Professional drivers need physical fitness as a guarantee, Zhang Yifei naturally understands this. Take the top-level event F1 as an example. After a two-hour race, the weight loss caused by simply dehydration is as high as a few pounds. If you don’t have very strong physical fitness, let alone compete for rankings, you can’t even finish the normal race.

Zhang Yifei's identity is a high school student in this life, so he has relaxed in physical training. Now, after Uncle Lu's reminder, Zhang Yifei understands that if he wants to stand at the top of the world, or even step into the Formula car that he has never entered in his previous life, he will have to make double his efforts.

After all, I lost at the starting line. If I don’t work hard, how can I turn the tables against the wind?

"Uncle Lu, I understand. I will make a training plan for myself in the future."

Seeing Zhang Yifei reaching the point, Lu Ningping showed a gratified smile on his face. It would be great if his daughter was as sensible as Yifei.

The two of them ran for about half an hour in the morning and then arrived at a Hong Kong-style teahouse, ordered Cantonese classic shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, salt water horns, etc., and then ordered a pot of oolong tea. Even at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the teahouse was already bustling and bustling. Many grandparents could sit in the whole morning with just a pot of tea and newspaper.

Of course, Zhang Yifei didn't have the leisure time. He ate breakfast voraciously, just thinking about going to Uncle Lu's kart club as soon as possible. Lu Ningping is not a traditional Hong Kong islander, and he also has the kind of decisive personality, so he doesn't have the leisure to taste tea like Zhang Yifei, and just eat it simply as breakfast.

After morning tea, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei to board the bus to Yuen Long. Many people in later generations remember that Hong Kong Island was small and full of tall buildings, but in fact, there were many undeveloped places on Hong Kong Island, and even farmland, etc. Most of these "country" places are in the Yuen Long area of ​​Hong Kong Island, which is also the territory of the Aboriginal people.

Kart clubs are generally divided into indoor and outdoor. Compared with small indoor tracks, the kart tracks in the outdoor fields are more spacious and professional, and can directly simulate the atmosphere of the event. In a place like Hong Kong Island where every inch of land is valuable, if you want to build a wide outdoor kart track, you basically have no other choice except Yuen Long.

After about an hour's bus, Zhang Yifei finally arrived at the entrance of the kart club where Uncle Lu worked. The sign reads ten big words "Chasing Feng International Kart Club".

"This is the kart club I coached. It was established by Hong Kong Island tycoon Guo Yunqiang. There are five professional coaches including me, 22 students, all between 6 and 14 years old."

After saying that, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei into the gate. It is now two days before the Chinese New Year, so the kart club is also on holiday. Apart from the guards, there can be said that there is no one inside.

The first thing that catches your eye is a kart track, paved with asphalt, and tires are stacked on both sides of the track for cushioning and protection. There are digital labels on each corner, which can better let students understand the characteristics of each corner and pass the fastest way.

"This is the kart track, which is about 1,200 meters long, with a straight line with fast start and emergency stop, as well as multiple composite curves, which are basically created according to the competition requirements. The students' normal lap speed is between 61 seconds and 65 seconds, and the fastest speed is above 57 seconds."

Lu Ningping introduced the situation of the kart track, but Zhang Yifei quickly converted the lap speed in his mind. Take the slowest speed of 65 seconds for example. The complete range of 1,200 meters and 65 seconds was roughly 66km/h. Students generally had a lap speed of around 70km/h.

This speed is definitely not a big deal in f1, but you should know that this is just a single lap speed of the kart, and the operator is a group of children around 10 years old, which is very exaggerated.

Zhang Yifei thought that when he was ten years old, he had just left the stage of playing with mud. He still couldn't ride his bicycle smoothly, let alone driving a kart with an average speed of 70km/h to go through corners. It's no exaggeration to say that many people in later generations may not have experienced what it feels like to go through corners of 70km/h in later generations.

This is one of the reasons why there are few F1 drivers. They are thrown too far at the starting line. Unless they are talented, they will not even have the chance to catch up. If Zhang Yifei had not had the experience of a professional driver in this life, at the age of sixteen, becoming a Formula driver would be something he would never dare to think about.

After introducing the track, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei to the garage, which was a huge building similar to a factory building, where all the karts and accessories were placed.

When you open the garage door, the first thing you see is rows of karts placed in rows. There are 22 students in the entire club, but including coaches and spare cars, you will generally prepare more than 30 vehicles to ensure normal training.

These karts are not much different from those in many cities in later generations, which are a few dozen yuan apart in appearance. They look similar to children's toys, and they do not have the technology and speed sense of Formula racing.

But Zhang Yifei knew that in many kart amusement parks in later generations, the karts in them were far inferior to those in the control and speed, not to mention that some amusement parks directly used electric karts in order to save costs.

When he came to a kart, Lu Ningping continued to explain to Zhang Yifei: "Karting is generally divided into two categories and twelve levels. The two categories are equation karts and standard karts. The clubs are standard karts. Only when they advance to the primary equation can they use real track formula karts.

"The karts here are divided according to displacement, namely 100cc, 125cc and 150cc. In fact, they are common motorcycle displacement divisions. On weekdays, students under ten years old use 100cc displacement, and those over ten years old use 125cc displacement training."

"There are two motorcycle engines modified with 150cc four-stroke, which are prepared for training for students entering Formula Elementary Kart. If the displacement is even greater, such as 250cc, the aerodynamic kit must be modified to provide sufficient downforce to maintain the body stable, which is already a threshold for Formula Elementary."

Lu Ningping tried his best to explain to Zhang Yifei in detail, because in this era, few people in the mainland learned about Formula Racing and not many people knew about karts, so this was considered to give Zhang Yifei basic teaching.

This time, Zhang Yifei also listened very seriously. Although rally and formulas are both racing cars, the difference between the two is very big. To put it simply, it is the difference between a 100-meter sprint and a marathon. Therefore, he is not very familiar with these kart knowledge and is a real newcomer.

Seeing Zhang Yifei's serious look, Lu Ningping also smiled and said, "How about it? After hearing so much, why don't you try it?"

"Okay." Zhang Yifei replied with a smile. In fact, he had already been eager to try it out.

“Which one can be tried?”

"Just that 150cc modified."
Chapter completed!