The time soon came to June 27, local time in France, and this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans officially kicked off.

As one of the four major FIA races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been known as the hardest single event since its inception, and it is also a place where many car manufacturers test the performance and endurance of new cars, and if the test results are good, the car can be put into the next level of racing.

Unlike the first WRC Rally Championship, in which the Tim Ming team participated, the 24 Hours of Le Mans requires three drivers to be in a team and drive a car for 24 consecutive hours, with the three drivers taking turns driving and resting, each driver must not drive for more than 4 hours in a row, and the main driver of a car cannot drive more than 14 hours in total.

During the 24-hour race period, the team can refuel, change tyres and make repairs as needed, but these are included in the 24-hour period, and the car with the most mileage will win the endurance race.

Therefore, the 24 Hours of Le Mans requires the car not only to be fast, but also to maintain the stability of the performance and low fuel consumption, because the reduction in the number of refueling and maintenance will be conducive to the final victory of the car.

In terms of the choice of track, Le Mans' track is a circular track, the whole course is only 13.5 kilometers, made of asphalt and cement pavement, the whole track is closed, the drivers are to be on this track, continuous driving for 24 hours, so it will be a great test of the driver's endurance, the whole run down, the total mileage will be close to 5000 kilometers!

Historically, in 1955, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, there was a major accident, Austin racing car in order to make way for Jaguar car, suddenly drove to the other side of the road, the Mercedes-Benz car chasing from behind could not dodge, directly ran over the Austin car, causing the driver to die at the time, and 83 spectators were killed!

Therefore, when the driver is racing, he must be fully focused and must not have any negligence.

Although there was such a scandal, but still could not resist the audience's support and love for this event, when Zhou Jingming came to the competition site, the surrounding audience was already crowded, and the number of spectators far exceeded the WRC match in Spain at that time.

All the cars on site are already ready to compete on the same track as soon as the time comes.

"Mr. Zhou, long time no see!" Brant, who also came to watch the game, stepped forward with a smile and greeted.

"Mr. Brandt, it's a pleasure to see you. Zhou Jingming also responded with a smile.

"How is it, does Mr. Zhou's Tianming team still have the confidence to become the dark horse of this event like the WRC competition?" Brant asked with a smile as he looked at the cars on the track.

Although the Tianming team has won successive championships in the WRC, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the first time to participate, compared to an old team like Audi, it can only be regarded as a younger brother.

"It's hard to say, it's only the first time that our Tianming team has participated in such an event, compared to Porsche, there are still a lot of experience lacking, and I don't dare to guarantee the result of the race. Zhou Jingming smiled and did not give a clear answer.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 80s can be said to be Porsche's world, from the year, Porsche monopolized the championship of this event for seven consecutive years, and it can be said that it is the absolute hegemon of this event, until last year, Jaguar won the Le Mans race again after 30 years, and also created a record for the Le Mans event, running 394 laps, a total of 5333 kilometers of historic results!

So even Zhou Jingming doesn't dare to say that he can stand out among so many strong teams, of course, the final result depends on the performance of Jonathan and these drivers.

Tianming team's racing car based on the transformation of the Kirin car, the biggest advantage lies in the rotary engine, the same displacement of the engine, the rotary engine has a stronger torque output than the piston engine, especially the Kirin sedan used in the Le Mans race, its 2.8-liter four-rotor engine, is specially modified, the maximum output horsepower can reach the terrifying 680, and last year's Jaguar won the championship car XJR9 equipped with the output horsepower of the 7.0-liter V12 engine is almost no different.

So, if the Tianming team has any hope of winning the championship, it must be the rotary engine that plays its maximum function.

"This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans is really a gathering of heroes! Not only are there overlords like Porsche and Jaguar, but also new forces like Tianming Automobile, and the competition will definitely be more fierce than last year!"

"Is it the Tianming team that has risen strongly in this year's WRC competition? I heard that this time their car is equipped with a rotary engine, and the performance is very strong!"

"We were able to win the Spanish tournament in our first WRC competition last year, and maybe this time the Tianming team will surprise us!"

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Although it is the first time to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Tianming team is no stranger to the audience, and the WRC stage has made the Tianming team a star team that has attracted much attention.

"After the race starts for a while, according to the previous division of labor, I will drive for the first four hours, and after four hours, the two of you will each drive for two hours...... The last two hours, which were sprints, were still driven by me, remember, we had a lack of experience in the race, we can rely on our skills and the performance of the car to make up for it, I don't know what the boss wants from us, but I have only one goal, to win Le Mans!"

Before the start of the race, Jonathan, as the main driver, was communicating with the other two drivers, who were also introduced by Jonathan to join the Tianming team.

With the sound of the order at the race site, the 57th 24 Hours of Le Mans also officially began, all the participating cars started the car at the same time in order, and then only heard a huge engine roar from the scene, and saw the car sprinting forward like an arrow off the string.

At the same time, the atmosphere of the scene also reached a climax at once, and the cheers of the audience and the roar of the engine complemented each other, adding a different kind of brilliance to the competition.

In order to facilitate the audience to grasp the race information in time, the organizing committee of this competition will broadcast the number of laps of each car every four hours.

The first four hours passed quickly, and in first place was the Mercedes-Benz Szobo C9, which had already completed 70 laps around the Le Mans track and had a top speed of more than 400 km/h!

In second place is defending champion Jaguar, who is still the favourite to win the title with 68 laps.

Immediately after that, in third place is the Kirin sedan equipped with a rotary engine, with a mileage of 67.3 laps, which makes it closely follow Jaguar and become one of the favorites to win the championship in one fell swoop.

The powerful power of the rotary engine also makes the top speed of this car reach a terrifying 346 kilometers per hour, approaching the 350 mark!

Only four hours have passed, and the Tianming team has managed to attract everyone's attention!

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