The current situation of Helio and Barton is also a headache for the Renault team, but they don't plan to change their decision, because Helio is too strong!

After the winter test, Helio took control of the Singapore circuit in a very short period of time, and the lap time can be described as crushing Barton, which made the Renault team management make the decision to replace the No. 1 driver.

As the saying goes, children distinguish between right and wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons, not to mention that Renault is a commercial fleet. This decision is a bit of a bad deal, but in the face of the team's interests, what is it?

Helio has the strength of a top driver and has a chance to lead the team to the championship!

Even after Helio's wingman request, the Renault team chose to acquiesce, the results are too important for a team, and it is also a matter of investing all the resources, no matter how dissatisfied Barton is, as long as he intends to be a Renault driver, he must accept this situation.

In fact, Renault's management may seem ruthless, but it is precisely the standard operating model for F1 teams.

Ferrari's Barrichello, is there room for bargaining in front of the team's strategy team? At the critical moment, you are asked to give up the car, but not all of them are obediently giving way to the car.

Not to mention the Williams team, the boss is known for being cold-blooded and ruthless, and once he can't run the results, he can't even get the wingman right, so he quickly fucks the team.

Even Zhang Yifei himself, when he first entered the team, in a sense, stepped on Alessi's head as a newcomer. It's just that Zhang Yifei chose a fair duel and won the identity of the No. 1 driver with his strength.

But the basis of a fair duel is also that Prost, the boss, is more old-fashioned and willing to give opportunities. Other strong teams, where there is room for drivers to choose, what positioning you have, just honestly play the role of positioning.

If you are not satisfied, you can even replace it halfway, let the third driver fill the position directly, and then refrigerate you for a year or two during the contract period, and directly scrap the entire career!

So no matter how unconvinced Barton is, he can't change the identity of the loser.

Just as the air was about to freeze, the pit room door was pushed open, and Renault team manager Briatoli personally came to the lounge to inform the drivers that the first practice race was about to take place and that they were ready to play.

"Helio, Barton, get ready to play and show the quality of the Renault team!"

For this opening race, Renault Racing took it very seriously and was full of confidence. They want to announce to the world on the Singapore circuit that the former king Renault is back!

Both riders silently nodded and headed for the door, but as Helio passed by Briatoli, Renault's manager said, "Play well and beat the Chinese kid." ”

Briatoli is well aware of Helio's inner obsession, which is to come to the F1 paddock and take revenge on Zhang Yifei.

Originally, during the winter test, in a sense, it could be regarded as a successful revenge, but Helio did not hold back the arrogance in his heart, and provoked Zhang Yifei in the past, resulting in the failure of the last lap.

The problem is that even if you lose, the Chinese kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he actually came to the Renault pit to fight back.

After the game, the mainstream public opinion in Europe and the United States, although it was on Helio's side, but the fact was that the Renault team still lost face, because it was provoked by the other party!

So this time, Briatoli used the victory over Zhang Yifei to encourage Helio, hoping that he could run better on the track with a desire for revenge.

I thought that Helio would understand his intentions, but he never expected that Helio replied in a very disdainful tone: "Is your goal just to defeat the driver?" ”

FUCK, what kind of attitude is this, what does it mean that my goal is just to beat the rider fly?

Just when Briatoli was a little stunned, Helio continued: "Remember, my goal is to win the championship." ”

After saying this, Helio left without looking back, heading to the garage to prepare for the practice match.

This time it was Briatoli's turn to experience what Barton had felt before. This American kid is so arrogant, Patton doesn't care about it, and even the team manager doesn't take it seriously?

Briatoli's face was ugly, and according to his temper, he really wanted to just let Helio go out and let the third driver take over for the Singapore Grand Prix.

But reason prevailed over anger and, as Helio said, he had what it took to challenge for the F1 title. If he is taken down, the third driver is nowhere near the level of Helio.

Children can only distinguish between right and wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons, which is the best portrayal of the Briatelli mentality at this moment.

At the Pit Stop of the Prost team, Zhang Yifei and Alonso also walked out of the lounge at the same time and came to the garage to prepare for the start of the practice session.

Compared with the scene when Zhang Yifei first came to the track, the audience stands are almost densely packed. The maximum number of spectators at the Singapore circuit is 100,000 and 600, and under normal circumstances, the number of spectators for practice sessions is only in the early 50,000s.

However, as the opening race and the first Grand Prix, today's practice session had an astonishing attendance, and even if it was not fully filled, there were at least 80,000 or 90,000 people present, and the number of spectators was still quite exaggerated.

There are all kinds of national flags and team flags in the audience, but there is no scene of the previous Japanese Grand Prix, a sea of red, Zhang Yifei does not have many supporters, at least far from the "home" effect.

If you take a closer look, the number of supporters of Zhang Yifei is at most half a pound and eight taels of this year's newcomer Helio. But the problem is that Zhang Yifei has been running for a year and won last year's best newcomer, Helio as a newcomer, even if he has the aura of the Indy World Champion, can he have such exaggerated popularity?

"Phineas, isn't Singapore a Chinese country? There are a few supporters. ”

Ah Hu couldn't help muttering, this has been questioning in his heart for a long time, it stands to reason that Singapore is a country of Chinese, and Fei Ge is compatriots, so it should be similar to the home field.

The number of viewers was relatively small before, and I didn't see many red flags and banners supporting Zhang Yifei, and Ah Hu could still say that there were no people. But now the practice session is about to begin, the crowd is almost there, and the supporters are not very exaggerated, as if there are some circuits in Europe.

Looking at Ah Hu's face full of doubts, Zhang Yifei just smiled faintly and replied: "Not all Chinese can be called compatriots, you can understand if you put aside that yellow-skinned face and treat them as foreigners." ”

Zhang Yifei came from the Internet era in later generations, and the amount of information he got was naturally not comparable to Ah Hu.

Many people think that Singapore is a Chinese country, and they subconsciously think that they are compatriots and a family, but in fact, this concept is wrong. On the contrary, under the leadership of the government in this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that Singapore is a FAN Chinese country.

The political system is different, the suppression of the Chinese language, and the full implementation of Westernized education, in fact, Singapore has no sense of identity. Moreover, hugging the thighs of the US imperialists, coupled with the fact that China's strength can only be regarded as a younger brother at the moment, has further fueled their sense of superiority, and there is quite a kind of high-class Chinese posture.

In the past, Japan was able to become the home stadium because the Japanese have the habit of advocating the strong, and the ridicule of the United States Grand Prix greatly stimulated the indignation of domestic fans and supporters, who traveled thousands of miles to the Suzuka Circuit to support.

And now it is during the Spring Festival, the number of domestic supporters is relatively small, and Singaporeans have no idea of Zhang Yifei as their own at all, at most, the Malay Chinese next door come to support, so it is normal that there are not many supporters on the spot.

"Well, I thought the audience was cheering today."

Ah Hu heard Zhang Yifei's explanation, obviously a little lost, what he imagined before was too beautiful.

The audience cheered? When the time comes, it will already be good if there is no ridicule from the audience.

However, Zhang Yifei didn't explain too much, this problem is too complicated, and this is also the survival rule of a small country, just like running a race on an ordinary foreign track.

Of course, this situation has changed a lot since China's rise two decades later. The reason for this change is still a matter of the survival law of a small country, and it is necessary to hug the thighs.

The track command center sent an order, and all the drivers sat in the car, while Ah Hu started the car with an igniter.

When he heard the rumbling sound of the engine, all the distracting thoughts in Zhang Yifei's mind had been thrown out, and he only had a surging battle spirit and expectation in his heart.

This is the first time I have driven a new generation of AP05 on the official track, and I wonder if it can continue the performance during the winter test and show the strength of the "Mars rover".

Because Zhang Yifei knows that the historical Prost team, after switching to a Ferrari engine, Alessi performed very well on the winter test track, and even far exceeded expectations to get the second fastest lap.

As a result, as soon as the official race arrived, the AP05 car collapsed, continuing the rhythm of the previous Peugeot engine, and only scored 4 points for the whole year.

"Fly, get ready to go!"

Charlie, who was next to him, reminded him loudly and asked Zhang Yifei to prepare to leave the station and go to the track.

Hearing Charlie's reminder, Zhang Yifei pushed down the mask on the helmet, hid his entire face under the helmet, and then stretched out his right hand and gave his thumbs up, indicating that he was in good shape.

"Come on, Phineas!"

"Come on, the new season will prove our strength!"

"Fly, now we are strong!"

"Yifei-kun, stay safe!"

In the face of this kind of mass indignation, waiting for Zhang Yifei to show Prost's strength, Kossel just reminded him lightly through the team's voice: "Remember the track feedback." ”

He is worried that Zhang Yifei's AP05 track with stronger posture performance will simply pursue speed, and now the more important thing in the test is the track feedback, which lays the foundation for the victory of the qualifying race and the main race.

"I know."

Zhang Yifei responded to Coser's words, and then the green light at the pit start turned on, and he rushed out of the garage with one foot on the accelerator.

It's officially begun, rover season!