Li Fanyu's willfulness is no secret in the group.

But for his unexpected, willfulness, many people in the group, well...... It should be said that most people are still not used to it.

According to the plan of the operation department, the layout of the European market is a very compact plan. Because since a year ago, the group has been through the layout of the United Kingdom, with the intention of making efforts in the European market. Including the later layout of the Russian market, there was such a big movement, and it was just to complete a "pincer plan" of Li Fanyu.

It can be said that since this point, the group has used a lot of manpower, material resources and energy to fill this big hole in the European market. And now, the initiator of this plan, Li Fanyu, who has been emphasizing urgency before, suddenly put forward the idea of "wanting to go to F1 to have fun".

This makes it difficult for many people to accept.

"Chairman Li, I think the most important thing at the moment is to seize the time to set up our production line in the United Kingdom, or in a geographically advantageous country in Europe. As for the propaganda part, it is secondary. ”

"I agree with Mr. Wang's opinion, F1 needs to occupy a lot of our R & D resources, our current R & D center is carrying out dozens of projects, its own resources are allocated to the stretched, if we enter the European market, it is bound to adapt to our existing brand models in the EU standardization research and development. If the R&D resources are dispersed, it is likely to cause the dilemma of dropping the watermelon and picking up sesame seeds. ”

"Li Dong, if you want to get involved in F1 to promote the people, then I don't think you need to. The capital required to form a team in F1 is so great that we can make up for it with other marketing methods, and maybe it will be better. ”

"yes, I remember reading a report about the cost of F1 teams. It says that a F1 car that can be raced in the car costs around 980,000 euros. The price is just to assemble a car that can be driven, and if you want to run an F1 car worth about 980,000 euros for a year, you need to have a lot of accessories. The total cost of entries for the whole year is a whopping $8.84 million!

And these figures are still the basic cost of F1 cars, if you add scientific research fees, design fees, wind tunnel experiment fees, public and private test fees, at least 8.84 million will be at least doubled.

That's all, and the statistics don't include car damage, and it is said that every F1 accident costs up to one million euros

Not to mention the cost of these races, teams participating in Formula 1 now have to pay a deposit of 36.8 million euros according to FIA regulations......

After all, if we believe in participating in F1, then the initial investment may be as high as more than 50 million euros, equivalent to more than 400 million yuan, Li Dong, why should we do something with this money?"

"Ahem, as an F1 fan, I'll correct a little bit. If we believe in entering F1 and we don't want to play soy sauce but to win the championship, we also need good drivers. The first-line F1 drivers are worth now, huh...... It also gets tens of millions of dollars a year. Therefore, this is a local tyrant's sport. It's too much money. If Li Dong just wants to be a simple hero, we can do it. However, if you really want to achieve a ranking in F1, with our current racing accumulation of Zhengxin Group, it seems that it is still a little weaker. ”

Listening to the sound of persuasion in his ears, Li Fan smiled foolishly.

Lao Tzu said that I want to play F1

Do you need to react so much?

And......

"Who told you that you have to burn money to play F1? Not to mention the share of FOM, let's talk about sponsors, and it is a lot of income if it is done well. ”

Li Fanyu spoke, and it was obvious that getting involved in F1 was not a whim in his head, but he really understood his thoughts.

"And who told you you you you have to build a team to play F1?"

These words made everyone feel confused.

"Dong Li, the ministry has formed a team, what are you doing with it?" someone immediately wondered.

Li Fan smiled foolishly, "Now that the tournament is almost halfway through, do you think that with my temper, I can wait until next season?"

As soon as he said this, the crowd did not understand his thoughts.

Seeing that everyone was confused, Li Fanyu explained their confusion and said: "I'll start with an independent engine supplier first. As a power provider, get involved in F1!"

High-spirited?

Aha?

Hearing him say this, everyone was stunned.

"Power supplier, Li Dong, are you teasing me?"

"It's not funny, it's the engine supplier!" Li Fanyu smiled and replied resolutely.

The reason for his decision is related to the recent situation in Formula 1.

It is said that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, and F1 is the arena that represents the highest speed in the world. With the development of technology, F1 has higher and higher requirements for racing cars, and as the most important part of the car, the engine technology in the F1 field is becoming more and more black technology.

Throughout the past two years of F1, the Mercedes-Benz team relied on the advantage of money to develop the V6 turbo engine with nearly twice the amount of money of other teams, and finally won the constructors' championship.

Its driver "Black Emperor" Hamilton also won consecutive drivers' championships, and F1 officially stepped from the "Vettel Dynasty" to the "Black Emperor" era.

However, another F1 powerhouse, Red Bull Racing, had a series of failures because it did not have its own engine. Red Bull Racing officials have complained more than once that the current F1 system is unfriendly and even unfair to non-factory teams. It has repeatedly stated that if F1 does not change the current rules, Red Bull will completely withdraw from F1.

In recent years, F1 has shown signs of decline due to various internal contradictions and the rise of new motor racing such as Formula E.

If the Red Bull team withdraws, it will undoubtedly form a situation where Mercedes-Benz dominates and completely loses the intensity and spectacle of the competition.

F1 boss Bernie has struggled to balance the competitiveness of the teams and retain the Red Bull team in recent years.

It's no secret that F1 teams are not the same in terms of quality.

There are both factory teams like Mercedes-Benz, and non-factory teams like Red Bull, Inzhu Power, and Williams.

This in itself is an imbalance.

If nothing else, let's just say Mercedes.

Mercedes-Benz team in recent years in F1 put a lot of money, not only a lot of money to recruit 6 senior technical managers, but also spent nearly twice as much money than other teams to develop V6 turbo engines, although these advantages have brought the team two championships, but the result of "local tyrants throwing money" can't help but receive the audience's "666", which affects the enjoyment of the event.

On the other hand, you should know that the engines of other small teams are all bought from Mercedes-Benz, Renault, or Honda.

The large factory team uses a downgraded engine to take out, and they use a higher-level engine, which makes the latter kind of small team deeply dissatisfied.

It can be said that this situation has greatly affected the ecology of the entire F1 race.

So in order to better balance the balance of power between factory and non-factory teams, F1 has introduced the latest rules this season.

One of the most important is to allow independent engine suppliers to enter F1 for all non-factory equipment.

Li Fanyu just took a fancy to this!