F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛前瞻：五大看点
本周末F1重返阿塞拜疆，巴库街道赛道迎来进入赛历十周年。由于阿塞拜疆周日举行纪念日，大奖赛周末整体提前一天，比赛改在周六举行。
F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛五大看点
巴库本周末庆祝其进入F1赛历十周年
车手们在F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛发车
本周末F1重返熟悉的地方，阿塞拜疆庆祝其进入赛历十周年。
巴库街道赛道2016年以欧洲大奖赛名义首次亮相，2017年起改称阿塞拜疆大奖赛，除受新冠疫情影响的2020赛季外每年均举办。
这条赛道曾诞生诸多难忘时刻，包括丹尼尔·里卡多2017年从第10位起步夺冠、2018年与队友马克斯·维斯塔潘的碰撞，以及2021年那场事故频发的比赛。
让我们期待本周末F1能带来更多同样的精彩，巴库将承办2026赛季第15站，在里海之滨的比赛之后仅剩八站。
阿塞拜疆于周日举行自己的纪念日，每年9月27日举行，以纪念在第二次纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫战争中阵亡的人。这场冲突于2020年当天爆发，持续44天，最终阿塞拜疆在争议的纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫地区对亚美尼亚取得“胜利”。
因此，由于这个欧亚国家在周日举行纪念活动，赛事组织方申请将大奖赛周末提前一天，最终也正是这样安排的。这意味着媒体日现在改在周三，随后周四进行一练和二练，分别于当地时间12:30和16:00开始。
周五现在进行三练和排位赛，同样是12:30和16:00开始，正赛则在周六15:00发车。这不应太多影响比赛本身的进行方式，但请务必设置提醒，以免把观看计划安排在周日！
能量部署再次成为首要议题
兰斯·斯特罗尔，阿斯顿·马丁车队，弗兰科·科拉平托，阿尔派
在一个平行宇宙里，如果2026年F1动力单元规则不是这么一团乱麻，那么阿塞拜疆大奖赛前的讨论理所当然会聚焦于更短、更轻、更灵活的新一代赛车在巴库街道赛道上会比它们笨重的地效前辈显得多么轻快和鲜活。下压力更小，加上更窄的轮胎，也会给这条赛道标志性的大直道以及尽头等待的危险刹车区增添趣味。
然而，令人烦恼的能量管理话题将成为车手反馈的关键点。
巴库的长直道会轻易在到达终点前很久就耗尽电池储备，触发降功率阶段，软件会逐步削减电力输入。直道上长时间使用的直线模式（SM）区域会缓解部分影响，但在2号弯和3号弯之间需要回收能量以进攻或防守，将影响车手应对1号弯大刹车的方式。
这是一条工程师会称之为确定性的赛道，因为通过使用电力增压可以找到圈速的区域是显而易见的。
这还可能放大驾驶风格上的微小差异，这些差异累积起来会导致队友之间出现不同的峰值速度。最后一个弯相当有挑战性，任何因滑动而损失的速度都必须重新加速——而这会从直道上的电力“预算”中扣除。
赛车升级一直是2026赛季的关键战场，竞争格局随着谁在何时安装升级而不断波动。这在车队前列一直是主要话题，因为领跑积分榜的梅赛德斯选择了与其两个最接近的对手法拉利和迈凯伦不同的策略。
后两者采取了激进的前置式方案，而梅赛德斯则倾向于安装针对特定比赛的小调整，其唯一的大升级包在5月的蒙特利尔才到来。不那么激进的策略让法拉利和迈凯伦缩小了差距，银箭在开局六场大奖赛中从杆位夺冠，随后八场中赢得四场。
然而，一旦它在10月2日至4日的马来西亚站安装下一个大升级，可能会重新确立这样的统治地位。所以这意味着巴库是梅赛德斯使用当前套件的最后一场比赛，而该套件表现仍不算太差，占据统治地位的积分榜领跑者基米·安东内利赢得了最近两场比赛。
照他目前的状态，人们不应赌这位20岁新星无法取得三连胜，他正继续轻松迈向首个冠军。安东内利领先队友乔治·拉塞尔81分，后者在上一站马德里实际上已放弃了自己的争冠机会。
去年，巴库本应给奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里一个巨大机会来扩大他的冠军领先优势。他前一赛季在阿塞拜疆夺冠，抵挡住了夏尔·勒克莱尔每一次超车尝试，并在2025年积累了领先兰多·诺里斯31分的榜首优势。马克斯·维斯塔潘又落后94分。
然而，皮亚斯特里冠军画卷的线头却散开了。在小雨和大风来袭之际的Q3撞车，使这位澳大利亚人在3号弯撞墙，排位仅列第九。情况只会更糟：皮亚斯特里抢跑，进入防熄火模式，掉到队尾，随后在6号弯撞车。压力击垮了通常镇定自若的墨尔本人，这一刻标志着冠军争夺中的权力转移。
皮亚斯特里回到阿塞拜疆时，自那以后再无胜绩，他上一次获胜是2025年荷兰大奖赛。本赛季总体上是挣扎的；较低的下压力水平和相关的部署策略对他并不特别合适，迈凯伦车队领队安德烈亚·斯特拉认为皮亚斯特里因为不得不过多思考操作而损失时间。
但他此前已证明自己能在巴库表现出色，正如他2024年的胜利所示，如果他能够终结这段糟糕状态并取得头条成绩，那将是艰难12个月的恰当结局。
当然，便利的规律不会就这样发生——但在去年一切崩盘的赛道上实现逆转的想法，可能会给皮亚斯特里额外的动力去驱散2025年的阴影。
最近几场大奖赛中反复出现的话题之一是费尔南多·阿隆索的未来。在上一站西班牙，国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆透露他曾与这位45岁车手交谈，并承诺在他阿斯顿·马丁车队处境糟糕之际帮助他。
“不会很快，”阿隆索本人在周四新闻发布会上被问及何时公布2027年计划时回答。“因为我觉得这样挺好，不是吗？”他补充道。巴库的问题是，围绕他未来的悬念是否仍会保持“挺好”，因为人们相信他的计划可能已经确定，他只是试图对F1施加一点压力。所以预计这位西班牙老将会更多抱怨2026年赛车有多糟糕，他的合同将在本赛季结束后到期。
在点名感谢了他的厨师和新闻官之后，车队的社区经理接下来会轮到吗？
但他的赛车呢？阿斯顿·马丁将在巴库带来其升级套件的最后部分，车队希望这最终能让AMR26更接近重量限制。本田在升级方面已无后续计划，但相信其当前套件仍有性能可挖掘，帮助实现一场积分完赛将取决于这家引擎供应商。
英文原文
Five things to look out for at the F1 Azerbaijan GP
Baku celebrates its 10th anniversary on the F1 calendar this weekend
Drivers take the start of the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Formula 1 returns to familiar ground this weekend as Azerbaijan celebrates its 10th anniversary of being on the calendar.
The Baku street circuit first entered as the European Grand Prix in 2016 before running as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from 2017, featuring every season bar the COVID-struck 2020 campaign.
It has produced many memorable moments from Daniel Ricciardo’s mega win from 10th in 2017, his clash with team-mate Max Verstappen in 2018 or that incident-packed 2021 contest.
Let’s hope F1 is in for more of the same this weekend, as Baku hosts round 15 of the 2026 campaign with just eight left after the race next to the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan holds its own Remembrance Day on Sunday, which is held each year on the 27 September to honour those who died in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The conflict began on that day in 2020 and lasted for 44 days, resulting in an Azerbaijan ‘triumph’ over Armenia in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
So because the Euro-Asian country is marking it on Sunday, race organisers requested for the grand prix weekend to shift forwards by a day and that is exactly what’s ended up happening. It means media day will now take place on Wednesday, ahead of free practice one and two on Thursday, respectively starting at 12:30pm and 4pm locally.
Friday will now see final practice and qualifying, again 12:30pm and 4pm session starts, ahead of the race on Saturday with lights out at 3pm. It shouldn’t make too much difference to how the racing will play out, but make sure to set reminders so that plans aren’t made to watch it on Sunday!
Energy deployment at the top of the agenda again
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing, Franco Colapinto, Alpine
In a parallel universe where the 2026 F1 power unit regulations aren’t such a bugger’s muddle, talk ahead of the Azerbaijan GP is quite rightly focusing on how the shorter, lighter, nimbler new-generation cars would look much more sprightly and alive around the Baku street circuit than their ponderous ground-effect predecessors. Having less downforce, along with narrower tyres, would also add spice to the track’s signature straight and the perilous braking area lying in wait at the end.
Instead, the vexatious topic of energy management will be the key point of driver feedback.
Baku’s long straight will easily deplete battery reserves long before the end, triggering the ramp-down phase as the software progressively tapers off electrical input. A long straightline mode (SM) zone on the straight will mitigate some of the effects, but the requirement to harvest energy to attack or defend between Turns 2 and 3 will affect the way drivers approach the big stop at Turn 1.
This is a track which the engineers would describe as deterministic, since the areas where lap time can be found through using the electrical boost are obvious.
It will also likely exaggerate the small differences in driving style that can add up to team-mates having different peak speeds. The final corner is quite challenging, and any speed scrubbed off by sliding will have to be re-accelerated – which comes out of the electrical ‘budget’ on the straight.
Car upgrades has been a key battleground of the 2026 campaign with the pecking order constantly fluctuating depending on who has fitted updates and when. It has been a major talking point at the front of the field, as championship leader Mercedes opted for a different strategy compared to its two nearest rivals, Ferrari and McLaren.
While the latter two went for an aggressive front-loaded approach, Mercedes preferred to fit minor, race-specific tweaks with its only major upgrade package arriving at Montreal in May. A less aggressive approach has allowed Ferrari and McLaren to close the gap, as the Silver Arrows won the opening six grands prix from pole before winning four of the last eight.
It might, however, re-establish such dominance once it fits its next major update in Malaysia on 2-4 October. So that means Baku is Mercedes’ last race with its current package, which still hasn’t fared too badly with dominant championship leader Kimi Antonelli winning the last two races.
At the way he is going, one shouldn’t bet against the 20-year-old sensation from making it three victories on the bounce as he continues to romp towards a maiden title. Antonelli holds an 81-point lead over team-mate George Russell in second, the Briton effectively conceding his title chances last time out in Madrid.
Last year, Baku was supposed to present Oscar Piastri with a huge opportunity to extend his championship lead. He'd won in Azerbaijan the previous season, soaking up every one of Charles Leclerc's attempts to make a pass, and over 2025 had accrued a 31-point lead over Lando Norris at the top of the standings. Max Verstappen was a further 94 points behind.
Instead, the threads of Piastri's championship tapestry unravelled. A Q3 crash amid the onset of drizzle and high winds contrived to guide the Australian's path into the wall at Turn 3, and put him ninth on the grid. It only got worse: Piastri jumped the start, went into an anti-stall, dropped to the back of the field, and then crashed at Turn 6. The pressure had got to the usually unflappable Melburnian, and this was the moment that marked the power shift in the title fight.
Piastri returns to Azerbaijan without a victory to his name since, his last being his 2025 Dutch GP. This season has, generally, been a struggle; the lower levels of downforce and the deployment tactics involved have not sat particularly well with him, and McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes that Piastri is losing time through having to think too much about his inputs.
But he's proven before that he can perform brilliantly in Baku, per his '24 win, and it would be a fitting conclusion to a difficult 12 months if he could arrest that run of poor form and produce a headline result.
Of course, convenient patterns don't just happen quite like that - but the idea of a turnaround at the circuit where it all came apart last year could present Piastri with that extra smidgen of incentive to vanquish the spectre of 2025.
One of the recurring talking points from recent grands prix is the future of Fernando Alonso. In Spain last time out, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem revealed that he had spoken to the 45-year-old and had promised to help him amid a horrible time for his Aston Martin squad.
“Not soon,” Alonso himself replied when asked in Thursday’s press conference when he would reveal his plans for 2027. “Because I think it’s nice, no?” he added. The question in Baku is whether the intrigue surrounding his future will remain nice with the belief that his plans may already be decided and that he is simply trying to apply a little pressure on F1. So expect more complaints about just how bad the 2026 cars are from the veteran Spaniard, whose contract expires at the end of this campaign.
After name-checking his chef and his press officer, will the team’s community manager get a turn next?
But what about his car? Aston Martin is bringing the final part of its upgrade package to Baku, with the team hoping it will finally get closer to the AMR26’s weight limit. Honda, which has no more upgrades in the pipeline, believes there is still some performance to unlock from its current package, and it will be down to the engine supplier to help make a points-scoring race possible.
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