乔治·拉塞尔呼吁F1赛道改进
乔治·拉塞尔在马克斯·维斯塔潘对美洲赛车场的批评后，呼吁F1赛道每隔几年进行翻新。
乔治·拉塞尔呼吁F1赛道改进
对于梅赛德斯车队的粉丝来说，这里是关于银箭的最新消息，包括来自布拉克利和布里克斯沃斯的F1新闻、车手更新、赛车发展和比赛分析。
乔治·拉塞尔在马克斯·维斯塔潘对美洲赛车场的路面坑洼提出批评后，呼吁F1赛道每隔几年进行翻新。他认为这可能导致维斯塔潘需要‘新的脊椎’。
COTA长期以来一直被认为是一级方程式赛历上最颠簸的赛道之一。但这位荷兰人看到赛车和车手在赛道举行的耐力锦标赛上的表现时感到震惊。
“但这是一条非常不同的赛道，”他说。“从我参加的WEC来看，赛道非常颠簸。哦我的天，我可能需要在周末之后订购一个新的脊椎，或者变成像机器人警察那样。太疯狂了。”
在周四的媒体会上被问及这个问题时，这位梅赛德斯车手同意赛道很颠簸，但他表示问题不仅仅局限于COTA。老化的沥青已经影响了24站赛历中的多个赛道。
“是的，很颠簸，但我认为这只是赛车的一部分，”他说。“我认为我的总体观点是一级方程式赛道可能需要每两年重新铺设一次，以便使其更加一致，因为我们现在去到的赛道上，沥青正在脱落，正在破碎，它造成的问题比解决的问题还要多。
“我们不是那种Indy赛车或F2赛车，它们的行驶高度相对较高，我们的行驶高度在直道结束时是10毫米，离地面只有一厘米，所以任何微小的颠簸你都能真切地感觉到。”
在摩纳哥大奖赛上，拉塞尔·斯特罗尔和查尔斯·勒克莱尔都在第19弯道发生碰撞，比赛因FIA检查赛道表面而红旗暂停。两位车手都指责他们的赛车存在问题，但许多人将事故与受损的沥青路面联系起来。
“自从我们换上了18英寸轮胎后，轮胎的侧面轮廓现在明显更小，”拉塞尔继续说。“轮胎的周长相同，但轮圈的周长要大得多，所以你在轮胎上失去了所有的有效悬挂，那是一个减震器，我们现在似乎已经没有了。所以，再次强调，这不是理想的情况，但我们能做的并不多。”
拉塞尔以车手锦标赛第二名的身份抵达奥斯汀，落后于队友基米·安东内利102分，理论上他可以在本周日赢得车手总冠军。本周末，两位梅赛德斯车手都将使用车队最新的升级套件，拉塞尔表示，这些新部件需要“比我们最初预期的更大的设置调整”。
英文原文
George Russell calls for F1 track changes after Max Verstappen's COTA complaints
George Russell believes Formula 1 circuits should be resurfaced every couple of years
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George Russell believes Formula 1 circuits should be resurfaced every couple of years after Max Verstappen made critical comments about the bumps at the Circuit of the Americas and how they could leave him needing “a new spine”.
COTA has for a long time been known as one of the bumpier circuits on the Formula 1 calendar. But the Dutchman was alarmed when he saw what the cars and drivers went through during the World Endurance Championship race at the circuit.
“But it’s again a very different track," he said. "From what I saw in WEC, the track is incredibly bumpy. Oh my God, I probably need to order a new spine after the weekend, or become like Robocop. Crazy.”
Asked about the issue during his media session on Thursday in Austin, the Mercedes driver agreed the track is bumpy, but said the problem isn't just limited to COTA. Ageing asphalt has affected several circuits across the 24-race calendar.
“Yeah, it’s bumpy, but I think it’s just part of racing," he said. "I’d say my general view is F1 tracks probably need to be repaved every couple of years just to make it a bit more consistent, because we’re going to tracks now where tarmac’s coming up, it’s falling apart, it’s causing more issues than not.
"We’re not an Indy car or an F2 car that run their ride heights reasonably high, our ride height’s 10mm at the end of the straight, a centimetre from the ground, so any tiny bump you really feel it.”
At the Monaco Grand Prix, Lance Stroll and Charles Leclerc both crashed at Turn 19, and the race was red-flagged while the FIA inspected the track surface. Both drivers blamed problems with their cars, but many linked the incidents to the damaged asphalt.
“The side profile of the tyres now since we’ve been at the 18-inch is substantially smaller," Russell continued. "The circumference of the tyre is the same, the circumference of the rim is far greater, so you’ve lost all of that effective suspension in the tyre, which was a damper, which we kind of don’t have anymore. So, again, not ideal, but not much we can do.”
Russell arrives in Austin second in the drivers’ championship, 102 points behind Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli, who can theoretically win the drivers' championship this Sunday. Both Mercedes drivers will run the team’s latest upgrade package this weekend, with Russell saying the new parts need “a bigger set-up adjustment than we first anticipated”.
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