[双语简报-WRX][F1名将跑场地拉力，快速尼克的新征程？]

*HEIDFELD ‘MASSIVELY ENJOYING’ RALLYCROSS DEBUT – AND LEARNING FAST

*海费“超级享受”场地拉力首秀，并且进步迅速

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Nick Heidfeld arrived at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with no prior rallycross experience and having not raced anything at all in more than four years. The German faced the steepest of learning curves on his debut in the FIA RX2e Championship – yet by only the second heat, he was posting lap times on a par with the series front-runners. And clearly having an absolute blast.

在抵达加泰罗尼亚前，尼克·海费尔德从来没有驾驶过场地拉力赛赛车，而且他也已经四年多没参加过任何比赛了。德国名将不得不在他的RX2e首秀中，用最短的时间，适应所有新技术新规则。不过，快速尼克只用了两场计时赛，就开始大展拳脚，展现了足以匹配组别领跑集团的速度。

It should perhaps have come as little surprise that Heidfeld so quickly got down to the pace in RX2e. This is, after all, a driver with 13 Formula 1 podium finishes to his credit, eight more in Formula E, class victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours and – for 20 years – the outright record up the famous Goodwood hillclimb. But with its dual-surface nature and ever-changing track conditions, rallycross is something else entirely – something completely out of his comfort zone.

不过，对于海费在RX2e中“即插即用”的表现，我们似乎不必大惊小怪，这可是一名拥有13次F1领奖台，8次FE领奖台荣誉的车手。他还曾在勒芒24小时大赛夺得过组别胜利，并且在长达20年的时间里，保持着古德伍德爬山赛的纪录。话说回来，场地拉力赛赛道条件多变，路面有铺装有沙石泥地，是一项完全不同的赛车运动，这都不是海费所习以为常的赛事环境。

Admitting to finding it more difficult than he had initially expected, the 45-year-old was over two seconds adrift of the benchmark in free practice on Saturday morning, but by dint of adopting a ‘look-and-learn’ approach, he progressively improved his lap times. By heat two, he had reduced the deficit to just nine tenths-of-a-second, on a par with Patrick O’Donovan – winner of the most recent two rounds.

在周六早上的自由练习中，海费还距离领头羊有两秒的差距，45岁的德国人也承认，这比他原本预想的要困难的多。好在他一边观察一边学习，最终大幅提高了单圈成绩。在第二场计时赛里，差距只剩下了0.9秒，这还是和最近两场的获胜车手帕特里克·奥多诺万的对比结果。

“I’m enjoying it massively,” he enthused. “Coming from a completely different type of racing, the car is certainly challenging to drive and the level of competition is high. When I was sat on the grid waiting for the start of both races, I felt my heart pumping faster than I had done for many years – and it’s been great to get that feeling back."

“我太享受这比赛了，“海费激动得说，“赛事类型和我过去的经历的完全不同，赛车驾驶起来极具挑战性，竞争也十分激烈。当我在发车区等待起跑的时候，我有一种久违的心潮澎湃的感觉，能在体会到这一切真的太棒了。”

原文地址：

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/rx2e/2022/heidfeld----massively-enjoying----rallycross-debut/