tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2012:/mk//4 2012-01-20T04:57:33Z ミハエル クルム オフィシャルサイト　Michael Krumm official site　 　 Movable Type 3.33-ja tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2012:/mk//4.842 2012-01-19T08:19:55Z 2012-01-20T04:57:33Z

I was an early start to the season 2012 ...

I was an early start to the season 2012 with the start of the Dubai 24h race last weekend. In the GT3 version of the GTR prepared by JRM we were able to to qualify in P3 which was a good position to start the race. After I took the start I settled in fifth position, but then after already 20 or 30 minutes into the stint I got hit heavily by a Lamborghini driver, which damaged our car heavily. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.834 2011-12-06T06:39:51Z 2011-12-08T06:22:48Z

This weekend I enjoyed the Nismo Festiva...

This weekend I enjoyed the Nismo Festival very much and I want to say thanks to Nismo and all the fans for such a nice and warm welcome for me. Lucas is really sorry that he couldn't make it, unfortunately he couldn't get his passport back from the Indian Embassy in time. As we both go the FIA Prize Giving in New Delhi this weekend. I'm sure he would have loved the Festival and the drive in the World Championship Winning Nissan GTR. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.829 2011-11-07T14:56:25Z 2011-11-10T04:11:51Z

The weekend started rather difficult wit...

The weekend started rather difficult with Lucas and me struggling for pace at the street circuit of San Luis at the Friday free practices. But it was then that our biggest title rival had an accident and couldn't continue to drive for the weekend. That incident did obviously help us, but nevertheless it wasn't won just yet. When Lucas and me entered Qualifying on Saturday morning with a revised setup, we both were extremely tense to say the least. The pressure has gotten to us big time. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.825 2011-10-31T16:47:03Z 2011-11-04T04:21:37Z

After a long break since the China races...

After a long break since the China races, we have the comfort to head to San Luis still as the Chamoionship leaders. The only downside is that we carry 30kg of success ballast. But weight hasn't stopped us before from getting good results. More important will be to have a faultless weekend not only from the driving side, but also at pitstops, setup work and machine reliability. The Nissan GTR hasn't let us down this year even once, so I believe that actually won't be an issue. Being out of the racing GTR for 2 month is tough, but its not that I've been lazy at the beach for 2 month, rather I had the pleasure to participate at some awesome Nissan events in the meantime. Driving the road GTR at those events was not only great fun, but it was also like testing. The road GTR's handling is actually similar in many ways to the race car, as unbelievable as it sounds. The last of those events was at Silverstone last week and it was fantastic being back on that circuit where we achieved our arguably biggest victory this year by taking the Tourist Trophy. I had great battles there with Jamie Campbell Walter in the road GTR and it was fun to have passengers with us while we battled it all out! I'm on the way to Buenos Aires now for another event before we head to San Luis. Last year we weren't that lucky there, but the car was actually very competitive. It' really hard to keep the car on the track there as coming off the record line just a few inches throws you into the walls instantly. So luck we also need. But regardless if we take the title or not, it has been an oustanding year for us this far with 4 victories. And that proves the incredible performance of the GTR and the hard work Nissan and the JRM team has put into it. Therefore it would be nice to come home as Champions... Michael アルゼンチンでの最終戦に向けて 中国でのレースから長い時間が空きましたが、依然選手権のトップでサンルイスに向かうことができる気軽さがあります。ただ一つ、30kgのサクセスバラストを積まなければならないのがマイナス面です。でもウェイトは好結果を得るのに邪魔にはなりません。完璧な週末にするのにもっと重要なのは運転側だけではなくピットストップ、セットアップワーク、マシンの信頼度などです。Nissan GTRは今季一度さえも失望の念を僕たちに抱かせなかったので、実際に問題になるとは考えていません。 2ヶ月間もGTRレースから離れているのはタフなことです。しかし、2ヶ月間ビーチでのんびりと怠けていたわけではなく、その間Nissanのイベントに参加する楽しみなどもありました。イベントでGTRを運転するのは楽しいだけでなく、テストのような感じもあります。GTRのハンドリングは実際レースカーとあらゆる点で似ています。 最後のイベントは先週シルバーストンでありました。僕たちが今年おそらく最も大きな勝利であるツーリスト・トロフィーを獲得したサーキットに戻ってきたのはとても嬉しかったです。GTRでジェミー・キャンベル・ウォルターとすごいバトルが繰り広げられ、バトルの最中ずっとお客さんを乗せていて楽しかったです！ 今はサンルイスに向かう前に他のイベントの為にブエノスアイレスに行く途中です。 昨年はこの地ではあまり幸運ではありませんでしたが、実際マシンはかなり競争できる状態でした。レコードラインからほんの数インチで壁に放り投げられるので、クルマをコースにキープするのはとても困難なのです。さらに運も必要です。しかし、タイトルを獲るか否かに関わらず、僕たちにとっては4勝という傑出した年になります。そして、それは信じ難いGTRのパフォーマンスとNissanとJRMチームのハードワークを証明してくれます。 それ故、チャンピオンとして帰ってこられたら良いです... tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.812 2011-09-13T06:12:20Z 2011-09-13T07:43:36Z

We got away lucky in China by still lead...

We got away lucky in China by still leading the Championship with 11 points. Before we went there, the target was to still stay in the Championship fight, as with 60kg of ballast in Ordos, it was always going to be an uphill struggle. Then starting from the back of the grid in Beijing, didn't help our cause much. Nevertheless a big change in fortune was the rain and thanks to that we were able to finish in P3. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.806 2011-09-07T01:54:41Z 2011-09-08T02:03:59Z

We had a bit of a nightmare at our last ...

We had a bit of a nightmare at our last race in Ordos, or at least regarding our pitstops. Blistering fast pitstops have earned us victories this year, but last weekend in Ordos it was unfortunately the opposite and we stood still for as much as 40 seconds at times, when we really should be done in 20. But that is racing and a big part of it, so in the end we were lucky to still escape with P9 and 2 points, more importantly the championship lead. Our Nissan GTR was performing extremely well with the 60kg success ballast and it would have been possible to finish in P5 with a proper pitstop. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.802 2011-08-29T12:24:36Z 2011-08-30T01:48:03Z

Only 3 races to go and in theory we look...

Only 3 races to go and in theory we look in good shape for the Championship. Our Nissan GTR leads with 13 points. So the next 2 races in China will be crucial. The downside is really that now carry 60kg of success ballast plus the outlook of racing on circuits that are very low speed and that don't favor us really. ]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.790 2011-07-19T20:40:10Z 2011-07-19T20:46:13Z

Finally the book "Driving on the Edge" i...

Driving on the Edge Thank you to Icon Publishing and Autocourse for making this possible! Michael]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.789 2011-07-18T11:20:10Z 2011-07-20T02:58:03Z

It was definitely the best weekend for L...

It was definitely the best weekend for Lucas and me that we experienced this year. Not only did we manage to qualify in the front row, we also won the qualify and Championship race. We knew that the Nissan GTR was going to be competitive, but we have not expected to score the maximum possible points at the weekend. It was a tough battle on both races, with the tire wear being critical at this circuit. Lucas and I were able to manage our tires better than the rest, which was the reason for our success. On top of that the JRM team did a fantastic job in turning the car around in the pits and putting us out in the lead every time! Also I would like to thank all our supporters, especially all you guys from Japan and all the nice messages that you have sent! Michael ポールリカールでの完璧な勝利！ ルーカスと僕にとって今季明らかに最も良かった週末でした。なるべく上位で通過しようとしていたけれど、それだけじゃなく予選でも決勝でも勝利を手に入れました。Nissan GTRは競争力が高まっていると分かっていましたが、この週末に可能な限りの最高の得点を獲得することまでは期待していませんでした。 両レースともタイヤの消耗がこのサーキットでは厳しくタフなバトルとなりました。ルーカスと僕は、自分達の成功のためになるべくタイヤを温存することができました。その上JRMチームはピットで素晴らしい仕事をしてくれて、毎回トップでコースに戻してくれたのです！ そして、もちろんサポーターの皆さん、特に日本のファンの皆さん、メッセージを贈ってくれた方々に感謝したいです！ tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.788 2011-07-14T08:38:51Z 2011-07-14T08:47:35Z

This weekend we will be in Paul Ricard f...

This weekend we will be in Paul Ricard for round 7 of the FIA GT1 World Championship. It's a circuit that fits well for the Nissan GTR as we have finished second in the championship race there last year. Also Paul Ricard is one of my favorite circuits and with only about 200km from Monaco, it's my home race really! We still will be carrying 20kg of success ballast weight, which will hinder our performance a little bit. Nevertheless we hope to make it to the podium this time. But as usual we will only really know after Qualifying how competitive we really are. Then of course we have the issue with the start and the first corner. As we have seen in Navarra a good qualifying position is absolutely no guarantee to make it around turn 1. Last year it was always safer to be in the top 4 for the start, as there were almost never incidents. Usually everybody at the front is interested to finish the race. Unfortunately this year it's a different picture, and most of the accidents do happen right at the front, so it's actually safer to start way back. We dropped to second in the Championship for now and one of the target of the weekend is of course to close the gap to the leading Lamborghini, something that won't be easy as this circuit fits them well also. Michael tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.784 2011-07-05T07:17:43Z 2011-07-06T04:30:54Z

We knew it was an uphill battle in Navar...

We knew it was an uphill battle in Navarra, as not only it's a track that not really suits us with all its 1st gear corners, but also carrying 35kg of success ballast didn't help the matter. Nevertheless we managed to qualify an excellent P4 after finding a really good balance in the GTR. So it was me starting for the QF race before Lucas took over and the first corner went everything but smooth. As usual I was aware that everyone tries to overtake everyone in the first corner and left enough room to the inside, as I found myself on the outside before turn 1. At first I got a light hit on my rear right side, which I managed to countersteer, but the next hit I got was so heavy that it threw me off the track and destroyed the exhaust system on the ride side. I don't really know what has gotten into Maxime Martin in his Ford to take that kind of action. Our race was basically over there and with very little power I tried to follow the field. We thought about parking the car, as the endeavor seemed pointless, but I then realized that the car's balance was extremely good, just the straight line speed wasn't there. So we decided to continue and through retirements and problems of other cars we managed a surprising P9. Again that would have been a nice starting position, we even got promoted to P8 in the end, but when Lucas took the start, it was a similar scenario. This time it was Tomas Enge in the Aston that managed to spin us around. Finally a penalty was handed to the Aston's, something that surprised me though, as there was no penalty handed to the Ford on the day before and on that impact we suffered heavy damage. Nevertheless Lucas charged from the back of the field again and handed the car over to me around P10. I took over and the GTR felt great, so in the end we were able to recover to P6. Even though we got valuable points, it is frustrating to see that we actually should have been on the podium, something which would helped in our championship campaign. Now we have to keep our heads down and try to score hopefully a bit more points in Paul Ricard in 2 weeks. Michael FIA GT1 ナヴァーラでの第6戦 低速コーナーばかりであまり相性のよくないコースというだけではなく、35kgのサクセスバラストを積んでいることもあり、ナヴァーラでは苦しい戦いになると分かっていました。それでも、GTRのちょうどよいバランスを探し、なんとか予選では4位という素晴らしい結果になりました。ルーカスが後攻で予選レースのスタートは僕でした。第1コーナーは決してスムースには行きませんでした。 大抵、第1コーナーの前は外側をキープするように、みんな第1コーナーで抜こうと意識して内側に十分な空間を残しておくのです。まず、右側のリアに軽くヒットされ、カウンターステアをしようとしていたら、今度は思いっきりヒットされ、コースから押し出されてしまい右側の排気管システムが壊れてしまいました。フォードのMaxime Martinがなぜこのような行動をとるに至ったかはわかりません。僕たちのレースは基本的にそこで終わり、残されたパワーでコースを走行しようとしてました。努力も無駄になると思いながらも僕たちはクルマを止めることも考えましたが、しばらくしてクルマのバランスは非常に良いと気付き、直線スピードに問題はありませんでした。そこで、続行を決めリタイヤや他車の不具合もあり僕たちは9位という驚くべき結果を出しました。 決勝も良いスターティングポジションだった上、最終的には8位に繰り上げられましたが、ルーカスがスタート切ったら似たようなシナリオが待ってました。この時はアストンのTomas Engeに巻き込まれてスピンを喫したのです。結局アストンにはペナルティが課せられたのですが、なんだか腑に落ちないのは前日のフォードには重いダメージを与えられたのにペナルティは課されなかったことです。 でもそれにも関らず、ルーカスは後部から這い上がり、10位で僕にクルマを引き渡してくれました。交代したら、GTRの感じは素晴らしく、最終的には6位にまで回復できました。貴重なポイントは獲得しましたが、実際にポディウムに上がれて、何か選手権の作戦の手助けになっただろうにと思うと不満が募ります。 今はやるべきことをやって、2週間後のポール・リカールでは願わくばもう少しポイントを獲得しようと思っています。 tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.778 2011-06-27T11:11:12Z 2011-06-28T04:00:08Z

It was an exciting weekend again at the ...

It was an exciting weekend again at the Nordschleife in the Nissan 370Z. The car was very fast in general and even though qualifying in P52 doesn't sound like a fantastic result, considering there were about 200 cars, its not bad! I started on slicks on a drying track and and after we finished 4 stints we were already moving up to P33 and even P3 in class. So all looked good really, until unfortunately a series of technical problems started. From then on the challenge was to bring the car over the finish line and that meant really hard work for the mechanics. They fixed the car in record speed many times and watching that was very impressive! We finally made it over the line, but lost too many laps for a podium position. Also it was incredible how many accidents happened during the course of the race, with yellow flags and long roadworks to repair barriers. With all the debris on the track more and more blown tires were the consequence, causing ever more accidents. To drive through 24h under those conditions is very difficult, but my GT1 teammate Lucas Luhr managed just that and won the race! Thats a great effort and I hope his winning streak will continue to next weekend in Navarra where we have the 6th round of the GT1 World Championship. Michael ニュルブルクリンク　24時間レース Nissan 370Zでの北コースでは今回もエキサイティングな週末でした。概してクルマはとても速かったし、予選で52位というと大してすごい結果とは聞こえないかもしれないけれど、約200台ものクルマが参戦したことを考えると、そう悪くもないです！乾いているトラックで滑らかにスタートを切り、第4スティントを終えると33位に浮上し、クラスでは3位でした。なので、一連の技術的な問題が起こるまでは、すべてがとても調子よく思えたのです。 それからはフィニッシュラインまでクルマを持っていくことがチャレンジでした。そしてそれはメカニックにはかなりハードな仕事だということです。何度も記録的な速さでクルマを修理し、それを見ているのはとても印象的でした！僕たちは最終的にラインまで行きましたが、ポディウムのポジションには何ラップも失ってしまいました。 また、レースのコース中には信じられないくらい多くのアクシデントが起こっていて、イエローフラッグやバリアの補修の長い工事がありました。トラックに落ちているあらゆる残留物で更にパンクが起こり、もっとアクシデントを招いてしまうという結果に陥ります。このようなコンディションで24時間を運転するのはとても難しいですが、GT1チームメイトであるルーカス・ルアー選手はこれをやり遂げ、レースで優勝しました！素晴らしい奮闘です。彼の連勝記録が来週末のGT1世界選手権の第6戦が開催されるナヴァーラまで続くことを願っています。 tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.776 2011-06-21T13:23:51Z 2011-06-22T01:14:08Z

This weekend is the 24h of the Nurburgri...

This weekend is the 24h of the Nurburgring where I will drive with a Nissan 370Z for RJN racing. I'm very much looking forward to this race, as driving the Nordschleife is always something very special. Our target is to make it to the top 3 in class, but to achieve that we must first get through without major trouble. Hopefully there will be no rain or fog! Just on Sunday night after the race I'm traveling to Spain for testing in the GT1 Nissan GTR, as we are racing in Navarra the weekend after. Having won the last race in Silverstone is great, but on the other hand now we have to carry 40kg of ballast and it remains to be seen how badly this will influence our performance. But I'm confident that we will find a good balance and that we will be able to score some important points. Navarra is not going to be the best of tracks for us, therefore I would be happy with just a few points. But after Navarra we go to Paul Ricard, one of my favorite tracks and a track where the GTR will hopefully be dominating! Michael ニュルブルクリンクとナヴァーラ 今週末はニュルブルクリンク24H耐久です。RJNレーシングでNissan370Zを乗ります。北コースを走行するときはいつも何かとても特別な感じで、このレースをかなり楽しみにしています。僕たちの目標はクラスで3位以内に入ることですが、それを達成するためにはまず大きなトラブルにあわないようにしなければなりません。雨や霧もないといいです！ レース後の日曜の夜すぐに、Nissan GTRのGT1のテストでスペインに移動します。その週末にはナヴァーラでレースもあります。前回のシルバーストンでの勝利は素晴らしいものでしたが、その一方で40kgのバラストを積まなければならないし、これが僕たちのパフォーマンスにどのように悪く影響するかはまだ不明です。しかし、良いバランスを見つけて、貴重なポイントを獲得できる自信はあります。ナヴァーラは僕たちにとってベストなコースとはいかないでしょうけれども、何点かポイントが獲れればそれで嬉しく思います。ナヴァーラの後は僕の好きなコースの一つでもあるポール・リカールに行くのですが、うまくいけばGTRが優位に立てるコースです！ tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.775 2011-06-10T07:23:45Z 2011-06-10T07:27:34Z

The english version of my book "Driving ...

Press Release Michael]]> tag:www.techniq-group.co.jp,2011:/mk//4.774 2011-06-07T10:00:41Z 2011-06-08T07:15:21Z

Surely we were positive and expected a g...

Surely we were positive and expected a good result for the 5th round of the FIA GT1 World Championship in Silverstone, but that we would walk away with victory was especially nice as this also meant that we took over the championship lead. We had to work hard on the Nissan GTR at the Friday practice, changin the setup of the car several times in order to find the perfect balance for the all important qualifying session on Saturday. And that worked pretty well as I managed to make it to P2 in the last QF session, after Lucas managed to carry us through Q2. The first time this year for Lucas in Q2 and he performed great under a lot of pressure! In the QF race Lucas did a mega start and took over the lead, and passed me the car in the lead, unfortunately the Aston Martins beat us in the pits and I came out second behind Tomas Enge. And that's where we finished the race. In the championship race I wasn't able to take over the lead at the start as Tomas and myself had both very good getaways. It was a hard battle between us as we pulled away from the field, not attacking each other, but with Tomas desperately trying to pull a gap to me, and me trying desperately to close down the gap that always was around one second or so. My target was to keep as close to him as possible and then leave it up to our pitstop crew to jump to the lead. Unfortunately the Safety car came out and our lead to the rest of the field was nullified and it was then very thrilling to enter the pits with the whole field. Our crew was extremely fast and that earned us the lead. Lucas then had more than a handful to do to defend his lead to the chequered flag. I think I aged another 10 years just watching the battle of him and the Aston. Finally we made it and to already win 2 times this year is an incredible feeling. But not only that, to win the Tourist Trophy is without doubt the biggest victory in my career and hence made this a very special day for me. A big thank you to all our supporters and of cars all the team members of JR Motorsports and Nissan/Nismo. Our teammates in the 22 car had a really rough weekend. And after I watched the video of the race and watching Richard Westbrook fighting his way through the field, I had my own thought about the incident that followed on the Hangar straight and caused the safety car. Richard made great overtaking moves until he came up behind Stefan Muecke in the Aston. And when you watch the video from outside, you think, what did he think to make a move into the Beckets corner? It looked like a stupid move really on TV and to no surprise to me he was judged that way by almost everyone. I learned myself to be careful with judgements like that as last year I was involved in and incident in Silverstone where everyone blamed me and I had to admit myself that I looked more than guilty for the TV cameras. The fact is that I was not and it took lots of different camera angles to analyze that. The lesson is that things are not always as they seem. In Richards case all it needed to understand the situation was his inboard camera, as this is the best way to judge things and this is as close to what the driver sees as it gets. It was therefore clear that Muecke had a differnt line, turning in late before the Hangar straight and slowing the car much more down than Richard. That of course Richard knew from the laps before and it was a planned move. When you see the inboard shots its clear that there was space for Richard to go as the "door" was widely open and not protected by Muecke who hadn't expected this attack at all. Richard made it shortly almost side by side with Muecke, but then also has to brake for the corner and that was just he moment when Muecke turned in on him. A collision was unavoidable, but to judge Richard because he hit the back area of the Aston is not realistic, as of course Richard tried to avoid the clash and braked hard while trying to pull his nose out of the corner to avoid contact. So when contact is made, it is always going to be at the rear end. So in my eyes this was a racing incident with no one really to blame, as I believe Muecke was not aware of the attack and Richard had all the right to make this move. Nevertheless the revenge move from Muecke on the following Hangar straight needs no comment in my eyes and I'm just glad no one got injured during this incident and I'm sure the officials will make the right judgements im this situation. Now I'm looking very much forward to go to Navarra, a track that probably doesn't suit us this well with all the slow speed corners, but we will work hard there to collect some points! But before that I will race at the 24h at the Nurburgring and that is going to be super fun! Michael シルバーストンでツーリストトロフィを獲得！ 僕たちはシルバーストンでのFIA GT1世界選手権・第5戦の好結果を実際ポジティブに期待していたけれど、勝利と共に選手権首位をも獲ったことは特に良かったと思います。土曜日の全てが重要な予選セッションに向けてパーフェクトなバランスを探すためにクルマのセットアップを何度も変えながら、Nissan GTRでの金曜日の練習をハードにこなさなければなりませんでした。 それが功を奏し、ルーカスが2回目のセッション（Q2）で頑張った後、ラストの予選セッションでなんとか2位につけました。ルーカスが今季初のQ2で、多くのプレッシャーのなか、素晴らしいパフォーマンスをしてくれました！ 予選レースではルーカスがメガスタートを切って、リードを奪い、そして首位のまま僕と交代したのですが、残念なことに、アストン・マーチンがピット作業で僕たちを追い抜き、僕はトーマス・エンゲの後ろの2位でコースに戻りました。 決勝レースでは、トーマスも僕自身も見事な快走を見せスタートでリードを奪うことはできませんでした。コースから引っ張り出されるような激しい戦いが僕たちの間で繰り広げられ、お互いアタックはしませんでしたが、トーマスは必死になって僕とのギャップを広げようとしていたし、僕は逆に必死にずっと1秒くらいのギャップを狭めようとしていました。僕の目的は出来るだけ彼の近くをキープして、ピットストップクルーに首位に押し上げてもらおうということでした。 不運にもセーフティカーが導入され、僕たちのリードは無効になってしまいピットに入るのはかなりスリリングでした。ピットクルーは非常に迅速で僕たちにトップの座を獲らせてくれました。ルーカスはそれからチェッカーフラッグまで首位を守るためにしなければならないことが沢山ありました。ただルーカスとアストンのバトルを観ているだけで10年歳を取った気さえしました。ついに、僕たちは勝ち、今季すでに2勝をあげたのは信じられない気持ちです。でもそれだけではなく、ツーリストトロフィを獲ったのは紛れもなく僕のキャリアでも最大の勝利で、それ故自分にとってはとても特別な日となりました。全てのサポーターの皆さん、JR MotorsportsやNissan/Nismoのすべてのチームメンバーに多大なる感謝をしています。 22号車のチームメイトは本当に辛い週末となってしまいました。レースのビデオを観て、リチャード・ウェストブルックがコースで奮闘しているのを観て、ハンガー・ストレートに続きセーフティカーを介入させた事故について自分なりの見解を持ちました。リチャードはアストンのステファン・ミュッケの後方まで登りつめるまで素晴らしいオーバーテイクを繰り広げました。外からビデオを観ると、ベケッツ・コーナーに入ろうとして何を彼が考えていたと思いますか？本当に画面では愚かな動きに見えましたし、ほとんどの人がそう判断したことに僕は驚きません。昨年、シルバーストンで自分も関わっていたアクシデントでみんなが僕を非難し、僕はテレビカメラで十二分に自分に非があるように見えたので自身でも認めざるを得ませんでした。事実は、僕に非はなく、それを分析するのに沢山の違うカメラアングルが必要でした。その教訓として、物事はそう見えるのがいつでも正しいわけではないということです。 リチャードの場合は、その状況を把握するのに必要だったのが、彼の車載カメラです。これは物事を判断するのに一番良い方法でドライバーの視界がとらえるものに近いのです。したがって、ハンガー・ストレートの前にターンが遅れ、リチャードよりだいぶクルマをスローダウンさせてミュッケが違うラインをとったのは明らかです。それはもちろんリチャードは数ラップ前から分かっていて、計画された動きでした。車載カメラを観ると、“ドア”が大きく開かれ、このアタックを全く予想していなかったミュッケが防げなかったので、リチャードが出ていくスペースがあったことが判ります。リチャードは一瞬ミュッケとほぼ横並びになりましたが、それからコーナーでブレーキをかけなければならず、それはミュッケがちょうどカーブに入る瞬間だったのです。衝突は避けられなかったのです。もちろん、リチャードはクラッシュを避けようとして、接触を避けるためにコーナーから出ようと、必死にブレーキをかけました。接触が起こるとき、大抵後部になります。なので、ミュッケはアタックを意識しておらず、リチャードがこの手段をとったのが全て正当だったのだとしたら、僕の目にはこれは実際誰も非難される者はいない、レースの事故だったということになります。 にも関わらず、ハンガー・ストレートに続くミュッケからのリベンジの動きは僕からはノーコメントで、ただこの事故で誰も怪我をしなかったことを嬉しく思い、オフィシャルがこの状況には正しい判断を下すことを確信しています。 今はナヴァーラに行くことをとても楽しみにしています。トラックは全部スロースピードのコーナーでおそらくあまり相性は良くないと思いますが、ポイントを稼げるよう一生懸命頑張ります！ でもその前に、ニュルブルクリンクで24時間レースに参戦します。最高に楽しみです！