Riding a Kawasaki H2 to chase the high-speed rail, the school beauty was moved to tears

"This kid's agent still has some brains." Qin Chuan smiled and said softly.

Now Jiang Yue was even more confused.

"Brain? Why do I feel like this will only make it easier to offend the team's top management?"

"Normally, that's the case, but considering Ducati's current situation and the strength Martin has shown, it would only benefit him if he gets tougher. As for whether it would offend the team, well, that's not important to him right now."

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed the difference between Ducati’s dominance this year and last year.”

After a moment's silence, Qin Chuan suddenly started talking, with a subtle tone in his voice.

Ducati is his company, but the current situation is not very good for them. Ducati's prospects will become worse and worse in the next few years due to the racing rules.

Last year, there were eight Ducati cars in the top ten. This year, because most European manufacturers' racing cars have surpassed the performance of the gp23, the number of Ducati cars in the top ten is basically maintained at around five. In the top five, apart from the incredible existence of the King of Horses, there are only two gp24s left.

There will be even fewer in the future. This is an adjustment to the rules. The race will gradually balance the strength of the major car manufacturers, thereby weakening Ducati.

Before long, Ducati will most likely be just a little bit stronger than the other teams, rather than dominating the field.

After hearing this, Jiang Yue seemed to understand something.

"You mean, Ducati doesn't want to let Martin go now? They need this talent?"

Jiang Yue was not stupid, and immediately understood the hidden meaning of Qin Chuan's words. Under the restrictions of the rules, the Ducati team would become weaker and weaker. Under this situation, the driver who could control the gp24 would naturally not be let go so easily. Then Martin...

For a moment, she seemed to understand a lot.

"That's right. Martin has been in the Ducati camp since he was promoted. He has not changed in all these years. Now he is competitive, the top management will not let him go easily. No one is willing to give up their own talents. Moreover, Martin can almost compete with Peco in driving the gp24."

Qin Chuan snapped his fingers and nodded.

"In the coming period, Ducati's dominance will gradually decline under the competition rules."

“Although the GP24 can still occupy the top position in the performance car field, it will never have the unprecedented grand occasion of the first cars.

"There are very few drivers like Martin who can handle the GP24 and are strong enough. The GP24 is not as easy to drive as imagined. The Beast is an example."

"So the Ducati executives will definitely not let Martin go, at least they are unwilling to do so. Martin is still young and it is completely possible for him to stay at Ducati and prepare for the future."

Qin Chuan expressed his understanding. In the current situation, Martin showed a tough attitude. What he wanted to express was, if you don’t let me join the factory team, then I will go to other racing teams.

The situation that Ducati executives have to face now is that if you want the King of Horses, Martin will definitely leave, but if you want Martin, the eight-time champion may not leave.

That's why he said that after Martin's tough statement this time, his chances of joining the factory team have increased a lot.

After listening to Qin Chuan's explanation, Jiang Yue completely understood.

“But will Ducati let go of the eight-time champion, or will they give up this huge traffic?”

"That's the 50-50 problem, it depends on what Ducati is willing to give up."

The reason why the Ducati factory team is still struggling is probably that the top management wants to find a solution that has the best of both worlds, which is to not let Martin go, but also to keep the eight-time champion, and even to borrow the traffic of the eight-time champion.

Qin Chuan thought about it and felt that the situation was indeed very difficult. Even he didn't know who to choose.

Although Ma Wang also wants to join the factory team, what he wants more is a new racing car that can compete for the championship. On the contrary, Martin wants more financial treatment from the factory team.

If it was simply Martin's problem, then it could be resolved.

The car problem can be solved. If Ducati is willing, it can give Gresini a new racing car next year, and there is a high probability that it will be able to retain the eight-time champion.

This is entirely possible.

Because the eight-time champion will sacrifice a lot of sponsors if he joins the factory team, and many of his personal sponsors conflict with the Ducati factory team, so a compromise can be made, provided that there is a new model car with the same configuration as the factory team.

Giving Ma Wang a new bike and letting Martin join the factory team means that neither of them will leave Ducati, which is the best of both worlds.

However, this is probably going to be very difficult for the Ducati factory team, as they can no longer borrow the influence of the eight-time champion.

Traffic means money for a brand.

Although Ma Wang is a little older, he still has the hope of winning the championship in at least three years based on his championship-winning ability.

There is not much difference between the two in terms of strength, but in terms of traffic, Ma Wang's traffic can be said to be the first in the paddock.

It's easy to join the factory team and increase the stock price.

So although Martin’s probability has increased, it is still uncertain what the final outcome will be.

It is true that they are reluctant to let go of the genius under their control, but as long as the eight-time champion joins the factory team, money will continue to flow into the pockets of the shareholders.

It depends on how the top management decides.

.................

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the doors of the major racing rooms opened wide, and one MotoGP factory car after another was pushed out of the racing rooms and stopped in front of the starting point.

There is still one hour left before the MotoGP United States Grand Prix starts.

During this one hour, the team began to adjust the strategy and tire ratio for the race.

Qin Chuan's car stopped at the head of the group. His front and rear wheels were now equipped with hard tires. Today's temperature was almost the same as yesterday. Under such circumstances, most of the drivers participating in the race today chose a front and rear hard tire ratio.

In the 30-lap race, both soft and medium tires were difficult to maintain. Except for the fifteen or so drivers at the back who needed to compete for the points zone, the remaining drivers all used hard tires at the front and hard tires at the back.

The same goes for Martin, Peco, and the eight-time champion.

At the starting point, Qin Chuan was sitting in the car with a cup in his hand, quickly refilling his water. The baseball cap on his head firmly blocked the sunlight. Despite this, beads of sweat still unconsciously flowed down Qin Chuan's forehead.

Even a parasol can't cover it in this hot weather.

About forty minutes later, the flags on the field began to wave and the idlers left.

The MotoGP US Grand Prix officially kicked off.

Qin Chuan put on his helmet, zipped up his leather jacket, and became completely focused.

"Red flags start waving, green flags withdraw!"

"The MotoGP US Grand Prix is ​​about to start, the red light is on!"

At exactly twelve o'clock, after the warm-up lap, all the drivers returned to the starting point and the group took the starting position.

Qin Chuan stretched out his legs and lay down behind the windshield. To his left rear, Ma Wang was supporting himself on the ground with one leg, his upper body moving in almost the same manner as Qin Chuan.

In today's race, everyone's tires have the same ratio, so the role of tactics has been reduced to the extreme, making it a real contest.

The sound of the engine spread across the entire starting point, and finally after a moment, the five red lights went out at the same time.

The car started to move and the World Superbike Championship US Grand Prix officially began.

"Lights out, the race begins!"

There was a scream from the commentary booth, and thirty racing cars shot out at the starting point at the same time.

Suddenly the sound of engines roared throughout the venue, and the fans went from silence to a state of frenzy in an instant.

At the starting pole position, Qin Chuan loosened his left hand and the RC16 rushed out suddenly. The racing line did not change at all. After the start, the car went straight to the outermost line of Turn in front. Compared with the start of the sprint race, Qin Chuan's start today was quite good.

But it was still inferior to Ma Wang and Martin who also started in the first row.

Thirty racing cars were launched, a deafening roar was heard from the starting point, and the group of cars quickly approached Turn 1.

"Here at Turn 1, Ma Wang is in first place, Qin Chuan is in second place, and Martin is in third place!"

"The traffic is very dense, be careful!"

"Peko and Maverick collided here. The competition in Turn 1 was too intense!"

Qin Chuan braked hard along the outer line, and after the speed of the car slowed down, he immediately moved towards the inner line of Turn 1. When he got close, a cement-gray figure was faster than him.

Qin Chuan was not too surprised. He controlled the car steadily and followed behind him. When entering the corner, Qin Chuan felt that the rear of the car was hit by a car and the body of the car shook. He quickly stabilized and passed Turn 1 at a very low angle. After exiting the corner, he stepped on the accelerator with his right hand, then turned over and entered Turn 2.

"After passing Turn 1, the group of cars turned over and turned into Turn 2. It seems that Qin Chuan's rear wing was knocked off by Martin. I don't know if this will have any impact on Qin Chuan. The group of cars at Turn 2 is also very dense!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang and Wei Ran spoke very quickly, their faces flushed red. In just over ten seconds, they had already said seven or eight sentences, which was really fast.

The group of cars passed through Turn 2 quickly, and Qinchuan's car followed closely behind Ma Wang. At this moment, he did not feel anything unusual with his car.

The competition at Turn 1 in the US Grand Prix was so intense that parts even broke.

Qin Chuan's rear wing had just been knocked off by Martin's front end. In addition, Martin also lost a front wing, but not the main one, but the one on the front shock absorber.

Except for a few larger spoilers on racing cars that are fixed very securely, the connection methods of the other small spoilers are generally simple, and some are even directly glued on.

There is no problem with normal driving, but it is easy to fall off once a collision occurs.