*WHAT T?NAK’S RETURN MEANS FOR M-SPORT

*原標(biāo)題：塔納克的回歸對(duì)M-Sport意味著什么

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It’s like he never left. Ott T?nak’s return to M-Sport Ford World Rally Team feels as absolutely right as it felt absolutely inevitable.

就好像他從未離開(kāi)過(guò)。塔納克即將回歸M-Sport福特，這一切水到渠成，不可避免。

T?nak and co-driver Martin J?rveoja lead the British team’s assault on the 2023 World Rally Championship, with the Estonians making it clear they have just one ambition: to repeat their world title of 2019.?

塔納克將在2023賽季帶領(lǐng)這支英國(guó)車(chē)隊(duì)沖擊冠軍，他和副駕駛馬丁的目標(biāo)很明確：繼2019賽季后再奪世界冠軍。

To achieve as second crown would be an outstanding achievement, but to do it with Malcolm Wilson’s team would top what’s already been an incredible – if topsy-turvy – time with M-Sport already.

重奪冠軍將會(huì)是件了不起的成就，如果是和馬爾科姆·威爾遜的車(chē)隊(duì)一起，彼此分分合合起起伏伏，這就會(huì)愈發(fā)顯得不可思議。

T?nak cut his WRC teeth in an M-Sport-prepared Fiesta and remained with Wilson’s team until the end of 2017. It’s well documented that things didn’t always run smoothly, with Ott dropped at the end of 2012, only to return full time in 2015.?

塔納克一直在威爾遜的車(chē)隊(duì)效力到2017賽季，不過(guò)期間也絕非一帆風(fēng)順，愛(ài)沙尼亞人曾在2012年后被棄用，直道2015年才全職回歸。

While it wasn’t all plain sailing from there, the results duly arrived and 2017 wins in Italy and Sardinia were the launchpad for negotiations which would eventually take him to Toyota and subsequently to Hyundai.

雖然合作之路算不上一路坦途，不過(guò)2017年在意大利和撒丁島的勝利也算天道酬勤，也成為了塔納克開(kāi)啟同豐田的談判，及此后加入現(xiàn)代的契機(jī)。

It’s time for T?nak to finish the job he started behind the Blue Oval. The big question is, of course: can he?

現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候了，塔納克該回到開(kāi)啟他輝煌生涯的地方，去完成未竟之事。那么問(wèn)題來(lái)了：他能做到么？

Why not?

為什么不呢？

If the second half of this season taught us anything, it taught us that Ott T?nak is back to his very, very best. He outscored everybody from Finland onwards and looked as dangerous as ever as his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 came on song.?

今年下班賽季，塔納克用自己的表現(xiàn)證明，他已經(jīng)回到了最佳狀態(tài)。他同現(xiàn)代I20賽車(chē)配合日漸完美，從芬蘭站算起，所有人中塔納克取得了最多的積分。

And we know what a potent force M-Sport’s Puma Rally1 Hybrid is. Fastest out the blocks with a Sébastien Loeb-orchestrated round one win at Rallye Monte-Carlo, the Ford remained a threat throughout the season.?

我們也不能忽視福特美洲獅賽車(chē)的實(shí)力，他們?cè)诶詹嫉膸ьI(lǐng)下奪得了蒙特卡洛拉力賽的冠軍，并在整個(gè)賽季中都保持了不俗的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。

Next season that threat will be more real than ever as one of rallying’s favourite partnerships rides again.

這種競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力只會(huì)在下個(gè)賽季愈發(fā)強(qiáng)大，因?yàn)?，拉力賽?chē)屆最為人津津樂(lè)道的一對(duì)組合即將破鏡重圓。

原文地址：

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc/what-tanaks-return-means-for-m-sport/