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Jin Xiaoqiang's statement made Zeng Jianxin and others feel a little disappointed, but also a little bit excited. After all, the boss has not rejected everyone's ideas. At least it seems that there is still the Dakar Rally to play.../

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Jin Xiaoqiang felt happy when he saw the expressions of these people. These guys were just like children, doing whatever they heard!

"wrc, I've learned about this before. When I was at Huazhong Automobile, someone in our company proposed to participate in this competition, but this competition is really not that fun."

Zhu Junxi continued Jin Xiaoqiang's words and said that among the people here, he is the oldest and has experienced the most things, so he understands things in the automobile industry better and has a more objective perspective.

"Well, that's true. This WRC is one of the second treasures of the World Automobile Federation. It is an event that can compete with F1. The rules of the competition are very detailed and the requirements are also very strict. His most stringent

One of the requirements is that all major cars

The factory must produce prototypes with an annual output of more than 2,500 units. We can easily meet this requirement. Our Eado and K5 all meet this standard, and even Qoros also meets this standard. But what we currently lack most is

Still an experienced driver.”

What Jin Xiaoqiang said once again made everyone present frown.

Indeed, what Jin Xiaoqiang said is true. To participate in such a competition, the driver is the key. Although the driver requirements of WRC will not be as strict as F1, but even so, if you want to be qualified as a WRC racing driver, it is also not

Such an easy thing.

The WRC event is divided into two groups, one is Group N for original models, and the other is Group A for modified cars. Each group is divided into 4 levels, which are 2.0l and above. 1.. level, and

There is 1.4l level.

At each stop, each group must have five cars participating. This means that if all of them sign up to participate, there must be more than dozens of senior drivers, and most importantly, there must be more than a dozen senior drivers on the car.

Not only the driver, but also a very experienced navigator.

Not counting these manpower, behind these fleets, there also needs to be a very large team of engineers to provide them with technical support.

Every year, drivers and teams have to compete on temporarily closed ordinary roads, as well as winding roads in mountains and hills, gravel roads, mud roads, ice and snow roads, etc., as well as deserts, Gobis, grasslands and other areas that cannot be closed. It is complicated.

The terrain and long race course not only test the driver's driving skills and experience, but also test the co-operation of the navigator, the performance of the vehicle and the strength of maintenance.

These all require a mature technical team to provide support behind them, and in this aspect, it is exactly what Huayang Power currently lacks the most.

And this event is not just about these tricks, it also consists of general stages, special stages, super special stages, and super bonus stages.

Just one stage is probably too much to handle. What’s more, are there any special stages that will require drivers and teams to adapt and face challenges?

Huayang Dynamics not only lacks excellent racing drivers, but also lacks a successful team that can support them behind the scenes.

So for now, it seems a little difficult for Huayang Dynamics to participate in maternity leave F1 Grand Prix and the world's top racing competitions such as WRC World Rally Championship.

But that doesn’t stop them from starting to prepare for this now!

"Boss, actually we don't lack good talents and good teams, do we?"

Zeng Jianxin also understood the difficulty of such a world-class competition, but after listening to Jin Xiaoqiang's statement, he suddenly said something, and Jin Xiaoqiang was a little surprised when he heard this?

What's going on? Is Huayang Power now really in a state of hidden dragons and crouching tigers? Are there really experts within the company who can meet the conditions to participate in such a competition?

Seeing Jin Xiaoqiang's raised eyebrows, Zeng Jianxin knew that the boss wanted to hear his opinion, so he quickly explained.

"Boss, it's like this. In fact, our company has expanded rapidly in the past two years. We are constantly introducing new models and new products are launched every year. As a result, we need a large number of test drivers to ensure the reliability of the new car's performance.

sex, each of our new cars is designed and produced fifty

After taking samples of the vehicle, they will be handed over to these test drivers to drive to various difficult and thrilling road sections across the country for testing. You must know that the roads they take are not good roads. Just like the WRC racing drivers, they

Also on those gravel roads, mud roads, rain and snow roads, and even plateau roads

We conduct intense driving on the road to test the reliability of our cars. Therefore, even if they are not suitable to be racing drivers yet, they at least have considerable technical foundation and experience. And the team of engineers who participate in such tests with them,

I think it is very suitable as a racing technician

To train the technical support team. You must know that these testing engineers follow these test drivers every time and conduct test runs in various difficult environments in order to discover various problems of our new cars in a timely manner and then propose solutions.

Among the boys, I know there are quite a few masters of modification."

Not only did Jin Xiaoqiang's eyes light up when he heard Zeng Jianxin's words, but even Zhang Chi and Zhu Junxi clapped their thighs in excitement after hearing this.

Indeed, how could I forget these people! These people are the company’s precious assets!

Jin Xiaoqiang thought about it, and it was true that these drivers were all test drivers with very rich driving experience. They all had their own driving experience on various difficult and dangerous road sections.

With these people as the foundation, it is much easier than training a qualified racing driver from scratch.

"Okay! Old Zeng, this is a good suggestion. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that we still have such a group of treasures. By the way, how many such test drivers do we have? And those inspection and emergency tests

Transaction processing engineers, how many do we have?”

Jin Xiaoqiang asked Zeng Jianxin excitedly.

"We have about 150 test drivers and over 200 engineers."

Zeng Jianxin was very catchy about these data. After all, he was in charge of human resources in the company before.

"Okay, after returning from the Beijing Auto Show, Lao Zeng, you will be responsible for this matter. You are responsible for selecting some experienced and potential people from among them for special training and training. The same goes for those engineers.

Next year, I plan to let our company sign up to participate in the Dakar Rally. Let these people try it out and accumulate some competition experience. When we can get a good ranking in the Dakar Rally, we can enter the competition.

wrc."

Jin Xiaoqiang said excitedly. Indeed, only participating in the real world competition is the best training.

"Don't worry! Boss, leave this matter to me."

Zeng Jianxin patted his chest and said, hehe, finally there is a world-class competition to participate in. Although the Dakar Rally cannot compare with F1 and WRC in terms of influence, this competition is already a very competitive one due to the difficult and dangerous road sections and the lack of entry thresholds.

It is becoming more and more popular among car fans and is currently becoming popular.

The Dalal-Dakar Rally, known as the game of the brave, is the toughest rally in the world. As the toughest and most adventurous motorsport, it is known to the world and is celebrated in France on January 1 every year.

This rally at the starting point of the race has been widely reported on television, radio, newspapers and magazines in 180 countries and regions around the world, and has attracted the keen attention of more than 500 million people around the world.

The Dakar Rally is a professional cross-country rally held every year. The competition has no restrictions on whether the drivers are professionals, so every year about 80% of the participants are amateurs.

Although the name is a rally, it is actually an endurance race away from the road. The terrain that needs to be passed in the competition is much more complex and difficult than that in ordinary rallies, and the participating vehicles are all real off-road vehicles. Not those in ordinary rallies.

Modified cars. Most of the rally stages are off the road and need to pass through dunes, mud, grass, rocks and deserts. The distance traveled by the vehicle every day ranges from a few kilometers to hundreds of kilometers.

The process of the Dakar Rally is extremely arduous. Racers have to withstand 40-degree temperatures during the day and spend their nights in sub-zero temperatures. Moreover, in addition to the usual racing failures, once they lose their way, they will face fuel and food cuts.

Even the situation of giving up racing. Therefore, this is a real contest between man and nature. It is also because of this that although the prize money for each championship is only 4,500 US dollars, it will still attract those racers who are not afraid of hardships to participate.

Since 2004, Chinese teams and players have begun to participate in this most rigorous rally event in the world. The driver participating at that time was an amateur driver named Luo Ding who came to the capital, and the driver he drove was

The racing car is a Mitsubishi Pajero.

Since that time, every year, teams or drivers from China have signed up to participate in the most rigorous rally competition in the world. Therefore, after being reported by China TV Station, this world-famous rally still has a certain reputation in China.

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Now Jin Xiaoqiang decided to let Huayang Power form a team to participate in this competition. Zeng Jianxin, Zhang Chi, and Zhu Junxi were all excited.

After all, everyone is engaged in automobiles or industries closely related to the automobile industry. Now his boss has such ambitions and wants to prove the cars made by China in the world competition. How can you not be happy about this?

"There is another event, we might as well give it a try!"

Jin Xiaoqiang's next words made everyone present feel a little confused? What other competitions are there!

When Jin Xiaoqiang saw that they were a little confused, he stopped trying to be pretentious and said directly.

"Hey, this competition is the wtcc, the World Touring Car Championship, launched just last year by the International Automobile Federation."

"Oh! This tournament!"

Zeng Jianxin immediately understood this when he heard this. As an insider in the automobile industry, he is quite concerned about such a newly born world-class event.

However, because Zhu Junxi is old, he has never heard of this event, and Zhang Chi, as an outsider, has certainly never heard of this little-known event.

This wtcc is a brand new event launched by the FIA ​​in 2005. Its predecessor is the etcc European Touring Car Championship. However, because the European Touring Car Championship has always been limited to Europe, although it has cultivated many fans, it has its limitations after all.

In addition, in this competition, two manufacturers, BMW and Alfa Romeo, have always competed for the championship, so the FIA ​​is very dissatisfied with such a pattern of two companies competing for hegemony.

In addition, the FIA ​​happened to want to promote touring car racing on a global scale at this time, so they immediately internationalized this event and changed the original European Touring Car Championship to the World Touring Car Championship.

championship.

On the basis of the original European stage, the Mexican stage, the Turkish stage, and the Chinese Men'ao stage were also added. As a result, this competition immediately attracted the attention of many car manufacturers. It attracted even more attention once it was promoted last year.

General Motors, Ford, and other world-renowned companies have participated in the exhibition, and even China's Huazhong Automobile has participated.

At present, this event is still in the stage of vigorous promotion. It is a new type of event that has just emerged. Other large and well-known companies in the world do not pay too much attention to this event.

Therefore, the challenge of this competition is far from as great as that of F1 or WRC, so Jin Xiaoqiang was interested in playing it at this time. Since Huayang Dynamics is not qualified to participate in world-class championships such as F1 and WRC,

But for this kind of competition, which has just been promoted and has not yet received much attention from the big car manufacturers, we can always play it.

And the most important thing is that this competition does not have high requirements for car manufacturers. It only requires everyone to provide a production touring car in naturally aspirated mode, with a displacement of no more than 2.0l and a horsepower between 250 and 270 horsepower.

, you can participate.

This competition may be the one with the lowest requirements for manufacturers among the current FIA events. This of course has a lot to do with the fact that this event has just been born.

But it is precisely because of this that Jin Xiaoqiang is interested in him. You must know that in a few years, as the FIA ​​increases its promotion efforts, this event will attract the attention of many major manufacturers, such as Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Honda

World-renowned companies will come to participate in the competition one after another. By then, this competition will be a racing event that can attract the attention of more than 300 million viewers around the world, so of course it is better to start planning as early as possible.

After listening to Jin Xiaoqiang's introduction to this WTCC event, Zeng Jianxin immediately became interested again. After all, at heart, he is also an avid racing enthusiast. How can a person like him not hope that his company can

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