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He Lang said lightly about this relationship, he actually came back from training abroad, so he joined the current strongest Subaru team at a young age.
You must know that Subaru does not have a joint venture company in China, which means that the so-called Subaru team cannot be strictly counted as a Chinese team. To be precise, it should be the reserve echelon of the world-class Subaru team currently competing in the WRC.
This passage is a twisting statement, and the simple explanation is that the real title of Subaru is the Subaru professional team headquartered in the United Kingdom.
The Chinese team is just a regional team temporarily formed by Subaru in order to title the Hong Kong-Beijing Rally. But some changes have taken place in this world, probably in order to open up the domestic market, after the suspension of the Hong Kong-Beijing Rally, the Chinese Subaru team did not revoke, but absorbed the development drivers of the Subaru World Team, maintained the scale of the Chinese Subaru team, and continued to compete in some domestic and Asian rallies.
He Lang also trained at the Citroen branch in the United Kingdom, and it was precisely because of this experience that he was favored by the Subaru team and joined the Chinese Subaru team.
It's just that he trained earlier than Xu Wenfeng, so in a sense, Xu Wenfeng is his junior brother, and the two sides are also old acquaintances.
The reason why Xu Wenfeng has not joined the professional team is actually because of He Lang's relationship, he plans to directly enter the Chinese Subaru team after running the Guangdong Province Underground Competition, wanting to use this as a springboard and finally join the World Subaru team in the WRC.
The news of Xu Wenfeng's loss was naturally known to He Lang, which made him pay more attention to Zhang Yifei. Later, I heard that Zhang Yifei planned to run a track race with Shen Dong, and he came to Donghai directly from Yanjing, planning to watch the game in person to see how Zhang Yifei ran the professional field.
After all, the street is the street after all, and many street riders, no matter how strong they are, can't fit into the professional atmosphere. He invited Zhang Yifei before, just because he saw his potential, if Zhang Yifei can show his career prospects this time, then he must find a way to get this kid to the Subaru team.
"It turns out that Xu Wenfeng is your junior brother, no wonder you are so concerned. However, if this kid really shows his professional potential, then friendship will be friendship, and our Volkswagen team will not let go of this good seedling. ”
Xu Hao also replied with a smile, although he is friends with He Lang, but as the team manager of Donghai Volkswagen, he has a professional obligation to find stronger drivers and echelon reserves for the team.
"No problem, but let me warn you, this kid is not so easy to recruit."
The Tokai Volkswagen team on the track finally finished a round of training at 10 o'clock in the morning and vacated the venue.
"Come on, what rules are you going to follow, take the fastest lap, or finish the set number of laps first?"
Shen Dong asked first at this time, because it was just a heads-up between two people, and there was no way to follow the way of the real field competition.
Under normal circumstances, there are two ways to go heads-up in this track race, one is how many minutes to run, and then in this time range, take the fastest lap speed, which is also the scene where the general track race creates lap records, and the qualifying race in the official race is also in this way to rank the drivers in the starting order.
The second is the kind of go-kart that ran before, setting a specific number of laps, and whoever finishes first wins.
In fact, there is a third type, that is, the number of kilometers is set like the official race, and the first car to complete the race and has a positive number of laps can be counted as the champion. It's just that this kind of thing is more complicated, so Shen Dong didn't say it.
"Is there a time to time the lap?"
Zhang Yifei asked, this is the site chosen by Shen Dong, he is not familiar with the runway of the East China Sea Volkswagen, I don't know if there are statistics, and whether this person is reliable.
Shen Dong naturally heard the meaning of Zhang Yifei's words, and he replied disdainfully: "You can rest assured that the referees are people from the East China Sea, and they will abide by professional ethics." ”
Shen Dongdu had already considered these things before, and he had already notified the referees of Donghai Volkswagen in advance, how to say that the Dongfang team is also a reserve semi-professional team of Donghai Volkswagen, and this relationship is also there.
It was precisely because he had said hello in advance that He Lang knew that Zhang Yifei was going to run with Shen Dong, and he rushed to the East China Sea to watch the battle.
"Forget it, don't bother with it, just run fifteen laps."
Zhang Yifei still chooses the second way, which is relatively simple and rude.
"Whatever you want."
As the host, Shen Dong already has the advantage of geographical advantages, and he doesn't want to argue about these small details.
After deciding on the race method, the staff of the Tokai Volkswagen 222 Team also came over and signaled that the track had been cleared, and they could practice a few laps and warm up the tires normally in preparation for the next official race.
Without too much nonsense, Zhang Yifei and Shen Dong got into the car and began to drive to the track to make pre-race preparations.
When he was waiting before, Zhang Yifei happened to see the sign of the Volkswagen track and got some basic parameters, such as the track is 2.39 kilometers long, the road surface is 12 meters narrowest and 20 meters wide, and it belongs to the third-level track that meets the FIA road safety standards.
Compared with the go-kart track in the club and the Coloane mini-circuit in the previous Ao Island, this is undoubtedly a real track track. Not only can it be used for touring car races, but even Formula 3 cars can be hosted, and Tokai Volkswagen is still building well in this regard.
At the same time, the track is designed for a top speed of 190 km/h and an average speed of 120 km/h, which can accommodate 25 cars at the same time. The whole track has 12 corners, 14 referee observation points, and a combination of 4 consecutive corners, which can be said to be a very standard track.
Zhang Yifei has run a lot of this kind of standard track in his previous life, even if it is the first time in his life to go on the track, that sense of familiarity will soon arise.
However, with the warm-up tires and the lap speed of the familiar track, Zhang Yifei did not drive very fast, but just drove at a normal speed. And next to him, Shen Dong was obviously holding a breath in his heart, his speed was much faster than Zhang Yifei, and he didn't pull up the speed and hit the accelerator, with a provocative attitude.
Behind the glass curtain wall of the driver's lounge on the second floor next to him, Xu Hao looked at Zhang Yifei's posture and didn't feel anything special. Another point is that he is too calm in the face of Shen Dong's provocation, and he is not at all like a hot-blooded and impulsive teenager of this age.
So is this kid psychologically good, or does his strength not allow him to be arrogant?
"He Lang, is this kid really as powerful as you say? Why didn't I see it. ”
Xu Hao is a retired traditional professional driver, for him, the profession and the street are two worlds, even if it is a good street driver, he cannot get his professional identity.
Just like the old saying, never use your hobby to challenge my career, this is Xu Hao's pride as a professional driver, and the world's top group of drivers only have professional drivers, so he has no feeling and recognition of Zhang Yifei's underground record.
"The warm-up is almost over, and soon you can see his strength, Xu Wenfeng must not look at him as a street driver, so those who can win against Xu Wenfeng should not be looked at with the eyes of the street."
"Well, I'll see."