Car Racing without Money-Chapter 293 - 135: Breakthrough Like "Enlightenment at Longchang" (Double Length)

Chapter 293: Chapter 135: Breakthrough Like "Enlightenment at Longchang" (Double Length)

"I’m really impressed, if you don’t have the skills, don’t launch right at the point!"

"What’s going on, the accident rate seems a bit high?"

"That’s normal, the East Ocean Circuit is just like this."

"The racing god Xiangbei was about to cross the line just now, and now another flying lap is wasted!"

The stands are filled with various complaints and regrets, and a third of the qualifying session has passed with Chen Xiangbei not managing a single valid flying lap.

"Teacher Luo, it seems many drivers are leaning towards extreme tuning for qualifying, which isn’t a wise choice."

The commentator Li Bing spoke up, internally anxious for Chen Xiangbei.

The East Bay Circuit already has weak grip, and with extreme tuning plus insufficient rubber granules on the racing line, it becomes much harder for drivers to control their cars.

Not every driver is a local snake like Motana; most of them, like Chen Xiangbei, are encountering the East Bay Circuit for the first time and are overestimating their abilities.

"Sawano, how’s the tire wear now?"

Chen Xiangbei’s TR inquired; after two abandoned flying laps, a warm-up lap, and being taken around twice by the safety car, the soft tires have nearly passed their peak grip.

"Front tires at forty-two percent, rear tires at fifty-five percent."

"Xiangbei-kun, the tire grip is entering a declining phase, should we pit for a tire change?"

"I’m planning to push for one more lap."

Chen Xiangbei rejected Sawano Hiroyuki’s suggestion. Changing tires would require another warm-up lap, and with the decreasing time in qualifying, more cars are entering for flying laps. He didn’t want to waste time.

"Copy that."

Sawano Hiroyuki didn’t insist. Although the tire performance of Chen Xiangbei’s car had dropped from its peak, the wear level could still allow for one more flying lap.

Just then, in Chen Xiangbei’s earphone, came Odetto’s voice.

"Bei, pit for tire change."

Under normal circumstances, the team leader and race engineer wouldn’t issue completely opposite instructions, so Odetto’s words left Chen Xiangbei puzzled.

"Odetto, I feel like the tires can still run."

"Bei, execute the command!"

Without explanation, Odetto simply emphasized the order again.

"COPY."

Chen Xiangbei responded and entered the pit lane as he passed the starting line.

"Chen Xiangbei has pitted, it seems the tire wear is significant."

"But given the current track traffic, even if he comes out after a tire change and does another warm-up, he might not set the best lap time without incidents. Is this timing choice correct?"

Commentator Luo Feng questioned at this moment.

He may lean more towards the local Hong Kong driver Fang Junyu, but he still had to abide by professional ethics as a commentator.

When Chen Xiangbei launches his next flying lap, there might only be ten minutes left in qualifying, and the track will be crowded with drivers doing flying laps.

We must know, not only Chen Xiangbei was affected by incidents; those who went out earlier haven’t set any decent times either.

The tighter the time, the more crowded the track will be. Luo Feng thinks that Chen Xiangbei might as well not pit, just use this set of soft tires for the last lap!

As Luo Feng predicted, due to a severe manpower shortage among the crew members, Chen Xiangbei’s tire change took nearly a minute.

Meanwhile, during this phase, both Motana and Kokumoto Keiyo seized the opportunity and set their flying lap times.

Motana even entered the 2-minute-09-second range, with a final lap time of 2 minutes 09 seconds 955.

Although this was slightly slower than Chen Xiangbei’s fastest lap in practice, according to the current traffic situation, it would undoubtedly secure the pole position of this session!

Odetto watched the updated leaderboard with no change in expression. Just as Chen Xiangbei was about to exit, he suddenly instructed Liang Chi.

"Extract the remaining fuel, just leave enough for one lap."

One lap?

Hearing Odetto’s order, Liang Chi was stunned.

"Liang, execute the command!"

After a brief reminder, Odetto turned his gaze towards Chen Xiangbei and asked.

"Bei, any problems?"

"No problem!"

Chen Xiangbei instantly understood Odetto’s intention. Since the track traffic is bad, don’t wait for the best opportunity.

With the advantage of a lightweight fuel load and fresh tires, surpass them all!

With a stomp on the accelerator, Chen Xiangbei re-entered the main track in car number 13.

After completing the warm-up lap, Chen Xiangbei began to speed up frantically, attacking every car in front of him like a lion hunting a rabbit.

In just half a lap, he overtook three slow cars blocking his path. This speed and efficiency left the track commentators dumbfounded. What is Chen Xiangbei doing?

The passage of time on the track always seems faster than expected.

As the lap times updated on the big screen, commentator Li Bing snapped out of being mesmerized by Chen Xiangbei’s speed and spoke with an extremely excited tone.

"Dear audience, let’s turn our attention to the big screen on the track. Just now, driver Chen Xiangbei clocked a lap time of 2 minutes 09 seconds 168, which is 0.7 seconds faster than the pole record at the East Bay Circuit!"

"I can hardly believe it. If there had been no cars in front blocking him, how much faster could Chen Xiangbei have gone?"

"However, now is not the time for speculation. I must officially announce what just happened on the track." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"The driver from China, Chen Xiangbei, has broken F1 World Champion Hamilton’s track record!"