A young man came down from the Subaru GC8, and he belonged to the kind of young and excessive, from his immature face, Zhang Yifei felt that his age was estimated to be about the same as himself, and he definitely belonged to the underage kind.

You must know that the average age here tonight is around 30 years old, and suddenly a teenage driver appeared, which seemed a little out of place.

But then a more unexpected scene happened, the surrounding Japanese drivers did not despise GC8 because of his young age, on the contrary, his attitude towards him was very respectful, and several took the initiative to go up to say hello, which made Zhang Yifei a little incomprehensible.

"Is this guy the son of a Japanese consortium, with such a high status?"

"No, his name is Tanaka, the winner of the All Japan Karting Championship!"

Hearing Xie Tiancheng's words, Zhang Yifei opened his mouth in surprise directly, the champion of the Japanese Karting Championship?

Although the development of karting in China is not very good, Japan is also an old industrial power, and their karting sports are still very basic, so this Japanese karting championship title is very golden.

If nothing else, winning the Japanese Karting Championship and successfully entering the Japanese F3 class is no big problem, and it is possible to enter the F3000 if the strength is a little stronger.

Then there's F1, where almost everyone is a kart champion, so champions are not worth much in F1.

Zhang Yifei was even more surprised that a national karting championship champion would appear in the underground racing party of the Bay Shoreline, which is really a bit unbelievable.

Although the dividing line between professional and underground in China is not obvious, it is still difficult to see national champion-level drivers in underground racing, and this is the biggest difference.

"It's no surprise that if you've been running for a year and a half along the Gulf Coast of Japan, you'll get to see a wide range of professional drivers. Of course, they don't admit to being professional drivers, and they don't have to ask who they are. ”

"It's kind of interesting."

Zhang Yifei replied with interest, no matter how much he had heard before, only when he really came to the bay shoreline could he feel Japan's unique racing culture, which is indeed very different from China and Europe.

In the following time, some drivers came to the underground parking lot one after another, but they were all familiar together, Xie Tiancheng ran mostly on the mountain road, and in a sense he was not a person in this circle, so no one came to say hello, so Zhang Yifei could use the attitude of a bystander to look at these Bay Shore riders in Tokyo.

"Is this yard JDM's, why haven't I seen a foreign car?"

As the time approached midnight, the vacancy in the underground parking lot was basically full, and Zhang Yifei found that all the cars that drove in were some Japanese brand performance cars, and he did not see a single European and American brand or supercar.

It stands to reason that there are many straight roads along the coastline, all of which are some high-speed bends, and high-horsepower European and American cars and supercars are very dominant, but none of them appeared, so there is only one possibility, this is a JDM field.

JDM stands for Japanese domestic market, which literally translates to "Japanese domestic market".

That is to say, the vehicle must be a Japanese brand, and all modified parts must be modified kits from Japanese manufacturers. Over time, this modding style gradually became a force, popularly known as JDM.

I have to say that Japan's automobile industry is indeed developed, and it can achieve national production of modified parts by relying on the local market alone. However, the initial reason is not that the Japanese support domestic industry, but because foreign car modification is too expensive, and the cost difference may be as high as ten times, so they can only retreat to local modification.

"There are no different races for Wangan Racing, but tonight is really a JDM party, because there will be a great driver in the future."

"Who?" Zhang Yifei asked curiously.

"You'll find out soon."

Xie Tiancheng made a detour and asked Zhang Yifei to continue waiting.

But it didn't take long to wait, and soon another sports car roared into the underground parking lot, and this time all the underground drivers present stopped talking and all stood on either side of the driveway.

This car is a Nissan GTR R32, which is the same car that Xie Tiancheng is driving now.

The GTR R32 stopped in front of Xie Tiancheng and Zhang Yifei's car impartially, and then the door opened, and a middle-aged man who looked to be about forty years old came out of it.

The surrounding underground drivers, after seeing this middle-aged man appear, all let out enthusiastic cheers and applause, and even many people bowed to him, indicating that the status of this GTR driver is very high.

At this time, Xie Tiancheng, who had been leaning on the car door, also stood up straight and made a Japanese syllable "xi xio".

It can be said that the Chinese children in the 80s and 90s have all experienced the influence of Japanese animation, and Zhang Yifei is no exception. If he remembers correctly, the pronunciation of this xi xio seems to be the meaning of the Chinese master.

Then the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him is about to come out, this person is the F1 driver, the chief test driver of Nissan, and the godfather of GTR, Toshio Suzuki!

No wonder Xie Tiancheng wanted to take himself to visit the bay shoreline, and also came to this underground parking lot to wait, it turned out that he was waiting for Suzuki Toshio!

Suzuki Toshio nodded at Xie Tiancheng, then put his eyes on Zhang Yifei, and said: "You are Tiancheng's friend, and now Toyota youth driver Yifeijun?" ”

Zhang Yifei didn't expect Suzuki Toshio to greet him in English first, and he didn't expect him to know himself, so he was very surprised.

However, he quickly stood up straight, nodded and said, "Senior Suzuki, I'm Zhang Yifei." ”

Although the two sides are of different nationalities, Zhang Yifei has no good impression of the Japanese, but Toshio Suzuki is also a legendary driver, a three-time champion of the All Japan Grand Prix, the champion of the 24 Hours of Daytona, the runner-up of the Le Mans Endurance Race, and later entered the F1 field.

Whether in terms of strength or age, it is worthy of Zhang Yifei's respectful attitude.

"Tiancheng told me about you, so I also asked my friends from the Toyota team about your trial results, and it can be said that you have great potential, if you have any difficulties in the formula, I can help you."

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei looked at Xie Tiancheng, and his eyes showed a kind of gratitude. Because Zhang Yifei already understood the real purpose of Xie Tiancheng bringing him over tonight.

It's not that I know anything about the Japanese racing culture in the Wangan area, but I want to introduce myself to Toshio Suzuki so that I can get help in formula racing in the future.

Zhang Yifei could understand and thank Xie Tiancheng, but he didn't need any "extra care", so he replied with a smile: "Thank you Suzuki seniors for their kindness, I don't have any difficulties at the moment." ”

Toshio Suzuki naturally heard the refusal in Zhang Yifei's tone, but he didn't care, because many young drivers have a kind of arrogance and self-confidence, and feel that they can overcome everything on their own, and this confidence is not necessarily a bad thing.

"If you are interested in competing in the Japanese F3000 in the future, I can help you introduce the team."

Suzuki Toshio still threw an olive branch to Zhang Yifei, this is not simply Xie Tiancheng's relationship, but he learned about Zhang Yifei's trial results during this period from the Toyota team.

With his keen judgment that has run in F1, Toshio Suzuki feels that Zhang Yifei has great potential, because he knows the strength of Takuma Sato, and it is definitely not a mediocre talent to be able to approach the track record created by Takuma Sato so quickly!