Almighty Athlete Chapter 227: Partner

After a few laps, Zhang Guan returned to the repair station, ran out after refueling, and after a dozen more laps, Zhang Guan returned to refuel and change tires. After a whole morning of tossing and running, I finally ran 50 laps, and finished running 300 kilometers.

The 50-lap test is enough to show the level of a driver. A driver can drive a Formula 1 car to complete 50 laps at high speed. Theoretically, he is capable of coping with the Formula 1 race. .

The performance of Zhang Guan today has completely shocked Ross Brown, and it can even be said to completely subvert the three views of Ross Brown. A person who has never been in contact with motorsports once drove a Formula One car and ran out of first-class drivers. This is something that Brown would never want in his life.

Although this test does not show the true level of Zhang Guan, Ross Brown sees the talent of Zhang Guan in motorsports. With this talent, it is worth giving him a car, even if he can’t win now. , But will definitely win the future!

In the afternoon, Zhang Guan and Ross Brown returned to the team’s laboratory.

A pure white racing car is there, and the car has not been painted.

"This is our new car?" Zhang Guan looked at the car with interest. He knew that this car was the bgp001, or should now be called China Force 001. It was this car that swept other teams in the 2009 season and occupied two positions on the podium many times, namely Ferrari and Mai. Karen can only chase the taillights of this car.

Ross-Brown nodded: "Yes, this is our new car. Now it is undergoing the final wind tunnel test. After the wind test, you can go to the road to test. From the last public before the season There are 13 days left in the test, and our time is very tight. The next full-vehicle wind tunnel test requires drivers to participate, so you may have to stay here until the start of this season."

"No problem, I came with my luggage." Zhang Guan nodded.

"Another thing, we have to determine the second driver." Ross Brown said.

"Could you choose between Barton and Barrichello?" Zhang Guan asked.

“Yes, we can only choose one. Our funds are limited. We can’t even afford the test driver this year. So the second driver still needs to work as a test driver.” Rose Brown said.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The two drivers have a lot of racing experience, but Barrichello is definitely better. Barton started to participate in the Formula One race in 2000, and Barrichello started to participate in this race in 1993. The race is now on. Barton was the star of hope in the British racing world, but he has not achieved very good results over the years; and Barrichello was a veteran of the Schumacher era. At Ferrari, he also assisted Schumacher on board. The throne of the world champion." Rose Brown said.

"Whose of them has a lower salary?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"That must be Barrichello! He is already 37 years old, and I want a pension contract that will allow him to stay. As for Barton, I guess he is not willing to leave, after all, he is already here. The team has played for five years, and now it is not easy to find a new team. If you talk to him well, he should be willing to reduce his salary." Ross Brown said.

Zhang Guan looked down and thought. In terms of strength, Barton must beat Barrichello. The history of the 2009 season f1 championship was won by Barton, but Zhang Guan does not want Barton as his deputy. Any driver who is determined to win the championship, all Do not want to have an equally strong teammate.

In the f1 race, the two drivers of a team will always have the primary and secondary points. In addition to fighting for good results, the second driver in the team is to help the first driver get a better ranking. For example, the Ferrari of Schumacher era. At that time, Schumacher's deputy often took the responsibility of blocking the opponent, so that Schumacher could lead more. Sometimes, even if the deputy took the lead, he would give his position to Schumacher. So Schumacher won so many world championships, also closely related to the help of teammates.

But if a team does not distinguish between No. 1 and No. 2 drivers, and the strength of both drivers is very strong, it will inevitably lead to internal strife. For example, in 2007 McLaren, when Alonso and Hamilton were two strong players at the McLaren team, both of them went to the world championship, and the consequence was that the two people of the same team fought in the race As a result, in one race, two people had occupied the first and second places, but the result was a fight, and the two cars of their own team almost collided.

From this point, Barrichello may be a good candidate to help his teammates to win the championship. The driver of his age has no ambitions, and more is hoping to mix in a contract for retirement; and Zhang Guan is the team Boss, Barrichello certainly won't be so open-minded and competing with his boss for the first; more importantly, Barrichello has had the experience of assisting Schumacher. Schumacher won five consecutive championships from 2000 to 2004, and his teammate was Barrichello.

If you change to Patton, it is not necessary. When Barton was young, he was regarded as the successor of Schumacher. He was highly hoped by British fans, but he has not achieved any results in recent years. His heart has been holding a sigh of relief. A car with a strong title, I believe Patton will desperately rush towards the championship. And during the history of Barton in McLaren, he was also in a fight for his championship position with his teammate Hamilton.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Guan still said: "I think we should leave Barrichello."

Ross-Brown nodded. He did not object. Instead, he glared at Zhang Guan deeply, as if he had seen through Zhang Guan's inner thoughts.

Barton is indeed more capable than Barrichello. If Barton is left, the new team may get more points. Of course, Rose Brown knows this. However, Ross Brown obviously will not be awkward with the team’s boss for this kind of thing, not to mention that Barrichello and Ross Brown also have teacher-student friendship. When Ross Brown was technical director of Ferrari, Barrichello Even the second driver of Ferrari, Ross Brown did not want to watch his disciples lose their jobs.

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Barrichello was anxiously staying at his residence in England.

The team has found a new buyer, but Barrichello has not received the news that the team will renew his contract. He feels that he is likely to be unemployed.

Barrichello, 37 years old this year~ IndoMTL.com~ is already a grandfather in the sport of racing. He is the oldest driver in active service, and at his age, if he is unemployed , I am afraid it is difficult to find a position as an official driver.

"I don’t know if the team will leave me if I don’t have a salary? Maybe I should try other races? But at my current age, I can only go to some low-level rally, right? "" Barrichello shook his head helplessly.

At this time, Barrichello's phone rang, and he glanced at the caller ID, which was called by Ross Brown. He answered the phone immediately.

"Rubens, the team has already planned to renew your contract! But the price is not very high. After all, you know the current situation of the team..." Ross Brown's voice sounded.

"Okay, no problem, I am very willing to continue to work for the team, and I can accept a certain degree of salary reduction!" Barrichello looked a little excited, and then asked: "Mr. Brown, my new season teammate Who is it? Or Jane Button?"

"No, you will have a new partner, and someone you absolutely can't think of." Brown didn't continue to sell, he continued: "Your new partner is our boss Zhang Guan!"