Autumn famous mountain bike god is reborn

According to common sense, the trust between the rally driver and the navigator who is partnering for the first time is extremely meager.

Maybe they just exchanged names one moment, and the next moment they will be sitting in the same car, led by one person, and driven by the other, and will live and die together on the next journey.

It is conceivable that if a temporary partner is rashly established, due to the human instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, as long as one party does not have enough ability or trust, it will lead to a terrible disaster.

Even the group of people who are at the real professional level and whose abilities can be called upper-middle-level, because of their higher speed and stronger concentration requirements when driving, they are more stringent in this regard.

But such a predicament miraculously did not appear between Takumi Fujiwara and Ryosuke Takahashi who were partners for the first time.

"The PI is turned on, the recording is turned on, and the safety protection is confirmed to be correct."

When Fujiwara Takumi quickly made the final confirmation, Ryosuke Takahashi's voice was clearly transmitted through the headset in the helmet: "50 meters, crossing the bridge is the starting point of the track, and the round trip of the track is 29.6km."

"OK."

Fujiwara Takumi swept away the shyness just now, and the reply when he finally confirmed was concise and powerful.

There are so many instruments in the car that it is dazzling to see, but when his eyes glanced over one by one, they were extremely orderly.

The final confirmation process before departure is generally completed by the navigator and the driver together.

As a wonderful driver who has never relied on a navigator, Takumi Fujiwara has long been used to sweeping and controlling the whole car with one person, and this time he is also very familiar with it.

Just 10 minutes later, the EK-9, the most proud display car of the Todo Chamber of Commerce, slowly moved towards the low bridge that symbolized the starting point under the watchful eyes of the three people from the Todo Juku and the Fuji Rapid Road Team drive away.

"Mr. Ryosuke, please," Fujiwara Takumi said in a steady tone, "give me the information of the 5 corners in advance."

Due to the complexity of the mountain road and the limited concentration of the driver, it is a common practice in the rally to report 2-3 corners in advance.

But for Takumi Fujiwara, who is good at memorizing the whole picture and simulating the best route in his mind, at least 5 corners in advance to know the direction of the road ahead, so that he can draw the fastest driving line.

In the past, he usually relied on the strong memory gifted by his talent to remember everything by himself, and rarely cared about what the navigator said.

But this time the navigator is the one he can trust the most...and even rely on.

Fujiwara Takumi naturally made the request.

He believes that Mr. Ryosuke is willing to do it and can do it.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, an equally calm and calm voice immediately confirmed the request: "No problem."

Even if the line of sight is locked on the road book, coupled with the cover of the helmet and other equipment, the driver's facial expression or eyes at this time cannot be seen at all.

The navigator on the co-pilot can also clearly feel the changes in Takumi's aura.

That is a special state of high concentration, showing "I want to run seriously".

Without the limitations of the opponent's level and car performance, how far can Fujiwara Takumi's terrifying car skills that have not allowed him to touch the ceiling so far be displayed?

Takahashi Ryosuke smiled slightly.

What surged in his chest, which was as silent as an iceberg, was an unprecedented strong anticipation.

There is another kind of emotion that is particularly unfamiliar, but makes him unable to resist it.

That may be through this silent but firm trust... the idea of ​​mutual communication between the two sides.

Rear bridge.

- The track begins.

"Curved and straight one hundred, the third from the left followed by the second from the left, 50 meters, the first from the right, 20 meters, and the fourth from the right."

Fujiwara Takumi's eyes were fixed on the road ahead, and within that negligibly short period of time, the engine speed had soared to 9, which was very close to the red zone. The engine roared like an enraged monster, and the speed suddenly promote.

Driving an unfamiliar vehicle on an unfamiliar road requires much more attention than usual. Once he decides to surrender his trust, he will not hesitate at all.

Within 0.2 seconds before he could even blink, he overlaid the curve information given by Mr. Ryosuke with the complete map of the track formed in his mind, and responded in a low voice: "Got it."

Even if his favorite car is the 1600A-GTRUENO4 with the same displacement of 86cc, Fujiwara Takumi is willing to admit that the CIVIC series, as a VTEC engine, is indeed much more powerful than the 4A-G.

The ordinary EK-4 alone already has 86 horsepower far exceeding the original 170.

What's more, what he was driving at this time was this EK-9 demonstration car that was regarded as the treasure of the school by the students of Dongtang School.

Lightweight and powerful horsepower coexist. Although the explosive power and stability cannot be compared with Mr. Keisuke's FD or other 4WD cars, it surprisingly matches the temper of this track.

Unlike FR, which is driven by the rear wheels and feels like being pushed forward by the power from the rear, FF is front-wheel drive, and the feeling it brings to the driver is completely opposite—like having strong power, Pull in the direction of the front of the car.

Whether it is the FF model or the fact that the track is mainly downhill, Fujiwara Takumi did not hesitate to abandon his usual best running method.

FF drivers with better skills often rely on the fact that the FF model will not slow down due to the handbrake, and learn how to continuously control the retraction and release of the handbrake to achieve the effect of sliding the wheels and swinging the tail.

But in addition to attracting people's attention, it is hard to say that there will be an improvement in speed.

What Fujiwara Takumi has mastered is that even without using the handbrake, he can rely on fine foot brake operation and accelerator control to achieve high-speed rushing into compound curves and pass the tail smoothly.

Ryosuke Takahashi’s voice came clearly through the headset, and he gave out new information in an orderly manner: "60 meters, gentle slope, fifth on the right, 30 meters, second on the left, 50 meters, fourth on the right followed by third on the right."

Fujiwara Takumi quickly replied: "Got it."

Although it was in the afternoon, since the road was still under construction and no ordinary vehicles would pass by, the EK-9 could fully gallop on the spacious road.

Under the driver's consistent and steady control, the yellow and black silhouette of the car was speeding all the way, whizzing past the twists and turns.

The exhaust pipe makes a sharp sound, like a cheetah with a strong body, shuttling through the dense forest with agility and confidence.

No matter how small the ups and downs of the road surface are, when the body speeds past at a speed of more than 130, it will cause a slight bump to the driver's body.

It not only tests the driver's physical fitness, but also challenges his ability to control details all the time.

But wearing the long-lost racing gloves and racing uniform, Fujiwara Takumi put his left hand on the gear lever and his right hand held the steering wheel, as if he was not affected by the continuous and annoying small bumps.

When passing the first three sets of x5 bends, he only used [-]% of his strength.

Of course, it is the most sensible way not to go all out at the beginning: he needs time to familiarize himself with the characteristics of the track and the control mode of EK-9, and considerately gave the novice navigator a chance to adapt to the rhythm of the test run.

What's more, this road book is the official version given by the president of Dongtang.

Road books are usually divided into two types, one is distributed by the conference party, and the other is drawn by the drivers and navigators when surveying the road.

Even if it is the same curve, ten people will often get ten different results when measuring with the naked eye—this means that predicting the degree of bending and the distance of the bend is too detailed, which is likely to be misleading. The evaluation gap between people must also be taken into consideration.

Until the end of the 3x5 bends, Takumi Fujiwara figured out the approximate bends of 1-5 on the bend marks in the road book.

As for the 6 with the highest curvature, there will only be 4 places on the whole track, and it has not been encountered yet.

"Mr. Ryosuke."

Fujiwara Takumi narrowed his eyes slightly, and announced calmly: "It's going to be full speed."

Takahashi Ryosuke smiled slightly.

When the EK-9 was running at a speed of more than 110 per hour, he never looked up at the road from the beginning to the end, but only used his body to perceive the ups and downs of the road and the G force applied to his body when cornering at extreme speed to judge the specific situation. position.

In addition to the road book, he also always pays attention to the values ​​on the water temperature, pressure and oil temperature gauges of the EK-9 to ensure that the vehicle is in good working condition.

He trusted the driver beside him.

It's as if Takumi immediately absorbed the information he gave without a moment's hesitation, manifested in extremely smooth manipulation.

After hearing this statement, Takahashi Ryosuke said without thinking: "Understood."

——"Dahui, are you counting the time?"

It was Ninomiya and Sakai who would rather wait boredly at the starting point than go into the lounge and listen to the president chatting with those people.

Ninomiya sat on the guardrail with a depressed face, holding a stopwatch in his hand.

In fact, his sense of hearing is not that sharp, coupled with the influence of psychological effects, always makes him feel that he can vaguely hear a little roar of the engine, but then realizes that it is just a noise imagined by himself.

"Ah."

Nigong spoke sullenly, a little absent-minded.

"Just a while ago, when the president transferred the display car, let the professional driver who sent the car run here once." Probably in order to pass the boring time while waiting, Sakai tried to chat with him : "To be honest, I was really shocked at that time. Although I can understand that it is a good car with the best performance, but seeing him on the mountain road he ran for the first time, he easily defeated us and his predecessors. It’s still a bit heartbreaking to keep a record for several years.”

"But fortunately, you have Dahui here." Sakai smiled, and changed the subject: "Last week you used that EK-9 to set a new record, which is really a compliment to our active students."

It was precisely because of what happened last week that everyone refreshed their understanding of Ninomiya Daiki's ability and included him in the top 3 ranks among the students of Dongtang School.

"I'm still far from brother Zhi." Nigong had no interest in this topic, his eyes just stared at the road: "Tsk, I really want to follow up and have a look."

Just from the opponent's start, there is not much information at all.

"Don't worry, didn't the president say that? The condition he promised the Fuji Rapid Road Team to borrow our venue is to copy the PI data of EK-9 and provide it to the president for analysis." Sakai smiled nonchalantly : "With the personality of the president, if he is really a good driver, he will definitely use it to teach us a lesson."

President Dongtang's strict treatment of students is not a joke.

Even if it is an ordinary discussion among students, it doesn't matter if you are joking or joking in your attitude, but if you make a careless mistake while running, even if it is only a second or two of mistakes, you will be seen through by the president of the rally background, and then you will bring it out to the public. scold me.

It is precisely because of the high standard of the president of Dongtang and the strict requirements for the students that the standard of Dongtang School has become the recognized high level of this generation.

"Well, although it's just a simple number, at least I can know something earlier." Ninomiya Daihui couldn't hide his irritability: "I don't know why, but looking at that guy named Fujiwara Takumi, I always feel a little angry .”

Perhaps it is because the other party's temporary request to his friend to be the navigator is a bit too childish.

It may also be because the people of the Fuji Rapid Road Team paid extra attention to him, and even Zhi Ge, whom he admired, had never received such kind treatment.

There was another possibility that he really didn't want to admit.

Ninomiya Taiki frowned.

His intuition told him that the guy's temperament changed drastically when he wore the racing suit, exuding an astonishing aura that had been honed over time.

"Fujiwara Takumi."

Ninomiya Daiki muttered to himself.

...Maybe, it is really an incredible big man beyond their reach.