After Reisner passed, Lin Yan entered along the inside line, a perfect cross-line defense.
Street circuits have their advantages, and race tracks have theirs. If the offense and defense of these two turns were replicated on a street circuit, the risk would likely increase severalfold, and few people could manage it.
What appeared simple and casual actually took only ten seconds for the entire process of these two turns, a span where both thought and execution had to be fully engaged. Although Reisner failed to overtake, he made no mistakes, so his rhythm wasn't disrupted. He remained closely behind Lin Yan after exiting the turn.
Before reaching Turn 6, there was a student training in front of Lin Yan. Because of the student's presence, Reisner made no overtaking attempt in this turn. The two factory cars roared past the young student's ears, entering Turn 5 sequentially.
A red and a blue flashed past his side. The young student, who had just heard the engine roar, was startled. He had actually heard the roar of the factory cars behind him and was mentally prepared, but the factory cars were too fast. Before he could prepare anything after hearing the sound, the cars were already there.
Of course, according to Lin Yan's teaching, no preparation was needed in such a situation; no preparation was the best preparation.
This was the rule of the track: when someone is about to overtake you, maintaining your original line is the safest. F1 cars have rearview mirrors, but four-wheeled cars do not.
Braking and downshifting, both cars entered Turn 6 simultaneously. Lin Yan's race car tires hugged the inside of the track, leaving no gap for the car behind.
Although Reisner did not attempt an overtake in Turn 6, the two cars were very close, entering the turn nose to tail. Such following distance, except in top-tier races, would be extremely dangerous in any other competition.
Exiting Turn 6, they immediately entered the next turn, Turn 7, with a pace no less intense than a race.
Before Turn 7, the moment Lin Yan braked, Reisner also applied his front brakes. The two cars were almost synchronized, entering Turn 7 with no change in distance.
Turn 7 was a right-hand turn. Both cars leaned into the turn to the right. Reisner had no intention of making a move upon entry; he was aiming for the exit.
Exiting the right turn, accelerating early, Reisner's rear wheels slipped slightly. The rear wheels spun sharply, and he darted up from the left. He didn't overtake, but the situation changed from his front wheels chasing Lin Yan's rear wheels to his front wheels being level with Lin Yan's rear wheels. Lin Yan's car was still two-thirds faster.
With the same cars and the same exit, even if Reisner pushed, it was still too difficult to overtake solely on the exit.
Reisner's move had a purpose because the next corner was a left-hand turn. His exit from this corner put him on Lin Yan's left, the outside. The next corner was in the opposite direction, placing him on the inside.
After Turn 7, they entered Turn 8. As expected, when entering Turn 8, Reisner, who was originally on Lin Yan's left, immediately moved into the inside line.
At this distance, Reisner only needed to apply a slight late brake to overtake, effortlessly.
From the perspective of the helmet, Lin Yan couldn't see Reisner at this distance.
Without needing to change lanes, by braking slightly harder on the inside line, Reisner successfully completed the overtake. In this situation, there was no issue of cross-line defense; even Lin Yan couldn't hold it.
The positions swapped, and Lin Yan was back behind Reisner.
From these few turns alone, Lin Yan could feel Reisner's past performance at Ben Tian, with the control of details being exactly the same as in the actual races.
After Turn 8, Lin Yan pursued closely. Due to the design of the small rear wing behind the Ducati, slipstreaming offered no advantage, not even for a horsepower-dominant rider against another.
On the straight, Lin Yan had no advantage slipstreaming from behind. This small rear wing was also Ducati's most successful upgrade of the year. Even Reisner had to admit that, thanks to this wing, the Ducati was almost invincible on the straights and even improved stability in the corners.
In Turn 9, Reisner showcased a lean angle of sixty-six degrees, his elbow slider making the closest contact with the ground.
Lin Yan watched quietly from behind, making no response. This cornering slightly widened the gap between them.
Reisner's sixty-six-degree cornering was considered extremely impressive even within the Ducati team. Ren Fei couldn't achieve it, and Rins could manage it with difficulty. For Lin Yan, it was child's play.
This maneuver almost confirmed that Reisner had adapted to the Ducati race car by nearly ninety percent.
After all, the Ducati factory cars could be used for training every day. The time spent training with the factory car in these few days was more than Reisner's training time in a month at Ben Tian, and there was no need to worry about crashing. With such training, who wouldn't adapt quickly?
Yesterday, Reisner, due to excessive physical exertion from training during the day, misjudged the training dosage and forced himself to train at night, resulting in a crash. He was unharmed, but the car was one-third wrecked.
Reisner initially thought that even if Lin Yan didn't care, the team's mechanics would show some disapproval. However, when he arrived at the pit garage, he realized he was overthinking. Nothing happened; instead, most of the mechanics came to inquire about his safety, which deeply touched Reisner, making him feel a sense of returning home.
It turned out that most internal work conflicts were due to low salaries. Everyone on Lin Yan's team earned significantly more than the normal market rate, not just a little. There were no internal conflicts to speak of.
Of course, this was also because, in addition to high salaries, Lin Yan had one requirement: anyone who caused trouble was immediately fired. High salaries combined with high demands led to perfect team operations.
This was the philosophy his little girl had told Lin Yan.
Not only did the drivers need to be skilled, but Lin Yan also wanted to build the Ducati technical team into something like Red Bull in F1.