威廉姆斯美国站周五异常：为2027年研发牺牲练习赛
威廉姆斯在美国大奖赛周五练习赛中表现异常，最快赛车落后凯迪拉克且距领先者8.1秒，FP1主要为2027年研发进行空气动力学测试。
威廉姆斯在美国大奖赛经历了一个奇怪的周五，练习赛结束时其最快的F1赛车比凯迪拉克还慢，距领先者8.1秒。
亚历山大·阿尔本在FP2中夸张地排名垫底（正如他在FP1中一样），但车队的真实速度仍然令人失望，卡洛斯·塞恩斯甚至排在瓦尔特利·博塔斯驾驶的凯迪拉克之后。
一次赛道限制导致的圈速删除是阿尔本特别异常差距的原因，而2026年最奇怪的周五部分是因为威廉姆斯在FP1中牺牲了常规的周末工作，以帮助2027年的研发。
这意味着FP1用硬胎进行空气动力学测试，随后是短暂的中性胎运行，威廉姆斯首席赛道工程师保罗·威廉姆斯表示，车队“在周末表现与长期学习之间做了平衡”，因为“这条赛道非常适合收集空气动力学数据”。
塞恩斯表示：“我们决定把第一节练习的时间投入到一条我们知道会表现不佳的赛道上，以了解如何基本上为赛车绘制图谱，从而尽可能多地从今年的赛车中学习，为明年的赛车做准备。”
“我们知道今年的赛车在这样的赛道上有很多弱点，我们希望确保理解它，并绘制图谱，以便明年在风洞中把它做对。”
随后第二节练习的重点是更标准的周五计划，只是更加强调高油量运行，因为威廉姆斯知道自己的单圈速度无论如何都可能不足——尽管其长距离速度在中游车队中也显得疲软。
美洲赛道是一条严苛的赛道，因为其布局包含中高速弯道、长时间弯角和颠簸的重刹车区。
这暴露了威廉姆斯车队近年来的许多潜在弱点，以及其2026款赛车的具体短板。
在第二节练习赛中，就在塞恩斯抱怨赛车一团糟、他对车尾毫无信心之后不久，阿尔本报告称他在制动时毫无信心。
“当你没有下压力时，你会在制动或高速时受苦，”塞恩斯说。
“我们知道今年我们的赛车缺乏大量下压力，尤其是当赛道颠簸、高速、高温、刮风的时候——就像在COTA那样——唯一能救你的就是下压力，而这正是我们今年赛车上所没有的。
“所以我们正在努力，我们已为艰难的周末做好准备，不要期待奇迹，但至少我们正投入精力，尽可能多地为明年学习。”
英文原文
Williams had a peculiar Friday at the United States Grand Prix as it ended practice with its fastest Formula 1 car slower than Cadillac and the other 8.1 seconds off the pace.
Alex Albon was an exaggerated slowest in FP2 (just as he was in FP1) but the team's real pace was still disappointing, with Carlos Sainz even behind Valtteri Bottas's Cadillac.
A track-limits deletion was behind Albon's particularly unusual deficit and the strangest Friday of 2026 was partly down to Williams sacrificing typical in-weekend work for 2027 development help in FP1.
This meant aero testing on hards in FP1 followed by a short medium-tyre run, as Williams chief trackside engineer Paul Williams said the team had "balanced off performance for this weekend versus long-term learning" because "this track's very good for aero data collection".
Sainz said: "We decided to invest FP1 on a track that we knew we were going to be weak [on] to understand how to basically map the car in order to learn from this year's car as much as possible for next year's car.
"We know we have a lot of weaknesses on this year's car on a track like this and we want to make sure we understand it and we map it to try and get it right next year in the windtunnel."
Then the focus in FP2 was a more standard Friday plan just with a heavier emphasis on high-fuel running as Williams knows its one-lap pace is likely to be lacking anyway - although its long-run pace looked weak in the midfield too.
The Circuit of the Americas is a punishing track as its layout comprises a mix of medium- and high-speed sweeps, long-duration corners, and bumpy heavy braking zones.
This exposes a lot of Williams's underlying weaknesses of recent years and the specific shortcomings of its 2026 car.
In FP2, shortly after Sainz complained the car was a mess and he had no confidence in the rear, Albon reported zero confidence under braking.
"When you have no downforce you're going to suffer either on braking or on high speed," said Sainz.
"We know this year we lack a lot of downforce in the car and especially when it gets bumpy, when it gets high speed, when it gets hot, when it gets windy - like it gets in COTA - the only thing that saves you is downforce and that's what we don't have on this year's car.
"So we're working on it, we are braced for a tough weekend, don't expect any miracles, but at least we are investing in learning as much as possible for next year."
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