世界电动方程式锦标赛首站北京开赛

2014-09-24 17:51:05来源：可可英语

　　Among the 75,000 people reportedly on site were a large number of local residents who werepleasantly surprised to find an international sporting event to attend as long as they paid thepark entrance fee.

　　据报道，有75,000人到现场观看，其中大多是当地居民，他们惊喜地发现，出席一个国际性的体育盛事只需他们支付公园门票。

　　The series was the brainchild of the federation’s president, Jean Todt, and a Spanishbusinessman, Alejandro Agag, who came up with the idea in 2011.

　　电动方程式赛车锦标赛是国际汽联主席让·托德(Jean Todt)和西班牙商人亚历杭德罗·阿加格(AlejandroAgag)的主意，是2011年想出来的。

　　“We expect this championship to become the framework for research and developmentaround the electric car, a key element for the future of our cities,” Agag told the event’swebsite.

　　阿加格对锦标赛网站表示，“我们希望这个赛事成为电动车的研发框架，电动车是我们城市未来的关键之一。”

　　The championship has strong backing — it took $100 million to get the project off the ground— and a number of Formula One veterans like Jarno Trulli strapped into racecars. Sir RichardBranson, the four-time Formula One champion Alain Prost and the actor Leonardo DiCaprio areamong the team owners.

　　锦标赛有坚强的后盾——光筹备工作就花了1亿美元，还吸引了几位一级方程式赛车的老手参加，比如贾尔诺·特鲁利(Jarno Trulli)。理查德·布兰森爵士(Sir Richard Branson)、曾4次获得一级方程式赛车冠军的阿兰·普罗斯特(Alain Prost)，以及演员莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥(Leonardo DiCaprio)拥有的车队参加了比赛。

　　Unlike other racing series, Formula E schedules practice rounds, qualifying and races into asingle day’s program instead of three, making it less disruptive to the host cities where thestreet circuits have been built.

　　与其他的车赛系列不同，电动方程式赛车把练习、预选和比赛都安排在同一天，而不是分为三天，这给需要在街道上修建赛道的举办城市带来更小的干扰。

　　To engage spectators, a gimmick called the FanBoost allows fans to vote for their favoritedrivers; the top three get a chance to bump their car’s power for two and a half seconds.

　　为了吸引观众，主办方搞了一个名为FanBoost的花招，让车迷投票选出他们最喜爱的车手，获选的前三名车手可加大他们汽车的马力2秒半钟。

　　“We have 1.4 billion people,” said Steven Lu, chief executive of the China Racing team. “Ifeven .0001 percent of them vote, that’d be enough to win.”

　　中国赛车队经理吕洋(Steven Lu)说，“我国有14亿人口。即使只有十万分之一的人投票，就足够能赢。”

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