He had been absent for three races, and currently Lin Yan saw
...
Fourteenth place, 2 points.
Fifteenth place, 1 point.
Anything lower was zero points.
Out of thirty drivers, only those finishing in the top fifteen in a race would earn points. Even retiring from a race due to a crash awarded no points.
This was why Lin Yan had previously said that earning even a single point in a race was not easy.
After completing all sixteen races, the driver ranked first on the overall points leaderboard would be the annual champion, the World Champion.
So, to achieve this...
As for the other drivers, Lin Yan didn't pay them much mind. For now, the biggest threat to him was probably this Reisner.
While Lin Yan was watching videos, Zhang Mingzhi and the others had already loaded the two containers onto the plane. Zhang Mingzhi then walked up from the cabin door and sat down next to Lin Yan.
After the last staff member boarded the plane, the cabin door was sealed shut.
"Old Zhang, what do you think of this Reisner?"
As soon as Zhang Mingzhi sat down, he heard Lin Yan's voice from beside him. Upon hearing Lin Yan's question, Zhang Mingzhi pondered for a moment before replying.
"Very strong. In the past three races, he has been on the podium twice consecutively, and once he even won a race."
Zhang Mingzhi spoke. In the five years since Reisner entered the top category at the age of twenty-one, he had won two World Championships and over twenty race victories. Such skill meant he had a high probability of entering the MotoGP Hall of Fame in the future.
Actually, when Reisner first entered the top category, he wanted to sign with Ducati.
Unfortunately, Ducati back then lacked the foresight and missed out on this talented driver, only for Honda to snatch him up.
Hearing Zhang Mingzhi's words, Lin Yan fell into thought. Sixty points, two podium finishes, with one of them being a victory – his strength was undeniable.
As the two were talking, the plane slowly took off.
As the plane ascended, Lin Yan took out his phone and searched for the winner of the first MotoGP race. When the page loaded, Lin Yan glanced at it. It wasn't Reisner, but a driver from East Asia.
The second place wasn't him either. In the first race, Reisner only ranked third, earning 20 points. Adding the 30 points for a race win, it meant he had secured 10 points in another race, which corresponded to fifth place.
In three races, his worst performance was not falling out of the top five. He was indeed very strong.
Furthermore, according to the information Lin Yan had researched, the opponent was only 26 years old, arguably at his peak.
It would likely be difficult for him to snatch points from this opponent with his current body.
However, the plane had already taken off, and Lin Yan didn't dwell on it.
Winning two World Championships in five years was impressive, but Lin Yan, since entering the top category at the age of twenty...
Except for the years he was sidelined due to injury at twenty-three and twenty-five, in the remaining six and a half years, Lin Yan had won six World Championships.
Excluding the injury years, there wasn't a single year Lin Yan hadn't won a World Championship. What a terrifying record.