We race to win, we all do. In fact, we should all race to win, it’s the fundamental of racing. Thing is, what happens if you know you aren’t going to win? What do you tell yourself when you know that this race isn’t about about you anymore, or rather, when you start the race knowing you’d very likely come in last?

自古以來，人們以競賽來一較高下。事實上，追求勝利，就是競賽的意義與目的。然而如果明明知道自己完全沒有勝算的競賽，又會是什麼樣的局面呢？當自己在競賽中變得可有可無、甚至是最後一名的時候，該怎麼辦？

近期觀賞的一級方程式錦標賽中，2012年度F1新加坡站是其中最精彩的競賽。前5名的刺激爭賽事，奪目程度不在話下，但最令我印象深刻的，莫過於法拉利選手菲利浦－馬薩，從吊車尾的第24的位置晉升至第8名的過程。

F1 Official Safety Car – AMG SLS

Bernd Maylander – Official F1 Safety Car Driver

Michael Schumacher.

Lewis Hamilton.

Thank you Ju Lynn for the invitation! You rock!

 

The 2012 Singapore F1 was one of the most exciting Formula One races I’ve witnessed in awhile. Aside from the battle for top 5 positions, what really caught my attention was Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, and how he climbed from last position (24th) to eventually 8th.

For Massa, the race was nothing short of incidents and close shaves.  His tires punctured in lap 1, had to pit in immediately, and I watched how he managed to climb steadily but surely, fighting to come back into the race.

During one of the turns, he was challenging driver Bruno Senna side by side for 9th place, when both cars made contact, forcing Massa to the barriers. When I thought I saw Massa’s car tires locking up and almost going into a spin, the veteran immediately brought it back under control again. Everything went from normal to chaotic and back to normal again. In that one-tenth of a second, what seemed to be a series of reckless turning of the wheel left and right, was actually years of professional training combined with an extremely calm and focused mind – Massa was taming the drifting Italian beast, braking and steering the Ferrari back into balance.

 

Massa finished 8th.  (Accumulating 4 points for the team, a total of 19 points, with Alonso claiming 15 at 3rd position.)

 

驚險與戲劇性轉機充斥著馬薩的整場賽事。才發車一圈，他即因輪胎出狀況而必須進站換胎，這促使他一開賽就被遠遠拋在最後的位置。但失利的他並沒有因此卻步，而是沈著地在逆勢中奮戰。

一路挺進前10名的馬薩，在與布魯諾－塞納爭奪第9名排位的時候，雙方竟發生了輕微碰撞，迫使馬薩行駛在圍欄邊緣！正當我以為馬薩幾近失控打轉的時候，他卻以驚人的絕佳技術讓車子回穩，險象環生！就在那十分之一秒的剎那間，馬薩憑著多年訓練的基礎、實戰經驗以及無比冷靜的集中力，得以在千鈞一髮的時刻駕馭那彷彿脫繮的野馬，把極速中差點失控的法拉利開回正軌！

 

賽終，馬薩奪得了第8名。（他為團隊爭取了4分，而隊友阿隆索奪下季軍取得15分，法拉利總積分共19分）

Felipe Massa – Scuderia Ferrari Team

 

Life is like a Formula One race. No matter how well we think we know the track, and how much we’ve prepared ourselves for the race, it’s never easy, nor is it ever smooth sailing.

Besides constant practice, knowledge of the sport, and hands on experience, we will need to learn to work as a team, with the team – It’s never just about the action.

The strategy and planning (eg. when to come in for pitstops, when to go full throttle or take it easy) is as important as every single gear change and turn during the race.

There’s no time to look back and regret the mistakes that we’ve made, it’s how we react to the unexpected that really matters. It’s also during these unique moments and challenges that we usually

leave an impression in our life book, and come out of the turn stronger and ready to go full throttle once more.

 

We can never always be champion, for there is only space for one. But go deep down, find and recognize the champion within our souls, and tell ourselves to be brave, to face the challenge of

making sure we finish the race. Massa did, and he earned himself a top 8 placing.

 

Whichever position you are in right now, do not give up, we still have many laps to go, even more turns to battle. Our opponents are cheering us on, get ready to overtake!

 

人生，其實猶如一場一級方程式錦標賽。即使做足了完全準備，反覆熟悉跑道的路徑，實際開賽時總是出其人意、難免波折。

除了平日的練習、對運動項目本身的深度瞭解、實際經驗的累積，另一個重要的學習關鍵，是團隊的互動。速度控制、策略、預演（進站、衝刺、緩衝等時機），到實戰中的每一個換擋、每一個轉彎－團隊力量缺一不可。

過程中，絕對沒有回頭悔過的時間，唯有處變不驚才是戰勝緊要關頭的要件。即便無法一帆風順，透過一次又一次的危機處理，反而逐漸茁壯，以更佳的狀態挑戰未知的荊棘。

每個競賽，都只有一個冠軍的位置，沒有人會是永遠的冠軍。但我們必須認清內心深處，自己的冠軍位置。勇於接受挑戰，用盡全力迎向終點。馬薩做到了，得來不易的第8名！

不論你現在身處在什麼位置，切記人生的路不僅如此。還有好多未完成的路。還有好多要克服的轉彎處。對手們的呼嘯正是為自己喝采的歡呼，準備超越吧！

 

 

 

 

I’ve always been a fan of the Formula One Racing sport.

Yesterday I was invited to Malaysia by Johnnie Walker to their “Never Drink And Drive” event.

Met one of my favourite F1 drivers of all time, Mika Hakkinen.

One of the highlights was for Mika to drive me in the AMG SLS, and to autograph my name “JJ” on the race track!

 

Throughout the 4 day-event, me and Mika spent some time sharing and exchanging ideas.

One very interesting comment he gave when I asked him which his favourite road car was,

“In your music world, imagine you go to a supermarket to buy a microphone, and you bring it home to tweak

your recording to try to make it sound like a recording you made with a professional microphone.

In the car world, a road car is like the one you buy from the supermarket, trying to compare with an F1 car –

Worlds apart.”

 

我是一個方程式賽車迷。

前幾天收Johnnie Walker的邀請來到馬來西亞跟得過2次世界冠軍的方程式賽車手 米卡。哈基寧一起

宣導 “喝酒不開車”。

我也很榮幸的能和他在同一台車裡（AMG SLS），讓他載我做高難度的甩尾特技，甚至用車子簽上 “JJ”！

在這4天的活動過程，我與米卡聊了不少，也一起分享彼此的工作，生活。

從他身上學到很多做人的道理，也親身體會到了這位成功男人的智慧！

另外，很有趣的是，當我問到他自己喜歡那一款車型的時候，他說：

“想象你去菜市場買一個麥克風回家錄音，然後努力用後製把音質調像專業米克風錄的品質。

如果以汽車的角度來說，我們一般的道路車其實就是菜市場的車子，而F1方程式是汽車的最高境界”

 

With the 2-time F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen.

Signing “JJ” with the AMG SLS.

I see three “JJ”s!

Thank you Johnnie Walker for making this possible! 🙂

 

And oh, by the way…  NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE!

記得，喝酒千萬別開車！

This year June I travelled to Great Britain with my big brother Eugene. Here’s what went down, at least a really rough summary of it. haha…

前幾天，我們開車下台中見證SMUDGEstore 台中的開幕，同時也到了SMG台中的公司看看大家。

一個品牌的成立不只是需要獨特的故事與概念，最重要的還是一個好的團隊來經營。

SMG團隊辛苦你們了！

 

 

 

Finally, the new Lamborghini Adventador LP700-4 officially revealed in Taipei.

To me, this is the Lambo that breaks all super-car boundaries. 700hp, 1-100km/h in 2.9 secs, and many other enhancements to the already impressive LP640.

親自參加藍寶基尼 LP700-4 台北發表會。

見識到目前最“牛”的牛！700p 馬力，0－100只要2.9秒。好可口。

 

Probably all of Taipei’s Lambo owners in one parking lot.

全台北的牛車主應該都到場了吧。

meet the LP700-4 Adventador.

Brandon looked impressed too 🙂

張桌楠。

Signature headlights.

招牌頭燈。

my favourite view.

我最愛的角度。