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http://www.wrc.com/news/sordo-goes-back-to-citroen/?fid=17957
Sordo goes back to Citroen
Citroen has confirmed Dani Sordo will return to the team as a replacement for
Sebastien Loeb in next year FIA World Rally Championship.
雪鐵龍確認 Dani Sordo 將會接替 Sebastien Loeb 的位子
The Spaniard is well know to the Versailles team, having contested 80 rounds of
the world championship in a Citroen and driven for the factory squad for four
years. Citroen announced its decision this morning.
Dani Sordo 之前在雪鐵龍效力過四年共八十場比賽。
Citroen team principal Yves Matton admitted it was Sordo's six fastest times
on last week’s Rally of Spain which convinced him - along with his
nationality, which appeals to Citroen’s Spanish-speaking markets.
雪鐵龍車隊經理 Yves Matton 承認 Sordo 在西班牙站做出六段最快時間使他信服，連同
他背後的雪鐵龍西語市場。
Matton said: “We took our time in assessing the potential of the drivers
available to line-up alongside Mikko Hirvonen next season. Obviously, Dani was
very high on our list and his performances at the Rally of Spain proved that he
can still perform at the very highest level.
Matton 說 :「我們花時間評估搭配下季 Mikko Hirvonen 出賽的潛在車手，顯然地，
Dani Sordo 在我們的名單上相當突出再加上他在西班牙站的表現證明他仍然表現出相當高
的水平」
“Dani is very well liked in the team and it’s a pleasure for everybody to see
him return to the family. His profile compliments Mikko’s in many aspect and
it was important for Citroen to have a Latin driver for the southern Europe and
Latin-American markets
「Dani Sordo 他非常喜歡在團隊中，這讓大家很高興看他回歸到團隊。他的戰績在許多方
面讓 Mikko Hirvonen 所稱讚，而且雪鐵龍擁有拉丁車手是對南歐及拉丁美洲市場上是相
當重要的」
Sordo said: “Obviously I am very pleased to rejoin a team with which I share
so many good memories. This was my number one choice for 2013. The last few
years have been good for me. In another team [Prodrive WRC Team] I got to grips
with different working methods. I took on more responsibility in the car
development process. I see this return to Citroen as a great opportunity. I am
still looking for my first win in WRC and I am determined to secure it next
season! I can’t wait to see the people I know again and get back behind the
wheel of the DS3 WRC, in which I did some testing at the end of 2010.”
Sordo 說 :「很顯然，我很高興能重新加入車隊這個我分享許多美好的回憶的地方。
這是我2013年的第一選擇。在過去那幾年對我來說是不錯的。在另外一隊我掌握不同的
工作方法，我在發展的過程承擔了很多責任。我看這次回到雪鐵龍是一個不錯的機會。
我仍然在尋找我在WRC的分站首勝而且確保是在下個賽季。我等不及看到那些我再知道及
回到 DS3 WRC 的人們。我在2010年年底有去雪鐵龍做了一些測試。
After departing the Citroen Total World Rally Team at the end of 2010 to make
way for Sebastien Ogier, Sordo joined the Prodrive WRC Team, taking an
impressive three podium results from 13 starts in what was a brand new MINI
John Cooper Works WRC.
在雪鐵龍車隊於2010年底選擇 Sebastien Ogier 後，Dani Sordo 就到 Prodrive WRC Team
駕駛 MINI John Cooper Works WRC 出賽13站上過三次頒獎台
ps. Dani Sordo 目前WRC生涯最高成績是19次單站亞軍