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On the plane flying to London, Zhang Guan's hand is about Honda team.. lā

The Honda team was established as early as 1964. It is a team with a long history, but the current Honda team is not the original old Honda team, but the purchased Anglo-American team. The British American team is owned by British American Tobacco. Later, the restrictions on tobacco advertising gave Honda the opportunity to buy part of the British American team. In 2005, Honda bought all the shares of British American team. British American team was also renamed Honda team. At present, the two drivers of the team are Xuancheng's "don't get the championship and not married" Barton and the old partner of the car king Schumacher Barrichello. But with Honda's announcement to withdraw from the Formula One campaign, Button and Barrichello are also facing the risk of unemployment.

The Honda team is headquartered in the UK, and Zhang Guan flew to the UK, of course, hoping to buy the Honda team, but Zhang Guan did not immediately rush to the Honda team's headquarters, but first to see someone, that is Ross Brown.

Rose Brown is the ceo of the current Honda team. He can be called a legend in the racing world. Rose Brown once excavated the car king Schumacher. When Ferrari dominated the car world, it was known as the "four horses". They were the car king Schumacher, ceo Jean Todd, technical director Rose Brown and racing designer Rory Byrne. four people.

Zhang Guan went to Ross Brown not only because he was the CEO of Honda team, but also because there was no Ross Brown, Zhang Guan would have a hard time having a car that could win the championship.

Affected by the economic crisis, the Honda team decided to withdraw from F1. This money-burning campaign is also a heavy burden for such a large multinational company. In the course of history, the Honda team sold it for half a year and did not sell it. In the end, it was Rose Brown who took the order with 80 million dollars, and then renamed the Honda team to the Brown GP team.

At that time, the entire Brown GP team had only $5 million in operating funds. Basically, even the wind tunnel test was almost unable to do it. They even got their car engines from Mercedes, and the two drivers Barton and Barry Cerro even said that he can leave his salary without driving in the team.

But Rose Brown created the fastest car at that time, bgp001. He led such a nearly bankrupt team and won the 2009 championship and driver championship, creating a bpg miracle in the racing class.

The reason why Zhang Guan is so sure that he can win the Formula One World Championship next season is precisely because he knows this, he knows that Honda will withdraw from F1, he knows that Rose Brown can come up with the fastest running car

In a villa in the suburbs, Rose Brown walked over with black tea and small snacks. Black tea and snacks are traditional food that the British entertain in the afternoon.

"China is the birthplace of tea culture. Your cup of tea does not contain milk and sugar. I hope you can get used to it." Rose Brown said while pouring milk into his own cup

"Thank you, Mr. Brown. You are so kind." Zhang Guan said thanks.

"I didn't expect that you would come to me, which really surprised me." Rose Brown took a sip of tea and savored it.

"Mr. Brown, I ventured to visit, in fact, for the Honda team." Zhang Guan said straight away.

"Honda team" Ross Brown shook his head with a wry smile: "The Honda team no longer exists. The impact of this financial crisis is really too great. First, the Toyota 2 team withdrew from the race midway. Now even Honda, the manufacturer team, also Even if I can’t play it, even me, now I’m already unemployed.”

Ross Brown said that the second Toyota team is Japan’s super Akuri team. They use Toyota’s engine. Many of the technologies in the car are also supported by the Toyota team. The team owner Suzuki Akuri and Toyota have inextricably linked Relationship, so often referred to as the Toyota Second Team.

In the Formula One competition, there are manufacturers' teams and non-manufacturers' teams. Manufacturers' teams are teams backed by automobile manufacturing companies. Their R&D technology and engine use are our products, such as the Ferrari team. They are sure Only the car engines developed and produced by your own company will be used. Last season, manufacturers' teams included Ferrari, Renault, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Toyota and Honda. These teams can know the car manufacturer behind them by listening to their names. It is worth mentioning that Mercedes-Benz owns the shares of McLaren team, so McLaren is regarded as the manufacturer team of Mercedes-Benz.

Other teams are non-manufactured teams, which can also be called independent teams. Their car R&D and design may be carried out by themselves, but the most critical car engines must be provided by the manufacturer team. The car engine is the heart of a car. All the research and development of the independent fleet is also aimed at maximizing the operating efficiency of the car engine. For example, the Red Bull team uses the Renault engine, the Red Bull team uses the Ferrari engine, the Williams team uses the Toyota engine and so on.

For the manufacturer's team, it will not withdraw from Formula One unless it is absolutely necessary. After all, Formula One races are the most famous motorsports in the world and the most top-level competitions in racing. Participating in Formula One races is a manifestation of strength. If a car manufacturer can enter Formula One, it can even get it. The award can at least show that you can build the world's top car, which is inestimable for the improvement of the entire brand.

Formula One is a lot of money, but for the world’s top car manufacturers, spending one hundred million dollars a year to play Formula One may be more cost-effective than asking stars to do endorsements and advertising. For example, Ferrari's "nail house" of F1, after playing Formula One for decades, eventually turned itself into the world's top sports car brand.

For Formula One, you can play it if you invest US$100 million or US$100 million a year, and you can also play US$50 million or US$60 million a year. You can mix it with a minimum operating fee in one year. Fortunately, it is also the penultimate number one in the world's top racing competition, and Fengwei is more valuable than chicken head. For a multinational car company with sales of tens of billions of dollars a year and profits of billions of dollars a year, the money playing f1 is nothing. Therefore, multinational companies such as Honda chose to abandon f1, which also shows from the side that the company is about to reach the end of the mountains and rivers, and they even save tens of millions of dollars in promotional expenses.

In fact, due to the impact of the economic crisis, Honda really can't play it anymore. The October past was originally a peak season for car sales, but Honda's profit fell by 90 compared with the same period last year. Honda has even decided to reduce production by 20 to 30 next year. In order to deal with the weak sales, layoffs may be possible in the future, so withdrawing from the Formula One race is only the first step of Honda’s self-help.

At this time, when Rose Brown was mocking himself as "unemployed", Zhang Guan beside him couldn't help laughing. Zhang Guan knew that even if Schumacher was unemployed, the old man with glasses would not be unemployed. Rose Brown's fame went to any car company in the world, and everyone had to give him his grandfather.

"This economic crisis has indeed affected many companies, but I think it is also an opportunity, such as Honda is preparing to sell their f1 business." Zhang Guan said intentionally or unintentionally.

Rose Brown is not a fool. Although Zhang Guan is a world champion, whether it is track and field, tennis or basketball, they are not related to racing. So when Zhang Guan arrived, Rose Brown realized that Zhang Guan must be for Honda team. Here comes the matter.

At this point, Rose Brown sat up straight, and he asked, "Mr. Zhang Guan, excuse me, if you personally intend to acquire the Honda team or you came on behalf of others."

"It's me." Zhang Guan said without hesitation. He looked at Ross Brown, and then said: "Or I can put it another way. I want to cooperate with Mr. Brown. We will win the Honda team together."

"Cooperating together" Ross Brown finally showed a true color on his face, he vaguely guessed Zhang Guan's intention.

"I hope we can jointly fund, and then buy the Honda team, we will be the boss of the Honda team." Zhang Guan said very seriously.

Rose Brown wrinkled. He was almost sixty years old. Of course, he would not be tempted by Zhang Guan's words. He thought about it seriously and asked, "Mr. Zhang Guan, according to my understanding, This time Honda team can be said to be a big sale at a loss. Although I am the manager of Honda team, I actually have no say in the sale of the team. IMHO, I can’t save you any costs. And even without me If you have the financial resources, you can also eat the Honda team alone."

"Yes." Zhang Guan nodded without concealing. He went on to say: "I want to participate in the Formula One race next season, not as the team boss, but as a racing driver so I have to Buy a team."

"What racing driver" Ross Brown's eyes widened unexpectedly.

Rose Brown has contacts with many wealthy people. He also knows a lot of wealthy sons and brothers, and has seen the means for wealthy people to show off their wealth. Rose Brown has seen a lot about private jets, private yachts, and private islands. But to buy a team in order to be a racing driver, it was the first time Rose Brown saw him.

Motorsports is a very dangerous sport. In the past Formula One races, drivers died every year due to accidents. Among them, there are many car king-level characters, such as the car king Senna, because of the accident on the track. In his death, even Schumacher suffered multiple fractures in his leg that year. So rich people look for excitement, they may go back to play some extreme sports, or some people will go drag racing, but absolutely no one will drive an F1 car with a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour, not just burning money, or playing life

"Mr. Zhang Guan, I know that you are the best athlete in the world. You have the ability to cross multiple sports and you can also stand on the pinnacle of the world, but I must remind you that motorsport and other sports are not Similarly, this project is very dangerous for a Formula One world champion, not only requires excellent racing skills, but also a fast enough car." Rose Brown said.

"I know that's why I came to you. I believe Mr. Brown can provide me with the fastest car in the world," Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"Thank you for your compliment." Rose Brown owed a little, and he obviously did not deny that he was capable of designing the fastest car in the world.

"Mr. Brown, I know you will question my driving skills, but I can assure you that I have the ability to drive a Formula One car. Let me drive a Formula One car to the race track The circle can prove this. Of course, I also know that experience is also very important for a driver, but I think any driver is from the rookie era. Now Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Racing, no Was he also on the podium in his first F1 game?"

"Hamilton is indeed a very good driver." Brown smiled slightly, but with a slight scorn in his smile.

Who is Lewis Hamilton? That was the Formula One World Championship last season. When he was a child, he swept the go-kart world, was named "genius driver", and entered the McLaren youth driver training program, and then he won the Formula Renault championship, f3 year Champion, gp2 annual champion, plus he just won the Formula One World Championship, Hamilton can be said to have won the championship of almost encountered Formula Cars.

Such a genius-level driver is afraid that a generation of talents will be able to produce one. Rose Brown obviously feels that Zhang Guan is somewhat arrogant compared with Hamilton. His disdain is not for Hamilton, but for Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan noticed Rose Brown's expression, and he was not surprised, let alone angry. Any sports competition values ​​performance, even though Zhang Guan is the greatest athlete in the world, but in the field of racing, Zhang Guan’s past performance is "zero", and he wants Rose Brown to believe in himself with his empty mouth. Obviously Is impossible. Assuming that Schumacher came to talk with Rose Brown, it is estimated that they have already talked about the specific proportion of shares. Therefore, Zhang Guan has already prepared for this situation.

The current situation is that Zhang Guan needs Rose Brown, not Rose Brown needs Zhang Zhang. Zhang Guan is not a car designer, nor does he have the skills to teach racing design in his system, so Zhang Guan needs Rose Brown to build the fastest car in the world. Rose Brown is different. With his ability, any team will be warmly welcomed.

Talent is always the most important in any field

Zhang Guan knew that on his own, it was difficult to make people like Rose Brown become his employees, so he planned to talk to Rose Brown in the form of cooperation from the beginning, but now it seems that even if it is cooperation, Rose Brown does not have Take all this seriously

Zhang Guan knew that if he wanted Ross Brown to pay attention, he had to come up with some "dry goods".

I saw Zhang Guan opened the briefcase he carried with him, took out a document from it, and handed it to Rose Brown.

"Mr. Brown, I have something interesting here, I guess you might be interested," Zhang Guan said, then added: "This is related to racing."

"Related to racing" Rose Brown did not refuse, but instead had a playful smile on his face. He felt that Zhang Guan, a layman, should not be able to come up with "dry goods" but Zhang Guan's way of making him let him Somewhat curious.

But when Rose Brown looked down at the document, it was just the title of the cover, which made his face change greatly.

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