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Lin Xiangbei's itinerary plan was not interrupted by Ouyang Xi who suddenly appeared. He was still conducting crazy training at midnight.
Most half a month passed quickly, and Hong Kong Island in early October was still shrouded by the autumn tiger, but the short track rally track built by Yuen Long failed to stop the enthusiasm of the audience and car fans.
Nearly 10,000 people from Hong Kong Island and mainland audiences surrounded the several kilometers of pulling short track, waiting to watch the legendary arrogant "genius driver".
Lin Xiangbei's remarks on the "weak" of Hong Kong Island drivers at the Coloane Track and his "blade overtaking" for DTM driver Favres. Not only were they widely publicized by Hong Kong and Macao media, but they were even circulated wildly on the mainland Internet.
China does not have a deep heritage of car and racing culture, but it does not mean that the number of car fans is too small. You should know that in 2004, more than one million spectators came to watch the game in three days, breaking the viewing record of a single Chinese sports event.
This is still on the Donghai International Track, without the Chinese home driver. If there was a Chinese F1 driver at that time, what kind of grand scene would have happened?
Most of the current Chinese drivers are just running in mainland events, lacking confrontation with foreign drivers, and even more lacking the appearance of "idol" drivers with a striking personality.
Think about it, even if you play a computer game in the future, everyone is looking forward to fighting with foreign teams. What's the point of fighting in the nest every day?
Lin Xiangbei overtakes Favres, not the world's top driver, and the Coloane Race is just an exhibition race.
But Lin Xiangbei performed too well in that exhibition match. It can be said that the focus of the entire game was on his blue Subaru ge.
Moreover, there are no pee points when overtaking throughout the whole process. If this is not on the real track, many people probably think it is a movie special effect for the first time they see the video.
This is not a racing car on the track, it is simply a unilateral "slaughter"!
With the media hype and network effect publicity, Lin Xiangbei's name began to become popular. This Hong Kong Rally, whether it was disliked by him or curiosity and suspicion, many people always focused on him.
To be honest, Lin Xiangbei faced a question from a Hong Kong reporter at that time, but he knew their sexuality and planned to cooperate with hype his fame. Anyway, no matter how much they slander a small character, they would not lose much.
This is just like the "traffic" in later generations. The good and bad are actually not important. What is important is that there is no traffic!
When you are unknown and no one mentions it again, it is really cold.
But Lin Xiangbei did not expect that it would eventually attract such high attention. Perhaps the Chinese people really need to appear their own "genius driver" in the field of racing.
Lin Xiangbei has already started preparing for the pre-race in the open space in the event repair area. At the same time, with the successful registration, he received an invitation from the event organizing committee. The event transfer truck from the Guangzhou-Shenzhen base can finally be driven into Hong Kong Island instead of renting a container truck for transfer.
Many people know that rally racing is divided into two types: pulling force and off-road, just like the venue is divided into RVs and equations, but in fact, it can also be divided into a small type of short track pulling force.
The so-called short track rally is actually similar to the field race. Various curves, cross terrain, and even flying jump sections with high and low drops are artificially designed on non-paved roads.
The reason for short track rally is that long-distance rallying has too high requirements for drivers and teams in terms of participation costs and logistics.
Moreover, it is difficult for long-distance rallying to see the full-length race scene like the big screen broadcast of the venue race. It is impossible to experience the pleasure of the rallying car racing by the high speed beside them for a long time.
In order to solve these two problems, short track rally came into being, running rally events in a venue-like environment.
However, they often think about everything, but in the end, they throw away what they are good at and special.
The essence of rally racing lies in the uncontrollable nature of unknowns, the rapid adaptation to various complex road environments, and the peak challenge to drivers' reactions and judgment.
Without these things, running in a fixed track environment, the rally will become faster and the route will be worse than the track.
Moreover, in the extreme state of hundreds of kilometers like F1, drivers conduct centimeter-level offensive and defensive dynamic games, raising human control of racing to the ultimate charm of "non-human" realm.
Therefore, the short track rally has always been in a tepid state, and most of the time is held during the renovation of the competition, which is used to keep the drivers in shape. Or it is a special terrain like Hong Kong Island that cannot hold large-scale rallys that are dozens or hundreds of kilometers long.
However, the rally level is never calculated by length, so this short track rally in Hong Kong Island is equivalent to a national championship in the Fia standard, and it can be said that it is the best choice for getting qualifications!
"The short track rally is a two-lane matchup. The opponent who draws lots to start at the same time as you is Wu Yaohao, who is known as the King of Hong Kong Island. He has won the third place in the All-Japan Racing Drift Competition and is particularly good at non-paved road drifting. He was the champion of the first two Hong Kong Island Short Trail Rally."
"But Wu Yaohao is not the strongest driver in this class. This year, a driver who is known as the second generation of Japan participated in the competition. His name is Taro Aso."
"Taro Aso? What's the origin?"
After hearing this, Lin Xiangbei asked back, he was familiar with several Formula drivers in Japanese history, such as Takuma Sato, Keiko Kobayashi, etc.
But I don’t know much about the new drivers in the Japanese track race or rally. At least he has never heard of Taro Aso at all.
However, it is not a weak person to be able to get the title of "Second Generation" in Japan.
"He is the strongest rally driver in Japan, a student and close disciple of Dakar double champion Hiro Tomoka Ho. He is currently a Japanese rally rising star. He has the strength to inherit the honor of Hiroka Homoka Ho. Therefore, he is called the second generation."
Zeng Ganghao's closed disciple?
Lin Xiangbei is not unfamiliar with the name Zeng Ganghao, because he is the king of rally in Japan and has won the double championship of the Dakar Rally Championship for two consecutive times.
Moreover, he is also the manager of the off-road development department of Mitsubishi Group. The two most famous rally cars of Mitsubishi, Evo and Pajero, were designed and tuned by him.
It can be said that Tsang Hokkai alone supported half of the Japanese rally and racing!
"How could he come to Hong Kong Island to participate in the competition?"
"Like you, improve your racing license level and prepare to participate in the Asia-Pacific Rally."
"Yeah, I got it."
Lin Xiangbei nodded, not saying much.
“Don’t you have any pressure?”
Maybe Lin Xiangbei was too calm, and the old drunkard couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this question, a smile appeared on Lin Xiangbei's face, and then looked at the old drunkard and said, "Uncle Xu, the small scenes are tense, how can I hold the big scenes?"
"Boy, the opponent is very strong."
“But I’m stronger.”
Faced with this answer, Xu Lang suddenly didn't know what to say.
After a long period of contact, he was actually numb to the driving skills Lin Xiangbei showed.
If a genius driver shows his superhuman qualities, why should he be worthy of the word "genius"?
However, Lin Xiangbei's psychological qualities during this period are really a bit terrifying from Xu Lang's perspective.
This kid doesn't seem to know what nervousness and anxiety are, and there is no obvious emotional fluctuation in the face of various events and opponents.
And he is not the kind of ignorant who is fearless or a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger. He is really full of confidence and never feels that he will lose.
Chapter completed!