DOWN UNDER (7)

SÃO PAULO (já acabou o dia) – Na linha de prestação de serviço que este blog sempre cumpriu, sugiro que dispensem os tradutores simultâneos e não incomodem sua professora do CCAA num fim de semana para saber exatamente o que disseram depois do GP da Austrália. Para isso existe a premiada e tradicionalíssima seção “Tecla SAP”. Fiquem com a leitura mais fiel da corrida de Melbourne, relatada pelos protagonistas do acontecido.

DOMENICALI, O ESPERANÇOSO – “Clearly we cannot be happy with a fifth place but, given how things went yesterday, Fernando’s result is a positive one, the result mainly of yet another super performance from the Spaniard. We knew that this weekend, the car we had was not the one we wanted going into this season. I want to highlight the performance of the crew during the pit stops: looking at the figures, we were the fastest both in terms of outright performance and on average.” SAP – “Se não fosse o Fernandinho, a gente estava fodido. Com essa bosta de carro ele chegou em quinto. Agora vou elogiar os mecânicos pra ficar bem na fita com eles. Se fosse campeonato de pit stop a gente seria campeão. Na Indy não tem campeonato de pit stop?”

ALONSO, O SALVADOR – “We knew it would be a very complicated race and I am happy I managed to bring home a useful number of points. After the Safety Car, there was a tough fight with Maldonaldo. I was slower than him and all I could do was defend my position. I am sorry for him, because it’s a real shame to finish a race like that. However, we still have a lot of work to do to reach those who are ahead of us in terms of performance; not just McLaren and Red Bull, but also Mercedes and Lotus. We are probably a second off pole and there are seven or eight teams who are all very close to one another.” SAP – “Eu sou foda!”

MASSA, O CONDENADO – “This has been a really poor weekend for me. Already yesterday I suffered because the car was badly balanced and today, it was probably even worse, because after a few laps I was struggling with the tyres. I had got a great start and had managed to make up a few places and I was hoping to finish in the points. The car was sliding and the degradation was much greater than for the others. I would not say I was driving aggressively and I was actually trying not to be hard on the tyres, but there was nothing I could do. Even on the Mediums, the situation did not change. As for the contact with Senna, I think we can consider it a racing incident. A Toro Rosso tried to pass me on the outside of Turn 3 and Bruno had better traction on the inside, so we went into Turn 4 side by side: that where we tangled and it ended as you saw it did.” SAP – “Quantas corridas faltam para acabar a temporada? Alguém aí precisa de piloto pro ano que vem? Pode ser pra este ano mesmo…”

FRY, O FRITO – “From what we have seen this weekend, our race pace is a bit better than in qualifying.” SAP – “O carro é uma bosta em classificação, mas só uma merda em corrida.”

KOBAYASHI, O MITO – “I was running in ninth position until the ultimate lap when Pastor (Maldonado) crashed and Sergio had a battle with Nico (Rosberg). I went passed and finished sixth.” SAP – “E depois falam que é japonês que guia mal.”

BUTTON, O PERFEITINHO – “Every victory means a lot – but today shows just how important it was to have a strong winter. At the start, I really wanted to get away fast in the first two laps to avoid the threat of DRS – it wasn’t easy because I had Lewis right on my tail. But the race went smoothly after that. My biggest worry was the late-race Safety Car: I had a 10-second advantage, which was pretty healthy, but the Safety Car cut that to nothing. I got clear of Seb [Vettel] and the DRS zone pretty quickly and was able to pull out an advantage and hold it to the end.” SAP – “Foi fácil pacas.”

HAMILTON, O NERVOSINHO – “Congratulations to Jenson and the whole team for such a great result today. While it’s a bit disappointing not to have been able to convert pole position into victory, I’m not downhearted. I’ll just re-focus now, get my head down and look to the next race. The world championships are all about consistency, so that’s what I’ll be aiming for.” SAP – “Tô puto, não me encham o saco, cadê a Nicole? Vou mostrar hoje o que é consistência, mano.”

RAIKKONEN, O BREVE – “It feels like I’ve never been away. Yesterday we made some mistakes which cost us quite badly so it could easily have been better in the race. I made a good start but then there was an accident in front of me at the first turn, so we lost a few places there as I had to almost stop and move onto the grass to avoid it. That made the race harder again as we had the speed, but a lot of traffic to get through. Overall the weekend was far from ideal, but the car feels good.” SAP – “Isso aqui continua a mesma merda de sempre. Vou correr de jerico em Rondônia.”

GROSJEAN, O FUGAZ – “I think we could have achieved a great result today. It’s frustrating as I really wanted to make the chequered flag and even the podium, but on the positive side the car is performing very well. There was the collision with Pastor (Maldonado). From what I saw he braked far too late and hit my right front wheel which broke the steering and that was it; my race was over.” SAP – “Venezuelano do caralho.”

VETTEL, O MODESTO – “I’m very happy with myself today – I think it was the most we could have achieved. Even before the safety car, I think we would have had a good shot at Lewis towards the end, as we were getting close. I had a good start initially and was surprised by Nico, who had a very good start and got past. I passed him again, which was a great manoeuvre and on the edge. Behind Michael, I had a mistake and went off in the first corner; he then did exactly the same when I got close to him, which was good. Congratulations to McLaren and to Jenson, I think he drove a fantastic race and was unbeatable today.” SAP – “Me deem qualquer porcaria que ande que eu chego lá. Menos uma Ferrari, claro. Sou bom, mas não faço milagre.”

WEBBER, O TRISTE – “I had a poor start, so I need to see what happened there and then I got sandwiched at Turn 1. The car felt quite tricky on the options in the first stint and I wondered if I had some damage from the first corner, but then when I got the primes the race came alive for me. I was quicker than Lewis at the end, but it’s a difficult track to overtake here. Today was a strong showing for us and it was a good day for Red Bull Racing given what we went to bed with last night.” SAP – “Oh dia, oh céus, oh vida!”

SCHUMACHER, O PICARETA – “It was an unfortunate end to my race when I lost drive going into turn one. I was trying different gears and occasionally the drive came back, but in the end, I had to go onto the grass to avoid the risk of the car being forced into a spin. It was especially unfortunate as we have not had this problem during the winter tests and were very reliable. This is why I am not concerned, as I know things like this happen in racing, and our reliability is not in question.” SAP – “Vou dizer que quebrou o câmbio pra ver se cola.”

MALDONADO, O DESASTRADO – “The car looked good today. Our pace was quick and consistent and we were looking competitive right up until the moment I had on the last lap, which is very important. Unfortunately, I just lost the back of the car while pushing Alonso and I had nowhere to go.” SAP – “Putaqueloparió, que cagada, Dios mio!”