[双语简报-WRC][奥吉尔接班人罗万佩拉？]
*IS ROVANPERÄ NOW A COMPLETE DRIVER?
*原标题：罗万佩拉已经是个全能无死角车手了吗？
**译文版权up所有，原文及图片摘自WRC官网，有删减
Coming into this season, there was no doubting Kalle Rovanperä had gravel sorted. Winning on the quick stuff in Estonia and in the rough in Greece demonstrated the Finn’s mastery of the dirt.
本赛季开始前，大家对罗万佩拉在沙石路面上的表现早已赞不绝口。芬兰人在高速的爱沙尼亚，和曲折的希腊都取得了胜利，足以佐证其大师级的沙石表现。
But what about snow? What about Tarmac? All questions to be asked of the 21-year-old this year. Kalle has answered every one of them, emphatically.
那么，如果是雪地赛道，是柏油路面呢？这是这位21岁的小将本赛季无法回避的质疑，而凯利强势回应了所有围绕他的疑问。
The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver’s performance at Rally de Portugal was outstanding. It was his best outing…since the one before. In Croatia, Rovanperä delivered the Wolf Power Stage of his life to elbow Hyundai Motorsport’s Ott Tänak to one side to take his first ever asphalt victory. That was special. Arguably, Portugal was even better.
这名丰田小将在先前葡萄牙站的表现可谓杰出。芬兰人刚刚在克罗地亚的加分赛段上险胜塔纳克，拿到自己首个柏油路冠军，便紧接着在葡萄牙大杀四方。克罗地亚是一场特别的胜利，葡萄牙更是如此。
As summer approaches, the WRC settles into its gravel season and that’s generally something of a worry for the championship leader. Running first on the road is never a good thing when it comes to the dirt. Legends like Sébastien Ogier and Sébastien Loeb have demonstrated that it is possible to win from the front, to sweep a faster line for your rivals and then come back and bite them two days later. But could Kalle do it?
WRC的夏天属于砂石，积分榜领先车手或许会对比有些担忧。在沙石泥地上第一个出发算不上什么好事，不过，想奥吉尔和勒布这样的传奇车手，都曾像大家展示过打头阵还获胜的壮举—第一个出发给身后的车手扫路，但最终还是能够拿下胜利。那么，罗万佩拉做得到么？
Yes. Very much, yes.
是的，他当然做得到。
Rovanperä crafted a brilliant maiden success in Portugal by keeping his head cool as the temperatures soared on the opening day of Europe’s westernmost round of the championship.
葡萄牙作为欧洲赛季最西边的分站，开跑以后气温一路飙升。好在罗万佩拉始终保持着一颗冷静的头脑，最终首次拿下了葡萄牙站的冠军。
“When I see a chance, I take it,” he said. “It was the same like Croatia. I wasn’t going to push or take a big risk in the [Wolf] Power Stage, but I saw the chance and I felt good with the car so I went for it.
“我会全力抓住眼前的战机，”他说，“就像在克罗地亚那样，我本没计划在加分赛段中开足马力的，但当时机会出现了，赛车感觉也恰到好处，于是我就全力冲了。”
“In Portugal I was happy and the feeling was good with the tyres, I was able to make some time.”
“在葡萄牙，我对轮胎的状况很满意很开心，这让我有可能去跑出更快的速度。”
Jari-Matti Latvala was as surprised as the rest of us that his young countryman was able to pull off an outstanding early 2022 hat-trick.
拉特瓦拉对于他年轻的小老乡能够在赛季一开始就取得三连胜也颇为惊讶，这点倒是和周围人一样。
“I was thinking maybe the podium could be possible,” he said, “but not really the win. This was a big surprise. He is proving us wrong a lot right now. What he is doing now is reminding me a little bit of 2013 when Sébastien [Ogier] was starting with Volkswagen and starting to be a little bit dominant in the championship. He is very, very strong right now – winning in Sweden, Croatia and from the front in Portugal has shown he is a complete driver.”
“我只是觉得也许能上几次领奖台，”拉特瓦拉说，“但不至于夺冠。这就像是个大惊喜。他现在可擅长打我们脸了~他现在让我想起了2013年的奥吉尔，和大众一起在围场里逐步建立统治地位。他现在状态正盛，接连在瑞典，克罗地亚，现在又是在葡萄牙打头发出夺冠，这证明他已经是一名全能车手了。”
原文地址：
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc/is-kalle-rovanpera-the-complete-driver/
