Jin Xiaoqiang's method not only made Zeng Jianxin and the others feel a little disappointed, but there was also a trace of excitement, after all, the boss has not vetoed everyone's intentions, at least it seems that there is still the Dakar Rally to play.

Jin Xiaoqiang looked at the demeanor of several people, and he was also happy in his heart, these guys are like children, what they listen to is what they are!

"WRC, I have known this before, when I was in Huazhong Automobile before, someone in our company proposed to participate in this competition, but this competition is really not so fun."

Zhu Junxi followed Jin Xiaoqiang's words and said that among these people here, he is the oldest and has experienced the most things, so he also knows more about the things in the automobile industry and has a better vision.

"Well, that's true, this WRC, one of the two treasures of the World Automobile Federation, is a race that can compete with Formula 1 cars. The rules of the competition are very detailed, the requirements are also very strict, one of his strictest requirements, is that the major car manufacturers must be an annual output of more than 2500 prototypes to participate, which we can easily meet, our Yidong, K5 are in line with this standard, even Qoros also meets this standard, but we currently lack the most experienced drivers. ”

Jin Xiaoqiang's words once again made several people present frown.

It is true that Jin Xiaoqiang is true, to participate in such a competition, the driver is the key, although the driver requirements of the WRC will not be as strict as F1, but even so, it is not so easy to be qualified for the job of the driver of the WRC car.

The WRC competition is divided into two groups, one is the N group of the original model, and the other is the A group of the modified car, and each group is divided into four classes, which are above 2.0L. 1.6L2.0L level, 1.4L1.6L level, and 1.4L level.

There must be five cars in each race, in each category. This means that if all of them are to be registered, there must be more than dozens of senior drivers, and most importantly, not only the driver, but also a very experienced navigator on the car.

Not counting these personnel, behind these fleets, there is also a need for a very large team of engineers. to provide them with technical support.

Every year, the drivers and teams have to race on the ordinary roads that are temporarily closed, as well as winding roads, gravel roads, muddy roads, ice and snow roads including mountains and hills, as well as deserts, Gobi and grasslands that cannot be closed. Complex terrain and long races test not only the skill and experience of the drivers, but also the cooperation of the pilot, the performance of the car and the strength of the maintenance.

These all require a mature technical team to provide them with support behind the scenes, and in this regard, it is what Huayang Power currently lacks the most.

And this event is not only a little trick, but also a general stage. Special Stages, Super Special Stages, and Super Bonus Stages.

The one-board stage alone may be overwhelming. What's more, what special stages will there be in the future, etc., that drivers and teams need to adapt to and challenge?

Sunrise Power not only lacks excellent racing drivers, but also lacks a successful team that can support them behind the scenes.

So for now, it seems that it is still a little difficult for Huayang Power to go on maternity leave for the F1 Grand Prix and the world's top racing competitions such as the WRC World Rally Championship.

But that doesn't stop them from starting to prepare for it now!

"Boss, in fact, we don't lack good seedlings and a good team?"

Zeng Jianxin also understands the difficulty of such a world-class competition, but after listening to Jin Xiaoqiang's method, he suddenly said a sentence, and Jin Xiaoqiang listened to this sentence. Feeling a little surprised?

What's going on? Could it be that Huayang Power has really reached the point of hiding the dragon and crouching the tiger now? Is there really a master in the company who can meet the conditions to participate in such a competition? …,

Seeing Jin Xiaoqiang's eyebrows raised, Zeng Jianxin knew that the boss wanted to hear his opinion, so he hurriedly explained.

"Boss, that's right, in fact, our company has expanded rapidly in the past two years. And in the new models are constantly innovating, every year there are new products launched, so we need a large number of test personnel, in order to ensure the reliability of the performance of the new car, each of our new car design, and the production of 50 samples, will be handed over to these test drivers to drive all over the country to a variety of difficult, thrilling road sections, to test runs. Like the WRC racers, they have to drive gravel roads, dirt roads, rain and snow, and even plateau roads to test the reliability of our cars, so even if they are not suitable as racing drivers at the moment, they at least have a considerable technical foundation and experience. And the team of engineers who participate in such tests with them is very suitable for me to train as a technical support team for the car. You must know that these test engineers, every time they follow these test drivers, in a variety of difficult environments for test drives, in order to find out various problems of our new car in a timely manner, and then put forward solutions, those boys, I know that there are several modification masters. ”

Zeng Jianxin's words not only made Jin Xiaoqiang's eyes light up, but even Zhang Chi and Zhu Junxi were excited to slap their thighs after hearing them.

Indeed, how can you forget these people! These people are the company's most valuable assets!

Jin Xiaoqiang pondered, it is true that these drivers are test drivers with very rich driving experience, and they have their own driving experience in various difficult road sections.

With these people as a foundation, it's much easier than training a qualified racer from scratch.

"Good! Lao Zeng, this proposal is good, if you don't mention it, I almost forgot about it, we still have such a batch of treasures. By the way, how many such test drivers do we have? And those detection and emergency processing engineers, how many do we have? ”

Jin Xiaoqiang excitedly asked Zeng Jianxin to arrive.

"We have about 150 such test drivers, and there are almost 200 engineers."

Zeng Jianxin is very catchy about these data, after all, he used to be in charge of personnel in the company.

"Okay, after you go back to the Beijing Auto Show this time, Lao Zeng, you will be in charge of this matter. You are responsible for selecting some of them with experience and potential to come out for special training and development. And the engineers too. Next year, I'm going to let our company sign up to participate in the Dakar Rally, so that these people can try it out, accumulate some racing experience, and when we can get a good ranking in the Dakar Rally, when we can enter the WRC. ”

Jin Xiaoqiang said excitedly. Indeed, only participating in the real world competition is the best training.

"Don't worry! Boss, I'll take care of this matter. ”

Zeng Jianxin patted his chest and said, hehe, there is finally a world-class competition to participate in, although the Dakar Rally cannot be compared with the influence of F1 and WRC, but this race is because of the difficulty of the road section and the lack of entry threshold. It has become more and more popular with the majority of car fans, and is now becoming popular.

The Daral Dakar Rally, known as the game of the brave, the toughest rally in the world. As the harshest and most adventurous motorsport. Known to the world, the rally, which takes place every year on January 1 in France, has been widely reported on television, radio, newspapers and magazines in 180 countries and regions around the world, and has attracted the keen attention of more than 500 million people around the world.

The Dakar Rally, is a professional cross-country rally that takes place every year. There is no restriction on whether a driver is a professional or not, so about 80% of the participants each year are amateurs. …,

Despite its name, it's actually an endurance race away from the road. The terrain is much more complex and difficult than in a regular rally, and the vehicles are real off-road vehicles. And not a modified sedan in a normal rally. Most of the rally stages are off the road, passing through dunes, mud, grass, rocks and desert. The distance traveled by the vehicle per day varies from a few kilometers to several hundred kilometers.

The Dakar Rally is a tough one, with racers enduring temperatures of 40 degrees during the day and sub-zero temperatures at night. And, in addition to the usual racing malfunctions, once disoriented. It is necessary to face the situation of running off fuel, food and even giving up racing. Therefore, this is a real contest between man and nature. That's why the prize money is only $4,500 per race, but it still attracts those who don't dare to take part in it.

Since 2004, teams and players from the Celestial Empire have been participating in the world's toughest rally event, when the driver was an amateur driver named Luo Ding, who came to the capital, and the car he drove was a Mitsubishi Pajero.

Since that time, every year, Celestial Empire teams or drivers have signed up to participate in the world's toughest rally, so after the coverage of Celestial Vision, this world-famous rally still has a certain popularity in Celestial Empire.

Now Jin Xiaoqiang has decided to let Huayang Power form a team to participate in this competition, Zeng Jianxin, Zhang Chi, and Zhu Junxi are all excited.

After all, everyone is engaged in automobiles or industries closely related to the automobile industry, and now their own bosses have such ambitions to prove the cars made by our Celestial Empire on the world stage, how can the big guys not be happy?

"There's another event, we might as well try it out!"

Jin Xiaoqiang's next words made several people present a little confused? What other events!

Jin Xiaoqiang saw that a few of them were a little confused, so he stopped selling Guan Zi and said directly.

"Hehe, this race is the WTCC, World Touring Car Championship, which was just launched by the FIA last year."

"Oh! What a tournament! ”

Zeng Jianxin immediately understood when he heard this, as an insider in the automotive industry, he was still more concerned about such a newly born world-class event.

However, Zhu Junxi has not heard much of this event because of his age, and Zhang Chi, as an outsider, has of course never heard of this little-known event.

This WTCC is a new event launched by the FIA in 2005, and its predecessor was the ETCC European Touring Car Championship, but because of the European Touring Car Championship, it has been limited to Europe, although it has cultivated many fans, but after all, it has its limitations.

Plus this race, it's always BMW and Alfa. Romeo is competing for the championship between the two manufacturers, so the FIA is very dissatisfied with the pattern of such two competitions.

In addition, the FIA just wanted to promote the touring car race on a global scale at this time, so they internationalized this event and changed the original European Touring Car Championship to the World Touring Car Championship.

On the basis of the original European stage, the Mexican stage, the Turkish stage, and the Celestial Empire's Gate Olympiad stage, so that this competition immediately attracted the attention of many car manufacturers, and last year, once promoted, it attracted GM, Ford, and other world-renowned companies to participate in the exhibition, and even the Celestial Empire's Huazhong Automobile also went to a kick.

At present, this event is still in the stage of vigorous promotion, is a new type of event that has just emerged, and other large well-known enterprises in the world have not paid too much attention to this competition.

Therefore, the challenge difficulty of this competition is far from being as big as F1 or WRC, so at this time Jin Xiaoqiang is interested in playing, since F1 and WRC are world-class championships, Huayang Power is not qualified to participate, but this kind of competition has just been promoted, and it is not too important to those big car manufacturers, we can always play it.

And the most important thing is that this event does not have high requirements for car manufacturers, only requiring everyone to provide a production touring car with a naturally aspirated mode and a displacement of no more than 2.0L, with horsepower between 250 horsepower and 270 horsepower.

This race may be the race with the lowest requirements for manufacturers among the current FIA events, which of course has a lot to do with the fact that this event has just been born.

But it is precisely because of this that Jin Xiaoqiang will be interested in him, you must know that in a few years, with the FIA to increase its efforts to promote, this event will attract the attention of quite a few large manufacturers, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Honda and other world-renowned enterprises, but will come to participate in the war, when the time comes, this competition, but it is a racing event that can attract the attention of more than 300 million viewers around the world, so of course it is better to start the layout as soon as possible.

After listening to Jin Xiaoqiang's introduction to this WTCC event, Zeng Jianxin suddenly became interested again, after all, in fact, in his bones, he is also a fanatical racing enthusiast, how can a person like him not want his company to produce a few world championship champions? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. ).

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