauda complimented again, then changed the subject and asked, "Fly, do you know the Jaguar convoy?" ”

"You know, Ford bought the Stewart team and formed the new Jaguar team."

Zhang Yifei replied truthfully, this is still what Korsell introduced just now.

"I'm now the CEO of the Jaguars team, which has just been established and is in its infancy. I think you have a lot of potential and would like to invite you to be a development driver for the Jaguars, you can think about it. ”

Nicky Lauda explained his intentions, and after watching Zhang Yifei's performance in track racing and formula formula, he was almost the best among drivers of his age.

The Jaguars are also in their infancy and need some potential drivers to expand their reserves, so he intends to invite Zhang Yifei to be the development driver for the Jaguars.

I have to say that Lauda has a very accurate eye for people and can also put it into action.

In fact, it is not only Zhang Yifei, but Lauda has also recommended Schumacher to Ferrari in history, solved the problem of Hamilton going to Mercedes-Benz, and achieved two of the greatest drivers of contemporary F1.

It is precisely because of this keen vision and the character that can be put into action that Lauda can now be by Zhang Yifei's side, as the CEO of an F1 team, to invite Zhang Yifei, a junior formula player, to play the development driver of his own team.

It seems that he is lucky to be shit today, with Renault Vice President Ghosn and Jaguar CEO Lauda, all of whom have set their sights on developing drivers.

To be honest, Zhang Yifei was very touched by Lauda's behavior of "Corporal Lixian", but just like the reason why he rejected Ghosn, Zhang Yifei also did not want to be the development driver of the Jaguar team.

hesitated in front of Ghosn before, but this time Zhang Yifei did not hesitate and directly gave his reply.

"Thank you very much Mr. Lauda for the invitation, but I'm sorry I don't want to be a test driver."