小黑：2009年我幾乎要退出F1。 - 一級方程式賽車 Formula One

Hamilton 'nearly quit' over '09 scandal


Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he was on the brink of walking away from
Formula 1 after he was adjudged to have misled the stewards at last year's
Australian Grand Prix.
小黑揭露了說，去年他在澳洲大獎賽時，被判定誤導賽會幹事之後，一度想要退出F1。

The furore over the evidence Hamilton and McLaren team manager Dave Ryan gave
the officials as they investigated Jarno Trulli and Hamilton's change of
position during a safety car period led to Ryan parting company with the team
and McLaren receiving a suspended three-race ban.
賽會幹事調查Jarno Trulli和小黑在Safety Car出動時交換位置的這件事情時，
證據指出McLaren車隊經理Dave Ryan給了賽會偽證，這造成當時的一陣轟動。
Dave Ryan被逐出McLaren並且McLaren遭到FIA三年的禁賽處罰。

Hamilton was heavily criticised over the scandal, and said rather than
pondering leaving McLaren over the incident, he considered quitting F1
altogether.
小黑慘遭流言蜚語的攻擊，不只想離開McLaren，還一度考慮要退出F1。

"There was a lot to take on board after what had gone on," he told the
British newspaper media.
我經過這些事情之後有了很多的想法


"I care about how people perceive me. It was a feeling of 'shoot, maybe I
shouldn't be in the sport' rather than not in my team. This is my dream team
and I am fortunate to have been here from the beginning [of my career].
我在乎人們是如何看待我，這就感覺像被槍擊中一樣，
或許我不應該再待在F1，而不是離開McLaren。
這是我夢想的車隊，我很幸運一開始就在這裡。

"I never had a desire to drive for anyone else. So it was not a desire to
leave the team, just to stop racing. For a split second it was 'this is too
much to take. How do I recover from this?'"
我從未想過要去駕駛其他車隊的車，所以我當時的想法不是要離開這支車隊，
是直接停止賽車。
曾經短暫的片刻，我想知道：這些事情太超過了，我該如何重新恢復?


The Briton credited the support he received in the wake of the affair for
convincing him to continue racing.
事件發生過後，英國人相信這些對他的支持會說服他想繼續賽車。


"There was support from my family, team, fans, amazing letters and I thought
'you know what, I made a mistake but I am being given a second chance by all
these people and support,'" said Hamilton.
還好有從我家人、車隊成員、粉絲的信件打氣，而你知道我做錯了，
這些支持我的人給了我第二次的機會。

"I never for a second didn't want to do it, I love racing. Sometimes it is
hard to face the music; hard to face people when you know that as soon as you
turn your back they are talking about you.
我從來沒有一秒想這麼做，我愛這項運動。
有些時候當你知道人們會對你議論紛紛，立即轉身時是難以去面對。


"And for a long period of time, for months, I would walk into a room and I am
sure there are some people who walked into the room and they feel cool but
for me I just didn't feel positive, it was negative energy and I don't like
that.
很長一段時間，有好幾個月，我走進一間房間，我確定同樣也在房間的人，
他們感覺平靜；但對我來說感覺上卻不是那麼積極，這是負面的能量，我不喜歡這樣。


"But slowly I began to realise that it was not all negative energy and I had
a lot of support and respect from people. It made me stronger. It was a real
strong experience."
但是漸漸地，我開始領悟到這些不完全是負面的能量，並且我從人群中得到了
好多好多的支持和尊敬。這讓我變的更加強大。這過程真是強大的體驗。


Hamilton added that he was determined to avoid similar situations in the
future.
小黑補充了說，未來他會決定去避免這樣相同的情況。


"I don't want to be in that position again,"he said.
「我不想再有相同的處境」他說。


"It's like when you put your hand out to a certain dog and it bites you, you
won't do the same again. It's similar. I have been bitten once and you don't
want to get bit again. I don't ever want to be in that position again and I
don't feel I ever will be.
這就像是當你把手放在狗的旁邊，然後它咬了你一口一樣，
你將不可能再做一次相同的事。同樣地，我已經被咬了一次，
而你絕不會想要再被咬。
我不想要再進入那個窘境，也不會再體驗一次。



"I can't say what will happen in the future but I have always said I love the
sport, I love winning and winning in the right way. Integrity is very
important to me."
我無法說未來將會發生什麼事，但我經常說我是愛F1運動的，
我喜歡贏並且喜歡用正確的方式去贏。誠實對我是非常重要的。


www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81909


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