"Chinese power?" Ross Brown repeated, then said, "It reminds me of the current Force of India. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"In fact, I was going to race in Formula 1 because of Force India." Zhang Guan said very relaxedly.

"I want to hear about it." Ross Brown said right away.

"It starts with Mumbai, I was there when Mumbai was attacked a few days ago, I think you should have learned about it through the news......," Zhang Guan slowly explained the reason for the incident, and the more Ross Brown listened, the more incredible he felt, especially when he heard the $500 million gambling contract, he shouted in surprise.

"My God, Mr. Zhang Guan, you're not kidding! A $500 million bet? For a breath of fighting! It's crazy. Ross Brown began.

"Of course not, it's not just about fighting for a breath, it's about making half a billion dollars! As I said before, I came to you because you can build the fastest car in the world, and I believe your car can help me make that $500 million! Zhang Guan said.

"Alright! I'll do my best. Ross Brown took a deep breath, he was very unfavorable to Zhang Guan, but he still said: "I also hope that you can do a miracle." ”

"Definitely!" Zhang Guan said firmly.

"If you can really make 500 million dollars from the Mariya family, you'll have to pay me this season's salary when the time comes." Ross Brown made a joke before he said, "The team is currently bought, but we still need an operating expense. ”

"There is no problem with this, I have prepared some, and the first batch of $10 million will be available immediately." Zhang Guan said.

"To tell you the truth, I don't have much money left, and I'm afraid I can't come up with much in terms of fleet operating expenses. But I'm going to go to Germany tomorrow to finalize the engine thing. Ross Brown began.

"You want a Mercedes-Benz engine?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Yes, when I was at Ferrari, I wanted to use Mercedes engines, but unfortunately Ferrari is a manufacturer team and they have their own engines. I expect to use 30 engines for the new season, and I'll talk to Mercedes to try to get the engine credit first, and I'll see if I can get the McLaren engine test data, because we're already behind in that regard. Ross Brown began.

The full name of the McLaren team is the Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes team, so they are also the manufacturer team of Mercedes-Benz, and it was not until Mercedes came up with a dedicated Mercedes-Benz team that McLaren changed to an independent team.

The racing engine is undoubtedly the heart of a racing car, and everything in the development of a racing car revolves around getting the most out of the engine, and the most expensive part of a racing car is, of course, this engine. It is normal for a Formula 1 team to invest 100 million yuan a year, but this 100 million does not include the cost of automobile engine research and development. For example, the Ferrari team spends about $200 million a year on the team, but if you count the engine development, they spend more than $400 million, and the cost of car engine development will even exceed the cost of the entire team, but the cost of engine development is provided by the Ferrari manufacturer, and this money is not included in the cost of the team.

If it is an independent team, of course, it can save this cost of engine development, but the independent team needs to spend money to buy car engines from the manufacturer's team, and it also needs to provide the manufacturer's team with the data of each engine for the manufacturer's team to improve. In order to maintain the consistency of car development, it is often fixed which manufacturer's engine an independent team uses, and it is impossible for an independent team to use Ferrari this year, Renault next year, and Mercedes-Benz the year after.

At the same time, the manufacturer's team is also very cautious about selling engines, which cannot be bought with money. Buyers and sellers often sign contracts for several years in connection with engine transactions.

If Ross Brown could really buy the racing engine on credit from Mercedes-Benz, it would save the team a lot of money.

In the V10 engine era, there was no limit to the number of racing engines used in the rule year, when a team needed about 130 engines a year, including race use, qualifying use, practice race use, test use, etc., and the most expensive Ferrari engine in that era was equivalent to more than 300,000 euros, and 130 engines were almost 40 million, which was the money that a team spent on car engines a year.

Later, the 2.4-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine replaced the V10 engine, and the engine had fewer cylinders, but the car was faster, so the engine was more expensive. At present, the price of a racing engine is about 1 million euros, which can buy a Bugatti, and the rule is that a car can use a maximum of 8 engines and 4 test engines in a season, that is, a total of 12 engines, worth about 12 million euros, and a team with two cars, at least 24 million euros on the racing engine. Therefore, if Ross Brown can buy the engine on credit from Mercedes, the interest during the period alone can save the team a lot of money, and its contribution is no less than the 10 million euros invested by Zhang Guan in the team's operating funds.

In the future, when racing engines were turbocharged with 1.6-litre V6s, this made the technology even more sophisticated, and at that time each engine would cost up to 4 million euros. Therefore, the news that some local tyrants will spend a lot of money to buy a supercar in the future is nothing in front of F1, and a top supercar can't even buy a car engine in Formula 1.

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At midnight local time on March 5, Ross Brown issued a statement announcing the takeover of the former Honda F1 team. The statement also confirmed that the team will be racing with Mercedes-Benz engines.

With a week left before the final public test of the new season, everyone thought that the Honda team was going to be disbanded, but they didn't expect Ross Brown to step up and buy the team at this time.

The reporters immediately asked the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to verify the authenticity of this matter, and received a positive answer, Ross Brown did become the owner of the Honda team, and the name of the new team was "China Power"!

The name surprised all the media, Ross Brown is a real British, but the team is called "China Power", which makes everyone think of the current Indian Power team. Anyone with a little brain can realize that there is definitely Chinese capital involved in this team.

"The team is called China Power, it must be a team from China's capital acquisition, I haven't heard of any Chinese capital tycoon to buy the Honda team before!"

"Yes, there are several investment groups that have rumored the acquisition of the Honda team, but there should be no Chinese team among them!"

"Chinese power? China's first F1 team? Are the Chinese finally starting to enter the world's top sport? ”

"According to the regulations, tomorrow morning, the FIA will announce the information of all the teams participating in the new season, and then we can see the specific information of the Chinese power team, and we will know who the owner of the team is."

The next morning, countless reporters sat at their computers, waiting for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to release the latest fleet information.

"It's out! The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has officially announced the fleet information! A reporter quickly clicked on the webpage.

"China Power Racing Team, founded: March 2009, team owners: Zhang Guan, Ross Brown." (To be continued.) )