108 Karting Pros
In the past two months, Shen Dong has been lying on his back and has been training for a period of time to improve his driving skills.
When he agreed with Zhang Yifei before, the method and place of the competition were decided by him, and the time of the competition was decided by Zhang Yifei, and the period was three months.
Shen Dong also thought about it for a long time, he had already lost the mountain road, so it was naturally impossible to run with Zhang Yifei once. Later, he also knew that this kid had won the title of underground newcomer king in Guangdong Province, and even the returnee driver Xu Wenfeng had not run him, and Shen Dong thought that he would not be better than Xu Wenfeng, so running on the street was also denied.
The rest is the rally and the track race, the rally is obviously unrealistic, Shen Dong himself has not run, the only choice is the field race.
This is also something that Shen Dong has considered before, and the reason why he has been hesitant is mainly because of the location, there are not many tracks with specifications in China at present, and they are basically concentrated in big cities.
If you want to run, you have to let Zhang Yifei come to the East China Sea, which is his base camp and occupies a geographical advantage.
The problem is that the Tokai Volkswagen 222 team is also a resident team here, and it is easy to say anything if you win the race, but if you lose, you will completely lose the opportunity to enter the Volkswagen 222 team.
This made Shen Dong hesitate, but in the end he decided to run the track race, because in his eyes, Zhang Yifei is a "country" kid, and he is the strength of the top street drivers, and this kind of dirt bun may not even be on the track.
The track race may seem simple, but in fact it is no less difficult to control the speed than any street race, and it is easy for inexperienced people to get into accidents when cornering at high speeds. After thinking about it, Shen Dong felt that it was the safest way to run the track race with a dirt bun like Zhang Yifei.
"East China Sea Race?"
Zhang Yifei asked rhetorically, the field race is completely different from the street, this is to be on the track, that is to say, Shen Dong chose to fight against his own profession.
To be honest, what kind of psychology Shen Dong is, Zhang Yifei can also guess a rough idea, but he doesn't know whether to say that Shen Dong is blindly confident, or whether to say that he hit the muzzle.
Just like Xie Tiancheng's strongest is the mountain road, his strongest is the professional event!
"That's right, don't you dare to take it?"
This sentence made Zhang Yifei cry and laugh, and he replied helplessly: "There is no event that I dare not take, are you sure, don't regret it then." ”
Regret? Shen Dong on the other end of the phone sneered, this kid is so rampant, thinking that Shandao can win himself, will he bring those tricks on the street to professional racing?
"Then it's decided, the time is still up to you, but remember that three months is running out."
Shen Dong reminded Zhang Yifei that the maximum time agreed should not exceed three months, but now it is close to two months, and Zhang Yifei must run away with him.
"Don't worry, I'll be there on time."
Zhang Yifei hung up the phone after speaking, and didn't want to tell Shen Dong for a minute of nonsense, he had already entered the countdown to failure.
April 15 is the start time of the Hong Kong Island Karting Junior Championship, but the venue is not on Hong Kong Island, but at the Coloane Mini Circuit on Ao Island, which can also be called the Seac Pai Van Small Circuit.
It is also strange to say that almost all the regionally named races on Hong Kong Island are not held in mainland China, and the track races of later generations are held at the Guangdong or Zhuhai International Circuits, or the Oriental Outlook in Macau, and the same is true for formula cars.
The reason is that there is no official international racing venue on Hong Kong Island, so it can only choose to use the title to hold the racing competition at a third-party venue. Therefore, this time, the Hong Kong Island Junior Karting Championship is also held on Ao Island.
Zhang Yifei and Lu Ningping got on the ferry to Ao Island early in the morning, and at the same time the go-kart race was also loaded in a box truck and packed and transported to Ao Island together.
In fact, you can also temporarily rent a competitive kart race at the racing track, but the performance of the rented kart is different from the tuning, which affects the driver's performance.
"Nervous?"
Feeling the sea breeze blowing on his face, Lu Ningping asked Zhang Yifei beside him.
Hearing this question, Zhang Yifei smiled and did not answer immediately.
To be honest, he has mixed feelings at the moment, because in a sense, it is his first professional event in this world.
In his previous life, he didn't know how many professional races he had run, but he had never been involved in karting events, and it was unrealistic to say how nervous he was, his mentality and experience were here, and Zhang Yifei couldn't be as flustered as a rookie.
But there is no feeling at all, and it is not so exaggerated, Zhang Yifei is still quite apprehensive in his heart, mainly because there are too many F1 metamorphosis levels, who knows if the next F1 driver is in this group of young kart drivers?
"By the way, Uncle Lu, it's time for you to talk about any powerful opponents, right?"
Zhang Yifei still remembered that Uncle Lu had said before that there would be several strong opponents this time, but Uncle Lu didn't say who it was at that time, and it should be time now.
"The players of the Ao Island International Karting Club, this club is currently the strongest karting club in Hong Kong and Macao, and it is also the most professional, and it has training cooperation with the Australian Super Karting Club."
"At the same time, the Coloane Mini Circuit, which is their home track, is far more familiar than the karting drivers on Hong Kong Island and the mainland, and most of the Hong Kong Island Junior Karting Championships in previous years were won by them."
Unlike Hong Kong Island, which only has a street racing culture and no professional racing culture, the professional atmosphere on Ao Island is much stronger than that on Hong Kong Island, whether it is the Grand Prix or the regular event of the Oriental Circuit, even if it is only a palm-sized area, Ao Island has always insisted on local professional car events.
It is under the influence of this professionalism that the operation of the racing clubs on Ao Island is much stronger than that of Hong Kong Island, with some convenience of the colony at that time, it is easy for them to send drivers abroad for training, and it is also easier to recruit strong coaches in Europe, so the overall professional driver training level has a clear lead.
"Do you think I can win?"
Zhang Yifei asked with a smile, in the usual training process, Uncle Lu was basically a devil coach, and he himself was also that kind of traditional character, more strict than encouraging, it was rare to hear praise from his mouth.
So Zhang Yifei was a little curious, what Uncle Lu thought of his go-kart event.
"Yes."
Lu Ningping didn't say too much, and gave a direct answer.
"Why?"
"Because you're just as strong, stronger than them!"
Hearing this answer, the smile on Zhang Yifei's face became brighter, worthy of China's first generation of professional car kings, Lu Ningping really did not play any routine of wanting to promote and suppress first, but absolute affirmation, and did not consider Zhang Yifei's pride and complacency or anything.
Because if you want to become a top professional driver, you must have absolute self-confidence, even if it seems to others to be arrogant!
Lu Ningping can be strict in training, and he doesn't even leave the slightest affection for Zhang Yifei, but once he stands on the track, then Lu Ningping must instill confidence in Zhang Yifei to win, and there will never be a coward without confidence in the champion's position!