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Chapter 604 Ground Chapter 224 Racing Heart

"China Force?" Ross Brown repeated before saying, "It reminds me of Force India now."

"In fact, I only want to participate in the Formula One race for Force India." Zhang Guan said very relaxed.

"I would like to hear more about it," Ross Brown said immediately.

"The matter starts from Mumbai. I was there when Mumbai was attacked a few days ago. I think you should have learned about this matter through the news..." Zhang Guan slowly explained the cause of the matter, and Ross -The more Brown listened, the more incredible he felt, especially when he heard the 500 million dollar bet, he shouted in surprise.

"My God, Mr. Zhang Guan, are you kidding me! A $500 million bet? Just for a breath! This is really crazy." Ross Brown said.

"Of course not, this is not just for a breath, but to earn 500 million dollars! I have said before that I approached you because you can build the fastest car in the world. I believe in your car, You can help me earn this 500 million dollars!" Zhang Guan said.

"Okay! I will try my best." Ross Brown took a deep breath. He was very unfavorable to Zhang Guan, but he still said: "I also hope that you can create miracles."

"It will!" Zhang Guan said firmly.

"If you can really earn 500 million dollars from the Maria family, then you have to pay me this season's salary." Ross Brown joked, and then he said: "The current team is buying down, but we still need an operating expense."

"That's no problem. I've already prepared some. The first batch of 10 million US dollars will arrive in the account immediately." Zhang Guan said.

"To be honest, I don't have much money anymore. In terms of team operating expenses, I'm afraid I can't spend much. But I'm going to Germany tomorrow to finalize the racing engine." Ross Brown said.

"Use a Mercedes-Benz engine?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yes, when I was at Ferrari, I wanted to use Mercedes engines. Unfortunately, Ferrari is a factory team and they have their own engines. I estimate that in the new season, we will use 30 car engines. I I will talk to Mercedes and try to get the car engine on credit first, and I will see if I can get the engine test data of the McLaren team, after all, we are already behind in this regard.” Ross Brown Open your mouth and say.

The full name of the McLaren team is the Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes team, so they are also the factory team of Mercedes-Benz, until later Mercedes came up with a special Mercedes-Benz team, McKay Lun changed to an independent team.

The engine of a racing car is undoubtedly the heart of a racing car. All the research and development of a racing car revolves around making the engine play its best role. 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 yuan a year, but this 100 million yuan does not include the cost of car engine research and development. For example, the Ferrari team spends about 200 million U.S. dollars on the team every year, but if engine development is included, they spend more than 400 million U.S. dollars, and the cost of car engine development will even exceed the entire However, 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, the cost of engine development can be saved, but the independent team needs to spend money to purchase the car engine from the manufacturer's team, and also needs to provide the manufacturer's team with the data of each station's engine for the manufacturer's team. improved. In order to maintain the continuity of racing car research and development, which manufacturer's engine 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.

At the same time, the manufacturer's team is also very cautious about selling engines, which cannot be bought with money. Buyers and sellers trade engines and often sign contracts that run for several years.

Ross Brawn would have saved the team a lot of money if he had been able to get the racing engine on credit from Mercedes-Benz.

In the era of the V10 engine, there was no limit to the number of regular-year-old racing engines. At that time, a team needed about 130 functional engines a year, including race use, qualifying use, practice use, test use, etc., and that The most expensive Ferrari engine in the era is equivalent to more than 300,000 euros, and 130 engines are almost 40 million. This is the money a team spends on car engines in a year.

Later, the 2.4-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine replaced the V10 engine. The number of cylinders in the engine was reduced, but the speed of the car was faster, so the price of the engine was more expensive. At present, the price of a racing engine is about 1 million euros, which can buy a Bugatti. According to regulations, a racing car can use up to 8 engines and 4 test engines in a season, that is, a total of 12 engines. About 12 million euros, and a team with two cars will spend at least 24 million euros on the racing engine. So if Ross Brawn can get the engine on credit from Mercedes, the interest during the period alone can save the team a lot of money, and its contribution is no less than the 10 million euros Zhang Guan invested in the team's operating funds.

In the future, when the racing engine becomes a turbocharged 1.6-liter V6, which makes the technology more sophisticated, and the price of each engine at that time is as high as 4 million euros. So in the future, the news that some local tyrants 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 on March 5, British local time, Ross Brawn issued a statement announcing that he would take over the former Honda F1 team. The statement also confirmed that the team will compete with Mercedes-Benz engines.

This news immediately caused a sensation in the car world. There is still a week left before the last public test of the new season. Everyone thought that the Honda team was going to be disbanded, but they didn't expect Ross Brown to come forward at this time and buy it. convoy.

The reporters immediately asked the International Automobile Federation to verify the authenticity of this matter, and got a positive answer. Ross Brawn has indeed become the owner of the Honda team, and the name of the new team is "China Power"!

This name surprised all the media. Ross Brown is an out-and-out British, but the team is called "China Force", which makes everyone think of the current Force India team. Anyone with a little brain can realize that there is definitely Chinese capital involved in this team.

"The team is called China Power, and it must be a team acquired by Chinese capital. I have never heard of any Chinese capital tycoon wanting to acquire the Honda team!"

"Yeah, there are several investment groups rumored to acquire 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 the regulations, tomorrow morning, the International Automobile Federation will announce the information of all the teams participating in the new season. At that time, we will be able to see the specific information of this Chinese power team, and we will also know who the owner of the team is. Who is it?"

In the morning of the second day, countless reporters stayed by the computer, waiting for the FIA ​​to release the latest fleet information.

"It's out! The International Automobile Federation has officially announced the fleet information!" A reporter quickly clicked on the webpage.

"China Power Team, established: March 2009, team owners: Zhang Guan, Ross Brown."

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