096 Qualified?
After the host on site said a few opening speeches, he began to introduce about 20 participating drivers one by one.
Basically, they are mainly Hong Kong Island drivers, paired with two or three Australian Island drivers, as well as several foreign drivers who came to make money.
Although this event was held at the Odo Island Coloane Racing Circuit, after all, the Odo Island has too little population base, so it is almost impossible to cultivate its own professional racing system.
Therefore, the car events on the Island of Australia are actually held jointly by Hong Kong and Macao, and at most they are just named after the name. Many times, the name is directly listed on the Island of Hong Kong.
However, it doesn't matter to the island of Australia. The reason why they are keen on holding car events is more because of tourism, rather than really wanting to build a racing industry.
It doesn’t matter where the driver and the organizer are, as long as tourists and fans come to Ao Island to spend.
Like any home court, the cheers of local drivers are always the highest. In addition, when BMW driver Favres was introduced, there were also thunderous cheers and applause on the scene.
After all, this is the biggest driver in the exhibition competition today, with the highest professional achievements. He is still a foreigner and is not surprisingly popular in Hong Kong and Macao. But I don’t know how the organizer of the event arranged it. After introducing Favres, the next one is Lin Xiangbei.
The atmosphere at the scene was equivalent to turning from midsummer to cold winter, with only a few sparse applause. After all, mainland drivers rarely appear in the exhibition competitions on Odori, and Lin Xiangbei is now completely at the level of a cat and a dog, so he doesn't know how such a person appeared to participate in the competition.
Faced with this situation, Lin Xiangbei was extremely strong inside, and waved to the audience with a professional smile on his face.
Anyway, this is not the first time he has encountered such an awkward scene. When he ran abroad in his previous life, it was basically the case.
But at this moment, Li Wenfeng suddenly stood up, didn't care about the eyes of others at all, and shouted at the top of his throat: "To the north, to the north, as fast as lightning!"
"Come on the north, they can't even see the taillights of your car!"
And it was not just Li Wenfeng, but soon Brother Niu and Lezai cheered towards Lin Xiangbei, which was quite like a group of relatives and friends.
To be honest, Lin Xiangbei really doesn't care much about the cold incident, but seeing Li Wenfeng and others trying hard to applaud him, he still felt an indescribable touch in his heart.
Maybe, this is the team.
Because it is an exhibition competition, there is no formal qualifying competition, but the starting ranking is determined based on the driver's historical results.
Favre ranked first, and Ah Wei from the Hong Kong SD team ranked third, while the second was an O Island driver, who Lin Xiangbei did not know.
As for Lin Xiangbei, he was directly arranged at the end of the crane. After all, his event resume was blank. The two municipal small competitions were forged by racing students, and in addition, mainland drivers came to Ao Island to participate, so they could only be ranked at the end in all aspects.
After everything was ready to continue, a race guide car drove over and led the participating vehicles to circle the field to warm the tires.
You should know that in general, the formal competitions use fully hot-melt tires, which are commonly known as bald tires.
Before the tire temperature rises, the grip of the fully heated tire is not very good because there is no tire pattern. After the tire temperature rises, the surface of the tire will melt to form a rubber layer similar to chewing gum. At this time, the grip will increase sharply and firmly bite the ground.
So that's why, many times, watching car events on TV, there is a guided car before the start of the race, leading the participating drivers to run around the field, to increase the tire temperature.
The temperature in the island of Australia is now about 30 degrees. Even if the length of the loop track is short, the tire temperature rises very quickly.
After the bead warming was finished, the car stopped to its starting position again, and the driver's eyes were locked on the top of the track, on a crossbar similar to a traffic light.
Time enters the countdown, and five indicator lights start to light up one after another. The roar of the engine begins to resound throughout the track. The moment all indicator lights go out, it means that the competition officially begins!
Among this group of GT racing cars, Subaru GE may have the lowest horsepower, and is even crushed exponentially. However, in terms of starting torque, rally cars never lag behind any racing cars, and even F1 is not weak under the same weight!
Although Lin Xiangbei's racing car has only been driving for a few days and cannot be considered a complete running-in, in these few days, Lezai can be said to be accelerating his life's optimization and acceleration.
And even if there is no optimization, except for the front row drivers in the exhibition competition of this level, who can block Lin Xiangbei from the back row?
After the ejection starts, the floor oil is down, and Lin Xiangbei does not have to worry about slipping due to the strong grip brought by the bald tire. Almost instantly, the driver who was side by side with Lin Xiangbei was overtaken by him.
The problem is just the beginning. The tachometer begins to be full, and the peak torque of the rally car is immediately squeezed out. Lin Xiangbei constantly pulls the gear lever, and the transmission efficiency of the race-level transmission is far from comparable to that of the manual transmission of the Mazda RX7 and GTR before.
Especially for top professional drivers like Lin Xiangbei, they can maximize the transmission efficiency of the serial transmission!
After three seconds of starting, Lin Xiangbei exceeded 100 per hour. With the limit of being able to make a chance, he once again surpassed the third-last driver.
Poor driver, when he saw the blue Subaru GE rushing past the car, he had a thought of whether he was hallucinating himself.
Because he felt that his start was not slow, and there was a driver behind him. How did this mainland driver surpass him and fly over to start?
There are more than the third-last drivers in the last thought. When all the racing cars started successfully and grabbed the position on the first corner of the Coloane Track, Lin Xiangbei kicked the floor to the end, and the engine pulled ten thousand turns, and with the help of the shoulders on the edge of the track, he surpassed the fourth-last driver!
The whole process was as fast as lightning, and it did not disappoint Li Wenfeng's cheering slogans shouted with shamelessness.
Even the track broadcasting camera did not notice that the racing car at the rear of the crane had already exceeded three opponents, but the broadcasting camera was still aimed at the most popular first-row driver.
The event director did not notice it, and even most of the audience off the field did not notice it, but it did not mean that no one noticed Lin Xiangbei's earth-shaking overtaking speed!
On the track watch stand, the guests who attended the event today have already begun to look at the blue Subaru GE, and even some people's expressions have slightly changed.
"President Mai, this is Lin Xiangbei, which I recommend to you. Do you think he is qualified to participate in the Hong Kong Island Short Track Rally?"
The old drunkard said to a middle-aged and elderly man in a suit and tie next to him, with an uncontrollable pride in his tone.
Chapter completed!