墨西哥站一练11队换将，车手市场暗流涌动
墨西哥大奖赛第一节练习中，11支F1车队里有10支将派出仅参加该节的年轻车手，其中三人的安排对车手市场影响尤为关键。法拉利是唯一不调整车手阵容的车队。
11支F1车队中有10支将在墨西哥派出仅参加第一节练习的年轻车手，但其中一些调整对F1车手市场影响尤为重大。
法拉利是唯一不调整车手阵容的车队。以下是其他车队换人的完整名单，其中包括三人的F1比赛周末首秀（加布里埃莱·米尼、尼古拉·措洛夫和弗雷迪·斯莱特）。
迈凯伦：莱昂纳多·福尔纳罗利顶替兰多·诺里斯
红牛：岩佐步梦顶替马克斯·维斯塔潘
梅赛德斯：弗雷德里克·维斯蒂顶替乔治·拉塞尔
阿尔派：加布里埃莱·米尼顶替弗兰科·科拉平托
小红牛：尼古拉·措洛夫顶替利亚姆·劳森
奥迪：弗雷迪·斯莱特顶替加布里埃尔·博尔托莱托
阿斯顿·马丁：杰克·克劳福德替换兰斯·斯特罗尔
凯迪拉克：科尔顿·赫塔替换瓦尔特利·博塔斯
其中有一些熟悉的第一次练习赛名字，他们已经在2026年驾驶过，但墨西哥站可能是本赛季最有趣的阵容，尤其有三个名字在F1车手市场意义上格外突出……
赫塔的多年任务完成了吗？
凯迪拉克认为，科尔顿·赫塔现在只差一分就能最终拿到他成功申请F1超级驾照所需的40分。
前提是他周五从瓦尔特利·博塔斯手中接过凯迪拉克赛车后，能在第一节练习中顺利完成规定的100公里行驶里程。
鉴于墨西哥的条件十分艰苦，加上F1新军凯迪拉克遭遇的各种可靠性问题，这一点并无保证。
但即便他没能完成那100公里，凯迪拉克也会确保他在别处补上最后一分。车队已经满足了新秀车手规则；他们之所以让赫塔在墨西哥参加第一节练习，只是为了确保他能达到40分。
这样一来，只要车队认为他是最合适的车手，赫塔就能正式成为2027年替代博塔斯的选项。
佩雷斯谈到赫塔时说：“跑一练总是很难展示你的速度或你所在的水平，但现在我认为他在车里和模拟器里有了更多时间，所以我们开始看到更多他的速度。”
“这不是我的决定，但我认为这将由马钦（布德科夫斯基，凯迪拉克车队老板）来决定他们想要谁坐进车里。”
“我和瓦尔特利也合作得很好。我认为他在几场比赛中非常不走运。在奥斯汀，他展现了非常强劲的速度，所以对车队来说没有轻松的决定。”
佩雷斯补充说，“接下来的三到四个月在我们的准备工作中非常关键”，因此拥有合适的车手将很重要。
角田裕毅和梅赛德斯替补车手弗雷德里克·维斯蒂——在同一节第一次自由练习中替代乔治·拉塞尔——也是凯迪拉克的候选人之一，车队尚未做出最终决定。
这就是为什么赫塔在第一次自由练习中表现强劲如此重要。正是在墨西哥，奥利·贝尔曼（哈斯）和伊萨克·哈贾尔（小红牛）给他们的未来车队留下了如此强烈的第一印象。
这不能仅凭头条圈速来判断，而要看车手如何在紧凑的时间框架内勤勉地执行运行计划。
赫塔迄今为止在第一节自由练习中的表现给车队留下了深刻印象，但随着凯迪拉克2027年车手决定的临近，这一次他承受着迄今为止最大的压力。
红牛的下一位F1车手？
F2锦标赛竞争者尼古拉·措洛夫正随小红牛迎来自己的F1比赛周末首秀，他此前已于8月底在伊莫拉首次测试F1赛车。
曾有传言称，措洛夫在其F2赛季巅峰期有望于2027年全职获得小红牛的那个席位，当时他在四个周末内赢下了四场比赛。
现在看来这似乎不太可能，因为这意味着要让利亚姆·劳森或阿尔维德·林德布拉德让位，而两人目前都表现强劲。
劳森是积分榜前四车队之外表现最好的车手，并且连续三个比赛周末赢下了中游集团的争夺。
林德布拉德与劳森并肩作战，新秀赛季表现稳健，因此措洛夫可能要等到2028年才有机会。
不过，现在在墨西哥给人留下深刻印象对措洛夫来说很重要。前面提到的哈贾尔在2023年墨西哥站第一节练习赛的强劲表现，是在他被确认为小红牛F1车手之前的14个月。
措洛夫是下一个有望获得F1席位的车手，但如果在得到机会时不能给人留下深刻印象，就很容易在排队中被别人超越。
而且考虑到F2是如此难以解读的系列赛，尽管措洛夫今年表现令人印象深刻——他一直与2027年哈斯F1车手拉斐尔·卡马拉实力相当——但如果你无法在F1赛车中转化这种表现，那就毫无意义。
奥迪的首位F1青训车手弗雷迪·斯莱特将在墨西哥和巴西连续参加两场第一节自由练习赛，开启他的F1赛车生涯。
这位18岁的车手在蒙扎正赛因机械故障以及马德里噩梦般的收官周末，以微弱劣势错失了今年的F3冠军。
但那是在一个赛季的尾声，他在连续八个比赛周末都登上领奖台，印证了他在卡丁车之后连夺三个冠军头衔所展现的潜力——吉内塔青少年系列赛、意大利四级方程式和欧洲区域方程式锦标赛。
奥迪签下斯莱特对其初生的F1车手培养计划而言是一次重大胜利，此前他们击退了竞争对手强烈而持续的追逐。
与措洛夫和赫塔等人相比，斯莱特面临的“即刻出成绩”压力要小一些，他将有机会通过背靠背的各节练习与排位逐步积累，但对斯莱特依然有很高的期待。
他并不是2027年F1席位的竞争者，因为明年他将随卫冕系列赛冠军Invicta参加二级方程式，但可以预见在未来几个赛季里，斯莱特会更多地出现在F1赛车中。
英文原文
All but one of the 11 Formula 1 teams will be fielding an FP1-only rookie in Mexico, but some of those changes have particularly high stakes for F1's driver market.
Ferrari is the only team not making a change to its driver line-up. Here's the full list of the swaps elsewhere, including three F1 weekend debuts (for Gabriele Mini, Nikola Tsolov and Freddie Slater).
McLaren: Leonardo Fornaroli for Lando Norris
Red Bull: Ayumu Iwasa for Max Verstappen
Mercedes: Frederik Vesti for George Russell
Alpine: Gabriele Mini for Franco Colapinto
Racing Bulls: Nikola Tsolov for Liam Lawson
Audi: Freddie Slater for Gabriel Bortoleto
Aston Martin: Jak Crawford for Lance Stroll
Cadillac: Colton Herta for Valtteri Bottas
There are some familiar FP1 names there who have already driven in 2026, but Mexico is probably the most interesting roster of the season, with three names in particular standing out as significant in F1 driver market terms…
Herta's multi-year mission complete?
Cadillac believes Colton Herta is now just one point away from finally earning the 40 he needs to successfully apply for an F1 superlicence.
That's if he can successfully complete the mandated 100 kilometres of running in FP1 when he takes over Valtteri Bottas's Cadillac on Friday.
There's no guarantee of that given how tough the conditions are in Mexico and the various reliability issues F1 newcomer Cadillac has encountered.
But even if he doesn't get that 100km, Cadillac will ensure he ticks off that last point somewhere else. The team has already satisfied the rookie driver rule; it's only putting Herta in the car for FP1 in Mexico to make sure he gets to the 40 points.
That's all so Herta can officially be an option to replace Bottas for 2027 should the team decide he's the best driver for the job.
"Doing FP1s is always very difficult to show your speed or the level you're at, but now I think he's having more time in the car and in the simulator, so we're starting to see more of his speed," Perez said of Herta.
"It's not my decision, but I think it will be down to Marcin [Budkowski, Cadillac team boss] to decide who they want in the car.
"I'm also working really well with Valtteri. I think he's been very unfortunate in a few races. In Austin, he showed very strong pace, so there isn't an easy decision for the team."
Perez added that "the next three or four months are really crucial in our preparation" and thus having the right drivers will be important.
Yuki Tsunoda and Mercedes reserve driver Frederik Vesti - replacing George Russell in the same FP1 session - are also among the Cadillac contenders, with the team yet to make a final decision.
That's why Herta performing strongly in FP1 is so important. It was in Mexico that both Ollie Bearman (Haas) and Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) made such strong first impressions with their future teams.
That can't be judged by headline laptime alone, but by how the driver diligently delivers a runplan in a compact timeframe.
Herta has impressed the team in his FP1 outings so far, but this one carries the greatest pressure so far as Cadillac's 2027 driver decision looms.
Red Bull's next F1 driver?
Formula 2 championship contender Nikola Tsolov is making his F1 weekend debut with Racing Bulls, having first tested an F1 car at Imola in late August.
There were whispers of Tsolov earning that Racing Bulls seat full-time for 2027 amid the peak of his F2 season, where he won four races in four weekends.
That would seem a long shot now, as it would mean moving Liam Lawson or Arvid Lindblad aside when both are performing strongly.
Lawson is the clear best-of-the-rest driver behind those in the top four teams in the points standings and has won the midfield fight three weekends in a row.
Lindblad has had a solid rookie year alongside Lawson, so Tsolov may need to wait until 2028 for his chance.
Impressing now in Mexico will be important, though, for Tsolov. The aforementioned strong Hadjar Mexico 2023 FP1 came 14 months before he was confirmed as a Racing Bulls F1 driver.
Tsolov is next in line for an F1 seat, but it's very easy to be jumped in that queue if you don't impress when given the opportunity.
And given F2 is such a hard series to read, as impressive as Tsolov has been this year - he's been a worthy match for 2027 Haas F1 driver Rafael Camara - it means nothing if you can't translate that performance when in an F1 car.
Audi's first F1 junior Freddie Slater has back-to-back FP1 outings in Mexico and Brazil to kick off his time in an F1 car.
The 18-year-old narrowly missed out on this year's Formula 3 title after a mechanical failure in the Monza feature race and a nightmare finale weekend in Madrid.
But that came at the end of a season where he finished on the podium in eight consecutive weekends, backing up the potential he showed by winning three consecutive titles out of karting - Ginetta Juniors, Italian Formula 4 and the Formula Regional European Championship.
Audi signing Slater was a huge coup for its fledgling F1 driver development scheme, it having fought off strong and persistent interest from rivals.
There's less of a ‘perform now' pressure on Slater than the likes of Tsolov and Herta, and he'll have the chance to build up through his back-to-back sessions, but there's still plenty of expectation on Slater.
He's not a contender for a 2027 F1 seat as he'll be racing in Formula 2 next year with defending series champion Invicta, but you can expect to see a lot more of Slater in an F1 car over the next few seasons.
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