Like previous lives, April 1 is also April Fool's Day in this world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early in the morning, the whole of Cape Town was different, and countless locals, as well as tourists and car fans, walked out of all corners of the city before the sun even came up, walking towards a common location.

If someone could look down from above, he would find that the crowds of people that had emerged from the corners of the city were like ants that had seen food, all heading in a fixed direction.

One person joins another, and then another group of people......

One becomes two, and two becomes four...... After a series of confluences, four or five huge streams of people were formed before reaching the destination.

The National Botanic Gardens Square in Cape Town, as the destination, is like the piece of food that makes all the ants crazy, tightly attracting the surging crowd.

Before 8 o'clock in the morning, at least 800,000 visitors had gathered in the huge square of the National Botanical Garden, and the entire square of the Botanical Garden was crowded.

Those who arrived early were lucky enough to have a good seat in front of the podium, while those who slept for a few more minutes because they were lazy could only stand far away from the podium when they arrived at the square.

Fortunately, the Cape Town City Council has erected 16 large double-sided LCD video walls on the National Botanic Gardens Square overnight, so that tourists and car fans who do not have a good location can experience the annual Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally award ceremony in person through the live broadcast of the video wall.

As the most influential car rally on the planet, its awards ceremony will naturally attract the attention of countless fans around the world.

There were several helicopters hovering low in the sky, and these helicopters were all from the live broadcast teams of those big media outlets. Around the podium, there are also countless "spears and cannons" set up early, and when the awards ceremony officially starts at 9 o'clock, the scene will be broadcast live to the world by these media reporters.

At half past eight in the morning, the crowd on the periphery began to surge, and countless people wanted to squeeze on both sides of the reserved road, but the fixed isolation devices and heavily armed security personnel that had been set up long ago resisted this huge and surging force, and maintained order under a security line.

Needless to say, it's certainly the racers arriving in Cape Town driving to Botanic Gardens Square.

According to the rules of the rally ceremony, cars and drivers who can make it to Botanic Garden Square half an hour before the start of the ceremony will be eligible to enjoy cheers from fans from all over the world, as well as commemorative prizes specially prepared by the City of Cape Town.

This year, there are 30 cars with 62 drivers on Cape Town's National Botanic Gardens Square. According to the old rules, except for the top 10 who are eligible for the Victory Gold Cup made of pure gold, the drivers of the remaining 21 cars can only receive commemorative awards.

Thirty-one modified cars of different shapes soon appeared in the reserved lane, and the first was naturally the mighty and domineering modified tough guy driven by the grandmaster and Fang Zhengying. Compared with the modified tough guys, although the other cars are also quite good, in terms of size, they are really a bit like elementary school students standing next to an adult.

It's like the modified car driven by Bruno and his son, which looks even less than half the size of a tough guy.

Such a large modified car is really extremely rare at the award ceremony of the ordinary car group. Of course, if it is at the truck group award ceremony held about half a month later, this modified tough guy is a little underwhelming.

The Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally is divided into two categories: the regular car category and the truck category. Because the speed of the truck group is generally slow, the time for the first place in the truck group to reach the finish line is usually about half a month slower than that of the ordinary car group. So, in about half a month, there will be an award ceremony for the truck group.

However, compared to the award ceremony of the ordinary car group, the award ceremony of the truck group received much less attention.

After all, this kind of car rally, fans prefer the shot of the car racing in the desert, the prairie, and the Gobi Desert......

After the 31 cars reached the open space in front of the podium, 62 drivers got out of the cars.

Countless flashing lights lit up in an instant, and countless cheers and whistles rang out in an instant.

Among them, the one with the most attention is undoubtedly Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying. Among the 62 drivers, Fang Zhengying, wearing a racing suit, is undoubtedly the most eye-catching.

In a group of men, Fang Zhengying, who has a handsome face and elegant temperament, is simply more green than green onions, and she is also the first female driver in history to win the championship, coupled with her status as the royal lord of the Dahua Empire, her eye-catching degree on the scene is far higher than that of any driver.

Even the Grandmaster can't compare!

After the drivers made a collective appearance for ten minutes, and took turns to be interviewed and filmed by major media, a group of extremely formally dressed black brothers also came over.

These black brothers are among the most politically powerful people in South Africa, including the current president of South Africa, Zuma Mbeki Mandela. (PS: It's a little spoofed, don't mind the book fans...... ）

In addition to the President of South Africa, there are also the current Prime Minister of South Africa, the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, and many senior officials of the South African government.

Among these senior South African government officials are also some white and Chinese, including the current president of the FIA, the chairman of the Vladivostok-Cape Town Automobile Rally Organizing Committee, and several senior officials of the organizing committee.

These bigwigs will be honored as guests at the award ceremony to personally present the winning gold cups to the winning drivers.

The specifications of this kind of award ceremony are absolutely the highest, after all, the supreme head of a country personally serves as the guest of honor, and there is no other sport in the world except the Football World Cup that has had such an award ceremony.

The Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally is one of the world's most prestigious sports alongside the Football World Cup, with the country's top head of state as the guest of honour.

Ever since the 8th Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally began, South Africa's top president has been the guest of honour for the champion at the awards ceremony every year, a tradition that has been around for 64 years.