093 Taipa Circuit
Lin Xiangbei's words were full of disdain, because in his opinion, Hong Kong Island only has automobile culture and no racing culture.
There may be many Hong Kong Island drivers, thanks to some historical reasons, which can be convenient to go to Australia, the United Kingdom and other racing powerhouses, receive more professional professional training, and have strong strength.
But this is just an individual, not an overall level improvement. It’s like a Yao Ming gaining a foothold in the NBA and even being called the world’s top center.
Can you say that the entire Chinese basketball has reached the point of competing with the NBA?
More importantly, Hong Kong Island does not have racing culture, and it is not limited by any area, funding and other issues. It is purely because of its very short-sighted vision.
Because even the smaller island next door, O, had to fill out the Taipa Cocks Racing stadium, and there were also the Grand Prix racing cars of F3 and Super GT, and the East Ocean Track. Even drivers of Schumacher and Hamilton had run at the Grand Prix racing.
And so big, Hong Kong Island, there is not even a professional racing stadium.
So even when Lin Xiangbei was cooking, he never took Hong Kong Island racing seriously!
In the next two days, Lin Xiangbei basically trained on the village roads and Taimao Mountain Road in Tsuen Wan. Then he asked Leza to collect different data on control, chassis and other things to prepare for future events.
You should know that the chassis suspension tuning of the rally is a more complicated thing than F1 in a sense.
The chassis suspension style on the F1 track can be roughly divided into soft and hard two types, and then combined with high, medium and low air pressure, the total is only ten adjustment plans.
Rally events require extremely complex road conditions, sand, gravel, mud, ice and snow, etc. to require different shock absorber settings.
Take the most common gravel pavement as an example. You need to replace it with special OZ tension wheels, Olings nitrogen custom shock absorbers, and event off-road tires imported from Türkiye.
It’s okay to just change the accessories, but the problem also requires changing the chassis data. This is an extremely huge project. Lezai collects records during the day, calculates and analyzes it at night, and then writes it into the driving computer.
In just two days, there were obvious dark circles under Lezai's frame.
However, this kid, despite Wenwen's weakness, has withstood this high-intensity data analysis. Moreover, Lin Xiangbei completed the data writing before every test, which has the style of a male star time management master in later generations.
On September 11, the fourth day after Lin Xiangbei arrived at Hong Kong Island, the old drunkard drove from Hong Kong Island with his crew members and drove a rented van from Hong Kong Island toward the O Island.
At the same time, the Taipa Cocks Racing Circuit on O Island is now full of flags and gongs and drums, which looks very lively.
Because the Hong Kong Island Automobile Association and the O Island Automobile Association will hold an exhibition race here to warm up the upcoming Grand Prix.
You should know that the Grand Prix of the Island of O is one of the largest international events in China and even Asia, and the number of fans and tourists brought is very considerable.
For the tourist and gambling city of O Island, it means a lot of income. Naturally, we have to find a way to do a grand event. The Coloane Raceway Exhibition Racing is a regular warm-up event every year.
"Although you are very confident, I still want to tell you that in addition to Hong Kong and Macao drivers, there are also professional drivers invited from abroad for a lot of money. There is even a chance of meeting the edge drivers of European GP2 or DTM, which may not be as easy as you imagined."
The old drunkard was driving the car while still admonishing Lin Xiangbei.
After all, this event is an exhibition match for others, and for Lin Xiangbei, it is an event that must be outperformed.
There is nothing else in Hong Kong Island and Macau Island, but there is still no shortage of money. Just like domestic competitions invite foreign players, many foreign drivers will also come to make money.
Even if it is just the edge drivers of GP2 and DTM, in Asia, except for a group of top Japanese drivers who can compete, everything else is vulnerable!
It is equivalent to the marginal players of the NBA, or the top five football leagues. The effect of coming to the domestic league is similar, and it is even exaggerated.
If Lin Xiangbei hadn't shown his strength at the venue too amazing, the old drunkard wouldn't have the confidence to let him run this exhibition match.
"It's pretty good, that's even more interesting."
Unlike the old drunkard's imagination, Lin Xiangbei would be serious or nervous when he learned about it, the boy showed a sense of expectation of eagerness to try.
Before I came to Hong Kong Island, I found a lot of information about professional racing for this kid. Logically, Lin Xiangbei should be very clear about what level does GP2 and DTM drivers represent? Could it be that this kid didn't read it?
However, they are already on their way to O Island. The old drunkard cannot choose to emphasize that his opponent's strength puts pressure on Lin Xiangbei at this point.
Even if the ignorant is fearless, he must be fearless to the end!
The distance from Tsuen Wan to Taipa is not far, but because it is separated by a strait, it takes Lin Xiangbei and his group to arrive at the Coloane Racing Stadium for about two hours.
Although Ao Island has built a racing yard in a small area, to be honest, the area is really pitiful, basically the same as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen base, and even a little smaller.
When the construction was completed, it could only be used to hold events of karting, with a total length of only 1.25 kilometers.
Later, we learned from the experience of Dongwangyang Street Racing and opened up the road next to the racing stadium. During the competition, we formed a combined track, and the length finally reached 2.5 kilometers, barely passing the acceptance of the international B-class racing stadium.
After reaching the loading and unloading location, the old drunkard handed over a track license to Lin Xiangbei. The top of the front is the full English name of FIA and the LOGO, the bottom is his photo and personal information, and the back is the logo and number of the Hong Kong Island Automobile Association.
Lin Xiangbei is not unfamiliar with the racing license, but when he held it in his hand again, he still couldn't help but feel a little emotional and sighing in his heart.
"You and A Niu are preparing to unload the truck. I want to deal with the qualifications for the competition. You will run away by yourself later."
The old drunkard came here today not to have an exhibition match, but to convince members of the Hong Kong Island Automobile Association.
"Don't worry, Uncle Xu, a small scene."
Lin Xiangbei smiled, then pushed open the car door and got out of the car, and with Li Wenfeng and a few who were following along the way, they were preparing to unload Subaru GE from the container truck.
This time I used a race transfer truck, but a temporary rental container truck, which was relatively troublesome to load and unload.
Looking at Lin Xiangbeiyun's back as he got off the car calmly, the expression on the old drunk grimace's face was a bit complicated. Did he really underestimate it?
In fact, the old drunkard can't be blamed for underestimating it. I can only say that this game hit Lin Xiangbei's gun.
Xu Lang realized that Lin Xiangbei's venue was very strong, but he would never have thought that the venue would be as strong as the F1 level!
If you are facing a GP2 or DTM champion today, maybe Lin Xiangbei may not be able to win. After all, this type of person is at the quasi-F1 level and his strength is not weaker than that of the F1 test driver.
Chapter completed!