2009年9月27日 星期日
獵殺代理人
2009年9月14日 星期一
衝刺啦
2009年9月7日 星期一
好亂阿
2009年8月24日 星期一
綠光畢業前一周
Barrichello returns Brawn to winning ways in Spain
Rubens Barrichello已經説他會替Brawn GP拿到勝利說了一整年,他終於在瓦倫西亞實現諾言,一切盡在掌握中的衝線,領先McLaren車隊的Lewis Hamilton兩秒奪冠。
The world champion led at the start as expected, from McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen, both using their KERS to keep Barrichello in third place. Behind them, Kimi Raikkonen thrust up to fourth, also using the Ferrari's KERS button. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel went with them after seeing off Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, whose race soon collapsed with tyre graining issues which sent him backwards early on.
現役世界冠軍Lewis Hamilton的起跑跟預期中的一樣不錯,在隊友Heikki Kovalainen掩護下,兩台車皆使用KERS,讓Barrichello維持在第三位。在他們之後的是一樣用上KERS,衝到第四的Kimi Raikkonen。Red Bull車隊的Sebastian Vettel跑在第六,Jenson Button則遇到輪胎粒化的問題而速度大減。
Hamilton led until his first pit stop on Lap 16, leaving Kovalainen to take over on the 17th, when he too stopped. Thereafter Barrichello ran another three laps before refuelling. That put his Brawn ahead of Kovalainen for the middle stint. Behind them, Raikkonen had no trouble keeping fourth ahead of Williams’ Nico Rosberg and Renault’s Fernando Alonso, leaving Mark Webber to fight with Button.
Hamilton一直領先到第16圈進站,由Kovalainen在第17圈進站前繼續領先,Barrichello又多跑了3圈才進站加油,如此在中段後Brawn GP便跑在Kovalainen之前。Raikkonen則一直順利守在第四位,跑在Williams車隊的Nico Rosberg和Renault車隊的Fernando Alonso之前,Mark Webber則在後面和Button纏鬥。
Hamilton had a lead of 3.6s over Barrichello by Lap 36, but when he pitted again a lap later McLaren did not have his front tyres ready after a late request to him to do one more lap came just as he was about to enter the pits. That delay proved costly - though the team insisted it didn't cost them the win - and when Barrichello pitted from the lead on Lap 40 he was able to resume ahead of Hamilton.
在第36圈時,Hamilton還領先Barrichello有3.6秒,車隊在他進站時才指示他要再多跑一圈,所以當Hamilton再次進站時,車隊人員還沒準備好他的前輪,經過這樣的延遲就要付出代價,即使車隊認為這不是他們沒有取勝的原因,之後在第40圈時,Barrichello在領先狀況進站後出站還是繼續領先Hamilton。
The Briton kept the pressure on Barrichello all the way, but could not close the gap by more than a couple of tenths each lap until the Brazilian backed off right at the end, and it came down from 3.9s to 2.3s. Raikkonen jumped Kovalainen on the second stop, and the ‘other’ Finn had his hands full holding off an aggressive Rosberg in the final laps.
之後Hamilton繼續向Barrichello施壓,但是每圈消掉0.1秒還是不能拉近差距,到Barrichello衝過終點時,差距從3.9秒縮短到2.3秒。Raikkonen則在第二次進站超越了Kovalainen,Kovalainen 則在最後一圈全力守住了來勢洶洶的Rosberg。
Webber also lost out on the second stop, crucially dropping behind both Button and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica. Thus seventh place behind Alonso was enough for Button to increase his championship lead by two points to 72. He was the fastest man on the track for a long time in the closing laps on Bridgestone’s super-soft tyres, until they went off and he had to abandon his pursuit of the Renault. Kubica hung on ahead of Webber to score the final point.
Webber也在第二次進站失去位置,落在Button和BMW Sauber車隊的Robert Kubica之後。Button排在Alonso後面拿到第七名取得兩分積分,使他的積分累積到了72分。他使用普利司通的超軟胎在比賽尾聲做出了最快圈速,並且直到比賽結束前才放棄追擊前方的雷諾賽車。Kubica則在Webber前方拿下最後的一分。
2009年8月20日 星期四
McLaren: we want to keep Kovalainen, but he’ll have to improve
For a driver without a confirmed seat for next season, it must be a worrying time. And while team boss Martin Whitmarsh is full of praise for the Finn, he also revealed that he will be looking for an improvement in his driver’s results over the coming Grands Prix, if the 27 year-old is to keep his race drive.
According to Whitmarsh, one of Kovalainen’s strengths is his qualifying ability. And he wants his driver to concentrate on maintaining his Saturday pace, which has seen him clinch two consecutive sixth-place grid slots over the last two races,
據Whitmarsh所說,Kovalainen的優勢是他在排位賽的表現,Kovalainen在最近兩次比賽排位皆在第七排,而他也希望Kovalainen能專注維持週六時的表現,才能提升在正賽中的表現而拿到關鍵的分數。
"他的排位表現很好,也做出一些很好的成績,而他必須在這場比賽拿到好的排位並贏得比賽",Whitmarsh補充說。"這就是他要專注的事,而我為此也與他溝通過,在週日下午他開始思考如何應付Spa賽道,這就是我們要他專注的事"。
一些德國車手,包括BMW車隊的Nick Heidfeld、威廉斯車隊的Nico Rosberg 和 Force India的 Adrian Sutil,都有消息說將取代Kovalainen明年在麥拉倫車隊的位置,Whitmarsh則馬上對這些謠言做出否定,聲明他們並沒有與任何車手有作協商的動作。
“I can confirm that contrary to some of the speculation we are not in discussions with any drivers outside this team at the moment,” he concluded. “In terms of nationality, some nationalities from a marketing perspective are obviously more convenient. But I think McLaren continues to have the strategy and policy that we will get the two best drivers that we can in our cars every season, and that is what we will continue to do.”
2009年8月19日 星期三
Capirossi drops hint on 2010 continuation
With the news of Álvaro Bautista’s signing by Rizla Suzuki team for 2010 confirmed on Sunday the next big question surrounding the team is, ‘who will he be riding with?’
在週日宣佈Álvaro Bautista將在2010年加入Suzuki廠隊後,下一個圍繞著車隊的問題是,'誰會是他的隊友'。
Current riders Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen both see their Suzuki contracts run out at the end of this season and the team is yet to make any announcement about who will partner new boy Bautista in the box next season.
目前的兩位車手Loris Capirossi 和 Chris Vermeulen的合約都到今年為止,而車隊也還沒預告誰會在下一季和Bautista成為隊友。
However, Capirossi gave a big hint of how things could work out when he said on Monday, “I think the team have made a great choice to pick Álvaro because he is a very strong rider and I believe he will be very comfortable in the team. Everyone here is very relaxed and I am happy to be able to work with him.”
無論如何,Capirossi在週一的訪問中,對這件事做了一些暗示,"我認為車隊選擇了Álvaro是個很棒的決定,他是個有實力的車手,我想他會和車隊相處愉快,車隊的大家都很享受,我也很高興可以和他一起共事"。
An official announcement on the situation is expected in the coming weeks, but for the time being Capirossi’s job is to improve the competitiveness of the Suzuki race package - and he did a good job on Sunday and Monday in the Czech Republic.
官方聲明預期將會在下週宣布,現在對Capirossi最重要的做就是繼續增進Suzuki賽車的競爭力,他在捷克站週日和週一的表現都很不錯。
With a new chassis and a new engine incorporated into the GSV-R this weekend Capirossi produced a solid fifth place in the Brno race and then ended up fourth on the test timesheet. He commented, “We were quite satisfied with how things went in the test. We rode all through the morning, trying settings and working on the new chassis, which seems to be better. In the afternoon we also did a few laps in the rain to try a few more things and that also went quite well.”
GSV-R賽車在上週末換上新車架和新引擎,Capirossi在捷克站拿下第五,在測試成績排在第四。他評論說,"我們對於測試時,事情的發展感到放心,我們一整個早上都在測試,試試新車架的設定,現在看來成績不錯。在下午我們也在濕地跑了幾圈測試一些情況,同樣的結果也很好"。
