*ERICSSON’S SURGE ADDS EVEN MORE HORSEPOWER TO GANASSI LINEUP

*原標(biāo)題：埃里克森的崛起讓Ganassi車隊如虎添翼

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As Marcus Ericsson chased down Josef Newgarden for the win in the closing laps of The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline on July 4, one thing became clear: It’s a new era for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

當(dāng)馬庫斯·埃里克森在中俄亥俄站里，緊咬著約瑟夫·紐加頓沖線，拿下分站亞軍后，人們知道，Ganassi車隊即將迎來自己Indycar參賽史上的一頁新篇章。

The organization put two of its four drivers on the podium behind Newgarden’s No. 2 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet, and neither of them were six-time and defending series champion scott Dixon. The organization also left Mid-Ohio with one of its drivers as the championship leader, and it’s not six-time Mid-Ohio winner Dixon, either.

在分站冠軍紐加頓身后，Ganassi車隊的兩輛賽車占據(jù)了剩余的領(lǐng)獎臺位置，但其中并沒有六屆總冠軍斯科特·迪克森的身影；同樣，積分榜領(lǐng)跑者也是一位Ganassi車手，而他，也不是迪克森。

Ericsson led the day for Ganassi in the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, while teammate Alex Palou in the No. 10 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda followed him on the podium. Dixon followed his younger teammates in fourth in the No. 9 PNC Bank Grow Up Great Honda.

幾乎全場比賽中，迪克森都跟在他兩位年輕的隊友，埃里克森和帕勞身后，最終以第四完賽。

Ericsson led two laps on the day and closed the gap between himself and Newgarden to just .8790 of a second when the checkered flag flew on Lap 80. Ericsson scored his third career podium finish and second in the last month.

埃里克森在比賽中也曾有過兩圈領(lǐng)跑的機會，最終，瑞典人以0.8790s只差，緊跟紐加頓沖線，拿下了自己職業(yè)生涯第三個，本月第二個，領(lǐng)獎臺席位。

“We had a great day,” Ericsson said. “The whole team to get two, three, four there was a great result. I’m really proud of the whole team. Everyone has done a great job, and it was a true team effort.

“今天太棒了，”埃里克森說，“車隊拿下了二，三，四，結(jié)果非常不錯。我為車隊感到驕傲，每個人都出色得完成了工作，這就是團隊的能量。”

Since scoring his first career win in Race 1 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on June 12, Ericsson said he has been a new man. That win, which was his first trip to Victory Lane in eight years when he won a GP2 race at Nurburgring in 2013, has given him the confidence he needs to succeed in the ultra-competitive NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

自從在底特律第一回合中拿下職業(yè)生涯首勝后，埃里克森覺得自己仿佛脫胎換骨。2013賽季的GP2紐博格林后，埃里克森還沒贏過呢。這場時隔八年的首個冠軍，給了瑞典車手在極度激烈的Indycar中急需的強大信心。

After the 105th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, which was the race before Ericsson won at The Raceway at Belle Isle, the Swedish driver has catapulted from 10th in the championship standings to fifth. He is 104 points back of his Spaniard teammate Palou.

從今年底特律之前的Indy500開始，埃里克森一路飆升，從積分榜第十，一躍至第五，目前落后自己的隊友，領(lǐng)頭羊帕勞104分。

“Confidence is a beautiful thing when you have it,” Ericsson said. “I think I have some good confidence going now. Obviously, I’ve been working very hard with my engineer and then the rest of the No. 8 car team. But also Dario (Franchitti), me and Dario have been working hard.”

“有信心的感覺好極了，”埃里克森說，“我覺得自己現(xiàn)在就很有自信。顯然，我跟我的工程師和車組付出了許多，還包括達里奧（弗蘭基帝），我和達里奧工作可努力了?！?/p>

Ericsson should feel good. Not only did he lead the four-car team at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, arguably the organization’s best track on the schedule, but he easily beat teammate Dixon, who holds the all-time record for wins at the track with six.

埃里克森有理由感到高興。他不僅是車隊在中俄亥俄站里排位最高的車手，更意味著他輕松戰(zhàn)勝了自己的隊友，六次在中俄亥俄拿下冠軍的迪克森。

Ericsson isn’t the only Ganassi driver thriving. Points leader Palou grew his championship lead to 39 points over second place Pato O’Ward.

埃里克森并非現(xiàn)在唯一炙手可熱的Ganassi車手，他的隊友帕勞正以39分的優(yōu)勢，力壓奧沃德領(lǐng)跑積分榜。

The success from Ganassi’s young drivers isn’t a detriment to six-time champion Dixon. He is one of eight different race winners this season, having captured the first race of a doubleheader weekend in early May at Texas Motor Speedway. He’s third in the championship standings, 56 behind Palou.

Ganassi車隊年輕一輩的崛起并不會對六屆總冠軍迪克森完成什么困擾。新西蘭人是本賽季八位不同的分站冠軍得主之一，他在五月，賽季伊始就拿下了德克薩斯的冠軍，目前正落后帕勞56分排名第三。

What it does mean is that for the first time since Franchitti retired from the NTT INDYCAR SERIES following the 2013 season, Dixon probably will have strong, season-long competition coming at him from within Chip Ganassi Racing’s shop.

只不過，自從達里奧·弗蘭基帝在2013賽季結(jié)束后退役開始，迪克森將第一次真正感受到來自車隊內(nèi)部的激烈競爭。

Ericsson added that Chip Ganassi Racing’s extremely diverse driver lineup helps each athlete learn different perspectives of driving. Ericsson is a five-year veteran of Formula One, from 2014-18, while Dixon is a legendary INDYCAR SERIES champion, Palou has a single-seater background from Super Formula in Japan, Jimmie Johnson is a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and Tony Kanaan is an expert on ovals, having won the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in 2013.

埃里克森特別提到，車隊豐富全面的車手組合，讓他們能夠從彼此身上學(xué)到不同的駕駛技巧。埃里克森自己有著五年的F1經(jīng)驗，迪克森已然是Indycar傳奇，帕勞曾參與日本超級方程式的爭奪，吉米·約翰遜是七屆納斯卡冠軍，外加2013年Indy500冠軍，橢圓賽道專家托尼·卡南。

“With all our experience, it really helps me to become a better driver,” Ericsson said. “I feel like we all push each other to be better. I think that's been one of the things this year that we are so strong because we have drivers with very different backgrounds but push each other forward. ”

“這些不同的經(jīng)驗讓我收益匪淺，”埃里克森接著說，“我覺得我們不斷在相互促進，這也是這賽季我們?nèi)绱藦姶蟮脑?。我們幾個車手來自不同的賽事背景，都在推動著彼此更進一步?！?/p>

Palou was the first surprise of the season when he showed everyone at Barber Motorsports Park he was going to give quite a fight to Dixon. Now, Ericsson, 30, is the new surprise of the season. He has seven top-10 finishes in 10 races, with an average finish of 8.5 heading into the summer break.

帕勞是本賽季Ganassi車隊的第一個驚喜，他在Barber的表現(xiàn)證明自己可以同迪克森一較高下。現(xiàn)在，輪到30歲的瑞典人了。埃里克森在十場比賽中七次拿下前十，在夏休前，他的正常完賽排位來到了8.5。

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES has four weeks off before heading to the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, for the inaugural Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Sunday, Aug. 8 at 5:30 p.m. ET (live on NBCSN and INDYCAR Radio Network).

四個禮拜后，Indycar將去到田納西州的納什維爾展開下半賽季的競爭。

原文地址：

https://www.indycar.com/news/2021/07/07-04-ericsson-ganassi