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Chapter 589 589. Technological Change

Time passed day by day, and soon Xu Jia came to Guangshen Base for nearly a month.

It can be said that in this month, Xu Jia's improvement has been a qualitative change, and at the same time, he has gradually unlocked the seal of being an F1 driver.

He has basically adapted to the control method of the rally. His single lap time on the short track at the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Base was a terrifying lap time of 1 minute and 31 seconds, which was 2 seconds faster than the old drunkard who was once the number one in China’s rally!
Being able to beat Xu Lang by 2 seconds in lap time means that Xu Jia has the qualifications to go abroad and face the world's top rally players.

But it's just qualifications. If he wants to defeat them, Xu Jia is still far behind.

The main reason is that with the advent of a group of Southern European rally drivers such as Loeb, their more advanced rally wiring technology has made the previous drift control, which was mainly the Nordic style of opening and closing, instantly obsolete.

There is a scene in "Flying Life" where Lin Zhendong told Zhang Chi that his running method was outdated. Too much weight transfer slowed down the speed, and he also used Scandinavian pendulum drift in his cornering method.

The reason why there is this plot in the movie is that the prototype driver of Zhang Chi is Xu Lang. The story happens to be in the early 2000s, when the rise of "Road Fighter" Loeb brought about earth-shaking changes in the way of running rally events.

Many old-school riders have a large pendulum drift, and basically have no speed advantage when faced with the extreme alignment of newcomers. So even Zhang Chi himself began to wonder if his running method was outdated after returning to the track five years later?
Of course, the protagonist's aura must be in the movie, but Zhang Chi finally won and won the Bayinbrook Circuit Championship. But in reality, the Nordic rally king, represented by Finnish drivers, was replaced by the new king of Southern Europe, represented by French drivers.

The old drunkard is a typical old-school rally driver. When he teaches Xu Jia, he habitually attaches great importance to and emphasizes cornering drift. For Xu Jia, drifting is indeed his shortcoming, and the shortcomings of wooden tube theory are the basis for determining the upper limit.

However, when Xu Jia gradually made up for his shortcomings, his ultimate long board began to exert a terrifying advantage, and he possessed the most advanced rally running method in this era.

It’s not that the old drunkards are incompetent, it’s that it’s really not their time anymore!
In addition to the changes in driving skills, physical fitness has also improved significantly. If you take off your clothes now, you can vaguely see that Xu Jia has muscle lines on his body.

In addition to Xu Jia's own persistence and hard work, I also have to thank Li Wenfeng. Because the young master couldn't handle this kind of high-intensity training, he spent money to hire a series of professionals such as massage therapists, physical trainers, and nutritionists from the sports center to help with recovery. Li Wenfeng even planned to give NBA players post-game liquid nitrogen cold therapy. device.

It's just that it was too difficult to get that thing into the country, and it was impossible for the crew members to stay at the Guangshen base for a long time, so they had to give up in the end.

So in a sense, Xu Jia can be regarded as having benefited from Li Wenfeng, otherwise no matter how young he is, he would not be able to withstand this kind of high-intensity physical training.

In addition, during this period, there were several calls from Fatty Chen and Feng Bingman from Donghai.

Needless to say, Fatty was very dissatisfied with Xu Jia for leaving without saying goodbye, and he was too unloyal to complain. But complaints are complaints, and he always hopes in his heart that Xu Jia can achieve results as soon as possible and become the champion who stands on the top.

After all, Fatty Chen now understands the reality that he really has no possibility of becoming a driver. His hope lies in Xu Jia!

As for the content of the phone call with Feng Bingman, they were all about the development of the team.

At this early stage of training, it didn't make much sense for Feng Bingman to come, so she simply stayed in Donghai and contacted some advertisers and car companies to see if she could get financial and technical support. Racing is a money-burning sport, and you can’t afford fuel if you don’t have money. The biggest source of funding for racing is the sponsorship and sponsorship of various advertisers.

Audiences who have watched car events should have noticed one detail, that is, the racing cars or drivers' racing suits are covered with various brand LOGOs, large and small. This is the sponsorship of advertisers.

In a sense, you can get a rough idea of ​​a driver's strength from his racing suit. The stronger the rider, the more brand logos are on his clothes, and they are all big brands.

If you are a newcomer or someone with a relatively low level, the racing uniform is a blank slate.

In later generations, many people on the Internet know that Lin Zhiying is a racing driver, and many people are curious about who is better between him and Han Han. If you can see a photo of Lin Zhiying and Han Han on the track, you can clearly see the level of strength just from the sponsor's LOGO, and there is basically no comparison.

It is easier to understand the technical support of car companies. As the level of competition increases, the requirements for the technological content of racing cars become higher. By then, even if there are racing engineers like Le Zai, they will not be able to build a stronger racing car because they lack a lot of professional equipment.

The simplest is the wind tunnel. Without blowing the shell through this thing, it is impossible to verify whether the aerodynamic shape is reasonable. However, private teams cannot afford wind tunnels and can only rely on the help and support of car companies.

But this is all a matter later, at least before entering the WRC, these high-tech equipment will not be used. At this stage, it is more about contacting advertisers to obtain sources of funds. Otherwise, no matter how good the relationship between team members is, they will never be without wages and just rely on generating electricity with love to persevere, right?

Whether the advertiser can successfully negotiate the title and the amount of sponsorship funds will all depend on Xu Jia's competition results, so the next Hong Kong Island Short Track Rally is the key!

Xu Jia's side is progressing smoothly, but the old drunkard has some troubles on Hong Kong Island. He originally planned to get it back in half a month, but it turns out he's still on Hong Kong Island after a month.

It was originally expected that the most time-consuming part would be negotiating with suppliers about purchasing racing consumable parts. In fact, the difficulty lies in Xu Jia’s qualifications. His event resume is too blank, with only two “forged” municipal rally competition records. .

Even though the old drunkard is in the Hong Kong racing circle and has some friends to help him, a lot of things are lost these days, not to mention the old drunkard has simply disappeared for three or four years.

Another more important point is that some people in the event organizing committee are biased against mainland drivers. The resume of a newcomer like Xu Jia has only increased their distrust and has been a bottleneck.

If he had the temper of an old drunkard in the past, he would probably bang the table and get angry, but now that he is under the roof, he has to lower his head and can only suppress his temper and wait for news on Hong Kong Island.

So he waited for a month before he called Xu Jia.

"Xiang Bei, come to Hong Kong Island with A Niu and A Feng tomorrow. I will pick you up at the checkpoint."

When the old drunkard said this, there was a hint of sullenness in his tone. It was obvious that he was very unhappy during this period of time in Hong Kong Island!

(End of this chapter)