拉特瓦拉，這位18次WRC分站冠軍得主，豐田車隊(duì)經(jīng)理，計(jì)劃在下月的2023賽季芬蘭站上，駕駛今年的GR 雅力士Rally1賽車，重返拉力賽最高殿堂。

The 18-time WRC rally winner and Toyota WRC boss is set to make a competitive return to rallying’s top flight with an outing at Rally Finland in a 2023 specification GR Yaris Rally1 next month.?

雖然拉特瓦拉已經(jīng)計(jì)劃在賽前進(jìn)行一日測(cè)試，芬蘭車手依舊空出時(shí)間，參加了古德伍德賽車節(jié)，跑了跑當(dāng)?shù)刂?.5公里拉力賽段，得到了寶貴的額外試車機(jī)會(huì)。

While Latvala is scheduled to conduct a pre-event test day in the car before the rally, the Finn logged some valuable seat time at this week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, which included runs through the event’s 2.5km Forest rally stage.

和拉特瓦拉一同參加賽車節(jié)的還有他的前隊(duì)友，2003年世界冠軍皮特·索伯格。

Latvala was also joined in the car by former team-mate and 2003 world champion Petter Solberg.

“這夢(mèng)幫助我在測(cè)試前更好得熟悉賽車，這樣等到真正的測(cè)試日，就不用多花時(shí)間在理解賽車上了?！?/p>

“It will help to get the feeling of the car before the test so that when I come to the test I don't lose time to just understanding the car.”

自從2019賽季后退役以來(lái)，現(xiàn)年38歲的芬蘭人對(duì)去年剛剛引入的新規(guī)混動(dòng)賽車還很陌生。

After retiring from full-time driving in the WRC at the end of 2019, the 38-year-old is new to championship’s hybrid cars that were introduced last year.

在談及賽車駕駛感受時(shí)，拉特瓦拉表示，他被活動(dòng)系統(tǒng)的靈敏高效深深驚艷到了。

Reflecting on driving the car, Latvala admitted he was impressed and surprised by the effectiveness of the hybrid boost.?

“那必須是混動(dòng)系統(tǒng)，我太喜歡了。混動(dòng)提速工作時(shí)，這沖擊就好像是老奧迪Quattro的渦輪增壓那樣生猛?！崩赝呃a(bǔ)充道。

“I must say the boost, I’m really impressed. When the kick comes it feels like an old Audi Quattro when the turbo boost comes in," he added.?

“賽車駕駛起來(lái)很容易，不像以前那么頓挫。和20年前比，懸掛也很優(yōu)秀?！?/p>

“This car is so easy to drive and you don’t feel the bumps like you used to. The suspension is at a really high level compared to WRC cars 20 years ago.

“我還沒(méi)正式開(kāi)著這車跑過(guò)賽段，而且跟著皮特跑，我也不能很慢吧，當(dāng)讓你也不能撞車，這就會(huì)刺激我，讓我可以更快的適應(yīng)賽車。”

“I have never really driven it on a stage and to go with Petter I knew I couldn’t show that I was very slow and at the same time you can’t crash, so you have to find a way to adapt to the car quickly.??

*原標(biāo)題：Unusual?Goodwood Rally1 outing beneficial for Latvala’s WRC comeback?

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**原文地址：https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/unusual-goodwood-rally1-outing-beneficial-for-latvalas-wrc-comeback-/10495824/