Car Racing without Money-Chapter 415 - 169: Underestimating the Strength of F1 Drivers

Chapter 415: Chapter 169: Underestimating the Strength of F1 Drivers

"Xiangbei, although F1 drivers have strong adaptability, the grip on wooden roads leans more towards rallying. You need to constantly pay attention to the changes in tire grip."

Han Han gently reminded him once more, rallying and formula racing belong to entirely different technical directions.

He believes that with the talent and skill of an F1 driver, a brief period of training would allow mastery of rally car technical features.

The problem is that the race starts tomorrow and there isn’t a period for Chen Xiangbei to adapt!

Han Han is genuinely worried that Chen Xiangbei might lose control and crash into the wall.

Despite Han Han’s reminder, Chen Xiangbei offered no explanation, his face still wore that faint smile.

Honestly, it’s not Han Han’s fault, he simply can’t comprehend the power of an F1 driver.

Before Chen Xiangbei, domestic formula drivers barely reached the likes of Cheng Congfu and Ma Qingye at the fringe of F3, still miles away from the threshold of F1.

Why are F1 drivers considered the strongest drivers on Blue Star? It is reflected in their comprehensive understanding and mastery of "cars."

This car doesn’t just refer to formula cars but includes touring cars, rally cars, grocery cars, and more.

Even for a tractor, an F1 driver can make it perform exceptionally.

The famous British car show, "Top Gear," has conducted countless tests to let ordinary people or celebrity drivers challenge F1 drivers, all to verify the gap between them.

The fact is, even if an F1 driver drives a van to lap, the speed can surpass the supercar driven by an ordinary ace.

As for legendary F1 drivers competing, it’s needless to say, the bragging experts won’t stop talking about the Nurburgring North Loop. Verstappen, under the pseudonym "Franz Herman," drove his team’s GT3 race car.

During the practice phase, getting familiar with the track and casually testing, he directly broke the Nurburgring record.

If he were to go all out according to the race standards, it’s unimaginable how much Verstappen could improve the Nurburgring record...

Of course, just like being handsome, you can’t speak it out yourself. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Being awesome, likewise, cannot be proven by mere words.

Han Han will get to experience what "Battle of the Gods" terror means tomorrow.

After memorizing some track corner data, Chen Xiangbei flipped through the racing data.

The ROC National Cup offers five different racing templates, aiming to cater to professional drivers from various racing projects, allowing them to compete in as fair an environment as possible.

Otherwise, asking rally drivers to drive formula cars is obviously not comparable, and vice versa.

The first is the ROC dedicated race car, simply understood as a super go-kart equipped with a roll cage.

The second is the Volkswagen Scirocco, which is the rally version.

The reason it appears at the Bird’s Nest is because East Sea Volkswagen is the main sponsor of the ROC National Cup, effectively promotional fees from the sponsor.

The third car is a modified solution from the Solution F company, with Opel Astra body kit, while the chassis structure and power unit are entirely unrelated, categorically an extensively modified prototype car.

The fourth is a two-seater sports car named KTM X-BOW, an unconventional model built by an Austrian motorcycle company, with a civilian version priced up to tens of millions, also a promotional vehicle from a sponsor.

The last car is called the RX-150, a single-seat retro off-road vehicle, designed for rally and off-road drivers.

Although there are five types of race cars, during the actual competition, the race cars need to be selected by both drivers.

The ones truly competing on the track are often the first three normal race cars.

"OK, I remember it."

After flipping the last page, Chen Xiangbei immediately handed the material back to Han Han.

"Already remembered?"

Han Han’s expression showed some surprise, as it’s been less than half an hour since coming into the house.

Chen Xiangbei is a driver, not a memory maestro; how could he memorize nearly ten thousand words of material so quickly!

"Yes."

Chen Xiangbei nodded to confirm.

Honestly, the truly valuable part of this material is the front track data. As for the cars, Chen Xiangbei’s understanding of rallying thoroughly exceeds Han Han’s imagination.

Previously, he memorized F1 track data, which was two to three times the length of the Bird’s Nest track. The turns were doubled, the complex environment and terrain were incomparable, moreover, he needed to consider cornering.

For Chen Xiangbei, a flat terrain track over two kilometers in length is merely effortless.

Listening to Chen Xiangbei’s calm and determined tone, Han Han knew the other wasn’t joking.

At this moment, Han Han’s mind had only one thought.

[Is an F1 driver truly this extraordinary?]

Honestly, this impact on Han Han is not less than the time he raced against Chen Xiangbei at the Haizhu International Circuit.

Back then, he lost to a seemingly fledgling high school student.

"Alright, rest early, tomorrow we’ll head to the Bird’s Nest together."

Swallowing his saliva, Han Han could only leave with this phrase.

Chen Xiangbei’s transformation in less than two years has already overturned his worldview.

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November 14th, the official start day of the ROC National Cup.

Chen Xiangbei and Han Han, along with his team members, all boarded the organizers’ support vehicle heading to the Bird’s Nest Stadium.

This morning, there will be a pre-race press conference and drawing session, where groups will be decided and who each will face!

Chen Xiangbei’s emotions were quite calm, simply gazing out the window at the familiar yet strange scenes of Yanjing’s streets, comparing with the relevant memories of his previous life in his mind.