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交渉・・・。

今日は朝起きてまずはインディアナポリスのチーム等に電話をして交渉。ついでにあっちこっちのエンジニアに電話をして、Panozシャーシーのテストの結果を聞いて回りました。まだ、わかりませんが５００の落ち着き先がPanozを保有するチーム場合の為にもデータを先取り。今年の５００はタイヤのコンパウンドが２００５年度に使った物に戻るそうなので、去年よりはPanozとのマッチングも悪くないみたいです。しかし、なんとかDallaraチームで走れるように交渉を頑張らないと。

Got up in the morning and went immediately to my PC and cell phone to speak with the guys in Indy. I needed to speak with several engineers to find out about the Panoz test that just happened recently. I guess there was no issue with the heating which was my big concern. Apparently, Firestone is going back to the 2005 compounds for the 500 which matches the Panoz a little better than the one was used last year. But all in all...I am hoping to land a deal with a Dallara chassis.

お昼は飛行場に行き、茂木から戻ってきたカメラマンの斎藤ヒロ君をピックアップ。ついでにランチもおごってもらってラッキ〜！！ヒロ君ご地層さんで〜す！！家に戻ってからはガッツリトレーニング。よく考えたら５月まであと１週間ですもんね！！さてさて、色々と頑張らないと。

For lunch, I went to the airport to pick up my friend Hiro Saito the photographer who was returning from the trip to Motegi. We went to lunch in Torrance and he was kind enough to buy me lunch!! Got home and went straight to the gym for 10km run. I can't believe we are going to be in May with in a week time...I better get going with the training and negotiations to be fully prepared once I'm in the car!!