The area of ​​O Island is not large, but it is different from the modern urban style of Hong Kong Island. O Island has a leisurely and casual style. After all, the city's pillar industry is tourism and gambling, so naturally there will be no fast pace.

However, Zhang Yifei did not come to visit O Island this time. After getting off the boat, he drove a small container truck and went directly to the Cocksports Circuit in Taipa, which is also the location of today's event.

The small racing stadium of the Coloane, which can be seen from its name, is not very large in scale. But for the area of ​​Macau, it is already very difficult to build an international B-level racing stadium.

The entire track is 1.25 kilometers long. Compared with Hong Kong Island’s Wind Chasing Club, it is only 50 meters long, but the track is 8 meters wide, while the Wind Chasing Club is only 6 meters, which is reduced by 2 meters. After all, private clubs cannot be compared with the scale of government-approved construction. Even if the money is in place, the problem of land is difficult to deal with.

I have to say that karting is still very popular in Hong Kong and Macao. The entire Coloane Racing stadium is crowded with people, and most of them are parents bringing their children here. This is similar to the "buy one and get two free" parent-child movie tickets in later generations. When karting children come, they will inevitably be accompanied by their parents, so the number is even greater.

Instead of walking through the audience passage, Zhang Yifei and his team went directly to the preparation area, unloading the competitive kart from the container truck, and then undergoing inspection by the Hong Kong Island Kart Association.

This time, Zhang Yifei used not the 250cc super kart he usually trained, because the level of this event is based on the C-level standards of international kart racing. The contestants used two-stroke 125cc karts, paired with a six-speed manual transmission, and the horsepower is limited to 45p and the maximum speed is 200km/h.

There are also a total of ten contestants, including four Hong Kong Island players, four Odori, and two mainland East China Sea players to participate. Among the four Odori, two are students of Odori International Kart Club and are also the strongest players in this competition.

After unloading the car, the event organizer was inspected by the vehicle. Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Yifei went to the backstage to change his racing suit. After all, this was a regular youth professional event and all the equipment must be worn.

In the backstage lounge, basically the kart drivers participating in the event gathered here. When they saw Zhang Yifei coming in, they had a look of surprise on their faces. Because this was just a boy kart event, most of the participating ages were around 14 years old, but Zhang Yifei reached the age limit of 16 years old.

More importantly, Zhang Yifei's height is considered a "tall" group in areas like Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau, which were short on average in the 1990s. Therefore, it feels like an adult and a little kid are not at the same age as the other contestants in the lounge.

Faced with all kinds of surprising gazes, Zhang Yifei was also a little embarrassed. It is indeed a bit inappropriate for participating in the teenage karting event at his age. But there is no way. Who said that he was exposed to karting late? Only by getting a good result in the championship can he further qualify for Formula racing, so this embarrassment is inevitable.

After changing outfits, there was an opening ceremony, which was to wave to the audience and let the host give an introduction.

The host focused on the contestants of the Aodao International Kart Club, and the calls they received were also the highest. After all, the championship titles in previous events were basically won by the Aodao Club, and they also have their home court advantages here.

When Zhang Yifei was introduced, the atmosphere on the scene was a bit weird, with applause sparse, and it was more of a whisper. It was probably all about how Zhang Yifei got involved in the youth group event.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Yifei was simply black, which was even more embarrassing than the tail of the crane after his professional competition. But this is how life is, just get used to everything. Zhang Yifei also waved his hand with a fake smile on his face, and he could not tell that his mentality was affected at all.

The embarrassing introduction was completed, and all the drivers returned to their karts. At this time, Lu Ningping also completed the final inspection of the karts. When he saw Zhang Yifei coming, he said in a plain tone: "Are you nervous?"

"If you have anything to be nervous, just run away."

When he heard Zhang Yifei's answer, Lu Ningping smiled and continued, "You have seen the floor plan of the Coloane Track before. This kind of kart track is similar, and the curve types are similar, but the order of each curve is different."

"I won't say much about driving skills. I just emphasize that you should control the distance of the surrounding karts and avoid any accidents. Even if you are not injured in the end, it will have a great impact on your grades. Try to avoid such situations."

Zhang Yifei had trained in the club before. Because of the level of other students, he rarely had the opportunity to simulate events, but was more of a one-person training. This was his first professional karting competition and the first time he faced so many opponents on the track. It was easy to collide if he was not careful, so Lu Ningping specially reminded him.

"I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded. This was not a problem for him. Although his main business was rally drivers in his previous life, he did not have not been to the field race. It can be said that the field race is the basis of all professional drivers, so these are just basic operations.

"Then prepare to go on stage and get a good result." After saying that, Lu Ningping patted Zhang Yifei on the shoulder.

Just as Zhang Yifei turned around and walked towards the track, Lu Ningping suddenly shouted behind his back: "By the way, I have only one standard for good results, that is the champion."

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei turned around and smiled and said, "This is also my standard."

Today is just a regional championship, so there is no option for qualifying. This is also the current situation of Asian karting. Compared with the decades of development and accumulation in Europe, it is still much simpler and rougher.

So today's ranking standard is determined based on the driver's previous performance. The drivers of the Aodao International Kart Club were directly placed in the first row. Zhang Yifei had no record of kart racing before, so he was naturally placed in the last. The car was twenty meters away from running before the car could run.

The ranking is ready, a safety car is coming, and all the kart drivers follow the safety car to carry out a lap and warm tires, and are also familiar with the track. This is one of the processes of the event.

Just as Uncle Lu said, there is no essential difference between the Coloane Track and the Club Track, and even the length is almost the same. After all, the curve types are those. No matter which racing stadium, driver training is required, so there will be no intention of making non-mainstream curves. Whether you can feel the subtle differences depends on the driver's own strength.

After running two laps of the track, Zhang Yifei basically knew what he thought. After the starting line, all the karts were arranged in the previous order of departure, with two units in each row, with a total of five rows in front and back.

After the ranking was completed, all the kart drivers looked at the indicator lights in front and were ready to start at any time.
Chapter completed!