Honda have had their share of bad luck so far this season. Despite two A-list drivers at the wheel, the results look rather modest. With 13 points in Jenson Button’s account and six in that of Rubens Barrichello, the team lie fourth in the constructors’ championship standings. Nevertheless, Honda Racing’s CEO, Nick Fry, insists the team’s spirit is unbroken…

　　赛季到目前为止，霉运也有本田车队的一份。尽管驾驶赛车的是两名一流车手，成绩看上去却很一般。由于简森-巴顿有13分，鲁本-巴里切罗有6分，车队在车队积分榜上排名第四。然而，本田车队的执行总裁尼克-弗瑞仍然坚称车队的精神坚不可摧。

　　Q: Is there more pressure to succeed at Honda now that you are a manufacturer team - with a direct link between your performance and how the company’s products are perceived?

　　Nick Fry: There is not much difference, as most of the pressure comes from within the team. Honda is a company which has been in motor racing from the start. They understand what motor racing is all about, and that at this level it needs time to succeed. We want to win and that’s what it’s all about.

　　问：现在你们成为了一只厂队，是否给本田车队的成功带来了更多的压力？原因是你们的表现和对公司产品有着怎样的认知存在着直接的关联。

　　尼克-弗瑞：并没有太大区别，因为大部分的压力是来自车队内部的。身在赛车赛事的本田从一开始就是一家公司。他们了解汽车比赛是怎么一回事，以及在这样的级别上要获得成功需要时间。我们想要获胜，这就是一切。

　　Q: Are there any cultural differences between Honda Japan and Honda Brackley? Consensus finding in Formula One racing is presumably slightly different to the traditional Japanese way…

　　NF: The answer is obviously yes, but no more than you would expect. I have personally worked with a lot Japanese companies, for example Mazda and Subaru. Most of the staff in the team have been working a minimum of four years with Honda. We understand each other very well, there are different ways in doing things but we think in the same way. And in some way, having two points of views is an advantage, as you see things from different perspectives.

　　问：在本田-日本和本田-布兰克里（Honda Brackley）之间是否存在着文化差异？在F1比赛中的舆论推测会和传统的日本方式稍微有些不同……

　　尼克-弗瑞：答案无疑是肯定的，但不会比你指望的更多。我个人在许多家日本公司工作过，比如说马自达和斯巴鲁。车队的大多数员工都至少在本田干过四年。我们非常了解对方，虽然做事的方式不一样，但我们想事情的方式却是相同的。有时候，能有两种视角是一种优势，因为可以从不同的角度看待事情。

　　Q: You said recently that you will 'earn your money'. How?

　　NF: When the team is successful it is easy. On the opposite, it is difficult to stay up on days when things go badly, as you have to keep everyone motivated. You have to have fact s and a plan to speak out and you will have everyone’s belief. It is like in any other industry - the management skills at the top have to be convincing.

　　问：你最近说过‘你将挣自己的钱’，怎么挣？

　　尼克-弗瑞：当车队成功时，事情很容易。反面，当事情很糟的时候就难以在每天原地不动，因为你必须让每个人都保持动力。你必须有论据，并且把计划说出来，让每个人都拥有信心。这就同其它行业是一样的，高层的管理技巧必须能让人信服。

　　Q: What are the crucial points at the moment? The car? Communication? Human error?

　　NF: Human errors happen occasionally, it’s easy to make too much of that. It (the pit-lane problem at Imola) was a very unfortunate incident. The real issue for us, and most of the other teams, is making best use of the tyres. We proved that we can make the tyres work over one lap, so we can always qualify in the top group. The real trick and difficulty in F1 at the moment is making the tyres last over a longer distance. At the moment there is only one team with one driver who has it completely under control to have the Michelin tyres work over a longer distance and we just need to continue to work on this and there is no magic solution. We have to work hard, do a lot of testing, do lots of experiments.

　　问：此刻的关键在于哪里？赛车？通信？还是人为的过失？

　　尼克-弗瑞：人为的过失偶有发生，很容易就可以找出很多。在伊莫拉维修通道发生的事情是一次非常不幸的事故。对我们以及大多数的其它车队而言，真正的问题在于如何最佳程度地利用好轮胎。我们证明了自己可以让轮胎在一圈之中表现出色，所以我们总是可以在排位赛中跑在前面。此刻在F1中真正的诀窍和困难就是要让轮胎可以坚持较长的距离。现在，只有一只车队的一名车手能在较长距离的比赛中完全控制好米其林轮胎。我们需要在这方面继续努力，这方面没有魔法可言，必须得努力工作，进行大量的测试以及试验。

　　Q: In Barrichello you have a driver from a former world championship winning team. Does that raise your standards?

　　NF: It does. I think it always helps to have what I would call ‘fresh eyes’, because when a person, a driver or anybody else is in the same team for four or five years, you get used to things, to situations. With Rubens it’s a fantastic opportunity to gather new ideas, as he is extremely experienced. I still would say that the first six months when a new person joins a team are critical. You have to listen very carefully to what the person is saying and then you find out what the working style is.

　　问：你们车队的巴里切罗来自于一只前世界冠军车队。这是否提高了你们的标准？

　　尼克-弗瑞：是的。我认为这有助于我们获得被我称之为“新鲜眼”的事物。因为当一个人、一名车手或者别的任何人在为同一只车队效力了四到五年时，你会对事物和环境感到习惯。有了鲁本，就有了收集新想法的神奇机会，因为他极其富有经验。我仍然要这样说，前六个月是一位新人加入车队的关键时期。你必须仔细地聆听人们说了什么，之后把工作方式找出来。

　　Q: How will the season proceed for Honda? Any predictions?

　　NF: My prediction is to see that Rubens is getting more settled in the team. The driving performances of Jenson and Rubens are very similar to each other - they will push each other. I am also pretty confident that we have all the right things in place, in terms of our education of how to use these tyres. We will use our new full-size wind tunnel, and will retrieve the first results very soon, which will help us progress.

　　问：对本田车队来说，赛季进展如何？有任何预测吗？

　　尼克-弗瑞：我的预测就是会看到鲁本越来越习惯车队。简森和鲁本的比赛表现非常类似，他们将会互相激励。在训练如何使用轮胎方面，我也有信心会让所有正确的事情按部就位。我们将使用全新的等比例的风洞，很快就能得到第一次的结果，而它将有助于我们进步。

　　Q: Any idea who will replace British American Tobacco next year as sponsor? Any wish list?

　　NF: Well, yes. We have hired 19 Entertainment, and with them we are very confident to have chosen the right direction, as they have a total different perspective on how to do things. They are very familiar with the pop music world, as they are amongst the world leaders in the entertainment industry. I am pretty confident that people will see a totally different approach to motor racing sponsorship.

　　问：明年谁会取代英美烟草担任新的赞助商？希望的名单有了吗？

　　尼克-弗瑞：是的。我们雇佣了19家娱乐公司，有了他们，我们自信已经选出了正确的方向，因为他们在如何做事上有着全然不同的看法。他们非常熟悉流行音乐世界，原因是他们在娱乐产业中是世界领先者。人们将会看到完全不同的方法去获得赛车比赛的赞助，对这点我极其自信。（声明：F1官方网站版权所有，未经许可不得翻译、刊载，搜狐F1频道为唯一中文网络合法登载单位。 王波编译）

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