Chapter 608: Counterattack

Minamino Motor Company Headquarters.

"Mr. Chairman, our Lexus series cars will be launched next month. We've had pretty much nothing wrong with our advertising efforts. At present, according to market research, our high-end luxury car Lexus is still expected by many customers. But the expectations are not very big. Maybe it's the first time that we have launched a high-end luxury car, and they are a little skeptical. In the conference room, Tsushima, deputy manager of the marketing department, reported to Shuichi Minamino.

"It doesn't matter, our company is launching a high-end luxury car for the first time, and it is understandable that it has been questioned. What we have to do is to vigorously promote and publicize. Our Lexus cars must be perfect! Continuous improvement, we can stand firm in the second and third generations in the future. There's still a long way to go!," Minamino said in a deep voice. He is very confident in Lexus's dedicated turbocharged engine.

"Yes!"

A group of high-ranking people nodded.

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Advertising time for the island nation's metropolitan television station.

Ad breaks.

In the commercial, a sports star drives a luxury car, and this car is a Lexus. The clips of the advertisements are showing all kinds of handsome pictures of Lexus cars, as well as its power and so on.

"Men have to be handsome and domineering, and cars have to be full of power, so I chose Lexus with a turbocharged engine!"

Island Country Business News: On the 1st of next month, the Lexus, a high-end luxury car launched by Minamino Automobile Company, will be launched. Lexus is said to be the first premium luxury car series launched by Minamino Motor Company. The biggest selling point of the car is the turbocharged engine, which has always been exclusive to aircraft engines in our perception. Now for the first time, I have heard that cars are also equipped with turbocharged engines. Lexus was the first turbocharged engine user in the history of automobiles...... I believe it must be full of momentum......

Meidi Auto Magazine: A new generation of automobile company, Nanno Automobile Company, dares to boldly launch a high-end luxury car series. Can a car company like them, which can only develop low-end engines, develop the high-end engines needed for high-end luxury cars? I hope that by then, the Lexus will only drive a little faster than the Crown, and then it will always eat the ashes of Maserati and Porsche......

Not only is it not only that the multimedia is not optimistic about the Lexus luxury series cars launched by Minamino Automobile Company, but many car companies are also not optimistic about Lexus. Of course, they hope that the Lexus car launched by Shuichi Minamino will be unpopular, and they certainly hope that the other party will be smashed, as a competitor of Minamino Motor Company.

However, they were very jealous of the turbocharged engine developed by Minamino Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company Headquarters.

"I didn't expect Nanno Automobile Company to develop a turbocharged car engine, it's really shocking, we don't care how their Lexus series of luxury cars sell! But our company is now going to speed up the development of turbocharged engines, I think the future of car engines, turbocharged engines are definitely a new field. ”

"Yes, we can't afford to be left behind!"

"Why didn't we think of that? Turbocharged engines have always been used in aircraft engines. I didn't expect the people of Minamino Automobile Company to be so bold and apply this to the engine of the car......"

"Yes, we are indeed lagging behind Nanno Automobile Company in terms of R&D direction, no wonder it has become one of the world's top ten automobile manufacturers in just seven or eight years!"

Headquarters of Porsche AG.

"I'd love to see what happens with the turbocharged engine!"

"How can the power be so strong?"

"This kind of engine must have a low life, right?"

"No, I've heard that Minamino Motor Company has developed a new type of hybrid engine oil with a lubricant company, which can effectively protect the wear and tear of this turbocharged engine......"

Anyway, with the Minamino Motor Company vigorously promoting Lexus cars more than a month ago, although many people in the outside world are not optimistic about Lexus. But they are very greedy for turbocharged engines, and now many car companies are stepping up their investment in research on turbocharged engines.

However, Minamino Motor's turbocharged engine is already a big step ahead of them.

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"Chairman, our Lexus team will race tomorrow in the first F1 race of the year. If we can win first place in this race, I believe it will be a good opportunity for us to launch Lexus next month. "Tsushima to Minamino Show.

"Oh, it's about to start?" asked Shuichi Minamino.

"Yes, Chairman!"

He went to Africa for a few months, and the F1 race here is also a start this year.

Formula 1 isn't a one-time race, it's a year-round race. Therefore, F1 uses a single annual league system, accumulating points throughout the year to determine the results of drivers and teams in order to produce champions.

In other words, there will be several, or even ten, races during the year, and the top three finishers in each race will have points. At that time, the team with the highest cumulative points at the end of the year will be the overall champion, which is this year's F1 champion!

However, if you can win first place in one of these races, that is, the championship, your fame will also be greatly enhanced.

The first and first race of Formula 1 in 1960 was held in France.

On this morning, the audience seats at the competition venue were full early.

Countless F1 fans have already taken over the place.

Today was sunny and breezy and it was a good day to race.

The host is on the host stage, explaining loudly about this competition.

The audience in the auditorium screamed enthusiastically.

"Ferrari, Ferrari!"

"Cooper!"

"Lotus, lotus!"

The spectators shouted the names of the teams, which were seeded for the year's strongest contenders for the annual championship.

If the trajectory of history had not changed, the 1960 annual winner was Cooper, Lotus and Ferrari third. But now that the Lexus team has joined, the points ranking may change by the end of the year.

Today is the first race of the year in France, with nine more to come. They were held in Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Argentina, Monaco, Indianapolis, Italy, and the United States.

As the teams and drivers participating in the race must have a license recognized by the FIA. Each team has two cars to race and a driver is appointed to drive on behalf of the team. In the event of an accident involving a racer, another driver can be appointed to participate. However, no driver or team can miss a race.

So in addition to the main driver veteran Fili, the Lexus team also has another young driver, Jack, participating.

Today is the official race, and yesterday's pre-race qualifying session will determine the order of the start of the official Grand Prix.

This means that on the day before the official race, for a specified hour, the drivers of each team will race on the track, and the fastest lap time will be ranked to determine the starting order for the next day. It's very scientific. Qualifying lasts an hour and each car is allowed a maximum of 12 laps, during which the drivers try to run the best lap possible.

Fili's Lexus finished third, so today he finished third in the starting order. Jack, on the other hand, was a teenager and only finished eighth, so he started in eighth place in today's official race.

The first place in each race is worth 8 points, and in the first F1 race in France this year, all 12 teams want to get 8 points for the first place.

However, whether it is the audience or the hosts, the various bigwigs of the F1 event feel that the most powerful to compete for the first place in today's sub-station must be those seeded teams.

After all, their strength in the past few years is obvious to all.

"There is still half an hour to go, so teams need to be ready. ”

On the competition field, each team is closely carrying out the final commissioning work.

Lexus Racing Base.

Filly and Jack are both a little nervous, it's almost a race, do you think you can not be nervous?

"You two have to have a little bit of confidence in yourself! You have to have faith in Lexus, you have to have confidence in turbocharged engines! At the moment, only our engine is turbocharged among the world's car engines, so you have to have confidence in our power. At the scene, F1 Lexus club manager Morimura cheered on the two racers.

"Although Ferrari, Lotus and other teams are very strong, but yesterday we finished third in our qualifying race Fili?

"Yes, Manager!"

Half an hour passed quickly, and everyone in the audience was ignited by the game that was about to start.

Twelve teams and 24 cars have lined up on the track. This arrangement is based on yesterday's qualifying. Filly was third in the starting order, and Jack was eighth. The position of the two of them is still relatively high!

"Bang!"

Begin!

The first car was from Scuderia Ferrari and it couldn't get up. It was followed by a car from the Lotus team, and the third to start was Fili from the Lexus team......

"It's on, it's on!"

"At the front of the pack is the Scuderia Ferrari car, followed by Lotus in second place and Lexus in third......"

The host took the microphone and explained the stage......

"Now it's the straight acceleration at the beginning, hey~ The Lexus team has caught up, caught up, and it has overtaken the second-place Lotus team!"

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