Automotive Black Technology Chapter 766: : Raise a grassroots team!
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Although the competition team has given a lot of red lights, participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans is no joke, so Li Fanyu still needs to make a lot of preparations.
The first is the issue of contestants.
It stands to reason that as long as the money is spent, there is no driver that cannot be found. But Le Mans reminded Li Fanyu that now that the group has grown, it will be inevitable to participate in international events in the future.
You must have a team.
According to event requirements, each group must have three drivers throughout the race. Li Fanyu himself can support one, but the other two...
It’s not easy to find.
After returning to Paris from Le Mans, Li Fanyu decided on the candidate after thinking for a long time.
Since challenging the world's shortest drift record with a mini, Han Yue has left her identity as a stunt driver and participated in domestic rally events with the support of Li Fanyu.
In the past two years, the level has been pretty good. It should be possible to get the number.
His ineffectual disciple Lou Lu is completely hopeless now. After she participated in the National Youth Karting Competition and failed to get a place, this girl was depressed for a long time.
Later, Li Fanyu gave me some guidance several times. Perhaps the little girl learned her shame and became brave, and her progress was quite rapid. But Li Fanyu has been busy with things this year, and he hasn't seen that girl for a long time.
Two days ago, girl Lou Lu was complaining to herself on WeChat. She might have found a fake master.
And even if Lou Lu has good driving skills, she is only a fifteen-year-old child. It is impossible to expect her to compete in such a competitive event as Le Mans.
However, after the National Youth Karting Competition, Lou Lu introduced him to another child. It just so happened that he knew this kid - it was the kart driver Chen Chen who used his ribs to corner and beat himself and Alonso in a kart charity race sponsored by Red Bull!
This kid is really too strong. After getting a sponsor, he is unwilling to be the foil of the team. During the National Youth Karting Competition, I was competing for a spot and was cleared by the team.
Later, Li Fanyu funded him in his own name.
Now, Chen Chen has successfully advanced to become the main driver of the K2 team in the JRC Youth Rally Championship, and won a championship last year.
Age is a bit younger, only sixteen years old. But... the level is still acceptable.
There is no way, time is too tight and there is no room for you to choose.
Li Fanyu made two phone calls and told Chen Chen and Han Yue that he was going to form a team to participate in Le Mans, which made them extremely excited!
The answer was given immediately - absolutely no problem!
According to the rules of Le Mans, the main driver cannot drive for more than fourteen hours. Therefore, in Li Fanyu's expectation, as long as the two of them supported him for five hours each, everything would be fine.
The driver settled down to deal with it.
As for the team, according to the competition requirements, a team with a registration period of more than two years is required.
This can actually be easily solved with money. I originally wanted to follow Pinaya's suggestion and buy one at random. But after notifying Chen Chen that he was going to participate in Le Mans, Cheng Ke called.
Desperately wants Li Fanyu to use her K2 team.
Although Li Fanyu established this kart team with Cheng Ke just for fun at the time. But what Li Fanyu didn't expect was that Cheng Ke had already managed the team in a decent way.
Maybe Ke Ke is just idle, or maybe she is really obsessed with racing. She has invested in it many times and made the K2 team a success - Chen Chen is now in her team.
When you ask for leave, you naturally have to go through her little boss - that's how she knows.
Anyway, it was already decided with the competition team, so Li Fanyu accepted this girl.
The driver and the team have been settled, and all that remains is the logistics of the car and the team.
Although the K2 team has its own mechanics, after all, it is only equipped for a low-level domestic event and is obviously not qualified for Le Mans.
But this is not a problem for Li Fanyu. Zhengxin has such talents.
He directly contacted Wang Rui and asked him to rush to France as soon as possible with the Jiniya R prototype car and mechanics.
The Jinya R was developed for mass production needs. To run in endurance races, there are still many things that need to be modified - including the removal of some irrelevant accessories to meet lightweight standards, as well as aerodynamic kits and the like.
Seeing that these were done, Li Fanyu felt relieved a little.
Although there is some suspicion of confrontation, no matter what... Le Mans is settled,
With a little excitement, Li Fanyu returned to the hotel with Zhou Qingyu.
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On the other side, after sending Li Fanyu away, Pinaya immediately organized a publicity team and announced that Zhengxin Audi had confirmed to participate in the Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race as the final step of the registration!
"China Zhengxin Audi officially submitted its application today and will participate in the LMP1 group competition of this year's Le Mans Endurance Race!"
As soon as this news was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of the car manufacturers participating in the LMP1 group.
The next day.
If the car manufacturer cares most about Zhengshin’s participation in Le Mans, then there is no doubt that it is the Euroleague team, the defending champion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The European League is highly vigilant about the opponents that this competition group has forced for itself.
After seeing that Zhengxin’s competition information was retrieved through special channels, DR. Julian, the boss of the European League sports department, smiled.
"God, are you kidding? A so-called prototype car, a team from the JRC Youth Championship, and three half-baked drivers. Do you want to die on the Le Mans track with such a lineup? Go, tell Drivers from our three groups should never be polite when they see Zhengshin’s team on the track! We want to teach this fledgling car company who is the absolute king in endurance racing!”
Toyota.
This time the 24 Hours of Le Mans has a different meaning for Toyota.
Although Toyota in the LMP1 group still launched its own new generation prototype racing car, it is full of ambitions to compete for the championship. But in fact, the hybrid prototype WT-SUN participating in this LMP2 group competition is more like Toyota's highlight.
And coincidentally, the Toyota team leader who led the team to participate in the LMP2 group this time was none other than Chinatsu Toyoda, the granddaughter of the current Toyota president.
After seeing Masanobu’s entry details, Toyoda Chinatsu’s somewhat neutral eyebrows glanced together.
Waving to the assistant, he sent him away. She gently put the information on the table, looked out the window and pondered for a moment before murmuring: "Foolish Lord, is it because you feel that the chosen one shines too brightly in you, which makes you so frivolous and arrogant? Worry? Ah, I really don’t understand your opponent anymore!”
The news quickly spread to the country.
When I heard that Zhengshin will compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the media exploded and Zhengshin’s fans were excited!
Various speculations, supportive or negative voices broke out instantly, and Zhengxin once again became the focus of people's attention.
Li Fanyu, who was at the center of the storm, was in Zhou Qingyu's hotel suite, having serious negotiations with a French chef who weighed 200 pounds;
"The recipe I gave you is called Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs! Why don't you add vinegar to the Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs!"