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Chapter 596 596. Are you qualified?

After the on-site host said a few opening remarks, he began to introduce the twenty or so participating drivers today one by one.

Basically, they are mainly racers from Hong Kong Island, with two or three racers from Macao Island, and a few foreign racers who come here to make money.

Although this event was held at the Coloane Circuit of Ao Island, the population base of Ao Island is too small after all, and it is almost impossible to develop its own professional racing system.

Therefore, the car racing events on Macao Island are actually jointly organized by Hong Kong and Macao. At most, they are just under the name. In many cases, the name is even directly linked to Hong Kong Island.

But it doesn't matter to Australia Island. The reason why they are keen on holding car events is more for tourism, rather than really wanting to build a racing industry.

It doesn’t matter where the drivers and organizers are from, as long as the tourists and fans come to Australia to spend money.

Like any home stadium, local drivers always cheer the loudest. In addition, when BMW driver Farfus was introduced, the venue also burst into thunderous cheers and applause.

After all, this is the most famous driver in today's exhibition competition, with the highest professional achievements, and he is still a foreigner. It is not surprising that he is popular in Hong Kong and Macao. But I don’t know how the event organizers arranged it. After introducing Farfus, the next person was Xu Jia.

The atmosphere at the scene was equivalent to changing from midsummer to cold winter, with only some sparse applause. After all, mainland drivers rarely appear in exhibition races on the island of Australia, and Xu Jia is now completely in the category of Cats and Dogs. I don’t know how he came out to compete alone.

Faced with this situation, Xu Jia felt extremely strong. He waved to the audience professionally with a fake smile on his face.

Anyway, this is not the first time he has encountered this kind of embarrassing scene. When he was running abroad in his previous life, it was basically this kind of scene.

But at this moment, Li Wenfeng suddenly stood up, not caring about the eyes of others, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Go north, go north, as fast as lightning!"

"Go north, they can't even see your taillights!"

And not only Li Wenfeng, but soon Niu Ge and Le Zai also cheered and cheered for Xu Jia, quite like a family and friends group.

To be honest, Xu Jia really didn't care much about the silence, but when he saw Li Wenfeng and others applauding him vigorously, he still felt an indescribable touch in his heart.

Maybe, this is the team.

Because it was an exhibition race, there was no formal qualifying. Instead, the starting order was determined based on the driver's historical performance.

Farfus ranked first without hesitation, Ah Wei from the Hong Kong Island SD Team ranked third, and second was an Australian driver whom Xu Jia did not know.

As for Xu Jia himself, he was directly placed at the end of the crane. After all, his racing resume was blank. The two small municipal competitions were forged by racing students. In addition, mainland drivers came to Macao Island to compete. From all aspects, it seemed that Can only be ranked at the end.

After all preparations continued, an event guide car drove over and led the participating vehicles around the field to warm up their tires. You must know that in general official track races, full hot-melt tires are used, which are also commonly known as slick tires.

Before the tire temperature rises, the full thermal melt tire actually does not have very good grip because there is no tire pattern. After the tire temperature rises, the surface of the tire will melt to form a rubber layer similar to chewing gum. At this time, the grip will increase dramatically and bite the ground firmly.

So this is why, many times when watching car races on TV, there is a guide car leading the participating drivers around the field before the start of the race, just to increase the tire temperature.

The temperature in Australia Island is now around 30 degrees. Even if the length of the Coloane track is short, the tire temperature rises very quickly.

After the tire warm-up lap was completed, the car stopped at its starting position again, and the driver's eyes were fixed on the track above a crossbar similar to a traffic light.

The time has entered the countdown, and the five indicator lights have begun to light up one after another. The roar of the engine has begun to ring through the track. The moment all the indicator lights go out, it means that the race has officially begun!
Among this group of GT racing cars, the Subaru GE may have the lowest horsepower, and may even be crushed by multiples. But in terms of starting torque, rally cars never lag behind any racing car, even F1 is worthy of the same weight!
Although Xu Jia's car has only been driven for a few days and it cannot be considered completely adjusted, within these few days, Le Zai can be said to have been optimizing and accelerating desperately.

And even without optimization, in an exhibition match of this level, except for a few drivers in the front row who have a chance, who in the back row can stop Xu Jia?

After the ejection start, the floor oil went down, and the strong grip brought by the slick tires meant that Xu Jia didn't have to worry about any slipping problems. Almost instantly, the driver running alongside Xu Jia was overtaken by him.

The problem is just the beginning. The tachometer starts to fill up, and the peak torque of the rally car is immediately squeezed out. Xu Jia kept pulling the gear lever, and the transmission efficiency of the racing-level gearbox was far beyond what the manual gearboxes of Mazda RX7 and GTR could compare to when running on the street.

Especially for top professional drivers like Xu Jia, they can maximize the transmission efficiency of the sequential gearbox!

Three seconds after the start, Xu accelerated to over 100 km/h, using every opportunity to exploit every possible opportunity to overtake the third-to-last driver again.

I felt sorry for this driver. When he saw the blue Subaru GE speeding past the car, he wondered if he was hallucinating.

Because he felt that his start was not slow, and there was a driver behind him blocking him. How did this mainland driver manage to overtake him and fly over right from the start?

This thought was not limited to the third-to-last driver. After all the cars started successfully, they were fighting for position at the first corner of the Coloane circuit. Xu Jia directly kicked the floor oil to the bottom, revved the engine to 10,000 rpm, and used the edge of the track to overtake the fourth-last driver!
The whole process was as fast as lightning, and it completely lived up to Li Wenfeng's shameless cheering slogan.

Even the track broadcast footage did not notice that the car at the rear of the crane had passed three opponents in a row. Instead, the broadcast camera was still focused on the most popular driver in the front row.

The race director didn't notice it, and even most of the audience didn't notice it, but that doesn't mean no one noticed Xu Jia's earth-shattering overtaking speed!
On the track's viewing platform, some of the guests present today have already begun to set their sights on the blue Subaru GE, and even the expressions on some people's faces changed slightly.

"President Mai, this is Xu Jia that I recommended to you. Do you think he is qualified to participate in the Hong Kong Island Short Track Rally?"

The old drunkard said to a middle-aged and elderly man in a suit and tie beside him, with an uncontrollable pride in his tone.

Xu Jia did not disappoint him. This is the strength and performance that a talented driver should have!
(End of this chapter)