When the three team bosses walked out of the VIP viewing room, the post-match interview to celebrate the area had ended, and the award ceremony was about to begin soon.

This time, whether it was the interview or the audience cheers, Zhang Yifei became the absolute protagonist, almost covering up the light of the runner-up and third place.

This is what the competitive arena is, the champion is everything, and the runner-up may sometimes be an unknown bystander, let alone the third place, and even the name is not worthy of being remembered.

However, this time, Makina and Duden had no other emotions except envy. Because Zhang Yifei was absolutely capable of winning this time, and his speed was so fast that the drivers behind him felt desperate.

Without the ambition to challenge, there will naturally be less hostility and gunpowder.

When Zhang Yifei and the other two stood on the second floor awards platform, the audience suddenly burst into cheers and screams. Because Ghosn led Prost to appear on the podium at this time, these cheering sounds were for "Professor" Prost.

You should know that Prost's peak period was a competition with Senna for the entire late 1980s, super drivers in the early 1990s, and even vaguely over Senna's performance.

It’s not because he is still in the late 1990s, and Prost retired for only six years, otherwise he could have been inducted into the F1 Driver Hall of Fame and become a respected legendary driver.

Of course, even now, Prost is well deserved to face the title of legendary driver, and many people are his fans. Especially today, it is still on the French track. It is no surprise that Prost is proud of as a French driver, so many exciting cheers and applause are there.

Prost waved to the audience with a smile, which caused even more screams, even comparable to the cheers that Zhang Yifei won the sub-station championship before.

It can be seen that even a legendary driver who has been retired for many years is still amazingly influential.

Zhang Yifei and Prost looked at each other, and the latter nodded slightly at him, confirming Zhang Yifei's performance on the track. Then Prost stood by and waited for the award ceremony that was about to be held.

Like Hoganheim, first of all, Duden, ranked third, stepped onto the podium and accepted the Renault trophy awarded by Flowers and Ghosn. Then there was Markina, the second-placed face. At this time, his face relaxed a lot. After all, this was his first time on the podium in the European Cup in Renault, which was a breakthrough of zero.

Finally, Zhang Yifei stood up. He held his hands high and accepted the cheers of fans and audiences like a king. This is the right that the champion enjoys.

Kossel and the others at the maintenance station were also standing under the award-winning platform, looking up at the championship seat, waving their arms.

Especially Ah Hu, he said excitedly to Chen Zhi next to him: "Brother Zhi, I asked Brother Fei before how long he would be the F1 driver, but now I finally have the answer."

"Just today!"

Hearing Ah Hu's excited words and looking at Zhang Yifei on the podium, Chen Zhi nodded excitedly and replied: "That's right, it's today."

On the podium, after Ghosn awarded the third place and the runner-up, he stepped aside and made a gesture to Prost. He gave the championship award opportunity to Prost. After all, a future F1 driver will appear today.

Prost was not polite either. His purpose of coming to the podium was to present the award to Zhang Yifei himself. Even the award presentation scene would most likely become the headlines of tomorrow's sports event reports.

After taking the Renault trophy, Prost came to Zhang Yifei, shook hands with him and handed over the trophy and said, "Congratulations on completing the agreement and becoming the official driver of Prost team."

"Thank you, I just proved Cosell's vision."

Zhang Yifei knew that Cosel and Prost had always been inconsistent with each other back then. He had come forward to help him reach an agreement with Prost, but in fact he asked for it. Today, Zhang Yifei used this championship title to help Cosel win back this tone.

Hearing Zhang Yifei say this, Cosell's face suddenly appeared a little surprised. He had contacted many young drivers, and these people were basically humble and respectful when they were given opportunities.

In this kind of situation, Zhang Yifei is still the first person to say this to him. But thinking about this kid's usual image, Prost also wanted to open up, and this guy was just a thorn.

After taking the trophy from Prost's hand, Zhang Yifei raised it high and won a burst of cheers again.

At the same time, a bright red national flag appeared on the LCD screen behind Zhang Yifei. The radio on the track was turned on simultaneously, and the national anthem sounded.

Zhang Yifei looked forward with a solemn expression, listening to the familiar "March of the Volunteers" in front of him, his heart was filled with thoughts.

Think about the promise I made at the last stop, that is, I would hear the national anthem ringing in the F1 arena. Now, I have finally taken the most important step.

After the award ceremony, many reporters blocked the platform stairs. Their target this time was not Zhang Yifei, but Prost on the stage.

"Mr. Prost, Fly made his pre-race commitment, are you going to really give a formal driver contract?"

Prosty nodded and replied, "Of course, what I promised at this time."

"That will mean that there will be a formal driver in Prost team that will leave or terminate the contract. Can you explain in advance which driver it is?"

"Sorry, this is an internal matter of the fleet, and it is not convenient to disclose it for the time being."

Prost refused to answer this question because in the current F1 season, Prost's performance is very bad. It may be more than just one driver who left the team, and the entire team will be vacant by then.

"Mr. Prost, we all know that you are a legendary driver on the F1 track, but after becoming the team boss, your management ability doesn't seem to be very good."

"We got internal news that you have already owed the fees of the event engine supplier. Is this news true?"

"This is a rumor. We are strategic partners with Peugeot Group. There is no default on fees or anything else. Peugeot will continue to provide engines."

Prost directly denied the whole news, but the entire reporter in front of him still asked relentlessly: "But a senior Peugeot executive has recently said that the poor results of Prost team have had a very bad impact on the reputation of Peugeot Group. They are considering termination of cooperation with Prost team. Is this news true?"

"This question can be directly applied to my previous answer and will not be repeated."

When Ghosn, who was next to him, saw this scene, he winked at the assistant beside him. Several staff members leaned over at this time and helped Prost stop the reporters and continue asking questions, allowing him to leave the passage.

When he entered the staff passage, Prost's face turned pale in an instant. He did not expect that the current situation of the convoy would be discovered by reporters so soon.

Moreover, due to the results of the event, Peugeot is not actually a strategic partnership like Prost mentioned, and the manufacturers have expressed their dissatisfaction.

However, Peugeot's senior executives publicly accused him of this, which Prost didn't know, so he planned to rush back immediately to find out what the reason was.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei returned to the maintenance station and celebrated with his team members, and agreed to go out tonight to enjoy the world-famous "Night Paris", which is to prepare for these months of intense competitions and give a complete relaxation.

But as soon as the agreement was made, Ah Hu suddenly remembered something and asked Zhang Yifei: "Brother Fei, we will go back to celebrate later. What should we do with this racing car?"

Formula racing has to undergo a thorough maintenance every time it completes a race. Especially in this era, the precision of craftsmanship is far less than that of later generations, and the failure rate of racing is quite high.

Before, after the game, Zhang Yifei directly handed over the post-match testing to the Toyota technical team, at most, Ah Hu and Zhi Ge stayed to learn experience.

However, today the sudden absence of Toyota's technical team made post-match maintenance a difficult problem. Ah Hu and Zhi Ge cannot stand alone.

"Muko, is there any news about the European Toyota Race Organisation?"

"There is no response. If the European Toyota Racing Organization has not responded to the email tomorrow, I will go to the team headquarters in Le Mans to find out the specific reasons."

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Yifei frowned. Although he had already stepped into the F1 paddock with one foot, Renault's European Cup has not yet been completed, and he still needs the Toyota Race Organization to provide financial and technical support.

These conditions have been supported by formal contracts. As long as Zhang Yifei does not officially sign a driver's contract with Prost team, the previous sponsorship contract will still exist. Does Toyota team intend to breach the contract?

"Muko, Toyota Racing Division, did you know in advance that I was in contact with other teams, so they were about to breach the contract?

Although Junko Takeda and Ukyo Yamamoto are still employees of Toyota, in fact, they can be said to be part of Zhang Yifei's team from the moment they choose to come to Europe.

So Zhang Yifei had no worries about these words and said them directly in person.

"It's possible, but what you signed with Toyota is just a youth training driver contract. Because Toyota currently does not have a Formula Team, it can only be considered an upgraded version of the student contract, and it is destined to sign other professional teams."

"From this point alone, it is not logical for Toyota to do such a breach of contract."

Junko Takeda also said the key point, that is, although Zhang Yifei signed a youth training driver contract, Toyota currently does not even have a formal team. If Zhang Yifei wants to join Toyota, there is no place for him to go.

Therefore, there were no mandatory terms in the previous Toyota youth training contract. At most, Zhang Yifei jumped to work and left during the contract period and refunded Toyota's fees and sponsorship.

If Zhang Yifei doesn't want to give the money, he can also delay it until the end of the contract for one year and the two parties terminate the contract peacefully.
Chapter completed!