"Force China?" Ross Brawn repeated, and then said: "This reminds me of the current Force India team."
"In fact, I wanted to participate in the Formula One competition just for Force India." Zhang Guan said very relaxedly.
"Want to hear the details." Ross Brown said immediately.
"It starts from Mumbai. When Mumbai was attacked a few days ago, I was also there. I think you should have learned about it through the news..." Zhang Guan slowly explained the cause of the matter, and Ross- The more Brown listened, the more incredible he became, especially when he heard about the $500 million bet, he shouted in surprise.
"My God, Mr. Zhang Guan, are you kidding me? A $500 million bet? Just to fight for a breath! This is really crazy." Ross Brown said.
"Of course not, this is not just for a fight, but to earn 500 million US dollars! I have said before that I came to you because you can build the fastest racing car in the world. I believe in your racing car. You can help me earn 500 million US dollars!" Zhang Guan said.
"Okay! I will try my best." Ross Brown took a deep breath. He was very unfavorable about Zhang Guan, but he still said: "I also hope you can create miracles."
"I will definitely do it!" Zhang Guan said firmly.
"If you can really earn 500 million US dollars from the Maria family, you will have to pay me this season's salary." Ross Brown joked, and then he said: "Currently the team is buying It’s down, but we still need an operating expense.”
"There is no problem. I have already prepared some funds. The first batch of 10 million US dollars will be available soon." Zhang Guan said.
"To be honest, I don't have much money anymore. I'm afraid I can't afford much in terms of team operating expenses. But I plan to go to Germany tomorrow to finalize the racing engine matter." Ross Brown said.
"Want to use a Mercedes-Benz engine?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Yes, when I was at Ferrari, I wanted to use Mercedes engines. Unfortunately, Ferrari is a manufacturer team and they have their own engines. I estimate that in the new season, we will use thirty car engines. I I will talk to Mercedes and try to get the car engine on credit first. In addition, I will see if I can get the engine test data of the McLaren team. After all, we are already lagging behind in this regard." Ross Brawn He spoke.
The full name of the McLaren team is Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes, so they are also the manufacturer team of Mercedes-Benz. It was not until later that Mercedes came up with a dedicated Mercedes-Benz team, McLaren. Luncai changed to an independent team.
The racing engine is undoubtedly the heart of a racing car. All research and development of a racing car is centered around maximizing the effectiveness of the engine. Of course, the most expensive part of a racing car is the engine. It is normal for a Formula One team to invest 100 million a year, but this 100 million does not include the cost of car engine research and development. For example, the Ferrari team spends only about 200 million U.S. dollars on the team every year, but if you include engine development, they spend more than 400 million U.S. dollars. The cost of car engine development may even exceed the entire automobile engine development cost. The expenses of a team, except that the cost of engine development is provided by the Ferrari manufacturer, and this money is not included in the team's expenses.
If it is an independent team, of course it can save the cost of engine development, but the independent team needs to spend money to purchase car engines from the manufacturer's team, and it also needs to provide the manufacturer's team with engine data for each station for the manufacturer's team to conduct research. Improvement. In order to maintain the continuity of racing development, which engine manufacturer an independent team uses is often fixed. It is impossible for an independent team to use Ferrari this year, Renault next year, and Mercedes-Benz the year after that.
At the same time, factory teams are also very cautious about selling engines. They cannot be bought with money. Buyers and sellers often sign contracts for several consecutive years when dealing with engines.
If Ross Brawn can really get the racing engine from Mercedes-Benz on credit, it can be regarded as saving the team a lot of money.
In the era of V10 engines, there was no limit to the number of engines used in regular racing cars. At that time, a team needed about 130 functional engines a year, including competition use, qualifying use, practice use, testing use, etc., and that The most expensive Ferrari engine of the era is equivalent to more than 300,000 euros each. 130 engines are almost 40 million. This is the amount of money a team spends on car engines in a year.
Later, the 2.4-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine replaced the V10 engine. The engine had fewer cylinders, but the car was faster, so the engine price became more expensive. The current price of a racing engine is about 1 million euros. This money can buy a Bugatti. According to the rules, a racing car can use up to 8 engines and 4 test engines in a season, which is a total of 12 engines. The value About 12 million euros, and a team with two racing cars will spend at least 24 million euros on the racing engine. Therefore, if Ross Brawn can borrow the engine from Mercedes, just the interest during the period can save the team a lot of money, and its contribution is no less than the 10 million euros invested by Zhang Guan in the team's operating funds.
In the future, when the racing engine becomes a 1.6-liter V6 turbo, which will make the technology more sophisticated, at that time the price of each engine will be as high as 4 million euros. So in the future, the news that some rich people spend a lot of money to buy supercars is nothing in front of F1. A top supercar can’t even buy a car engine in Formula One.
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At midnight local time on March 5th in the UK, Ross Brawn issued a statement announcing that he would take over the former Honda F1 team. The statement also confirmed that the team will use Mercedes-Benz engines to compete.
This news immediately caused a sensation in the racing world. There was only one week left before the last public test of the new season. Everyone thought that the Honda team was going to be disbanded, but they did not expect that Ross Brawn would step forward at this time and buy it. convoy.
The reporters immediately asked the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to verify the authenticity of this matter, and received a positive answer. Ross Brawn had indeed become the owner of the Honda team, and the name of the new team was "Power of China"!
This name surprised all the media. Ross Brawn is an out-and-out British, but the team is called "Force China", which makes everyone think of the current Force India team. Anyone with a little bit of brains can realize that there is definitely Chinese capital involved in this team.
"The team is called Force China, and it must be a team acquired by capital from China. I have never heard of any Chinese capital tycoon buying the Honda team before!"
"Yes, there are several investment groups rumored to be acquiring the Honda team, but there should be no Chinese team among them!"
"China Power? China's first F1 team? Have the Chinese finally begun to enter the world's top sport?"
"According to regulations, tomorrow morning, the International Automobile Federation will announce the information of all teams participating in the new season. By then we will be able to see the specific information of this China Force team, and we will also know who the owner of the team is. Who?"
The next morning, countless reporters stayed at their computers, waiting for the International Automobile Federation to release the latest team information.
"It's out! The International Automobile Federation has officially announced the team information!" A reporter quickly clicked on the web page.
"Force China Racing Team, established in March 2009, team owners: Zhang Guan, Ross Brawn."
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