作者claudedore (海岸攀過了山脈)
看板WRC
標題Ford 推出新車
時間Sat Mar 27 13:06:56 2004
Martin pleased with new Focus WRC04
26/03/2004 16:20:59
Rally Mexico winner Markko Martin is upbeat
after testing Ford's latest evolution of its
successful Focus WRC for the first time in Portugal.
The Estonian, along with his team-mate
Francois Duval, spent this week giving
the new WRC04 a comprehensive shake-down
on gravel stages near Ponte de Lima,
previously used on the old Rally Portugal
event. The car incorporated a number of
developments over the already proven WRC03,
including a new front bumper and 2004-specification
Cosworth engine. It will make its competitive debut
on Rally New Zealand on April 15.
"We completed quite a lot of development work,
which went well," Martin said. "We learned some
things, which is the aim of any test programme,
and I was pleased with the way it went."
Martin has also dismissed any fears about the
pace of the new Subaru Impreza WRC2004, which
blitzed the field in Rally Mexico with nine
stage wins out of the 15 run on the event.
The new Focus WRC04 and and updated Citroen
Xsara will go head-to-head with the new Subaru
for the first time on Rally New Zealand.
"At the moment, I'm not worried about what Markko
did in Mexico," he said in Autosport this week.
"There are lots of unknowns about Mexico, like
the altitude and tyres he was on. But, if he sets
nine fastest times in New Zealand, then maybe I'll
be a bit more worried."
墨西哥分站冠軍Markko Martin對於最新版本的Focus WRC在葡萄牙
的測試感到相當滿意.
這位愛沙尼亞的車手以及他的隊友Francois Duval這週在靠近
Ponte de Lima的碎石路面進行詳盡的測試. 這條路線之前是
葡萄牙站的一條路線. 新版本的Focus作了一些改良;包括新的
前保險桿及2004版本的Cosworth引擎. 新版的Focus將會在四月
十五日的的紐西蘭站亮相。
"我們完成了許多發展工作，而且進行的的很順利"，Martin說到。
"我們學的不少事，而這也次每個測試的目的，我對發展的進度相當滿意。"
新版的Focus令Martin對落後於Subaru的發展腳步的疑慮一掃而空。
Subaru的WRC2004在墨西哥站表現傑出，十五個Stage中，拿下九個
Stage首位。新版的Focus與Citreon Xsara及Subaru WRC2004將在
紐西蘭站作面對面對決。
"現在我不太擔心Markko在墨西哥的表現"Petter Solberg說到。
"在墨西哥站有太多的未知，像是高度及選用。但是如果他能在
紐西蘭站一樣拿到九個Stage首位，我可能會擔心一點"
http://www.wrc.com/en_GB/News/2004/002/2004_R_martinhappywithnewfocuswrc04.htm
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