雅克·维伦纽夫为红牛在阿塞拜疆大奖赛的车队指令决定辩护
1997年F1冠军雅克·维伦纽夫表示支持红牛在阿塞拜疆大奖赛中的策略，即未要求维斯塔潘为队友哈德让出赛道位置。
雅克·维伦纽夫为红牛在F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛上的车队指令决定进行辩护
雅克·维伦纽夫支持红牛在阿塞拜疆大奖赛期间不交换马克斯·维斯塔潘和伊萨克·哈贾尔位置的决定
马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队，伊萨克·哈贾尔，红牛车队
1997年F1世界冠军雅克·维伦纽夫支持红牛在阿塞拜疆大奖赛上的策略。
在充满挑战的巴库城市赛道上，比赛进入尾声阶段时，马克斯·维斯塔潘与队友伊萨克·哈贾尔前后紧随行驶。
尽管哈贾尔拥有轮胎优势，但这支位于米尔顿凯恩斯的车队并没有指示这位四届世界冠军让出赛道位置，以便让这位法国裔阿尔及利亚车手向前方赛车发起进攻。
维斯塔潘在最后几圈成功拉开差距，向比赛冠军乔治·拉塞尔发起挑战。维斯塔潘最终以第二名完赛，仅落后这位梅赛德斯车手0.196秒。哈贾尔此前因手腕伤病缺席了六周，最终获得第三名。
在接受天空体育一级方程式节目采访时，维伦纽夫驳斥了红牛应该交换车手位置的说法，并称赞了这支由洛朗·梅基斯领导的车队对比赛的解读。
“那非常完美，”这位加拿大车手说。“没有任何理由让马克斯给伊萨克让车。
哈贾尔当时用的是更好的轮胎，而且圈速和马克斯很接近。所以在某个时间点他们本来会交换轮胎，而正如我们所看到的，马克斯在最后几圈把差距拉大到了对哈贾尔的八秒。
马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队；伊萨克·哈贾尔，红牛车队
“马克斯冲到最前面的机会更大，所以他们做的是正确的。”
梅基斯确认，车队确实考虑过车队指令方面的各种选择。
“说实话，我们研究了所有这些情况，然后我们选择让赛车保持在当时的位置上，”这位车队负责人告诉天空体育F1。
“两位车手在保持纪律方面都做得非常好。也要大大地夸一夸伊萨克，他跑得非常聪明，确保我们拿到了最好的团队成绩。”
“我们觉得这是争取超过皮亚斯特里和拉塞尔的最好机会。在这里，很难不去指望某一时刻会出现安全车。我们都在等待安全车。”
"马克斯在那个阶段用中性胎很挣扎，而我们知道用软胎会有更好的机会。最终，事情正是这样发展的。"
"我们差了0.1秒，但我们获得了与他战斗的机会，并且展现出了与他相同的节奏。"
英文原文
Jacques Villeneuve defends Red Bull team orders call at F1 Azerbaijan GP
Jacques Villeneuve has backed Red Bull's decision not to swap Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has backed Red Bull's Azerbaijan Grand Prix strategy.
During the closing stages of the race on the demanding Baku City Circuit, Max Verstappen and team-mate Isack Hadjar were running one behind the other.
Although Hadjar had a tyre advantage, the Milton Keynes outfit chose not to instruct the four-time champion to yield track position to allow the French-Algerian driver to attack the cars ahead.
Verstappen managed to pull away in the final laps to mount a challenge to race winner George Russell. Verstappen ultimately finished second, just 0.196 seconds behind the Mercedes driver. Hadjar, who had been out with a wrist injury for six weeks, finished third.
Speaking on the Sky Sports F1 broadcast, Villeneuve dismissed suggestions that Red Bull should have swapped its drivers, praising the Laurent Mekies-led team's reading of the race.
"It was perfect," the Canadian said. "There was no reason to ask Max to let Isack by.
"Hadjar was on the better tyre and the lap time was similar to Max. So at one point they would swap over the tyre and, as we've seen, Max built an eight-second gap on Hadjar [in the final laps].
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing
"Max had a better chance of getting to the front so they did the right thing."
Mekies confirmed the team did consider its options regarding team orders.
"We looked at all these scenarios, honestly, and then we elected to hold the car in those positions," the team chief told Sky Sports F1.
"Both drivers have been very good at being disciplined with that. Big well done also to Isack who has raced very cleverly to make sure we get the best team result.
"We felt it was the best chance to get a chance at Piastri and at Russell. It's very difficult here not to count on a safety car at some stage. We were all waiting for the safety car.
"Max was struggling with the medium at that stage and we knew that on the soft we would have a better chance. Ultimately, that's what happened.
"We are missing one tenth but we got a chance to fight with him and show we had the same pace."
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