All-round Athlete

Chapter 598 Super Driver's License

On the other end of the phone, He Yiming was stunned for more than ten seconds, and then he said: "Could it be possible that you want to form a team? Zhang Guan, you have to think clearly, that is a team, not a team. Athletics team! For a track and field team, as long as there is a venue and training equipment, but a team needs too many things. We need designers, technicians, engineers and technicians for automobiles, we need venues, we need Materials and equipment, what we want to assemble is a Formula One car! Formula One almost represents the most cutting-edge automotive technology in the world, and the difficulty and investment of building a Formula One team is more difficult than building a car production It's much more difficult! I'm not that capable, so I'll help you find the right person and let you form a team!"

"Brother He, you are thinking too much. I don't have the time to rebuild a team! A team needs a lot of background. Look at Ferrari and McLaren, who have been playing Formula One for decades. This kind of background is not something a new team can have. Then didn’t the Maria family buy the Spyker team? Changed the name and became Force India. We also learn from them and spend money to buy a team, we call it China Force! Let's build a Chinese team!" Zhang Guan said.

"Don't tell me, this is really a good idea. It is indeed more cost-effective to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a team than to rebuild a team. But why didn't you have this plan a long time ago! Otherwise, in May this year , let’s just buy Super Aguri directly. It’s too late now, the team of Super Aguri has probably disbanded. As for the remaining teams, I haven’t heard that any boss wants to resell them.” He Yiming After thinking about it, he asked, "Why don't you look for it from other formula cars? Formula Three? Or the GP2 series?"

"No need, wait two more days, someone will probably sell it! This year's economic crisis, the life of these large car companies will be difficult. Playing F1 is too expensive, and it is estimated that some manufacturers will not be able to support it soon! "Zhang Guan said with a smile: "But if you really buy a team at that time, the sponsorship relationship will be left to you! At that time, we will put the sponsor's LOGO on the front and rear of the car, which can help us at least. Make some money back!"

"Yeah, you've really thought too much! But even if you put trademarks all over the car, you can't make back $500 million!" On the other side of the phone, He Yiming said somewhat reproachfully.

"Brother He, you just have no confidence in me! I'm aiming for the F1 world championship! By the way, when I accept the advertisement, I have to add one, if I can really win the Formula One world championship , They have to give me more money!" Zhang Guan said confidently.

"Add more money! You should think about how to get a faster car!" He Yiming continued: "You have always been number one in track and field, I don't want to see On the racing track, I saw you being lapped by others!"

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Mumbai, India.

"How is it? Is there any news about Zhang Guan applying for an F1 super driver's license?" Omi asked his subordinates.

"I haven't received relevant information yet. I have contacted several other teams, and they have not received any recommendation requests from Zhang Guan." The subordinate said respectfully.

"Oh, that's weird. It's been so long, why hasn't Zhang Guan moved? If he wants to get an F1 super driver's license, he must be recommended by the team. Naturally, it is impossible for us Force India to recommend him. The rest Among the nine teams, who will he find? Toro Rosso? Or Williams?" Omi frowned and thought.

Since signing the bet, Omi has been paying attention to Zhang Guan's recent situation, and for now, Omi is most concerned about when Zhang Guan will become an official F1 driver, that is, get the FIA Super license issued by FIA!

The super driver's license is a special driver's license issued by the International Automobile Federation, and it can also be said to be an entry ticket for drivers to participate in the competition. Under normal circumstances, people who can't even get a super driver's license are obviously unable to participate in the competition. However, there are occasional exceptions. The Toyota team once had a driver's super driver's license, which was reissued at the fourth race after the start of the race, so he drove for three races without a license.

It is worth mentioning that the FIA ​​super driver's license cannot be used as a driver's license for civilian vehicles. When many drivers get a super driver's license, they are not even at the legal age to obtain a driver's license for civilian vehicles. There are some well-known racing champions who have already galloped on the racing field in their teens, but they are not qualified to drive a common car on the road.

The super driver's license of Formula One needs to be applied to the International Automobile Federation. There are mainly ways to obtain this driver's license, such as winning the world championship of GP2 or F3, so as to prove one's own strength, one can apply for an F1 driver's license; Another example is that if the driver is very talented and has been recognized by the team, the team can also apply for such an F1 driver's license. Among them, the former depends on strength, while the latter depends somewhat on relationships. In the end, whether to issue this chapter of F1's super driver's license to the driver still depends on whether the Formula One Management Committee is willing to nod.

Among the F1 world champions, such as Schumacher, Hamilton, Vettel and others, they all came from low-level competitions such as F3000 formula, GP2 formula, and three-level formula; while Raikkonen did not participate in so many low-level competitions. He entered the Sauber team with the appreciation of the owner of the Sauber team. He just got his F1 super driver's license before the start of the first race.

In the future, the International Automobile Federation will also reform the conditions for obtaining a super driver's license, requiring drivers to obtain certain points through low-level racing competitions, and only after the points are enough can they apply for an F1 super driver's license. At that time, there was also a lot of resistance to this reform, because according to the new rules, the three world champions such as Lightning, Button, and Alonso could not get the super driver's license of F1.

In addition, the "annual examination fee" for a super driver's license is also very high. The International Automobile Federation stipulates that drivers who obtain the F1 super license have to pay 10,000 euros to the International Automobile Federation every year, and if the driver gets a point, he needs to pay an additional 2,000 euros (the original is more than 400, and later the price has increased. ). For this reason, in the year when Raikkonen won the world championship, the "annual examination fee" he paid to the International Automobile Federation was as high as 270,000 euros. The cost of this annual examination is much more expensive than that of an airplane driver's license. What is certain is that a super driver's license from the Federation of International Automobile Manufacturers is definitely more attractive than an airplane driver's license.

For Zhang Guan, he has never participated in low-level racing competitions such as Formula GP2 and Formula Three, so he only needs to be recommended by the F1 team if he wants to obtain the F1 super driver's license.

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"The necessary materials recommended by the F1 team are the 300-kilometer driving record of the F1 car. Written records, on-site videos, and racing data are required...Then the Formula One Management Committee will determine whether the driver has the ability to drive in Formula One based on these application materials. Qualifications for racing." Zhuge Wenbo finished reading the material in hand, raised his head and said to Zhang Guan: "I can help you find a team that is willing to drive for you, but I can't help you with the 300-kilometer limit! You have to Go and drive by yourself..."

What is the concept of 300 kilometers? For example, the oldest silverstone circuit in the UK has a single lap length of 5.981 kilometers, and the race needs to run 52 laps. It needs to run about 306 kilometers in total to complete the race, and 300 kilometers is equivalent to completing a formal Formula One race. Contest.

The driving record of 300 kilometers sounds very simple. Many of our drivers run long distances casually, but this is a Formula One car, so it is not as simple as running at a high speed with constant speed cruise. Some people say that it’s a big deal to drive slowly, but don’t forget that if the speed is too slow, the Formula One Management Committee will not approve this super driver’s license.

What's more, the engine life of F1 racing cars is much shorter than that of our passenger cars. Passenger cars can run tens of thousands of kilometers without maintenance, but the engine of an F1 racing car must be on guard against failures such as cylinder explosion if it exceeds 1,000 kilometers. Generally, it is normal for a driver to change an engine in three or four races.

The engine of every F1 racing car is very valuable, scrapping an engine is equivalent to scrapping a lot of banknotes, plus the wear and tear of other parts of the racing car, those are also money. It is said to run 300 kilometers, in fact, it is better to say that it burns 300 kilometers! So there is no team that will give an unknown rookie a chance to run 300 kilometers. Even if you are willing to spend money, they will not be willing to let you ruin their car.

Zhuge Wenbo noticed that Zhang Guan was holding the laptop and was concentrating on browsing the news on it. He couldn't help but said, "You don't seem to be in a hurry at all! Why do I think you are not worried about the 500 million US dollars at all!"

"Don't worry, isn't there a fleet yet? I need to buy a fleet first, so I looked online for someone who sells a fleet..." Zhang Guan said.

"Buy a team? What you want to buy is an F1 team! You are buying a second-hand car! You can even look for it online! Is there a deal? Do you want to wait until Double Eleven to get a cheaper price? I still have some JD points here, maybe I can It's worth a few dollars!" Zhuge Wenbo said angrily. (Just kidding, there were none of these back then)

"Brother Wenbo, don't worry, look, I found it!" Zhang Guan turned over the laptop screen with a smile, pointed at Zhuge Wenbo and continued: "In the Internet age, everything is possible, help me prepare money Come on! Let's buy this!"

"What? Don't tease me, there are really F1 teams for sale on the Internet?" Zhuge Wenbo stretched his head to look at the screen, and there was a series of English titles on it.

"Honda announced its withdrawal from F1"

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