阿隆索在巴库别无所求：为三连赛保存部件
阿隆索与阿斯顿·马丁在阿塞拜疆大奖赛表现挣扎，因极速明显不足，车队将重心转向马来西亚和新加坡站。阿隆索以自嘲调侃自己15号弯锁死失误导致无缘杆位。
费尔南多·阿隆索在无望的巴库的唯一目标：为F1的三连赛保存部件
费尔南多·阿隆索和阿斯顿·马丁在F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛上例行公事般地应对，缺乏最高速度迫使车队将重心转向马来西亚和新加坡
尽管在阿斯顿·马丁及其新引擎合作伙伴本田度过了糟糕的赛季，或者也许正因为如此，费尔南多·阿隆索依然没有失去他犀利幽默感。
"我在15号弯推得太狠，锁死了。所以，那里是车手失误，因为这个我们没能拿到杆位。"
在匈牙利把底牌留待大升级之后，阿斯顿·马丁终于似乎至少有了点争一争的资本，此前他们一直垫底，甚至常常落后于新军凯迪拉克。但正如蒙扎的情况一样，在巴库街道赛道的高速飞驰中，没有任何办法能跑赢本田动力单元的劣势。
在巴库2公里长的发车—终点直道上，阿隆索在二练中的速度比梅赛德斯的拉塞尔慢了令人难以置信的30公里/小时，虽然排位赛中的差距没有那么夸张，但阿斯顿·马丁仍然落后Q1头名三秒，比这位英国人的杆位圈速慢了四秒。
事实上，排位赛对阿斯顿·马丁本来就无关紧要，因为阿隆索和队友斯特罗尔都接受了最新的引擎处罚，导致他们大幅退后发车。随着威廉姆斯凭借大型底盘升级摆脱了队尾位置，阿斯顿·马丁将再次与凯迪拉克在争取体面的战斗中交锋。
不过，由于里海之滨的这座城市只是三周赛程的第一站——接下来还有马来西亚和新加坡之行——阿隆索很清楚，阿斯顿·马丁在阿塞拜疆极限冲刺不会有任何收获。
费尔南多·阿隆索在巴库将着装的优雅与冷嘲式的幽默结合在一起。
当被问及他在周六正赛中的目标是什么时，这位两届F1世界冠军回答道：“努力完赛，别再犯我今天犯的错误，也不要撞车。我们在争夺的名次并不太重要，所以让赛车在三连赛中保持完好很重要。现在有三场比赛，所以我们需要爱惜库存部件之类的东西。”
本田引擎的性能和可靠性就是这样，所以阿隆索专注于自己能够控制的变量，即尽自己所能将赛车调校到最佳状态。车手只能根据自己的套件所具备的最大潜力来评价自己的表现，而不是隔着篱笆泪眼朦胧地拿自己与相邻车队能做到的事情相比较。在一个超过20场比赛的残酷赛季里驾驶着缺乏竞争力的赛车，后者的心态是无法长期维持的。
“今天我对赛车的满意程度比昨天高多了，”阿隆索寻找着积极的一面说道，“我们在昨晚做了大量的调校改动，在第三次自由练习赛和排位赛中我的信心足了很多。我能够全力推动赛车，圈速也来得更容易了，今天距离场上头名的差距大概是2.5秒[2.9秒，编注]。”
"鉴于我们在直道上的差距，从昨天开始我们在弯角方面取得了进步。但还有很长的路要走，我们需要在底盘和引擎两方面继续改进，努力变得更好。"
由于对动力要求极高的巴库赛道在周末开始前就已无望，阿隆索（Alonso）支持在本周末就接受引擎处罚的决定，希望新加坡站尤其能给他机会在弯道更多的赛道布局上重新参与中游集团的竞争——那种布局更能发挥阿斯顿·马丁（阿斯顿·马丁）的相对优势。
"规格是一样的，所以性能也一样，但显然我们必须接受一些处罚来完成这个赛季，"这位西班牙车手补充道。"我还不知道是否还需要再接受更多处罚，但我们需要时不时地利用那些竞争力较弱的周末。这一站就是其中之一，以便为马来西亚站和新加坡站准备一些新部件，我们在那两站有更多的期望。"
英文原文
Fernando Alonso's only goal in no-hope Baku: Save parts for F1's triple-header
Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin are going through the motions at Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a remarkable lack of top speed is forcing the team to shift focus to Malaysia and Singapore
Despite a wretched campaign with Aston Martin and its new engine partner Honda, or perhaps because of it, Fernando Alonso hasn't lost his biting sense of humour.
"I pushed into Turn 15 and I locked up. So, a driver error there, and because of that we are not on pole."
After keeping its powder dry for a big upgrade in Hungary, Aston Martin finally appeared to be at least competing for something after languishing at the back, often even behind newcomer Cadillac. But as was the case in Monza, on the high-speed blasts of Baku's street circuit there is no way to outrun its Honda power unit deficit.
On Baku's 2km-long start-finish straight Alonso was a scarcely believable 30km/h slower than Mercedes' George Russell in second free practice, and while the gap was less dramatic in qualifying the Astons still qualified three seconds behind the Q1 leader, and four seconds off the Briton's eventual pole lap.
As it was, qualifying was irrelevant to Aston anyway as both Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll took their latest engine penalty, prompting a sizeable grid drop. With Williams's big chassis upgrade allowing it to escape the back of the grid, it is Aston versus Cadillac once more in the battle for respectability.
With the Caspian city the first stop of a three-week stretch including trips to Malaysia and Singapore, though, Alonso was under no illusions that there's anything to gain for Aston by pushing the limits in Azerbaijan.
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When asked what his goal for Saturday's race was, the two-time F1 world champion replied: "Try to finish the race, make no mistakes like I did today, and don't crash the car. We are fighting for not many important places, so it's important to keep the car alive for the triple-header. There are three races now, so we need to take care of the stock parts and things like that."
Honda's engine performance and reliability is what it is, so Alonso focused on the variables he could control, which was to improve the car's set-up to the best of his ability. Drivers can only appraise their own performance against the maximum potential that's available from their own package, rather than peering over the hedge all misty-eyed to compare themselves with what neighbouring teams are able to do. Over a brutal 20+ race season with uncompetitive machinery, the latter is no sustainable way to live.
"Today I'm much happier than yesterday with the car," Alonso said, looking for positives. "We made a lot of set-up changes overnight and I felt much more confidence in FP3 and qualifying. I was able to push the car and times were coming easier, 2.5 seconds [2.9s, ed] I think from the top of the field today.
"With the deficits we have on the straights, we made a step forward in the corners since yesterday. Still a long way to go, we need to keep improving both sides, chassis and engine and try to get better."
With power-hungry Baku a write-off even before the start of the weekend, Alonso backed the decision to get his engine penalty out of the way this weekend, hoping Singapore in particular will give him a chance to compete in the midfield again on a much twistier layout, one that's much more playing to Aston Martin's relative strengths.
"It's the same spec, so it's the same performance, but obviously we had to take some penalties to finish the season," the Spaniard added. "I don't know if we have to take more or not yet, but from time to time we need to use the less competitive weekends. This was one of those, to try and get some newer parts for Malaysia and Singapore where we have more hopes."
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