"Damn, there's no such bullying!" Xiao Peng slapped the table and scolded angrily!

Next to him, a man in a suit who was quite old sighed: "Boss Xiao, alas。。。。。。 There's really no way around it. ”

Xiao Peng controlled his emotions: "Chairman Yu, don't care, I'm not losing my temper at you, it's really that the FIA is too bullying!"

The person standing next to Xiao Peng is Yu Qingzaiyu, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Huaxia Automobile Federation.

Just now, Yu Qing told Xiao Peng another bad news, the FIA asked the Huaxia Automobile Federation to rectify Xiao Peng's event on the grounds that 'the lane is too short, and sixty cars are too dangerous at the same time'.

Yu Qing waved his hand again, signaling that he didn't mind: "This matter is indeed too much for the FIA, this is about to start, but suddenly gave such a notice, isn't this demolition?"

Xiao Peng said angrily: "I have opened the auxiliary track, and now the track is 14 kilometers long! It is half a kilometer longer than the Le Mans track, aren't they looking for trouble?"

When Xiao Peng built the racing track, he considered this problem. So he borrowed from the construction of the Le Mans circuit. The Le Mans circuit is only 4.2 kilometers in one lap, but if the 24-hour rally were to be held, the outer ring would be opened to a large 13-kilometer circuit.

The same is true of Xiao Peng's racing track, like Xiao Peng's direct track from his home to the circuit, and the road and highway system outside the car park are actually the outer ring of the racetrack, and the road is closed during the race, so that long-distance rallies can be held. The longest stretch of the line is 7.3 kilometers. Whether it is the total distance or the straight distance, it is much better than the Le Mans circuit.

That's why Todd said, 'This is the best track in the world right now', but isn't it nitpicky that a track like this is coming to trouble?

Yu Qing said again: "Boss Xiao, I also think this is the FIA vexatious, but I am afraid that the FIA will boycott this competition, which will be more troublesome." What are you going to do with this?"

Xiao Peng asked rhetorically: "Chairman Yu, what I actually want to ask is, what does the National Automobile Federation think about this matter?"

Yu Qing said again: "Our country now has such a good track, and you have organized such a good racing competition, which is a good publicity for our country's racing image, such a thing is very good for the country, the FIA, and the city." But if the FIA really makes this a 'dangerous race', then things will be in trouble. ”

Xiao Peng thought for a while: "Chairman Yu, why don't we make our own rules?"

Yu Qing said again: "There is a great difficulty in this, after all, many of our events want to introduce high-level racing drivers and high-level teams to compete, or hold large-scale international events, or need the FIA." If something goes wrong with the FIA, we will have a lot of problems in the future when it comes to international races. ”

Xiao Peng suddenly grinned: "Chairman Yu, come and take a look." After saying that, he walked by the window.

Yu Qing got up again and walked to the window with Xiao Peng, followed Xiao Peng's hand and looked down------ they were in the viewing box of the racing track.

"One hundred thousand. Xiao Peng handed Yu Qing another cigar: "Now during the qualifying round, the number of spectators per day is 100,000. We dare not say that these people are all car fans, or that they are interested in luxury cars here. You see the parking lot, not luxury cars are embarrassed to come, this becomes a very interesting cycle, with luxury cars there are beautiful women, with beautiful women there is more attention, with more attention, there are more luxury cars. As far as I know, there are now at least hundreds of online anchors who live broadcast here, some live broadcast pickles here, some people live broadcast Kaizi here, and most of them live broadcast the luxury cars here, and now it can be said that this place has become a carnival with a racing theme. ”

Yu Qing nodded again: "Boss Xiao, I know what you said that motorsports will never lack a mass base in our country, but 。。。。。。 ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "Chairman Yu, I know what you're worried about, do you think the car dealer is the key, right? ”

Yu Qing's face was puzzled after listening to it again, Xiao Peng was right, what he was most worried about now was the reaction of the major manufacturers, if the major car manufacturers listened to the words of the FIA and boycotted this event, how would Xiao Peng solve it?

Xiao Peng pointed to the other side of the track: "Chairman Yu, do you see that blue building?"

Yu Qing looked again, and could only see the back of the building, which was a large square temporary building. Xiao Peng explained: "That is the base camp of Michelin, where 8,500 sets of 18-inch Michelin professional racing tires are ready. All tyres are equipped with the latest 'Connect' system, which gives real-time tyre feedback at the driver's 'Team Mechanic' level at any time. ”

The 'Connect' system is a new technology of Michelin tires, which was originally only used for the 'Pilot Cup2 Connect' with the 'Connect' logo, and by implanting the sensor inside the inner liner of the tire, the receiver in the car can not only monitor the tire pressure in real time, but also give the most direct tire pressure advice to the owner through the tire temperature at the time and the track characteristics at the time.

Xiao Peng continued to explain: "Huaxia such a good car market, is no car dealers want to miss, in fact, at the beginning of this race, the world's major teams are not very cold, but I didn't expect this event to attract so much attention, they didn't think about the attraction of luxury cars to the Chinese people, when some car dealers see amateur drivers participating in the race results are not good, for fear that others think that this is because of their car is not good caused by the problem, so quickly send their own professional racers to participate!" The attention to this game is getting higher and higher. ”

"How can Michelin provide so many tires? Aren't they afraid of the FIA turning their faces?" Yu Qing asked again.

Xiao Peng laughed: "Are they still missing the FIA? It's not once or twice." It's true that they're Gallic companies, but Todd doesn't have the ability to give a finger to a tire company that big. This time, I came to participate in this event, and Pascal, the head of the Michelin sports department, came to talk to me personally. And with such a big deal, how about it? It's okay, right? And Michelin did this, and several other tire manufacturers also came to the door. After the competition of several major tire manufacturers, major automobile manufacturers are more active. It's a butterfly effect. In the end, I agreed that Michelin would be the sole official sponsor of the event, how would it feel to provide so many tires for free? Actually, I would like to give domestic tire manufacturers a chance, but 。。。。。。 Alas, let Michelin pick up a bargain. Speaking of this, Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders, and it was self-evident.

The competition between tire manufacturers in the world is also fierce, and the racing project is undoubtedly the market that can best show the quality of tires, so the major tire manufacturers and the FIA are indispensable to deal with. Especially in the F1 project, the big tyre manufacturers don't know how much dirt is going on with the FIA.

There used to be two tire suppliers in F1, namely Michelin and Bridgestone in the United States, but since 2005, the FIA has restricted the use of tires, stipulating that in each F1 race, the car can only use one set of tires in qualifying and the main race! This is very beneficial to Michelin tires, because they are more wear-resistant, that year, Schumacher, the king of Schumacher who uses Bridgestone tires, only won one sub-race! Alonso, who uses Michelin tires, reaches the top!

This was supposed to be a good thing for Michelin, but the following year Michelin withdrew from Formula 1 outright, because the FIA demanded that only one tyre manufacturer should take on F1 tyres alone. Michelin doesn't play anymore, saying that 'only by competing with each other can we promote technical development and the visibility of the game'.

The reason is high-sounding, but Xiao Peng feels that this is not a real reason, the real reason is because the cost of providing tires alone has increased, and the FIA has increased the policy of replacing tires during the race, which has begun to be bad for Michelin and good for Bridgestone, so Michelin withdrew from F1.

After Michelin withdrew from F1, Bridgestone was dominant, but 。。。。。。 The 2008 financial crisis came again, and the country was deeply affected by it, and after playing Bridgestone for two years, it couldn't play. Bridgestone has also announced its withdrawal from F1.

This is the end of the day for other tyre manufacturers, with Cooper and Pirelli tyres as well as the resurgence of Michelin as exclusive sponsors of the competition in F1.

Michelin was a must-win at the time, and it had an unlimited advantage, after all, it was an old F1 tyre sponsor, but the result was beaten by the little-known Pirelli tyres.

The reason is very simple, and we have to talk about the head of F1 at that time, the 'dictator' Bernie. He was not interested in Michelin at all, he was very disgusted with Michelin's tire scheme, and disliked Michelin tires that were too hard and wear-resistant. Michelin said that what Michelin wanted to build was 'hard, rock-like tires that you could put on and run from January to December'.

But racing tyres are not something that anyone can play, and Pirelli tyres were a dead game for the FIA at the time.

This is because the FIA requires the increase in tire replacement during the race to make the race more enjoyable, so Pirelli in accordance with the FIA standards, the tires are made soft, soft to the point that they are easy to puncture, especially in the 2013 F1 Eagle Country Station, there were four punctures on the multi-bend Silverstone circuit, and Pirelli tires became infamous for a while.

Regardless, Pirelli has remained in F1 for a long time, and the idea that 'the best sports tyre is Pirelli' has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Michelin wants to break this stereotype, so it can only increase its efforts in other high-profile motorsport events.

And don't be in China, the world's largest automobile market! That is also the world's largest tire market! As long as it is a car event that Chinese people pay attention to, the FIA, the Solar System Automobile Federation, and the Universe Automobile Federation, Lao Tzu will sponsor and do publicity, you bite me!