*ERICSSON SAVORS RETURN OF WINNING FEELING AFTER LONG DROUGHT

*原標(biāo)題：苦盡甘來(lái)，埃里克森終奪生涯首冠

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Marcus Ericsson is back. Back in Victory Lane, that is.

回來(lái)了，都回來(lái)了，馬庫(kù)斯·埃里克森找回了那個(gè)去贏得勝利的自己。

In his third NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and 37th career INDYCAR race, the Swedish driver Scored his first career win in Race 1 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit doubleheader Saturday at the Raceway at Belle Isle.

在自己的第三個(gè)Indycar賽季，第37場(chǎng)比賽中，瑞典車手從底特律百麗島首回合的車陣中殺出，拿到了自己的職業(yè)生涯首勝。

More importantly for Ericsson, it was his first trip to Victory Lane in eight years. His last win was a GP2 victory at Nurburgring in 2013. In 2014, Ericsson began his Formula One career and went winless for five seasons before moving to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2019.

更加重要的是，這是埃里克森升至頂級(jí)賽事后，八年職業(yè)生涯里的首個(gè)冠軍，他上一次獲勝還要追溯到2013年紐博格林的GP2比賽。2014年伊始，瑞典人畢業(yè)加入F1，在2019賽季轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)北美前，他在F1里度過(guò)了顆粒無(wú)收的五個(gè)賽季。

Ericsson joked he was a kid the last time he won a race, and he said going eight years without a win was something he struggled with at times. Ericsson, 30, was a consistent winner in Europe while moving up the ranks in his early days and said winning was almost second nature to him.

埃里克森調(diào)侃說(shuō)，自己上一次贏比賽的時(shí)候還是個(gè)孩子呢。八年來(lái)未拿一冠讓他感到很掙扎。30歲的瑞典車手在他早年歐洲的晉升之路中也算是名常勝將軍，他覺(jué)得贏得比賽就是自己的本能。

And then it went away.

然后，一切戛然而止。

“It was something that you were sort of used to and targeting,” he said. “That's a tough thing with European racing: When you reach the top level like I did in 2014 to F1, I was in smaller teams that didn't have the resources to compete for wins. Then you as a driver sort of forget that feeling to fight and go for wins. It was not until I went to INDYCAR that I realized how much I missed that feeling to go into a weekend and have the mindset to try to win, try to beat everyone.”

“（獲勝）永遠(yuǎn)是你的目標(biāo)，”埃里克森說(shuō)道，“但在歐洲，事情很艱難。當(dāng)你好不容易像我2014年一樣，爬到金字塔頂?shù)腇1時(shí)，我只能在小車隊(duì)待著，我們沒(méi)有資源去競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。然后，作為車手，你慢慢發(fā)現(xiàn)自己失去了那種爭(zhēng)勝的感覺(jué)。知道我加入Indycar，我才找回了那種整個(gè)周末都在嘗試對(duì)抗并禮拜所有人的感覺(jué)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己太想念這一切了?！?/p>

Ericsson admitted that his eight-year winless drought took a toll on his confidence at times. But when he moved to INDYCAR in 2019 with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, he said his mentality changed, and he started believing in himself again.

埃里克森承認(rèn)，八年不勝讓自己的信心收到了打擊。不過(guò)，當(dāng)他2019年來(lái)到北美后，瑞典人認(rèn)為自己的精神受到了提升，他重新開(kāi)始相信自己。

“I think it would be tough for anyone to go eight years without winning a race when that's what you do. My job is to win a race, and I haven’t done it for eight years. Of course, it's going to take a toll on. Today I think I showed that I can do it. I think it's going to help going forward.”

“我相信對(duì)任何人來(lái)說(shuō)，當(dāng)你習(xí)慣獲勝，又八年不得一冠，這情況都會(huì)很艱難。我的工作就是贏得比賽，可八年了，我都沒(méi)這機(jī)會(huì)。是的，這的確讓人灰心。今天我證明自己仍舊有實(shí)力一戰(zhàn)，這讓人備受鼓舞?！?/p>

After pushing Power late in the race after the final round of green flag pit stops cycled through, Ericsson started to fade to as much as one second behind Power. Then, Romain Grosjean struck the wall in Turn 9 in the No. 51 NURTEC ODT Honda, bringing out a red flag with just six laps to go.

在比賽還剩6圈，格羅斯讓的事故引發(fā)紅旗前，埃里克森在進(jìn)站后努力追趕著領(lǐng)頭的鮑威爾，但漸漸被拉開(kāi)到一秒開(kāi)外。

As the field refired their engines after nearly eight minutes, Power’s car wouldn’t start, and Ericsson inherited the lead. He held off a hard-charging Rinus VeeKay in the No. 21 Sonax/Autogeek Chevrolet and Pato O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet.

八分鐘后，比賽正要重啟，而鮑威爾的賽車居然無(wú)法點(diǎn)火發(fā)動(dòng)，埃里克森就這樣拿到了頭車之位。瑞典人成功在最后階段抵擋住了身后維凱和奧沃德的進(jìn)攻，守住了這個(gè)冠軍。

Ericsson said when he was sitting behind Power’s silent machine on pit lane, noticing that it wouldn’t refire, he knew the race was his for the taking.

埃里克森表示，當(dāng)他在后面看到鮑威爾無(wú)法點(diǎn)火，只得安靜得停在維修區(qū)里等著退賽時(shí)，他知道他的機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)了。

“The immediate thing (I thought) was: ‘This is my day. This is my day,’” he said. “This is the day I've been working eight years to be. I had some bad luck the last couple years. The first red flag was good luck for me. The second red flag and what happened with Will, it was luck. But also we performed. We were fast. We did everything right in the pits, the restarts. We made passes, overtook people.

“我馬上想到：機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)了，輪到我了?！卑＠锟松f(shuō)，“這是我堅(jiān)持了八年拿到的機(jī)會(huì)。過(guò)去我有些不走運(yùn)，但這次，第一次紅旗就幫到了我，第二次紅旗又幸運(yùn)得讓我取得領(lǐng)先。不過(guò)我們也有著不錯(cuò)的表現(xiàn)，我們足夠快。不管是進(jìn)站，重新發(fā)車，我們都做得很好。我們還超過(guò)了不少車呢。”

“Yeah, we had some luck, but we also delivered.”

“是的，這有點(diǎn)運(yùn)氣的成分，但首先我們也足夠快?！?/p>

After taking the checkered flag for just his fifth led lap of the day, Ericsson was grinning ear to ear, taking selfies with his pit crew and taking a dip in the James Scott Memorial Fountain, a tradition for NTT INDYCAR SERIES winners at Belle Isle. He was happy to be in Victory Lane. Happy to be back.

能在一場(chǎng)僅僅領(lǐng)跑了五圈的比賽中拿下冠軍，埃里克森禁不住喜笑顏開(kāi)，和車組玩起了自拍。作為百麗島奪冠傳統(tǒng)，瑞典人還飲了一瓢詹姆斯·斯科特紀(jì)念噴泉的泉水。真高興，一切都回來(lái)了。

原文地址：

https://www.indycar.com/news/2021/06/06-12-ericsson-win-feature