139 Absolute Power
With the encouragement of the team members, Lin Xiangbei carried his helmet and walked towards the racing car step by step.
"Boy, just do your best!"
The old drunkard who had never spoken, rushed behind him and shouted.
Hearing Xu Lang's voice, Lin Xiangbei stopped and looked back.
He did not respond, but a bright smile appeared on his face, then put on his helmet and stepped forward with a firmer pace.
"What you will see next is the second showdown between the Chinese team and the German team."
"This game is made by the new Rally, Lin Xiangbei, who just won the title of ROC Chinese Car King, against Germany's F1 World Runner-up driver Vettel this year. I hope he can run a good result."
He Bing's voice was not as excited and excited as before, and it was obvious that he had not recovered from Han Han's failure.
And compared with Han Han, even if Lin Xiangbei won the title of Chinese Car King, no one would have received too much hope from him.
Han Han could not beat Schumacher, and Lin Xiangbei could not beat Vettel.
Another more important point is that after the two laps just now, Han Han finally lagged behind Schumacher by more than 3 seconds.
This gap is far more exaggerated than many people expected before the race. After all, the speed of this kind of ROC track is not too fast and the mileage is not long. It is a little more difficult to widen the gap significantly than a standard track.
This result can only prove that the strength of Chinese racing is far greater than many people imagined compared to the world's top drivers.
To be honest, Lin Xiangbei is not surprised by this result. You should know that he later tested the F1 track. The track record that Schumacher ran out of the peak period was dumped for more than 6 seconds. That was called a "tragic man".
Han Han's strength is impossible to be stronger than his F1 driver who got a super driver's license in his later generations. He was only thrown away for more than 3 seconds, which is already considered a super-level performance.
To be honest, the home game encouraged to achieve double championship results this year, which gave Han Han a lot of extra points in his mentality, otherwise he might not be less than Schumacher in terms of hard strength.
Of course, Lin Xiangbei was able to be dumped so many times in his later generations, which actually has something to do with his mentality, but he was deducting points.
The cold eyes and ridicule on the European track, as well as the psychological gap caused by being crushed by others, made Lin Xiangbei less confident in the later stages of his career, which led to his performance getting worse and worse.
This is also similar to the experience of many Chinese drivers who fought in Formula European racing in later generations. They went to Europe with hope, but they couldn't survive and returned in a desperate situation.
However, Lin Xiangbei did not choose to come back in shame, and eventually fought desperately to prove himself.
Maybe this is Lin Xiangbei’s last stubbornness, he never completely admits defeat!
When he arrived at the inner track car, Vettel was standing next to the outskirts Volkswagen Scoo. Compared to Schumacher, who was wearing a white ROC training suit, Vettel was still wearing his F1 robe, which is the dark blue Red Bull uniform today.
The iconic collision bull logo, red red bull letters, may no one think that this new F1 team, which has been established for only a few years, will achieve a successive championship in the future, and even join forces with Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari will become the new Formula Three Big Three.
Vettel may have felt Lin Xiangbei's gaze, looked up at him, and even gave Lin Xiangbei a smile.
Indeed, for drivers of Schumacher or Vettel, the ROC National Cup is their relaxed "All-Star Weekend", unlike Chinese drivers who are serious about playing as a race and then running.
The reason is very simple. The German team can easily enter the ROC every year. China may break through with its host identity for decades. If the fate is different, the attitude will naturally be different.
And it's not just a race, even against Chinese drivers, they are just two "kids" in their eyes.
For people or things that are not threatening, most people can maintain a friendly and peaceful attitude without being too strong.
Facing Vettel's smile, Lin Xiangbei also smiled at him and reciprocates.
When Lin Xiangbei entered F1 in his previous life, he happened to be at the peak of Vettel's career and witnessed the four-champion champion being arrogant on the F1 track!
To be honest, if it were Lin Xiangbei in his previous life, even if he was at the peak of his strength, he would not have the same peaceful mentality as he is now against Vettel, but instead had a kind of fear of being unconfident.
But this time, he didn't know why he could still laugh. It might be that the biggest change he had in his life would bring about was the change in his mentality. He lost the weakness and cringe on the European track and truly rebuilded the absolute confidence of a driver!
Ignite, blow oil, and with the roar of the engine, Lin Xiangbei cleared many of the thoughts in his mind and entered the competitive state thoroughly.
Compared with Han Han's previous cheering voice like tsunami, this duel is much quieter.
On the one hand, Lin Xiangbei and Vettel are far less popular than Han Han and Schumacher before. On the other hand, Han Han lost so badly just now that he didn't even make the entire run. Chinese car fans at the scene have not yet come out of the failure and dare not give Lin Xiangbei too much confidence.
The sound of the timer echoed, and Lin Xiangbei held the engine speed of Volkswagen Shangku to 6,000 rpm, which was only one step away from the red light area of 7,000 rpm.
To be honest, a normal ejection start will not hold the engine speed so high, because the maximum torque of most engines does not necessarily mean that it is at the maximum speed.
Moreover, the speed of the suffocation is too high, so it is easy to know that the starting tires are slipping, which instead slows down the starting speed of the ejection.
This is why, the start of ejection seems to be very simple, it is to loosen the brakes and hit the accelerator. But in fact, if you want to gain the advantage in milliseconds, you must control the absolute balance between engine torque and tire friction.
However, this time, Lin Xiangbei did not choose to start with the first gear, but the second gear!
Lin Xiangbei has also run several times in the ROC National Cup track. The material is very similar to the wooden floors of basketball games, but it is a little different.
But no matter what, the track surface made of this material makes the grip much lower than that of the standard track.
Standard racing vehicles, such as rally or Formula, are extremely abnormal in low torque. If you step on the accelerator a little deeper at the first gear, it may cause tire idling and slipping.
In all the environments on the ground such as rainy days, many drivers will choose to start in second gear, which can better control the car to avoid slipping, even the equation of f1 is no exception.
To be honest, this mass-produced version of Volkswagen Scoo can be considered as a small cannon in civil use, but it is a typical weak vehicle in a race-level vehicle.
Under normal circumstances, you can start with first gear. Even if the indoor track of the Bird's Nest is not very good, it will not cause serious slippage. There is no need to challenge the difficulty of using second gear. Maybe you will play with low and insufficient torque and eject it more slowly.
But this time Lin Xiangbei planned to squeeze out all the strength of the car and use all possible leading methods to win this duel with Vettel.
Even though Lin Xiangbei told him before the game that he had no chance of winning, he could lose, but he would never admit defeat in advance. He had to fight this game when he took a different approach!
Lin Xiangbei used this operation similar to the folk cutting of the second gear 7300 to drive people, which made Vettel vaguely hear the difference in engine speed.
However, Vettel did not care about Lin Xiangbei's small moves at all. As the same thing, in the face of absolute power, any skill is futile. No matter how fancy Lin Xiangbei's operation is, it cannot change the final result.
The moment the indicator light went out, the clutch throttle was loosened to the end, and the falling engine speed pointer was immediately pulled up. The power connection was perfect, and Lin Xiangbei rushed over immediately.
The track broadcast footage also aimed at the two Volkswagen Scooters that started the catapult. At the beginning of the catapult, it is obvious that Vettel's white racing car is in the lead.
Just when everyone thought that this leadership would continue and widen, Lin Xiangbei's red car caught up and completed the overtake!
The whole process was in a flash. No matter the track commentator or the audience had no time to say anything, the first overtaking scene appeared on the track.
The biggest advantage of starting in the second gear is not the starting speed, because the torque is not greater than the first gear of the same model.
The reason why Lin Xiangbei chose to do this is more to save time for shifting gears. Volkswagen Shangku is a mass-produced version of the car and does not have a race-level serial transmission. Even if you shift gears at a normal manual transmission, it will have power connection loss of about 0.2 seconds.
This is why, race-level vehicles were later equipped with serial gearboxes, and even F1 was equipped with a seamless gearbox that claimed to have no gear shift power loss, just to save 0.1 second of each gear shift.
But don’t underestimate these few seconds. You should know that for an F1 event, the number of singing may be as high as thousands of times, and each time it can be as fast as 0.1 seconds faster than the opponent, and a thousand times will be 100 seconds.
Of course, the actual speed cannot be increased by 100 seconds so exaggerated. After all, the car still has inertia speeding, but it is obvious that this gap is enough to determine the final outcome of the race.
"Once again, Chinese driver Lin Xiangbei started again and led German driver Vettel."
"Faced with this world runner-up in F1, the new Chinese car king also showed fierce fighting spirit, and he was not behind!"
Lin Xiangbei's wonderful performance made He Bing in the commentary room ignite the flames in his heart again. Not to mention the result, at least in the face of Han Han's crushing defeat and the pressure brought by the world's top drivers, the Chinese newcomer did not retreat, he was still fighting!
"It's turn 1 soon. Can Lin Xiangbei stabilize his advantage?"
Pan Yong then added, staring at the track with his eyes tightly. Han Han's lead was tied by Schumacher here. Will Lin Xiangbei repeat the same mistake?
In front of Turn No. 1, Lin Xiangbei delayed the brake point, then pressed against the inside of the track, and used a left-right-left tangent to the left-right-left corner.
The so-called bend is actually to use the distance between the bend from the inside to the outside and try to pull the angle of the bend into a straight line.
The closer you can run a line, the faster the cornering speed will be. This requires the driver to judge the brake point at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, control the curve center apex point, and choose the entire curve route!
Lin Xiangbei has done all this perfectly. He used extremely accurate and beautiful routes to pass Turn 1 at high speed.
Chapter completed!