Chapter 264: The Benefits of Home Stadium (8/20)
Formula 1 is a highly commercialized event, but no matter what the event is, as long as it comes to China, there will be an official background. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo the staff of the China Power convoy just got off the plane and ushered in the official reception. To be precise, some of the leading comrades of the host city.
Obviously, the locals know the importance of this match, and they are equally interested in seeing Zhang Guan win here. Holding a successful international competition can greatly increase the popularity of a city, which is equivalent to showing a beautiful business card; And if the domestic players can win the championship at home, it will be even more face-saving, which can rise to the level of "political achievements".
So the guarantee is necessary and sufficient! Of course, this guarantee will only be for the Chinese power team, and other teams want to step aside first!
Docking with the convoy is a deputy district head surnamed Miao, and before that, the city-level leaders also appeared in person, but when it comes to specific matters, it is the Miao district chief who is in charge.
"If you have any requirements, just ask me, if you can solve them, we will help you solve them immediately; If it can't be solved, I'll find a way to help you solve it! District Chief Miao patted his chest and said.
The translator next to him translated the sentence to Ross Brown, who immediately expressed his gratitude.
I only heard the mayor of Miao District continue: "Now the track is completely closed, and it will not be open until the start of the race, except for you, of course, you can go to the test car at any time, 24 hours a day." ”
"Thank you for your kindness, but as a rule, we can't get the car into the field in advance. Our cars are sealed at the end of each race and are not allowed to be unsealed until the next race begins. Ross Brown began.
"Oh, that's right!" District Chief Miao seemed to feel that he had not helped, and looked very disappointed.
"District Chief Miao, then again, we really have something to ask you for help with." Zhang Guan said from the side.
"Oh? Please speak! "District Chief Miao is here again.
"Motorsport is very affected by the weather, and I want to be able to have accurate weather forecasts." Zhang Guan continued: "The reason why we were able to win the championship in Malaysia before was also a very important part of the judgment of the weather. The pit stop strategy of the car is the difference between victory and defeat, especially when it rains, and the more accurate we want to know, the better, which will be a great help to our strategy. ”
"There is no problem, I can ask the leader for instructions, borrow a meteorological satellite, and then transfer a few professors from the university to set up a meteorological team to serve you!" District Chief Miao said.
The translator told Ross Brown what he said, and Ross Brown first looked surprised, and then cautiously leaned into Zhang Guan's ear.
"Zhang, it costs a lot of money to rent a meteorological satellite, and it also costs money to hire university professors, and we don't have that much budget." Ross Brown spoke.
"Don't worry, we don't have to pay a penny for this, they will help us get it." Zhang Guan said.
"Uh, are you sure?" Ross Brown is clearly not very comfortable with the domestic way of doing things.
Ross Brown had worked for Scuderia Ferrari for a long time, and at that time, even at the Monza circuit in Italy, Ferrari's home stadium, although the organizers and the local government were also very enthusiastic, they had to settle accounts with their brothers when they encountered money problems, Ferrari could not save a penny, and sometimes Ferrari would even spend its own money to give souvenirs to fans.
How can there be a free lunch in the world? Weather satellites are provided for free, and a weather service team is given to you for free, and Ross Brown hears this and even feels like he has met a liar.
In Formula 1, a sport that is commercialized to the extreme, it can be said that talking about money everywhere, there is a saying that talking about money hurts feelings, but not talking about money in this sport is really hurting feelings! In the movement of local tyrants, if there is less money, they all look down on others.
Ross Brown subconsciously looked at Zhang Guan, and there was obvious suspicion in his eyes, obviously thinking that this Miao District Chief was a little unreliable.
But Zhang Guan has never doubted the ability of the Miao District Chief, there must be higher-level figures above the Miao District Chief, and now it seems that the matter of the Shanghai Grand Prix has become a political task of the local government, and in China, no matter what it is, as long as it becomes a political task, it will definitely go all the way.
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The hearing on April 14 was held as scheduled, and the whole process was nothing more than a ramp-and-goss-to-go, and the content of the ripped was the same as the previous ones, with no new ideas.
The lawyers on both sides are arguing with each other, but in the ears of the FIA officials, all this is so tasteless, they have heard the concepts of both sides countless times, and even their ears are about to start to grow calluses. And those heated arguments sounded to the officials as if they were "why did you hit me" and "I didn't want to hit you, I wanted to hit you with my fists" and other unnutritious words.
Finally, the full court of hearings ended, and both sides put on a winner's posture, and at this time the loser did not lose. The final result will not be announced until tomorrow.
For the three teams of China Power, Toyota and Williams, the diffuser can be said to be the life and death of the team this season, once the diffuser is found to be a violation, then the next three teams must modify the aerodynamics of the entire car, which is equivalent to redesigning and building a car, the difficulty can be imagined.
The other teams have their own agendas.
Red Bull Racing is hoping for a double diffuser to be found guilty of a violation, as they are currently the fastest car outside of the Diffuser Gang. If the diffuser is found to be in violation, Red Bull is clearly the biggest beneficiary.
Of the two giants, McLaren is struggling with the "perjury" affair and Ferrari is fanning the flames, but in fact neither team has stopped developing a double-layer diffuser.
In fact, these two giants can actually feel that even without a double-layer diffuser, their own cars are not as powerful as Red Bull Racing, in this case, it is better to muddy the water, maybe you can still make a profit.
As for the Renault team, with the team's unsatisfactory results, the attitude towards the double-layer diffuser has also become ambiguous, and there is even some hope within the team that the double-layer diffuser will be judged to be compliant, and then make a comeback through the double-layer diffuser.
The rest of the BMW Sauber and Toro Rosso teams were obviously following behind to play soy sauce, leaning in wherever they saw the wind blowing in that direction.
Only the brave cannon fodder of the Indian forces is like a daredevil, holding a bag of explosives and rushing forward ignorantly...... (To be continued.) )