Professional drivers need physical fitness to ensure this, Zhang Yifei naturally understands, take the top event F1 as an example, a two-hour race, the weight loss caused by simple dehydration is as high as a few pounds, if there is no very strong physical fitness, let alone compete for the rankings, even the normal race can not be finished.

In this life, Zhang Yifei's identity is a high school student, so he has relaxed his physical training, and now after Uncle Lu's reminder, Zhang Yifei understands that if he wants to stand on the top of the world, or even step into a formula car that he has never entered in his previous life, then he must redouble his efforts.

After all, you have already lost at the starting line, and if you don't work hard, what will you rely on to turn the tables against the wind?

"Uncle Lu, I know, I will make a training plan for myself in the future."

Seeing that Zhang Yifei could understand at one point, Lu Ningping's face showed a relieved smile, if only his daughter was as sensible as Yifei.

After running for more than half an hour in the morning, the two of them came to a Hong Kong-style teahouse, ordered Cantonese classic shrimp dumplings, phoenix feet, saltwater corners, etc., and then asked for a pot of oolong tea. Even if it is eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the teahouse is already bustling and lively, and many grandparents can sit all morning with a pot of tea and a newspaper.

Of course, Zhang Yifei didn't have the leisure time, he devoured breakfast, just thinking about going to Uncle Lu's go-kart club as soon as possible. Lu Ningping is not a traditional Hong Kong Islander, and he is also the kind of resolute character, so like Zhang Yifei, he does not have the leisure to taste tea, but simply eats it as breakfast.

After having morning tea, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei on the bus to Yuen Long, many people in later generations had the impression that Hong Kong Island was small and full of high-rise buildings, but in fact, there were many undeveloped places on Hong Kong Island, and there were even farmland and so on. And most of this "rural" place is in the Yuen Long area of Hong Kong Island, which is also the territory of the aborigines.

Karting clubs are generally divided into indoor and outdoor two, compared with indoor small tracks, the outfield karting track is more spacious and professional, can directly simulate the atmosphere of the event, in Hong Kong Island, where every inch of land is valuable, if you want to build a wide outfield karting track, basically there is no other choice except Yuen Long.

After about an hour of taking the bus, Zhang Yifei finally came to the door of the go-kart club where Uncle Lu worked, and the signboard read "Chasing the Wind International Karting Club" in ten big characters.

"This is the karting club I coached, funded by Hong Kong Island billionaire Kwok Wan Keung, including me, with five professional coaches and 22 students, all between the ages of 6 and 14."

After finishing speaking, Lu Ningping walked into the gate with Zhang Yifei, and now it is not two days before the Chinese New Year, so the go-kart club is also on holiday, and it can be said that it is empty except for the guards.

The first thing that catches your eye is a go-kart track, with asphalt paved roads, tires stacked on both sides of the track for cushioning and protection, and digital labels on each corner, so that students can better understand the characteristics of each corner and the fastest way to pass.

"This is the go-kart track, which is about 1,200 meters long, with a straight track with a quick start and a stop, as well as multiple compound corners, which are basically built according to the requirements of the race. The normal lap time of the students is between 61 and 65 seconds, and the fastest speed is in the early 57 seconds. ”

Lu Ningping introduced the situation of the go-kart track, while Zhang Yifei quickly converted the lap speed in his mind, taking the slowest speed of 65 seconds as an example, the 1200 meters 65 seconds to complete the course, about 66km/h, the general lap speed of students is about 70km/h.

This speed is certainly not a lot in F1, but you must know that this is only a karting lap speed, and the controller is a group of children around 10 years old, which is very exaggerated.

Zhang Yifei thought that when he was ten years old, he had not been out of the mud stage for a long time, and his bicycle was still not riding a rope, let alone driving a go-kart with an average speed of 70km/h to cross corners. It is no exaggeration to say that in later generations, many people who drive a family car for a lifetime may not have experienced what it is like to turn at 70km/h.

That's one of the reasons why F1 drivers are scarce, being thrown too far off the starting line and not even having a chance to catch up unless they are talented. If Zhang Yifei hadn't had the experience of a professional driver in this life, at the age of sixteen now, it would be unimaginable for him to become a formula driver.

After introducing the track, Lu Ningping took Zhang Yifei to the garage, which is a huge building similar to a factory, where all the go-karts and accessories are placed.

When you push the door of the garage, the first thing that catches your eye is the rows of go-karts. There are 22 students in the whole club, but counting the coach's car and spare car, more than 30 cars will be prepared under normal circumstances to ensure normal training.

These go-karts are not much different from the appearance of running a lap for dozens of dollars in many cities in later generations, and they look like children's toys, and they don't have the technology and speed of formula cars.

But Zhang Yifei knows that there are many go-kart playgrounds in later generations, and the karts in them are far inferior to the cars in terms of control and speed, not to mention that some amusement parks directly use electric karts in order to save costs.

Coming to a go-kart, Lu Ningping continued to explain to Zhang Yifei: "Karting is generally divided into two categories and twelve levels, the two categories are formula karts and standard karts.

"The go-karts in this are divided according to displacement, which are 100CC, 125CC, and 150CC, which are actually common motorcycle displacements. Students under the age of 10 use 100cc displacement for weekday training, and 125CC displacement training for students over 10 years old. ”

"AMONG THEM ARE TWO MOTORCYCLE ENGINES MODIFIED WITH 150CC FOUR-STROKES, WHICH ARE PREPARED FOR CADETS TRAINING IN JUNIOR FORMULA KART. If the displacement is even larger, such as the 250CC, then the aerodynamic package must be modified to provide enough downforce to keep the body stable, which is already the threshold of entering the junior formula. ”

Lu Ningping explained to Zhang Yifei in as much detail as possible, because in this era, there are very few people in the mainland who know about formula racing, and not many people who know go-kart, so this can be regarded as a basic teaching for Zhang Yifei.

Zhang Yifei also listened very carefully this time, although rally and formula racing are both racing cars, but in fact, the difference between the two is very big, simply put, it is the difference between the 100-meter dash and the marathon, so he is not very familiar with these kart knowledge, and he is a real newcomer.

Seeing Zhang Yifei's serious appearance, Lu Ningping also smiled and said: "How about it, after listening to so much, why don't you try it?" ”

"Okay." Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, in fact, he was already eager to try it in his heart.

"Which one to try?"

"It's the 150CC modification."

Zhang Yifei casually pointed to the two modified karts, but he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he was still a professional driver in his last life, and he wanted to choose a novice model for children under the age of ten, and he didn't want to lose face!