Driver`s Comment about Traction Control Banned (禁用循跡控制器後的車手訪問)

HEIDFELD:

Heidfeld spent a day and a half at Jerez simulating how a car will feel with 2008 electronics. And, having been sceptical before the test about how much of a difference not having traction control would make, he says he is now in no doubt that driving is going to be harder next year. "It was more difficult than expected, especially when the tyres go off," said the German. "When the tyres are new it is as imagined, but when the tyres go off for me it is really difficult." When asked whether or not it will make a difference to the racing, Heidfeld responded: "Yes. I think there will be more mistakes, more overtaking, and more sliding. It is more fun. "But with old tyres I think everybody is going to need to work to achieve better traction. Ideally you would have a difference between the set-up for qualifying and the race, but unfortunately we are not allowed to do that anymore. "It is going to be difficult to find the right balance."

ROSBERG:

Rosberg interviewed after testing without TC earlier this year: "It's going to be exciting," Rosberg told Autosport. "I tried it recently and it was quite shocking actually. In the difficulty sense it is not ideal - and it is going to be a big challenge for everybody. "There'll be more mistakes, more inconsistencies. To this question I said no a few months ago, but since I tried it I will say yes now. "You look at a track like Hungary, with no traction control, you are going to see mistakes. You are going to have drivers who are going to overdrive in the beginning and have no tyres left towards the end." The German also believes the ban on traction control will separate the men from the boys out on the track. However, he does believe that those who've been using the driver aid for longer will suffer the most, at least at first. "I think it will suit some drivers better than others, especially us young guys who have only driven traction control from one or two years back," he said. "I think we are going to have fewer problems than maybe the older people among us who have been driving 10 years with it."

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HEIDFELD:
測試之前大家都不曉的到底拿掉循跡系統後對車輛有什麼影響，Heidfeld則表示: 『無疑地明年的新車將會不太好應付。情況比想像來得糟，特別是輪胎快要磨光時，新胎的狀況是還在料想之中，但磨光之後真的就很難開了。』被問到是否對比賽結果會有影響時，Heidfeld回應說:『當然阿，因為會有更多的失誤、超車動作以及測滑發生，是會更有趣拉，但是一但換上舊胎...循跡性會變地很難掌握，車手大概會手忙腳亂吧。最好排位賽和正式比賽是可以採用不同的設定，但實際狀況你也知道不可能，總之要抓到正確的平衡很不容易。

ROSBERG:
Rosberg跑完測試後，向Autosport表示『挺讓人興奮的，不過在跑道狀況不好時可就另一回事了，我想那對每個人來說都很有挑戰性，可以預見的，失誤會更多，單圈速度會變地很不穩定。之前未開過(無TC)，我認為不會有影響，但如果你現在再來問我，我會回答說:有影響！像類似匈牙利的跑道如果沒有TC，真不知要怎麼開? 一起跑大概就會有人衝了出去，輪胎搞不好撐不到比賽終點哩。』另一面Rosberg則覺得TC的禁用，會讓車手的資歷分野更加明顯，因為他確信長期使用TC的資深車手在一開始時肯定會遭遇適應不良的問題。『不過禁用TC或許會剛好符合某些人的駕駛風格，像我們這些年輕車手，因為新人沒有太多TC的經驗，有嘛頂多1~2年，和那些使用10年的前輩比起來，我們的困擾應該會比較少』。