"Zhou Yunhui, just rent this car!"

Zhang Yifei didn't hesitate at all, and didn't even look at those top supercars, all his attention was attracted by the Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG in front of him.

But then again, when this car was imported into China, the price was also as high as 3 million, which is no longer inferior to some sports cars, and even supercars.

"The 5.5LV8 turbocharged engine, with a maximum horsepower of 500P, accelerates to 100 kilometers in 4.8 seconds, purely from the data, has reached the level of a top performance car."

"However, the wheelbase of this car is too long, which will affect some of its handling in corners, and it is a great loss to run the New North Circuit with Opel Astra."

Zhou Yunhui said the performance data of this Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG, and even bluntly said that with the Opel Astra V8 Coupe, a special car for racing in New York, the long wheelbase will have a great disadvantage.

Although Zhou Yunhui doesn't care about winning or losing, he doesn't want to take advantage of Zhang Yifei, this car is really not suitable for running on the New York North Circuit.

"Why, I'm not afraid of losing, what are you afraid of, that's it."

Zhang Yifei is indeed not afraid of losing, just like no matter how fast a supercar is, you can't see the taillights of F1, even if it really breaks the record at the New North Circuit, it is meaningless for the formula.

The reason why he is willing to come over today is that winning Zhou Yunhui is only secondary, and he wants to feel this "holy land of the car altar". No driver would have a complete career without running in New North.

"You've said so, so that's it."

Zhou Yunhui didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the car rental shop to discuss car rental, at this time He Ziling came to Zhang Yifei's side, looked at the S55 in front of him and said: "Zhang Yifei, why did you choose this car?" ”

"I drove more sports cars, so I changed my taste."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, if he put aside the identity of a driver and let him choose a car for himself, then Zhang Yifei will most likely choose Mercedes-Benz S-class AMG.

Unlike pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, the S-class AMG has a kind of business elegance and a wild interior.

This style is very similar to a movie called "Kill the Wolf 2" that Zhang Yifei watched in his later life, in which the warden played by Zhang Jin vividly interpreted the four words "thug in a suit".

For a driver, there is more than just the track and life, and many times the car is not suitable for everyday use. And some high-performance cars or supercars, facing a daily speed bump have a headache for half a day, this kind of careful daily driving is really not suitable for Zhang Yifei's character.

And those models that pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, to be honest, are more like satisfying some vanity of slapping their faces. Only a "thug in a suit" can make others admire and show fearsome strength at the same time.

This is the image that an adult man should aspire to.

Because of the cooperation with the Opel team, Zhou Yunhui handled the car rental procedures quickly, of course, the car was rented in his name.

Zhou Yunhui first got into the car, drove the Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG to the track preparation area, and then handed over the key to Zhang Yifei, and said in a joking tone: "Zhang Yifei, I am violating the contract, you wait on the track, don't bump into it, I can't afford to pay for the car at that time." ”

"So the question is, is the car or the person important?"

Zhang Yifei also responded with a sentence.

"A car, of course!"

"Real!"

Zhang Yifei complained, took the key from Zhou Yunhui's hand, and then said to He Ziling beside him: "Racing is risky, you wait for me here for 8 minutes." ”

Whether on the street or on the track, except for the pilot of the rally, Zhang Yifei is not used to taking anyone to sit in the passenger seat, especially women.

Because in Zhang Yifei's view, this kind of behavior is nothing more than satisfying the vanity of making a woman worship herself, but the consequences are based on the safety of the other party's life.

To know what emergency accident is encountered, people's risk avoidance instinct will give priority to ensuring the safety of their own lives and play the steering wheel, so the first thing to suffer is the co-pilot position.

Even if Zhang Yifei is now considered the top junior formula driver, he still can't guarantee that he can run the New North Circuit safely.

He Ziling had also seen Zhang Yifei's driving skills in the car before, and she was not one of those "little sisters" in street racing, hearing Zhang Yifei say this, she nodded and responded: "Well, I'll wait for you, remember to pay attention to safety." ”

"Rest assured, I feel that the value is still a little more expensive than the car."

After making a joke, Zhang Yifei sat directly in the cab of this Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG.

Unlike the usual racing cars, this Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG has the interior of a luxury car, with a leather steering wheel, solid wood trim, various electronic control switches, and so on.

The only thing that makes Zhang Yifei feel relieved is that fortunately this car is a 5MT manual transmission model, if it is an automatic transmission of a 5AT transmission, then he will really have a headache.

Not to mention the relatively backward automatic transmission in this era, even if it is an advanced automatic transmission such as 9AT and 10AT in later generations, it is far less direct for a racing driver to change gears by himself.

Otherwise, all kinds of motorsports would not use paddle shifting, after all, the race sequence or backlash gearbox is far ahead of the civilian gearbox, but they are still in the driver's control.

Of course, this is only for top racers, the general automatic transmission of later generations, to the level of 9AT, is not the case of intense driving, the average old driver is really not as efficient as the automatic transmission.

And with more and more vehicles, the manual transmission in the urban area is not much driving fun, on the contrary, the traffic jam is also tired, so the civilian market, automatic transmission to replace the manual transmission is an inevitable trend.

Zhou Yunhui next to him naturally heard what Zhang Yifei said, but he heard another meaning.

"Finish New York in 8 minutes, Zhang Yifei, you are really confident."

The production car record for this era was won in 1997 by a Blitz Supra with a 650p horsepower, and its lap record was 7:21.55.

This car is actually the first Japanese performance car Toyota Supra that Zhang Yifei came to this world and saw, that is, the Bull Demon King.

I have to say that it is not unreasonable for Japanese cars in this era to be at their peak, at least on the New North Circuit, there are two Japanese twin stars, GTR and Supra, defending the glory of JDI performance cars.

It's just that just like the glorious era of Japanese performance cars will soon pass, the future New North production car lap record will be dominated by Porsche and Lamborghini and other supercars, except for 08 Suzuki Toshio driving Nissan GTR turned over a little storm, almost into the 21st century, it is difficult to see the figure of Japan's top performance cars.

"Does this still require faith? I can't run for 8 minutes, so you're underestimating me. ”

For the track, the difference of 1 second is a century, if you encounter a corner in 2 seconds, you may not even be able to see the tail lights of the opponent's car, and you are 5 seconds behind, basically opening a notch.

Even if the long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG is indeed not suitable for running the New North Circuit, Zhang Yifei can't insult the AMG of the suit thug inside, and it would be too embarrassing if he couldn't even run in for 8 minutes.

Zhou Yunhui has seen Zhang Yifei running the mountain road, the New North Circuit is different from some other track tracks, it is also a super long mountain road in a sense, because there is a drop of up to 300 meters.

What's more, the 20.8-kilometre-long track has more than 170 corners, which gives the New North circuit a lot of similarities to the mountain tracks.

Judging from Zhang Yifei's strength to win the championship of Hockenheim, maybe he can really drive this Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG, which is not suitable for running in New York, and run into the top area for 8 minutes.

"Alright, let's get started."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yunhui was about to turn around and walk towards his Opel Astra, but at this time he suddenly remembered something, so he turned back to Zhang Yifei and said.

"By the way, in the informal race of the New North Circuit, in order to ensure safety, only overtaking on the left side is allowed, and overtaking on the right side is strictly prohibited, so pay attention when you encounter other vehicles on the road."

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei nodded, there were not only him and Zhou Yunhui at the New North Circuit, but also other drivers and racing enthusiasts. Because of the safety accidents that often occur, New North has established a rule that overtaking on the right side is not allowed to ensure the safety of track drivers as much as possible.

"Also, the shoulder of the New North Circuit is very high, even forming a slope, so when your car turns a corner, don't ride on the shoulder according to the habit of the track."

Due to the historical construction of the New North Circuit, which was built along the mountain, there was not enough space to build a buffer zone, and only an iron barrier like the central barrier of the highway was used to prevent the cars from rushing off the track.

However, for the speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour on the New North Circuit, the fence sometimes cannot ensure that the car can really be stopped, so in order to prevent everyone from driving too aggressively, the track deliberately built the shoulder of the road very high, which is almost like the curb next to the road.

Once it hits the shoulder of the road at high speed, the whole car will be bounced up, and then it will be really life and death......

"Understood."

Zhang Yifei also knew that this was Zhou Yunhui's kind reminder, otherwise if he drove according to the general track habits, maybe something would really happen.

Seeing Zhou Yunhui sitting in the car, Zhang Yifei looked at He Ziling at this time, smiled at her and said, "Are you interested in making a cameo appearance as a racing girl?" ”

"What?"

"It's the kind of car that stands in front of the car before the race and starts five seconds from the bottom."

Hearing Zhang Yifei's explanation, He Ziling understood that he was going to be a temporary starter by himself.

"Okay then."

After finishing speaking, He Ziling came to the middle of the two cars, unlike the usual hotly dressed and wild racing girls, He Ziling has a unique elegance of oriental women.

With the track and sports car that represents speed and passion, it has a different character.

He Ziling raised his white arm at this time, glanced at Zhang Yifei, and then began to count down: "Five, four......."

Therefore, at the same time, Zhang Yifei and Zhou Yunhui began to bang on the accelerator in unison, while the engine turbine established enough pressure and pulled up the speed that could start with a shot.

Although neither of them agreed to this race in order to win the other, neither of them wanted to lose!