Chapter 513: Carnival Night
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But a week before that, the whole of Vladivostok was already completely lively.
At this time, Vladivostok is still cold, and the minimum temperature at night can be as low as about minus 10 degrees, and the maximum temperature during the day can exceed zero. After all, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean, and the temperature here is a little higher than that of Changchun at the same latitude.
The low temperatures didn't bother fans from all over the world, and their enthusiasm seemed to melt the snow and ice.
According to the statistics of the organizing committee of the competition, more than 10,000 amateur drivers have signed up to participate in this year's rally, reaching more than 10,200.
Together with more than 60 professional teams from all over the world, the total number of participants in this year's Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally exceeded 11,000.
Professional teams have a minimum number of participants, with a minimum of 10 professional drivers per professional team, including five in the car category and five in the truck category. But generally speaking, professional teams have more drivers than that. Just like Real Madrid, there are 32 drivers in the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally.
The large teams in these professional teams are basically supported by major automobile companies, and some small professional teams are also funded by endorsing certain car brands.
Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally is the world's most famous, hardest and most comprehensive performance car rally, if the F1 championship can prove that your car is the fastest, then the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally champion is to prove that your car is the best.
As a result, the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally and Formula 1 are considered to be the top two automotive events in the world.
Every year in February, the usually quiet seaside town of Vladivostok immediately becomes the focus of attention of car fans around the world, and it will suddenly wake up from the ice and snow to a sea of joy.
Counting the tourists who come to watch the departure ceremony, at the end of February, Vladivostok, a small city with a population of less than 600,000, attracts millions of tourists to this seaside town, turning the city into a boiling volcanic crater.
Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying arrived in Vladivostok three days in advance, and the two of them didn't fly over on a charter plane with that modified tough guy, although they both had the financial strength to charter a special plane.
The Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying set off from Tiandu ten days in advance, driving this modified tough guy with a return rate of up to 12 percent, and drove directly over all the way.
There is a distance of nearly 3,000 kilometers from Tiandu to Vladivostok, and the two of them drove all the way up the mountains and rivers, and it took a week to drive to Vladivostok, which was also specially requested by Fang Zhengying.
This girl is really pitiful, although she is the county lord, and she is also the most favored county lord of the current Huahuang, although she has also been to a lot of places, but most of them have flown by plane......
The daughter-in-law likes this way of traveling by car, and of course the grandmaster will not be disappointed. traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, but Fang Zhengying was very happy, and the relationship between the two people grew by leaps and bounds.
Of course, during the 3,000-kilometer journey, the Grandmaster should continue to test this car. But the car is obviously very well modified, running down 3,000 kilometers without any.
The day after arriving in Vladivostok, two nights before the start of the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally, the Vladivostok city government held a grand carnival party as usual, and on the same night, the whole of Vladivostok was transformed into a huge stage. And this party will last all night, and it is a real all-night party, also known as "Vladivostok Carnival Night".
This kind of carnival night has been around for 70 years, starting with the second Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally. However, the second Vladivostok-Cape Town Car Rally was not called this at that time, and the rally at that time was still called Vladivostok-Nordic Car Rally. It was also the first time that the event, which was supposed to be a commemorative event, was officially named a car rally.
Later, the rally became more and more famous, and the schedule became longer and longer, until the eighth edition, which completely determined that the whole course of this rally was completely determined to be from Vladivostok City Square to the foot of Mount Tebul in Cape Town, South Africa, thus becoming the real Vladivostok-Cape Town Car Rally.
This year marks the 72nd anniversary of this event, and this kind of carnival, including this evening, has been held 71 times.
Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally Gala has become the second biggest event in this small city after the rally itself.
On this night, all the participating drivers, all the tourists, as long as there are no special circumstances, will basically pour into the streets to participate in this kind of city-wide carnival party, and the atmosphere is quite lively.
Fang Zhengying has been longing for this carnival night for a long time, but she didn't have the conditions to come here to participate in this kind of party before, and now the little bird has finally broken free from the shackles of the birdcage, and this girl didn't even eat dinner, so she took the grandmaster to the street.
Anyway, there was food everywhere in this night's carnival, and many tourists even took out their local specialties and shared them with fans from all over the world.
Turning the whole city into a sleepless carnival, the center is naturally in the very center of Vladivostok, the famous city square.
The City Square is the largest square in Vladivostok and the heart of Vladivostok, as well as the starting point of the annual Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally. Therefore, it is the liveliest place every year on carnival nights.
Every year, hundreds of huge stages are set up here, where tourists, fans and even drivers from all over the world can perform on stage, and the driver who receives the most cheers from the audience will be the first driver to start on the day of the opening ceremony. The tourists or fans who get the most cheers will be the lucky ones who press the button to press the starting light.
It is precisely because of such a setting that the annual carnival party becomes extremely lively, everyone wants to be the first to start, and everyone wants to press the starting light button by hand.
And this setting, which has been a tradition for more than 60 years, is the most attractive thing in the whole carnival party.
Of course, this year, because His Majesty will personally press the button of the starting light, the most popular tourist or fan tonight will be lucky enough to press the button of the starting light with His Majesty the Emperor at the opening ceremony.
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