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Chapter 604 604. Official Competition
Xu Jia's schedule was not interrupted by Ouyang Xi's sudden appearance. He was still training frantically at midnight.

More than half a month has passed quickly, and Hong Kong Island in early October is still under the shadow of autumn tigers. However, the short track rally track built in Yuen Long failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the audience and fans.

Nearly 10,000 spectators from Hong Kong and Mainland China crowded the several-kilometer-long rally track, all waiting to see the legendary and extremely arrogant "genius driver".

Xu Jia's "weak" remarks to Hong Kong Island drivers at the Coloane circuit, and his "blade overtaking" to DTM driver Farfus. Not only was it widely publicized by Hong Kong and Macao media, it was even spread wildly on the mainland's Internet.

China does not have a profound car and racing culture, but that does not mean that the number of car fans is very small. You must know that the 04 F1 Chinese Grand Prix had more than one million spectators on site within three days, breaking the record for a single Chinese sports event.

This is still at the Donghai International Circuit, and there is no Chinese home driver. If there is a Chinese F1 driver flying at that time, what kind of grand scene will there be?
At present, most of the Chinese drivers only compete in mainland competitions, lacking competition with foreign drivers, and there is a lack of "idol" drivers with flamboyant personalities.

Think about it, even if you play computer games in the future, everyone is looking forward to playing against foreign teams. What's the point of fighting in a den every day?
Xu Jia's overtaking partner, Farfus, is not one of the world's top drivers, and the Coloane race is just an exhibition race.

But Xu Jia's performance in that exhibition match was so eye-catching. It can be said that the focus of the entire event was all on his blue Subaru GE.

Moreover, there were no peeing spots during the entire overtaking process. If this was not on a real track, many people would probably think it was some kind of movie special effects when they saw the video for the first time.

This is not a racing car on the track, it is simply a one-sided "massacre"!
With media hype and network effect publicity, Xu Jia's name began to become popular. This time in the Hong Kong Island Rally, whether they disliked him, were curious or suspicious, many people focused on him.

To be honest, when Xu Jia faced questions from Hong Kong reporters, he just knew that they were urinary and planned to cooperate in hyping up his fame. Anyway, no matter how they smear a small role now, they would not lose much.

This is just like the "traffic" of later generations. It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. What's important is that there is no traffic!

It’s really cool when you are unknown and no one mentions you anymore.

But Xu Jia didn't expect that it would eventually attract such high attention. Maybe the Chinese people really need a "genius driver" of their own in the field of racing.

In the open space in the maintenance area of ​​the event, Xu Jia has already begun preparations for the race. At the same time, with the successful registration and the invitation letter from the event organizing committee, the event transport vehicle at the Guangzhou-Shenzhen base can finally drive into Hong Kong Island instead of renting a container truck for transport.

Many people know that rally events are divided into two categories: rally and off-road, just like the venues are divided into touring cars and formulas, but in fact it can also be subdivided into a small type of short-track rally.

The so-called short track rally is actually similar to track racing. Various curves, cross terrains, and even flying jump sections with high and low heights are artificially designed on non-paved roads.

The reason why short-track rallies appear is because long-distance rallies have too high requirements for drivers and teams in terms of entry fees and logistics.

Moreover, in long-distance rallies, it is difficult for the audience to fully see the tens of kilometers of the race like the big-screen broadcast of track races, and they cannot experience the thrill of a rally car speeding past them at high speed for a long time.

In order to solve these two problems, short track rally competition came into being, running rally events in an environment similar to the venue.

However, I often try to cover everything. In most cases, in the end, I lose what I am good at and have special features.

The essence of rallying lies in the uncontrollability of the unknown, the rapid adaptation to various complex road environments, and the peak challenge to the driver's reaction and judgment.

Without these things and running in a fixed track environment, rally racing will become inferior to track racing in terms of speed and alignment.

And there is no such thing as F1 in the extreme state of hundreds of kilometers, where drivers engage in centimeter-level offensive and defensive dynamic games, which elevates human control of the car to the ultimate charm of the "inhuman" realm.

Therefore, the short track rally has always been in a tepid state. Most of the time it is held is during the maintenance period of the competition to keep the drivers in shape. Or maybe the special terrain of Hong Kong Island makes it impossible to host large-scale rallies that are tens or hundreds of kilometers long.

However, the level of rally events has never been calculated based on length. Therefore, this short track rally on Hong Kong Island is equivalent to a national championship according to FIA standards. It can be said to be the best choice to brush up your qualifications!

"The short track rally is a two-lane duel. The opponent who starts at the same time as you is drawn by Wu Yiuhao, who is known as the mountain road king of Hong Kong Island. He has won the third place in the All Japan Speed ​​Drift Competition and is particularly good at drifting on non-paved roads. The first two He is the champion of the Hong Kong Island Short Track Rally." "However, Wu Yaohao is not the strongest driver in this year. This year there is a driver known as the second-generation Japanese driver participating, and his name is Taro Aso."

"Taro Aso? What's your background?"

Xu Jia asked after hearing this. He was very familiar with several formula drivers in Japanese history, such as Takuma Sato, Kamui Kobayashi, etc.

But he didn’t know much about the new drivers in Japanese track racing or rally racing. At least he had never heard of Taro Aso.

But to get a title like "Nidaime" in Japan, he shouldn't be a weakling.

"He is Japan's strongest rally driver, a student and close disciple of Dakar double champion Hiroshi Sooka. He is currently a rising star in Japanese rally. He has the ability to inherit Hiroshi Sooka's honor, so he is called the second generation."

A close disciple of Hiroshi Sooka?

Xu Jia is no stranger to the name Hiroshi Sooka, because he is Japan’s rally king and has won the Dakar Rally championship twice in a row.

Moreover, he is also the off-road development manager of the Japanese Mitsubishi Group. Mitsubishi's two most famous rally cars, the EVO and the Pajero, were both designed and tuned by him.

It can be said that Hiroshi Sooka alone holds up half of Japan’s rally events and racing!

"Why did he come to Hong Kong Island to compete?"

"Like you, upgrade your racing license level and prepare to participate in the Asia-Pacific Rally."

"Oh, I see."

Xu Jia nodded without saying much.

"Aren't you a little stressed?"

Maybe Xu Jia was too calm, so the old drunkard couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this question, a smile actually appeared on Xu Jia's face, and then he looked at the old drunkard and said, "Uncle Xu, you are nervous in small scenes, how can you hold on to big scenes?"

"Boy, your opponent is very strong."

"But I'm stronger."

Faced with this answer, Xu Lang suddenly didn't know what to say.

After being exposed to it for a long time, he had actually become numb to Xu Jia's driving skills.

If a talented driver shows superhuman qualities, why does he deserve the word "genius"?
But Xu Jia's psychological quality during this period was really scary from Xu Lang's point of view.

This kid doesn't seem to know what nervousness and anxiety are. He has no obvious mood swings when facing various competitions and opponents.

And he is not the kind of ignorant person who is fearless, or a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He is really full of confidence and never thinks that he will lose.

How do you achieve this kind of psychological quality and competitive state?
(End of this chapter)