Dongfeng Nissan’s Hu Jinghao and Huang Jianjue received the A1 rank, Nissan’s rated driver qualification.
Nissan has seven driver ranks: AS, A1, A2, B1, B2, C, and D. Except for AS, which is the highest rank that can evaluate high-performance vehicles up to ultra-high speed ranges, A1 is the highest rank that evaluates vehicles. It is a very difficult rank to obtain.
Nissan’s Hokkaido PG, where the test is held, is built in the mountains and is an extremely demanding course with many corner tracks and a distance of only 50 cm between corner tracks and guardrails. The course is extremely demanding, with many corner tracks and guardrails only 50 cm apart.
In addition, overseas examinees are not allowed to participate in the training conducted at Nissan itself, but must train at circuits in various regions with different conditions, etc., and become accustomed to the course where the examination is conducted in a short time after arriving in Japan to take the test. Due to the difficulty of the test itself and the task of adapting to the certification course in Nissan PG in a short period of time, there have been no A1 ranks obtained in China until now.
This time, Hu Jinghao and Huang Jianxuan went through a rigorous selection process and training on icy and snowy roads in extremely cold weather (-30℃) and in extremely hot weather (40℃), and then they went to the A1 test at Nissan.
As a result, they passed with flying colors, becoming the first two trainees in China to obtain the A1 rank. In particular, Hu Jinghao was the only one of the six trainees (including a Japanese trainee) to receive a score of 4 or higher (on a 5-point scale) in all the scoring items of the dry-road high-speed driving test.
Needless to say, the talent and hard work of these two individuals were behind this accomplishment, as were their excellent instructors.
My name is Masato Okabe. Okabe held the AS rank during his tenure at Nissan and has evaluated the Skyline GT-R. He has also trained over 100 drivers as an instructor during his tenure at Nissan. He has also trained over 100 drivers as an instructor during his tenure at Nissan.
In this project, Okabe was in charge of the entire process from the selection of driver candidates to training. We made numerous trips to China to improve the skills required for evaluation drivers by mixing in demonstrations of driving operations under various conditions, from extremely cold to extremely hot climates.
Okabe serves as our chief tester and has written this article on Okabe’s approach to vehicle evaluation.
Evaluating the workmanship of a car – Blue Sky Technology Inc (blueskyinc.co.uk)
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