📰 Fantastic Man October 2026 article for #WangYibo’s cover issue as the only celebrity in their elite lineup of “People of the Year”. He talked about the sports he love, particularly racing, and his competitiveness. Wang Yibo: I have been struggling with myself for a long time. Over the past year, Wang Yibo has pushed himself to different speeds. Beyond the Paris Fashion Week cameras, he ventured into the mountains to film the Season 2 of Exploring The Unknown, pushing himself to even greater limits on rock faces and high altitudes; then he became race car driver #85, repeatedly breaking his personal best lap times during preparation and competition. These things seem to belong to different worlds, but they share a common thread in Wang Yibo’s life: he is always seeking opportunities to fully immerse and challenge himself. Control, loss of control, and then control more—from muscles and emotions to the innate desire for control within a person. In September, we met him in Shanghai. It was a few days before the start of the China GT Championship Shanghai round, before the new high-speed competition began. Wang Yibo continues to explore the limits of his body through sports. That’s a whole different world: while dancing requires ultimate control over one’s muscles, the sports he’s passionate about—skateboarding, skiing, rock climbing, and racing—all demand finding a balance between control and loss of control. He found true freedom within the pressure imposed by nature. This is probably why Wang Yibo is so fascinated by these sports: people develop a very specific relationship with their bodies. The body remembers each instance of loss of control, panic, and mistakes, and it also remembers how a person adjusts, starts afresh, and surpasses themselves. For him, attention and applause are both a reward and a personal emotional experience. Spectators only care about the immediate win or loss, but the story between driver Wang Yibo #85 and racing has lasted for seven years, and he has gained something more important than winning. He has always admitted that he is a competitive person, but in racing, he has gradually learned to control his desire for control, accept the existence of the uncontrollable, or rather, learn to let go. Wang Yibo, as seen at the work site, remained very quiet throughout. But quiet doesn’t mean there’s no competition. In his inner world, he’s constantly competing with himself, pushing his physical limits and mental resilience on the long journey of life. Unbeknownst to him, this competition has long since become a battle with himself. If once isn’t enough, do it again—this is the practice that driver 85 always followed. 🔗 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Fhon7aKTM…