Pali malo amodzi atsopano pa kalendala ya Formula One ya 2009 ndipo ikhala yochititsa chidwi. Pa Novembara 1, mpikisano woyamba wa Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, womaliza wa mpikisano, udzachitika pa Yas Marina Circuit. Zina mwa zinthu zachilendo za njanjiyi: njira yowongoka yomwe imadutsa mu hotelo, njanji yotuluka, ndi gawo lochititsa chidwi la m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Pamene bwalo likuyandikira kutha tidakumana ndi Chief Executive Officer wa Abu Dhabi Motor Sport Management (ADMM) - komanso wamkulu wakale watimu ya Toyota - Richard Cregan kuti timve zaposachedwa…
Q: Kwatsala pang'ono miyezi iwiri kuti 2009 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX ya XNUMX ichitike, kodi njanjiyi ndi zomangamanga zikuyenda bwanji?
Richard Cregan: Zabwino kwambiri. Zonse zili pa ndandanda. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi pulojekiti iliyonse yayikulu, ikufunika kusamalidwa komanso kusamalidwa nthawi zonse pakali pano kuti zitsimikizike kuti zikukhala choncho, koma kupatula tinthu tating'onoting'ono tikuwoneka bwino ndipo tili ndi chidaliro kuti chilichonse chidzaperekedwa munthawi yake.
Q: Mwachiwonekere muli kunja kwambiri pa dera. Maganizo anu ndi otani pamene mukuwona kuti ikupita patsogolo?
RC: Mukayendera dera lino mutha kuwona kuti latsala pang'ono kutha malinga ndi njanji ndi zomangamanga. Akhala akuyenerera zotchinga zonse za Tech-Pro, mwachitsanzo, ndikutsatira kuwunika kwa FIA a Charlie Whiting tili ndi malangizo pazambiri kumeneko. Nthawi zonse mukapita kumeneko mutha kuwona kusintha kwakukulu. Ndizolimbikitsa kwambiri - ndikuwona momwe zikukula kuchokera muzolinga kukhala zenizeni.
Q: Kodi Abu Dhabi ndiwokondwa bwanji ndi Grand Prix yomwe ikubwera?
RC: Anthu akuyembekezera Novembala 1 ndipo akukonzekera kulandira abwenzi ndi abale ochokera kutsidya lina, komanso kukhala ndi omwe kale anali pat ndi gulu la Emirati. Pali chiyembekezo chokulirakulira kuti ichi chikhala chochitika chachikulu kwambiri chomwe sichinachitikepo ku Abu Dhabi kokha, komanso ku United Arab Emirates (UAE) yonse. Poganizira izi, tikukonzekera kampeni yachiwiri yotsatsa kuti tithandizire kumvetsetsa zomwe motorsport ndi Formula One ikukhudza - tikuyembekezera kutha kupatsa anthu chithunzithunzi chazomwe angayembekezere.
Q: Ndi malo akunja a Louvre ndi Guggenheim art galleries, ndi Ferrari ndi Warner Brothers theme parks, Abu Dhabi akuyembekeza kudzakhala kopita mtsogolo. Kodi Grand Prix ndiyofunika bwanji pacholinga ichi?
RC: Yas Marina idapangidwa ngati likulu lamasewera ochita bwino ku Abu Dhabi ndi dera lonse. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chochitika chachikulu choyamba ku UAE, malinga ndi owonera padziko lonse lapansi komanso alendo. Pakhala pali zochitika zazikulu - komanso zopambana kwambiri - pano pazaka zambiri, koma ponena za manambala ndikuganiza kuti izi zidzakhala zazikulu kwambiri. Kuchokera pamalingaliro amenewo, ndizofunika kwambiri.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndizofunikanso kwambiri potengera momwe zimayenderana ndi ma projekiti ena onse omwe mwawatchulawo. Zoona zake n’zakuti ndiye woyamba kuperekedwa. Aldar Properties achita ntchito yodabwitsa popereka derali, limodzi ndi (wojambula nyimbo, Hermann) Tilke, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti zikhala chithunzi mtsogolo. Guggenheim ndi Louvre nawonso ndi ntchito zabwino kwambiri, ndipo palimodzi tidzapanga Abu Dhabi kukhala malo abwino okacheza ndi mabizinesi.
Q: Ndi ngalande yotulukira dzenje, gawo la m'mphepete mwa nyanja / doko, ndi njira yodutsa pansi pa hotelo, derali ndi lingaliro losangalatsa. Ndi gawo liti lomwe mumakondwera nalo?
RC: Ndinali kunja uko tsiku lina ndikuyendetsa galimoto, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti nthawi iliyonse mukamazungulira mumawona chinthu china chodabwitsa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tonsefe timakhala ndi malingaliro omwe timakonda paderali, koma ndikuganiza kuti imodzi mwa ine ndi pamene mubwera ku Turn Three. Ili pamwamba pa phiri, popeza muli pafupi mamita 18 pamwamba pa chiyambi / kumaliza molunjika, ndipo mukhoza kuyang'ana ku North Grandstand. Zovuta zimenezo ndizodabwitsa. Mukayima pamenepo ndikuyang'ana, ndizodabwitsa. Ndikuganiza kuti chimenecho chingakhale chomwe ndimakonda kwambiri. Koma ndiye mbali zina zonse ndi zodabwitsa komanso, makamaka pamene magalimoto kutuluka kumeneko.
Q: Madalaivala angapo adayendera njanjiyi, kuphatikiza mtsogoleri wa mpikisano Jenson Button. Kodi iwo achita zotani?
RC: Zabwino kwambiri. Tinali ndi Kimi Raikkonen pano kumayambiriro kwa polojekitiyi, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, ndi David Coulthard - onse oyendetsa galimoto odalirika ndipo tinalimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi ndemanga zawo panthawi ndi pambuyo pa maulendo awo. Iwo sangadikire kubwera kudzathamanga kuno, kotero ine ndikuganiza ife tiri mu chionetsero chachikulu. Pofika nthawi imeneyo ya chaka titha kukhala tikuchita nawo mpikisano wosankha, ndani akudziwa, ndipo ngati muwona zina mwa ngodya zomwe zapangidwa, ndizodabwitsa - ndi dera laukadaulo kwambiri.
Q: Nyimboyi idapangidwa kuti izikhala ndi zochitika zamasana ndi usiku. Kodi nthawi ya mpikisano ndi yofunikadi?
RC: Sindikuganiza choncho. Ndikuganiza kuti chofunikira kwambiri ndichakuti tizipatsa aliyense chidziwitso chabwino, ndipo Lamlungu usiku azipita kwawo ndikufuna kubweranso ku chochitika china ku Yas Marina - komanso Grand Prix yotsatira. Kaya mpikisano wamasana kapena mpikisano wausiku, chinthu chofunikira kwambiri ndikupanga mlengalenga. Ndikuganiza kuti pali china chapadera pakuthamangitsa magalimoto a Formula One usiku. Ngati m'tsogolomu tikhoza kukulitsa izi, ndikuchita zomwe sizinachitikepo, ndiye ndikuganiza kuti zingowonjezera kumveka kwa sabata yonse.
Q: Monga wakale woyang'anira gulu la Toyota, muli ndi mwayi wodziwa zomwe omwe ali paddock amafuna akafika padera. Kodi chidziwitso chamkatichi chakuthandizani kukulitsa kulandiridwa kwa Yas Marina aku Abu Dhabi angawapatse?
RC: Ndakhala ndikukhulupirira kuti chilichonse chomwe mumakumana nacho ndi chabwino - mutha kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zosiyanasiyana. Ndine wamwayi kwambiri kukhala mu motorsport kwa moyo wanga wonse ndipo kuchokera ku Toyota zimakupatsirani malingaliro osiyana pa zinthu. Ndikuganiza kuti ngati simunakhalepo mu motorsport ndizovuta kwambiri kumvetsetsa zomwe magulu amafunikira, komanso kuti ndife mpikisano womaliza wa nyengo zidzakhudza zomwe akufuna. Ndikumvanso kuti tili ndi gulu lalikulu la anthu kuno ku Abu Dhabi Motor Sport Management (ADMM) komanso ku Yas Marina, omwe apanga sabata losaiwalika kwa alendo, owonera komanso magulu omwewo.
Q: Pankhani yaumwini, mukusangalala bwanji ndi vuto loyendetsa dera poyerekeza ndi ntchito yanu yakale ku Toyota?
RC: Pamene munapatsidwa ntchitoyo koyamba, simukumvetsa kukula kwake. Pamene ndinabwera kuno kwanthaŵi yoyamba ndipo ndinayendera dera limodzi ndi Philippe Gurdjian, ndipo tinayang’ana mozungulira, zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri. Sindinakhulupirire kukula kwake. Ndipo poyang'ana zolemba za intaneti, simungaganize kuti ntchitoyi ndi yofunika bwanji ponena za Abu Dhabi ndi zomwe boma likuyesera kupanga. Mwayika zonsezo palimodzi ndipo ndi zazikulu basi. Ndizovuta kwambiri, koma m'moyo wanu wonse mumafunika mapulojekiti odziwika bwino ndipo iyi ndi imodzi mwazo. Zakale zanga zakhala zikuchitika, Le Mans ndi Formula One ndipo izi zimangopitilira pamenepo. Payekha ndikungowona ngati vuto lalikulu komanso mwayi womwe UAE, makamaka Khaldoon (wapampando wa ADMM Wolemekezeka Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak), mwachiwonekere pamodzi ndi ena onse okhudzidwa, ndikhulupirireni kuti ndipereke ntchitoyi. Ndi ulemu.
Q: Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino panali chilengezo chokhudza mgwirizano pakati pa ADMM ndi Bahrain International Circuit (BIC). Monga chochitika chapafupi cha Formula One, apereka upangiri wanji?
RC: Tili ndi ubale wabwino kwambiri ndi BIC makamaka ndi CEO Martin Whitaker. Wakhala wothandiza kwambiri, ndipo tonse tikukhulupirira kuti tsogolo lamasewera am'derali likwaniritsidwa chifukwa cha mgwirizano - izi zikutanthauza tokha, BIC, Qatar, Dubai, komanso njanji yaku Saudi Arabia, yomwe ndikukhulupirira ikumangidwa kapena ikumangidwa. okonzeka. Martin ndi ine tonse tili ndi malingaliro ofanana pa zinthu, ndipo tinali ndi anthu ambiri kumeneko pa Bahrain Grand Prix, tikuyang'ana momwe amachitira zinthu. Amathamanga mpikisano wabwino kwambiri - umodzi mwamipikisano yabwino kwambiri nyengoyi - ndipo adalemekezedwa ndi mphotho zosiyanasiyana chifukwa cha izi. Cholinga chathu pakali pano ndikukwaniritsa miyezo yomwe akhazikitsa m'derali. Ngati titha kuziposa, ndikhala wokondwa kwambiri. Ngati tingafanane nawo chaka chino, inenso ndisangalala kwambiri. Akhala ogwirizana kwambiri, ndipo ndikufuna kuwathokoza chifukwa cha thandizo lawo ndi kupitiriza kundichirikiza.
Q: Ndi mitundu yanji yothandizirana ndi zochitika zomwe mwakonzekera kuti muthamangire limodzi ndi Grand Prix kuti musangalatse mafani?
RC: Cholinga chathu kuyambira pachiyambi chakhala kukhazikitsa pulogalamu yothandizira yomwe imakhala yogwirizana ndi Formula One. Tachita bwino kupeza GP2, tilinso ndi Porsche Supercup ndi Chevrolet V8s yaku Bahrain. Chifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti pulogalamu yapamsewu idzapereka zosangalatsa zabwino. Tisaiwale, tili ndi madera atatu osiyanasiyana komwe anthu azisangalala ndi zosangalatsa zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza ziwonetsero zamitundu yapadziko lapansi, makamaka Abu Dhabi. Tikukhulupirira kuti tili ndi zosangalatsa za aliyense, achichepere ndi achikulire omwe - ndikuganiza kuti ichi ndi chinthu chabwino. Tikufuna kuti iyi ikhale sabata yosangalatsa, yodzaza ndi motorsport, koma nthawi yomweyo zenera la chikhalidwe kuti muwone zomwe zili kunja kuno ku UAE makamaka Abu Dhabi. Ndikuganiza kuti Abu Dhabi ali ndi zambiri zoti apereke, ndipo anthu aziwona akabwera kuno.
