Toyota have restructured their Formula One team’s chassis and engine departments following the recent departure of technical director Mike Gascoyne.

　　自技术总监麦克－加斯科因最近离职之后，丰田对他们的一级方程式车队底盘和引擎部门进行了重组。

　　Toyota and Gascoyne parted company last month following a difference of opinion over the future direction of their technical operation and the team have now abolished the Englishman’s former job title, choosing instead to move responsibility away from a single individual.

　　上个月由于在技术运作方面产生了分歧，所以丰田和加斯科因分手了，现在车队废除了这个英国人曾担任过的职称，并决定不让单独的个人来担当这个责任。

　　Toyota have now created two posts of ‘senior general manager’, with Pascal Vasselon and Luca Marmorini taking respective responsibility for chassis and engine. The pair will work together and reporting directly to Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Executive Vice-President of Toyota Motorsport.

　　丰田现在制定了两个‘高级总经理’的职务，帕斯卡－瓦塞隆和卢卡－马莫里尼分别负责管理底盘和引擎部门。两人将一起工作，并直接向丰田赛车公司执行副总裁Yoshiaki Kinoshita汇报工作。

　　"Part of Toyota's genetic make-up constitutes the embodiment of teamwork,” commented Toyota Motorsport President, John Howett. “As such, we are always striving to empower each individual within the organisation to actively contribute to the ultimate goal, namely to one day win the world championship. We feel that this can only be accomplished by focussing less on the position of technical director, therefore we have decided to erase this position from our structure.

　　丰田赛车总裁约翰－豪威特表示：“丰田的团队精神是通过其核心的组织结构来体现的。因此，我们一直都在致力于让团队中的每一个人能够积极地为我们的最终目标做出贡献，即在某一天赢得世界冠军。我们认为只有弱化技术总监的位置才能实现这样的目标，因此我们决定从组织结构中取消这个职位。”

从左至右分别为马莫里尼、加斯科因和瓦塞隆

　　“Pascal and Luca have agreed to take over the replacement position of Senior General Manager in chassis and engine areas respectively and will continue to excel in these managerial roles. We are confident that these changes will significantly help our long-term internal stability and ultimately our on-track performance."

　　“帕斯卡和卢卡都同意分别出任底盘和引擎部门的高级总经理一职，而且会继续在这些管理工作中有出色表现。我们相信这些改革能够极大地有利于我们长期的内部稳定，并最终提升我们在赛道上的表现。”

　　After finishing fourth in last year’s constructors’ championship, Toyota have had a less successful start to their 2006 campaign, scoring seven points from the first five rounds to put them seventh in the standings.

　　在去年的车队冠军争夺战中获得了第四名之后，丰田在2006年比赛中的开局相对逊色一些，在前五站比赛中获得了7个积分，积分榜上位列第七名。

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