斯特拉：「非常令人沮丧的周六」，巴库暴露迈凯伦直道速度短板
迈凯伦继中国站、加拿大站之后，本季第三次颗粒无收。领队安德烈亚·斯特拉说，这是「非常令人沮丧的周六」，有问题也有失误，但更暴露了赛车在这类赛道上的根本局限：弯道不够快，「更主要的是直道不够快」，车手整场都在被攻击，「几乎都在看后视镜，而不是想怎么往前追」。
迈凯伦领队安德烈亚·斯特拉解释了迈凯伦在阿塞拜疆大奖赛上表现受限的原因。
继中国站和加拿大站之后，迈凯伦今年第三次一分未得，在阿塞拜疆度过了一个痛苦的下午。
最令人沮丧的是，奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里本来迎来了他在坎坷的2026赛季迄今最好的表现，在比赛大部分时间里跑在第二，看起来即将登上领奖台。
然而，他在比赛最后几圈的一次失误让他冲进了1号弯的缓冲区。由于安全车让车阵挤在一起，他还没来得及重新回到赛道，就跌出了前十。
与此同时，兰多·诺里斯度过了一个混乱的周末，他受到动力单元问题的困扰，在直道上比队友损失了一点性能。
他本来至少能拿到一些安慰性的积分，直到在弗朗哥·科拉平托与皮埃尔·加斯利的碰撞中遭到殃及。这位世界冠军不仅被撞出了比赛，还损失了一些在巴库引入的升级部件。
「这是一个非常令人沮丧的周六，」领队安德烈亚·斯特拉说，「我觉得我们遇到了问题，也有一些失误，但与此同时，我认为我们为赛车套件在这类赛道上的一些根本局限付出了代价，因为我们在弯道里不够快。
「但与此同时，更主要的是我们在直道上不够快，这让我们的车手不断暴露在被攻击的境地，整场比赛几乎都在看后视镜，而不是思考怎样在比赛中向前推进。」
斯特拉强调，皮亚斯特里在这种情况下表现出色，更关键的是，他似乎已经克服了一直困扰他驾驭2026年赛车的问题。
「奥斯卡这种防守型的比赛跑得非常好，」斯特拉说，「他非常精准。他的比赛让我想起了他在2024年赢下这场比赛时的表现，当时他长时间把（夏尔·）勒克莱尔挡在身后。
「但不幸的是，进站换上表现不如软胎的中性胎之后，他出现了锁死，比赛就此结束。
「这对奥斯卡来说真的很可惜，因为他应该有机会去争夺领奖台，也因为奥斯卡整个周末都开得非常好。我们知道奥斯卡正处在适应2026年赛车的学习曲线中，能得到回报本来会很好。」
斯特拉承认，影响诺里斯排位赛的动力单元问题并没有消失，让他的日子更加难过。
「如果我们看兰多的比赛，以及他逐渐往后掉的事实，这有几个原因，」他说，「比赛中我们偶尔也看到了同样的问题，但没有排位赛时那么系统性。
「它有点间歇性，但在喷油这个问题上肯定存在很大的改进空间，比赛中我们在奥斯卡的赛车上也偶尔看到了这一点。所以这是我们需要高度优先处理的问题。
「除此之外，兰多被速度更快的（马克斯·）维斯塔潘超越了。兰多在中性胎上有点挣扎——我提到维斯塔潘，是因为他和兰多一样用的是中性胎，但他更快。不过要称赞奥斯卡，奥斯卡成功把维斯塔潘挡在了身后。
「在兰多这边，我们在动力单元能量释放上有点吃力，而且兰多的驾驶也有一些不稳定。在被（刘易斯·）汉密尔顿超越时，他出现了锁死，还有几次失误，让后面的车进入了攻击范围。而一旦对手进入攻击范围，我们就很难防守，这又回到了极速的问题上。」
斯特拉承认这对诺里斯来说是一个棘手的周末：「我想说，对兰多而言，这总体上是他在2026年经历过的最困难的比赛之一，我们需要从中吸取教训，看看有什么可以改进。
「但我想说，大部分改进空间在车队和赛车这边，因为我们需要为车手提供一台更适合比赛、在可预测性上更稳定的赛车。」
极速问题一向很复杂，从来不只是纯粹的马力问题。
「我认为作为一支车队，我们需要研究为什么赛车在这些长直道上没有达到应有的竞争力，」斯特拉说，「而且很明显，这不是单一因素造成的。当然，我们一直相当公开透明地表示，我们需要改善赛车的空气阻力。
「还有几个因素，比如涉及我们的齿比——我们需要检查自己是否选对了齿比，才能在这种讲究极速的赛道上竞争。
「与此同时，当我们查看数据并与（梅赛德斯）比较时，我们发现我们的动力单元没有优化到位。我认为，排位赛时我们几乎把动力单元能提供的都发挥出来了，但有几个项目我们没能优化，于是在正赛中付出了代价。所以在动力单元方面还有一些工作要做。」
巴库的升级套件以慢弯性能为目标，尽管车队周末令人失望，这套升级仍带来了令人鼓舞的结果。
「我们很满意，」斯特拉说，「数据似乎证实升级没有问题，所以希望在接下来的比赛中能带来更多收益。这是整个车队付出的巨大努力。」
他承认一些部件可能在撞车中损失了，但相信替换件会及时到位。
「不幸的是，我想有几个部件在撞车中损失了，这也是卷入这类情况的另一个坏处。但幸运的是，还有一些新部件正在运来，所以接下来的比赛我们应该没问题。」
斯特拉还确认，迈凯伦的研发重心已经转向明年的赛车，只有此前已批准的更新仍会用到MCL40上。
「还会有一批零件陆续送到赛道，所以我们仍会看到一些新零件用在MCL40上。但就目前而言，所有的精力都已经集中在明年的赛车上，我们在赛道上看到的新东西，是几周前放行的零件的结果。」
（来源：Formula 1 官网）
英文原文
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella has explained why McLaren's performance was limited in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
For the third time this year after China and Canada, McLaren failed to score a point in Azerbaijan as they endured a painful afternoon.
The huge frustration was that Oscar Piastri had enjoyed his best showing thus far of a troubled 2026 season, and the Australian looked set to log a podium finish, having run second for much of the race.
However, a mistake in the closing laps saw him head down the Turn 1 escape road, and given that the field had been bunched up by the Safety Car, he tumbled out of the top 10 before he could resume.
Lando Norris meanwhile had a messy weekend, suffering with a PU issue that cost him a little performance on the straights relative to his team mate.
He was at least destined to pick up some consolation points before he became collateral damage after the Franco Colapinto/Pierre Gasly collision. Not only was the World Champion bundled out of the race, he also lost some of the upgraded parts that had been introduced in Baku.
“It's been a very frustrating Saturday,” said Team Principal Andrea Stella. “I think we had issues and some mistakes, but at the same time I think we paid some fundamental limitations of our package in this kind of circuit, because we were not fast enough in the corners.
“But at the same time, mainly we were not fast enough in the straights, and this continuously exposed our drivers to being attacked and having to spend their race pretty much watching the mirrors rather than thinking at how they can progress in the race.”
Stella stressed that Piastri had done a great job in the circumstances, and crucially he appeared to have got on top of the issues that have been hampering him with the 2026 car.
“Oscar did this sort of defensive race very well,” said Stella. “He was very precise. His race reminded me very much of what he did in 2024 to win the race, when he held [Charles] Leclerc behind for a long time.
“But unfortunately, after the pit stop and having gone on the medium tyres, which were performing worse than the soft tyres, he had a lock-up and his race finished there.
“It's a real shame for Oscar, because he deserved to have a go at fighting for the podium, and also because Oscar has been driving very well the entire weekend. And we know that Oscar was in a little bit of learning trajectory to adapt to the 2026 car, and it would have been good to be rewarded.”
Stella admitted that life was made even harder for Norris by the PU issue that had hindered him in Qualifying, and which didn’t go away.
“If we look at Lando's race and the fact that he gradually went backwards, there's a few reasons for that,” he said. “We occasionally saw the same problem during the race, but not as systematic as in Qualifying.
"It was a little bit intermittent, but definitely there's a significant opportunity on the topic of fuel injection that we saw occasionally also on Oscar's car during the race. So this is a topic that we should look at high priority.
“In addition to that, Lando was overtaken by [Max] Verstappen, that was a quicker car. Lando was struggling a bit with the medium tyres – I mentioned Verstappen because he was on medium tyres as well as Lando, but he was faster. But credit to Oscar, Oscar managed to keep Verstappen behind.
“On Lando's side, we were struggling a little bit with power unit deployment, and also Lando was having some inconsistencies in his driving. When he was overtaken by [Lewis] Hamilton, he had a lock-up, and he had a few mistakes that meant that cars behind were within range. And when they are within range, then we struggle to defend, which goes back to the point on top speed.”
Stella conceded that it was a tricky weekend for Norris: “I would say that for Lando, this was one of the most difficult events in general that he has experienced in 2026, something that we need to take away, looking at whatever can be improved.
“But I would say most of the opportunities lie on the team side, and on the car side, because we need to be able to offer our drivers a car that is more raceable and just more consistent in terms of predictability.”
The top speed equation is always a complicated one, and it’s never just about pure horsepower.
“We need to look, I think, as a team, as to why the car wasn't as competitive as it should be in these long straights,” said Stella. “And it is very apparent that it is not a single factor. Certainly, we have always talked quite openly and transparently that we need to improve the aerodynamic drag of the car.
“There are a few factors, which refer to our ratios for instance – we need to look whether we are on the right ratios to compete in circuits in which you have this sort of top speed.
“And at the same time, when we look at the data and we compare with [Mercedes], we see that our power unit was not optimised. I think, while for Qualifying we managed to exploit pretty much the most that was available in the power unit, there's a few items that we were not able to optimise, and we paid the price in the race. So there's some work to do on the power unit side.”
The Baku upgrade package, which targeted slow-corner performance, delivered encouraging results despite the team's disappointing weekend.
“We are happy," said Stella. "The data seems to confirm that there's no issues with the upgrades, so hopefully there will be more benefit at the coming races. This has been a great effort by the entire team."
He admitted some components may have been lost in the crash but was confident replacements would arrive in time.
“Unfortunately, I think a couple of parts will have been lost with the crash, which is another downside of having been involved in these sorts of situations. But luckily, there's some more new parts coming, so we should be okay for the coming races.”
Stella also confirmed McLaren's development focus has switched to next year's car, with only previously approved updates still due to reach the MCL40.
“There's a tail of parts that will land trackside, so we will see still some new parts coming to the MCL40. But at the moment, as we speak, all the efforts are already concentrated onto next year's car, and what we see coming trackside is the result of parts being released a few weeks ago.”
Source: Formula 1 (formula1.com). Original article: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/a-very-frustrating-saturday-stella-explains-how-baku-highlighted-mclarens-straight-line-weakness.4iY4EWmrhkVVgus2tothvn
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