Li Fanyu was quite satisfied with Juque's overall performance.

In fact, as a car for end users, the current Juque still has many imperfections. Too much power, and brutal chassis tuning, is not something that ordinary people can control.

But as a car that competes in the Dakar Rally and has ambitions to compete for a place, it is clear that the current Juque is qualified or even exceeds the standard.

After testing Juque's overall off-road performance, Li Fanyu directly asked Wang Rui to adjust the throttle and ECU to make the power output a little smoother, so he directly sent the information to the K2 team and called Cheng Ke to inform him that it had been done.

Cheng Ke, who had been on standby in Paris for a long time, directly uploaded the X-car Juque model to the race group together with the Zhengxin K2 team after getting the model information.

The Dakar Rally is divided into seven categories: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, EXP and motorcycles.

The T1 group is an advanced modified racing group, which includes a variety of cars with changes to the original structure and design, as well as models designed and built for the Dakar Rally. In the T1 group, it is divided into: 1。 2。 3。 4 Four groups, representing petrol 4WD, diesel 4WD, petrol 2WD and diesel 2WD.

If the Zhengxin X-car Juque is powered by an internal combustion engine, it must be assigned to the T1.1 group. However, Juque is a pure electric power and belongs to the new energy category, so it can only be placed in the EXP group that includes cross-alternative energy, biofuels and hybrids.

The T2 group belongs to the production modification racing group, and the racing cars in this class can be adapted to the production car for appropriate racing adaptation, but the original structural components such as the engine, gearbox, and suspension form cannot be changed. Otherwise, they will be placed in the T1 group.

The T3 group is relatively secluded, and it is a model that meets the special requirements of the FIA, but is not inferior to the T1 and 2 groups.

The T4 group is the truck group, and the participating vehicles with a weight of more than 3.5 tons belong to this group. There are no restrictions on the form of drive for truck groups, but they cannot exceed a maximum of eight wheel drives. Among them, it is divided into two groups, 1.2, representing production trucks and experimental trucks. In addition, because the event was held in South America, Argentina and Chile, the height limit of bridge cables was 4 meters, so the maximum height of the participating trucks could not exceed this height. But this year, when the Dakar returned to Africa, the restrictions were lifted.

The T5 group cannot be regarded as an official participation group, and belongs to the support truck group. The vehicles in this category are not used for competition purposes, but are only responsible for transporting the convoy's supplies between camps.

Cheng Ke reported the data here, and the event team immediately accepted it. For Zhengxin, a team that drags its own equipment and logistics team to participate, the event team is simply welcome.

Why?

There's a lot of money you can receive.

According to the regulations, the entry fee for Dakar car owners is 12,000 euros per person, regardless of the driver and the pilot. The registration fee for the participating vehicles is about 3,000 euros, and the registration fee for the support group is 10,000 euros per person.

There are almost 50 people in the entire Zhengxin team, and the registration fee alone is more than 700,000 euros, equivalent to five or six million yuan.

That's all, not counting the cost of the participation license, the cost of equipping the assistance vehicle with a satellite phone, GPS, beacon, IriTrack, Sentinel system fee, fuel fee, accommodation fee and other items.

A team of Zhengxin's size has come back and forth, and the event team can basically get nearly 10 million in revenue.

How dark it must be,

Li Fanyu didn't care about these little things at all, compared to the two planes he bought for Zhengxin Group and himself through Hainan Airlines, this little money is simply nothing.

Only two days before the start of Dakar, a Gulfstream luxury business jet and an Airbus A380 delivered by Boeing were delivered to Tiancheng International Airport after being accepted and tested by Hainan Airlines, and signed by Zhengxin Group and Li Fanyu himself.

After the two planes were spray-painted with Li Fanyu's personal signature and the Zhengxin Group logo by the mechanics of Zhengxin Group, the equipment that everyone was about to participate in the Dakar and the X-car Juque, which had been completely upgraded by the exterior and interior again, were loaded onto the plane.

After a simple acceptance ceremony, Li Fanyu and Wang Rui boarded the Gulfstream and led the Airbus A380, which carried a full set of backup equipment and more than 50 mechanics and engineers, to France.

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As the first year of competition back in Africa, this year's Dakar route adopts the most classic and interesting Paris-Dakar original route.

So Masanobu and the others came to Paris.

As a long-established motor event, the Dakar Rally has become a major event in Paris and even in France. The return of the Dakar to Paris after many years and the start of the race here has thrilled fans throughout France.

Although there were still two days to go, a large number of fans had already gathered in Paris, with more than 100,000 people gathered near Disney Park, the starting point.

By the time Li Fanyu and the others arrived, the opening ceremony had already been held. Around Disney, you can see the iconic "Bandage Man" logo of Dakar everywhere, as well as banners of two classic quotes from Zeli Sabin, the founder of Dakar;

"I can take you with me to knock on the door of adventure, but you are the ones who open the door to the challenge of fate. ”

"It's a challenge for those who go to Dakar. It's a dream for those who didn't attend!"

As soon as Li Fanyu and others arrived, they were invited to the press conference hall by the event party.

Zhengxin K2 team is now also a strong auto event, and this face still has to be exposed.

But just when Li Fanyu tidied himself up and walked into the press hall accompanied by Cheng Ke, a face that made him frown appeared in front of him.

Obviously, the man also noticed Li Fanyu. In other words, it seemed that the person had been waiting for Li Fanyu to arrive.

It is none other than Ken Furui of Panasonic Electronics.

"Li Jun, it's really a meeting between mountains and rivers. Furui Yan, who was sitting on the sofa and being interviewed by the media, saw Li Fanyu come in, got up lazily, and walked to his side.

"Yes, the mountains and rivers meet. Li Fanyu smiled slightly, but he didn't lose his demeanor.

"It's really interesting for you to participate in FE and engage in pure electric off-road vehicles, and you also engage in pure electric off-road vehicles. Now that TSL is here for Dakar, you are here. Li Jun, can't you make something fresh?"

Gu Jingyan glanced at Li Fanyu and Cheng Ke and sneered.

Li Fanyu raised his eyebrows, "Fresh?" After all, it feels better for me to follow up with the competition and then beat them. But why are you everywhere?"

"Hmph!" Furui Ken snorted coldly and beckoned to the main driver of TSL behind him, the famous Japanese rally player Kuraki Ping, "Kuraki-kun, this is your main competitor in the EXP group, Mr. Li Fanyu." Although the TSL team is not mine, as a partner, I give you a bet. If you win the Zhengxin team, whether you win the championship or not, I am personally willing to pay you an extra million dollars. ”

"Then I'll thank Mr. Furui for the reward. ”

Kuraki Ping's face was happy, and then he looked at Li Fanyu's expression, and also brought some provocation!