111 Extreme Space
The number on the go-kart speedometer has exceeded 130km/h, Zhang Yifei did not have the slightest braking action before entering the corner, he directly turned the corner at high speed and began to tangent.
It was a speed that the fifth-place driver in front of him couldn't help but turn his head frequently, he had never seen such a high-speed corner.
However, he didn't have to turn his head soon, because when he turned the corner with an empty throttle, Zhang Yifei had already overtaken him at full throttle, directly replacing his fifth position, and attacking the top four drivers.
Entering the corner at high speed, Zhang Yifei drove in the "straight line" in the combination corner, it can be said that when he exited the first corner and entered the second corner, the wheels were less than two centimeters away from the edge of the track, and in the visual effect from afar, it was almost the same as hitting the tire wall.
In the face of this thrilling scene, the audience at the scene made all kinds of exclamations, and they once thought that Zhang Yifei was going to crash into it and a major accident occurred.
Even Lu Ningping, who was on the sidelines, subconsciously clenched his fists at this time, how to say that this is Zhang Yifei's first professional karting race, even if he is not nervous, it doesn't matter, but this kid is really crazy, and he doesn't put his opponent in his eyes at all!
When the combination turned over, Zhang Yifei was already very close to the rear of the fourth-place car, and the roar of the engine behind him made the kart rider, who is currently ranked fourth, tremble in his heart.
At the beginning of the race, he had already noticed that Zhang Yifei at the end began to overtake.
In fact, it is difficult not to pay attention, after all, Zhang Yifei's "tonnage" is placed here, and he is also sitting on the go-kart, and Zhang Yifei is obviously going to make a big circle. As a result, when he looked back at the driver behind him again, he had already found that Zhang Yifei was following closely behind him.
Did the car fly over?
That's all that was on the mind of the fourth-placed driver, who had been training for three years in karting, and it was the first time he had seen such a fast overtaking speed, and an insanely fast overtaking frequency.
Regardless of whether he flew over or not, as a kart driver running a professional event, he could be overtaken by his opponent, but he couldn't take the initiative to admit defeat, so the fourth-place driver also began to block Zhang Yifei's overtaking route.
I have to say that the driver's technical level is much better than the previous one, and after he used the rules to block once, he immediately grabbed the best approach to the next corner, so that Zhang Yifei could only be forced to press behind his car.
But he soon understood what was futile, and after entering the compound corner, Zhang Yifei found an opportunity to overtake from the inside with a more perfect arc and directly promoted to the top four.
At this moment, there are only a few middle and high-speed corners left before the first lap is finished, and there are only "top three groups" in front of Zhang Yifei.
In the first lap, he overtook most of his rivals and moved from the bottom of the grid to the top four, which was the first time in the history of the Hong Kong Island Karting Championship. Many spectators at the scene had already stood up, and they wanted to see how long it would take Zhang Yifei to surpass all his opponents.
Although there are three drivers in the top three groups, it is precisely divided into two parts, and the third place in front of Zhang Yifei is already very close to Zhang Yifei, and it is only a matter of time before it is overtaken.
However, the first two Ao Island International Club drivers, the two of them were in the first echelon, and with more professional professional training and long-term familiarity with the circuit, they threw the third driver out of the park.
If it weren't for Zhang Yifei appearing in the air, they would be the focus of the evening, and at the same time, it would have made the game suspense-free.
Just when there was the last medium-speed corner on the first lap, the third place was under the pressure of a long time of chasing and pressing, and there was a mistake in handling, and Zhang Yifei caught the opportunity to overtake.
This is a low-level mistake that can only occur in karting, because the age factor is here, and most teenagers can't achieve the calm mental quality of adults. Especially when catching up, it is easy to affect your rhythm, as long as there is a mistake and the opponent catches it, it is the moment to be overtaken.
After a lap, Zhang Yifei entered the top three, which is also the position where he can get on the podium. For a first-time rookie kart, winning a prize is a good start.
But for Zhang Yifei, his goal is only to win the championship, and even second place is a failure for him.
Fuel up, upshift, and use the short straights at the start to get the fastest speed possible, while delaying braking time at every corner, maintaining a high speed in corners, and catching up with the car in front of you in a more extreme way.
The fierce chase for the top three has finally begun to show a hint of professional racing, and these two karting drivers on the island can truly be called junior professional drivers.
For a moment, Zhang Yifei felt that he had returned to the feeling of running a track race in his previous life, and only the speed and opponent in his mind kept the car on the verge of getting out of control, and the excitement of dancing on the tip of the knife was a real professional event.
The speed of the car is still getting closer, and the front of Zhang Yifei's go-kart can already be next to the rear of the car in front of him halfway through the second lap. The top two are from a go-kart club, and both skill level and cornering habits are almost identical.
As long as Zhang Yifei can surpass one, then there will be no suspense in the rest of the process, and the next thing is to watch his solo show.
Entering the compound turn on lap 2, this is the most difficult corner on the Coloane circuit, two consecutive turns with the steering corner, much like a short straight front corner on the mountain.
In the short straight front bend on the mountain road, you can take a slight tail flick, then immediately accelerate through the short straight with a heavy throttle, and then hit the brake to flick the tail over the second corner.
Karting, on the other hand, uses "slick tires" with a stronger grip and a proportionally wide tread for a strong grip. Unless there is water on the ground, it is difficult to slide, let alone control any drift.
Therefore, the short straight front bend on the track is to drive hard through by drawing a large arc. From start to finish, only when entering the first corner, do you hit the brakes once, then slide the empty throttle to the center of the corner, and finally accelerate out of the corner with a deep throttle.
There was a compound corner in front of him, where Zhang Yifei overtook an opponent in the last lap, and similarly, he had already started to downshift, ready to prepare for the acceleration after the corner.
The three go-karts came almost close to each other in front of the compound corner, and when they came to the corner, the brake light of the lead car turned on and started to brake, ready to slow down and turn the corner. Immediately following the second-placed driver, he made almost the same move, and they knew when to brake on the corner.
Just when everyone thought that Zhang Yifei would make the same braking action, he chose to delay the braking and squeezed directly to the second place side by side, the distance between the two cars can be calculated in centimeters, and this is under the background of 100km/h.
The crowd was in an uproar, and it is rare for karting events to have such fierce and dangerous overtaking moves, which can have serious consequences if two cars collide.
"It's just crazy, the two cars in front of him are close together, and he chooses to overtake in corners at this time?"
"The overtaking space is too extreme, either you can overtake two at the same time, otherwise as long as the second place doesn't slow down, he won't be able to squeeze in."
"Is it going to crash, there are still a dozen laps to run, is it necessary to be so crazy?"