When it was confird that Chen Xiangbei is still the arrogant young man he used to be, Hank unhesitatingly began to create topics.
"Of course, I think I’m stronger than any driver."
This confident response instantly ignited the Spa Circuit, revealing the true aning the Chinese Kid wanted to express.
"Chinese guy, keep it low-key. Do you think you deserve to be compared with Kimi?"
"Got an F3 pole position and dare to say he’s better than any driver. The Chinese guy really doesn’t know how high the sky is."
"Driver Bei, if you want to boast, wait until you get into F1."
"Indeed, without even getting an F1 seat, this kind of boastful talk makes him look like a clown."
The silent cold looks and ridicule finally couldn’t be contained at this mont and erupted again from the track.
After all, Chinese supporters at the Spa Circuit only made up less than a tiny fraction; most of the audience here are fans of F1 drivers.
Chen Xiangbei’s arrogant words were undoubtedly a provocation!
"Jas, the Chinese Kid seems overly confident, as if he’s incited public anger."
Guest Klas, sitting in the studio, vaguely heard the shouting and cursing from outside.
Regardless of anything else, Chinese drivers are indeed sowhat "bold," daring to utter such boastful words in front of the cara.
"This is just Driver Bei’s usual approach."
"People have insulted and mocked him like this before, but eventually got their faces slapped with a boorang."
Jas remained calm, as the Chinese Kid had shown this fearless attitude since his debut, walking through countless doubts and dia pressure step by step.
It’s just that the "declaration of war" target shifted from the newcors at Renault Level to the top F1 drivers at the pinnacle.
In a sense, Chen Xiangbei wanting to compete for a formal driver seat makes the twenty F1 drivers in the paddock his "enemies"!
Just as Hank and the on-site reporters were trying to guide Chen Xiangbei to say sothing shocking, the whistle for clearing the track sounded, non-team personnel needed to leave.
Seeing the reporters leave, Odetto finally spoke: "Bei, stick to your style and fear no one."
"I will."
"Good."
Odetto nodded, agreeing with Chen Xiangbei’s confident expression.
In competitive sports, there’s no such thing as arrogance, only winning or losing.
If you win, you can be as arrogant as you like; but if you lose, you have to bear the consequences yourself.
Compared to this, Odetto would rather have Chen Xiangbei be arrogantly confident than be a timid coward!
Soon, the second whistle sounded on the track, and all team mbers withdrew from the main circuit.
This ti, the team mbers were very relaxed; Chen Xiangbei’s answers during the interview just gave them peace of mind to so extent.
As long as this kid dares to be arrogant, nothing is a problem!
The countdown "ding~ ding~ ding" began, the five start indicator lights extinguished sequentially, the first lap was still a regular warm-up lap.
Behind Chen Xiangbei were several drivers who were eager to challenge, subconsciously attributing their qualifying loss to the opponent’s use of a "Specialized Car."
However, whether it was Ricardo or Bottas, their personalities were generally gentle and friendly within the paddock, not making any aggressive or provocative moves during the warm-up lap, everyone was peaceful overall.
After one warm-up lap was completed, twenty-six F3 cars returned to the starting grid.
At this mont, eighty thousand spectators in the paddock quieted down instantly, with only the roar of the engines left in the air.
Chen Xiangbei gently tapped the accelerator to raise the starting revs, eyes locked onto the starting light.
At Spa Circuit, the start and the line to the first corner are very important, getting blocked by an opponent would slow you down and trap you in the chaotic car flow.
F3 Level drivers, although on the whole improved compared to the Renault Formula, still had so rookie and reckless "torpedo" drivers.
Chen Xiangbei can ensure he doesn’t crash, but he can’t guarantee others won’t crash into him.
To avoid such situations from happening, the best way is to lead from the very beginning, making pursuing opponents feel despair!
As the five indicator lights above the track went out, the roar of engines simultaneously echoed across the sky.
Chen Xiangbei maintained his excellent reaction speed, floored the gas pedal and quickly shifted gears while maintaining his pole position lead.
But this ti, he finally felt the strong competition from future top F1 drivers, whether it was Ricardo, Bottas, or Bianchi in fourth, their acceleration almost matched his!
But it stopped there.
Chen Xiangbei’s strengths were not only the start; he also had extrely precise throttle and engine rev linkage.
Second gear, third gear, fourth gear...
Each gear shift could feel Chen Xiangbei’s speed appeared slightly faster than his opponents.
When the highest gear was reached, Chen Xiangbei unknowingly opened a car-length gap with the opponents behind.
Looking at Chen Xiangbei gradually pulling away in front, Ricardo almost couldn’t believe his eyes. He thought his starting operation could not go wrong, and his car was tuned by the Red Bull F1 team, with gear ratios superior to qualifying.
Yet not only did he fail to overtake Chen Xiangbei at the start, but was getting left further behind?
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