Almighty Athlete Chapter 218: Super driver’s license

On the other end of the phone, He Yiming froze for more than ten seconds, and then said: "Are you going to set up a team yourself? Zhang Guan, if you think about it, it is a team, and Not a track and field team! If a track and field team, as long as there are venues with training equipment, but a team needs too many things. We need designers, technicians, automotive engineers and technicians, we need venues It requires materials and equipment. We are assembling a Formula 1 car! Formula 1 represents almost the most cutting-edge automotive technology in the world. It is more difficult and expensive to build a Formula 1 team than to build a The car production site is much harder! I don’t have the skills to help you find the right person and let you build a team!"

"Hege, you think too much, how can I go to re-build a team! The team needs something, you look at Ferrari and McLaren, playing for decades Formula, that kind of heritage is not something a new team can own. So didn’t the Maria family buy the Spyker team? Changing the name became the power of India. We also learn from them and spend money to buy a team, let’s call China Power! Let's make a Chinese team!" Zhang Guan said.

"Don’t even mention it, this is really a good idea. Buying a team for hundreds of millions of dollars is indeed more cost-effective than rebuilding a team. But why didn’t you have this plan early! Otherwise, this year, five In the month of this month, we bought the Super Aguri directly. It’s late. The team at Super Aguri is estimated to be gone. As for the remaining teams, I haven’t heard of any boss who wants to resell.” He Yiming thought for a while, and then asked: "Or look for other formulas? Formula 3? Or GP2 series?"

"No need, wait two more days, it is estimated that someone will sell it! This year's economic crisis, these big car companies have a hard time, playing F1 is too much money, it is estimated that there will be no support from manufacturers soon Come on!" Zhang Guan said with a smile: "However, if you really buy the team, the sponsorship relationship will be handed over to you! Then we will put the sponsor's LOGO on the front and back of the car. Anyway, we can also Help us make a fortune!"

"Yes, you think so much! But even if you put the car on the trademark, you can't make 500 million dollars!" He Yiming said on the other side of the phone with some blame.

"He Ge, you just don’t have confidence in me! I went to the F1 world champion! By the way, I need to add one when I receive the ad. If I can really get Formula One World champion, they have to add money to me!" Zhang Guan said quite confidently.

"Add money! You still have to think about how to get a car that can run faster!" He Yiming continued: "You have always been the first in track and field, I can I don’t want to see you on the racing track and see you being trapped by someone else!"

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India, Mumbai.

"How is it? Is there any news that Zhang Guan applied for F1 super driver's license?" Omi asked his men.

"I haven't received relevant news so far. I have contacted several other teams, and they have not received a recommendation request from Zhang Guan." The staff said respectfully.

"Oh, it’s weird. It’s been so long. Why hasn’t Zhang Guan been moving yet? If he wants to get the F1 super driver’s license, he definitely needs the team’s recommendation, and it’s impossible for us to recommend it to us Of the remaining nine teams, who will he look for? Red Bull II? Or Williams?" Omi frowned.

Omi has been paying attention to the status of Zhang Guan since signing the gambling contract, and for now, Omi is most concerned about when Zhang Guan will become an official F1 driver, that is, get the International Auto Union Super driver's license issued by FIA!

The super driver’s license is a special driver’s license issued by the International Automobile Federation, which can also be said to be a ticket for drivers to participate. Under normal circumstances, a person who can't even get a super driver's license is obviously unable to participate in the game. However, there are occasional exceptions. The Toyota team once had a driver’s super driver’s license, which was re-applied after the fourth race after the start of the race, so he is equivalent to driving three races without a license.

It is worth mentioning that the International Automobile Federation’s super driver’s license cannot be used as a driver’s license for a civilian car. Many drivers do not even get the legal age to obtain a driver’s license for a civilian car when they obtain a super driver’s license. There are some well-known racing champions, who have been racing on the racing track as a teenager, but they are not qualified to drive a most ordinary car on the road.

The Formula One super driver’s license needs to be applied to the International Automobile Federation. There are mainly ways to obtain this driver’s license, such as obtaining a GP2 or F3 world championship, thus proving your strength, you can apply for a F1 Driver’s license; for example, the driver is very talented and has been recognized by the team. The team can also apply for such a F1 driver’s license. The former depends on strength, while the latter depends somewhat on the relationship. In the end, whether or not to issue the driver's super license in this chapter of F1 depends on whether the Formula One Management Committee is willing to nod.

F1 world champions, such as Schumacher, Hamilton, Vettel, etc., have all been killed from lower-level events such as Formula f3000, GP2, Formula 3, etc.; Raikkonen has not participated in so many. In the lower level, he got the appreciation of the Sauber team boss and entered the Sauber team. He just got his F1 super driver license before the start of the first race.

In the future, the International Automobile Federation has also reformed the conditions for obtaining a super driver’s license, requiring drivers to obtain certain points through low-level racing competitions, and wait until the points are enough to apply for an F1 super driver’s license. At the time, this reform also had a lot of resistance, because according to the new rules, the three world champions like Lightning, Button and Alonso could not get the F1 super driver’s license.

In addition, the "annual review fee" of the super driver's license is also very high. The International Automobile Federation stipulates that drivers who get F1 super licenses will pay 10,000 euros to the International Automobile Federation every year. If the driver gets one point, he will need to pay an additional 2,000 euros (the original is more than 400, and the price will increase later ). Räikkönen’s annual annual fee for the International Automobile Federation was as high as 270,000 Euros in the year that Raikkonen won the world championship. The cost of this year's review is much more expensive than an aircraft driver's license. What is certain is that a super driver's license of the International Automobile Federation is definitely more powerful than an airplane driver's license.

For Zhang Guan, he has not participated in low-level racing competitions such as GP2, Formula 3, etc., so he only needs to pass the recommendation of the F1 team to obtain the F1 super driver’s license.

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"The necessary materials recommended by the F1 team, the driving record of 300 kilometers of the F1 car. There are written records, live video, racing data... Then the Formula 1 Management Committee will determine whether the driver has the driving according to these application materials. Qualification for Formula One." Zhuge Wenbo finished reading the materials in his hand and raised his head to say to Zhang Guan: "I can help you find the team that will let you drive, but I can't help you with this 300 km limit! You have to drive yourself..."

What is the concept of 300 kilometers? For example, the oldest British Silverstone circuit has a lap length of 5.981 kilometers, 52 races to complete the race, and a total of about 306 kilometers to complete the race. 300 kilometers is equivalent to completing a formal Formula One race. game.

The 300-kilometer driving record sounds very simple. Many of our drivers run more than just a long distance, but this is a Formula One car. It is not as simple as running a high-speed cruise with a fixed speed. Some people say that it’s okay 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.

Not to mention that the engine life of F1 cars is much shorter than that of our passenger cars. It is okay to run a passenger car for tens of thousands of kilometers without maintenance, but the engine of the F1 car exceeds 1000 kilometers to beware of whether he will have a cylinder explosion or other failures. It is normal for a driver to change engines in three or four races.

And every F1 car's engine is worth a lot. Scraping an engine means that a lot of money is scrapped, plus the wear and tear of other parts of the car, those are all money. It is said to run 300 kilometers, in fact it is better to say burn 300 kilometers! So no team will give an unknown rookie a chance to run 300 kilometers, even if you are willing to spend money, people are not willing to let you spoil their car~IndoMTL.com~ Zhuge Wenbo found Zhang Guan holding a laptop, dedicated to Browsing the news above, I can't help saying, "You don't seem to be in a hurry! How can I feel that you are not worried about these 500 million dollars!"

"No hurry, isn't there a team yet? I have to buy a team first, so go online and find a team that sells..." Zhang Guan said.

"Buy a team? You want to buy a F1 team! You are buying a used car! You can also find it online! Is there a good deal? Do you want to wait until the Double Eleven to get cheaper? I still have some JD points here, Maybe it will be worth a few dollars!" Zhuge Wenbo said angrily. (Spoof, there weren't any of these at that time)

"Brother Wenbo, don't worry, you see, I can't find it!" Zhang Guan smiled and turned the laptop screen over, pointed at Zhuge Wenbo and then said: "In the Internet age, everything is possible, help me Prepare money! Let's buy this!"

"What? Don't tease me, there are F1 teams online?" Zhuge Wenbo raised his head and looked at the screen with a series of English titles.

"Honda Announces Withdrawal from F1" (To Be Continued.) Launch of New Website