Ferrari: diffuser decision will mean ‘fundamental’ changes

Ferrari have admitted they now plan to make significant changes to their 2009 car after the failure of their appeal against the rear diffusers used by the rival Brawn, Toyota and Williams teams.

在上訴布朗車隊、豐田車隊和威廉斯車隊的後擴散器失敗後，法拉利承認他們現在正計畫對他們2009年賽車做一些顯著的改變。

Ferrari, along with three other teams, had disputed the legality of the double-decker designs, thought to be worth at least half a second per lap. Now, after the FIA’s International Court of Appeal (ICA) gave the designs the all-clear, the world champions say they have no choice but to modify the F60.

法拉利不同於其他三隊，沒有使用雙層擴散器，一直以來都在爭論其合法性，因為有無雙層擴散器至少每圈差了半秒。現在FIA 的ICA會議後宣布這項設計是合乎規則的，這支冠軍車隊說他們別無選擇只有修改F60賽車。

"Unfortunately this decision forces us to intervene on fundamental areas of the car's design in order to be able to compete on an equal footing with some of the teams from a point of view of the technical regulations,” said team principal Stefano Domenicali. “And that will take time and money.”

"不幸的，這個判決逼使我們必須更改車子的核心基礎設計，才可以和其他車隊從技術規章上取得相同的立足點"，Stefano Domenicali表示。"而且這會花上許多時間和金錢"。

The Court’s findings come as another blow to Ferrari, who have had a torrid start to their 2009 season, with neither Felipe Massa nor Kimi Raikkonen scoring in the first two races. In a bid to turn things around, the Italian team have already restructured their operations ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix and the diffuser verdict now brings even more work.

法庭的判決給法拉利也帶來另一些打擊，他們車隊裡在目前賽季是個很糟的開始，不論是Felipe Massa 還是 Kimi Raikkonen在開季的前兩場比賽都很艱辛。現在企圖要扭轉這個情形，這支義大利車隊已經重新建立這個周末上海站的運作流程，而擴散器的判決帶來更多工作。

“We will now double our efforts to get the team back to the highest level of competitivity," added Domenicali, who saw Massa and Raikkonen finish second and third respectively behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in Shanghai last year.

"我們將會加倍努力來讓對回到最高競爭力的狀態"，Domenicali 再補充說。Domenicali 去年也見到Massa 和 Raikkonen 在上海站的表現，分別在麥拉倫車手 Lewis Hamilton 後面以二、三名完賽。