Beyblade: You call this a four-wheel drive vehicle?

Chapter 269

The third match kicked off under the attention of everyone.

The Five Star Sports trio sat in the commentary booth early, waiting for the race to begin, but today, most of the viewers who could understand English entered the North American racing channel, because today, they had several special online guests.

"Hi, did you hear that?" Edward Sanchez, North America's top racing commentator, introduced himself and connected to a special video call.

"I can hear you! There's no problem with the signal transmission." A slightly cold voice sounded in the channel, and the face of a blond young man appeared on the screen. Beside him, a blond girl with her hair tied up behind her head also poked her head out. At the same time, behind the two of them, there was the back of a red-haired boy.

Before the blond young man had time to say hello, a strange scene happened. A kettle slowly floated past behind the few people, spinning.

The blond young man's face darkened immediately after seeing the scene. He turned around and reached out to hold the kettle, then shouted to the left: "Uncle Romanov! Put away your daily necessities! We still have to work here!"

"Sorry, sorry." At this time, a middle-aged man with a balding head floated over, caught the kettle and floated back.

"It seems like there was a little incident, but it doesn't matter. The GPX competition will not start for some time." Edward said with a smile, "I believe the audience has already seen where our guest is now, so let's say hello to everyone."

"You make it sound like we're not from Earth anymore. Hi everyone, I'm Brett. I'm very happy to be able to watch the GPX competition with you all on the International Space Station today."

"Hello everyone, I'm Qiao!" Qiao smiled and waved at the camera.

"Hello everyone, I'm Edge." Edge behind the two of them also turned around and greeted them.

"You must be familiar with those drivers who performed brilliantly in the first two races. After all, they were once your old rivals," said Edward.

"That's right. During training before coming here, I often heard news about Michael and Carlo in the F1 arena. I didn't expect that after staying in space for more than half a year, Formula One racing has also entered a new era." Brett said.

"So, as someone who has competed with this group of drivers before, do you have any special ideas?" Edward said with a smirk.

"You mean to say I'm envious, right?" Brett also laughed. "Well, I'm not envious at all. They pursue faster speeds, but I'm already driving a spaceship at the first cosmic speed. If anyone is envious, I think they are the ones who envy me."

"Okay, so, does Brett have a team and driver he supports?" Edward asked.

"Of course it's DRS! Lin Che who won two consecutive championships at the start!" said Brett.

"And what about Joe?"

"Same as him," Joe smiled.

"Why?" Edward demanded.

"My boyfriend works for that guy's team. How can I say I support another team? That guy is really narrow-minded!"

Joe's complaints made the atmosphere in the studio joyful.

After Edward chatted with the three people in the space station for a few words, all the drivers began to warm up on the live broadcast screen.

After the twenty cars circled the field, they lined up in front of the starting point according to the order determined by the qualifying round. A moment later, the signal lights came on.

"The game has begun! Aurora continued its performance from yesterday's qualifying round, firmly holding the first place after the start. The second-placed Tornado Charge also sped up immediately after the start. Xing Ma Hao seemed very dissatisfied with the result of yesterday's match, and wanted to compete with Nie Ming again as soon as the game started." Kevin Lee, another commentator beside Edward, said quickly.

"You don't seem surprised at all?" Edward asked curiously when he saw that there was no change in the expressions of Brett and the other two.

"We've been watching this scene since we were ten years old. What's so surprising about it? It won't be surprising if the guy sitting in the DRS pit area also joins in," Edge complained.

"Come to think of it, among the four idiots who charged back then, Balokli seemed to have gone to study art, and Huo Yuesheng seemed to have limited talent in reaction speed, so he couldn't drive a racing car. Otherwise, he would definitely not have missed it. After all, there was no reason for the final winner of the competition for the fastest man in the world to miss this event." Joe said in the tone of chatting with Brett.

"The fastest in the world? How interesting." The man in the studio immediately smiled as if he understood.

At this time, in the DRS pit, Huo Yuesheng frantically shook Ying Yulong's shoulders as he watched his girlfriend's live broadcast, and shouted, "Can you please control your girlfriend? Don't say anything to anyone!"

"Well, now we have brought shame abroad." Gao Xiaoman also complained at this time.

"Ahhh!" Huo Yuesheng cried madly. If there was a chance for him to travel through time, he would go back without hesitation to the day when he made his mark in the mini racing competition in Beijing, and then kill the boy who was about to announce that he was the fastest man in Beijing at the highest point of the podium.

"Oh? Muller, who got the fourth place yesterday, and his MCL-C01 seemed unwilling to let the two steal the spotlight, so they sped up and joined the battle. Although this 16-year-old driver is the youngest among the drivers, this is also his first time to appear in the GPX event. At the beginning of the game, he launched a sprint for the first place." Kevin said. "This player seems to be your junior. His resume includes the experience of representing the German team in the third WGP. Do you have any impression of him?" Edward asked.

"To be honest, we all retired after the third edition. Astronaut training is very busy, so we don't have the time to continue watching WGP events," said Brett.

"Okay, but this player won the runner-up in that WGP, which is better than any of the results you guys have achieved in the two competitions you participated in. Moreover, they beat the Huaxia War Dragon Team." Edward fanned the flames, "You know, you have never beaten the Huaxia War Dragon Team, not even in the second competition when they were in the worst condition."

"The Space Rover Team has always been just a training program for NASA's young astronauts, so the results aren't that important." Brett's mouth twitched. "Besides, is the Chinese War Dragon Team they beat the same as the one we encountered?"

"Okay, let's skip this unpleasant topic for now. Muller has now caught up with Yuri's Aurora No. 2 car. However, it seems a bit difficult for him to break through the defense line guarded by Yuri. By the way, did you see Yuri's operation yesterday to pull Nie Ming's Aurora back to the track?" Kevin asked.

"Before we came to commentate, we looked at the racing forums, which were all replays of those few seconds," said Edge.

"Speaking of which, in the tradition of Formula One racing, the number two car usually serves as a support for the number one car. Half of the GPX teams continued this tradition when they were building their teams. However, in the current standings, the teams that did not follow this tradition are at the top. DRS, which is ranked first, directly told the world in its team name that Dragon and Revolver are equally matched, while the other teams that maintain the tradition of having the number two car supporting the number one car have both cars failing outside the championship zone." Edward said.

"However, Yuri's performance yesterday also showed us the strength of the traditionalists." Kevin added, "What do the people in the universe think about this?"

"I wonder if we can change the name." Brett mentioned the jokes of the two commentators in the studio before answering the question, "As Lin Che announced at the Fuji Lake Circuit, this is a new era for Formula One cars. In this new era, all the running methods are not finalized. It will take time to test which one is the better choice."

"Brett, be bolder, no one wants to hear this kind of official statement." Edward complained.

"Well, I prefer DRS, Ferrari, Mercedes and other team building methods. I remember that in the F1 tradition, the second driver is not eligible to compete for the championship if the first driver is not eliminated. However, it is a new era now. What traditions should we follow? Racing drivers should pursue the first place!"

"Wu~~~" The two commentators in the studio cheered, very satisfied with Brett's speech which was full of explosive points.

"But now, after discovering that he couldn't directly join the battle between Aurora No. 1 and the Whirlwind Charge, Muller chose to bypass Yuri's defense."

Soon, the broadcast camera turned and the first car to be eliminated in the race appeared. Alan Kemp, the second driver of the North American team USCF, who was ranked 14th, was eliminated while overtaking at the hairpin turn!
"After Detroit went bankrupt, it seems that the standard of racing in our country has hit rock bottom." Edward shrugged, not caring at all that the driver who was eliminated was from their own team. "It's the same no matter what kind of competition it is. Not to mention Formula One, among the six teams that qualified for the finals of the first WGP, we were the only one who never won the WGP championship. Even the Spanish team that ranked last in the finals won the championship in the fifth WGP by surprise."

"I can only be responsible for the first two sessions. As for the subsequent sessions, it has nothing to do with me." Brett said after shrugging.

“But to be honest, when we first entered the era of CF racing, we thought that the addition of AI would narrow the gap in skills between drivers. But we didn’t expect that after it really started, the gap in skills between drivers became wider and wider. Currently, the first and second echelon drivers pass this corner much faster than Allen, but they are able to handle it with ease.”

"After all, the speed is completely different. Compared with F1, the speed of CF racing cars is an explosive improvement. For previous F1 drivers, some people can control the speed of F1 because they can only adapt to the speed of F1, but for others, the speed of F1 actually limits their performance." Joe said.

"That's right!" Edward nodded. "Everyone thought that AI would become a prosthesis for some drivers who were not so strong, but AI said, I will only tear off your fig leaf!"

The next second, Edward and Kevin shouted in unison: "Allen Kemp, You are fired!"

"Are you guys always like this?" The two people in the studio startled the astronaut trio. "Damn it, you guys remind me of a corn head. That guy met us before we flew into space."

"I know you want me to mention that name, but unfortunately, our show is sponsored by the Blue Party." Edward quickly changed the subject. "The camera is aimed at the second echelon. Who are they? Lin Che, Carlo, Michael, Okita Kai, and Hijikata Rei. The five cars are running very close. It looks like Tai Chi War Dragon is surrounded by two teams."

"Their speed is relatively stable at the moment, and their means of explosive acceleration have not yet been used. It seems that they are still planning to exert more strength in the second half." Kevin said, "But guess, after today's game, how many of them will be carried back to the rest area on stretchers?"

"Lin Che and Michael have been carried back to the rest area on stretchers for two consecutive games. Although Carlo insisted on walking back to the lounge on his own in the last game, I felt that he was just holding on. After all, his expression when he took his final bow was exactly the same as mine when I was kicked off the bed by my wife." Edward said.

"The official explanation is that the drivers were subjected to excessive acceleration during the sprint, which consumed a lot of physical energy, so this kind of thing happened," Kevin said. "But when it comes to withstanding acceleration, our astronauts have something to say."

"Thank God, you didn't kick us out of the game." Brett said, "Lin Che and the others' reaction was normal. Their speed when they were sprinting was almost 700. At that speed, the blood supply to the brain would be greatly affected, but they still had to stay awake. In addition, they were not accustomed to this acceleration like us astronauts who often receive similar training, so this happened. However, I think they will be used to it after a few more games."

"So, if you were in their situation, wouldn't you faint?" Kevin said.

"Nonsense, when the rocket took off, the acceleration we endured was stronger than theirs, but we still overcame it through training," said Brett.

"So, regarding the zero realm they mentioned, did you feel it when you were on the rocket launch?" Edward asked.

"Zero Territory? What is that?" Brett asked puzzled.

"This is the definition mentioned in a report jointly released by DRS, Ferrari and Mercedes." Kevin explained. Then, Kevin also told Brett specifically about the experience of Lin Che, Michael and Carlo in the zero realm in the report.

(End of this chapter)