It is illogical and it is Zhang Yifei's idea. Sponsoring this little money is nothing to Toyota, but the negative public opinion brought about by the breach of contract, especially now that Zhang Yifei is in full swing, is completely unworthy.

After all, the Toyota F1 team has not yet been formed, so it has caused a cancellation of sponsorship and breach. Which driver will dare to join the Toyota team in the future? Isn’t it afraid that such a thing will happen again?

"Forget it, it's more than half a month before the next race. After the game, Ah Hu and Zhi Ge will try it first, and wait until it's confirmed with the European Toyota Race Organization."

Zhang Yifei did not study this issue in depth. Anyway, there is still plenty of time. What he is considering more is how Prost team signed a driver's contract with him and what the content terms are.

Kossel, who had not spoken at this time, also spoke: "It's not a big deal. If Ah Hu and Chen Zhi want to enter the F1 team in the future, now is an opportunity to train themselves."

"If it really doesn't work, you can apply for technical support to the Renault event organization next stop, and there is basically no problem."

Kossell said it very easily and did not take this seriously at all. After all, compared with Formula One, the precision of Formula Elementary Racing is far lower than F1.

This level of racing maintenance can be "outsourced" and it is nothing more than a matter of money.

After Cosell said this, there was no need to discuss it. Ah Hu and Chen Zhi stayed to repair the racing car, and Zhang Yifei and his group returned to the hotel first.

However, the after-match maintenance was not as easy as expected. It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Ah Hu and Zhi Ge returned to the hotel. The planned feeling of "Night Paris" could only be forced to run away.

And the reason why they came back was not that the car was overhauled, but that the driver team did not allow night maintenance of the drivers, so the two of them could only be forced to come back.

"Brother Fei, I didn't think anything about it before following the Toyota technical team. I did it myself and realized that the post-match maintenance was so complicated."

"My brother and I have already repaired the chassis and engine, as well as the transmission and suspension, and it should be done in one day."

Hearing Ah Hu's words, Zhang Yifei patted him on the shoulder and said, "The Toyota technical team can get close to a dozen people, and you two can complete the racing maintenance. This efficiency is already very good."

But Chen Zhi next to him was not that relaxed. He said with some concern: "Theoretically, we will need one day to complete it, but tomorrow the car will be transported to the next stop by the Renault event. If you want to continue the maintenance, you may have to go to the UK."

The next European tournament of Renault is placed in the famous British Silverstone Circuit. The remaining general post-race maintenance may become pre-race maintenance of Silverstone Station.

"It doesn't matter, it's too late to go in time. Just as Kossel said, applying for Renault's technical support is just an extra money!"

However, when he finished speaking the word "adding money", Zhang Yifei subconsciously twitched his heart. If the Toyota technical team really evacuated, he might not be able to increase the money.

I really didn't expect that I was about to enter F1 and was still worried about the word money. Sometimes Zhang Yifei wondered whether he would go back to China to hype it up. With his name as the first Chinese driver to enter F1, it would be a big problem to find two financial supporters to sponsor it, right?

Of course, Zhang Yifei is just thinking about it now. He really has no time to return to China. Moreover, he is not taking the route of sponsoring the driver. He got the official F1 driver contract based on his strength!

The next morning, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi went to Manicur Raceway early in the morning. We hope to complete the maintenance of the gearbox and suspension before the car is packed.

After all, as the event deepens, it is becoming more and more difficult to apply for track trial runs, and the time is getting shorter and shorter. The maintenance of the racing car can be completed earlier, so that it will not affect Zhang Yifei's next stop trial run.

You should know that Yinshi Station is one of the highest-ranking stops in Formula history, and the UK is also the headquarters of several F1 teams. If you can achieve impressive results at Yinshi Station, your influence will double!

However, as soon as Ah Hu and his friends left, a guest came to visit Zhang Yifei. This person was not someone else, but Prost!

The previous agreement between Zhang Yifei and Prost can only be regarded as oral agreements. Although with Prost's current fame and status, there is no need to admit anything, if you want to become a formal driver of Prost team, you need to sign a formal contract.

The purpose of Prost coming today is to talk to Zhang Yifei about the official F1 driver contract!

When they came to the small conference room of the hotel, because Junko Takeda and the others were still affiliated with Toyota, they had no way to participate in the finalization of the driver's contract, so there were only two people, Zhang Yifei and Cosel, in the conference room.

However, Junko Takeda took advantage of this opportunity and drove to Le Mans with Yamamoto Ukyo, which is the headquarters of the European Toyota Race Organization, and then learned about the reason why the Toyota technical team was evacuated.

In the hotel conference room, after both parties greeted each other, they sat down face to face. Prost asked his assistant to take out two driver contracts from his briefcase and handed them to Zhang Yifei and Cosell respectively.

Because Prost also understood that Cosel is now equivalent to Zhang Yifei's "agent". Instead of waiting for Zhang Yifei to read it slowly before reading it for Cosel, it would be better to copy one more directly so that they can have enough time to negotiate.

The "professor" just likes to be proficient in calculations on the track, which does not mean that he is also conservative in real life.

After taking over the contract, Kossel did not open it directly, but asked Prost: "Fei joins Prost team and will he replace who is the current driver in the team?"

This question was asked by a reporter at the podium of Manicur Circuit, but he was perfunctory.

But this issue is the top priority for Zhang Yifei, because he wants to enter the Prost team, and he will have to replace one of the current team drivers, and the remaining one will become Fei's teammate.

For an F1 driver, whoever his teammates are may be more important than who his opponents are, because this will determine your position in the team. Whether you can play freely or have to be a wingman to give in depends on the strength of your teammates.

"I have reached a transfer agreement with Sauber to replace Nick Hydefield. Heidfield will replace retired Mika Hakkinen next season and become the official driver of Sauber and partner with legendary newcomer Kimi Raikkonen."

Currently, the two official drivers of Prost team are Jean Alessi and Nick Hydefield.

Jean Alessi is a French veteran and the core figure in Prost's plan to build a pure French team. Jean Alessi has joined since the day the Prost team was born.

However, Alaisi, who is 35 years old this year, has not had a very good record in F1. His career only won a branch championship at the Canadian station in 1995 and was also the only branch championship.

As a result, that stop was the highlight of Alessi's career and also his dark period. Because he received news after the game that his Ferrari driver position was replaced by Schumacher from Benetton, which means he was terminated.

From the genius boy who won the F3 and F3000 Championships to the current uncrowned veteran, Alessi's career can be said to have reached the end. But Prost still chose to keep him, and French sentiment probably occupies a big factor in this.

Another driver of Prost, Nick Hydefield, is also a talented driver. He is a newcomer who has just entered F1 this year. Prost is Hydefield's first stop in F1.

Before this German young player entered the Prost team, he just won the driver championship of Formula 3000, which is incredible.

Unexpectedly, his experience with Prost was the most painful period of his career.

As a newcomer, it is undoubtedly lucky to be able to directly get a seat as an official driver. Especially Hydefield just won the f3000 world championship, he is in full swing, and everyone is optimistic that he can show his strength.

It is precisely for this reason that Prost chose to sign such a new German guy to bring changes to the team.

This is why, when Kossel negotiated with Prost, he was not interested in Zhang Yifei. Even if Zhang Yifei is strong in the Renault Formula, is he comparable to the f3000 world championship?

Both are newcomers, at least Heidfield proved himself with various sweeps before entering F1, and Zhang Yifei's grades in the junior formula are really not convincing enough.

However, after entering F1, Heidfield drove the new car with the highest technological content on the earth, but his performance was not satisfactory. Now that the season has passed, Heidfield has not scored a single point, and has a series of withdrawals, which is worrying.

Moreover, his relationship with the team is not very good. He had a fight with his teammate Jean Alessi more than once. The racing speed was slow, and the drivers had nothing to do with all martial arts. How can I compare this competition?

So so far, Prost still has zero points to account. It can be foreseen that in this state, Prost will have zero eggs this year. It is precisely based on this bad result that Prost thought about change and signed Zhang Yifei to come in.

"It's not a good choice to stay Alessi."

Cosel replied bluntly, "Alessi is an experienced veteran," but in the arena of F1, it is not the qualification to get better as you get older. The decline in physical fitness and reaction speed brought by age is already irreversible.

And Alessi's experience cannot help new players. He is a driver with a hot temper. It can prove this from being able to fight him a few times in a season.
Chapter completed!