Romain Grosjean to race for Renault

Renault have announced that third driver Romain Grosjean will race for the team at this weekend’s European Grand Prix, and for the rest of the 2009 season. Grosjean will drive alongside Fernando Alonso and replaces Nelson Piquet, who revealed he had parted company with the squad earlier this month.

雷諾車隊宣佈隊上的第三車手Romain Grosjean會在這週末的歐洲站出賽，並且跑完這個2009年賽季。Nelson Piquet在這個月稍早透露他已經被車隊除名後，Romain Grosjean將取代Nelson Piquet的位置，成為Fernando Alonso的新隊友，

"I am very proud that Renault have given me the chance to become a race driver,” said Grosjean. “I'm looking forward to driving the R29 and helping the team get the best results possible. It's also an honour to be Fernando's team mate and to make my Formula One debut alongside a double world champion is especially motivating."

"對於雷諾車隊給我機會上場比賽，我感覺很自豪"，Grosjean表示。"我很期待駕駛R29，並且幫助車隊盡可能取得最好的成績，能成為Fernando的隊友是很大的榮譽，並且在首次上場就能和兩屆世界冠軍並肩比賽給我很大的激勵"。

The 23 year-old Frenchman joined Renault’s driver development programme in 2006, after winning the French Formula Renault title. In 2007 he was Formula Three Euro Series champion and in 2008 he won the GP2 Asia Series. This season, Grosjean has been racing in GP2 and had scored two victories before being called on to make his Formula One debut.

這位23歲的法國車手贏得了法國雷諾方程式冠軍後，在2006年參加雷諾的車手培育計畫。2007年他拿到歐洲F3冠軍，2008年拿到亞洲GP2冠軍，這一季在他被叫上F1前，他已經拿下兩場GP2勝利了。

"We are happy to give Romain the chance to start racing with the team,” said the Renault team’s managing director, Flavio Briatore. “He is an impressive young talent and we expect him to show his skills driving alongside Fernando as we take an aggressive approach to the second half of the season. "

我們很高興能有機會給Romain代表車隊出賽"，雷諾車隊的車隊經理Flavio Briatore表示。"他有令人印象深刻的天賦，我們希望在下半賽季他可以跟Fernando並肩比賽，發揮他的天賦"。

"We would also like to thank Nelson for his contribution during the time he has been with us and wish him all the best for the future."

"我們也要感謝Nelson在與我們共事期間所做的貢獻，並且對他未來給予我們最大的祝福"。

Piquet, who began his competitive Formula One career with Renault in 2008, had endured a tough 2009 campaign, failing to score points at any of the opening ten races. Following Grosjean’s promotion to the race seat, GP2 frontrunner Lucas Di Grassi will assume third driver duties for the French team in Valencia.

Piquet的F1生涯在2008年加入雷諾車隊開始，在2009年賽季非常不順利，至今十場分站中一分未得。在Grosjean升為正式車手後，GP2的領先者Lucas Di Grassi 將在瓦倫西亞站成為這支法國車隊的第三車手。