Both qualifying tracks were ten kilometers long, and an abstract concept like "difficulty" could only be considered roughly equivalent. There was no need to scrutinize differences of a few seconds between results from different qualifying races. Broadly speaking, A Ding's level could be equated to Lilligant's three or four months earlier.
Further down, Little Sheep finally dropped from first to fourth as the T2 Drivers in peak condition began showing their strength. Finishing in just over eight minutes was perfectly normal.
The seventeenth entrant took the track: Driver Lizao, car Goldthread Orchid.
As competitors, they could not watch one another's races, and before their own race, they could not hear the live commentary either. They could only hear the results being announced and the reception staff's discussions.
Now that Shen Qi had finished, he could join the spectators at the starting point and listen to the live commentary.
The dark, medicinal-herb-themed body was streaked with mottled gold lines. It really did resemble the medicinal herb goldthread orchid, looking like something one wanted to steep in boiling water and drink.
The car's exterior had not undergone much modification. What differed from the factory model was its replacement one-way glass.
In other words, those inside could see out, while anyone looking in from outside saw only a dark gold coating, unable to see anything inside the cabin.
Well-made one-way glass could match ordinary car windows in transparency. The problem was that it was expensive.
Replacing all the front, rear, and side windows with racing-grade one-way glass-who knew whether 30,000 b would even cover it?
If flying stones or other moves damaged the plating or coating on the glass, repairing it would cost extra, or it might even need replacing. Over an entire season, that would probably be enough to buy a brand-new