The area of Ao Island is not large, but unlike the modern urban style of Hong Kong Island in a hurry, Ao Island has a kind of leisure and leisure, after all, the city's pillar industries are tourism and gambling, so naturally there will be no fast pace.

It's just that Zhang Yifei didn't come to visit Ao Island this time, and after getting off the boat, he drove a small container truck directly to the Coloane Circuit in Taipa, which is also the location of today's event.

The Coloane mini-circuit, as you can tell from the name, is not very large. But for the area of Macau, it is not easy to build an international B-level racing track.

The whole track is 1.25 kilometers, compared with the wind chasing club on Hong Kong Island, it is only 50 meters longer, but the track width is 8 meters, and the wind chasing club is only 6 meters, a shrinkage of 2 meters.

I have to say that go-karting is still very popular in Hong Kong and Macau, and the entire Coloane Circuit is crowded with people, most of whom are parents with children. This is similar to the parent-child movie tickets of later generations "buy one get two free", go-kart children will inevitably be accompanied by their parents, so the number of people is more.

Zhang Yifei and the others did not go through the spectator channel, but went directly to the preparation area, unloaded the competitive kart from the container truck, and then accepted the inspection of the Hong Kong Island Karting Association.

This time, Zhang Yifei used not the 250CC super kart he usually trained, because the level of this event is in accordance with the C-level standard of international karting events, and the contestants use two-stroke 125CC karts with a six-speed manual gearbox, and the horsepower is limited to 45P, with a maximum speed of 200km/h.

In addition, there were a total of 10 contestants, including four contestants from Hong Kong Island, four contestants from Ao Island, and two contestants from the East China Sea from the mainland came to compete. Two of the four Aodao riders are students of the Aodao International Karting Club, and they are also the nominal strongest riders in the competition.

After unloading the car, it was to accept the inspection of the vehicle by the event organizer, taking advantage of this time, Zhang Yifei went to the backstage to change into racing clothes, after all, this is a regular junior professional event, and the equipment must be fully dressed.

In the backstage lounge, basically all the karting drivers who participated in the event gathered here, and when they saw Zhang Yifei coming in, a surprised expression appeared on their faces. Because this is only a junior karting event, most of the participants are around 14 years old, but Zhang Yifei has reached the upper age limit of 16 years old.

What's more important is Zhang Yifei's height, which can be regarded as a "tall" group in areas such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao, where the average height was short in the 90s. So with the other contestants in the lounge, it feels like it's not the same age, and it feels like an adult and a little kid are facing off.

In the face of all kinds of surprised eyes, Zhang Yifei was also a little embarrassed, it was indeed a bit inappropriate for him to participate in a junior karting event at his age. But there is no way, who calls yourself late to karting, only by getting a good result in the championship can you further qualify for formula racing, so this embarrassment is inevitable.

After changing into costumes, there is an opening ceremony, which is to wave to the audience and ask the host to make an introduction.

Among them, the host focused on the contestants of the Aodao International Karting Club, and they received the highest on-site demand. After all, the championship titles of previous competitions were basically won by the Ao Island Club, and they also have their home advantage here.

When Zhang Yifei was introduced, the atmosphere at the scene was a little weird, the applause was sparse, and it was more of a whisper, probably discussing how Zhang Yifei mixed into the junior group competition.

In the face of this situation, Zhang Yifei is simply full of black lines, which is even more embarrassing than the tail of the crane in his professional competition. But life is like this, just get used to everything, Zhang Yifei waved his hand twice with a smirk on his face, and he couldn't see that his mentality was affected at all.

The embarrassing introduction was completed, all the drivers returned to their karts next to them, Lu Ningping also completed the final condition inspection of the kart at this time, and when he saw Zhang Yifei coming over, he said in a flat tone: "Are you nervous?" ”

"What's there to be nervous about, just run."

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, Lu Ningping also smiled, and then continued: "You have also seen the floor plan of the Coloane track before, this kind of go-kart track is the same, the type of corners is similar, it is nothing more than the order of each corner. ”

"I won't say much about the driving skills, just emphasize that you should pay attention to the distance around the karts and don't have any accidents. Even if you don't get injured in the end, it will have a big impact on your performance, so try to avoid this kind of situation. ”

Zhang Yifei used to train in the club, and because of the level of other students, he rarely had the opportunity to simulate the event, and trained more alone. This is his first professional karting race, and it is also the first time to face so many opponents on the track, and it is easy to collide if he is not careful, so Lu Ningping specially reminded him.

"I understand."

Zhang Yifei nodded, this is not a problem for him, although his main business in his previous life was a rally driver, but he has not run track races. It can be said that track racing is the foundation of all professional drivers, so these are just basic operations.

"Then get ready to play and get a good score." After speaking, Lu Ningping patted Zhang Yifei on the shoulder.

Just as Zhang Yifei turned around and walked towards the track, Lu Ningping suddenly shouted behind his back: "By the way, there is only one criterion for my good results, and that is the championship." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yifei turned around and smiled: "This is also my standard." ”

Today is only a regional championship, so there is no qualifying option, which is the current situation of karting in Asia, compared to the development and accumulation of decades in Europe, it is still much simpler and crude.

Therefore, today's qualifying criteria are determined according to the drivers' past results, and the drivers of the Ao Island International Karting Club are directly placed in the first row. And Zhang Yifei didn't have any go-kart event record before, so he was naturally put last, and he was twenty meters away from the first car before he ran.

As soon as the grid is ready, a safety car comes along, and all the go-karts follow the safety car to warm up the tires and familiarize themselves with the track, which is part of the process of the event.

As Uncle Lu said, there is no essential difference between the Coloane circuit and the club circuit, even the length is almost the same. After all, the types of corners are those, and no matter which racing course you have, you have to take into account the driver's training, so you won't deliberately make some non-mainstream corners, and whether you can feel those subtle differences depends on the driver's own strength.

After two laps of the track, Zhang Yifei basically knew that all the karts after the starting line were arranged in the order of the previous start, two in each row, and a total of five rows before and after.

Once qualifying, all the kart drivers have their eyes on the lights ahead and are ready to start.

Time entered the countdown, the red light began to flash, and the moment the green light turned on, Zhang Yifei had already stepped on the accelerator and jumped out, and he surpassed the last opponent tied with himself at the start!