Theissen: BMW Sauber are back in business

BMW Sauber may have only scored two points in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, but team principal Mario Theissen is convinced that the team have made significant progress with the revised car they introduced in Barcelona.

BMW車隊在週日的西班牙大賽只得了兩分，但是車隊經理 Mario Theissen 堅信他們在巴塞隆納推出的賽車有得到成效。 

“We know one thing for definite: the modifications have improved the BMW Sauber F1.09,” he told the team’s website following Nick Heidfeld’s seventh-place finish. “We have a taken a big step forwards, and are back in business.”

"我們有一件事非常確定:F1.09賽車經過修改已經有進步了"，他向車隊官網這樣表示，上一篇是Nick Heidfeld 第七名完賽的報導。"我們已經往前邁出一大步，並且正回到軌道上"。

Rather than introducing incremental changes at previous races, BMW Sauber chose to concentrate on a major upgrade package for Spain, including a new nose, sidepods and rear wing, plus revisions to the front wing, engine cover and diffuser. 

沒有在之前的比賽中引進修改的套件，BMW選擇專注在西班牙站做一個整體升級套件，包括新鼻尖、車身破風板和後尾翼，加上修改前鼻翼、引擎罩和擴散器。

The changes lifted BMW Sauber back into Q3 for the first time since the Malaysian Grand Prix at the start of April, and Robert Kubica might well have qualified far higher than tenth had it not been for a tyre-fitting error. A clutch problem at the start hampered the Pole’s race, but excellent strategy helped lift team mate Heidfeld from 13th on the grid and into the points on his 32nd birthday.

這些升級讓BMW自四月初的馬來西亞之後再次進入第三段排位賽，並且 Robert Kubica 如果沒有遇到輪胎適應的問題可能可以拿到比第十位好的多的成績。

“The measures are taking effect and the foundation has been laid,” insisted Theissen. “We have something we can build on. The result has, of course, lightened the mood in the camp, as there is now a recognisable upward trend. That gives me confidence for the races ahead.”

"這次升級有發揮效果並且打下了基礎"，Theissen 主張說。"我們有了發展的基礎，這個成果激勵了車隊成員的心情，現在可以明顯感受到氣氛的上揚，讓我們有信心迎接之後的比賽"。

That confidence is based not just on faith, but on more updates that are already scheduled for the F1.09. After dropping KERS for the Spanish race - and most likely the next round in Monaco - BMW expect to have a new version of the system ready for next month’s Turkish Grand Prix.

信心不只來自於信念，還有因為F1.09賽車的升級時程已經出來了。在西班牙站不使用KERS後，下一場 Monaco 有可能也是，BMW 車隊期待在下個月的土耳其站會有新版本KERS系統上場。

“Our goal is to use both a modified KERS and a multi-level diffuser in Istanbul,” confirmed Theissen. “More development packages are in the pipeline for 2009.”

"我們的目標是在伊斯坦堡裝上新的KERS和雙層擴散器"，Theissen 證實道。"2009年的更多升級套件正在風洞測試中"。

After Barcelona, BMW Sauber lie sixth in the constructors’ table, level with Ferrari on six points. However, the middle-order standings are very close, with fourth-placed McLaren only seven points ahead.

在巴塞隆納後，BMW車隊在積分榜上是第六名，與法拉利一樣是六分，總之中間車隊差距非常小，第四名的麥拉倫只領先七分。