小红牛领队理解外界对车手决定延迟的不满
小红牛领队艾伦·珀曼表示，他“理解外界的不满”，因为车队迟迟未决定2027年是否留用利亚姆·劳森，还是提拔储备车手、F2前列车手尼古拉·措洛夫。
小红牛领队“理解外界对车手决定延迟的不满”
小红牛领队艾伦·珀曼在巴西因车队迟迟未决定2027年F1车手阵容而受到关注
这支红牛卫星车队本赛季由劳森和新秀队友阿维德·林德布拉德出战，有望在车队积分榜上取得前所未有的第五名，这将是他队史上最成功的一个赛季。
随着劳森找回了迄今为止的最佳状态，而少年林德布拉德也展现出巨大潜力，车队通常会被期望在2027年保留两位车手。但作为未来红牛车队车手的培养基地，这一角色正在改变这种动态，因为劳森已不在米尔顿凯恩斯车队的长期规划中。而在保加利亚人措洛夫身上，车队拥有一名令人兴奋的年轻天才，他有可能与林德布拉德竞争未来主力车队的一个席位。
然而，红牛母公司也期望小红牛车队能够自立自强并具备竞争力，正如本赛季所成功展示的那样。
在短期表现、稳定性和劳森的经验与措洛夫未来对红牛的上行潜力之间做出痛苦抉择，正是为何原本预计更早到来的决定现在看起来至少要拖到拉斯维加斯。
与此同时，这支英意车队的社交媒体账号被要求为劳森续签2027年合同的车迷们刷屏。周四，阿尔维德·林德布拉德的频道发布了一条帖子，庆祝在墨西哥第一节练习赛中与儿时好友措洛夫在F1重逢，这引发了困惑，因为一些车迷将其视为车队2027年阵容的意外确认。
缺乏明确性也让劳森感到压力，他承认自己“不知道他们还想让我做什么”。
周五在巴西发表讲话时，车队老板艾伦·珀曼表示，他理解缺乏决定让外界感到沮丧。但他坚持认为，车队正在尽职尽责地敲定选择。珀曼已签下一份新合同，将继续担任小红牛车队领队兼联合首席执行官，直至2031年。
“我们试图运用一点科学方法，这需要一些时间，”珀曼解释道。“我们正在审视一切，研究、分析，而时间站在我们这边。我们不急于做任何事，我非常有信心会做出正确的决定。
“我意识到这对我们的车手来说很令人沮丧。我意识到这对其他人来说也很令人沮丧，但我们想把它做对，而且我们会做对。我相信当我们在未来几周宣布时，每个人都会高兴。我们几乎就要完成了，但还没有最终敲定。”
不过，决定留下劳森并不一定违背车队培养年轻人才的原则。除了劳森贡献的大量积分之外，让这位经验更丰富的新西兰人驾驶另一辆赛车，也为车队提供了一个有用的基准工具，用来评判林德布拉德在新秀赛季的进步。
在解释车队看似相互冲突的目标时，佩尔曼表示：“主要因素一如既往，是速度和 pace。这是我们最先看重的。”
“但我们不仅仅是一支只为参赛而存在的车队。我们在这里是为了培养年轻人才，所以我们必须关注这一点。而这并不一定意味着我们只是不断地让年轻人才轮流驾驶赛车。我们可能需要一些经验，来衡量这些人才。”
“所以，这不是一个容易的决定，我理解并感受到所有人的沮丧。我感受到我的车手们的沮丧。但我们正在取得进展，不会太久了。”
英文原文
Racing Bulls boss ‘understands frustration’ over driver decision delay
Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane faced scrutiny in Brazil over the team's delay in deciding its 2027 Formula 1 driver line-up
Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane says he "understands the frustration" over the delay in his team's decision on whether to retain Liam Lawson or promote reserve driver and F2 frontrunner Nikola Tsolov for 2027.
Red Bull's satellite team is set for its most successful season in its history with Lawson and rookie team-mate Arvid Lindblad as it heads towards an unprecedented fifth place in the constructors' standings.
With Lawson having found his best form to date and teenager Lindblad showing plenty of promise, the team would normally be expected to retain both drivers for 2027. But its role as a breeding ground for future Red Bull Racing drivers is changing that dynamic, as Lawson is no longer in the Milton Keynes team's long-term picture. And in Bulgarian Tsolov, it has an exciting young talent in the ranks that could potentially vie with Lindblad for a future spot on the main team.
Yet Racing Bulls is also expected by Red Bull's parent company to be standing on its own feet and be competitive, as it has successfully demonstrated this season.
That agonising decision between short-term performance, stability and experience in Lawson and future Red Bull upside in Tsolov is why a decision that had been expected to arrive earlier now looks set to drag on until at least Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, the Anglo-Italian team's social media accounts have been flooded by fans demanding Lawson be re-signed for 2027. A post on Arvid Lindblad's channels on Thursday, in which he celebrated being reunited with childhood friend Tsolov in F1 as they took part in Mexico's FP1 session, caused confusion as some fans took it as accidental confirmation of the team's 2027 line-up.
The lack of clarity has also been weighing on Lawson, who admitted that he doesn't ‘know what else they want me to do’.
Speaking in Brazil on Friday, team boss Alan Permane, who has inked a fresh deal until 2031 as Racing Bulls team principal and co-CEO, said he understood why the lack of decision was frustrating to the outside world. But he insisted the team is doing its due diligence to nail its choice.
"We're trying to apply a little bit of science, and that takes some time," Permane explained. "We are looking at everything and studying, analysing, and time is on our side. We're not in a rush to do anything, and I'm very confident the right decision will be made.
"I realise it's frustrating for our drivers. I realise it's frustrating for everyone else, but we want to get it right, and we will get it right. I'm sure when we announce it in the coming weeks, everyone will be happy. We're almost there, but we're not finalised."
A decision to retain Lawson doesn't have to go against the squad's mantra of bringing up young talent, though. Aside from the large number of points Lawson has contributed, having the more experienced New Zealander in the other car has been a useful benchmarking tool for the team to judge Lindblad's progress in his rookie campaign.
Explaining the team's seemingly conflicting objectives, Permane said: "The main factors are, as always, pace and speed. That's the very first thing we look for.
"But we're not just a team that exists solely to compete. We are here to bring young talent through, so we have to keep an eye on that. And that doesn't necessarily mean that we just keep churning young talent through the car. We need to maybe have some experience as well to measure that talent.
"So, it's not an easy decision, and I understand and get the frustration from everyone. I get the frustration from my drivers. But we're getting there, and it won't be long."
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