When Lin Xiangbei saw this name, his face was a little confused. Logically speaking, Chris Mick is already a quasi-WRC driver and there is no need to participate in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Is it because he gave too many bonuses?

"Going north, are you a little nervous?"

Feng Bingman saw Lin Xiangbei looking at Mick's photo, and he was a little distracted, and he started to tease him.

However, the response I received was very clear, that is, "no"!

In fact, Lin Xiangbei is really not unfamiliar with Chris Mick. He is not a quasi-WRC driver. In fact, he later became a WRC driver and ran very well. There are a lot of fans who appreciate and recognize him.

In terms of grades, Mick is not a top driver in WRC. He won the championship in the oversea stage, but he rarely enters the top three in the total annual points. However, this guy drove, under the premise that he was becoming more and more timid in motorsports in later generations, he was very personality and radical, and even won the title of "King of Cars".

So this opponent is indeed a strong enemy with a very high upper limit.

But at least for Lin Xiangbei, such an opponent is far from being nervous. After all, on the stage of the ROC National Cup, he even fought against F1 future four-winning champion Vettel and current F1 world champion Patton.

These two drivers have made Lin Xiangbei nervous and have given him solid psychological qualities.

Perhaps the biggest gain from participating in the ROC National Cup was not the title of Chinese car king, but Lin Xiangbei saw the "big world"!

Feng Bingman has long been used to Lin Xiangbei's confident behavior. In the competition, this little guy is just a racing machine without emotions, so it is difficult to experience any violent emotional fluctuations.

Or to put it another way, at least others can't see Lin Xiangbei's psychological changes.

"Your second strong rival comes from Australia, named Cody Kloak, the champion of the Asia-Pacific Rally last year, currently ranks first in the Asia-Pacific region, from the motor     image team (Italian-US team, Subaru Asia-Pacific dealer)."

"Clock has been focusing on Asia-Pacific racing in recent years, and is quite familiar with various track environments and opponents' styles, and even has a greater threat than European driver Mick, and he drives the same Subaru racing car as you."

Lin Xiangbei nodded in agreement with Feng Bingman's statement. If Mick is the Cross River Dragon, then this Australian driver Clock can be considered a local tyrant.

Moreover, his identity as a defending champion will have a great bonus to this year's Asia-Pacific Rally, and he is indeed a strong enemy.

"I have followed this driver. Hiroshi Yanagawa, who narrowly beat Japan's cusco (Cocus) team last year, is indeed very strong."

At this time, Genji Ito in the conference hall emphasized that he is familiar with Japanese drivers. Hiroshi Yanagawa is a very outstanding rally driver in Japan in recent years. The cusco team behind it is a famous top modification brand in Japan. It has great advantages in stable racing performance, and even surpasses ordinary factory teams.

You should know that with the development of the times, if the car manufacturers do not invest 100% heavily, the modified racing cars are actually not as good as those of special modification manufacturers.

Even later generations of WRC racing cars were monopolized by three modification brands. You see, there are Peugeot, Citroen, Toyota, Hyundai, etc. on the track, but in fact, the modifications are not independently completed by car manufacturers, but outsourced.

This model has both advantages and disadvantages. For car manufacturers, it naturally greatly reduces the event costs and R&D costs. After all, the influence of rally cars is much different from sponsors and other players than Formula cars, and they are basically running at a loss.

If you lose too much, you will naturally not be able to pay for it. You have to find a way to reduce the cost of modification. At this time, a special "outsourcing" company appeared, and they just happened to get rid of such thankless things.

However, outsourcing means that the ultimate performance will decline and the racing strength will tend to be homogenized.

No matter how you say the strength of modification manufacturers is impossible to compare with the full research and development of the world's auto giants, and it is naturally worse than the limit.

Of course, it is impossible for auto manufacturers to compete for the limits in rally racing, so in most cases, the racing of modified manufacturers is better than that of the factory team itself. Therefore, after all aspects, it has become the mainstream of modification manufacturers in later generations.

"How is Hiroshi Yanagi's strength?"

Lin Xiangbei asked back, the driver's strength never depends on what grade he achieved, but on how valuable the opponent is.

If Hiroshi Yanagawa is a rookie, then even if he relies on the cusco modification factory and has the advantage of racing performance, he will not be much stronger. It is not surprising that Clock can beat him.

“Japan’s top.”

"Isn't Japan's strongest?"

"No, the strongest Japanese driver in the rally range is Renault Nissan League's Fan-Han Katsuda. He has won several Japanese rally championships in a row and is called the King of Asphalt!"

After saying this, Ito Genji pointed his hand at the avatar of another driver on this page of ppt, which was Katsuda Fanhiko.

Everyone knows that rally events are actually divided into conventional and pure off-road such as Dakar. If rallying is included in general, then the strongest driver in Japan is Zeng Ganghao, who won the Dakar Rally World Championship for two consecutive years from 2002 to 2003.

However, in terms of conventional rally, the strongest driver in Japan is Katsuda Fanhiko. He even played a yamado rally duel with the prototype of Fujiwara Takumi and the Japanese "drift king" Keishi Toya and defeated the opponent.

The driver's style is a typical Loeb style. The route drift on the asphalt track is extremely accurate, which is beyond the Japanese drivers, so he won the title of "King of Asphalt".

But when Lin Xiangbei saw his information, he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth. Even if Loeb came to run over on paved roads like asphalt, he felt that he had the ability to fight and win. Even this guy deserves to be called the "King of Asphalt"?

"Boy, don't underestimate your opponent if you haven't run away."

Seeing the smile on the corner of Lin Xiangbei's mouth, the old drunkard who had been with him for half a year naturally understood what it meant.

This kid only feels like this smile will appear on the corner of his mouth when he feels that he is sure to win against Japan's strongest rally driver, Fan Yan Katsuda?

Although the old drunkard admits that Lin Xiangbei asphalt is terrible in paving, Keishi Toya is not only the title of "Drift King". He is also the top driver in the Japanese GT race, and the venue is also not weak.

This Japanese driver can win Keishi Toya, and Lin Xiangbei is sure to win now. Is it too early for some to be proud?

The old drunkard always believes that even if the driver is arrogant and arrogant, he is better than being afraid and being cowardly. However, Lin Xiangbei, this guy, has looked down on the strongest local snake before he can run the first major competition of his career, and is a bit too arrogant.

After hearing the old drunkard's reminder, Lin Xiangbei did not refute, but still just smiled.

After understanding the main opponents, the remaining drivers basically had nothing to pay attention to. They were not particularly competitive, including Lin Xiangbei's former "teammate" - Han Han.

Rally is a racing sport that pays great attention to the "head" effect, which is very different from F1.

F1 races for dozens of laps, and there is a schedule of about two or three hundred kilometers. However, as long as the car does not fail, the first place will be killed and the last place will be slapped, and the biggest gap is only one or two minutes.

Rally is different. The top drivers in the front may catch up and bite them tightly, while the gap between the drivers in the back and the first one is widened for more than half an hour. This is common, and there is a very obvious dividing line in the middle.

The reason why this is caused is that in the F1 equation, even the most talented drivers are one of the strongest people in the world. The genius among geniuses has crushed countless opponents to enter the F1 track.

Those with a slightly weaker ability will be eliminated quickly, and even if they can't finish a season, they will be replaced by the third driver.

However, rally is far less important for driver registration. Many private enthusiasts can participate in the competition, and the overall level is uneven.

He is very powerful. He is like Loeb, who is like a cannon fodder, and he is simply a gift.

As for Han Han, it was not Lin Xiangbei who despised him. The brother's foreign competition record was really a mess, and it was obvious that he was not very suitable for the foreign competition environment.

So later Han Han rarely participated in any foreign competitions, and basically ran at home.

If no special incident occurs, then Han Han's Asia-Pacific Rally is likely to be at the bottom of the level of this time.

After reading the specific track and driver information, the next step is the official road book. By comparing it with last year's Asia-Pacific Rally Road Book, 80% of the stages have been replaced this time.

In a sense, this is good news for Lin Xiangbei. A brand new track means that local opponents have no advantage. Even if the rally driver wants to remember hundreds of kilometers of curves, it is basically impossible.

Lin Xiangbei did not study the official road books too deeply, because of the continuous training and the fatigue of boating, he was actually in a state of extreme fatigue in both spirit and physical fitness.

And tomorrow will be the opening ceremony and the two-day on-site road survey stage. He can completely compare it with the official road book during the road survey. There is no need to think about becoming fat in one step at this time.

So after the team's internal "conference", Lin Xiangbei immediately fell into the room and fell asleep, facing tomorrow's official competition with a full spirit.

November 11th is exactly the time of the domestic Double Eleven shopping festival, but Lin Xiangbei has no intention of buying Taobao. He is currently attending the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Rally.

Today, all participating teams, officials from the FIA ​​and Japan event organizing committee will be present, and there are hundreds of media in the Asia-Pacific region. After all, this is the highest-level rally event in the Asia-Pacific region.

At the opening ceremony, Lin Xiangbei met Han Han. The two sides simply greeted each other and then returned to their fleet repair area without too much communication.

On the one hand, the occasion is not allowed, and on the other hand, they are now opponents, and their identity changes are a bit sudden. The two of them suddenly feel a little embarrassed and don’t know how to get along.

The atmosphere at the scene was very lively. Motorsports still had a very wide mass base in Japan, but the area of ​​the two Chinese teams seemed a bit deserted, and basically no Japanese fans paid attention to it.

At the same time, the speeches of drivers and media footage of the opening ceremony were also placed on this class of seed players Clock, Mick and all-Japanese rally champion Katsuda Fan Yan. Lin Xiangbei felt like an outsider.

Lin Xiangbei could vaguely see the expression on Han Han's face a little nervous. This was his first time participating in the Asia-Pacific rally event, but Lin Xiangbei leaned boredly on the front of the car, waiting for the end of the opening ceremony, and then conducting pre-race surveys.

But at this moment, a somewhat sweet female voice appeared in Lin Xiangbei's ears.

"Konnichiwa (Hello), Lin Xiangbei player, can you accept an interview?"

Lin Xiangbei turned around when he heard this voice and saw a short-haired female reporter who looked very much like Japanese artist Yui Aragaki, looking at him with anticipation.
Chapter completed!