A supercar that doesn't want to enter the world of F1 is not a good supercar!

Lamborghini has of course designed Formula 1 cars, and it has also been short-lived in Formula 1 in an offbeat way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the Monte Carlo circuit in Monaco in the early 80s, Contash appeared as a safety car for the race.

Monaco is rich in people, the gambling industry and tourism industry here are very developed, and the country is small but not widowed, so they luxuriously use Lamborghini as a safety car, just like Dubai in the 21st century uses a supercar as a police car to show off their wealth.

One can imagine how comical it would be to have a red Lamborghini Contash with police lights on its roof and a busy scene on the Formula 1 track.

Lin Qiangsheng watched the video tape of the F1 event, over and over again, recalling the bits and pieces of memories of the F1 race in his previous life, although he was not a fan of the sport, but he had also watched some F1 races.

As you can see from the video, most of the teams still use a low nose cone shape, with the nose cone directly connected to the front wing, the nose cone of the car is close to the ground, and the front wing is two straight wing plates.

Thinking of the shape of the Ferrari nose cone he saw in his previous life, Lin Qiangsheng immediately picked up the drawing board and sketched a slightly higher nose cone, the front wing is not directly connected to the nose cone, but connected by two vertical transition fins, so that the nose cone and the front wing form a height difference, so that the oncoming air flow can enter the bottom of the car through the "hole" caused by this height difference.

This high nose cone allows the car to achieve more speed without losing downforce.

Lin Qiangsheng also wanted to draw the X-wing, he thought about it or launch it later, after all, these two designs only appeared in the early 90s, there are pros and cons, the teams have repeatedly used and abandoned, especially the X-wing, it is quite dangerous at a glance, this huge wing is a threat to both the driver and the audience, in case it falls off or crashes, the huge X-wing will fly like a dart, I don't know where the dart goes, in the 90s, the X-wing and its deformed wing appeared once and was banned by the FIA once.

He picked up the sketchpad and went to Pagani and handed him the design of the high nose cone and vertical over-wings, and Pagani was surprised by the unique shape and said, "You can try it, the resistance of the air flow from below can be greatly reduced, very good idea." ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "Build a shell according to this plan, do a blowing test, summarize the data, and if you can adopt this design, at least you can be famous in the season." ”

"Your expectations shouldn't be so low!" Pagani said.

He is the chief conductor of the car design, and he is very grateful that Lin Qiangsheng has entrusted him with this important task, and this is also his first time involved in the design of an F1 car, and he is determined to create a good car.

In addition, Pagani is actually independent of Lamborghini, and he created his own brand, Pagani Supercar Company, with the support of Lin Johnson & Johnson.

The small factory is now a successful manufacturer of accessories for supercars, specializing in the supply of spare parts for other sports cars and racing cars.

It has specialized knowledge and engineering talent in the manufacture of carbon fiber car bodies, and Pagani also pays great attention to the application of new processes and new materials to the body, and the East Star F1 car will also use carbon fiber components to reduce weight, and the Pagani team has a very mature technology in this regard.

Lin Johnson told Horacio Pagani: "After the car is built, I would like to entrust you with the design of the Countach Cantash 25th Anniversary Edition, which is scheduled to be launched in '88, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the birth of the Cantash. ”

Pagani's eyes lit up, nodded and said, "Yes sir, I have taken this commission, and I thank you very much for your trust!" ”

"Okay, with you in charge of this car, you won't let me down." Lin Qiangsheng smiled and nodded, his words gave Pagani a lot of encouragement.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at the frame on the workbench for a while, Honda's technicians were installing the engine, and Lamborghini's engineers were watching.

He picked up the spare parts list on the workbench and secretly said to himself, F1 sports are simply too expensive, like the engine needs 17 units in a season, 15~16 sub-stations per season, basically a sub-station will be scrapped after the engine, and each unit will require nearly 300,000 US dollars, a total of more than 4 million US dollars in procurement costs.

There are also 17 gearboxes, more than 90,000 dollars each. The rest such as brake discs, brake pads, hot melt tires, wheels, suspension systems, exhaust systems, gear pairs, etc., a race car is about a million dollars, and the price is only for an assembled car, and if you go to the race, you need to replace a lot of parts.

In addition, the engine and other components for each race need to be completely disassembled, inspected, and reassembled, which requires a considerable amount of skilled personnel, preferably those who know the event and have participated in the event. So the team also needs to hire technicians and support teams who have competed in Formula 1, which is another big expense.

Lin Johnson invested in the cause of F1, the first ten years did not intend to make money at all, like McLaren, Williams, Ferrari team investment of tens of millions of pounds every year, the 21st century is more than hundreds of millions of pounds, he is optimistic about the benefits after 2000, many large enterprises in China have risen, when the time is just on the body of an advertisement, a trademark will be hundreds of millions, can support the East Star team to go on, maybe you can make some money.

Formula 1 is the most influential motor race in the world, and even India has its own team, India Power. The huge Chinese economy, but it does not have its own fleet, it is a failure!

Lin Qiangsheng secretly thought, I can't fix these mainstream European and American teams, and I can't fix the Indian Ah San?

... At the end of September, the Frankfurt Motor Show came to a triumphant conclusion and the Lamborghini team returned to Modena in triumph.

They are one of the most outstanding supercar manufacturers in this auto show, and the statistical results have come out, the new car Lamborghini Diablo Ghost, a total of 198 orders have been received, although two are short of 200, but this result has made Lin Johnson and Ferruccio quite satisfied.

General manager Millerman asked Johnson Lin for advice, and Lamborghini held a city-wide parade.

Several Diablos and Contashes circled the city several times to celebrate the Lamborghini's victory, with the people of Modena enthusiastically celebrating, and the team made a special stop at the entrance of the Ferrari.

At this year's Frankfurt Motor Show, Lamborghini was a little less beautiful than Ferrari.

In 1984, they unveiled a top-of-the-line limited-edition supercar with a 288GTO powered by the F114B V8 engine, and the stunning street car, the new Trostrarosa, also made Ferrari a flash in the last two years.

Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari, stood in front of the company, watching the joyful procession, Lamborghini became approachable, which made Ferrari quite uncomfortable, whether it meant that Lamborghini would take the popular route in the future, the old man was very puzzled.

Ferruccio and Lin Johnson walked up to Enzo step by step, Ferruccio smiled and introduced: "Mr. Ferrari, this young man is our new successor to Lamborghini, he has brought a lot of new changes to Lamborghini, and we are better now!" ”

Enzo is really old, but he still has spirit, he looked at Lin Qiangsheng, and said expressionlessly: "I hope Lamborghini can continue to be brilliant, I'm old, I'm afraid I won't see the day when Lamborghini surpasses Ferrari!" ”

When Ferruccio heard Enzo's words, he immediately became angry, but he didn't expect that he would come and talk to him with good intentions, but he was ridiculed.

He said excitedly: "Enzo, you will definitely see the day when Lamborghini surpasses Ferrari, I swear!" ”

He has been fighting with Ferrari for half his life, how can he admit defeat, Enzo is really a little out of oil, Lin Qiangsheng has no intention of arguing, he said to Enzo: "I appreciate Ferrari models, I hope to see more boutiques in the future, I wish you health, sir!" ”

Enzo's cheeks moved, and he nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

Ferruccio snorted, turned around and swaggered back to the team, Lin Qiangsheng followed behind him, and the old man said angrily: "He is so old, and he still refuses to give up control of Ferrari, what a stubborn guy!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled: "Enzo is old, Ferrari is stagnant, isn't it better for Lamborghini?" ”

Ferruccio was surprised, looked at Lin Qiangsheng and said, "What you said is also right. ”

He thought for a moment and said: "Ferrari just relies on street cars to surpass us too much, and several of his street cars are very popular, so we have huge financial resources, and we Lamborghini also have to study a good street car to compete with it!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said in surprise: "Haven't you always adhered to the top line?" ”

Ferruccio smiled: "That's because in the past, the financial resources were limited, and the limited funds could only be concentrated on the research of supercars, if you have the financial resources, continue to develop a good street car, I have no objection!" ”

"Oh? In that case, you can think about it. Lin Qiangsheng thought about it, what kind of street cars does Lamborghini have, and there are no too cheap goods, do you want to take out the Gallardo with the highest production in Lamborghini history? Won't it be a little earlier. (To be continued.) )