Automotive Black Technology Chapter 1564: : Independent engine supplier!
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Li Fanyu's willfulness is no secret in the group.
But for his unexpected willfulness, many people in the group, well... I should say most people, are still not used to it.
According to the plan of the Operations Department, the layout of the European market is a very compact plan. Because since a year ago, the group has already planned to expand into the European market through its layout in the UK. Including the subsequent layout of the Russian market, such a big commotion was just to complete a "clamp plan" of Li Fanyu.
It can be said that since this point, the group has spent a lot of manpower, material and energy to fill this big hole in the European market. But now, the initiator of this plan, Li Fanyu, who had been emphasizing the urgency before, suddenly proposed the idea of "wanting to go to F1 to play".
This is unacceptable to many people.
"Director Li, I think the most important thing at the moment is to seize the time to establish our production line in the UK or a European country with favorable geographical conditions. As for the publicity part, it is secondary."
"I agree with Mr. Wang's opinion. F1 will require a lot of our R&D resources. Our current R&D center has dozens of ongoing projects, and the resource allocation is stretched thin. If we enter the European market, It is bound to carry out adaptive EU standardized research and development for our existing brand models. If we continue to disperse our research and development resources, it is likely to lead to the dilemma of picking up sesame seeds from the watermelon. ”
"Director Li, if you want to get involved in F1 to promote people, then I don't think it is necessary. The capital required to participate in F1 and establish a team is really too great. With that kind of money, we are completely It can be supplemented by other marketing methods and may achieve better results."
"Yeah, I remember reading a report about the cost of the F1 team. It said that the price of an F1 car that can compete in the competition is around 980,000 euros. This price is just to assemble a car that can compete. If a F1 car worth about 980,000 euros is allowed to run for a year, the total cost of participating in the race for the whole year is as high as 8.84 million US dollars!
And these figures are still the basic costs of F1 racing. If you add in scientific research fees, design fees, wind tunnel experiment fees, public and private test fees, it will at least double the 8.84 million.
That’s it, the statistics do not include car damage. It is said that every F1 accident costs up to one million euros
Not to mention the expenses involved in these competitions, according to FIA regulations, teams participating in F1 competitions must pay a deposit of 36.8 million euros...
After all, if we are serious about participating in F1, then the initial investment may be as high as more than 50 million euros, which is equivalent to more than 400 million yuan. Director Li, what can we do with this money? ”
"Ahem, as an F1 fan, let me correct you. If we are serious about entering F1, what we want is not soy sauce but to win the championship. We also need good drivers. Now the first-line F1 driver is worth, well... ...It costs tens of millions of dollars a year. So, this is a sport for rich people. If Director Li just wants to make a fortune, we can do it. F1’s ranking seems to be a bit weak due to our Zhengxin Group’s current competition accumulation.”
Hearing the voices of dissuasion in his ears, Li Fan smiled foolishly.
I just said I want to play F1
Do you have to react so loudly?
And...
"Who told you that playing F1 has to be expensive? The F1 team can make a profit once it is done. Let's not talk about fom's share, let's talk about sponsors. Once it is done, it will be a huge amount of income. ”
Li Fanyu spoke. It was obvious that his involvement in F1 was not a whim, but he really understood his thoughts.
"Besides, who told you that you have to form a team to play F1?"
These words left everyone, Monk Erzhang, confused.
"Director Li, we are setting up a fleet, what are you doing for fun?" Someone immediately asked in confusion.
Li Fanyu nodded and smiled, "Now that the game is almost halfway through, do you think that with my temper, I can wait until next season? Although I have this idea, even if I want to end the game and burn money directly, You have to give me a chance, right?”
When he said this, everyone did not understand his thoughts even more.
Seeing everyone's confused faces, Li Fanyu explained their confusion: "I'll start with independent engine suppliers first. As a power supplier, I will get involved in F1!"
Angang?
Aha?
Everyone was shocked when they heard what he said.
"Power supplier? Director Li, are you kidding me?"
"No kidding, it's the engine supplier!" Li Fanyu laughed and answered firmly.
The reason why he made this decision was due to the recent situation in the F1 formula.
It is said that the only martial arts in the world is fast. F1 is an arena that represents the highest speed in the world. Of course, its requirements are only fast. With the development of technology, F1's requirements for racing cars are getting higher and higher. As the most important part of racing cars, the engine technology in the F1 arena is becoming more and more black technology.
Looking at the F1 field in the past two years, the Mercedes-Benz team relied on its financial advantage to develop a V6 turbine engine with nearly twice the funds of other teams, and finally won the team championship alone.
Its driver "Black Emperor" Hamilton also won consecutive drivers' championships, and F1 officially moved from the "Vettel Dynasty" to the "Black Emperor" era.
However, another F1 powerhouse, Red Bull Racing, started to consider leaving because it suffered consecutive losses because it did not have its own engine. Red Bull Racing officials have complained more than once that the current F1 mechanism is unfriendly and even unfair to non-manufacturer teams. He has repeatedly said that if F1 does not change the current rules, Red Bull will completely withdraw from the F1 field.
In recent years, F1 has shown signs of decline due to various internal conflicts and the rise of new car events such as FE.
If Red Bull, a long-established racing team, withdraws, it will undoubtedly create a situation where Mercedes-Benz is the dominant team and completely lose the intensity and enjoyment of the competition.
F1 boss Bernie has worked hard in recent years to balance the competitiveness of the teams and retain the Red Bull Racing Team.
As we all know, the strengths of each F1 team are not the same.
There are both factory teams like Mercedes-Benz, and non-factory teams like Red Bull, Indian Force, and Williams.
This itself is actually an imbalance.
If nothing else, let’s talk about Mercedes-Benz.
The Mercedes-Benz team has invested a lot of money in F1 in recent years. It not only hired six senior technical managers, but also spent nearly twice as much money as other teams to develop V6 turbine engines. Although these advantages have brought the team Two championships, but as a result of "rich people throwing money", they couldn't help but receive "666" from the audience, which further affected the enjoyment of the event.
On the other hand, you need to know that the engines of other small fleets are all purchased from Mercedes-Benz, Renault, or Honda.
The big factory teams use downgraded engines for takeaways and use engines of a higher level themselves, which makes the latter kind of small teams deeply dissatisfied.
It can be said that this situation has greatly affected the ecology of the entire F1 event.
So in order to better balance the strength between factory teams and non-factory teams, F1 has introduced the latest rules this season.
The most important one is to allow independent engine suppliers to enter F1 and provide equipment for all non-factory teams.
Li Fanyu took a fancy to this point!