F1: Absolute Car Feel

Chapter 112 He crashed into my race car
The first qualifying race started at 4:40 pm, with drivers whose license plate numbers were even numbers competing. Wu Shi's number was 32, so he was naturally assigned to this group.

The competition in this group is relatively fierce, with players like Ocon, Verstappen, and Ed who have performed well in previous competitions all in this group.

“Remember, prioritize getting pole position. On this track, pole position is almost everything,” Alan reminded her one last time.

"clear."

Wu Shi nodded. The street circuit was too narrow, making overtaking very difficult. The racing line was so narrow that either both cars would retire, or one would give way to the other.

Inside the P room, Sid propped himself up on his elbows, clenched his fists and put them to his mouth, occasionally blowing a few breaths.

Seeing his little antics, Alan comforted him, "Don't be too nervous, this little guy only knows how to create miracles!"

"I know, but I'm still nervous."

Sid responded with a smile, saying that he had watched Wu Shi grow up and had feelings for the child.

Just then, a phone call came in.

"Martina, what's up?" Sid answered the phone.

"We need to add an account public relations operations manager and a business assistant. Please make the arrangements."

"clear."

After hanging up the phone, Sid glanced at the game and immediately took out his laptop to work.

Instead of posting a job ad directly, he first opened Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and searched for "Wu Shi".

Sure enough, a large number of related reports emerged.

Does Wu's lackluster performance in the Bo City street circuit indicate that he is not good at street circuits? (See attached image)

"Wu said he didn't give up, but he didn't show any speed in practice. Will he falter in the Pyrenees this time?" (with photo)

There are many such pessimistic reports, and even more people agree with them.

"Yes! Wu is just a reckless guy who relies on forcefully squeezing into the paint to overtake! He can't do anything else!"

"A Chinese person driving F3? How much did the Van Amersford team charge him?"

"Oh, it's better to give the car to one of our people than to let this stupid Chinese person drive it." - Indian.

"No! He's not Chinese! He's from our country, South Korea!"

These comments are very strange. In the past, the evaluations of Wu Shi, if not all of them were positive, were at least mostly friendly and based on facts.

Sid realized that someone was using the internet to smear and attack Wu Shi.

This wouldn't have been a big deal, but being criticized and questioned can affect one's mentality. If Wu Shi had seen these comments in the morning and his mentality had been affected, something serious could have happened in this dangerous street race!
The only good news is that Wu Shi had two accounts. His own private account was not made public; the one that was made public was a fan account that he registered later.

Wu Shi himself rarely logs into his public account. He keeps the account and password with him, but he doesn't usually have time to log in. When he does log in, he only posts announcements and doesn't read the comments.

He couldn't help but log into the account. His private messages were flooded with messages, he was tagged too many times, and there were a lot of negative comments.

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh. It seemed he really needed to take action and hire someone.

On the track, Wu Shi was doing a warm-up lap and didn't know much about what was happening online.

To protect his eyes, he rarely browses social media platforms and spends most of his time on electronic screens running simulators.

Buzz!

The tire warm-up period is over.

Alan TR: "The track conditions are average, but you can give it a try first."

Wu Shi TR: "Received, remember to help notify the contestants ahead."

In street racing, the worst thing is when a driver in front doesn't realize someone is speeding behind them and foolishly drives slowly along the racing line, only to crash into the driver behind when they turn, leaving no time to react. This level of impact can be fatal, so Wu Shi naturally takes it very seriously.

Turn 1 in Boston is a false turn, so it connects with the straight to form a very long full-throttle section, taking a full five seconds to reach the braking point.

Because the guardrails on both sides are very close, when the speed reaches more than 200 km/h, it is already quite shocking.

He simply couldn't understand what those young people who raced at 200-300 km/h on public roads were thinking. Not only did they not value their own lives, but they also endangered others.

Before entering the bend, Wu Shi focused his attention and quickly downshifted.

He braked very late, almost at the end of the corner, and even more surprisingly, his car was almost hugging the left wall.

Turn right into turn two, and the right front wheel almost touches the curb as it goes.

During the practice race, Wu Shi had already tried it out. The shoulder here is not high, and there is still a meter between it and the guardrail.

To achieve a perfect route, theoretically, one must drive over the road shoulder and get as close as possible to the guardrail.

The problem is that the space between the shoulder and the guardrail is covered with grass, which cannot be trampled, otherwise it will get out of control.

If Wu Shi were to plan the track, the shoulders would be cut down and the grass would be paved with cement, allowing for a true experience of speed and passion, and widening the gap between top drivers and ordinary drivers.

After Turn 2, there's another very long straight; just accelerate as much as you want.

The next turn, number three, is a U-turn, and then turn four is a small-angle V-turn.

The characteristics here are the same as those of Turn 2. Due to the presence of the kerb, it is impossible to reach the perfect apex point; you can only glide past the kerb.

"They navigated those corners quite smoothly."

The team leader, watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but comment, "Wu Shi is indeed Wu Shi. Even in his first street race, he can still run with a smooth and flowing style."

The difficulty of the track lies in the second half, from turn 8 to turn 15. This section is winding and long, and you often can't see the road ahead until you reach the turn. If you're not careful, you'll either turn sideways and crash into the protruding guardrail, or miss the braking point and crash straight into the wall.

Wu Shi didn't overestimate himself. Faced with this complicated road condition, he didn't run close to the wall, lest he be blocked by a car and hit by it before he could react.

Swish!

The scenery rushed past, and as they rounded Turn 10, a blue race car came straight at them. Wu Shi reacted quickly and swerved to avoid it.

This is what makes street racing dangerous; the guardrails can block what's behind the corner.

However, this avoidance was somewhat predictable, because Alan had given the approximate location of the other party.

The next series of bends, with many cars that were quite slow at cornering, further hindered him.

Wu Shi was a little annoyed, so he used the space to its fullest extent, but as soon as he went over, someone started to report him.

Michelle Beretta TR: "Hey! He crashed into my race car."

Train engineer TR: "We've checked, the vehicle isn't damaged, you didn't touch it."

Michelle Beretta (TR): "How could we not have encountered it!"

The live stream revealed TR, and the commentators laughed when they heard it. The director was quick to respond and immediately pulled up the replay.

“We see, wow! It does look like it touched something, but there was no collision. It seems Michelle Beretta was too nervous.”

“In the last race, we saw Wu’s amazing car control ability. I have to clarify my previous statement in advance for this race: Wu always maintains control of the distance when closing in on other drivers.”

"Yes, after our analysis, we believe that the wheel-to-wheel collision between Wu and Rosenqvist in the last race was intentionally controlled by him. We have seen similar situations in F1 races before."

Not much happened during the qualifying rounds, so the commentators started talking about the previous match, because there were so many parts worth revisiting that he couldn't stop thinking about it.

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