BBC F1 Gossip Column - 一級方程式賽車 Formula One

星期三的BBC F1小道消息
(一) Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has complete faith that Lewis Hamilton
will bounce back from his current difficulties - and thinks too much is being
read into his run of collisions with Felipe Massa.


F1掌門人Bernie Ecclestone擁有絕對的信心認為
Lewis Hamilton會從他現在的困難中反彈，
並且認為他與Massa的碰撞被過度解讀了。



(二) Renault remains in the dark about whether or not Robert Kubica will make a
Formula 1 comeback next year because there is still no news on when the Polish
driver will be able to drive a racing car again. "We have to assess options and
we are still waiting for Robert to come back to us to say he can test," said
team boss Eric Boullier.


由於目前還沒有波蘭人能否駕駛賽車的最新消息，
Renault還陷在無法確認Robert Kubica是否能在明年回到F1的迷霧之中。
"我們必須評估各種選擇，
而且我們依然在等待Robert來跟我們說他可以參與測試"
車隊老闆Eric Boullier表示。



(三) Williams have given their former technical director Sam Michael permission
to join McLaren in his new role as their sporting director for the final two
races of the season.


Williams已經同意讓他們的前技術總監Sam Michael
以McLaren運動總監的身分參與本季的最後兩場比賽。



(四) The Circuit of the Americas, which is scheduled to host the new grand prix
in Austin, Texas in 2012, has received permits from Travis County to begin
above-ground construction on five significant buildings, including the main
grandstand for the track.


Circuit of Americas，
這座預定在2012年德州Austin舉辦大獎賽的賽道，
已經收到來自Travis County同意在地面建造五座大型建築物的許可，
其中包括賽道的大看台。



(五) Indian Grand Prix organisers have said they hope to break even within four
years and are talking to MotoGP and other race series to make up for their
limited profit from Formula 1.


印度大賽主辦者表示他們希望能在四年內達成損益兩平，
他們同時正與Moto GP以及其他系列賽事洽談，
以補足得自F1的有限利潤。



(六) Oscar-winning director Ron Howard is hopeful of luring Nascar-loving
Americans to watch his forthcoming Formula 1 movie "Rush", which is about the
complicated friendship between Niki Lauda and James Hunt.


奧斯卡導演獎得主 Ron Howard希望能夠吸引愛好Nascar的
美國民眾觀賞他即將上映的F1電影"Rush"，
這是一部關於Niki Lauda和James Hunt之間複雜友情的電影。



(七) Renault driver Vitaly Petrov will take part in the annual Race of
Champions event in December, joining fellow F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel,
Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher.


Renaul車手Vitaly Petrov 會參加12月的Race of Champions，
其他會參加的F1車手還有Sebastian Vettel、Jenson Button和Michael Schumacher。



(八) Investors who were involved in the bidding process to develop Silverstone
race track and its surrounding land are unhappy at the way the Alpha Group,
a mystery consortium allegedly backed by money from Qatar, leapt to the front
of the queue in the summer.


參與Silverstone賽道及其周邊開發計畫的投資者對於背後由
Qatar神秘資金支持的Alpha Group在夏天時順位提升感到不快樂。



(九) Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will both drive their F1
cars in an event in Milton Keynes on 10 December to celebrate the team's
drivers' and constructors' title double this year.


在十二月10號於Milton Keynes舉辦的慶祝蟬聯車手與車隊世界冠軍活動中，
Red Bull車手Sebastian Vettel和 Mark Webber將會駕駛F1賽車。


新聞來源:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9629859.stm

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