2009年5月14日 星期四

Ask the Expert - Williams’ Nico Rosberg

What are the highest mountains in Germany and Finland? What did Frank Williams sell before he focused his attentions on motorsport? Which other famous sportsman was born in the German city of Wiesbaden? And what is the typical cruising speed and altitude for a long-haul commercial jet? These are just some of the questions we thought Williams’ Nico Rosberg would take in his stride after he agreed to be the latest participant in our personal trivia test, ‘Ask the Expert’...

德國和芬蘭最高的山是哪座?在 Frank Williams 投入賽車運動前,他是賣什麼的? 有哪位知名運動選手也是德國的 Wiesbaden人?長途商業噴射機的省油飛行速度和飛行高度是多少? 以上是我們對威廉斯車手 Nico Rosberg 的部份提問,他應允成為我們"訪問專家"的最新來賓。 

Q: Last year, your team boss Frank Williams celebrated his 600th Grand Prix, but in what year was his first F1 entry, long before the formation of the current Williams team?
Nico Rosberg: 
The year was 1969! The race? I will have to guess… Zandvoort? 
Correct - it was in 1969, not at Zandvoort, but at the Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuic Park. Williams entered a Brabham BT26 for his friend Piers Courage.

Q: 去年你們車隊老闆Frank Williams 慶祝他的第600場GP,請問他哪一年開始參予F1,時間遠於他成立了現今的威廉斯車隊。

Nico Rosberg :在1969年,哪一場嗎? 我要猜一下了...Zandvoort 嗎?

正確- 就在1969年,但不是在Zandvoort,是在 Montjuic Park 舉辦的西班牙站,Williams 推出Brabham BT26 賽車,由他朋友Piers Courage 駕駛。

Q: You won the GP2 championship back in 2005, while your ART team mate Alexandre Premat finished in fourth. Last season, however, Premat won his own championship - in what series?
NR: 
Holy Moses! Obviously he didn’t win in DTM. Must have been the Le Mans Series.
Correct - with Audi.

Q: 你在05年贏得GP2冠軍,當時你的ART車隊隊友 Alexandre Premat 得到年度第四。無論如何, Alexandre Premat 已經贏得了一個總冠軍,請問是在哪個賽事?

NR :明顯的,他沒有贏得DTM冠軍。那就是利曼系列賽了。

正確- 並且駕駛Audi賽車

Q: At what race did your father Keke score his first Formula one victory with Williams?
NR: 
That was in Dijon in 1982. It was the Swiss GP!
Correct

Q: 在哪一場比賽,你的父親Keke Rosberg 替威廉斯車隊贏得第一場冠軍?

NR: 那是在1982年在Dijon舉辦的瑞士站。

正確

Q: How many races, drivers’ titles and constructors’ titles have Williams won?
NR: 
I think they’ve won 11 constructor’s titles and nine driver’s titles. Races? I would put that down to 90.
Zero out of three - they have won 113 races, seven drivers’ championships and nine constructors’ championships.

Q: 威廉斯車隊贏得幾個車手和製造商冠軍頭銜?

NR: 我想是11個製造商冠軍、九個車手冠軍。單站冠軍?我想是90場吧。

三個都答錯- 他們贏了113個分站冠軍、七個車手冠軍、九個製造商冠軍。

Q: You were born in Wiesbaden, but can you name another famous sportsman to have been born in the German city?
NR: 
In Wiesbaden? I didn’t know there was one. No idea.
Incorrect - tennis star John McEnroe was born on a U.S. military base at Wiesbaden.

Q: 你是在Wiesbaden 出生,但是你知道還有哪位知名運動選手也是那那出生的嗎?

NR: 在 Wiesband ? 我不清楚還有誰,沒概念。

錯誤- 網球明星John McEnroe 在Wiesaband 的美國陸軍基地出生。

Q: What was your father Keke’s best performance for McLaren?
NR: 
Second in Monaco in 1986.
Correct

Q: 你父親Keke Rosberg 在麥拉倫最好的表現是哪場?

NR: 1986年的摩納哥,得到第二名。

正確

Q: You have dual German and Finnish nationality. What is the Finnish national anthem called?
NR: 
Ah, I have no idea.
Incorrect - it is called ‘Our Land’ or in Finnish, ‘Maamme’.

Q: 你有德國和芬蘭雙國籍。請問芬蘭國歌叫什麼?

NR: 噢,我沒有概念。

錯誤- 芬蘭國歌叫"Our Land",在芬蘭話稱為"Maamme"。

Q: During his motorsport career, your team mate Kazuki Nakajima has won one single-seater championship. In which series?
NR: 
Japanese Formula Three?
Incorrect, but close - it was the Formula Toyota series in Japan in 2003.

Q: 你的隊友中島,他目前的賽車生涯中贏過一次單座賽車冠軍,請問是哪個系列賽?

NR: 日本F3 嗎?

錯誤- 但是很接近,是2003年日本的Toyota 方程式。

Q: When you made your F1 debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, you became the youngest ever driver to score a fastest lap, aged 20. Who held that record before you?
NR: 
Fernando Alonso.
Correct - Alonso scored his first aged 21 at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix.

Q: 當你06年在巴林站初次上場,你成為最年輕拿下最快單圈的車手,當時是20歲,請問在你之前的紀錄保持者是誰?

NR: Fernando Alonso 。

正確- Alonso 在03年的加拿大戰拿下最快單圈,當時他21歲。

Q: You’re a fan of chess but how many rows and columns are there on a chess board?
NR: 
Eight rows, eight columns. 
Correct

Q: 你是西洋棋的玩家,請問在棋盤上有幾行幾列?

NR: 八行八列。

正確

Q: When did Williams last take a victory and which driver scored it?
NR: 
JPM in Brazil in 2004.
Correct - it was indeed Juan Pablo Montoya.

Q: 威廉斯車隊最近的一場分站冠軍是幾時、哪位車手拿到的?

NR: JPM在04年的巴西站拿下的。

正確- 是由前威廉斯車手JPM得到的。

Q: You list climbing among your interests. Can you name the highest mountains in your ‘home’ countries of Germany and Finland?
NR: 
Wow, what a question! In Germany must be somewhere down in the Alps. Zugspitze! Correct? I’m really impressed by myself! Finland I have no clue whatsoever.
Half marks - Zugspitze in Germany, Halti (or Haltiatunturi) in Finland.

Q: 你的興趣欄裡有登山,你可以說出德國和芬蘭最高的山叫什麼名字?

NR: 噢,這是個好問題! 德國最高的山一定在阿爾卑斯山脈裡,Zugspitze 山! 沒錯吧? 我自己印象很深刻! 芬蘭的話,我就不清楚了。

對一半- 德國最高是Zugspitze,芬蘭是Halti (或稱 Haltiatunturi)

Q: With which team did Williams’ technical director Sam Michael make his Formula One debut?
NR: 
Not Jordan. Could it have been Lotus? 
Good guess - correct

Q: 威廉斯技術主管 Sam Michael 首次參加F1是在哪支車隊?

NR: 不是 Jordan ,那是Lotus 嗎?

猜的好 - 正確

Q: Your best showing in the prestigious F3 Masters event was a sixth place in 2004. Which current F1 drivers finished immediately behind you in that race in seventh and eighth places?
NR: 
Hamilton finished seventh. One more? Was Kubica eighth?
Half marks - Lewis Hamilton seventh, Nelson Piquet was eighth.

Q: 你在有名的2004年F3高手賽得到第六名。哪兩位現役F1車手再你之後衝線得到第七和第八名?

NR: Hamilton 得到第七。還有一位? 是Kubica 嗎?

答對一半 - Hamilton 得第七,Nelson Piquet 得第八。

Q: Can you name two eminent Formula One engineers who have worked under Patrick Head before going on to make a name for themselves?
NR: 
Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn.
Correct - Neil Oatley, Frank Dernie and Egbahl Hamidy were three others.

Q: 你能說出兩位著名F1工程師,在他們成名前曾在Partick Head 底下做事。

NR: Adrian Newey 和 Ross Brawn。

正確 -  Neil Oatley, Frank Dernie 和 Egbahl Hamidy 這三位也是。

Q: Before deciding on a career in motorsport, you were set to study aeronautics at university. You now spend an awful lot of time on planes. Can you tell us the typical cruising speed and altitude for a long-haul commercial jet?
NR: 
Speed: 900km/h, Altitude: 35,000 feet. Correct? Yes? So I absolutely got it spot on? Wow!
Correct - ‘wow’ indeed.

Q: 在決定投入賽車運動前,你在大學修的是航空學。你現在花很多時間在飛機上,你能否說出商業長途噴射機的省油飛行速度和飛行高度?

NR: 速度是900 Km/h,高度是三萬五千呎,正確嗎??是嗎? 所以我真的沒錯囉? 哇!

正確 - "哇" 沒錯!

Q: Frank Williams’ first job after leaving school involved selling what?
NR: 
Selling car parts? No… I read his biography but I didn’t read that.
Incorrect - he was a trainee sales representative for the Campbell’s soup company.

Q: Frank Williams 在離開學校後的第一份工作是賣什麼有關的東西?

NR: 賣車子零件? 不是...我讀過他的自傳但是我沒讀到那個。

錯誤 - 他是康寶濃湯公司的見習銷售員。

Q: Williams’ base is located near the Oxfordshire town of Wantage. What stands in the centre of the town’s market square?
NR: 
A statue. I have no idea who it is.
Half marks - it’s a statue of King Alfred the Great, who was born in Wantage in 849.

Q: 威廉斯車隊的基地位於 Wantage 的 Oxfordshire 鎮附近,請問在市中心廣場有什麼?

NR: 有一座雕像,但是我不知道那是誰。

答對一半 - 那是Alfred the Great 國王的雕像,他在849年出生於Wantage。

Q: You list backgammon among your interests. Can you tell us what a doubling cube is and what numbers would be found on it?
NR: 
2,4,8,16,32,64. I am supposed to be the best player in the paddock.
Correct - a six-sided die marked with the aforementioned numbers.

Q:你的興趣裡有列到西洋雙陸旗遊戲,你可以告訴我們雙倍方塊是什麼?還有上面有哪些數字?

NR: 上面有 2、4、8、16、32、64。我可是棋桌上最棒的玩家。

正確- 一個六面骰子各面有上述的那些數字。

Q: Returning to F3, at the 2004 Macau Grand Prix, you and Lewis Hamilton both crashed out on lap two while battling for the lead. Which current F1 driver went on to score a podium in that race?
NR: 
Kubica!
Correct - he finished second.

Q: 再回到F3,2004年的馬告站,你和Hamilton 在第二圈時爭奪領先位置而一起撞出去,哪位現役F1車手在那場比賽站上頒獎台?

NR: Kubica !

正確 - 他得到第二名。

Final score: 18.5 points from a possible 28
Ask the Expert rating: 66%

得分:28分中拿到18.5

Current leader board: 
1. 
Robert Kubica - 70%
2. 
Jenson Button - 69%
3. Nico Rosberg - 66%
4= 
Sebastian Vettel- 64%
4= 
Rubens Barrichello - 64%
6. 
Nick Heidfeld - 57%

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