This time, Su Mojin was still using the same factory Yamaha bike, a bike she was more accustomed to, having ridden it before. Lin Yan was using a GP22.
The red lights went out, and both shot off the starting line at the same time. Lin Yan used a launch control start, while Su Mojin had a normal start. Purely from the start, Su Mojin was a beat behind, but she wasn't discouraged. She wanted to see how Lin Yan could corner without looking.
Rather than a competition, it was more like Su Mojin wanted to see just how capable her man was.
First gear, second gear, third gear. The engine sound changed rhythm three times. After shifting up to third gear, Lin Yan began to downshift and brake according to the operational rhythm he remembered. The entire process relied purely on feel.
Although Lin Yan couldn't see the picture at this moment, he had a visual blueprint in his mind. This blueprint was planned by Lin Yan according to his memory. Relying on his familiarity with the bike, Lin Yan could tell roughly how many meters the bike had traveled just by listening to the engine's rhythm. He couldn't achieve pinpoint accuracy, but completing a lap smoothly wasn't difficult.
As for the track, he had run it over ten thousand times, knowing it by heart.
Braking into the corner, Lin Yan's actions and lines were textbook perfect. Su Mojin, watching from behind, was stunned.
Lin Yan had already pulled away from her at the start. She was still anticipating how Lin Yan would take the corner, but it was no different from usual. Su Mojin glanced at her husband, who was still wearing the eye mask and had no vision. However, Lin Yan's movements, whether shifting his body or extending his leg, and his leaning posture, showed no sign of not being able to see.
Seeing that the situation was so clear.
Su Mojin stopped driving her bike and quietly got off. If her husband could corner so well at every turn, she didn't need to follow. She had a clear understanding of her own skill; she was a pure novice.
When Su Mojin stood beside Lin Yan, his speed was still incredibly fast, almost at the same pace as a professional race. He relied on muscle memory for cornering. After several turns, Lin Yan had passed six corners and was approaching the seventh.
Su Mojin watched curiously from the side. Even watching these textbook movements was a form of enjoyment. Su Mojin naturally knew how Lin Yan was blind-driving. She couldn't do it, but she understood the principle a little: it all came down to practice makes perfect.
Suddenly, an idea struck Su Mojin. Her beautiful eyes blinked, and she quietly leaned towards Lin Yan.
The speed increased rapidly. Lin Yan passed the seventh corner in an instant and entered the eighth corner immediately after. Braking and cornering were done in one smooth motion. His knee touched the ground for about half a second. Lin Yan twisted the throttle tightly with his right hand and accelerated out of the corner, the bike slowly straightening up.
As the bike returned to the outside of the track, Lin Yan's actions also stopped. With violent acceleration, Lin Yan was merely going through the motions he had practiced with his eyes closed.
The ninth corner was the usual braking and cornering. However, as the bike entered the corner, Lin Yan's eyebrows furrowed.
Professional drivers have a very keen sense of their vehicles. Even though Su Mojin had only lightly pulled Lin Yan's rear brake, Lin Yan敏锐ly sensed something was wrong. As he leaned into the corner, his front wheel hit the curb, and the bike jumped slightly.
The rear brake can change the line a car takes through a corner. The line taken through a corner is planned before entering it, which is the so-called entry point and entry speed. Where you enter and at what speed determines your line, and this is fixed.
However, if you find your line is wrong after entering the corner and needs correction, that's when you use the rear brake. In a corner, the rear brake can slightly adjust the steering of the front wheel.
Su Mojin was quick to apply what she learned. By pulling the rear brake, she successfully disrupted Lin Yan's line in the corner. Lin Yan wouldn't have hit the curb originally, but this rear brake application directly sent him onto the curb.
Blind driving relies on memory and proficiency, but it also has a fatal flaw: unexpected situations occurring midway. Once external interference occurs, you're completely lost.
Just like now, after Su Mojin pulled the rear brake twice, the line Lin Yan was taking was completely different from what he had in his mind. In the twelfth corner, Lin Yan again went onto the curb and drove the car into the runoff area. However, in his mind, Lin Yan's car was still driving normally on the track.
At this moment, Lin Yan was puzzled. He could sense the car entering the runoff area, but he didn't seem to have made a mistake. Why did the car enter the runoff area? He instinctively slowed down and stopped the car just as it was about to hit the runoff area barrier.
However, deciding which direction to drive next became a problem for Lin Yan.
Seeing Lin Yan still turning his head and looking around despite not being able to see, Su Mojin couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, husband, stop looking. I concede."
Su Mojin helped Lin Yan remove the eye mask. Seeing Su Mojin standing beside him, Lin Yan realized something.
"Did you touch my car?"
"I didn't!"
Su Mojin looked innocent. Lin Yan scratched his head. Had he really made a mistake himself?
"Okay, husband, I admit it. I touched your rear brake."
After pretending for a while, Su Mojin quickly stuck out her tongue and admitted her mischievous act.
Seeing the little girl so readily admit her mistake, Lin Yan didn't say anything. He pursed his lips, smiled, and flipped himself off the car.
"Touching my brake is a very serious problem. Death penalty is waived, but living punishment is unavoidable."
Hearing the "living punishment" in Lin Yan's words, Su Mojin's pretty face flushed, and she pinched his waist.
"Can't you be serious?"
For the next few days, Lin Yan stayed at home, spending his days with his wife and child, living a carefree life, quietly waiting for the new season. The Wei family hadn't caused any more trouble during this time, hiding in the kimchi country. However, the woman and child they held captive made Lin Yan slightly uneasy.
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In March, with a week left before the Qatar station, Lin Yan, who was at the training base shooting new season posters, received new information.
"You mean Bentian signed a new driver? And a rookie?"
In the office, Lin Yan sat in the boss's chair, listening to Zhang Mingzhi's report.
"Yes, young master. A rookie, and a very strong one."