"Nah!"
Inside Little Sheep, Lilligant and Lopunny, visiting the Yunying Mountains banquet hall for the first time, began making a fuss.
The temporary crystal-house-like building, decorated with colorful lights, held considerable appeal for Pokémon.
"Why didn't you drop by the banquet when you competed in T2?"
Even eliminated drivers were eligible to attend the T2 banquet.
Lilligant shook her head.
After being knocked out in the first round, she really hadn't been in the mood to have fun. She and Lopunny had reviewed and reflected on their shortcomings, and then came Shen Qi's trip to Sinnoh.
"Then let loose and have fun today."
The second round of the T2 Expansion Race was tomorrow, but Shen Qi felt almost no pressure. With his Pokémon beside him, his heart was filled with anticipation for fierce competition and enjoyment of the race.
That morning, Shen Qi had familiarized Florges, Golurk, Lopunny, and Lilligant-the Pokémon who would serve as his team's mechanics for this race-with removing and fitting Little Sheep's tires.
Lilligant and Lopunny hardly needed to learn anything, while Florges had traveled far and wide in her food truck, so changing tires was a small matter for her too.
Golurk simply had to follow instructions and handle some physical labor, so the training soon ended.
In fact, in F1 racing and the more demanding clubs of the Pokémon world, tire-changing crews and related engineering personnel needed repeated practice. They would spend a training cycle relentlessly practicing high-speed tire removal and fitting, even cutting pit stops that included tire changes and refueling down to three or four seconds.
Race cars in the Pokémon world certainly couldn't work that way. After all, they raced on rough trails most of the time, so naturally, their wheels couldn't be designed for removal and fitting in just two