キミ・ライコネンのオーストラリアGPレビュー＆マレーシアGPプレビュー
今年は開幕２連戦。あっという間にマレーシアGPがやってきました。ライコネン公式サイトにオーストラリアGPのレビューと、マレーシアGPプレビューが掲載されています。
が･･･すみません！ あまりに忙しくて、日本語に訳しているヒマがありませんでした･･･orz.
日本語訳がいつできるかわからないので、それを待ってるとマレーシアGPが終わってしまいそうな…とりあえず、英語で載せておきます。
言ってることは、
オーストラリアではうまくいかなかったけど、マレーシアのようなノーマルなサーキットに行けば変わるかもしれない。セパンでのレースは、フィンランドのサウナみたいだから好き。とにかくベストをつくすよ！
といった感じです。手抜きでごめんなさい(つд⊂)
Turning things around again
It was the first time in many years we were left without a single point in the first race. So, obviously, yes – it was not a good start to the season. By far. It’s frustrating, but there is nothing we can do to change it anymore. We just keep pushing hard and try to improve next time.
It was only one race and things can turn around very quickly. Also last year Melbourne was not that good place for us and then one week later I won in Malasiya. Again things can turn around very quickly.
The weekend overall was a very disappointing experience. We did not score any points and we did not have the quickest car on the circuit. There is a lot of work to be done, but I have a great team behind me to change things quickly.
It was one of the toughest weekends I have ever had in F1. We lost some valuable time in practise and it was a painful setback. Every lap counts, expecially now when testing is so limited. It’s always hard to say how much we lost, but for sure it didn’t help.
Probably the best thing for us was that the KERS system worked well at the start, but I did not get a clear path to take full advantage of making up positions. It was not enough to gain places, but the feeling to use KERS was great.
Our speed was not as competitive as we expected beforehead. I was not surprise to see the Brawn GP at the front. We already saw in the testing that they have been very quick. Now there are new favourites at the top. Obviously it’s going to be really tight and a very challenging fight for the championship and that’s very good for the sport.
Before going to the season I said that we need to see how things are after the first two races. Malasiya is more of a normal circuit to judge how competitive we are.
I think the championship is wide open. This was only the first race of the season and whilst it would have been nice to start the season well, there are many races remaining. It’s too early to start making predictions The picture will become clearer only after four or five races.
Now we go to Malasiya, which has usually been a good place for me. It’s a proper circiut compared to Melbourne. Due to the cars being so different this year, it’s very hard to know just where we are compared to our competitors.
I just love to race in Sepang. It’s a very challenging place, the weather is hot like a Finnish Sauna and it really demands a lot to get a good weekend there.
We have a lot of work to be done after Melborne, but we will do our very best to win the race again.
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これから、ちょっとセパンまで行ってきます。