小红牛在墨西哥大奖赛练习赛中发现小红牛22存在问题
小红牛在墨西哥城进行的F1练习赛中承认仍有改进空间。维斯塔潘在发生事故后排名第五，落后领先者三十分之一。
小红牛在墨西哥大奖赛练习赛中发现小红牛22存在问题
据技术总监皮埃尔·瓦切表示，小红牛22在周五的练习赛中前后部存在连接问题；维斯塔潘补充说，根据F1的新规定，在墨西哥的高海拔地区驾驶并不愉快
小红牛在墨西哥城进行的F1练习赛中承认仍有改进空间。
维斯塔潘在发生事故后排名第五，落后领先者三十分之一。维斯塔潘在媒体区表示，拉森的行为并不明智，鉴于拉森仍在为他的座位而战
裁判员对两位车手各处以一位的发车位罚分，这对小红牛队来说自然是最大的挫折，尽管这次事件也影响了维斯塔潘的练习日——尤其是因为这是荷兰人的唯一一次练习，而在第一次练习中，岩佐优吾已经取代他在小红牛22中的位置。
‘导流板，或者 whatever 这个东西叫什么，已经断裂了。所以当然，因为那个原因你失去了下压力，’维斯塔潘在被Motorsport.com问及损坏程度时说。
考虑到失去的下压力，与最快的法拉利的差距看起来并不太糟糕，尽管维斯塔潘对他的车手平衡仍然不完全满意。
“‘还不错，但我还想改进一些东西，’他补充道。‘当然，我只有一次练习，我认为对于每个人来说，这并不是关于抓地力的惊人表现。’"
“所以无论你感觉如何，你都会看看其他人的车内画面，我认为没有人真正在驾驶中感到快乐。所以，是的，我只需要在我们的车上找到一点更多的速度，以便有所提升。”
维斯塔潘在提到驾驶感受和其他车手的车内画面时，还补充说他在2026年的阿赫曼诺斯·罗德里格斯赛道并不特别享受。极端的高海拔总是意味着车手会体验到更少的抓地力和下压力，但在新的技术规则下，特别是具有主动空气动力学的规则，这种情况更为明显。
“甚至更滑，你需要对你的驾驶非常耐心，”维斯塔潘解释道。“就我个人而言，这不是最有乐趣的，但你也知道这是一个不同的挑战。你只需要尝试更多地理解它。”
与维斯塔潘一样，技术总监皮埃尔·瓦赫承认红牛车队仍有许多工作要做，并指出了需要解决的主要问题。
“目前，前后平衡感有些脱节——前轮在刹车阶段和最高点以及之后转向时，后轮在转向时。很明显有些脱节，我们正在努力解决这个问题，为明天做准备”，Wache在被Motorsport.com询问主要限制时说。
维斯塔潘的损坏自然使得车队更难在周五清楚地了解车辆的平衡状态。
“我认为是我们整体抓地力水平有所下降。根据我们的分析，前后都存在平衡损坏。很明显，这会影响你感觉到的整体抓地力水平和你对车辆的信心。让我们看看明天当地板修复后，车辆是否有所改善。”
然而，除了修复损坏之外，红牛还需要调整设置来解决Waché所指的脱节问题。
“很明显，问题出在设置上，我认为我们会尝试解决这个问题。这还涉及到每次都要在短距离和长距离之间找到平衡。如果你试图解决这个问题，那么我们必须确保它不会损坏轮胎。”
这些轮胎在墨西哥无论如何都是一个重要因素。这不仅适用于长距离，也适用于排位赛中的第三部分。法拉利车队负责人弗雷德里克·瓦瑟尔已经预测，真正的差距将在这里产生，尤其是在赛道部分慢弯处。
“轮胎在最后一个部分明显过热”，瓦切承认。“主要问题是FP2中赛道温度下降了10多度。长距离赛并不完全代表我们将在周日的比赛中看到的情况。”
“我们必须非常小心这个方面，因此轮胎磨损将会更高，也许中胎在周日的比赛中会更好。”"
法拉利在墨西哥是明显的热门吗？
当提到法拉利时，许多车队人员也迅速将斯库德里亚（Scuderia）认定为热门。它的小型涡轮增压器可能有助于高海拔地区，而法拉利今年已经在慢速弯角中证明了自己的强大，墨西哥赛道上就有很多这样的弯角。
“是的，我认为从年初开始，他们在低速弯角上明显处于领先。他们显然有大量的下压力用于低速弯角”，瓦切说。
“让我们看看我们能提取什么。我认为我们并不遥远，我希望我们能挑战他们。”
维斯塔潘也分享了这个希望，但他也知道这辆红色的赛车在本周末必须被密切关注。
“在过去几周中，他们已经在很多节练习中表现得更快。这是一条你需要更多低速性能的赛道，所以这应该通常对他们有利”，这位四次世界冠军说。
英文原文
Red Bull finds ‘disconnect’ in RB22 in F1 Mexico GP practice
According to technical director Pierre Wache, there was a 'disconnect' between the front and rear of the Red Bull car during Friday practice; Verstappen adds that driving at Mexico's high altitude is 'not the most fun' under F1’s new regulations
Red Bull admits it still has work to do after Friday's Formula 1 practice sessions in Mexico City.
Max Verstappen ended the day fifth, three tenths off the pace, but that was despite damage sustained in an incident with Liam Lawson. Verstappen described the moment in the media pen as 'not very smart' from the Racing Bulls driver, given that Lawson is still fighting for his seat.
The stewards handed both drivers a one-place grid penalty, which is naturally the most frustrating consequence for Red Bull, although the incident also affected Verstappen's practice day – particularly as it was the Dutchman's only session of the day, with Ayumu Iwasa having taken his place in the RB22 during first practice.
“The bargeboard, or whatever this thing is called, was broken off. So of course you lose downforce because of that,” Verstappen said when asked by Motorsport.com about the extent of the damage.
With that loss of downforce in mind, the gap to the fastest Ferrari did not look too bad at all, although Verstappen was still not entirely satisfied with the balance of his car.
“It was not bad, but there's still a few things that I want to improve,” he added. “Of course, I only had one session and I think it's not amazing for everyone out there in terms of grip.
“So whatever you feel yourself, you then look at the onboards of everyone else and I think no one is really having a good time in terms of driving. So yeah, I just need to find a little bit more pace in our car to make a little jump up.”
While Verstappen refers to the feeling behind the wheel and the onboard footage of other drivers, he adds that he is not particularly enjoying the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2026. The extreme altitude always means drivers experience less grip and downforce, but under the new technical regulations with active aerodynamics, that is even more pronounced.
“It’s even more sliding, you need to be very patient with your driving,” Verstappen explained. “Personally, it's not the most fun, but you also know that it's a different challenge. You just need to try and understand it more.”
Like Verstappen, technical director Pierre Wache acknowledges that Red Bull still has work to do, and he pinpoints the main problem to address.
“At the moment, the balance is a little bit disconnected between the front and the rear – the front in the braking phase and at the apex and afterwards the rear while turning. It's clearly a little bit disconnected and we are trying to fix that for tomorrow”, Wache said when asked about the main limitations by Motorsport.com.
Verstappen's damage naturally made it more difficult for the team to get a clear picture of the car's actual balance on Friday.
“I think it's an overall grip level that we were losing. Based on our analysis, it was balance damage at the front and rear. It's clear that it affects the overall level of grip that you feel and the confidence that you can have in the car. Let's see tomorrow when the floor will be repaired, if the car is better or not.”
Apart from repairing the damage, however, Red Bull also needs to work on the set-up to address the disconnect Waché was referring to.
“It's clearly in the set-up, where I think we’ll try to fix it. It's also about finding a balance between the short run and the long run every time. If you try to fix this short-run balance issue, then we have to make sure that it doesn't damage the tyres.”
Those tyres are an important factor in Mexico anyway. This applies not only to long runs, but also to sector three during a qualifying lap. Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has already predicted that this is where the real difference will be made, particularly in the slow corners of the stadium section.
“The tyre is clearly overheating in the last sector”, Wache admitted. “The main problem is that the track temperature reduced by more than 10 degrees in FP2. The long runs were not very representative of what we will see during the race on Sunday.
“We have to be very careful with that aspect, so the tyre degradation will be higher and maybe the medium will be better [on Sunday].”
Is Ferrari the clear favourite in Mexico?
When Ferrari comes up, many in the paddock are also quick to identify the Scuderia as the favourite. Its smaller turbo could help at altitude, and Ferrari has already proved strong in slow corners throughout this year, of which there are plenty at the Mexican circuit.
“Yes, I think since the beginning of the year they are clearly on top of the game in the low-speed corners. They clearly have a lot of downforce for the low-speed corners”, Wache said.
“Let's see what we can extract. I think we are not far and I hope we can challenge them.”
Verstappen shares that hope, but he too knows that the red cars will have to be watched very closely this weekend.
“They've been quicker already many sessions in the last few weeks. This is a track where you need even more low-speed performance, so it should normally play into their hands”, the four-time world champion said.
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