De Puniet content to extend top ten run

Randy de Puniet’s 2009 campaign continues to be a stark contrast to his crash-affected 2008 season, and the Frenchman kept his LCR Honda satellite RC212V upright again on Sunday – unlike several of his MotoGP rivals, with only 12 riders crossing the finishing line at Laguna Seca.

Randy de Puniet 的09年賽季表現與去年意外的一季相比特別突出，相比於GP場上的其他對手，這位法國車手繼續讓他們的LCR Honda RC212V 調教走在正確的方向上，在週日的美國站只有十二位車手通過終點線。

De Puniet was the ninth of those 12 to do so and whilst it was not a spectacular result he now has six top tens from eight races to his name this year.

De Puniet 在完賽車手中排在第九名，這對他來說不算特別好的成績，他今年的八場比賽中有六場在前十名完賽。

Indeed, with less than half the season gone he is already just three points away from matching his total for the entire 2008 campaign and is certainly doing exactly the kind of job required of him by team boss Lucio Cecchinello at present.

值得一提的是，在跑完半個賽季後，他累積的積分比去年一整年的積分只相差三分。De Puniet的好表現也要歸功於現在的車隊老闆 Lucio Cecchinello。

Looking back over Sunday’s 32-lap race, which he commenced from 14th on the grid, De Puniet remarked, “I am quite satisfied as it was hard to expect a better result starting from the fifth row on this ‘up-and-down’ track. I struggled with grip problems from Friday and we tried to make some adjustments but in the end the bike was not at 100%. My start was not brilliant and I hit some traffic in the first few laps, but after that my rhythm was good enough to pass a few riders.”

回顧周日三十二圈的比賽過程，De Puniet 在第十四位出發，他評論說"在這個高低起伏的賽道"，我很難預期拿到比第五排再更好的排位成績了。從週五我一直被抓地力問題困擾，而且我們試著做一些調整但是最後賽車還是沒有在100%的最佳狀態。我的起跑不是很順利，在一開始遇到些事故，但是之後我的節奏很好可以超掉一些車手。

He went on to say, “We decided to go for a softer rear tyre which was a good choice for the beginning of the race, but grip from the rear tyre dropped with ten laps to go. Still, this is another productive result for me and the team as I am sitting in ninth place in the championship.”

他繼續說，"我們決定用較軟的胎比賽，在起跑時這是個不錯的決定，但是後輪的抓地力在最後十圈的時候降低了。當然，第九名這成績對我和車隊而言還是不錯"