ライコネン、マッサをサポートする準備はできている
いよいよ日本GPが開幕しました。木曜の午後、ライコネンの会見記事がF1-live.comの英語版に掲載されていたのですが、日本語版には掲載が遅れていました。
すぐ翻訳されそうな気は十分していたのですが、待ちきれずに勝手に訳してしまいました(；´∀｀)。
Raikkonen ready to help Massa（ライコネン、マッサをサポートする準備はできている）
今日の午後、富士山の麓のサーキットは普段とは変わって日差しと暖かい天候に包まれた。キミ・ライコネンは日本GPの週末、初めてプレスの前に現れた。
シンガポールGPの後、フェラーリは残る３戦すべて１－２フィニッシュを目標とすることを明確にしている。
ライコネンは日本GPで1-2が可能かと聞かれ、次のように答えた。
富士のトラックについて聞かれると、ライコネンはあまり語るべき点がないことを認めた。
チームメイトのフェリペ・マッサがチャンピオンシップで有利な立場に立っており、チーム内での自分の役割について聞かれると、ライコネンは自身の立場について明らかにした。
パッケージのすべての要素がうまくいかないかぎり、ライコネンはF1で勝つことができない。彼は、コックピットの外でも、役割を担っていると説明した。
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ふう、完了！思って日本語版のほうを見てみたら、記事が載っていました・・・orz。
なんだか悔しいので、自分の訳のほうを載せておきます。多分、大筋、合っていると思います。
日本語の記事はこちら。
ライコネン、サポート役の準備万端 – F1-Live.com
オリジナル記事のタイトルが「Raikkonen ready to help Massa」なので、日本語版のほうも「ライコネン、サポート役の準備万端 」となっているのですが、会見の様子を読む限り、マッサを助ける準備がまったく「万端」には思えないのですが・・・（；^ω^）。
ま、それはさておき、なんだか、ドライバー内での富士スピードウェイの評判は、ぶっちゃけ、よくない感じが漂ってきますね・・・、
まぁ、去年の印象があれでは仕方ないと思いますが。今年は、雄大な富士山をバックにしたレースを期待します。
原文
Sunshine and warm weather was the unusual feature of the Mount Fuji circuit this afternoon, when Kimi Raikkonen faced the press for the first time on this Japanese Grand Prix weekend.
Since Singapore the Ferrari team has made it clear that its target for the remaining three races is to finish first and second in all of them. Raikkonen was asked if a one-two was possible here.
"We have a good car and a good team and, as long as we do everything right, I don’t see why this should not be possible.
My personal situation is the same as before the last race and of course I would rather win races than not finish or fail to score points, but hopefully we can have a good race on Sunday. We have had some bad ones recently so it would be nice to change that. Let’s see how practice goes tomorrow. In the dry last year, we were very competitive so hopefully we can get a good result.
"I don’t feel under any pressure with the current situation. I know the team expects me to produce a good result, but then I expect that of myself anyway. It would be nice to win as I haven’t had a good result in a while."
Asked about the Fuji track itself, the Ferrari driver admitted he did not have much of a reference point.
"Like for everyone, last year was my first time here and to be honest the weather was so bad then that you could not see anything when you were following people in the rain during the race and that is something that is not very nice about this place. But hopefully, this year will be better and we can have a nice race with a bit better visibility."
Asked about his role within the team given that team-mate Felipe Massa is ahead of him in the championship, Raikkonen was very clear on the situation:
"He will drive his race and I will drive mine," he said.
"The team wants to win both championships and I know what they expect of me. Felipe needs to win the race for himself and I can probably help in some way but it is not easy to say exactly how things would work. He needs to get himself in front
first. Anyway, I think our car will be competitive in all the remaining races, as long as have no issues to deal with. We are aiming to win all the races."
A driver cannot win in F1 unless all elements of the package are working together and Raikkonen explained that he too plays a role outside the cockpit.
"We are a big team and we work all together.
"When we have meetings, everyone can say what they think about what they feel should be done. It has always been like this and the driver has as much input as anyone else in the team. We have a very good relationship within the team and everyone works very well together and we are always trying to make things better."