*Alpine “deserved” first overall WEC win at red-flagged Sebring

*原標題：雷諾配得上WEC首勝

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Alpine “deserved” to take a long-awaited first outright triumph in the FIA World Endurance Championship in a red-flagged Sebring 1000 Miles, say the French marque’s drivers.

本賽季的賽百靈1000英里大賽，在紅旗下過早得結(jié)束了。但這并不妨礙雷諾阿爾派的車手們慶祝他們的WEC首冠，法國車廠認為他們配得上這場遲到的勝利。

It followed a frustrating 2021 season for the Signatech-run outfit, which managed a pair of second places in its first season of running in the top Hypercar category last year with its Oreca-designed ex-Rebellion R-13, but otherwise failed to challenge Toyota.

對車隊來說，過去的2021賽季是艱難的，R13賽車雖然是第一次參加WEC最高組別，也拿下了兩次分站亞軍，但他們完全沒辦法挑戰(zhàn)豐田。

Vaxiviere was at the wheel of the Alpine, more than a minute clear of Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota, when the race was stopped for a second time with around an hour to go due to thunderstorms in the area.

當比賽由于天氣原因，在還剩一個鐘頭時便第二次被迫暫停時，瓦克西維埃里駕駛的雷諾賽車已然領(lǐng)先身后布埃米的豐田8號車多達一分鐘。

An attempt to restart the race was made, but the weather failed to improve and a result was finally declared with around 15 minutes left on the clock.

等到距離比賽結(jié)束還剩一刻鐘時，暴風雨依然不見好轉(zhuǎn)。賽會眼看恢復(fù)比賽無望，只能宣布比賽結(jié)束，并確認比賽結(jié)果有效。

“It was a bit stressful for me at the end in the car, so I’m really happy,” said Vaxiviere. “We've deserved it since last year, we were struggling a bit to win a race, so it’s really good to motivate everyone as well, so really happy.”

“最后階段我在賽車里都覺得緊張了，所以現(xiàn)在我很開心，”瓦克西維埃里說，“從去年開始，我們就值得一勝，但為了達到目標，我們表現(xiàn)得很掙扎。今天的冠軍能夠激勵大家繼續(xù)努力，真的太高興了?！?/p>

The first red flag of the race came after Jose Maria Lopez suffered a major crash in the #7 Toyota, which had the effect of resetting the battle between the Alpine – which had pitted not long before the stoppage – and the #8 car.

由于洛佩茲在駕駛7號豐田賽車時引發(fā)重大撞車事故，賽會發(fā)布了第一次紅旗暫停了比賽，這也直接將雷諾同8號豐田賽車之間的爭奪拉回了同一起跑線。早知道在此之前，雷諾才剛完成了一次進站。

Sebring marked the first overall victory for a team other than Toyota in the WEC since the 2020 race at the Circuit of the Americas, which was won by Rebellion Racing.

本次賽百靈1000也是自睿百靈車隊在2020年美洲賽道奪冠后，又一次有非豐田車隊奪冠。

原文地址：

https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/alpine-victory-sebring-lapierre-vaxiviere/9117617/