Chen Geng nodded. Every F1 driver is a treasure that car manufacturers are chasing, even if Johnny Cappelli's ability and level are at the bottom among F1 active drivers, because any driver who can get to this point is not just a driver, but also needs to participate in the research and development of F1 racing. How deep is this participation? From the establishment of the new generation of F1 racing projects, they have to participate, not just make suggestions for such simple participation, but directly participate in the design. If you make a simple analogy, the position of each F1 driver in the research and development of new racing cars is roughly equivalent to the deputy chief engineer of the project.

After several years and more than ten years of racing development, these drivers have accumulated rich experience. If they decide to retire, those world-class car manufacturers will immediately invite them to work in their companies with money. For these manufacturers, every F1 driver is a precious talent, so they don’t have to worry about not being able to find a job. The only problem is whether they can find a job they like.

It is precisely because of knowing this that Chen Geng was a little curious: "Go to DTM or WRC? Is there no OEM to invite you over?"

"Yes," Johnny Cappelli didn't think much about it. Such a super rich man was willing to chat with him. He was so excited that he would think so much. He said casually: "Ferrari, Ford, and Toyota all sent me invitations, and the salary I offered was also good, but the position they gave me was not very ideal."

Not very ideal position?

Chen Geng suddenly realized that he had made a mistake after all. Johnny Cappelli is a high-end talent in automobile research and development, and a top engineer who is eager to know any major manufacturer. This is certainly true, but you also need to know another truth: one carrot and one pit. For any international-level OEM factory, it is unimaginable that the R&D team is not complete, so naturally it is impossible to have free "pits" waiting for him. Johnny Cappelli. In order to ensure the stability of the R&D team, they can give Johnny Cappelli a high salary, but it is basically unlikely that he will have great power.

Moreover, after decades of development, these large factories have extremely strong talent echelons. It is good to have him, Johnny Cappelli, but without him, Johnny Cappelli, it will not affect the normal operation of the company, let alone their own teams have such experienced professional drivers.

Of course, it would be fine if Johnny Cappelli was the world's top driver like Senna. Any OEM would give him a maximum salary and could convince the company. But what embarrassing about Johnny Cappelli is that he is the bottom among all the active drivers in F1...

This is embarrassing, the real high is neither too high nor too low.

Chen Geng judges others by himself. Because Runhua Industrial lacks high-end talents like Johnny Cappelli, he subconsciously brings the situation facing Runhua Industrial to those world-class large-scale OEM factories, but in fact it is not the case at all. These world-class OEM factories have too many talent reserves and high-end talents than Runhua Industrial.

Johnny Cappelli did not notice the subtle changes in Chen Geng and continued: "And I think I am still young. Although my physical condition is a little unfit for F1, but events like wrc, dtm, and Le Mans? Haha..."

Chen Geng was excited!

Although the words are full of disdain for WRC, DTM and the 24-hour endurance race in France, on the other hand, this is enough to show Johnny Cappelli's current mentality. On the one hand, he wants to retire, but on the other hand, there is no good place to go, and he has to continue participating in various competitions.

Chen Geng, who had a complete heart, finally sent an invitation to Johnny Cappelli. He smiled and said, "Mr. Cappelli, are you interested in visiting our Runhua Industrial?"

Johnny Cappelli's heart moved!

When Chen Geng talked to him about these things, Johnny Cappelli had a premonition in his heart: I really think that a super rich man can be idle? If I were not interested in him... Of course, this "interest" is not that "interest"... How could he talk to him for so long?

Reject? If you can become an F1 racer, your emotional intelligence will not be mentioned for now. At least your IQ is beyond the average. Johnny Cappelli hesitated for a moment and did not answer. Instead, he asked Chen Geng: "Mr. Chen, if I remember correctly, your company does not seem to have a professional team?"

"Yes," Chen Geng nodded. There was no need to deny this fact, but he pointed to the Phoenix Sports Car not far behind him and smiled, "But you don't think we built such a car just to look good, right?"

Johnny Cappelli also laughed: an OEM factory went through a lot of hard work to develop such a super sports car with excellent performance, saying that they were just trying to develop a stunning success and had no intention of entering the racing field... Who would believe this?

"In fact, Runhua Industrial is developing two high-performance cars at the same time, one is the one you see, and the other is the model we are planning to participate in rally and field races. You can think of it as a car with similar orientation to Nissan's Skyline GT-R."

Looking at Johnny Cappelli, Chen Geng said seriously: "Runhua Industrial has done well enough in the mid- and low-end fields, and it is time to make a breakthrough. If you want to make a breakthrough, participating in various events to accumulate experience has become an inevitable choice.

Mr. Cappelli, I might as well tell you frankly that Runhua Industrial does not have a professional racing team now, nor does it have a team owner who is familiar with international large-scale automobile racing experience. If you are willing to come here, you are the preparer and future head of Runhua Industrial racing department, and your achievements will surpass Jean Todd."

Johnny Cappelli's heart beats!

Who is Jean Todd? This Frenchman born in 1946 is the current owner of the French Peugeot-Talbert team, and is also a legend in the field of racing and an idol in the hearts of countless racers. Since entering the racing world, Jean Todd has been active in the World Automobile Rally Championship (WRC), and is just a co-pilot and pilot.

His best racing result was in 1981, with Franklin, helping the British Lotus Talbert team win the World Automobile Rally Championship (WRC) team championship that year. This time, he won the championship, and the peak of Jean Todd's career.

It was also in this year that the navigator made it one step further: with the invitation and support of Boilo, the general manager of the then General Manager of Peugeot, Jean Todd founded the Peugeot-Talbert team and served as the team owner.

The leaping from a navigator to a team owner is enough to make the drivers envious, but what is even more enviable is that under his leadership, the Peugeot Talbert team won the two World Rally Team Championships and the two World Rally Team Championships.

In addition to the World Car Rally Championship, Jean Todd has also made great achievements in other international competitions. For example, he helped Peugeot win many world championships in the World Touring Car Championship and the 24-hour Rally in Le Mans, and is Peugeot's biggest contributor in the racing field.

Now Jean Todd has become the national hero of France and the "godfather" of the team. Just waiting for a suitable opportunity, this guy is very likely to be officially "crowned".

I heard that after the two major events of the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race and the World Automobile Rally Championship achieved great success, Jean Todd is now interested in climbing the "peak" of motorsports: Formula One, which is F1, but Peugeot Motors is hesitant to participate in F1. However, from a navigator and co-pilot to become the team boss and the team godfather, Jean Todd has become the enviable goal and role model for countless drivers around the world. Chen Geng's words suddenly hit the itchy flesh in Johnny Cappelli's heart. If Johnny Cappelli knew that Jean Todd would become the president of the FIA ​​in the future, he would be afraid that Chen Geng would praise him too high.

"I need to think about it," Johnny Cappelli finally let go: "In addition, I hope to go to your company for a visit."

"Of course," Chen Geng was overjoyed and said quickly: "If you have time, you can go back with me after this test is completed."

He knew very well that Johnny Cappelli's statement was actually a conditional agreement: as long as Runhua Industrial's level in racing and its development plan did not disappoint him, this matter was basically settled. As for salary, this is not the point. Runhua Industrial is planning to invite an active F1 driver to be the team boss. Can the salary conditions given are worse?

"I need to ask what the team means," Johnny Cappelry did not refuse: "Oh, by the way, I have some suggestions for improvement about this sports car."

"You said." Chen Geng said immediately.

Johnny Cappelli gestured: "In terms of chassis and suspension, I think there is a lot of room for optimization in these directions..."

Chen Geng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and was very satisfied: it was effective.

If it weren't for the plan to come to Runhua Industrial, Johnny Cappelli would never have made any suggestions for improving the chassis and suspension. For him, using his professional skills to assist Runhua Industrial in completing this test, which is actually a competition with Porsche, even if he completed the contract with Runhua Industrial.

But the situation is different now. Since he already has the idea of ​​coming to Runhua Industrial, he naturally wants to let Runhua Industrial see its abilities. For an engineer, what is the most valuable value reflected? Of course, it is reflected in the ability to adjust the vehicle.

"It's basically all," said Johnny Cappelry, who gestured: "The fastest production car in the world is the British Jaguar (Jaguar) xj220. They set a record of 349 km/h in the United States in July just past, which is only a little faster than the 347.8 km/h I ran out of the previous top speed. After the re-adjustment, I am confident that I can break the world record of xj220!"

What's the thing?

The speed record of the fastest mass-produced car in the advanced world is only 349 kilometers per hour?!

I have great hope to break this record and become the fastest mass-produced sports car in the world?

Chen Geng was stunned for a moment: Damn, what's going on?

It's not Chen Geng's fault. He knew that Porsche's 959 was fast, but he knew that the 959 was not as fast as his own car, and he also knew that the Ferrari F40 GT was fast, but Chen Geng really didn't know how fast it was. He heard that the Jaguar XJ220 had a maximum speed of more than 340 kilometers, but what is the hour of more than 340 kilometers?

Chen Geng never thought that the opportunity to break the world record and become the world's fastest mass-produced car was so close to him and right in front of him.

"Then do it," Chen Geng took a deep breath. There was such an opportunity in front of him. If he didn't catch it, he would be a fool: "From now on, our people will completely obey your command. I only have one request. It is not just as simple as breaking the xj220 record. We want the Jaguar people to find any excuses and will never allow them to say us in words like "lucky" or "lucky".

"Don't worry!" Johnny Cappelli was also excited to think that the world's fastest mass-produced sports car actually ran out of his hands.

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No one needs to mobilize. After hearing that Runhua sports car is only 1.2 kilometers apart from breaking the world's fastest mass-produced car record, Runhua Industrial and Yamaha engineers instantly burst out with something that made Chen Geng scared. It was simply crazy work enthusiasm. The 20 engineers sent by Yamaha heard that there was such an opportunity, and without saying a word, they all came to work overtime.

Hiro Kawakami, president of Yamaha Automobile Co., Ltd., who had just arrived at the Nurburgring, heard that there was an opportunity to set this world record, so he directly spent a lot of money and asked the business charter company to find a large business charter flight to send Yamaha's entire ox99-11 engine research and development team to Nurburgring as fast as possible...

Since knowing that they are only 1.2 kilometers per hour away from the world record, everyone's goals and opponents have changed. They are no longer Porsche and Porsche 959, but Jaguar xj220, which has created the world's fastest record!

I wonder if Jaguars will cry and faint in the toilet after hearing that a group of ambitious Chinese people have launched an impact on the world's fastest record they just created: Although Jaguars are very famous and have a high B-shaped scale, the financial situation of Jaguars has not improved for decades...

Just when Johnny Cappelli, Runhua Industrial, and Yamaha cooperated sincerely in order to break the speed record of the world's fastest mass-produced cars and create a new world's fastest record, a person Chen Geng didn't expect came to the door...

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