34. 马拉内罗深处


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Jean Todt's role in Kimi Räikkönen's WDC is unquestionable.
让托德在Kimi获得世界冠军过程中的作用是毋庸置疑的。


When I got to meet Jean Todt in Maranello, I was especially interested in theway Todt would see season 2007 which ended in a double victory for Maranello.Equally important would be to hear his description of Kimi Räikkönen as adriver and a person.
当我在马拉内罗遇到让托德，我对他如何看待2007年马拉内罗带回了双冠很感兴趣。也很有兴趣听听他如何描诉Kimi是一个怎样的车手、怎样的人。


I book the flight to Milanand arrive there one evening in February. The next day I continue to Modena by train.
我订了去米兰的机票，然后在2月的某个晚上到达那里。第二天我乘火车到了Modena。


On the platform in Modena I get struck by thethought that I am about to take a step into the deepest Ferrari-country, almostoutsideItaly.I check my pocket - passport is there. Maranello and Ferrari's factory are inpractice the entireItaly'ssource of pride but here everybody practically live and breathe Ferrari.
在Modena的工厂，我一想到将要从意大利之外一步跨入法拉利世界的最深处就感到非常震撼。我检查了一下口袋——护照在那里。马拉内罗和法拉利工厂实际上是整个意大利的骄傲之源，在这里每个人的生活中都渗透着法拉利的气息。


The taxi stops in front of a long red-brown building. The taxi-driver isclearly proud of his mission, afterall he will get for a short moment to theother side on 'Ferrari's ground'. The guard comes to ask what my business isand I tell him that I have arrived to meet Mr. Todt. I get out of the car afterpaying for my trip and follow a man dressed in uniform.
的士在一个长长的棕红色建筑前停了下来。的士司机显然为他的承载任务感到骄傲，毕竟他能在法拉利的另一块地盘上逗留一小段时间了。门卫走过来问我来访的目的，我告诉他是来见托德先生的。我付了的士费后从车里走出来，跟随一位穿制服的人往前走。


The guard leads me to the factory's reception. During the next five minutes Imeet five more people who all take me one step closer to Todt. A black Maseratiis parked outside the building. For a moment I wonder if the CEO or someoneelse in the management is driving a car with the wrong label. Then I rememberthat Maserati and Ferrari are part of Fiat-concern.
门卫把我带到工厂的接待室。在接下来的5分钟内我遇到了五个以上员工，他们让我一步步更接近托德。一辆黑色的马莎拉蒂停在建筑外面，我一时间奇怪CEO或者管理阶层的什么人怎么会开别的牌子的车。然后我记起来玛莎拉蒂和法拉利都是菲亚特集团的一部分。


The busy CEO has several secretaries who guide me to sit and wait for themeeting. My guide is Ferrari's publicist Luca Colajanni, a formerfreelance-reporter who started to work for Ferrari about ten years ago. Thedark-haired man with eyeglasses is a familiar face for tv-viewers who alwaysstands near Kimi during race-interviews.
忙碌的CEO有好几位秘书，他们接待我等侯会面。接待我的人是法拉利的新闻官卢卡科拉贾尼，他是大约10年前开始为法拉利工作的前自由撰稿人。电视记者们在比赛采访期间经常能够在Kimi身边看到的那个黑色发质、戴着眼镜的人就是他。

Todt's secretary comes to tell that the CEOis now available. We step into a huge room where Todt is sitting behind a bigdesk.
托德的秘书过来说CEO现在有空了。我们一起走进一个巨大的房间，那里托德坐在一个大桌子后面。


Todt shakes my hand firmly and sits on his chair made of leather. The table haspiles of papers in a strict order. Todt has written with a very neathandwriting on each pile of paper what it is about.
托德用力地跟我握了握手，然后坐回他的皮质座椅里。桌子上放着一打摆放整齐有序的纸。每张纸上托德都用很清晰的字迹写着要做的事情。


E-mails, faxes, notes written by hand. The big room also has anegotiation-corner and there are some photos and a couple of paintings on thewall.
电子邮件，传真，手写的便签。这个大房间里面有一个会客角落，墙壁上还有一些照片和几幅画。


Todt's cellphone starts ringing before the interview starts. He apologises andtalks for a moment - the subject is next spring's GP-races.
在采访开始之前，托德的手机响了。他说了声抱歉，然后就关于明年春天大奖赛比赛的事情出去交谈了几分钟。


After that Todt walks back to his table and closes his cellphone. Todt asks meif I want coffee or something else to drink. I ask for a cup of coffee and thenwe can start.
然后托德走回他的桌子，关上手机。托德问我是否需要咖啡或什么喝的东西。我要了一杯咖啡，然后我们开始采访。


First I ask Todt what kind of memories he has from Räikkönen's first season2007.
首先我问托德，对于Kimi的第一个赛季2007年整个赛季的印象怎么样。


- The year was simply very tough. First we had to really concentrate on ourcar's reliability-problems which affected our position in both WC-battles.After that we were caught in the middle of a spy-saga caused by our formeremployee and which also included the trial-aspect. Our ex-employee handed overFerrari-data to our main competitor.
——这个赛季真的非常艰难。首先我们必须要关注我们赛车的稳定性问题，这影响到我们在两个冠军排行榜上的名次。还有我们被卷入由我们的前职员引发的间谍案之中，而且间谍案中还涉及到研发方面。我们的前雇员将法拉利的资料透露给了我们主要的竞争对手。


According to Todt the thing that made the situation easier, was how Ferrari'steam stayed united and was able to pull of a strong performance.
据托德说让形势变得简单的是法拉利车队的团结，这样才有了强势的表现。
- Our co-work was strong starting from the beginning of the season. Our bothdrivers did a great job.
——我们车队的各方面协作在赛季一开始就很强。我们的两位车手都做了很了不起的工作。


According to him Ferrari is these days always put under a magnifying glass andgets a lot of
publicity.
据他说法拉利在那些年里一直被众人关注，被挑肥拣瘦。


Todt was satisfied with how professionally the team worked under huge pressureand how they were able to tighten the situation in the competitor's camp.
托德对于车队在重压下很职业的工作态度和他们在竞争对手稳操胜券的情况下把握住机会这些方面很满意。


- It was especially pleasant that we didn't make any mistakes in the last tworaces. That's how Kimi got into a situation where he was able to become worldchampion.
——特别让人欣慰的是我们在最后两站没有犯一点儿错误。正因为这样Kimi才有机会成为世界冠军。

According to Todt the last GP inBrazilbrought emotions to thesurface because Ferrari's chances depended upon a certain order when crossingthe finish line. Räikkönen had to win and Massahad to come in second. On top of that Hamiltonhad to get a certain amount of points so the situation looked very difficultbefore the last race.
据托德说，收官战巴西大奖赛让这种情感体现了出来，因为法拉利的机会依赖于冲线次序。Kimi必须获胜，马萨不得不在第二名。在此基础上汉密尔顿必须拿到某个数量的分数，所以在最后一站开始之前形势看起来非常艰难。


- Fortunately everything went well in the end. We had already secured the WCCbeforeBrazilbecause McLaren was shut out of the serie. Of course we would rather had won onsporting grounds instead of on juridical grounds, Todt admitted.
——幸运的是一切到最后都进展的非常顺利。我们在巴西站之前就已经锁定车队冠军，因为迈凯轮被排除车队排名。当然我们更愿意在赛场上而不是在法庭上获胜，托德承认到。


However he reminds that Ferrari would have got more points even if McLaren'spoints would have been taken into account.
不过他觉得法拉利应该得到更多分数，就算迈凯轮车队的积分不被清零。


- The season was tough but unforgettable, Todt assures.
——这个赛季很艰难但是却令人难忘，托德坚称。


According to Todt there were very simple reasons behind Räikkönen's andFerrari's contract.
托德说Kimi和法拉利缔结合约背后的原因非常简单。


- Kimi is very talented and a fast driver. On top of that I like him as aperson too.
——Kimi是一个非常有天赋，非常快的车手。还有，我也很喜欢他的为人。


- During my career I have worked with many Finnish drivers and they areundoubtly talented but they are also very sincere persons with no exceptions.They are straightforward just like Kimi, Todt states.
——在我的职业生涯中，我与很多芬兰车手都曾共过事，他们无疑都很有天赋，而且他们都无一例外是非常诚实的人。他们就像Kimi那样直率，托德说。


He says that he knows that Räikkönen gets critisism from time to time becausehe is too silent.
他说他知道Kimi因为太沉默而时不时地遭到批评。


- I don't want people who babble too much. It's much more important how theybehave at work and Kimi has been an important part of Ferrari's team. I alsobelieve that Kimi has good experiences from Ferrari.
——我不希望人们唠唠叨叨说太多话。他们在工作上的表现才是更重要的，Kimi是法拉利车队重要的一部分。我也相信Kimi在法拉利会有好的经历。


According to Todt Räikkönen and Massaadjusted well to the situation and although both of them wanted to win theystill respected each other.
托德说Kimi和马萨相互之间协调的很好，虽然他们都想要获胜，但是他们仍然彼此尊敬。


Todt knows that Räikkönen had a tough job filling the void that Schumacherleft.
托德知道Kimi接替舒马赫留下的空缺是一项很艰难的工作。


- Motorsporting is a difficult genre because only a good driver or a good carisn't enough. It takes a car, team and a driver to achieve the best possibleresult. When Michael retired we knew that Kimi was up to the task. In return wehad to be ready to help Kimi in the same way, Todt says.
——赛车运动是一项艰难的赛事，因为只有一位好车手或者只有一辆好赛车是不够的。这需要一辆好车，一个好团队和一位好车手才能得到最好的结果。当迈克尔退役之后我们知道Kimi能胜任这个工作。作为回报，我们必须准备好以同样的方式帮助Kimi，托德说。


- A competitive and reliable car is a central factor in that job, he reminds.
——一辆有竞争力、稳定的赛车是这项工作的中心环节，他回忆着说。


- Still the car's reliability wasn't all the time on the level I would havewished for, Todt sums up.
——赛车的稳定性仍然没有一直达到我期望的那个水平，托德总结说。


Räikkönen was on Ferrari's radar for years before he became their driver. Todtsays he heard about Räikkönen already in the beginning of 2000 when Kimi wasmaking his way to F1.
在成为他们的车手之前，法拉利对Kimi已经关注了几年。托德说他在2000年初就已经听到过Kimi的事情，那时Kimi还在为进入F1打拼。


- Peter Sauber told me about Kimi when he was hiring him to his team. Kimineeded the super licence back then and many were suspicious over it. I heard alot of good about him and when he tested Sauber on Mugello-track Ferrari wasthe engine-supplier. Of course we also saw that he was a very talented driver, Todtsays.
——当彼得索伯雇佣Kimi作为正式车手的时候，他告诉过我关于Kimi的事情。Kimi那时需要拿到超级驾照，而有很多质疑的声音。当他在穆杰罗赛道开着法拉利提供引擎的索伯赛车测试的时候，我听说过很过关于他的赞美之词。当然我们也看到了他是一个非常有天赋的车手，托德说。


According to Todt the solution of Kimi coming to Ferrari happened at the righttime.
据托德说Kimi加入法拉利这件事发生的正合时宜。


- Now all things were in order, Todt says.
——现在所有的事情都在轨道上，托德说。


They call Kimi the Iceman. How does he fit into Ferrari's red scenery?
人们将Kimi称为“冰人”。他如何融入到法拉利的红色气氛中去呢？


- Outside the team it might look like Kimi and Ferrari are different. Howeverthe team's employees are very dedicated to their job and they want to do theireverything for success. Of course the driver also has an important role becausehis doings have a big impact on the engineers' decisions and the whole team'sspirit. The endresult is also mainly in the hands of the driver since he isdriver the car.
——在外界看来似乎Kimi和法拉利是不同的。我们车队的员工对他们的工作非常专心致志，他们愿意为了胜利贡献所有力量。车手当然也有非常重要的作用，他们对工程师的决定和整个车队的士气都有很大影响力。


- The driver's nationality has no significance. His attitude and mentality hasa much more important affect of the whole. A driver has to be able to walk inthe same direction with the team. Kimi has fulfilled all these criteriasexcellently, Todt praises.
——车手的国籍并不重要。他的态度和意志力才是整体上更重要的方面。一位车手必须要能够跟车队向同一个方向进步。Kimi非常符合这些标准，托德称赞道。


He also reminds of the team's role in getting a driver adjusted. According tohim it's crucial that the team knows the driver's habits.
他还说车队的作用在于让车手适应。据他说车队了解车手的习惯很重要。


- I think that Kimi and the team got quickly on the same wave lenght and bothenjoyed their co-work.
——我认为Kimi和车队很快就处于同一个步调了，双方合作很愉快。


- A driver can learn new things every day. Many think that they already knoweverything but you can always do better.
——车手每天都会学习到新知识。很多人认为他们已经了解所有事情了，但是你总能做得更好。


- Kimi concentrates thoroughly on his work. He wants to succeed and he has themotivation for it. Kimi is also a regular guy in the way he is not always happywith the situation. The team supports him in every way and the results havebeen good, Todt says.
——Kimi完完全全专心于他的工作。他想要获胜，他很有动力去获胜。Kimi也是个平常人，有阻碍的时候他也会对境况感到不满。车队在所有方面都支持他，结果不错，托德说。


According to him Räikkönen didn't complain even once about trivial mattersduring 2007.
据托德说，在2007年的时候Kimi甚至一次都没有抱怨过。


- It's in his nature. He has the courage to open his mouth in the right placeand he doesn't express his opinion for no reason.
——他天性如此。他会在关键的地方侃侃而谈，从不废话。


- It's easy to get along with Kimi. He says things straight and he concentrateson the essential. He can say yes or no depending upon the situation. The teambenefits from it because his answer is always clear and the team doesn't haveto try and figure what he is talking about.
——跟Kimi相处很容易。他说话很直，切中要点。他可以根据情况判断行还是不行，这对车队很有利，因为他的反馈总是很清楚，车队不需要琢磨他在说什么。


- Michael, Felipe and Kimi are all different personalities and unique persons.
——迈克尔，马萨，Kimi的个性都各不相同，他们都是很特别的人。


- When Michael made his decision we already had an option for this situation.We didn't wait until he announced his decision. We had negotiated with Kimi along time ago and made a three-year contract with him to the end of season2009. He has also said that he wants to end his career at Ferrari, Todt says.
——当迈克尔做出他的决定的时候，我们已经对情况做出了选择。我们没有一直等到他宣布他的决定。我们跟Kimi在很长时间以前就签约了，是一份3年的合同到2009年末。Kimi也说他希望能够在法拉利结束他的职业生涯，托德说。

托德说Kimi做的大量的公关工作给他在F1带来名誉和成功。
- It was expected because F1 is followed everywhere. Publicity is part or thepicture. There are more media-channels and you can film anywhere withcellphones. That's why the drivers also have to be careful when they are inpublic. Often wrong interpretations of situations are made and there should beno room for them. One can influence that with their own actions, Todt says.
——这是必要的，因为F1随处都有追随者。公关是一部分或者是形势所需。有很多媒体渠道，你能够用手机随时随地拍摄。这就是为什么车手要在公众场合非常小心的原因。有时候情况会被错误地解读，这种情况应该力争避免。车手应该用自己的行动作出表率，托德说。


- A certain kind of carefulness is important.
——某种程度上的小心是很重要的。


Todt tells that he has talked with Kimi about the media-publicity just likethey have talked about other things too.
托德说他跟Kimi谈公关活动的事情就像他们在谈其他事情一样。


- Kimi is wise in this thing too. He knows that his private life is not thesame as others have. It's part of his job and part of him driving in Ferrari.On top of that they follow even more closely what a WDC does, Todt reminds.
——Kimi在这方面很明智。他知道自己的私生活不能像其他人那样。这是他工作的一部分，是他为法拉利开车的一部分。这样他们才会更加追随世界冠军的脚步，托德说。


Räikkönen and Todt have already learned to know each other outside races andtesting.
Kimi和托德已经在赛道外彼此了解了。


- We have discussed a few times at dinner in Maranello for example. Kimi ismodest but sometimes he wants to have fun. It's only a good and normal thingfor a young guy his age.
——比如说，我们已经在马拉内罗吃晚饭的时候谈论过几次。Kimi做得很得体但是有时他也想做一些有趣的事情。这对于他这个年纪的青年人来说很好也很正常。


Räikkönen said before season 2008 inSkyItaly'stv-interview that he feels like a shy small boy at times.
2008赛季之前Kimi在天空体育意大利TV采访中说有时候他觉得像一个害羞的小男孩。


- I believe him, Todt says.
——我相信他，托德说。


According to Todt Räikkönen's career has changed into an easier one after theWDC.
托德说Kimi的职业生涯在他拿到世界冠军后会进入一种比较容易的状态。


- He has achived his goal. When he started in Sauber and continued in McLarenhe was a couple times close to winning the WDC. It didn't happen until he wentto Ferrari. I'm sure he tries to become WDC again but the first time is alwaysspecial.
——他达到了自己的目标。当他一开始在索伯、后来在迈凯轮开车的时候，有两次距离WDC非常近，但是一直到他进入法拉利才拿到它。我相信他会再次努力成为世界冠军的，但是第一次总是很特别。


- The club of world champions is very small and the members are in a certainway different than others. I think that the WDC makes his life even moreenjoyable. However he still wants to race and challenge others. One day he willdecide to retire. We have to remember that he will still be a young man who hasa lot of opportunities in front of him. His contract guarantees him a securedfuture, Todt says in the end.
——成为世界冠军的车手为数不多，而且他们所走的路与别人不同。我认为世界冠军让他们的生活更精彩。然而他仍然想要比赛和挑战别人。有一天他会决定退役。我们要记得他仍然是个年轻人，还有很多机遇在前面等待着他。合同确保他有一个安全的未来，托德最后说。


My interview with Jean Todt is over. We shake hands and I leave the room. Whentaking one last glance at the room I see that Todt is looking at the papers onhis desk. The stories about his enthusiasm for working are easy to believe.
我的采访结束了。我跟托德握了握手然后离开。当我向屋内最后看一眼的时候，托德正在看他办公桌上的那些纸。据说托德是个热爱工作的人，这事看来是真的。


We walk to Colajanni's office where we exchange a few words about Räikkönen.
我们走到科拉贾尼的办公室，关于Kimi交谈了几句。


Colajanni is in a close contact with Räikkönen in races and outside of them.
科拉贾尼在赛道内外跟Kimi关系很近。


- I am pleased when I get to work with Kimi. His attitude towards his work isvery professional and he estimates things in a clear way. We trust each other,Colajanni tells.
——我跟Kimi在一起工作很开心。他对待工作的态度非常专业，他以很清晰的思路来分析事情。我们彼此信任，科拉贾尼说。


- Of course Kimi isn't the most talkative driver in front of the media but thatis not a problem. We also communicate very economically and don't blabber aboutanything unimportant. Ferrari is always in the spotlight so we have to be verycareful in what we say.
——当然Kimi在媒体面前不是个健谈的车手，但是这没问题。我们也经常很简短地沟通，不说无关紧要的事。法拉利一直在聚光灯下，所以我们谈话的时候必须要小心翼翼。


- In this sense there are no problems with Kimi. The media sometimes tries toget out things about him that aren't real. Kimi's strenght is that he doesn'tpretend to be anyone else than himself, Colajanni says.
——从这个方面讲，Kimi没有任何问题。媒体有时候试图挖出些Kimi根本没发生过的事情。Kimi之所以强大是因为他从不伪装自己。科拉贾尼说。


An atmosphere of success is all around Maranello. When I walk back to thereception a group of happily chatting men come out of one door. They are buyersof a Ferrari who have just been on a factory-tour. Outside the factory I seemany Ferrari-employees wearing red overalls, they are on their lunch hour. Mostof them seem to eat in a restaurant that is right next to the factory.
马拉内罗的空气中充满着胜利的气息。当我走回接待室，一群开心闲谈的人出现在门口。他们是一群法拉利跑车买主，正在做工厂访问旅行。在工厂外面，我看到很多穿着红衣的法拉利员工，他们正要去吃午饭。似乎很多人都去紧挨着工厂的一家餐厅吃饭。


I go to Ferrari's shop and spend easily one hour there. After that I have atrain trip to Milanwhere I will meet another pillar of the Italian motorsport.
我走进一家法拉利商店，在那里很容易一小时就过去了。然后我乘火车返回米兰，在那里我将会采访另外一位意大利赛车伟人。
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