*Bottas admits he could have completed team-ordered swap with Hamilton sooner – but Briton sees no issues

*原標(biāo)題：博塔斯承認(rèn)他本可以更早執(zhí)行車隊(duì)指令；漢密爾頓則認(rèn)為兩人的配合沒有問題

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No driver likes being asked to let his team mate past, but it’s something Valtteri Bottas dutifully did for Mercedes’ greater good in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix – even if he admitted he could have let him by sooner.

沒有車手愿意在接到車隊(duì)指令后，向隊(duì)友交出位置，但這恰恰是博塔斯所面對的情況。盡職盡責(zé)的芬蘭人在周日的西班牙大獎賽上，執(zhí)行了這一指令——盡管他承認(rèn)他本可以更早讓出位置。

Bottas was told over team radio not to hold up eventual winner Hamilton, but initially appeared to resist those calls before ultimately the switch was made. Afterwards Bottas, who finished third, was asked if he'd let Hamilton by as early as possible.

車隊(duì)通過無線電告訴博塔斯，他需要給漢密爾頓讓車，后者最終也贏得了比賽。不過，芬蘭人在完成位置交換前，多少顯得對指令有些許抗拒。賽后，博塔斯自然被問及，自己是否應(yīng)該盡早讓漢密爾頓超過自己。

“No, I definitely didn’t let him by earlier," he responded, "but I was doing my own race as well. It’s always calculating things. I was trying to get Charles [Leclerc] off of the pit window so I could stop again and try to go for the extra point [for fastest lap]. So the main thing in my mind was my own race.

“不，我肯定沒辦法更早放他過去，”博塔斯回應(yīng)說，“我畢竟還有自己的比賽要跑，這都是需要計(jì)算在內(nèi)的。我在努力將夏爾（勒克萊爾）甩出進(jìn)站窗口，這樣我就可以再次進(jìn)站換胎去拼最快圈速了。這也是比賽中我首要考慮的事?！?/p>

“There wasn’t too much [talk on team radio]. They told me not to hold him up too much, but like I say I was doing my own race, and I’m not here to let people by, I’m here to race, so that’s how it goes.”

“車隊(duì)倒沒在無線電里說太多，只是叫我不要過多阻擋他。不過就像我說的，我有自己的比賽要跑，我是來賽車不是專門來讓車的，事情就是這樣?！?/p>

Expanding on that thought in the press conference, Bottas added: “As a racing driver you prioritise yourself, your race, because that’s what you do. But also you work as a team so you don’t want to ruin the win for the team if it’s not possible for you. So I tried to do the best thing I could for us as a team and for myself.

賽后發(fā)布會上，博塔斯補(bǔ)充道：“作為車手，你需要把自己和你的比賽放在第一位，這是你應(yīng)該做的。但同時作為車隊(duì)的一員，你也不能拖累車隊(duì)去贏得比賽，尤其在你自己獲勝無望的情況下。我只有盡全力去做到同時忠于車隊(duì)，忠于自己。”

For his part, Hamilton harboured no ill will towards his team mate for making things tougher for him, in part because he said he was unaware he was to be gifted the position.

另一邊，漢密爾頓對此并沒有什么“不好的想法”，雖然隊(duì)友本可以更干脆得讓過他。英國人表示他也不知道還有車隊(duì)指令這回事。

“We’re the best team mates,” said Hamilton. “Honestly I didn’t know that he had a message, so in my mind I was like ‘we’re racing’ and that’s totally fine for me, particularly early on in this part of the season.

“我們是最佳拍檔，”漢密爾頓說，“老實(shí)講，我不知道他收到了指令。我只是覺得’我們在比賽’，我認(rèn)為這完全沒問題，尤其是現(xiàn)在賽季才開始?！?/p>

“This is how we win as a team. Sometimes we’re in that position where we have to put the team first. Getting second and third is good but getting first is obviously max points, and that’s key.”

“這場比賽展示了我們?nèi)绾巫鳛橐恢к囮?duì)去取勝。有時我們的處境讓我們不得不以車隊(duì)為重。拿到第二第三固然不錯，但拿到冠軍才能贏得更多積分，這是關(guān)鍵?！?/p>

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