TG.com: The issue of tyre degradation is dominating the sport. It's odd sort of season, isn't it?
AP: I'm not in the car or racing, so it's difficult to say for sure. But it looks like the guy who is usually good at taking care of his tyres - Jenson - isn't doing a better job. I really don't understand it. It looks like the optimum window for making the tyres work is so narrow. Temperature is an issue, the aerodynamic package of certain cars seems to be a factor... I don't know. I talk to engineers in different teams and they don't know... And this is my only problem. I don't like it when I don't understand. When you see a car suddenly losing two or three seconds a lap... [shrugs shoulders] Pirelli were asked to create this ‘indecision', but maybe it went too far. A team that might have an advantage in its car, doing a good job, maybe doesn't do a good job on the track because of this range on the tyres.
TG: 輪胎的衰退主宰了整個比賽﹐這個賽季很奇怪﹐不是嗎
AP: 我沒開過今年的賽車﹐所以很難說. 但就算很會保護輪胎的車手如 Jenson 的表現也不理想. 我真的不明白. 看起來就是輪胎的工作範圍很窄. 溫度是關鍵之一﹐而空力套件也是主要影響的因素... 我跟很多車隊的工程師都聊過而他們也不知道到底是怎麼一回事. 這就是我最主要的問題﹐而我不喜歡這種無法了解問題癥結點的情形. 你看到一臺車突然單圈慢個兩三秒... *聳肩* Pirelli 被要求製造這種 ‘猶豫不決’ 的狀況﹐但可能太過火了. 有的車隊可能因為車子本體很優良﹐但因為輪胎的因素導致表現不理想