Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

In 2011, the McLaren Group had four major shareholders, apart from some scattered shares held by management.

The largest was Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, which bought a 30% stake for approximately £300 million in 2007. This is typical financial investment in Gulf countries. They don't participate in operations; they simply hope the asset will appreciate in value in the future.

After all, although Bahrain was the first Gulf country to discover oil, its reserves are the smallest among its neighbors, and it has long worried about how it will survive in the future.

Second is Mansour Oj. The owner's name is Mansour Oj, which clearly indicates he's a Middle Eastern tycoon. He's the CEO of the TAG Group and was instrumental in the collaboration between McLaren and the TAG Group and Porsche. He created the classic TAG-Porsche TTE P01 engine, which helped McLaren win numerous championships.

He has 25 percent of the vote. He doesn't come to the company often, but he always sides with Dennis when it comes to voting.

Third is Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, accounting for about 11%. They have been supplying engines to the McLaren F1 team since 1995 and were originally the closest partners.

However, in 2009, Mercedes bought Brawn GP and turned it into the Mercedes F1 team, while McLaren went from being a factory team to a customer team, which made the relationship between the two sides a bit delicate.

Dennis felt betrayed by his engine partner of over a decade and was furious.

Fourth is Ron Dennis himself, at 15%. He took over McLaren in 1980 and transformed this ordinary team into one of the most successful in F1 history.

But his real obsession wasn't building sports cars; he wanted to turn McLaren into the British Porsche or Ferrari.

This resulted in the sports car division burning through huge sums of money every year, completely draining the F1 team's meager annual profits. Bahrain, as an investor, was naturally unhappy; Daimler's relationship with Dennis was already strained, and they were even less likely to support him continuing to pour money into the company.

Therefore, at this time, the relationship between the major shareholders of McLaren could not be described as loving and harmonious, but it could at least be described as a superficial harmony.

This is why the team leader hopes Chen Yiran will consider accepting the shares. He knows that Dennis is also suffering, and if there is a dignified way out, he might accept it.

Although he was also mentored by Dennis and had worked at McLaren since 1989, he was a staunch team-first advocate and disagreed with Dennis's idea of ​​constantly subsidizing the sports car division.

When faced with such a big matter, Chen Yiran simply gave a perfunctory reply on the spot.

But back on the yacht, Chen Yiran increasingly felt that investing in McLaren was a great idea.

Firstly, in Europe, sports possess immense intangible value. As Wang Jianlin once said, if you own a club, you're seen differently by others.

If Chen Yiran becomes the owner of McLaren and actively participates in its activities, it will greatly enhance his image in the Netherlands. Afterwards, there will be less resistance when purchasing various equipment.

Secondly, McLaren itself has some technology. For example, the MP4-12C is the world's first truly mass-produced civilian sports car with a carbon fiber monocoque chassis.

Last but not least, Chen Yiran likes McLarens, so it's perfectly reasonable for her to buy herself a big toy now that she has the money.

At this point, Datong should step in. Chen Yiran made a phone call and asked Datong to send him the research report information on McLaren as soon as possible.

It was another pleasant night. To be honest, Chen Yiran felt that he was just young, and in two years, he might not be able to resist such beauty.

The next morning, Saturday, a PDF was sent to his phone.

These are all basic information, and Datong's information database will continue to be updated.

However, Chen Yiran had a general understanding of the situation.

McLaren isn't exactly a bad asset, especially an F1 team, given its long history.

Vodafone's title sponsorship, along with various revenue sharing arrangements, allows them to generate a small profit even after incurring significant R&D expenses.

Although there is no specific information about the sports car division, it seems that a considerable amount of money has indeed been spent.

After counting in his mind, Chen Yiran took the two girls shopping and had a meal.

Then in the afternoon, we went to McLaren's pit garage. The race can be watched from the yacht, but Chen Yiran felt that watching qualifying live was more exciting.

Qualifying is a single-lap time trial, and the ranking determines the starting grid order for Sunday's race. In a street circuit like Monaco where overtaking is very difficult, the starting grid is especially important.

The qualifying session is divided into three quarters. In Q1, the seven slowest cars are eliminated. In Q2, another seven are eliminated. In Q3, the remaining ten cars compete for pole position, which means starting from the front of the grid.

Here are the real-time telemetry screens for the Hamilton and Patton cars. More than twenty engineers are sitting in their respective positions, all wearing headsets. Data is scrolling rapidly on the screens, and occasionally someone will call out a number or a string of terms into their headset.

The Pochinki area in ranked matches seemed more orderly than it was during yesterday's practice matches.

Although McLaren is destined not to win the championship, that's because Red Bull is too strong this year. Compared to other teams, McLaren is still fast enough.

Hamilton and Patton had no problems with Q1 and Q2, passing easily.

Q3 was a bit dramatic. On the first flying lap, neither of them managed to get a fast lap time, only managing to get eighth and ninth place.

The atmosphere in the pit lane immediately froze; this was quite different from what the team had expected.

The two cars rested in the pit for 5 minutes before Button took the lead. He was the first of the ten drivers to go out and do his second flying lap.

He did a really good lap and moved up to second place.

Unlike his teammates, Hamilton was the last to go out. Although he was very fast all the way, he clearly slowed down in a corner due to insufficient steering.

There was a collective sigh of disappointment in the pit lane, and sure enough, just a few minutes later, the official announcement came that this lap time did not count, and Hamilton was able to use his previous time to finish ninth.

Button ultimately held on for second place, sandwiched between Red Bull's two rovers: Vettel in front and Webber behind.

This ranking immediately reminded him of a famous scene: the Canadian Grand Prix in heavy rain, a grueling four-hour race with frequent stops and starts, and the chaos in the rain.

And then there was Li Bing, the host of Five Star Sports, saying: "What is Webber? You're not a world champion!"

The race on June 12th is one of the most classic F1 races, with Button's six-stop victory. I definitely have to watch that one. Looks like I'll have to extend my holiday.

After taking a group photo with the two drivers and posting it on Twitter, Chen Yiran prepared to head back.

At this moment, an elderly man wearing a dark gray suit and with silver-gray hair walked over: "Mr. Chen? I am Ron Dennis. I'm sorry, the plane was delayed. I was hoping to watch the qualifying match with you."

Chen Yiran smiled and said, "It's alright, let's go to my yacht and chat for a bit?"