Car Racing without Money-Chapter 428 - 172: Descent into Madness in the "Bird’s Nest" (Part 4)
"Unbelievable! Chen Xiangbei has taken the lead over King of Cars Schumacher right after the start, how did he manage that?"
Li Bing watched the scene on the track, completely stunned.
Starting a race is not just about reaction time, it also represents a driver’s ultimate control over the throttle and clutch.
Schumacher has proven his absolute control with seven world championships.
Could Chen Xiangbei be even faster than him?
No one knows why, especially since the Solution F touring car doesn’t have as many sensors as Formula 1 cars.
Not even cheering erupted from the audience; it’s not that they weren’t surprised.
On the contrary, they were so surprised that they forgot to applaud and congratulate.
Host Sha Tong brought the microphone to his mouth, intending to praise Chen Xiangbei’s performance.
However, the words stuck in his mouth; he forcibly held them back. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
It’s still just the start, the curves will reveal the real speed. Praising too early would feel like setting him up for a fall.
But the subsequent scenes made Sha Tong unable to contain himself!
The first curve, the second curve, up until the third curve passed, Chen Xiangbei didn’t fall behind in lap times, maintaining his starting lead.
Although the inner and outer curves are not the same, maintaining the lead means Chen Xiangbei isn’t slower than Schumacher in the curves.
At minimum limit speed, the two were evenly matched.
Who would dare believe a new talent from China could be evenly matched with King of Cars Schumacher?
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
"Our driver from China, Chen Xiangbei, competing against world car king Schumacher, has shown extraordinarily impressive levels in both starting and cornering, and is still in the lead."
"Yes, you heard right, Chen Xiangbei is in the lead!"
Sha Tong almost shouted these words with his hoarse voice; if he hadn’t witnessed it himself, he wouldn’t believe the scene before him was real.
ROC National Cup, Chinese driver leading Schumacher, it’s as absurd as China’s football team leading the German Team in the World Cup.
No matter if the football is round, or the car wheels are round, there exists a theoretical possibility.
When reality happens, the impact is unparalleled.
"Chen Xiangbei, go for it, we can win!"
"There’s no unbeatable opponent, let the world witness your power."
"Chen Xiangbei, you said you were a genius driver, so let’s see just how genius you are!"
"Go, win this impossible victory!"
The audience was already in frenzy; many had spent a fortune and traveled great distances, not to watch the Chinese driver lose.
If there’s hope, they want to win just like Chen Xiangbei!
The engines roared across the track, Schumacher’s side had already received instructions from the pit, informed of his situation of being behind.
As a generation-defining King of Cars, he has his pride, and won’t easily lose to someone like Chen Xiangbei, a "little-known junior."
With the inner and outer circles exchanged, the track monitoring equipment’s cornering and lap times are in a frenzy of mutually changing leads.
Some curves were fast for Chen Xiangbei, while others were fast for Schumacher.
More than winning or losing, what was unexpected is that Chen Xiangbei could keep up with Schumacher so closely!
Just when the two cars arrived at the last curve, Chen Xiangbei didn’t choose to cut the line but went straight for the apex, sliding out with extreme tracking drift.
Then, taking advantage of the Bird’s Nest Track’s lack of long straights, aligned the car’s front and crossed the line with full throttle.
A bold red number: 1 minute 57 seconds 647 appeared on the big screen above the track.
Then below appeared the lap time of 1 minute 57 seconds 771.
"He won!"
The thunderous roar echoed across the Bird’s Nest National Stadium.
This was supposed to be a race whose outcome was destined from the start, yet unexpectedly changed in the end.
A Chinese rookie F1 driver, at the Bird’s Nest Track of ROC National Cup, defeated seven-time champion Schumacher, creating a miracle considered impossible.
Tonight, the Bird’s Nest is destined to go crazy for Chen Xiangbei!
