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Chapter 37 I Don’t Believe You Can Run the Track (More Updates Please Read)

Che Laoquan's words stimulated Han Han to agree to a three-way duel, and Chen Xiangbei was not too surprised by this.

The reason is simple. No matter what kind of race, a driver who can become the champion must have his own pride in his heart.

Since you are so pretentious, Che Laoquan, I will defeat you!

A driver without this kind of ambition will never win the championship and become the king of the track.

Of course, compared to Che Laoquan, although Chen Xiangbei was also a formula one driver in his previous life, he only had the confidence of a driver and did not have that inexplicable sense of superiority.

The reason is simple. He has witnessed the strength of top drivers such as Schumacher, Hamilton, Verstappen, etc. in the F1 hall, and understands that there are always people better than you.

When you see clearly the gap between you and a true genius, instead of thinking about challenging the strong, you look for a sense of superiority in the weak.

That only proves that you are just a coward!
"Chen Xiangbei, do you have any objection to the three of us running together?"

Han Han asked, after all, this was originally going to be a competition with Chen Xiangbei.

Chen Xiangbei readily agreed: "No problem, it just happens to save me some trouble."

"Okay, let's get ready."

After saying this, Han Han turned around and walked towards the P room. It was obvious that he was holding back some anger.

Qin Lianjie, who was sitting in the stands, witnessed this scene on the pit track. With a playful smile on his face, he said, "It seems I made the right decision to come today. I can even enjoy a three-way showdown!"

Qin Lianjie only knew that Chen Xiangbei was going to run away with Che Laoquan, but he didn't expect that he would have a competition with Han Han.

It’s really interesting to see high school students challenging the newly crowned CCC champion.

Thinking of this, Qin Lianjie simply stood up and walked towards the maintenance track.

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing Qin Lianjie's action, Cao An asked.

"Go say hello to Chen Xiangbei and ask him what he thinks."

At this time, Chen Xiangbei had already sat in the driver's seat of the Subaru Impreza, started the ignition and began to preheat the oil.

Liang Chi and Zhang Zhicong stood by the track, chatting about something.

As for the P room of the Volkswagen 222 team, most of the crew members looked surprised.

They were just doing normal training, but the manager told them that Han Han would be participating in a car race, and his opponents would be drivers from Hong Kong and high school students.

It would be fine if he was just a Hong Kong driver. Che Laoquan was quite famous when he was racing in Formula One, and his qualifications as a driver in Germany are not low either.

But what the hell are high school students?

The crew members couldn't understand why, but the team manager Ye Yong had already spoken, and Han Han decided to run, so they naturally had nothing to say.

Just as Chen Xiangbei was getting ready, Qin Lianjie leaned over the window frame of the Impreza STI and asked, "It's not enough for you to race the track with Che Laoquan, are you really planning to race the track with the CCC National Champion Han Han?"

"Ah."

"A racetrack and a mountain road are two completely different driving styles. Can you handle both?"

"can."

Still a brief answer, without any explanation.

“You are so confident.”

Qin Lianjie was somewhat convinced. He remembered that when Chen Xiangbei ran away with him, he also had this "arrogant" attitude.

At the time, everyone thought he was clueless, but in reality, they were just that way because they had the confidence to do so. "Okay, since you can run the track, I have another question I'd like to clarify."

"I've never seen you race Nanyun Mountain. How come you can track and drift so accurately?"

After the two finished their run that day, Qin Lianjie went to Nanyun Mountain more than once to replicate Chen Xiangbei's route and his drifting method.

Facts have proved that Chen Xiangbei did run a faster route in the corner, and his control of APEX (center of the apex) was far more precise than his own.

Even though there is a difference in talent, the problem is that Chen Xiangbei has only run along the Nanyun Mountain Road a few times. How could he be more familiar with it than a veteran like me?
Since ancient times, strong dragons have never been able to defeat local snakes on mountain roads. There are also very few drivers in China who are good at both line tracking and drifting. There are too many unsolved mysteries about Chen Xiangbei, which makes Qin Lianjie feel so relieved that he has to speak out.

Chen Xiangbei smiled at Qin Lianjie's doubts. He was not a pure Formula One driver. He had participated in rally events for a period of time in his previous life. Naturally, he was proficient in mountain roads and drifting.

However, this reason could not be spoken out loud, so Chen Xiangbei could only explain, "You know Fujiwara Takumi is familiar with Akina Mountain from his tofu delivery trips. I often cross Nanyun Mountain during the day when I repair cars and deliver parts, so I've become familiar with these bends over time."

In a sense, Chen Xiangbei did not lie. His familiarity with every bend in Nanyun Mountain came from his experience of delivering parts or repairing cars.

Without this familiarity with the curves, even a professional rider may fail in the underground mountain race, which is full of home advantage.

"I see."

Qin Lianjie had no doubt that Nanyun Mountain was not exclusive to underground racers. Ordinary people could also remember the route characteristics of each bend as long as they ran there enough times.

What’s more, he is a talented driver like Chen Xiangbei.

After answering his doubts, Qin Lianjie saw Han Han's Volkswagen POLO racing car driving out of the P room, and he knew that the race time was approaching.

So he stood up and said, "I believe you're strong on mountain trails, but I don't believe you can beat Che Lao Quan and Han Han on the racetrack."

"Then I'll run a lap to make you believe it."

Chen Xiangbei replied calmly, in fact, if Qin Lianjie wanted to ask, there was another piece of news he could tell him.

Those are the two international tracks in China, Donghai and Haizhu. Chen Xiangbei is even more familiar with them than Nan Yunshan.

This is not only the home court of Che Laoquan or Han Han, but also the home court of Chen Xiangbei!

Just then, a member of the Volkswagen 222 team came over, handed him a racing helmet, and told him to gather at the starting point of the track.

After taking the helmet and putting it on, Chen Xiangbei closed the car window, then stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the maintenance lane, driving the Subaru Impreza onto the official track of the Haizhu International Circuit.

Han Han's racing-level Volkswagen POLO and Che Laoquan's heavily modified Mitsubishi EVO sixth generation had already stopped at the starting line before him.

According to professional competition standards, a regular warm-up lap must be performed before the race, because competition-level vehicles often use full-slick or semi-slick tires in pursuit of ultimate grip and adhesion.

However, this type of hot melt tire requires a sufficient temperature to melt the rubber and form an effect similar to chewing gum adhesion.

For example, in F1 races, you can often see the crew wrapping the tires with a blanket before the car leaves the station, as if they are afraid that the tires will get "frozen".

This blanket is called a "tire warming blanket". The principle is actually similar to that of an electric blanket. It contains electric heating wires inside to heat up the tires, ensuring that the F1 full-slick tires reach the operating temperature as quickly as possible.

Ordinary competitions naturally cannot achieve the logistics support of F1-level events, so the simplest way to warm up the tires is to let the vehicle run a few laps on the track, and the tire temperature will naturally rise.

But slick tires also have a flaw, which is that they are very non-wear-resistant. Semi-slick tires are slightly better, but full-slick tires may require several sets of tires to complete a race.

Chen Xiangbei and Che Laoquan both drive ordinary performance cars for daily driving, so it is naturally impossible for them to change to a set of hot-melt tires and drive from Guangzhou-Shenzhen to Haizhu. Both cars currently have ordinary performance tires.

As for Han Han, he already had an advantage in racing, and he also didn't want to take advantage of the tires, so he changed to a set of ordinary performance tires, which meant that the three cars were in a relatively fair state.

Theoretically, there was no need for a warm-up lap, but Han Han and the Volkswagen 222 team decided to follow the normal race process and use the warm-up lap to help Chen Xiangbei familiarize himself with the track.

After all, for the Volkswagen 222 team, their primary concern was no longer winning the race. Instead, they wanted Chen Xiangbei, a high school student, to avoid any racing accidents and run one more lap to be safe!

PS: Brothers, there will be a third update at noon, so please read it and keep up the good work!
(End of this chapter)