In the movie "Flying Life", the once dominant rally driver Zhang Chi experienced the hardships of life in order to return to the race. He retook his driver's license, modified his race car, pulled sponsorship, endured the ridicule and ridicule of others, and finally won the victory against Bayingbrook.
The car is borrowed, the tires are second-hand, the leather clothes are miscellaneous, and the registration fee is made up by a friend...... Although Dongguan rider Guo Xiaopeng does not have such a big and up-and-down life experience as Zhang Chi, recently, Guo Xiaopeng won the motorcycle invitational rookie championship and the inspirational story of the fastest lap of the rain qualifying race with his "bulk" accessories, which was praised by netizens as the realistic version of "Flying Life".
But regardless of the way it came, the sky was wide and green. The 27-year-old once came to a racing club in Dongguan in a desperate way, starting as a teaching assistant, and his girlfriend worked in a bubble tea shop to support his racing dream. On May 10, he told reporters that he is currently preparing for the competition in Chengdu. After becoming popular, he calmly reviewed, "In motorsports, losing is the norm, and winning is only occasional." I'm going to keep learning as I lose. ”
Guo Xiaopeng
Burst into popularity
"A lot of people say I can't do it, look at my name!"
From May 1st to 2nd, in the 600CC class of the Hongshan Motorcycle King Motorcycle Invitational held in Xiamen, Guo Xiaopeng, who won the fastest lap of the Yudi qualifying race, pointed to the report card and cried with joy.
The car was borrowed, the tires were second-hand, the leather clothes were miscellaneous, and Guo Xiaopeng still won the pole position under pressure. With his humble equipment to fight his way out of the encirclement, surpassing the better-equipped professional drivers, the moment when this skinny and swarthy young man's dream came true was moving.
Guo Xiaopeng cried tears of joy after winning the fastest lap of the Rain Land Qualifying
The Xiamen International Circuit track has a large height difference, many corners and short straights, which requires extremely high requirements for the driver's center of gravity transfer and braking technical details.
Huang Jian, the race director of Xiamen International Circuit and the race director of Hongshan Racing King, told reporters that when drivers go to a new venue to race, they will generally practice at least three days in advance to prepare for the race.
In a short period of time, drivers need to understand the combination of corners and straights on the track, the grip of the different car routes, and analyze the overtaking and risk points through the hiking track.
In Huang Jian's view, compared with other drivers, Guo Xiaopeng has more maintenance skills and can better understand the basic operating principles of racing machinery.
"He's a very hard guy and the qualifying for this tournament wasn't particularly good. In fact, there is only one limit line that can go fast, but the faster you drive, the greater the risk. Constantly setting lap times and achieving pole position, he really showed an extraordinary fight. Huang Jian said.
For the performance of the disciple in the Xiamen event, coach Kuang Minghui also gave full affirmation, "Very hard, beyond his usual level!" ”
Kwong Minghui told reporters that in the case of rainy days in qualifying, drivers usually behave cautiously and play with reservations. "Generally, it can be lined up in a good position to avoid people and cars falling down and affecting the later races."
Guo Xiaopeng went all out to fight to the end without reservation, and after a few rounds, he finally won the first place in the rain qualifying competition.
"In this competition, he is very strict with himself. Every time you corner, you can't afford to make mistakes, and you have to be fast. Mr. Pan is a good friend of Guo Xiaopeng, the two met last year, and this year they participated in the Red Shan Motorcycle King Invitational Race together.
Mr. Pan told reporters that this competition was Guo Xiaopeng's first attempt at a 600CC model, and he borrowed a friend's racing car and bought a second-hand tire, but the racing car still lacked accessories. "At that time, we thought that it was over, and it might not be able to compare, so Xiao Peng immediately made a styling comparison with the paper and went to the hardware store to make accessories."
In such a situation, when Guo Xiaopeng cried with joy when he saw Guo Xiaopeng win the fastest lap of the Yudi qualifying race, everyone around was moved by him. "All of us were happy for him, and when we saw him crying later, everyone's eyes were red. ”
good intentions
After the game, Guo Xiaopeng thanked him on social media for the kindness he had gained along the way.
He introduced himself as Guo Xiaopeng, who rode the 30,000 yuan R6 race, "Some bosses sponsored my leather clothes, and some bosses sponsored my registration fees and travel expenses, and I will work hard and work hard again."
He also thanked his girlfriend for supporting him silently. "She unconditionally supported me in motorsport, preferring to save money, not buy cosmetics or clothes, and firmly believed in me and helped me."
Guo Xiaopeng told his girlfriend that many people think that he is still so naïve at the age of 27, and he is delusional about improving his life by cycling. "I laugh at myself for being as black as a piece of charcoal in the sun and rain every day, but you comfort me that the dazzling diamond is also carbon."
Guo Xiaopeng
Racing is considered to be an expensive sport that burns money.
"It's cool to be a driver, you have a whole team for you, a driver to transport the car, a professional mechanic to fix the car. Of course, money is a must for all this. Berlin, a car blogger, has had several encounters with Guo Xiaopeng.
He told reporters: "Xiao Peng is not cool at all, there is no technician to help the car, he just parked the car against the wall, he didn't dare to crash in the practice match, and the main race will be over." In order to save money, the car was directly taken from Guangzhou to Xiamen. ”
The two met at the Xiamen Circuit a year ago and added WeChat friends to each other, "In the past, Xiao Peng's personality signature was 'practice for three hours a day and three hours of theoretical knowledge on rainy days'."
Racing, too, comes with high risks.
Mr. Pan told reporters that for the thrifty Guo Xiaopeng, he did not even dare to allow himself to be injured during training. "Don't dare to crash the car, because it means spending a lot of money to repair the car, and people will get hurt."
At first, Guo Xiaopeng was an assistant coach at the racing club. "Actually, the salary in the motorcycle industry is generally low, but he can get in touch with racing, so he started to slowly get in touch with the track during his work, which may be one step closer to his dream."
"He's also a person who doesn't hesitate to share." When Mr. Pan first got into racing, Guo Xiaopeng often took him to practice. "He taught me a lot of skills on how to take the track and how to improve."
Mr. Pan did not plan to participate in the Hongshan Motorcycle King Motorcycle Invitational Race held in Xiamen. "But Xiao Peng has always encouraged me to give it a try, and I usually practice so hard, I should try it."
Hardwork
Regarding the popularity of his beloved apprentice Guo Xiaopeng, coach Kuang Minghui was full of emotion, and said "lucky" three times in a row, and then said with a smile, "This is a modest statement".
Kwong Minghui and Guo Xiaopeng's acquaintance is slightly dramatic.
In March last year, Kwong Minghui took several students from the club to Zhuhai Circuit to test for driver certificates, and one of them suggested that "two friends also want to go together", and Kwong Minghui readily agreed.
On the international racing track in Zhuhai, watching the 600CC motorcycles whistling past him like the wind, Guo Xiaopeng let out bursts of exclamations, with a childlike excited smile on his face.
"His love for racing was infectious." Kwong Minghui said.
Later, in the group chat of drivers across the country, Kuang Minghui accidentally saw a familiar name in a rookie event, "Guo Xiaopeng rookie group runner-up".
"The lad is at a good level." Kwong Minghui's club is developing well, and he urgently needs an assistant coach to help him manage and train students, so he threw an olive branch to Guo Xiaopeng.
Guo Xiaopeng, who was still in a racing club in Qingyuan at that time, took his girlfriend to Dongguan for an interview. Faced with a series of conditions provided by Kuang Minghui, such as salary, food and housing, free practice tickets, and annual insurance, Guo Xiaopeng readily agreed, "These are what I want."
For this reason, his girlfriend also quit her job in Qingyuan, accompanied him to Dongguan, found a job in a bubble tea shop near the club, and silently supported Guo Xiaopeng to realize his racing dream.
As an assistant coach, Guo Xiaopeng is responsible for a lot of heavy and trivial work in the club every day, helping students learn and train, planning routes, etc., and only when he is free does he have a little time for his own racing training, "an average of about one or two hours a day".
Guo Xiaopeng competes in the rain
Kwong Minghui was impressed by the fact that this guy from Lianzhou, Qingyuan in 1997 was always tireless on the racing track, with "hard work that does not admit defeat", in the Guiyang event, Guo Xiaopeng, as the champion of the sprint race, and another driver collided when competing for the championship of the finals, and both threw off the track, but Guo Xiaopeng still got up and picked up the car and insisted on finishing the race and won the third place.
In the chat, Kwong Minghui once asked Guo Xiaopeng about his future racing career plan, and he replied simply and forcefully with three words, "I want to win!" ”
Kwong Minghui said that in the future, the club will adopt a gradual approach to the training of Guo Xiaopeng, and it is unclear whether he will follow the path of a professional driver. Guo Xiaopeng has not yet obtained a racing certificate, and his current driving skills have not reached the level of professional drivers, professional drivers need team operations, commercial sponsorship and other resources in addition to driving skills.
He hopes that Guo Xiaopeng can maintain a sober understanding of the sudden popularity.
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From unknown to overnight fame, how can ordinary people catch the "splashing" traffic? Kwong's concern is not unreasonable.
Since Guo Xiaopeng won the fastest lap of the rainy qualifying race, many netizens compared it with the second-place professional driver Qin Tao, ridiculing Qin Tao for "riding 300,000 R6 and being chased by Guo Xiaopeng's 30,000 R6", lamenting that Guo Xiaopeng held the counterattack script.
On the evening of May 8, Qin Tao posted a video to explain: "It was raining heavily and the venue was very slippery, so I think it was possible to finish this qualifying race in a more conservative and safe way." ”
He also praised Guo Xiaopeng: "He set a new lap time, which I really didn't expect, he is still quite hardworking, this fighting spirit is exactly what we need on the field." ”
In the comments in the comment area, some people think that "Qin Tao is still not convinced if he loses", and some people say that "ordinary people like to watch the story of the grassroots overturning the kryptonite boss".
Guo Xiaopeng did not "float", but modestly replied in the comment area, "Qin Tao's strength is undoubted, he is my goal and idol." Please see the reality clearly, my strength is far inferior to his. It's been my greatest pleasure to be with him. ”
After the bitterness came hard, when this realistic version of "Flying Life" became popular, in the face of overwhelming praise, Guo Xiaopeng calmly reviewed: "In fact, in motorsports, losing is the norm, and winning is only occasional." Just because I can win this fight doesn't mean I'm going to win all the time, so I think it's important to keep learning and improving as I lose. ”
On May 10, Guo Xiaopeng told reporters that he is currently preparing for the competition in Chengdu.
Guo Xiaopeng
Zeng Qichang is the general manager of Guo Xiaopeng's Yueqi Racing Club. He remembers that on May 2 last year, coach Kwong Minghui brought the thin Guo Xiaopeng to the club and introduced to the company that this was a potential racing seedling, hoping to come in and learn slowly.
In the face of the evaluation on the Internet that "Guo Xiaopeng has completely reached or even surpassed the level of professional drivers", Zeng Qichang admitted to reporters: "The young man has a strong learning ability, works hard, and grows very fast!" ”
However, he believes that Guo Xiaopeng is still not a professional driver, and there is still a long way to go from a professional driver.
He said that when Guo Xiaopeng returns to the club from Chengdu, he will "change guns", and the club is considering updating and upgrading a series of his existing equipment, including cars, shoes, clothes and helmets, etc., and now a number of sponsors are contacting the club to provide sponsorship for Guo Xiaopeng.