With a heavy brake, the front shock absorber instantly bottomed out and then tightened. At the same time, Qin Chuan's right hand began to adjust the rear shock absorber's contraction device.

The rear shock absorber slowly sank, and the whole car took the starting posture.

"All 30 cars are ready. The red flag starts waving. The green flag is withdrawn. Everyone is in silence."

The on-site commentary came that a staff member holding a green flag was waving the flag as he passed the front of the starting point. When he passed in front of Qin Chuan and got off the track, the staff member holding a red flag at the back of the group waved the flag in his hand.

At the same time, the roar of the engines on the field became clearer and clearer, and thirty MotoGP factory cars burst into buzzing sounds at the same time.

The three people who started in the first row, Qin Chuan, Ma Wang, Martin, and Peko, who started fourth in the row behind, all lay on the car body at the same time, and the drivers behind them also lay on the car body in a large area.

Qin Chuan and Peko supported themselves with both feet, while the remaining two supported themselves with one foot. They gripped the accelerator with their right hands, the engine speed gradually increased, and they gripped the clutch with their left hands, shifting the engine into first gear.

Everyone rose 45 degrees and waited for the red light to start.

"Okay, five red lights are on, and the MotoGP US Grand Prix sprint race is ready to start!"

“All drivers are ready.”

"The red light goes out, the race begins!"

The surrounding stands were silent, but at this moment there was a sudden roar. Everyone covered their ears, and the thirty racing cars in front of them also suddenly roared out at this moment.

The silence instantly turned into chaos, and the cars started together. RC16 and GP24 were the first to rush out in the front row.

"The start of the horse king here was very fast, and he directly knocked Qin Chuan down with a slingshot. Xiao Niu also knocked Peko down. The start of Qin Chuan and Peko was very average, and the race was about to enter Turn 1!"

"The traffic here is quite dense, drivers should be careful!"

The red light went out and the car was launched from the starting point. Wei Ran and Xiao Zhang in the commentary booth spoke very fast in an instant, explaining the situation on the field word for word.

At the starting straight line, Qin Chuan quickly released the clutch with his left hand, and the racing car under his crotch suddenly rushed out. At the same time, Qin Chuan's sight swept over a cement-gray figure on the side.

He believed that there was no problem with his start, but he still could not avoid others' overperformance.

He was not too surprised by the figure that suddenly jumped up from the left. Instead, he reacted quickly, shifted up a gear with his left foot, and at the same time quickly controlled the car to move towards the outside of Turn 1.

The rc16 immediately stuck to the right side of the track and started going uphill.

The pole position for the US Grand Prix is ​​on the far right, which is the outermost line, so in theory entering the outer line is the fastest, but this also has a disadvantage.

If the car doesn't start well in this position, it is easy to lose position at Turn 1, because the second and third starting positions are on the left, and the car can go directly to the inside line after starting, so his position is a bit passive.

Due to his weight and height, Qin Chuan's start was not very good, and was even just average among GP riders. This situation was anticipated by KTM before the race.

Also prepared in advance.

However, despite this, the atmosphere in the ktmp room below the stage was still very tense at this moment.

"The group of cars is approaching Turn 1. Martin's start is also very fast. He is on the innermost line here. Should he make a move in Turn 1?"

"Martin is coming on the inside of Turn 1. He's trying to take over the horse king. Qin Chuan has been pushed to the outside."

"The crowd is braking hard, this is very tight, everyone be careful!"

"Don't let them run into each other."

As the group of cars went uphill, Qin Chuan's front shock absorber contracted. Qin Chuan's lower body had already moved out in advance, and he instantly squeezed the front brake after reaching the braking point.

The upper body is straight. The car's suspension has completely bottomed out, and the rear wheel is off the ground.

I glanced inwards and saw two cars, one was Ma Wang's gp23, and the other one further inward was Martin's gp24.

With a sharp glance, Qin Chuan entered the corner steadily without competing with the other two for Turn 1.

His position is too bad and there is no need to fight for it.

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang and Wei Ran's faces turned red and their saliva flew. They described almost every situation that happened in the front row, including the fact that Xiao Ma, who started fifth, overtook Peko, who was fourth, at Turn 1.

"Qin Chuan fell to third place at Turn 1, and he will immediately turn into Turn 2 after exiting this corner."

At Turn 1, Qin Chuan was squeezed into the inner lane by two cars due to a poor start, and his position instantly dropped to third place. When he stepped on the accelerator out of the turn, the group of cars rushed down from the top of the slope like a swarm of locusts.

"Oh my god, what's going on here? Why did Qin Shen pull so much?"

"Dude, it's not Qin Shen, it's those two who started too fast today, like flying. You know Qin Shen's starting point was average, and his height is a disadvantage."

"Damn it, God knows that a 1.8-meter-tall guy can't beat two 1.6-meter-tall guys."

"..."

In the stands at Turn 1, several fans sighed.

While a few people were discussing, the group of cars had already come out of the high-speed turn No. 2 and arrived in front of Turn No. 3.

The group of cars collectively entered a series of turning corners.

At this point, the fans were so nervous again that no one spoke.

The American race track is all about the heartbeat.

Coming into Turn 3, Qin Chuan passed quickly along the inside line. When he reached the center of the turn, he gripped the accelerator with his right hand and stepped on the accelerator quickly. At the same time, he turned over, with his upper body turning from left to right, and entered Turn 4.

The continuous curve section begins.

You can overtake in the continuous curve section, but the car in front needs to make a mistake.

For example, if the opponent loses his rhythm and runs away at a certain corner, it is still a little difficult to pass under normal circumstances.

After entering Turn 4, I turned over again out of the turn, from right to left, and entered Turn 5 and then Turn 6.

During the entire turning process, the front of Qin Chuan's car was close to the rear of Ma Wang's car in front of him, without losing the slightest rhythm.

This scene was expected by everyone but also made people very nervous.

“From Turn 7 to Turn 8, Martin seems to have opened up a small gap with the horse king, but the horse king should be able to close this gap soon.”

Coming out of Turn 24, Martin, who was in the lead, was the first to step on the throttle and rush out of the dense series of turnaround corners to the top of the slope, followed by gp quickly entering Turn , and then started to go downhill after Turn .

Following the outside-inside-outside line, the cars began to pass Turn 10.

Every car was shaking violently, because Turn 10 is exactly the critical point between flat ground and downhill, and the car body would be particularly unstable on the undulating road.

Martin took the lead and was the first to start accelerating straight out of the corner.

Martin was the only driver who dared to use soft tires on the front wheels, which meant that he had to open up the gap in time before all the other drivers had time to exert their strength.

This is not difficult considering Martin's familiarity with the soft tires, but obviously Qin Chuan's help is needed at this moment.

Coming out of Turn 10, Martin started to go downhill, and Qin Chuan and Ma Wang followed him to the top of the hill. The cars came out of the turn densely and sped down along Turn 10.

In the p-room of the Benben motorcade, everyone's eyes were on Qin Chuan.

The next two long straight lines are not too difficult for Martin, who is using soft tires, to deal with the eight-time champion, but if Qin Chuan can take action at this moment, then Martin will have a chance to pull away.

Based on their understanding of Qin Chuan, the probability is very high.

The tactics of the BenBen team have been very simple from the beginning to the end, and have not changed even since Martin joined. That is to let Martin lead the way. This is BenBen's usual tactics.

Qin Chuan's RC16 is slightly better than the eight-time champion in straight-line performance. On these two straight lines, they don't believe that Qin Chuan can control his temper and not take action.

Going downhill at Turn 10, Qin Chuan clamped his legs around the car body, leaned over the windshield, and quickly accelerated with his right hand. The car started to rush up the slope at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then approached Turn 11.

The deafening sound of the wind came from my ears, along with the roar of racing cars.

"Exit Turn 10. This is a straight line of more than 600 meters. Should Qin Chuan take action?"

"It's already very close here! The soft tires on the rear wheels of the horse king can't play a big role in the short term."

Under the helmet, Qin Chuan stared at the eight-time champion in front of him, thinking quickly about countermeasures in his mind.

In just a few breaths, the car had arrived at the entrance of Turn 16. It braked and downshifted, and the rear wheel left the ground. With two buzzing sounds, the RC followed Ma Wang's car into Turn .

No action was taken, or the distance was not enough.

Ma Wang is very fast on this track, not to mention that the opponent is using soft tires on the rear wheels. With the blessing of the sweet period in the first three laps, he is confident that he can go on the straight line after Turn 11. At least not in the first lap here.

There is a slight risk of heavy braking when the tire temperature is too high.

Of these two straight lines, Qin Chuan prefers to overtake on the latter.

Qin Chuan collected his thoughts, leaned out, and sped along the inside line of Turn 11.

"At Turn 11, Qin Chuan pulled back after pulling out the lead. It seems that the distance here is not enough."

“The pack is about to hit the longest straight in Austin, and this straight is definitely going to cause a lot of changes in the rankings.”

The car enters from the outside line, then sticks to the center of the corner, and finally steps on the throttle, with the front wheel leaving the ground as it exits the corner.

When exiting the turn, the front wheels of the car leave the ground, and the rear wheels push the front wheels to start accelerating wildly.

In the blink of an eye, the car speed exceeded 200.

“On the longest straight, the horse king sucked Martin’s tailwind. Martin didn’t have any tailwind but his car gave him a lot of confidence on the straight line.”

"Qin Chuan is here too!"

On the long straight line, one car after another accelerated in a straight line. The continuous curve section just now had already simply diverted the group of cars. Although the current group of cars was still dense, it had been arranged into a long snake shape as a whole.

Martin was at the front of the long snake. At this moment, a gray racing car began to climb up gradually as it passed in a straight line and had already come to his side.


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