角田裕毅透露海滩电话促成意外F1回归
角田裕毅在希腊度假时于周二意外接到电话,因伊萨克·哈贾尔手腕受伤而重返F1,参加荷兰大奖赛。
角田裕毅透露了那通在海滩上接到的电话,正是这通电话促成了他出人意料地重返F1
角田直到荷兰大奖赛开赛前的周二才得知自己将参加比赛——当时他还在希腊度假
在伊萨克·哈贾尔(哈贾尔)于夏休期期间手腕受伤后,角田裕毅接到了一个出人意料的召回电话,得以重返F1。
由于利亚姆·劳森(劳森)从小红牛被调往红牛接替这位法国车手,角田得到了机会,离开替补席,重返F1赛场。
抵达赞德福特围场后,这位日本车手透露,他周二才接到电话。
“我当时正和我的经纪人以及其他朋友在希腊一起度过(一些)时光。我正在海滩上,”他告诉媒体。
“(在假期期间)我并不是一直躺在海滩上,我仍然在训练等等。但当我接到经纪人电话的那一刻,我正在海滩上,(当时)非常放松,看着美丽的大海。
“我突然接到一个电话,‘好的,你必须去英国。’好吧,我在希腊才待了24个小时,你们就想让我去英国?
“我当时说:‘为什么?’——‘也许你这周就要参赛了。’好吧,那我就去那儿[参赛]了!”
角田裕毅在2026赛季结束后失去正式比赛席位,今年一直担任红牛车队的官方储备车手。但由于Lawson对F1新一代赛车拥有更多经验,红牛决定改召这位新西兰车手进入其一线车队。
对角田裕毅来说,这意味着重返小红牛(赛车公牛)车队——他自2021年F1首秀起效力该队,直到2025年春天被提拔至红牛车队。
这将是自2025年阿布扎比大奖赛以来他参加的首场F1比赛,不过今年他在进行模拟器工作的同时,也曾驾驶红牛之前的赛车完成过测试。
“这非常出乎意料,”他说。“其实我现在相当平静,并且很期待明天。这一刻我等了很久,一直渴望能有这样的时刻。每场比赛我都只能隔着屏幕观看,那种感觉就是我真的想要回来驾驶它。
“无论是身体上还是精神状态上,我认为自己都足够敏锐。很长时间以来我几乎每天都在训练。我有大量的时间用来训练,因为除了这件事之外我没有什么其他事情可做。
“此外,我已经完成了四次旧车测试,在此期间,我跑了五个比赛距离的里程。我的状态相当敏锐,在这些TPC测试中获得了很好的经验和不错的圈速。
Tsunoda承认,本周末最大的挑战之一将是适应小红牛的赛车,因为他今年主要参与的是红牛一线车队的工作——而且直到本周他才第一次驾驶小红牛的模拟器。
“我所需要做的就是适应这辆赛车,我感觉它非常不同。还有各种流程,比如如何启动等等。我觉得只跑一节自由练习会很棘手,但这也是为什么我不设定任何期望。目前,我只是享受乐趣,这是我期待已久的。
“说实话,小红牛 的模拟器,我第一次使用是在昨天(周三)。所以在赛车理解方面,我肯定在 红牛 那边掌握得更多。但至于方向盘上的开关等操作,我知道和去年没有太大区别。所以在哪里按开关、哪个开关起什么作用这些方面,差别不大。
“所以,到目前为止,虽然我从车队收到了很多信息,但我并没有感到困惑或不知所措。大部分事情都在我的预期之内,我认为从 红牛 到 小红牛 的过渡会相当顺利。
目前尚不清楚角田裕毅在赞德沃特的亮相是否将是他在本赛季的唯一一场比赛,因为哈贾尔的康复时间表尚未公开。
英文原文
Yuki Tsunoda reveals beach phone call that led to surprise F1 return
Tsunoda only found out that he would be competing in the Dutch GP on Tuesday ahead of the race - while still on holiday in Greece
Yuki Tsunoda received an unexpected call-up to return to F1 after Isack Hadjar injured his wrist during the summer break.
With Liam Lawson being drafted in from Racing Bulls to replace the Frenchman at Red Bull, Tsunoda got the chance to come off the sidelines and make his F1 comeback.
On arrival in the Zandvoort paddock, the Japanese driver revealed he only got the call on Tuesday.
“I was with my manager and also other friends in Greece, spending [time] together. I was on the beach,” he told the media.
“I wasn’t just hanging on the beach all the time [during the holiday] and I was still training and everything. But at the moment I received a call from my managers at the beach, [I was] pretty relaxed and watching the nice, beautiful ocean.
“I just suddenly got a call, ‘OK, you have to go to the UK.’ OK, I was in Greece [for] just 24 hours and you already want me to go to the UK?
“I said, ‘Why?’ - ‘Maybe you might race this week.’ OK, that's where I'm going [then]!”
Tsunoda has been Red Bull Racing's official reserve driver this year since losing his race seat after the 2026 campaign. But with Lawson having more experience of F1's new generation of cars, Red Bull decided to call up the New Zealander to its senior team instead.
For Tsunoda, it means a return to Racing Bulls, the squad he raced for from his F1 debut in 2021 until the spring of 2025, when he was promoted to Red Bull.
It will be his first F1 race since the 2025 Abu Dhabi GP, although he has completed testing in previous Red Bull cars this year alongside his simulator work.
“It was very unexpected,” he said. “I’m actually quite calm and looking forward to tomorrow. It was a moment I was waiting for and I was dying to have this kind of moment. Watching from the screen every race, I was feeling like I really want to be back and drive it.
“Physically and in terms of my mind, I think it's sharp enough. I was training for almost every day for a long time. I have a lot of time to train because I didn't have anything to do other than that.
“Also, I've done four TPCs and within that, I was doing five race [distances]. I'm pretty sharp and I had a good experience and good laps in those TPCs.”
Tsunoda admitted one of the biggest challenges this weekend will be adapting to the Racing Bulls car, as he has mainly been involved with the senior Red Bull squad this year - and only drove the Racing Bulls simulator for the first time this week.
“All I just need to do is to get used to this car, which I guess I feel quite a lot different. And the procedures, I guess, how to start and everything. I think having one free practice is going to be tricky, but that's why I'm not setting any expectations. For now, I just enjoy and have fun, which I wanted to have for a long time.
“Honestly, Racing Bulls simulator, the first time I've done this [was] like literally yesterday [Wednesday]. So in terms of car understanding, I'm sure I have more in Red Bull. But in terms of steering switches and everything, I knew there's not much difference from last year. So where to touch the switches and everything, which switch does what stuff, there's not much difference.
“So yeah, it's not like so far I'm having a lot of information from this team, but so far I'm not really feeling confusion or overwhelmed. Most of things are in the expectation and I think it will be a pretty smooth transition between Red Bull and Racing Bulls.”
It is still unclear whether Tsunoda's Zandvoort appearance will be his only race of the year, with the timeline for Hadjar's recovery not yet known publicly.
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