As Lin Guoxiong's motorcade disappeared into the night, Lin Yan pursed his lips. He really wanted to cultivate his own team, but he lacked the channels.
Lin Yan had this idea last time, but finding talent wasn't that easy. He didn't really have any thoughts about ordinary people.
In terms of combat strength, his current personnel were only Li Wei, Yang Tianming and his brothers. Ah Dong was half of Lin Yan's man, but not entirely. As for company talent, besides his wife, only the secretary was somewhat reliable.
It could be said that Lin Yan had very few confidantes, and even Zhang Qin couldn't be considered one.
After Lin Guoxiong left, Lin Yan stood in the night for a while before returning to the villa.
Three days later, in the morning, the news from the Song family successfully reached Lin Yan's ears. The outcome was almost no different from the Wei family.
The core members of both families had almost all been dealt with by the Lin family. The remaining miscellaneous bugs could be handled slowly; they wouldn't cause them too much trouble.
Lin Yan thought he could go out and relax in a few days. Of course, not yet; it was better to be cautious for a few more days.
The next week, he had to prepare to depart for the next race. Today, Lin Yan planned to test Ruisina's strength one last time.
On the racetrack, the one currently grappling with Ruisina was Lun Si. Ren Fei had not been Ruisina's opponent for some days. Now, Lun Si usually served as Ruisina's sparring partner during training.
Lin Yan watched from the stands for a long time. Ruisina had a strong adaptability to racing cars, which was the result of Lin Yan's observations over the past few days. Since yesterday, Lun Si had been at a disadvantage in their competitions, which made Lin Yan very satisfied.
The ls27 team would officially debut in two top-tier races next week.
"GP23, GP23," Lin Yan prepared to put some pressure on Ruisina.
Ruisina, who was training on the track, caught a glimpse of Lin Yan out of the corner of his eye as he passed through the finish line pit area. He immediately understood what was happening.
Lin Yan accelerated onto the track with a burst of throttle. Lun Si, with great foresight, moved to the side, leaving the battlefield to Lin Yan and Ruisina.
The two GP23s quickly came together. Lin Yan's car was in the factory team's red livery, while Ruisina's car was in a light blue livery.
This was the exclusive livery for the ls27 independent team in the highest class. This color was specially chosen by Lin Yan and Su Mojin. The light blue horsepower dog had Ruisina's number printed on the front.
It had to be said, the light blue racing car was quite cool. To match the car's color, Ruisina and Lun Si had also customized new helmets and leather suits, with the colors matching the car's body.
Wearing this leather suit, Lun Si felt ten years younger; it was truly age-defying.
One blue and one red, as soon as they entered the track, Lin Yan was still following behind Ruisina. He excelled at offensive maneuvers and had no interest in defense.
The two cars met on the track. After a violent acceleration on the finish straight, Ruisina's car pulled ahead of Lin Yan by a car's length.
Lin Yan started directly from the starting position, so his speed wasn't perfectly controlled. With a car's length gap, Lin Yan had no chance to attack at the first corner.
Upon seeing Lin Yan, Ruisina immediately entered a defensive state. Ruisina had now roughly familiarized himself with the front suspension control button when exiting corners. With this "black technology" for corners, Ruisina felt he could barely go toe-to-toe with Lin Yan.
Exiting the first corner, neither of the two cars' front suspensions bounced up with the turn. Instead, they remained pressed down inside the front of the car, which was the effect of Ducati's latest cornering "black technology."
After this period of training, Lun Si and Ruisina had also gradually adapted to this function. The control buttons for this device would also be added to their cars in the next official race, and their strength was expected to increase further.
Both cars smoothly navigated the first corner. At the level of Lin Yan and Ruisina, the racing lines were already etched into their minds.
After a short distance past the corner exit, they approached the second corner.
Skillfully downshifting and braking to control speed, Lin Yan used a two-finger brake. However, how GP riders gripped the front brake with their fingers was not referential for ordinary players, as the brake pumps, braking force, and engine displacement were all different. Production cars and factory cars were two different concepts.
As Lin Yan squeezed the brakes, the car's center of gravity instantly shifted from the rear to the front, and the front suspension dropped to the bottom. Lin Yan braced himself on the handlebars with both hands, his upper body tense.
A gust of wind poured in along his neck; the braking force of the factory car was as strong as ever.
Ruisina in front of him performed the same maneuver as Lin Yan. Both cars entered the second corner together, leaning into the turn with their knees out, their helmet visors flashing a dazzling gleam under the sunlight.
After leaning into the corner and exiting, after two corners, the original one-car-length gap was gradually reduced to half a car's length. Lin Yan's speed was as fast as ever.
Next, the two cars closely entered the third corner. At this point, Lin Yan's car had closed the gap a little further and had entered the attack range.
Once in the attack range, Lin Yan had no tactical arrangements; he went straight for it.
He acted as he spoke. This wasn't an official race, and Lin Yan had no intention of dawdling.
At the fourth corner, with a late brake, the car's nose shifted out from behind Ruisina's car. Taking advantage of the gap created by the late braking, his body directly moved to Ruisina's inside line before entering the corner.
Lin Yan pulled out to Ruisina's side, and the two cars completed a side-by-side maneuver before the fourth corner.
This was the most basic and practical late-braking overtake.
Lin Yan's positioning was just right. Ruisina had already braked to the speed required for the corner, but Lin Yan beside him blocked his entry line, making this overtake unsolvable.
If Ruisina wanted to enter the corner, he had to wait for Lin Yan, who was on the inside, to move. By the time Lin Yan's car braked to the speed required for entry, his rear wheel still blocked Ruisina's front wheel.
This was the control of a top driver in an overtake. If Lin Yan had braked even a moment later, and his rear wheel hadn't blocked Ruisina, it would have been a crossover.
Entering the corner, leaning into the turn, and accelerating out of the apex, Ruisina closely followed Lin Yan's car after exiting, his front wheel tightly following Lin Yan's rear wheel. The rhythm was not lost at all, and the two high-horsepower cars sped along the track.
The fourth and fifth corners were in opposite directions. With a flip, they approached the fifth corner. As if anticipating it, before braking to enter the corner, Lin Yan steered his car towards the outside line and braked early.
The moment Lin Yan braked, Ruisina whizzed past from the side. Just like Lin Yan's move in the fifth corner, it was a standard late brake, and the two skillfully executed a crossover.
Because Lin Yan braked early, Ruisina's late brake did not catch Lin Yan. After Ruisina passed Lin Yan's side, Lin Yan successfully counter-attacked on the inside line, maintaining his position.