Chen Shengping leaned against the van, took a drag from his cigarette, and said dismissively.
"Interested in grabbing a drink outside, young man?"
"Not interested, I'm going home."
Su Chen refused decisively. Being here had already delayed him from watching his brother-in-law's race.
Chen Shengping scratched his head. He had been hoping Su Chen would teach him a few moves.
"Don't be like that, teach me how to race sometime."
Seeing Su Chen about to leave, Chen Shengping quickly called out to him.
"No way, my racing skills were taught by someone else. I can't teach you."
"You're already this good, and someone taught you?"
Chen Shengping had only just started. In his eyes, Su Chen was already incredibly skilled.
"The person who taught me could beat me with just one hand."
Let alone one hand, in Su Chen's opinion, his brother-in-law could probably beat him easily without using his hands. He was just a novice now, not even close to touching the edges of racing.
This good?
Chen Shengping's face showed a hint of surprise. He was curious about who this mysterious person teaching Su Chen was.
But before he could ask, Su Chen waved goodbye and drove off.
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Os International Race Circuit.
Fifteen laps had passed, and the atmosphere on the track was tense. The home crowd of Os Country continued to cheer for Reisner with deafening roars.
Together with the clumsy Honda cars brought by the Horse King, more than half of the spectators were cheering for Reisner.
Engines roared on the track. Lin Yan was now only 0.3 seconds behind Reisner ahead. With seven laps remaining, Lin Yan's gaze, through his lenses, was fixed on the track ahead, not daring to be careless for a moment.
In the final five laps, the gap between Reisner and Lin Yan had narrowed to 0.1 seconds. Reisner's Honda factory car had entered Lin Yan's attack range.
Without hesitation, the moment Reisner entered his attack range, Lin Yan made his move.
Heavy braking, tire slide, cutting to the inside line.
The GP22 shot to Reisner's side, blocking Reisner's path and taking the inside line into the corner.
A very sharp attack.
"Lin Shen cut off Reisner on the inside, but Reisner seems to have been prepared and is now..."
Hao Dong, in the stands, was spitting with excitement.
Lin Yan's GP22 smoothly overtook Reisner's factory car. However, Reisner seemed to have anticipated Lin Yan's move, having already prepared his defense. He slammed on his brakes, executing a late apex and early exit.
The two cars ran a crossover line, and Reisner reclaimed his position.
Facing Lin Yan's attack, Reisner showed no panic, responding calmly.
The two cars brushed past each other. After a brief exchange, Lin Yan, who was behind, did not stop and launched a second attack.
This time, Lin Yan's braking was even more aggressive and heavier, lifting the rear wheels slightly off the ground. The car roared past Reisner.
With Lin Yan's current tire reserves, such heavy braking was a test of his car control.
"Damn it, does Lin Shen look like he has excessive tire wear? Why does it seem like Reisner is the one with worn tires?"
"You don't understand. Lin Shen's tires are not good, so he has to finish quickly now. The longer the battle drags on, the greater the disadvantage for Lin Shen."
"I've found a blind spot. Damn it, Lin Shen isn't struggling anymore! His stamina is getting better and better."
"Struggling? Shut up. If Lin Yan's female fans hear you, your head might be smashed tomorrow."
With another inside overtake, Reisner once again fought back.
On the surface, it was calm and composed, but Reisner's heart rate had already soared to 160. Lin Yan was putting considerable pressure on him.
Taking a deep breath, Reisner calmed himself down.
Although Lin Yan's skill was stronger than in the previous A country race, his car had also been upgraded. It was still uncertain who would win between them.
Heavy braking into the turn, the two cars entered the sequence of corners.
Lin Yan still used his usual tactic, pulling out to the middle of the track, getting past Reisner, and overtaking to take the lead.
A classic, albeit old, overtaking maneuver, but it worked.
As Lin Yan moved into first place, the spectators on the track gasped.
Starting from thirteenth, and now in first place!
However, soon after exiting the continuous corners, at turn nine, Reisner executed a late brake and reclaimed his position.
Lin Yan was back in second.
Due to the frequent overtakes and the recent heavy braking, Lin Yan's brake discs were now experiencing heat fade. It would be difficult to win a late braking duel against Reisner now.
If he couldn't win with late braking, he would have to win with cornering angle.
In the subsequent turn ten, Lin Yan's car leaned to an angle of sixty-eight degrees again, with half of his body almost touching the ground.
At this moment, Lin Yan's cornering speed had significantly increased. The car's front wheel directly bumped into Reisner's rear wheel. With just a slight touch, both cars wobbled slightly.
The fans held their breath, witnessing their perilous battle.
At turn thirteen, another hairpin bend with a large angle, Lin Yan's car tilted to an astonishing sixty-nine degrees, reaching the limit, the highest cornering inclination in GP history.
With such a large inclination, Lin Yan's car shook violently during the corner.
Overtaking on the outside, Lin Yan's car covered Reisner's Honda factory car from the outside.
It was indeed a very rare sight on the GP track for the GP22 to overtake a Honda on the outside.
After all, the GP22 had previously been nicknamed the "Cornering Idiot."
Lin Yan exited the corner smoothly, and the fans breathed a sigh of relief. With such an angle and body shake, they were truly afraid Lin Yan would crash.
"With this level of car control, he's probably better than me."
These words came from the Horse King, and they made the Honda chief engineer beside him pause.
If anyone else had said this, he wouldn't have thought much of it. But coming from him, the Honda chief engineer was somewhat shocked. After all, his long-time partner was arguably the best car controller on the entire Blue Star.
Even he had given such high praise...
On the track, after being overtaken, Reisner naturally wouldn't give up and began to attack Lin Yan.