資料來源:
http://www.wrc.com/news/m-sport-deals-for-neuville-novikov/?fid=18099
M-Sport deals for Neuville, Novikov
Thierry Neuville and Evgeny Novikov have joined the Qatar M-Sport World Rally
Team for the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship.
如標題
Neuville, from Belgium, and Russian Novikov will contest all 13 rounds of next
year’s series in a pair of Ford Fiesta RS WRCs. They will partner Norway’s
Mads Ostberg, the team’s other ever-present driver, with Qatari Nasser
Al-Attiyah tackling seven rounds.
Neuville 跟 Novikov 將會跟 Ostberg 一起在 M-Sport 出征整賽季
而 Nasser Al-Attiyah 則會出賽七場
While Novikov has been an M-Sport driver since 2011, Neuville switches from the
rival Citroen team, where he represented the make’s Junior Team and
Qatar-backed efforts in 2012.
Novikov 從2011年就於 M-Sport 隊中，而 Neuville 從敵隊轉過來
“Both Evgeny and Thierry were strong candidates since negotiations began,”
said M-Sport head Malcolm Wilson. “They are young, but they have both shown
some real maturity this year, combining obvious speed with a determination to
finish all of the events and gain as much knowledge of the stages as possible.
Both have regularly challenged the factory drivers, and their 2012 results were
thoroughly deserved. I am confident that both drivers have more to prove and
that we will see more impressive performances from them in 2013.”
M-Sport 經理 Malcolm Wilson 表示:「從談判開始，他們就是鞏固的候選者」
「他們年輕但他們都表現出實在的成熟，結合明顯的速度與完成所有賽事的決心，並盡可
能在比賽中獲得更多的知識。他們都經常挑戰廠隊車手，而且他們在2012年的成績真正實至
名歸。我相信兩位車手可以有更多機會證明我們將看到他們在2013年更令人印象深刻的表
現。」
Wilson added: “We have a young team for next year, but this by no means
detracts from their ability to produce some strong results. All of them, Mads,
Evgeny and Thierry, proved their worth in 2012 and, with guidance from Nasser,
they can all be fantastic ambassadors for Qatar, M-Sport and the WRC.”
「明年我們有一支年輕的車隊，但這絕不會是削弱他們的能力來產生些有力的成績。
Ostberg, Novikov 跟 Thierry都在2012年證明自己的價值，而在 Al-Attiyah 的指導下，
他們都可以成為Qatar, M-Sport與WRC中夢幻般的大使。」
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M-Sport的陣容不知是油王錢多,還是他們的贊助商多.....
(Citroen 的油王金主表示: )