2009年7月15日 星期三

Ask the Expert - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

What was McLaren's first Grand Prix car called? What is the capital city of Finland? At which race did Ayrton Senna score his first Formula One victory? How many constructors’ championships and drivers’ titles have McLaren won? And what was the Pussy Cat Dolls’ first Number One record? These are just some of the questions we thought Lewis Hamilton would take in his stride after he agreed to be the latest participant in our personal trivia test, ‘Ask the Expert’...

麥拉倫的第一台GP賽車叫什麼名字?芬蘭的首都是哪裡?在那一場比賽洗拿拿下他的F1首勝?麥拉倫拿過幾個製造商和車手冠軍頭銜?小野貓合唱團的第一張冠軍專輯是什麼名字?以上是一些我們認為Lewis Hamilton會知道答案的生活小事,現在他是我們訪問專家的最新來賓。

Q: Your team mate Heikki Kovalainen is Finnish. What is the capital city of Finland?
Lewis Hamilton: Helsinki
Correct

Q:你的隊友Heikki Kovalainen是位芬蘭人。請問芬蘭的首都是哪裡?
Lewis Hamilton: Helsinki
正確答案

Q: What was the Pussy Cat Dolls’ first Number One record?
LH: Don’t Cha. I should know that one, shouldn’t I!
Correct - Hamilton’s girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger is lead singer of the US group.

Q:小野貓合唱團的第一張冠軍專輯是那張?
LH:Don't Cha,我一定要知道答案,不是嗎?
正確-Hamilton的女友Nicole Scherzinger是這個美國團體的團長

Q: How much does it cost to join your official fan club?
LH: With this question you really caught me on the wrong foot. Sorry, no idea.
Incorrect - adults £65 / €90 / $140; children: £20 / €40 / $60

Q:加入你的官方車迷俱樂部要付多少錢?
LH:這問題真的難倒我了,抱歉,我不知道
錯誤-成人65英鎊(90歐元、140美金);小孩20英鎊(40歐元、60美金)

Q: You were born in Stevenage. Can you name three other famous people to have come from the Hertfordshire town?
LH: Let me think: Ashley Young and Jack Wilshere, both footballers. Sorry, but then my memory passes out.
Two out of three ain’t bad - an easy third would have been actor Rupert Grint, otherwise known as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

Q:你在Stevenage出生。你可以說出三位也是Hertfordshire出生的名人嗎?
LH:讓我想想,Ashley Young 和 Jack Wilshere 都是足球員,抱歉,但是我想不出來了。
說出兩個也不算太差-簡單的答案是演員Rupert Grint,大家最知道的是他在哈利波特扮演榮恩衛斯禮

Q: When, where and in what series did you enjoy your first single-seater victory?
LH: I should know that - it’s my life! It was Formula Renault at Thruxton in 2002.
Full marks - 16 June 2002, to be precise.

Q:你在何時、何地、哪個系列賽贏得第一個單座賽車勝利?
LH:我當然要知道-這是我的人生!是02年的Thruxton站、雷諾方程式賽車

Q: Can you explain oversteer in fewer than 15 words?
LH: When the front turns in so sharp that the rear steps out.
Correct

Q:你可以用不超過15字解釋什麼是轉向過度嗎?
LH:當前輪激烈轉向,後輪被向外甩
正確

Q: What was long-time McLaren team principal Ron Dennis’ first job in Formula One racing?
LH: He started as a mechanic.
Correct - with the Cooper team in the mid 1960s.

Q:麥拉倫的車隊經理Ron Dennis在F1的第一份工作是什麼?
LH:他從工程師開始做起
正確-他60年代中期在Cooper車隊工作

Q: Whereabouts on your car’s livery is team partner SAP advertised?
LH: This is my workplace! On the nose.
Correct

Q:車隊的合作夥伴SAP的廣告未再你的車身塗裝哪一部份?
LH:這是我的工作場地!標籤放在前鼻翼上
正確

Q: What was the McLaren team’s first Grand Prix car called?
LH: Must be something beginning with an M, but sorry, I don’t know.
Incorrect - McLaren Ford M2B.

Q:麥拉倫車隊的第一台GP賽車叫什麼名字?
LH:一定是個M開頭的名字,不過不好意思,我不知道
錯誤-McLaren Ford M2B

Q: How many constructors’ championships and drivers’ titles have McLaren won in total?
LH: That part of the team history I know: 12 drivers’ and eight constructors’ titles.
Correct

Q:麥拉倫總共贏過幾個製造商冠軍和車手冠軍頭銜?
LH:這部份的車隊歷史我知道:12個車手總冠軍頭銜、8個製造商總冠軍頭銜
正確

Q: Bruce McLaren scored his team’s first victory at which race?
LH: Spa? Don’t know exactly the year, 1967 or ‘68…
Good enough - the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix.

Q:Bruce McLaren 在哪場比賽拿到車隊的第一場勝利?
LH:Spa賽道嗎?不清楚確實的年份,1967或是68年吧..
回答的夠好了-1968年的比利時站

Q: Last year you became the youngest-ever world champion. Who remains the oldest driver to take their first title?
LH: Was it Fangio? Ascari? No? No idea.
Incorrect - Nino Farina was 43 when he won the 1950 championship. Although a 46 year-old Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 world championship, it was his fifth drivers’ title.

Q:去年你成為最年輕的世界冠軍。請問誰是拿到第一個冠軍頭銜時最老的車手?
LH:是Fangio嗎? Ascari? 不是?我不知道
錯誤-Nino Farina 贏得1950年的世界冠軍,那時他43歲。即使Juan Manuel Fangio 以46歲年齡拿下1957年世界冠軍,但是那已經是他第五個世界冠軍頭銜。

Q: You clinched your first pole position and your first win at the same event - the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. Which other current F1 drivers managed the same feat, albeit at different venues?
LH: Webber, of course. The other one, let me think. Was it Felipe?
Correct - Felipe Massa at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix and Webber at the 2009 German Grand Prix. He could also have mentioned Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

Q:你在07年加拿大站拿下首個竿位和首勝。儘管是在不同地點,請問哪些現役車手也有同樣的成績?
LH:當然有Webber,另一個呢,我想一下,是Felipe嗎?
正確-Felipe Massa 在06年的土耳其站和Webber 在09年的德國站都拿到生涯首勝和竿位。還要表揚一下Sebastian Vettel ,在08年的義大利站也拿到首勝和竿位

Q: Can you guess how many test kilometres you covered last year?
LH: Must have been a lot. Over 8000?
Half marks - pretty close. The actual answer is 9090.

Q:你可以猜出你去年跑了多長的測試里程數嗎?
LH:那一定很多。超過8000嗎?
半對-非常接近,正確數目是9090公里

Q: How many points, wins and pole positions have you scored so far during your Formula One career?
LH: 216, 9 wins and 13 poles.
Full marks

Q:請問你目前F1生涯中拿過幾分、分站冠軍和竿位?
LH:216分、九勝、13個竿位
完全正確

Q: Fresh from winning the drivers’ title in 1996, your fellow British driver Damon Hill moved teams and endured a tough follow-up season. What team did he move to and where in the standings did he finish that year?
LH: He moved to Arrows and I believe he finished quite far back - was it ninth?
Half marks - he finished 12th.

Q:改變了英國車手自96年後沒有拿過世界冠軍紀錄,當年的冠軍Damon Hill隔年轉隊並且度過了一個艱難的賽季。請問他轉去哪隊並且當年排名是多少?
LH:他轉去Arrows並且我相信名次一定很後面-是第九嗎?
對一半-他拿到第十二名

Q: One of your driver heroes is Ayrton Senna. At which race did Senna score his first Formula One victory?
LH: I should know that one. Must have been 1985 in a John Player Lotus, in Portugal.
Spot on

Q:Ayrton Senna 是你崇拜的車手之一。在哪一場比賽他拿到生涯首勝?
LH:這我應該知道。一定是1985年在Portugal
記上一分

Q: In what year was the McLaren team founded?
LH: 1963.
Correct

Q:在那一年麥拉倫車隊成立?
LH:1963年
正確

Q: Your team mate Kovalainen has so far won one championship during his motorsport career. In which series did he claim the title?
LH: World Series (by Nissan)
Correct - in 2004.

Q:你的隊友Kovalainen在他的職業生涯中,到目前為止贏過一次錦標,請問是哪一個系列賽?
LH:Nissan的世界錦標賽
正確-在2004年

Q: Can you guess how many laps you led races for during the 2008 season?
LH: Must have been around 300.
Close enough - 294 to be precise.

Q:你可以猜出08年賽季中你全部的領先圈數是多少?
LH:一定是300圈左右
夠接近了-精確的說是294圈

Final score: 22.5 points from a possible 28
最後成績:28中拿到22.5

Ask the Expert rating: 80%

Current leader board:
1. Heikki Kovalainen - 86%
2. Mark Webber - 84%
3. Lewis Hamilton - 80%
4. Kazuki Nakajima - 73%
5. Sebastien Buemi - 72%
6. Robert Kubica - 70%
7. Jenson Button - 69%
8. Giancarlo Fisichella - 68%
9. Nico Rosberg - 66%
10= Sebastian Vettel - 64%
10= Rubens Barrichello - 64%
12. Jarno Trulli - 58%
13. Nick Heidfeld - 57%
14. Adrian Sutil - 54%

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