Italian Motorsport Magazine: Lexus Team - A Low-End Engine Team?

Yesterday, the team was officially removed from the Formula 1 league, and Minamino Motor Company acquired the team and renamed it Lexus Racing. The www.biquge.infoLexus team will compete in Formula 1 next year. The team's sports cars will be raced with engines and turf from Minamino Motor Company.

As far as this editor knows, Nanno Automobile Company belongs to a low-end automobile manufacturing company, although it belongs to the top ten automobile manufacturing companies in the world. But does the Lexus team want to use low-end engines for Formula 1? Is this looking for abuse or abuse?

All of F1's sports cars are powered by some of the best engines in the world, built specifically for speed. However, the engines of Minamino cars are all civilian and do not belong to the racing type of engines. Is it appropriate to use that junk engine for the world's fastest and most high-tech racing event?

Isn't this looking for abuse?

Anyway, all kinds of media are not optimistic about the Lexus team, and even many media have vaguely shown a mocking posture to report the news.

Lexus was disliked by many people as soon as it was formed, anyway, all the sponsors, advertisers, etc. before were not looking down on the Lexus team. What kind of race does such a team participate in with garbage engines?

Even many media speculated that in next year's F1 race, the Lexus team will definitely be at the bottom.

Ferrari F1 Constructors' Club.

Club manager Amanda looked at the magazine in his hand and smiled: "Is this owner of the Lexus team funny? Even if the Lexus team doesn't have a good engine, you can buy our Ferrari engine!"

"yes, that's something I can't figure out what that Minamino Shuichi thinks. Although Minamino Motors has become one of the world's top 10 automobile manufacturers in just seven or eight years under his management. But his Nanno car has always taken the low-end car route. Their engines are rotten in our eyes, they are too slow!"

Imagine comparing a Crown engine to a Ferrari engine, do you think there's a comparison?

Not to mention all the other technologies.

"This Minamino Shuichi is completely stupid and has a lot of money, I don't think he will know in less than a year that he can't afford to play the F1 team. Because he's been struggling to make ends meet. ”

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The Lexus F1 Constructors' Club is based in Italy.

At this time, the handover of the team was basically completed, and Shuichi Minamino also transferred a group of staff from Nanno Automobile Company. First of all, he needs to set up a research and development department here dedicated to Lexus sports cars, and as for the team's logistics team, the original team of the original Teavis team, and the drivers are also the same. Because they all have contracts, they're still here.

As for the management of the team, he was directly drawn from the top management of his Nanno Automobile Company.

Now his team is waiting for the arrival of Lexus sports cars and next year's F1 race.

On this day, the Lexus F1 Racing Club came with a few guests, who were Ferrari cars.

"Hello Mr. Minamino, I'm Sander, Vice President of Ferrari Automobili. "Sander's man is tall and looks to be in his forties, and he is very gentlemanly.

"Hello. For Sander's arrival, Minamino Shuichi couldn't figure it out.

"First of all, congratulations to Mr. Minamino for forming the Lexus F1 team. ”

"Thank you. ”

"Mr. Minamino, I'm here to sell our Ferrari engines! You know, the engines of the supercars in Formula 1 are the best in the world. Your Lexus sports car will also need a powerful engine to pursue speed and win. I think our Ferrari engines are perfectly suited to your requirements. Sander smiled. He knew that if the other party bought their company's engine, a series of logistics repairs and so on would be a huge amount of income. At the same time, whenever a new engine is developed, the other party has to spend a huge amount of money to buy and use it.

After all, F1 racing changes every day, maybe every day a new technology appears, if you are behind other sports car skills, then there is no race, you lose on the starting line.

So, of course, Sander is now working hard to promote the Ferrari engine.

"I'm sorry, but my Lexus sports car will use my engine and turf from Minamino Motor Company. Minamino Shuichi said lightly.

"Well, I know the news, both the media and the official competition team have said it. It's not that I belittle your Minamino car engine, it belongs to the ordinary car engine of civilian use. It does not belong to the sports car engine. Are you going to compete in F1 with a civilian engine that can run less than 200 mph?", Sander explains.

"Hehe, you don't need to think about this. Shuichi Minamino sneered. If he buys a Ferrari engine, it will be a huge expense to repair and maintain it at a later stage. That's not the most important thing, every team needs it anyway. But if he uses Ferrari engines, he will need to buy a sports car installed in his team at a high price every time Ferrari launches a more advanced engine, which he does not want to see, and then it will be completely slaughtered!

"Mr. Minamino, listen to me, our Ferrari engine ......"

In the end, Sander was still sent away by Shuichi Minamino.

In the next few days, in addition to Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche and other car companies also came to the door to sell their engines, car chassis and even some other technical equipment.

But they were all rejected by Shuichi Minamino.

He still plans to use his own technology, even if it doesn't work at first, but he thinks it will work in the future, besides, he is very confident in the turbocharged engine!

Those who were rejected were dismissive of Shuichi Minamino when they went out: Hmph, want to use junk engines and junk sports cars to compete in F1?

I believe that these voices are also the voices of many people.

Iloti also knows a lot about F1 races, "Do we really rely only on our own skills?

"What are you afraid of, anyway, I invested in the F1 team to advertise the Lexus premium car that was going to be launched and the subsequent Lexus sports car. If we can make a name for ourselves in Formula 1, then it's the best publicity for our Lexus. If it doesn't work in one year, it will be two years, and in two years, I have money. ”

"Well, rich, capricious. Iloti pouted.

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After sending off those annoying guys, Minamino Shuichi was about to leave, and suddenly at this time, the manager of the team, Konano-kun, hurriedly walked in from outside.

"Mr. Chairman, something is wrong!" Konno walked in with a gaffe.

"What's the fuss, you are now the manager of the team, and the operation of the team will depend on you in the future, and I am very dissatisfied with your performance. Minamino Shuichi frowned slightly.

"Well, it's me who lost my temper, I'm sorry Mr. Chairman. Konno broke out in a cold sweat.

"Say, what's the matter?"

"We, the Lexus team, the four racers of the original team, are not going to renew their contracts with us!"

"What's going on?" said Minamino Shuichi, confused. After he bought the team and changed its name, the original racing drivers also had contracts!

"The four drivers are on contract with the original team until the end of the year. With just over a month left on my contract, I'm going to talk to them about continuing to sign with our team. Who knows they refused to renew their contract with our team. Konno reported.

"Why did you refuse, you want a salary increase?" said Shuichi Minamino, frowning.

"No, no, they say that the engines and turf used by our Lexus team are too backward, and they think that a civilian car manufacturer can make any engine? They think that kind of low-end engine to participate in F1 races, and it is completely meaningless to lose without playing. Yes, they dislike the sports cars made by our Minamino Motor Company. Konno explained.

"Hehe, disappointed in us before you saw our Lexus sports car, disgusted?" said Shuichi Minamino to himself.

"Maybe, maybe they don't think we can build the kind of supercar that can compete in Formula 1. "Konno Road. In fact, he is also a little worried now, after all, supercars are not manufactured just by manufacturing, such as Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati and other sports cars have been produced for more than ten years, and they have the background and experience.

On the other hand, Minamino Motor Company has not yet made high-end luxury cars, let alone supercars.

For sports cars, the engine is the most important thing, and other aspects can be purchased from other people's parts.

Even if you buy a Ferrari engine, the most advanced and best engine will definitely be given to the Ferrari team, and even if you buy it, you will not be able to give you the best engine model.

"If they don't want to sign, they don't, you go and recruit new F1 drivers, and you don't spend a lot of money. I don't believe there is money that can't be recruited. "Minamino Shuichi.

"Yes, Chairman!"

Seeing that his chairman didn't get angry, he thought he was being scolded. After all, it's really annoying that such a thing happens, a team is looked down upon by several F1 drivers?

After Konno left, Minamino Shuichi knew through this incident that not only the outside media, but even other teams, or those advertisers and sponsors must not be optimistic about his Lexus team now, and now even those F1 drivers feel that they can't waste their time in his 'garbage' team. So he thinks he must prove it to those people next year!