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Jani upset after penalty
Monday, March 17, 2008
Neel Jani believes A1 Team Switzerland could have had double the championship
point lead it has now after a disastrous Feature race in Mexico.
在多災多難的 Feature race 之前,Neel Jani 相信瑞士A1隊應該可以將領先積分擴大
一倍。
Even though Switzerland extended its lead in the championship from 10 to 15
points over today’s two races, Jani was upset after the team was given a
drive-through penalty for an ‘unsafe release’ following its second stop.
雖然說瑞士隊在兩場比賽之後把領先的積分由10分擴大到15分,但對於車隊在第二次停
站時,因為「危險出站」而被判罰進行一次懲罰性進站,Jani 感到相當失望。
Jani exited the pits alongside eventual winner Adam Carroll. The pair
continued to drive side-by-side until the exit of the pit lane, when Carroll
got ahead.
Jani 在出站時跟最後贏得比賽的 Adam Carroll 併行,在 Carroll 搶先之前,這兩台
賽車在維修區跑道上比肩而行直到出口前。
Jani had been leading the race until the pit stop, but dropped to 13th after
taking the penalty. He eventually finished 19th, after a last-lap crash with
Pakistan.
在停站之前,比賽是由 Jani 領先,但是被判罰後掉到第13位,然後最後一圈跟巴基斯
坦撞車,以19名作收。
‘Our pit stop unfortunately wasn’t great and I was alongside [Adam] Carroll
leaving the pits. I was basically half a car length ahead so I couldn’t pull
over. I was ahead of him, so I stayed on my line.
「我們的停站很遺憾的不好,我跟 Carroll 併行離開,基本上有半個車身的領先,所以
我不會讓的。是我領先他,所以我保持在我的線上。」
‘We would have been at least 27 or 30 points ahead after this if we wouldn’
t have had the penalty.’
「要不是這個處罰,我們至少會有27或30分的領先。」
However, with a 15-point advantage with four races to go, Jani says he is
intent on taking this season’s title.
無論如何,在剩下的四場比賽中有著15分的領先優勢,Jani 表示他會全力爭取冠軍。
‘This makes me determined from now to win this championship for Switzerland,
’ Jani said. ‘The determination doesn’t change but it just makes me more
angry. I definitely I will try not to give anyone any cause to give us a
penalty in the future.’
Jani 說:「我從現在更堅決地要為瑞士拿到冠軍,這只有使我更加憤怒,但動搖不了我
的決心。未來,我決不再給任何人有任何藉口來懲罰我們。」