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Chapter 623 623. Bird's Nest Circuit
"Can you really believe this?"

Except for Evans and Genji Ito, who could not understand Mandarin, the other members of the team looked at Xu Jia with suspicious eyes.

Could it be that this kid has been training too hard recently and started to think that he can really challenge for the world championship?
Facing the suspicious eyes of his team, Xu Jia suddenly didn't know what to say. Whether he could win or not was one thing, but whether he wanted to win or not was another.

Failure to win is a matter of strength, but it cannot be without a championship heart!
Maybe this is Xu Jia, who is fundamentally different from the Chinese drivers of this era. He has witnessed the rise of Chinese racing cars step by step, and knows that top foreign drivers are not so invincible!
Arriving at the driver's room arranged by the event organizing committee, Xu Jia ate something and then took a shower. When he was about to lie down and rest for a while, there was a knock on the door.

Opening the door, there was an old drunkard standing at the door.

"At 4:30 is the draw ceremony for the China Car Championship. There will be a test drive in the evening, so get ready to go."

"So fast?"

Xu Jia was a little surprised. He knew that tomorrow night would be the official start time. He didn't expect to go there to draw lots and test the car today. He also thought he could catch his breath and rest for a day.

After all, after this period of crazy training, even if Xu Jia finally survived, his body was actually in a relatively exhausted state. As a result, there is no time to breathe now, it just keeps spinning.

"We arrived a day late, and the other riders had already passed."

Hearing these words, Xu Jia suddenly understood why he saw a group of participating racers in the hotel lobby. It turned out that they were all preparing to go to the Bird's Nest.

"Okay, let's go."

Xu Jia didn't hesitate, just walked out of the room and followed the old drunkard.

Except for Xu Jia, the old drunkard did not call all the team members, because the cars used in the ROC Nations Cup are all standard cars provided by the organizer, so the participation of the racing team is not required.

The use of standard racing cars is also to ensure the fairness of the event. Otherwise, if a rally driver faces an F1 car from a formula driver in a track race, he would not have to run at all and would just admit defeat, and vice versa.

Moreover, during this period of high-intensity training, the team members were actually a little exhausted physically and mentally, so it would be nice to let them rest for an extra day.

Driving a Buick GL8 purchased by a fleet, Xu Jia drove on the streets of Yanjing. His eyes swept over the buildings on both sides of the road from time to time, comparing the images of Yanjing in his memory.

"First time coming to Yanjing?"

The old drunkard sitting in the passenger seat looked at Xu Jia's movements and asked.

"No."

Xu Jia shook his head. He had actually been to Yanjing many times in his previous life, but he had never seen anything like this ten years ago.

"Then just concentrate on driving. I don't want to lose my spot in the lottery because of a traffic accident."

"..."

Xu Jia thought the old drunkard was going to say something, but he didn't expect such a sentence, which really left him speechless.

After half an hour's drive, Xu Jia arrived at the entrance of the Bird's Nest, which was once the main venue of the 08 Olympic Games and even became a landmark building in China.

But I guess many people don't know that the Bird's Nest track has also been changed. This may be the only chance to witness the moment of the Bird's Nest track. Even Xu Jia is full of expectations and curiosity.

Walking into the Bird's Nest, the originally empty middle track has been changed into a track layout similar to a short track rally.

And the rules of the event are very similar to the rally short track race. They also compete in pairs on parallel tracks, and then alternate between the inner and outer tracks. The driver with the shortest time wins!

"So this is what the Bird's Nest track looks like."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xu Jia muttered in his mouth that he had only seen the Bird's Nest being transformed into a track in pictures on the Internet, and today he was finally able to witness it in person.

"Let's draw lots first."

The old drunkard glanced at the time on his watch. It was almost half past four. According to the regulations of the event organizing committee, drivers who did not participate in the draw ceremony would be deemed to have abstained.

So he was not in the mood to see what the Bird's Nest had been transformed into, so he took Xu Jia and hurried towards the press conference room, where the driver duel draw ceremony would be held.

When we arrived at the press conference room, it was already filled with riders and staff, and there were even many reporters taking photos. The arrival of Xu Jia and the old drunkard once again attracted the attention of many people, especially the participating drivers, some of whom had a look of dissatisfaction on their faces.

Even if this newcomer is the last to arrive at the hotel, he is also the last to arrive for the lottery ceremony. Do you really think of yourself as a big name, making a grand finale appearance?
However, today's draw ceremony was attended by leaders from the China Automobile Federation and the Yanjing Sports Bureau. Even if some drivers were dissatisfied, they could only appear to be in good spirits. As everyone arrived, according to the practice of Chinese competitions, the leader gave a speech first. Then the sixteen riders drew their own numbers from the boxes on the announcement platform.

Drivers No. 1 to 8 will become Group A, and drivers No. 9 to 16 will become Group B. They will compete in pairs according to consecutive numbers. The final winner will win the title of China's Car King.

At the same time, the winner and runner-up with the fastest lap on the track will form the Chinese national team and compete with the other seven participating national teams to compete for the ROC Nations Cup championship and the title of "the fastest country in the world" that year.

After the drawing ceremony, the player numbers and matching opponents appeared on the big screen in the press conference room.

Xu Jiadian was assigned No. 5, and the driver he was matched with was No. 6, Ren Zhiguo, who won the 07 China Track Race National Championship.

It can be said that Xu Jia's luck is not very good. In the first round, he met one of the strongest track racers in the country, and he might be eliminated in the first round.

"I would like to see how a newcomer like Xu Jia can compete with the national track champion."

At this time, one of the participating drivers had an expression on his face as if he was watching a good show. Rally drivers suffer a lot when running on the track, but in the end they won the national track championship. That was really destined to say goodbye.

"It's not that simple. I heard that before this kid started his professional career, he beat the Volkswagen Rookie Cup champion by more than 4 seconds at the Donghai International Circuit. Do you think his track ability will be inferior?"

The driver next to him replied that he was from the Donghai FCA team, so he naturally knew what happened at the Donghai International Circuit.

Compared with other people's understanding of Xu Jia, he is the Hong Kong Island Short Track Rally Champion, but he knows very well how He Lei was crushed and defeated.

Those who can do this are at least CTCC level riders. Is there really a big gap between them and the national track champions?
"Really or not, he even ran across the field?"

"This is the scary part. This kid has never run in a professional field. He was an amateur driver at the time and crushed the Rookie Cup champion!"

When he heard this sentence, the driver who had been watching a good show subconsciously took a breath. He really didn't expect that Xu Jia still had such a history!
While everyone else was paying attention to him, Xu Jia didn't care at all about who his opponent was. Instead, he was more concerned about what group Han Han and Chen Congfu were in and who their opponent was.

Because among this group of Chinese champion drivers, Xu Jia only thinks of these two as his opponents. Peak Han Han has the strongest strength among Chinese track and rally drivers in the current era.

And Chen Congfu represents the current ceiling of Chinese formula drivers.

Han Han was placed in Group B, and there was no possibility of playing against him before the finals. Chen Congfu is in a group with him, but he is in the lower half. If everything goes well, he will have to wait until the semifinals before there is a possibility of a duel.

Faced with this grouping, Xu Jia nodded with satisfaction, because he and they were not only opponents, but also teammates.

If premature "cannibalism" knocks them out and their lap times are not the fastest, then they will have to form a team with other drivers.

Although it may not be certain that the other drivers are weak, at least it can be directly confirmed that Han Han and Chen Congfu are not weak. Xu Jia didn’t want to use his only chance at the ROC national competition to gamble on luck, even if he was a gambler.

Perhaps Xu Jia's slight nod was noticed by a reporter at the scene. A microphone suddenly appeared in front of Xu Jia, and the reporter began to ask questions.

"Hello player Xu Jia, I am a reporter from Yanjing Sports TV Tower. I just noticed that you nodded slightly after the lottery results came out. Are you very satisfied with the opponent you drew?"

Xu Jia's concern for Han Han and Chen Congfu is impossible for others to know, so reporters can only judge based on common sense. Xu Jia nodded because he was a matched opponent.

As soon as this question came up, the cameras on the scene were all focused on Xu Jia, because the people present today are basically sports media, who know relatively well about racing.

A rookie driver like Xu Jia, who is also a rally driver, met the national track champion in the first round of draws. In theory, he would be at a huge disadvantage. But in the end, he could still nod with satisfaction?

Is this because Ren Zhiguo is not taken seriously, or is the young driver unable to understand the situation?
Faced with this sudden question, Xu Jia was stunned for a moment. According to the event process, shouldn't he go to the track to test the car after the lottery ceremony?

Since when has there been an additional question-and-answer session for reporters?

But since someone asked this, Xu Jia replied nonchalantly: "There is no question of satisfaction or dissatisfaction. You can draw any opponent."

“So you’re playing against the national track champion, do you think you have a chance of winning?”

"Of course."

Xu Jia smiled. As a driver these days, do you think you have no chance of winning before you even start?
Not to mention the national track champion, even if he had to compete with Schumacher, Vettel, and Hamilton on the same stage today, Zhang Yifei would still give the same answer.

When encountering each other on a narrow road, the brave will win. This is the sword-fighting spirit that a professional driver should have!
(End of this chapter)