Almighty Athlete Chapter 348: Driver championship and team championship
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"The biggest miracle in the history of racing is born!-In the Italian Grand Prix of Formula One World Championships, which ended yesterday, the Zhang Guan of the Force China team won his tenth sub-season championship this season, and won 113 The top driver score table guard, and he has surpassed the second place Barrichello by 49 points, in view of the fact that there are four races left in this year’s Formula One race, Zhang Guan has already locked the championship in advance. The birth of the greatest miracle in the world of racing, a racer who participated in Formula One for the first time, to be precise, the first person to participate in motorsports, won the Formula One championship of the year, this can really be said that there is no ancients and no future I believe that only Zhang Guan, a "senior miracle creator", can do it!" The photo of Zhang Guan appeared on the front page of the New York Times.
"International Auto Union congratulated Zhang Guan for winning the championship four stations ahead of schedule, and decided to hold a championship ceremony for Zhang Guan after the race in Japan. F1 President Bernie also said in an interview with reporters that he is very grateful Zhang Guan's contribution to the promotion of Formula One racing around the world, he even called Zhang Guan a rare racing wizard for thousands of years." "Racing" magazine.
"Zhang Guan topped the F1 world championship. He became China’s first athlete to win the championship in the world’s top racing event. From the questioning at the beginning of the year, to the one-off sub-championship championship, to the four-station advance race Locking up the world championship, Zhang Guan is not a trivial journey. Let's go back to my review of Zhang Guan's journey..."This is an official newspaper in China, followed by a page introduction and a page touted.
Locking the championship four stops ahead of schedule is not a rare event in Formula One, but it’s just too magical for a driver who participated in Formula One for the first year. No driver in history has ever won the championship in the first season of F1. Prior to this, the best result of the driver in the first year of F1 was Hamilton's annual runner-up.
Hamilton’s career started in McLaren, and few people like Hamilton started their F1 career in a big team. The big teams need mature and competitive racing history. Newcomers often They all started their racing careers in small teams, even if they show extraordinary talent, but lack of a competitive car, there is no chance to win the championship. Even Schumacher started his F1 career with Jordan. After showing his talents, he was poached by Benetton and started his championship career.
From a certain point of view, Zhang Guan is also very lucky. If it is not the economic crisis, he will not have the opportunity to buy a team; if it is not Ross Brown, Zhang Guan cannot have a fast enough car. Without a fast enough car, even if the Zhang Guan is a fit of Senaga Schumacher, it is impossible to win the championship of the year.
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F1 headman Bernie looks radiant, Zhang Guan has locked the annual championship in advance, and for Bernie is undoubtedly a stimulant. Bernie has been committed to the promotion of F1 all these years. He hopes to promote F1 to the whole world. However, last year’s economic crisis gave him a head start. Even Honda’s large manufacturer team decided not to play. F1 even has ten. The teams were almost out of order.
Fortunately, Zhang Guan appeared. Behind Zhang Guan represents a large market with a population of more than one billion people. Even if only one percent of people can be attracted to watch Formula One games, it is also millions of people. , All top European countries.
Now that Zhang Guan has won the championship in advance, it means that it can attract tens of millions of viewers for F1. Bernie even felt that F1's communication and advertising fees could be greatly increased next year.
Think about the fact that at the beginning of the year, Bernie Li issued the super driver’s license to Zhang Guan. At that time, he was criticized by many people. The media, commentators, and retired racing drivers accused him of turning the noble F1 into a full copper. Stinky game. Now, the man who got the driver's qualification by spending money on the back door in their mouth has become the world champion four races ahead of schedule.
"A few months ago, I was talking about Zhang Guan going through the back door. I have the ability to talk about it now! If I can get the world championship through the back door, I would be willing to open this back door!" Bernie looked at the media's praise for Zhang Guan. There is a feeling of raising his eyebrows.
"The economic situation should be much better next year, and the Formula One race should also be expanded. Perhaps it is a good time to create a god." Bernie thought of this, picked up the phone and dialed number.
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For any sport to be promoted, "creating gods" is essential. For example, David Stern created a Michael Jordan, which promoted the NBA to the whole world. Later, superstars such as Kobe, James, Durant, Curry, etc. have also become created in the NBA promotion." God". People pay attention to the NBA. At the beginning, they focused on the stars, then they turned to the team where the stars are, and then they focused on the entire NBA game. Many people can't even call the names of the 30 NBA teams, but they definitely know which big names are stars. And as long as the NBA can continuously create a superstar, it will never decline.
The same is true of football. Pelé and Maradona in the last century, Ronaldo and Beckham at the turn of the century, and then Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. A superstar alternately passed the flag of "God" , Driving people's attention to the sport.
Football and basketball are, after all, the most widely watched sports in the world, and some slightly smaller sports are more important for creating gods. Federer has attracted many people to tennis, and O'Sullivan has made many people pay attention to it. Before the emergence of billiards and Bolt, many people may not even have seen the 100-meter sprint. If there is no Liu Feiren, there must be many people in China who do not know about the 110-meter hurdle.
F1 races have been the gods of creation many times. The body Senna has been the focus of countless media attention, but unfortunately died in the early years; and more people realized the fun of F1 races through Schumacher. Since Schumacher retired, it is an indisputable fact that F1's attention has been greatly reduced, so Bernie needs a new **** to attract more attention and promote F1.
Burney originally chose the defending champion Hamilton. He hopes to make Hamilton another Schumacher, but Hamilton’s own is not disappointing. Many people, including drivers, question Hamilton’s character. The person with a problematic character is obviously Not suitable for being used to create gods.
Zhang Guan was born, and Bernie apparently found another excellent goal. In comparison, Zhang Guan is more popular and has a better image, and his story of winning the championship is even more magical. Turning Zhang Guan into a "new god" has long been apparently more beneficial to the promotion of F1.
With the promotion of Bernie, the name of Zhang Guan appeared in the major media in Europe in the next few days.
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While Zhang Guan won the championship of the year, China Power has already locked the team championship of the year in advance.
The Formula 1 annual championship has always been monopolized by large teams. Even if it is not a Ferrari-like manufacturer team, it is also a team that has been mixed in F1 for many years. The new team may need one or two years of experience to get on the leaderboard. The podium will take a few years or even a decade to accumulate before it can get involved in the championship of the year.
The victory of Chinese power has undoubtedly created another miracle. A new team won the championship of the team in the first year of Formula One, which is unique in the history of F1.
Last year’s Honda team was a weak chicken in F1. Honda and Force India both scored nothing, and Honda is worse than Force India because Force India also participated in the 2009 season anyway, and Honda team played directly. Not going anymore.
No one can expect that the weakest team in F1 last year, after being acquired by Zhang Guan and changing its name, became the strongest team in one fell swoop. This result surprised many people and there were many People are laughing at Honda's decision, saying that they let go of a laying hen.
And some people began to analyze without any boredom. Within a year, the weak chicken Honda team became the strongest Chinese force. What happened during the period. When Zhang Guan acquired the Honda team, it left the original team of European headquarters. The designers, engineers and technicians have not changed. The only change is that the driver changed from Patton to Zhang Guan. But if you look at Barrichello's second place in the world, you can know that even without changing drivers, China Power will still be the top team.
However, the Power China team uses Mercedes-Benz engines. Before this, Honda team was a manufacturer team, they used Honda's own racing engine. The same set of people has become stronger after replacing the engine, so after analysis, some analysts believe that the engine of Honda is a lot worse than the engine of Mercedes-Benz.
The engine is the heart of the car. If a car manufacturer does not produce a good engine, never expect to make a good car, so this has also caused consumers to question Honda cars.
Honda once again took the blame. In fact, the engine of the F1 car and the engine of the ordinary civilian car can be said to be two completely different things. Compared with the ordinary civilian car, the F1 car is really too high. This is like comparing fried potato shreds to Buddha jumping walls. A cook can’t cook shredded potatoes, but he will definitely make potato shreds. Let a good chef who cooks fried chicken walls fry the shredded potatoes. Is better.
In fact, manufacturers at the F1 level are not surprised at the manufacturing level. The more high-tech things reach the top of the pyramid, the harder it is to widen the gap. The so-called leader, Sometimes it is just a step away from you. In one step, you catch up with him, and in two steps, 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, do you know, we make money!" Rose Brown said.
"Make money? I don't quite understand it." Zhang Guan asked unclearly.
"We won the team championship this year, so there will be an extra bonus." Ross Brown said.
"Bonus? Who gave it?" Zhang Guan then asked.
“It’s the salary for running Formula One. It seems that you don’t know yet. Participating in the F1 team will get some bonuses every year. Of course, this bonus is the higher the ranking, the higher it is given. There are some other divisions." Ross Brown explained.
"How much can we have? How much can we make?" Zhang Guan still cares more about specific numbers.
"I figured it out, and I should be able to get at least 60 million pounds." Ross Brown pointed to the paper in his hand.
"60 million pounds? So much! More than the operating expenses of some small fleets." Zhang Guan said.
“Formula 1 cars earn more than a billion dollars a year in revenue. Bernie’s old guy, as president, can also be divided into tens of millions every year. A part of the revenue will be awarded to the team as a bonus. For many small teams, this bonus is actually the main source of their income, which can almost offset their operating expenses. If they get better results, they may even make money." Ross Brown thought for a moment. And then said: "For example, the Honda team's bonus last year was 20 million pounds. This money originally belonged to us, but the stingy Bernie said that because the Honda team changed ownership, it can not enjoy the 20 million pounds."
"I remember the Honda team was the last one last year? Can the last one get 20 million? The F1 operating company is really generous." Zhang Guan sighed~IndoMTL.com~ To be honest The numbers are startling, because in the perception of Zhang Guan, the top few have always been rich, and I have never heard of which sport is the penultimate and can get huge bonuses.
"Honda team is a manufacturer team, so as long as they participate, there will be a fixed bonus for the manufacturer team." Ross Brown explained.
"Then we should get the most? We are not the manufacturer's team, but we are the first." Zhang Guan then asked.
"Sorry, we don't get the most, Ferrari has the most bonuses, and McLaren may have more bonuses than us." Rose Brown continued.
"Because they are manufacturer teams?" Zhang Guan asked.
“It’s not just the manufacturer’s team. As the veteran team in F1, they can enjoy the share of F1 revenue. I remember that Ferrari can get 5% of F1’s annual revenue. McLaren wants more than Ferrari. Less. In addition to the team ranking bonus, Ferrari will always make more than hundreds of millions of dollars from F1 every year. In addition, like the Williams team, although it is not a manufacturer team, it is a senior team, so They will also enjoy an additional revenue share, this part of the money can be obtained as long as they participate in the game." Rose Brown said.
Zhang Guan nodded suddenly. The commercialization of the sports industry in China is not worth mentioning compared to F1. F1 is really everyone has meat, and the country is more like a pit sponsor. . How many billions are sold for a naming rights and how many billions are sold for a broadcast right are all astronomical figures, but in the end it is not clear who such a large sum of money has fallen into the pocket of anyone. Anyway, when the coach is invited, the astronomical figures are all The shadow is gone, and the club only heard such a number but could not see real money. (To be continued.)