In Huaxia, Lin Guoxiong, amidst his busy schedule, took a moment to watch his son's race. Seeing Lin Yan calmly conversing with reporters, Lin Guoxiong couldn't help but sigh, thinking his son had truly grown up!
"Knock, knock!"
The room door was knocked. Lin Guoxiong put down his tablet, took a sip of tea from the cup on the table, and said.
"Come in!"
The person who entered was the head of Lin's Marketing Department. She was a young woman in her thirties, dressed in a black professional OL outfit, holding documents. Her name was Lin Huaixue. She was Lin Yan's aunt and the person in charge of all of Lin Yan's entertainment industry and endorsement products in Huaxia. Lin Yan's club endorsements and some marketing were all handled by her.
"Mr. Lin, Xiao Yan has encountered a situation that requires your decision."
Lin Yan's aunt walked to the front of the desk and placed the documents on the table. The situation she mentioned naturally referred to the Lawrence Award.
Hearing about his son's affairs, Lin Guoxiong's heart tightened. He picked up the documents and began to read them carefully.
"What do you think?"
After a moment, Lin Guoxiong looked at Lin Huaixue.
Although it was a family business, Lin Guoxiong insisted on using normal job titles within the company.
"I think we should provide financial support to Xiao Yan."
Lin Huaixue stated. As an aunt who had watched Lin Yan grow up, Lin Huaixue was absolutely supportive of him.
"Alright, then that's how we'll handle this. I'll discuss the specific details with Xiao Yan later."
Lin Guoxiong nodded. This award was too important to pass up, and it was worth the gamble. Besides, even if they didn't win the grand prize, they wouldn't lose out by winning a smaller one.
"What about that company in the East District?"
Lin Guoxiong changed the subject.
"Before we acquired it, the company's partners had already fled. It currently has no business, so it's perfect for Xiao Yan to practice with,"
Lin Huaixue replied softly when Lin Guoxiong asked about it.
"Alright, I understand. You may go now."
Hearing this, Lin Guoxiong nodded and asked Lin Huaixue to leave and attend to her duties.
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The awards ceremony concluded, and the competition officially entered the qualifying rounds. Lin Yan returned, did a brief warm-up, mounted his car, and sped out of the pit lane with a burst of acceleration.
"Damn, I thought something serious happened. I didn't expect they would give Lin Shen the award early. Best Rookie. Good heavens, it's only now that I realize Lin Shen is actually a rookie who just entered GP a year ago."
The first year a newcomer is promoted to the highest category is also called their rookie year.
"Indeed. I forgot too until you mentioned it. This is really only Lin Shen's first year competing in GP. I can't imagine how amazing he'll be in the coming years."
Due to Lin Yan's performance during this period, the audience had completely forgotten that this was only Lin Yan's first year participating in GP races. It was only when they saw the Best Rookie award that they remembered.
Leaning the knee, accelerating out of the corner, the exit was very fast because it was downhill, and the car shot straight down.
However, because the car was not yet straightened out when exiting the corner, it accelerated rapidly. The GP22's suspension and tires were top-notch, so this impact was nothing to the car. After a few simple jolts, and within half a second, the car's frame absorbed the force, and it returned to normal before entering turn two.
Turn two was the opposite of turn one, a right-hand turn, but the distance between them was considerable, so it wasn't too tight.
Gripping the brakes, straightening the body, he still precisely hit the braking point, controlled the throttle accurately, braked, and the car smoothly entered turn two.
After entering turn two, the next section was the chicane area, from turn three to turn nine, with five consecutive changes of direction. Lin Yan's movements were extremely smooth. With the same turns, Luns and Ren Fei behind him were already struggling to keep up with Lin Yan's rhythm in this section.
After the chicane, brake, knee down, accelerate, exit turn nine, and enter turn ten.
Although this track had many consecutive corners, it wasn't a significant advantage for inline-four engines like Suzuki Yamaha's, because after the consecutive corners, there were two straights, one large and one small, plus the one before the finish line, making a total of three.
Exiting turn ten, Lin Yan floored the accelerator. In the distance between turn ten and turn eleven, he fully unleashed the power of the Ducati, smoothly navigating the eleventh turn and entering the longest straight on this track, the straight before turn twelve.
"Pay attention to Lin Shen's exit speed, 372km/h, which is even higher than his exit speed in the last race."
Hao Dong's voice sounded at the opportune moment. However, the audience in the bullet comments didn't get caught up in his excitement and remained calm, as they were already accustomed to it. Record-breaking exit speeds, when did Lin Shen not break them?
Seeing this, Hao Dong and Su Chen exchanged glances, and a helpless smile appeared on both their lips.
Completing one lap, he crossed the finish line smoothly, occupying the first position on the qualifying time sheet. As expected, it was Lin Yan again.
"Damn, what's going on? Why do I feel so bland when Lin Shen takes first place in qualifying?"
A young man wearing Lin Yan's support outfit in the spectator stands said calmly while looking at the leaderboard.
"Kid, you're still too young. If you had lived through that era, you would find that such absolute dominance is the most exciting part of the race,"
An older brother beside him said with a smile. What he said was not wrong, provided that the driver dominating the race was their favorite. If it were another driver, they would only find it bland.