On February 25th, the weather was exceptionally fine, and although the temperature was still a little low, it was really rare to have such good weather at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early in the morning, the whole of Vladivostok was moving, and countless people and cars began to pour from the corners of Vladivostok towards the city square.

Vladivostok's City Square is located in the very center of Vladivostok and is a circular square with a radius of about 230 meters. In the eight directions of the square, there are a total of eight roads centered on the city square, which extend in eight directions, becoming the eight main streets of Vladivostok.

In fact, the city of Vladivostok was built from the city square, and after hundreds of years of construction, it finally became the seaside city it is today.

Before eight o'clock, the entire city square was already crowded with people and cars, and in addition, the eight main streets radiating out from the city square as the center, except for the street due north, were empty of cars, and the streets in the other seven directions were also crowded with all kinds of vehicles.

It's hard to imagine what it's like to have more than 11,000 cars crammed together, but there's no denying that it's quite spectacular.

At the place where the city square is connected with the northernmost highway, there stands an inflatable arch bridge with a span of more than 100 meters and a height of more than 50 meters.

This arch bridge is the starting point of this year's Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally.

There were more than a dozen helicopters hovering in the sky, and that was the media's helicopter. On the ground, there are also live broadcast teams sent by hundreds of the world's most famous media outlets, all set up with guns and cannons, and they will use these devices to faithfully broadcast the live footage of the 72nd Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally for people all over the world.

Directly in front of this inflatable arch bridge, that is, on the road leading due north, there is an iron frame that spans the entire road, which is usually wrapped in a rainproof cloth, but today, that heavy rainproof cloth is unraveled.

This iron frame looks ordinary, but it is one of the most famous things in the whole of Vladivostok, because on this slightly simplified iron frame, there are seven headlights placed side by side, and these seven lights are the famous Vladivostok - Cape Town Car Rally starting lights.

The lights are changed every year, but this light stand across the highway is really more than 60 years old.

The 8th Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally was held from Vladivostok Town Square to the foot of Mount Tebul in Cape Town, South Africa.

These seven lights are lit at 9:30 a.m. on the last Saturday of February every year, but these seven lights are not lit at the same time, but from the first light, the next light is lit every three seconds, until the seventh light is on, and then the Vladivostok-Cape Town Car Rally is officially started.

The annual illumination ceremony at the opening ceremony of the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally is one of the most fascinating starting ceremonies in the world.

According to statistics, this short lighting ceremony of more than 20 seconds has an average audience of 500 million in the world, which is one of the few eye-catching ceremonies in the world.

On the east side of the road, between the ancient lampstand and the inflatable arch, there is a rostrum with a history of more than 70 years. This rostrum is older than the iron frame that houses the headlights, and it was on this rostrum that His Majesty Dejong, the great-grandfather of the current Hua Huang, held the commemorative event.

It was from this rostrum that His Majesty Dejong issued the starting order.

Huge inflatable arches, ancient headlight stands, and a solemn rostrum make up the indispensable presence of the annual Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally.

Now, on the rostrum, the current emperor of Dahua, Mingzong Dongfang Zhihao, who is wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, is standing at the front desk, and behind him is the first lady of Dahua today, Queen Lu Yange, as well as the crown prince Dongfang Zhengzhe, Yuyun public Dongfang Zhengyu, Dahua Prime Minister, Dahua Sports Minister Deng, and other senior Dahua cabinet officials.

In addition, on the rostrum were guests who had won the championship in Vladivostok-Cape Town over the years. For example, the old man who looks to be in his eighties is Wu Yanbin, the legendary car king of the Dahua Real Madrid team.

If no one had introduced him, no one would have thought that this old man, who looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind, would be the most won driver in the entire Vladivostok - Cape Town Rally.

In the sixties, the old man dominated the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally for seven consecutive years, and in his nearly 30-year career, he won the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally thirteen times, a record that has not been broken to this day. And he is also known as the "King of Rally" by all fans around the world.

In addition to the old man, there are seven or eight drivers from different countries, all of whom have won the Vladivostok-Cape Town Rally, and who are now retired, but who have been invited by the organizing committee.

These champions, of all ages, did not stand at the back, but were on either side of His Majesty the Emperor, only a little further back from His Majesty's position, and in front of the Queen and the Prime Minister.

These champions are the target of the more than 11,000 drivers below and the idols of all the drivers who will participate in this year's rally. Here, they are the real legends, they are the most respectable!

As the most popular performer at the Vladivostok Carnival Night, the Grandmaster qualified for the first car.

His modified tough guy was now parked directly below the inflatable arch, and the Grandmaster and Fang Zhengying, both in their race suits and helmets in their hands, stood on either side of the car. Behind this modified tough guy, that is, in the city square, there are densely packed seven or eight rows of participating cars, without exception, the drivers and navigators of these cars are standing on both sides of the car at this time, waiting for His Majesty Mingzong to announce the start of the rally and press the starting light button.

The scene is extraordinarily vast, and at the same time full of faint pressure.

After all, after the seven lights in front of you, a long 35,000-kilometre race awaits these riders!

Who can laugh at the end? It's still an unknown mystery at this point.

However, everyone knows that this is the starting point of the road to victory!