维斯塔潘：红牛在蒙扎像“乌龟”
马克斯·维斯塔潘周六称红牛赛车像纸做的，但周日在蒙扎获得季军。他表示正赛速度比排位赛后预期的要好得多，但强调赛车的问题依然存在。
维斯塔潘：在蒙扎面对梅赛德斯时，红牛感觉像一只“乌龟”
维斯塔潘表示红牛无法匹敌梅赛德斯的能量部署，迫使他依靠晚刹车在争夺第三名的过程中进行反击
在马克斯·维斯塔潘周六表示红牛赛车是纸糊的之后，这位荷兰车手在一天后成功登上了F1赛历上最美丽的领奖台：悬挂在蒙扎主直道上方的那座标志性领奖台。
正赛节奏证明比维斯塔潘排位赛之后所预想的要好得多，不过他强调，同样的问题依然存在。
在比赛期间，这位四届世界冠军已经表示后轴感觉像是坏了，这与他周六向荷兰媒体解释的情况有关：小红牛22尾部的某些部件有时会在一个练习时段内性能退化，维斯塔潘称之为“赛车性能退化”。
维斯塔潘强调，周日他在追赶梅赛德斯双雄并最终获得第三名的过程中，这个问题仍然在困扰着他。
“问题依然存在，什么都没改变。这根本不行。你在颠簸、路肩上都很挣扎，尤其是在低速弯，”这位荷兰车手在赛后新闻发布会上说。
“后轴仍然不够顺从。所以，今天肯定还是不理想，让我们损失了性能，但事实就是这样。”
维斯塔潘表示，周日他仍然遇到红牛赛车尾部的问题。
除了小红牛22尾部的问题之外，维斯塔潘说还有另一个因素造成了更大的影响：梅赛德斯动力单元在能量输出方面比红牛福特动力系统（红牛 Ford Powertrains）的版本高效得多。
他说：“我认为比赛中很明显，我们根本跟不上梅赛德斯动力赛车的能量输出节奏，而这在蒙扎这样的赛道上当然非常艰难。”
部分由于这个原因，维斯塔潘尝试在第二个减速弯特别晚刹车，在被通过Grande弯超越后，他多次从外侧反击。
"当人们像你是一只乌龟一样从旁边超车时，我没有太享受这种时刻,"他说。
"但是，是的，直接从外线绕过去超回来就好。这台车在刹车时表现很好，这很有帮助。我在进攻刹车区时有很好的信心。有两次我在2号弯和4号弯做到了这一点。"
"这很享受，但同时也是令人沮丧的。我只是尽力把我能做到的一切都发挥到最大。"
这种“最大化”甚至让维斯塔潘一度能够与梅赛德斯交锋，但据这位红牛车手所说，这主要是由于超车模式在蒙扎赛道非常强大。
据维斯塔潘（Verstappen）所说，由于两台动力单元在效率上的差距，红牛对抗梅赛德斯的机会很小
当车手与前车差距在一秒之内时，可以额外回收和释放能量，这意味着维斯塔潘能出人意料地长时间跟住梅赛德斯。然而一旦差距超过一秒，他的挑战实际上就结束了。
"当然，在超车模式下情况看起来相当有希望，但一旦我取得领先，就很难防守了。而这也是我在整场比赛中的一个问题，"他说。
"即使有虚拟安全车的时候，我们进站换了更好的轮胎，我超掉了赛车，但只要他们能靠超车模式撑住，那对我们来说太强大了，根本防不住，哪怕是轮胎更好的情况下。所以，我甚至花了好一会儿才超过迈凯伦们。"
尽管如此，维斯塔潘本赛季的第五次登上领奖台仍是一个受欢迎的提振。不仅是在他周六的抱怨之后，自然也是在他于赞德福特早期撞车之后。
“对于我们在赞德福特经历了一个非常艰难的周末之后能登上领奖台，那辆赛车并不太合我的心意，[这是积极的],”他总结道。
“我们成功地在周五到周六之间实现了强劲的扭转，赛车肯定进入了更好的工作区间。但我们仍然有一些已知的需要改进的部件和方面，此外还有明显的直道上的能量部署问题。”
英文原文
Max Verstappen: Red Bull felt like a “turtle” against Mercedes at Monza
Verstappen says Red Bull could not match Mercedes’ energy deployment, forcing him to rely on late braking to fight back on his way to third
After Max Verstappen said on Saturday that the Red Bull car was made out of paper, the Dutchman managed to reach the most beautiful podium on the Formula 1 calendar a day later: the iconic podium hanging above Monza’s main straight.
The race pace proved considerably better than Verstappen had thought possible after qualifying, although he stresses that the same problems were still present.
During the race, the four-time world champion already said that the rear axle felt broken, which relates back to what he explained to Dutch media on Saturday: certain components at the rear of the RB22 sometimes deteriorate during a session, which Verstappen calls "car degradation".
Verstappen stresses that the issue was still hampering him on Sunday on his way to third place behind the Mercedes duo.
"It was still there, nothing changed. It’s just not good. You struggle on the bumps, the kerbs, and especially in the low-speed," the Dutchman said in the post-race press conference.
"It’s still like the rear axle is just not very compliant. So, for sure, it was again not ideal today and costing us performance, but it is what it is."
Verstappen said he was still experiencing problems at the rear of the Red Bull on Sunday
Besides the issue at the rear of the RB22, Verstappen says there was another factor that made an even bigger difference: the Mercedes power unit is considerably more efficient in terms of energy deployment than Red Bull Ford Powertrains' version.
"I think it was quite clear during the race that we just can’t keep up with the deployment of the Mercedes-powered cars, and that is, of course, very tough on a track like Monza," he said.
Partly because of that, Verstappen tried braking particularly late for the second chicane, where he fought back around the outside on a few occasions after being overtaken through Curva Grande.
"[I didn’t enjoy it] a lot when people just drive by you like you’re a turtle," he said.
"But, yeah, just send it back around the outside. The car is good on the brakes, so that helps. I had good confidence to attack the braking zones. Two times I managed to do that in Turn 2 and 4.
"That is enjoyable, but at the same time also frustrating. I just try to maximise everything that I can."
That maximising even meant Verstappen was able to fight with Mercedes for some time, but according to the Red Bull driver, that was mainly down to how powerful overtake mode was at Monza.
According to Verstappen, Red Bull had little chance against Mercedes due to the difference in efficiency between the two power units
The additional energy drivers are allowed to recover and deploy when they are within a second of the car ahead meant Verstappen was able to stay with Mercedes for a surprisingly long time. Once the gap grew to more than a second, however, his challenge effectively ended.
"Of course, with the overtake mode it looked quite promising, but as soon as I got in the lead, it was very hard to defend. And that has been my problem a bit throughout the whole race," he said.
"Even when we had the VSC, we boxed, had better tyres, I’m overtaking cars, but as soon as they can hang in that overtake mode, it’s just too powerful for us to actually defend that, even on better tyres. So, it took me a while even to clear the McLarens."
Nevertheless, Verstappen’s fifth podium finish of the season is a welcome boost. Not only after his complaints on Saturday, but naturally also after Verstappen’s early crash in Zandvoort.
"For us to be on the podium after a very difficult weekend in Zandvoort, where the car was not really to my liking, [is positive]," he concluded.
"We managed to have a strong turnaround from Friday to Saturday and the car was definitely in a better window. But we still have a few bits and areas that we know we need to be better at, plus, the obvious deployment on the straights."
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