Chapter 164: Crossing the Benchmark (Part II)
After the beauties chatted, it was time for Lao Ye to officially go to work. It wasn't until I got a close look at the durable Citroën cars that had been neatly arranged in the pit lane to return to Le Mans.
Speaking of Le Mans 24 hours of durability, all the impressions of Lao Ye come from the one by Luc. The French film "Car God" produced by Besson, when I saw this film for the first time, when I saw the protagonist Michel Vayan driving the blue car on the track, Lao Ye was really excited. And today, when he finally saw this kind of car comparable to F1, Lao Ye immediately put aside all the things about Alizee in his mind and took a closer look at Citroen's Le Mans endurance car.
Lao Ye, who saw the durable car for the first time, first felt that this kind of car was much larger than the F1 car, and his body looked a lot bloated. However, the car still has very beautiful aerodynamic appearance and exaggerated wind-defying rear wings and other formula features. Therefore, the more Lao Ye looked, the more uncertain it was whether this was a car that should be classified as a formula or a track race, looking at such a large body, Lao Ye felt that driving this kind of car might require a lot of driving skills from previous track race cars, and in terms of speed, it is estimated that this car will be slower than the FW-26 that Lao Ye drove before......
"Hey! Boy, don't underestimate this car! Just when Ye Feng was looking left and right at this durable racing car, Senna appeared again, and as soon as the car god appeared, he wanted to correct one of Lao Ye's mistakes.
"What's wrong? Boss Sai, will this car be more powerful than F1? Judging by its appearance. Its horsepower-to-weight ratio is definitely not as good as F1, so its acceleration performance is definitely inferior to F, and its top speed ...... "Listening to the words of the car god, Lao Ye also began to be a little unconvinced, he didn't think this kind of car was bad, but it should not be as good as F1 car.
"Hehe, boy! Misunderstandings can sometimes kill people! You know? The cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans are free from engine type or fuel! Although the horse: engine has been excluded from Le Mans, other teams can still use a variety of methods such as supercharging and turbocharging to maximize the horsepower of their cars! So at this point, the cars at Le Mans are more powerful than the Formula 1 cars! Although they are larger in size and weight.
Moreover, the Le Mans circumferential runway is the full length. L uses the highway, so the speed of the car on its section reaches about 0kmh, and the C group car is generally only used.; +m straight, the car sped through this section of the road at a speed of 390kmh. Brat! That's a whole 6 miles of straight road! What would it be like to take a full 390 km +[.=? Although the F1 car has over 400 kilometers to .u test in the creation of the ground. In a real official race, F1 can generally run at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, which is already amazing! So, at Le Mans. The speed you can achieve in a car with a twin-turbo engine is like you've never seen before! The absolute purest speed experience! ”
The car god smiled and cleared Lao Ye's illiteracy, but the more Lao Ye listened there, the more trembling his heart became! ***! I used to drive the FW26 to 300 km + [. Unexpectedly, the cars in front of him now are still "monsters" that can soar to more than 370 miles for a long time! After this incident. Ye Feng is going to reintegrate his racing understanding problem, there is not only one F1 awesome in this world, but it is the most famous. Durability at Le Mans, IndyCar, DTM and NASC naturally have their own reasons for being awesome! Lao Ye now finally understands the "joke" that Boss Sai just had, ignorance on the track will really kill people! So now Lao Ye is starting to get serious. At this time, Gu Qing, Zheng Xiao and the two drivers of the Citroen Endurance Race next to him were already sitting in the cockpit, and the test drive was about to start......
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When the four red Citroën endurance cars appeared at Le Mans, the entire circuit became a sea of cheers from the fans. Unlike the official race, there is only one name on the lips of the fans here, and that is Citroen. And when the host leaked * point to tell everyone that there were actually three friends from China sitting in these five cars at this time, the 20,000 fans in the audience were suddenly surprised and felt very fresh, and they were eager to see how far Chinese from the "underdeveloped" regions of motorsport would be compared to their local durable racers. And when the host announced that one of the three Chinese was an active F1 test driver. The scene is finally boiling! And soon there was a slogan shouting about a race, and soon that slogan was spreading throughout the racetrack, and everyone wanted to see a real race instead of a test drive. Naturally, this caught the organizing committee a little off guard, but in this chaotic atmosphere, the five cars began the warm-up laps of the first few laps.
The roar of the engine and the wrapping of the helmet made Ye Feng unable to hear the car for the time being
Shouts. And when he actually gets behind the wheel of this enduring car, he'll be able to appreciate the difference between it and the F1 cars he's ever driven. Obviously, Senna was right, and the endurance car, with the addition of twin-turbo, was no less horsepower and acceleration than a F1 car. Due to its weight, the cornering radius and braking performance of this durable car are still slightly inferior to those of a Formula 1 car, so it can't actually make high-speed corners like an F. However, given that this Le Mans circuit doesn't have as many corners as a real F1 circuit, and there are more high-speed straights, this car is actually the best choice for a car to run here!
After running for more than 10 laps like a gallop, Lao Ye has begun to become more familiar with this kind of car. A true driver is like that. With enough opportunities to test the ground, he quickly learns about the performance characteristics of a brand new race car. Although Ye Feng is not as skilled as those two Frenchmen driving this kind of race car now. However, Lao Ye believes that the richer high-speed cornering and more agile and delicate cornering skills he has accumulated in F1 will help him greatly narrow the gap with his opponents.
"Hey! Boys! I'm going to bet five euros but don't know which of you to bet it on? How's that, are you interested in playing a game? Just when Ye Feng was still concentrating on the difference between this racing car, Romario's voice suddenly sounded in Lao Ye's headphones. Today all five cars used the same channel, so in fact all five drivers on the track heard Romario's voice at the same time. Several riders understood it at the first time, Old Man Rory was going to let them play seriously! The three Chinese boys all responded to the call at the first time, and the two French drivers obviously didn't know what to do. They all began to consult Pierre.
"Hehe, Canori and Miguel will play with their Chinese friends! I also paid five euros! But I'm like Rory to see the situation again before placing a bet! But all five of you need to be safe, just when it's an internal training match! One more lap and you'll be back on the starting line! Pierre smiled and answered the questions of several people, how could the romantically and passionately French refuse such a good offer? But now the five drivers are thinking about the grid at the start for a while, how should they be arranged? There was no qualifying beforehand......
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After the warm-up round, the crowd in the main stands began to gradually return to their composure, although they had just shouted that they wanted five drivers to race, but most of them also felt that the proposal was unrealistic and just a joke. But after a dozen laps of the five red cars, an incredible scene occurred!
Alijie is not really a fan in the strict sense of the word. She actually prefers Zinedine Zidane to play. However, today's lively atmosphere in the racing track also infected the little diva who has just turned 20. And the proposal of the hidden "contest" between the French and the Chinese also made Alijie in the box feel very fresh, are those Chinese really powerful? And that somewhat "dumb" boy, who is really an F1 test driver? Many questions now turned up the interest of Ai Lijie to watch at this time, and she, like all the fans, watched everything that happened at this time in amazement......
The "bad results" of not qualifying just now are finally presented. After driving the car to the starting line, all five drivers subconsciously let their cars occupy the first row of the grid, so that the originally spacious first row of the grid is now squeezed into four cars, a scene that fans who have seen the official race have never seen before, and everyone knows what it means to stop at the starting line halfway through. But no one expected such a funny scene now.
But soon, more comical scenes appeared in front of Ai Lijie and the 20,000 fans at the scene. Ye Feng was the last to arrive at the starting position, so this guy was not able to grab the first row of starting positions at the first time. And now Lao Ye is driving the car and is still squeezing left and right like a little mouse in a hurry to grab food, trying to squeeze to the first row, but the track is so wide, and if you squeeze Lao Ye again, you have to stick to the guardrail to start......
So after squeezing in, Lao Ye scolded the four guys in front of him for their "inferior roots", and reluctantly drove the car to a position between the first row and the second row of the inner circle and waited for the start......
"You idiots! Idiot! I know it's embarrassing for me in front of everyone! The headphones of the five bad guys finally heard the angry voices of Romario and Pierre.
"Canori, Miguel, you two get back to the third row for me! The rest is up to you, Romario! "Pierre made his decision first.
"Nope! Pierre. Listen to me! Zheng Xiao and Gu Qing will start in the second row, and Ye Feng will go back to the third row for me! Miguel, Canori, you occupy the first row of the grid! That's it! Romario was quick to make a decision as well.
So the five cars took their places in frustration to the laughter of all the spectators, preparing for the start of the race, which was comical from the beginning......
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Soon, in the cheers of the crowd. The accident
Finally the moment the green lights all came on! Today Ye Feng and they are completely endured race routes, because that requires the addition of closed public highways. So they're running the 4,180-meter-long one. It has 13 corner roads. On this track, which is closer to the venue of track racing and F1 competition, the disadvantages of Ye Feng, Gu Qing and Zheng Xiao in terms of vehicle familiarity are actually not so obvious. So the race was in a stalemate at the beginning, and the five cars didn't pull away after the start, knowing that this situation continued after 3 years, and now because of the unexpectedly fierce race, people's sense of comical just now was quickly replaced by the real speeding on the track, and 20,000 people, including Ai Lijie, began to watch the race attentively......
The last old man who started the car naturally understood Romario's intentions very well. Old man Rory wanted to see if his old leaf had grown recently. And now Ye Feng soon encountered a problem he had encountered when he was in China. Because now in front of him is Zheng Xiao, who is ranked fourth, the guy who was once evaluated as a "scoundrel" by Lao Ye......
"Huh! ***! Now that the car is much faster, do you dare to use this method? Awesome! When Lao Ye saw that Zheng Xiao wanted to use his excellent blocking skills to block him again, Ye Feng couldn't help but laugh lightly and scolded his buddy.
His heart moved at will, and Ye Feng, who had already decided to overtake, decisively stepped on the accelerator with all his strength on the straight, and the durable car immediately rushed to a right bend not far away like a roaring monster. At the same time, Zheng Xiao in front of Ye Feng accelerated, with a keen sense that Zheng Xiao had been pressing on the best route for Ye Feng to try to overtake, if you looked down from the air at this time, you would find that at this time, Ye Feng and Zheng Xiaodi's two cars were like two objects moving on a curve, completely fitting on the same trajectory.
The corners were soon in sight. And Zheng Xiao in front knew that Ye Feng would definitely use this corner to attack him, but he was still waiting patiently, waiting for Ye Feng to take the lead in slowing down before the bend, so that he could have more choices. However, Zheng Xiao soon found that today's Ye Feng was completely different from the past. Until the optimal deceleration point is in sight, they still choose to accelerate. This made Zheng Xiao a little incomprehensible for a moment, did this guy want to rush off the track? This is a lot faster than the previous cars! But this hesitation did not affect Zheng Xiao's movements, and after just passing the best deceleration point, Zheng Xiao decisively started his cornering action......
"Haha! You kid can't help it at last! This is not in the country anymore! Ye Feng saw Zheng Xiao, who had missed the best deceleration point under his close pursuit, and took a random late cutting and bending action. He shouted with a smile in his heart. Lao Ye knew that this guy was going to give up the inner lane of this bend and choose to suppress the inner lane of the next continuous bend. However, Ye Feng was not ready to continue his rivalry with Zheng Xiao so endlessly, so he soon started his own cornering manoeuvre......
Zheng Xiao braked late, and Ye Feng, who had only started to turn now, chose the braking point even later! When Zheng Xiao's car in front of him started the high-speed turning process along the outside of the corner, what everyone including Zheng Xiao didn't expect was that Ye Feng's car, which had been following closely, was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, almost straight along a diagonal line through the curve drawn by Zheng Xiao just after the corner. And just when the front of Zheng Xiao's car was just turning and was about to point to the center of the corner, Ye Feng's car that rushed up along the shortcut was finally in front of Zheng Xiao's car!
Just half a body! Lao Ye, who was risking a crash, finally took a very slight lead over Zheng Xiao at this time! However, this is enough for Ye Feng, who has experienced the devil's F1 training, Ye Feng, who has taken the lead, quickly and smoothly completed his own steering before the car rushed off the track, and the huge centrifugal force even threw one of the rear wheels of Ye Feng's car onto the gravel road next to it. However, Zheng Xiao behind Ye Feng seemed to be even worse, in order not to rear-end collision, Zheng Xiao had to choose to brake further at the first time.
As a result, the trajectory of the two cars in the air went from infinitely close at the beginning, to keeping the distance unchanged, and then to Ye Feng, who took the lead in turning to success, to re-widen the distance between the two, and less than 1 second passed! While all the French were still watching this unexpected race with great interest, their eyes widened that they could not have imagined that a thrilling but wonderful overtaking would be completed so quickly and decisively! It wasn't until the race on the track stabilized again that the stunned 20,000 spectators remembered to give Ye Feng, who had created this wonderful overtaking, the warmest applause......
Ye Feng's mood at this time was very complicated, he didn't expect that he would surpass Zheng Xiao, who was previously regarded as one of the benchmarks by himself, so easily. However, Ye Feng did not hesitate at this time, because there was another benchmark ahead: Gu Qing, waiting for him to surpass ......
Once again, the red car launched a sharp impact on the extreme speed!