Hearing the instructions issued by Cosell, Zhang Yifei replied OK without any doubts.

After going through the previous practice sessions, Zhang Yifei has understood that F1 drivers should never be underestimated, leading does not mean anything, they also have the strength to surpass.

The Albert Park Circuit is a very scenic track if it weren't for the event. Because the entire track is built around the lake, and the central park is set up, it can be regarded as a tourist attraction when you are leisurely.

But unfortunately, the event is all about tension, focus, and results......

Zhang Yifei naturally couldn't have any mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery, he stepped on the accelerator, and the car began to improve rapidly. In those zigzag corners that he ran before, Zhang Yifei will cut the fastest straight line in the way of the limit finish, and try to avoid slowing down on the corner.

Under normal circumstances, the average speed of these corners is around 250km/h, Zhang Yifei now wants to increase his cornering speed to 260km/h, and if he can, he even wants to increase it to 270km/h!

As long as the result goes well, a few corners will probably save at least 0.2 seconds or so, so that Zhang Yifei's lap time will reach a qualitative change, overtaking the driver in front of him, and even the first two to move to fifth position.

Seeing the data transmitted by the sensors in the pits, Prost asked Korsell in a questioning tone: "The seventh qualifying result is okay, does it have to be so aggressive?" ”

Prost can be said to be in a good mood these days, the team's decline has been swept away, not only the newcomer Zhang Yifei has given strength, but even the veteran Alessi has been steadily rising in the rankings, and the latest lap time just now came to the twelfth position.

Even the atmosphere of the entire team showed a positive attitude, completely sweeping away the previous decadence.

According to this trend, it is almost a sure thing for the team to achieve a breakthrough of zero points this year. Even closer, with two drivers finishing on the podium a couple of times, moving the team from the bottom to the middle of the table.

Don't underestimate just the mid-pack position, which means that the attention of the whole team will skyrocket. The increase in attention means that there are more sponsors willing to invest, and more sponsorship means more money, so that the team can better engage in the development of racing cars and transfer stronger drivers, so as to achieve a virtuous circle.

Many things are like dominoes, a small change can lead to a qualitative change.

Prost is satisfied with Zhang Yifei's performance, but after all, he is still just a newcomer, and he doesn't want to cause any accidents because of any radical strategy, and he can steadily improve, which is the best development for the current team.

"Radical? It's just your idea, Fei has to run faster, otherwise he won't be able to hold on to seventh place, you know that. ”

Prost won four Drivers' Championships, and it is no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for the emergence of such a talented driver as Senna back then, and the "Professor" driving style is really not very pleasing.

Otherwise, this year's car god may not be Senna, but Prost.

But even if Prost is not a god, it can't hide that he is one of the legendary drivers in the F1 paddock. He can say that he knows the changes in qualifying well, and his experience in this area will not be worse than that of Koser, so the old German man replied with such a sentence.

'I know, but even if it goes to ninth, it's still acceptable, the season has just started and we've had plenty of time for him to grow.'

Prost replied indifferently, after all, he is the boss who has experienced the lower limit breaking through the center of the earth, and his bottom line for performance has also dropped again and again. It is naturally good that Zhang Yifei can get the seventh place in the qualifying round, and it is acceptable that he can't fall to the ninth.

There are more than a dozen races in the future, which can allow Chinese newcomers to slowly adapt to the rhythm and atmosphere of F1 events, as long as Zhang Yifei's potential is not bad, he can finally break through and get points, and even get on the podium.

For Prost's concept, Cosell said that he couldn't accept it at all, and even wanted to go back to the past on the spot.

But it's no longer the driver-strategy team that it used to be, and it's time to have intense tactical discussions. Now that Prost is the boss, he is just an employee, and there are dozens of team members in the pits, even if Corer has a hot temper, he is not a person with zero emotional intelligence.

Understand that in this environment, whether you agree with Prost's idea or not, you have to give the boss a little face.

"Everybody's limits are different, he can withstand the challenge, if you want to get points and even get on the podium, you have to adapt to the speed of F1 faster."

Not every new F1 driver can adapt to the pace and speed of F1. Every year, F1 teams actually have a lot of rookie drivers, third drivers, test drivers, and even reserve drivers.

But in the end, there are only a few people who can stand on the F1 track and drive the F1 car on the same stage. Even these few may not be able to stay next season to secure their drivers' seats.

Take Yang Long, who tried to compete with Zhang Yifei, did not run and showed enough competitiveness, so he was quickly replaced by British drivers, and finally disappeared into obscurity on the F1 track.

If it weren't for his identity as a Chinese driver, many people wouldn't even remember that there was such a driver in F1 history.

Cosell's goal for Zhang Yifei has never been a mediocre gangster, and then it will take a few years to become a "blue-collar" driver, or even someone else's wingman. Get a few points or a dozen points every year, and finally retire and can't make waves.

He is willing to transition from a university professor to a race engineer, and what he wants to see is Zhang Yifei on the podium to compete for the supreme glory of the drivers' championship!

If you learn to think fearfully, conservatively, and so on from the rookie stage. These things will be engraved in Zhang Yifei's mind and bone marrow, and if he wants to change in the future, it will be more difficult for him to break through in blood.

Prost's conservatism is due to his success, as long as Zhang Yifei can run a passing result, he will have a way to pull sponsors and make the team go to the next level.

In the future, if Zhang Yifei does not break through and does not have the strength to compete for the championship, when he is not worthy of the rising Prost team, he will be ruthlessly abandoned, which is what the team owner will do.

One of the Big Three, Sir Williams, is known for his cold-blooded ruthlessness, having fired countless drivers in a team career of decades. In the case of the times, he felt that Montoya could bring greater benefits to the team, and did not hesitate to loan Jenson Barton.

No one will blame him for these actions, and it does not prevent him from becoming a legendary manager in the F1 paddock. Because as far as he is the team owner, as long as he can improve the team's performance, these are not mistakes.

On the contrary, no matter how good you are and how happy you are with the drivers, if you drag down the team, you will be accused of being emotional.

Without results, Prost can easily open and fly, and all the conservatism and moderation today will plant the seeds of future tragedy.

Therefore, Kossel, who is also a teacher and friend, naturally has to consider the interests of Zhang Yifei, in the F1 paddock, drivers can only have the right to speak if they have results!

Zhang Yifei on the track did not hesitate to follow Cosell's instructions, began to speed up crazily, and went to some high-speed corners on the track with a posture that can be called life.

Even at Turn 9, the front wing of his car had grazed the barrier at the edge of the track. It's just that when the front nose is designed, it has a certain resistance, and it is only a very slight rubbing, so it does not cause any damage.

However, it can also be seen from this point that Zhang Yifei's current driving skills are not up to the centimeter-level challenge of Schumacher. Maybe this kind of operation is freewheeling for Schumacher, but for Zhang Yifei, it is more like a kind of play.

But then again, not counting Schumacher's junior and senior Formula racing experience, even Formula 1, he has had a nearly 10-year F1 career since joining the Benetton team in '91, winning three drivers' championships.

It is far more than Zhang Yifei in terms of event experience, not to mention the familiarity with the track, coupled with the talent of the car god, it is normal to crush Zhang Yifei now.

Even if Zhang Yifei has the same level of talent as Schumacher, the difference in experience and familiarity, it is impossible for him to catch up with Schumacher at this stage.

"The newcomer on the track today flew really hard, and I could see that he was almost playing with his life in the last few laps of qualifying, trying to challenge the fastest lap. I even saw his front nose in the car and almost hit the protective wall of the track, which is definitely a very dangerous scene. ”

However, this kind of desperate challenge has improved his speed again, and he is now ranked fifth in the fastest lap. It even surpassed Anglo-American team driver Jacques Villeneuve. ”

"Jacques Villeneuve is the F1 World Champion in '97 and he is also the Indy 500 Champion of the Year! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I couldn't believe that a Chinese newcomer could surpass the world champion in qualifying! ”

When Blundel's exclamatory voice appeared, the audience at the scene was stunned, laughing at Zhang Yifei's speechlessness, not knowing what to say at this time.

Even those who support Zhang Yifei are in a state of confusion at the moment, even if they hope that Zhang Yifei can get good results, but when they really hear that Zhang Yifei broke through and surpassed a group of top well-known drivers, an unreal feeling came up.

Is this true? Zhang Yifei made his debut, can he run to the fifth place in qualifying? This is almost as exaggerated as Kimi, who ran in the top six and scored points in his debut last year.

But the question is that Kimi has a deep foundation, and what does Zhang Yifei have?

At the same time, this lap time was also transmitted by the track command center to the pit stops of various teams, and when these F1 team strategy teams saw Zhang Yifei's ranking, their faces were also extremely shocked, and the Chinese kid could really rush to the top five?

At the same time, many team managers and bosses pressed the red call button on the headset and began to give aggressive track instructions to the drivers. If they want to raise their lap time, they can't be beaten by Chinese newcomers so easily, which is related to the honor of many old European and American drivers!