沃尔夫支持MotoGP对卡塔尔站异议的处理
梅赛德斯F1领队托托·沃尔夫在F1计划于该地区办赛之前，对MotoGP处理车手对卡塔尔大奖赛异议的方式表示支持。MotoGP本周末在卢赛尔赛道办赛，22名全职车手中16人参赛，仅雅马哈厂队和Pramac卫星车队缺席。
梅赛德斯F1领队托托·沃尔夫在F1计划于该地区办赛之前，对MotoGP处理车手对卡塔尔大奖赛异议的方式表示支持。
当F1齐聚因特拉戈斯参加巴西大奖赛时，MotoGP在同一周末于卡塔尔卢赛尔赛道办赛，22名全职车手中有16人（外加两名伤替补）参赛。
此前MotoGP车手之间进行了数次秘密且非正式的投票，多数人因担心中东冲突升级而投票反对举办卡塔尔站比赛。
但最终，只有雅马哈车手——即代表厂队和卫星车队Pramac的车手——在没有替补的情况下缺席卡塔尔大奖赛。
雅马哈上周日宣布，它“未找到充分理由来改变其现有的全公司差旅限制”，因此无法派车队前往卡塔尔，这一决定遭到了MotoGP的“失望”回应，并暗示可能带来“体育层面的后果”。
该赛事系列强调，在与卡塔尔、赛道以及“独立安全顾问”协商后，它并未“收到任何足以改变当前赛事计划的信息”。
至于已在卡塔尔的车手们，有些人对赛事处理方式采取了较为和解的立场，但另一些人则保持了更为对抗的语气。
值得注意的是，七届赛事冠军马克·马奎斯在赛前新闻发布会上表示：“我更希望自己身在别处。因此，我会尽可能搭乘最晚的航班抵达，并尽可能搭乘最早的航班离开。”
F1在该地区安排了两场比赛——11月29日的卡塔尔大奖赛和12月6日的阿布扎比大奖赛。
当在英特拉格斯被问及他对这两场比赛相关情况的理解是否受到了本周末在卡塔尔举行的MotoGP赛事的影响时，沃尔夫给出了详尽的回答，支持MotoGP的处理方式，并对车手们公开分享的内容提出了质疑。
“斯特凡诺[多梅尼卡利，F1掌门人]和穆罕默德[本·苏拉耶姆，国际汽联主席]对局势说得非常清楚，F1遵循国际准则，无论是旅行限制、航空公司停飞、该地区的任何警告，还是地方政府给出的那类反馈——所以不仅是推广方，还有地方政府给出的反馈。在我看来，这就是你需要依赖的东西，”沃尔夫说。
“我完全赞同这一点。我认为，如果车手站出来，对地缘政治一无所知，但他们有听众在听，我觉得这能制造媒体价值[头条新闻]——但我会做和MotoGP管理层一样的事。”
“你想骑车，或者开车，就去。如果你不想，就别去。就这么简单。
“而且每个人都可以就此做出自己的个人决定，我尊重这一点。当然，你必须警惕接下来几天或几周内发生的事情。
“斯特凡诺（Stefano）掌握着脉搏，能够监测这一点。如果情况变得更加危险，那么他将与穆罕默德（Mohammed）一起，成为第一个保护那些本应出行的人的人。所以这就是为什么我遵循我所听到的指导。
“内部没有提出过这个问题，也没有成为话题。但同样，如果有人觉得自己出行感到不舒服，那是我一直会尊重的事情。”
也许这是一个给别人机会的契机。
“这不会改变双方的关系。我一直尊重这一点，有些人不想去某些大奖赛。目前我就是这么看的。”——瓦尔·霍鲁恩日伊
沃尔夫发表上述言论之际，一级方程式即将迎来决定2026赛季如何收官的关键一周。
一段时间以来，伊莫拉一直在准备其场地，作为中东最后几站比赛无法举行时的备选方案。
然而，现在已到了必须决定是进行最后的主要准备工作还是放弃这项工作的时刻，因为卡塔尔和阿布扎比的比赛即将举行。
据了解，F1已为自己设定了下周二（11月10日）的最后期限，以就伊莫拉赛事如何处理做出最终决定。
如果到那时F1确信中东赛事可以顺利进行，那么伊莫拉就可以被取消。
然而，这一决定意味着，如果在该日期之后中东紧张局势升级，卡塔尔和阿布扎比的比赛不得不停止，那么伊莫拉将无法再举办比赛——这意味着本赛季将在拉斯维加斯结束。
尽管中东局势仍然难以预测，F1车队依然相信在最终决定中不会冒任何“风险”。
阿斯顿·马丁车队赛道运营主管迈克·克拉克表示，尽管车队人员就正在发生的情况提出了更多疑问，但大家对F1高级管理层抱有信心。
克拉克周四在英特拉格斯表示：“今天上午我与安迪（史蒂文森，赛事总监）详细讨论了此事，我们认为，我们真的确信，F1没有冒任何不必要的风险。”
“他们了解当前局势，掌握的信息远比我们充分。我认为，如果存在严重风险，他们会采取正确的行动。”
“我认为目前他们仍在评估那一情况，而且我相信他们已经为自己设定了一些截止期限，而我们还没有越过那些期限。所以，我认为我们需要给他们时间去做这件事。但如果他们冒险，我会非常惊讶。”——乔恩·诺布尔
英文原文
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has backed MotoGP's handling of its Qatar Grand Prix amid rider discontent, ahead of F1's own planned races in the region.
While F1 has gathered at Interlagos for the Brazilian Grand Prix, MotoGP is competing at Qatar's Lusail circuit on the same weekend - with 16 of the 22 full-time riders (and two injury replacements) in action.
This followed several secret and unofficial votes between the MotoGP riders, in which the majority had voted against holding a Qatar race due to fears of conflict escalation in the Middle East.
In the end, though, only the Yamaha riders - those representing the factory team and the satellite team Pramac - are absent from the Qatar GP without replacement.
Yamaha announced last Sunday that it "had not identified sufficient grounds to change its existing company-wide travel restrictions" to send its teams to Qatar, a decision that was met with "disappointment" and suggestion of "sporting consequences" from MotoGP.
The series emphasised it did not "receive any information that would warrant a change to the current plans for the event" after consultation with Qatar, the track and "independent safety advisors".
As for the riders present in Qatar, some have taken a more conciliatory stance over the handling of the event, but others have maintained a more confrontational tone.
Notably, seven-time series champion Marc Marquez said in the pre-event press conference: "I would like to be in another place. For that reason I arrive on the latest flight possible, and I will leave on the earliest flight possible."
F1 has two races scheduled in the region - November 29's Qatar GP, and December 6's Abu Dhabi GP.
And when asked at Interlagos whether his understanding of the situation with those races was being informed with MotoGP racing at Qatar this weekend, Wolff offered an extensive answer that backed MotoGP's approach and questioned what the riders have shared publicly.
"Stefano [Domenicali, F1 boss] and Mohammed [Ben Sulayem, FIA president] have been pretty clear about the situation, that Formula 1 follows what the international guidelines are, whether there's travel restrictions, airlines not flying, any warnings in the region, the kind of feedback that local governments are making - so not only the promoters, but what the local governments are making. And this is what you need to rely on, in my opinion," Wolff said.
"And I'm fully with that. I think that if riders stand up, that geopolitically know nothing about what's going on but [they] have the audience that listens, I think that is something that creates media value [headlines] - but I would have done the same that MotoGP management has done.
"You want to ride, or drive, go. If you don't want to, don't go. As simple as that.
"And everybody can take their personal decisions on that, and I respect it. Of course, you've got to be wary of what's happening in the next few days, or few weeks.
"And Stefano has the finger on the pulse to monitor that. If things were to get more dangerous, then he's going to be the first one, together with Mohammed, to protect the people that were meant to travel. And so that's why I'm following the guidance of what I'm hearing.
"Internally it hasn't been raised, hasn't been a topic. But also there, if someone feels he or she doesn't feel comfortable in travelling, then it's something that I would always respect.
"And maybe that's an opportunity to give somebody else a chance.
"It wouldn't change anything for the relationship. I've always respected that, that some people didn't want to go to certain grands prix. And that's how I see it at the moment." - Val Khorounzhiy
Wolff’s comments come ahead of a crunch week for Formula 1 when it comes to defining how the 2026 season will end.
For a while now, Imola has been getting its venue ready as a fallback option in case the final Middle Eastern races cannot happen.
However, it is now at the point where it needs to commit to the final major preparations or abandon its work because the races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are happening.
It is understood that F1 has set itself a deadline of next Tuesday (November 10) to make a final call on what to do with the Imola event.
If by then it is satisfied that the Middle Eastern races are good to go, then Imola can be stood down.
That call means, however, that if after that date tensions escalate in the Middle East and the races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi have to be halted, then it means Imola will not be able to host any more – which means the season would finish in Las Vegas.
While the situation in the Middle East remains unpredictable, F1 teams retain faith that no "risks" will be taken in the final call.
Aston Martin chief trackside officer Mike Krack said that despite team personnel asking more questions about what was happening, there was confidence in F1’s senior management.
Speaking on Thursday at Interlagos, Krack said: “Now, I discussed it at length with Andy [Stevenson, sporting director] this morning, and we think, we are really convinced, that F1 is not taking any unnecessary risk.
“They are aware of the situation, they have much better information than we have. And I think if there is a serious risk, I think they will take the correct action.
“I think at the moment they are still evaluating that situation, and I’m sure they have set themselves some deadlines, which we have not gone over yet. So, I think we need to give them the time to do that. But I would be really surprised if they take risks.” - Jon Noble
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