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http://www.wrc.com/news/solberg-confirms-wrc-exit-for-2013/?fid=18037
Petter Solberg has revealed his sadness after confirming that he won't take
part in next year's FIA World Rally Championship.
在确认 Petter 明年不再出席WRC赛事后，Petter感到遗憾
The charismatic Norwegian, world champion in 2003, has announced in a
statement that he will "explore and direct focus in a different direction in
his successful and decorated career".
2003年WRC世界冠军宣布他将"在他的成功与职业生涯上探索不同的方向"
His decision brings to an end a 15-year stint in the WRC. In 188 starts at
world level, Solberg won 13 rallies, finished second 15 times and came home
third on 24 occasions. He scored 852 points and set 456 fastest stage times.
15年的WRC生涯188次出赛，胜13场，第二15场，第三24场，共得852分，456次单段最速
“I am so grateful and happy for what I have experienced during my 15 years
in the WRC,” said Solberg. “For now it’s really quite sad, you know, I
would have loved to have driven for a few more years, but I do realise there
will not be a WRC programme for me next year. I have said I am willing to
drive for free, but at this point, I will not pay to drive. This is not to
say that you will never again see me in a WRC car, but for now, I think it’s
best.”
Solberg 说:“在15年WRC的经历我很感激和开心，你知道现在我真的很伤心，我喜爱
这几年的驾驶，但也知道明年的WRC不会有我。我会说我愿意免费驾驶，
但在这一点上，我将不会当付费车手。这也不是说你将永远不会在WRC看到我赛车，
但就目前而言，我认为现在这样是最好的。”
Solberg, who had been vying for the third Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team seat
for next year, continued: “I know I am good enough to fight in the top for
many years still, but I fully understand the difficult financial situation
for the 2013 season for M-Sport, so I wish the team all the best in the
future.”
Solberg 他曾经在争夺第三席Qatar M-Sport车队的名单之中
他继续说:“我知道我仍然能够在前段班奋斗好多年，但我完全理解 M-Sport 2013赛季
的财政状况，所以我期许车队有最好的未来。”
The 38-year-old Solberg made his WRC debut in Sweden in 1998 before being
signed by Ford after being talent-spotted by the Blue Oval. However, he left
in controversial circumstances midway through 2000 to join Subaru where he
won his first and only world crown three years later. Following Subaru’s
withdrawal from the WRC at the end of 2008, Solberg established his own team
with some success before returning to Ford in 2012. Co-driven by Chris
Patterson, he finished fifth in the standings on 124 points.
现年38岁的 Solberg 在跟蓝椭圆发掘签约之前于1998年瑞典站出道。然而，在合约纠纷的
情况下于2000年赛季中途离开跳槽到Subaru车队并在三年之后赢得年度冠军。而在2008年底
Subaru车厂退出WRC后，Solberg成立他自己的车队，其后2012年回到Ford车队。
今年跟 Chris Patterson 搭挡下夺下124分排名年度第五。
Solberg concluded by thanking his legion of fans around the world, adding: “
The sport has given me so much, but I want to give a special thank you to all
of my fans that have supported me through thick and thin, and given me such a
great feeling about what I do, and for being a large reason of why I do it. I
do hope you all understand, and I hope you’ll continue to follow me on to my
next venture. I promise to bring you something worthy of this. My team and I
are hard at work as you read this, and we can’t wait to let you know what
are plans are.”
Solberg 最后跟世界各地的车迷表示感谢，并说“这项运动已经给了我很多，但我想要特
别感谢所有一直支持我的车迷与我同甘共苦，并对我做的事给予我这么好的感觉，有很大
的原因我得要这么做。我希望大家都明白，我也希望您能继续跟着我到我的下一个东家。
我答应给你带来值得的事。在工作中我和我的团队如同你所读到是十分困难的，我们迫不
期待去让你知道计划是什么。”