"The biggest miracle in the history of racing happened! - In the Italian Grand Prix of the World Formula One Championship that ended yesterday, Zhang Guan of the China Force Racing Team won his tenth race championship of the season and topped the list of drivers with 113 The points table is guarded, and he has surpassed the second-placed Barrichello by 49 points. Given that there are four races left in this year's Formula One race, Zhang Guan has already locked in the championship of this season in advance. We have witnessed with our own eyes what is happening in the racing world The birth of the greatest miracle, a racing driver who participated in a Formula One race for the first time, to be precise, a person who participated in motor sports for the first time, won the annual Formula One championship. This can really be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented. I believe only Zhang Guan, the 'veteran miracle worker', can do it!" Zhang Guan's photo appeared on the front page of the New York Times again.
"The International Automobile Federation congratulated Zhang Guan for winning four races ahead of schedule, and decided to hold a championship award ceremony for Zhang Guan after the Japanese Grand Prix. F1 President Bernie also said in an interview with reporters that he was very grateful to Zhang Guan. Guan’s contribution to the promotion of Formula One racing around the world, he even called Zhang Guan a rare racing wizard in a thousand years." "Racing" magazine.
"Zhang Guan ascended to the F1 world championship. He became the first Chinese athlete to win a championship in the world's top racing event. From doubts at the beginning of the year, to winning one race after another, to locking the world championship four races ahead of schedule. , Zhang Guan’s journey has not been ordinary. Next, let us review Zhang Guan’s mental journey... "This is an official domestic newspaper, followed by a page of introduction and a page of praise.
Locking the championship four races in advance is not a rare thing in Formula One, but for a driver who is participating in Formula One in his first year, all this is too magical. In history, no racing driver has ever been able to win the annual championship in his first season in F1. Prior to this, the best result of a driver in his first year in F1 was Hamilton's runner-up.
Hamilton's career started at McLaren, and there are very few people like Hamilton who start their F1 career in a big team. What big teams need is mature and competitive racing history, and newcomers are often in A small team starts its racing career. Even if they show extraordinary talent but lack a competitive car, they have no chance of winning the championship. Even Schumacher started his F1 career with the Jordan Racing Team. After showing his talent, he was poached by the Benetton Racing Team and began his championship career.
From a certain point of view, Zhang Guan is also very lucky. If it were not for the economic crisis, he would not have the opportunity to buy a team; if it were not for Ross Brawn, Zhang Guan would not be able to own a fast enough car. Without a fast enough car, even if Zhang Guan is a fusion of Senaga and Schumacher, it is impossible to win the annual championship.
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Bernie, the head of F1, appears to be in high spirits. Zhang Guan has secured the annual championship in advance, which is undoubtedly a boost for Bernie. Over the years, Bernie has been committed to the promotion of F1. He hopes to promote F1 to the world. However, last year's economic crisis gave him a blow. Even large manufacturer teams like Honda decided not to play. F1 even has ten teams. The team almost couldn't get together.
Fortunately, Zhang Guan appeared. Behind Zhang Guan, he represents a large market with a population of more than one billion. Even if he can only attract 1% of the people to watch the Formula One game, that is millions of people. It’s on par with many European countries.
Now that Zhang Guan has won the championship ahead of schedule, it means that he can attract tens of millions of viewers to F1. Bernie even feels that F1's communication and advertising fees can be significantly increased next year.
Think about how at the beginning of the year, Bernie took the initiative to issue the super license to Zhang Guan. At that time, he was criticized by many people. The media, commentators, and retired racing drivers all accused him of turning the noble F1 into a copper-smelling one. the match of. But now, the man who they said relied on money to go through the back door to obtain driver qualifications has become the world champion four races ahead of schedule.
"A few months ago, everyone was saying that Zhang Guan went through the back door. If you have the ability, let's talk about it now! If I can win the world championship through the back door, I would be willing to open the back door again!" Bernie looked at the praise for Zhang Guan in the media and felt quite a bit. A feeling of elation.
"The economic situation should be much better next year, and the Formula One competition should also expand its ranks. Maybe now is a good time to 'create a god.'" Bernie thought of this, picked up the phone, and dialed a number.
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For any sport to be promoted, "creating gods" is essential. For example, David Stern created Michael Jordan, which promoted the NBA to the world. Later superstars such as Kobe, James, Durant, Curry, etc. also became "created by NBA promotion" god". People pay attention to the NBA. At first, they pay attention to a few stars, then they turn to the teams where the stars belong, and then they pay attention to the entire NBA events. Many people can't even name the 30 NBA teams, but they definitely know the big-name stars. And as long as the NBA can continue to create superstars, it will never decline.
The same is true for football. Pele and Maradona, the kings of the last century, Ronaldo and Beckham at the turn of the century, and later Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, each superstar alternately passed on the banner of "god". Bring people to pay attention to this sport.
After all, football and basketball are the most widely watched sports in the world, and for smaller sports, god-making is even more important. Federer made many people obsessed with tennis, and O'Sullivan made many people start paying attention to table tennis and gambling. Before Walter appeared, many people may have never even watched the 100-meter dash. If it weren't for Liu Feiren, there would definitely be many people in China who didn't know about the 110-meter hurdles event.
The F1 race has created gods many times. Senna was once the focus of countless media attention, but unfortunately died young; and more people only realized the fun of the F1 race through Schumacher. Since Schumacher retired, it is an indisputable fact that F1's attention has been greatly reduced, so Bernie needs a new god to attract more attention and better promote F1.
Bernie originally selected the defending champion Hamilton. He hoped to make Hamilton into another Schumacher, but Hamilton himself failed to live up to expectations. Many people, including the drivers, questioned Hamilton's character. People with character problems are obviously not suitable. Used to create gods.
Zhang Guan turned out to be the winner, and Bernie obviously found another excellent target. In comparison, Zhang Guan is more well-known and has a better image, and the story of his victory is even more magical. It is obviously more beneficial for the promotion of F1 to have Zhang Guan become a "new god".
With Bernie's promotion, Zhang Guan's name continued to appear in major European media in the next few days.
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While Zhang Guan won the annual championship, the China Force Racing Team had already locked in the annual team championship in advance.
The annual championship of Formula One has always been monopolized by big teams. Even if it is not a factory team like Ferrari, it is a team that has been in F1 for many years. A new team may need one or two years of experience before they can get on the podium. It takes several years or even more than ten years of accumulation before you can have a chance to win the annual team championship.
China Force's victory undoubtedly created another miracle. A new team won the team championship in its first year after entering Formula One. This is unique in the history of F1.
Last year's Honda team was a weakling in F1. Both Honda and Force India failed to score a point, and Honda was even worse than Force India because Force India still participated in the 2009 season, while the Honda team simply couldn't continue. .
No one could have expected that the weakest team in F1 last year would become the strongest team in one fell swoop after being acquired by Zhang Guan and changing its name. This result surprised many people, and many people were also surprised. Ridiculing Honda's decision-making and saying they let go of a laying hen.
Some people, out of boredom, began to analyze what happened during this period when the weak Honda team turned into the strongest Chinese force. When Zhang Guan acquired the Honda team, he kept the original team from the European headquarters. The designers, engineers and technicians remained unchanged. The only change was that the driver changed from Button to Zhang Guan. But looking at Barrichello's second place result in the world, we can know that even without changing drivers, Force China will still become the top team.
However, the Force China team uses Mercedes-Benz engines. Prior to this, the Honda team was a factory team and they used Honda's own racing engines. The same set of people became stronger after replacing the engine. So after analysis, some analysts believed that Honda's engine was much worse than Mercedes-Benz's engine.
The engine is the heart of a car. If a car manufacturer cannot make a good engine, it can never hope to make a good car. Therefore, this has also caused consumers to question Honda cars.
Honda once again took the blame. In fact, the engines of F1 racing cars and the engines of ordinary civilian cars can be said to be two completely different things. Compared with ordinary civilian cars, F1 racing cars are simply too unattainable. This is like comparing fried shredded potatoes with Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. A cook can't make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, but he can definitely make shredded potatoes. If a chef who is good at Buddha Jumps Over the Wall stirs fried potato shreds, it may not be better than takeout fried potatoes. better.
In fact, manufacturers at the level of F1 are not very surprised in terms of manufacturing level. For high-tech things, the closer you get to the top of the pyramid, the harder it is to widen the gap. Sometimes the so-called leaders Just standing one step in front of you. Take one step and you catch up with him; take two steps and you surpass him.
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On the plane flying to Singapore, Ross Brown held a report in his hand and looked very happy.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Zhang, you know, we made money!" Ross Brown said.
"Making money? I don't quite understand." Zhang Guan asked confused.
"We won the constructors' championship this year, so there will be an extra bonus." Ross Brawn said.
"Bonus? Who gave it?" Zhang Guan then asked.
"It's the salary for operating Formula One. It seems you don't know yet. Teams participating in F1 will receive some bonuses every year. Of course, the higher the ranking, the higher the bonus. In addition, the big teams also have some other bonuses. share," Ross-Brown explained.
"How many can there be? How much can we earn?" Zhang Guan is still more concerned about specific numbers.
"I did the math and I should be able to get at least 60 million pounds." Ross Brown said, pointing to the paper in his hand.
"60 million pounds? That's so much! It's more than the operating expenses of some small teams." Zhang Guan said.
"Formula One generates more than a billion dollars in revenue every year. As president, that old guy Bernie can also get tens of millions every year. Part of the revenue will be awarded to the team as bonuses. For many For small teams, this bonus is actually the main source of their income, which can almost offset their operating expenses. If their results are better, they may even make money." Ross Brown thought for a while and then said : "For example, the Honda team's bonus last year was 20 million pounds. This money originally belonged to us, but Bernie, the cheapskate, said that because the Honda team changed owners, he could not enjoy the 20 million pounds."
"I remember the Honda team was last last year, right? The last place can get 20 million? The operating company of F1 is really generous." Zhang Guan sighed. To be honest, he was shocked by this number. Because in Zhang Guan's perception, the top players always get the money, and he has never heard of any sport where the bottom player can still get huge bonuses.
"The Honda team is a manufacturer team, so as long as they compete, there will be a fixed factory team bonus." Ross Brown explained.
"Then we should be the ones with the most wins, right? Although we are not a factory team, we are number one." Zhang Guan then asked.
"I'm sorry that we don't win the most. Ferrari has the most bonuses, and McLaren may also have more bonuses than us." Ross Brawn continued.
"Because they are a factory team?" Zhang Guan asked.
“It’s not just because of the factory teams. As a veteran team in F1, they can enjoy a share of F1’s revenue. I remember that Ferrari can get 5% of F1’s annual revenue, and McLaren is slightly less than Ferrari. Coupled with the team ranking bonus, Ferrari will always earn more than hundreds of millions of dollars from F1 every year. In addition, the Williams team, although not a factory team, but because it is a senior team, they will also Enjoy additional revenue sharing, and this money can be obtained as long as they participate in the game." Ross Brown said.
Zhang Guan nodded as if he had a sudden realization. The commercialization of the sports industry that is talked about every day in China is nothing compared to F1. In F1, everyone really has something to eat, but in China, it is more like a trap for sponsors. How many billions are sold for a naming right, and how many billions are sold for a broadcasting right, all are astronomical figures, but in the end it is unknown who pockets such a large amount of money. Anyway, when it comes to hiring a coach, these astronomical figures are all gone. It disappeared without a trace, and the club only heard about this amount but could not see any real money.
(End of chapter)