帮忙补上Auto Sport编辑评论的原文与译文内容画蛇添足一下XD 原文出处: http://ppt.cc/n_i7 译文出处: http://ppt.cc/ruaQ McLaren would settle for points finish in the Australian Grand Prix McLaren认为澳洲站只要能拿到些分数就够了 McLaren says simply scoring points in the Australian Grand Prix will be enough for now, as it plays down any talk that it expects to be the pacesetter from the off. McLaren车队示在澳大利亚站上只要有积分进账就已经足够，而他们看起来希望尽量保持 低调。 Although the competitive order ahead of the first race of the season is impossible to call, McLaren has dropped a firm hint that it believes its new MP4-28 has plenty of room for improvement. 虽然目前想要预测赛季首站的冠军仍然不太可能，但McLaren车队显然认为自己的新车 MP4-28还有相当大的提升空间。 Both Jenson Button and Sergio Perez said during testing that they were struggling to get a full understanding of the car, and team principal Martin Whitmarsh said on Friday that the aim for now was to establish a good baseline for the rest of the campaign. Button和Perez都曾经表示他们对於完全理解新车有一定的困难，而且车队领队Whitmarsh 周五也表示车队的当前的目标是为之後的赛程做好准备。 "It's important to remember that our MP4-28 is a new and uncompromising design that we intend to develop aggressively throughout the year," he said. 「我们的MP4-28的设计非常的新颖和大胆，而我们会在这一年间保持激进的更新，知道这 点是很重要的。」他（Whitmarsh）表示。 "Undoubtedly, it has great potential - and we fly to Melbourne determined to show well and to score points that should establish us in good stead for both the drivers' and the constructors' world championships. 「毫无疑问的，这辆车有非常大的潜力，我们来到墨尔本是为了有不错的表现和获得积分 ，这样能够给两位车手和车队竞争最後的冠军打下一定的基础。」 "We're still working tirelessly to bring more pace to the MP4-28's performance envelope, and I believe we'll arrive in Australia in decent shape." 「我们仍然不眠不休地对提升MP4-28的性能做出改良，我相信到了澳洲後我们的情况应该 会非常不错。」 Whitmarsh conceded that the last few weeks had been 'challenging' due to a combination of rain-hit testing days and difficulties dealing with excessive tyre degradation. Whitmarsh承认之前几周遇到的困难主要是由於测试时的雨天以及处理轮胎过度衰竭遇到 的问题。 Button has admitted that things are hard to predict right now, and that troubles in testing do not necessarily mean that a team will not be competitive over the season. Button表示，目前一切都还很难预料，在测试中遇到的问题也并不意味着车队一定会在赛 季中表现挣扎。 "One of the most fascinating things about Formula 1 is the way it resets itself each and every winter," he said. 「F1的一大魅力就在於每个冬季测试结束後，新的一年又重新开始。」 "I've seen every side of that: you can have a terrible winter of testing, then turn up at the first race and be competitive; equally, you can look impressive in winter testing and be nowhere in Melbourne. 「我经常会看到某些状况：你可能在冬测时表现的很糟糕，但是到了正式比赛开始变得更 有竞争力；相对的，你也可以看到在测试中跑的很好的人说不定在墨尔本就销声匿迹了。 」 "If you're lucky, it all comes together in the tests and you hit the ground running at the first race. That's always the goal. 「如果运气够好的话，在测试时可以表现良好而到了比赛时也会处於领先，这是车队的目 标。」 "This year, I don't think any team really knows or understands the competitive order. But that's part of the game." 「然而我认为没有哪只车队能够全然了解今年的竞赛秩序，但这就是比赛的一部分。」 AUTOSPORT SAYS AUTOSPORT的看法（特稿） Jonathan Noble, Group F1 Editor Jonathan Noble, F1部门编辑 F1 teams are always eager at this time of the year to play down expectations ahead of the first race, just in case they fall flat on their face in Australia by not delivering on promises. 每到这个时候F1车队就开始格外地保持低调，生怕在澳洲的开幕战会因为没有达到人们的 期望而丢脸。 This year, the uncertainty about the speed of each team that has engulfed F1 during winter testing has amplified that feeling. No one knows for definite where anyone stands right now. 而今年，冬季测试中始终困扰各车队的对於速度的不确定性更加深了这种做法。 But the messages coming out of McLaren point to a team that is bracing itself for a tough start to the campaign. When a team boss or driver says their car has great 'potential' it usually means it is not very fast right now, but it can be in the future. 但是McLaren车队所传递出来的资讯显示车队已经做好了今年的赛季开局会艰难的准备， 而车队老板和车手们表示新车拥有巨大的“潜力”都意味着它现在并不快，未来可以变快 。 Earlier this week Jenson Button talked of testing going well 'in terms of mileage and reliability' but said there was more needed on the speed front. 而Button此前认为新车测试在里程数和可靠性上表现不错，这也就是说它们在速度方面还 有待提高。 A difficult start in Melbourne does not mean the end of a championship though, such is the way of the modern F1 development race. 但墨尔本的困难并不意味着一整年都会有危机。 This time last year, Fernando Alonso knew he faced an uphill task to just score points in Melbourne. And while Button won in Australia, it was his downbeat Ferrari rival who eventually took the title fight all the way to the final round. 而去年Alonso和Button两人的表现就是最好的例子。 --

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