奥康自称自由身，哈斯尚未决定2027年F1车手阵容
埃斯特班·奥康表示，在哈斯车队尚未决定2027年F1赛季车手阵容的情况下，他视自己为“自由身”，但并未排除继续留在车队的可能。
埃斯特班·奥康认为自己是“自由身”，而哈斯尚未决定2027年F1车手阵容。
这位法国人表示，他正在与其他车队讨论明年的选择——即使F1的机会正在减少。
埃斯特班·奥康宣称自己是“自由身”，因为哈斯尚未决定其2027年F1赛季的车手阵容，但他并未排除可能留在车队的可能性。
尽管这位法国人近期的表现有了很大提升，但由于哈斯的性能已从赛季初的积分区状态下滑，这些表现大多未获回报，奥康的席位已受到威胁一段时间。
哈斯一直在利用其旧车测试（TPC）计划来寻找下赛季与奥利·贝尔曼搭档的潜在人选，法拉利青训车手拉斐尔·卡马拉、卫冕F2冠军莱昂纳多·福纳罗利以及现任储备车手平川亮都在考虑之列。
奥康确认他正在为2027年寻找其他选择，而哈斯继续评估其明年的车手组合。近期有传闻称，车队倾向于让卡马拉——现任F3冠军、今年F2积分榜第二——明年出战，尽管车队领队小松绫雄在西班牙大奖赛期间表示，他有“大约五名”车手在竞争。
“是的，目前我绝对是明年的自由身，”奥康表示。
“有些事情正在讨论中，但不在我的控制范围内，有些话题也不在我的控制范围内。所以我会继续努力到年底，看看情况如何。”
当被问及留在哈斯是否是一个选项时，奥康守口如瓶，回应道：“让我们看看”。
奥康补充说，他对近期的表现感到满意，本赛季初他因赛车表现不稳定而受苦。
目前尚不清楚这是空气动力学敏感性问题还是部件质量控制问题；小松表示两者都可能是原因，并且车队仍在调查当前的问题。
“我们知道这是一个持续存在的问题，”他说。“令人欣慰的是我做得不错。显然，我的表现今年不是问题。
“每次我拿到车，我都发挥出了水平。在摩纳哥我是最后一个得分的。在马德里我几乎得分。有很多次当赛车表现不佳时，我都发挥出了水平。这很清楚。
“车队里的每个人都在密切关注，试图解决问题。我们没有回避。但有时显然对这类问题感到相当失望。”
贝尔曼被问及如果奥康离开，他是否觉得自己准备好作为车队领袖挺身而出，这位英国人表示，在作为队友的近两年里，他从队友身上学到了很多。
埃斯特班·奥康，哈斯F1车队，奥利·贝尔曼，哈斯F1车队
他指出，奥康在工程会议中的反馈是他受到启发的地方，同时他自己在赛道上的表现也在提高。
“我在这里，嗯，这是我作为全职车手的第二年，但我也在哈斯做了一年储备车手，之前一年也参加了几场比赛和FP1，甚至在2023年，我做了我的第一次FP1。所以我对车队有很好的经验水平，”贝尔曼说。
“我觉得我在赛道表现方面提高了很多，而且在描述我在车里的感受等方面也是如此。这是我肯定从像埃斯特班这样经验丰富的人身上学到很多的地方。所以在这方面，对我来说是非常好的学习。
“即使我比较12个月前的反馈，我不确定我会有信心只依赖自己的反馈。但我觉得在这方面我已经迈出了很好的一步，这真的只是一个正常的学习过程。”
英文原文
Esteban Ocon considers himself a "free agent" with Haas yet to decide on F1 2027 drivers
The Frenchman says he is talking to other teams about options for next year - even with F1 opportunities dwindling
Esteban Ocon declared himself a "free agent" as Haas is yet to decide its driver line-up for the 2027 Formula 1 season, but did not rule out potentially staying at the team.
Although the Frenchman has been enjoying much improved performances of late, which have gone largely unrewarded as Haas' performance has slipped away from its early-season points-scoring form, Ocon's seat has been under threat for some time.
Haas has been using its testing of previous cars (TPC) programme to identify a potential partner for Ollie Bearman next season, with Ferrari junior Rafael Camara, reigning F2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli, and current reserve Ryo Hirakawa in the frame.
Ocon confirmed that he was looking for other options for 2027, while Haas continues to assess its driver pairing for next year. Recent rumours have surfaced suggesting that the team is leaning towards Camara - currently the reigning F3 champion and second in this year's F2 standings - for next year, although team boss Ayao Komatsu stated during the Spanish GP that he had "maybe five" drivers in contention.
"Yes, at the moment I am definitely a free agent for next year," Ocon stated.
"There are things in discussion that are out of my control and there are certain topics that are out of my control. So I will keep pushing until the end of the year and see how it goes."
Asked if staying at Haas was an option, Ocon remained tight-lipped and responded: "let's see".
Ocon added that he was pleased with his performances of late, having suffered this season with an inconsistent car in the early stages of the season.
It is unclear if this is an aerodynamic sensitivity issue or a parts quality control problem; Komatsu has suggested both could be causes, and that the team is still investigating the issue at hand.
"We know it's been an ongoing issue," he said. "It's reassuring that I'm doing a good job. Obviously, my performance hasn't been an issue this year.
"I've performed every time I had the car. I've been the last one to score in Monaco. I was almost scoring in Madrid. There's been a lot of times where I've performed when the car was underperforming. It's been clear.
"Everybody in the team has been following that very closely, trying to fix the problem. We haven't been hiding from it. But it's been quite disappointing at times, obviously, to have these kind of problems."
Bearman was asked if he felt ready to step up as the team leader should Ocon depart, and the Briton stated that he'd learned a lot from his team-mate across the almost two years spent together as team-mates.
Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Team, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team
He pointed to Ocon's feedback in the engineering room as something that he'd taken inspiration from, along with his own improving performances on-track.
"I've been here for, well, this is my second year driving as a full-time driver, but also I've been one year as a reserve for Haas, also did a few races and FP1s the year before that, even in 2023, I did my first FP1. So I have a really good level of experience with the team," Bearman said.
"I feel like I've improved a lot in terms of my on-track performance, but also how I describe what I'm feeling in the car and things like that. And that's something I certainly learned a lot from someone who's very experienced like Esteban. So on that side, it's been really good learning for me.
"Even if I compare my feedback to 12 months ago, I'm not sure I would have the confidence to just rely on my own feedback. But I feel like I've made a good step in that regard, and it's just a normal learning process, really."
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