阿尔派夏休前被小红牛超越，寄望赞德福特站升级
据皮埃尔·加斯利和弗兰科·科拉平托表示，在F1夏休前的最后几周，阿尔派被红牛二队超越，两人认为这纯粹是赛车研发的问题。红牛姐妹车队引入了更多且更有效的升级，阿尔派则将希望寄托在赞德福特站的升级套件上。
弗朗哥·科拉平托在迈阿密为阿尔派取得的突破，背后究竟是什么原因？
这位阿根廷车手表示，当阿尔派在冬季测试后换用两套底盘时，他莫名其妙地失去了速度。自迈阿密大奖赛——四月休赛期后的第一场F1比赛——以来，科拉平托的状态有所提升。
据加斯利和弗朗哥·科拉平托所说，在F1夏休期前的最后几周里，阿尔派被小红牛（小红牛）反超了。
两位车手都表示，这纯粹是赛车研发的问题——红牛的姊妹车队引入了比恩斯通车队更多、也更有效的升级件——这意味着阿尔派把很大的希望寄托在为赞德沃特准备的升级套件上。
然而，从个人层面来看，科拉平托在四月休赛期之后找回了自己的状态。在那之前，他与加斯利的差距常常比他希望的更大，但自迈阿密大奖赛以来，科拉平托已经五次获得积分，并且有四次在正赛中跑在他这位法国队友前面。
这些结果与科拉平托在巴林冬季测试时的感觉相符，不过随后几个开赛周末被证明相当艰难——当时的低迷状态科拉平托和车队都难以解释。
“我认为拥有一辆新车，以及两辆新车，和测试时的情况不一样。在冬季测试中，我感觉非常强劲、非常舒服，但一旦在前几站比赛中我们转为使用两辆车，我就真的很挣扎，”科拉平托对Motorsport.com说道。
当被问到车队在墨尔本换用两个底盘时究竟发生了什么变化时，科拉平托澄清说，这更多不在于赛车的手感，而在于秒表显示的成绩：“并不是感觉消失了，更重要的是节奏消失了。”
"我在车里的感觉仍然不错，但我看着单圈时间，这是我实在无法理解、也想不明白的部分。"
这使得最初几个比赛周末特别难以分析。科拉平托表示，他仍然感觉很舒适，但他在方向盘后的感觉不再能转化为他所预期的单圈时间。
"我认为作为一名车手，最重要的事情就是始终去理解事情为什么会这样发生，说实话，在最初几场比赛里，很多时候我都无法理解，"他继续说道。
在最初三个比赛周末中，科拉平托并不总能理解自己为什么会比加斯利慢，尽管他在车里的感觉仍然很好。
在迈阿密，科拉平托获得了一个全新的、更轻的车架，不过他强调，他并不想暗示之前的车架有什么问题。问题只是很难从阿尔派的整体套件中单独定位出来。
“我不知道是不是有什么东西出了问题，但当我们把前三站之后整合在一起的整套套件组合起来时，一切都改善了，我之前每个弯损失的那零点零五秒也消失了，”他解释道。
“很难确切知道发生了什么，或者为什么会这样，因为当你改变了很多东西时，很难说‘这就是我们现在更快的原因’。
“这就好比你做了很多调校改动后变快了，你也不知道哪一项改动带来了最大的提升。”
重大升级套件和新车架都发挥了作用——尽管车队认为后者还产生了心理层面的效果——而四月的休赛期也促成了可以称为迈阿密突破的表现。
在迈阿密，科拉平托获得了一个更轻的车架，不过他表示，这肯定不是他状态提升的唯一原因。
在那个没有比赛的月份里，科拉平托和工程师们有更多时间详细分析所有数据，这位阿根廷车手强调，在能量管理方面取得了重大进展——这是2026年的关键课题。
"是的，我认为能量管理是一个关键要素，现在我们在这一点上做得非常稳定，"他说。
"在日本，我从一圈到另一圈仅因为部署方式不同，或者出最后一个弯时的油门使用方式不同，就损失了零点四秒。我认为那场比赛之后，一切都稳定了很多，这是我们作为一支车队所取得的进步之一。
"就我个人而言，我觉得我在日本的表现也相当不稳定，所以那些经验教训对我帮助很大。
所有这些因素共同帮助科拉平托向前迈进一步，得以再次与加斯利竞争。阿尔派 的下一步进展预计将在赞德沃特到来，届时这支法国车队将带来升级套件，希望借此应对小红牛（小红牛），并在整体上找到更多速度。
英文原文
What exactly was behind Franco Colapinto's Miami breakthrough at Alpine?
The Argentine says he inexplicably lost pace when Alpine switched to two chassis after winter testing. Colapinto’s form has improved since the Miami Grand Prix, the first F1 race after the April break
According to Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, Alpine was overtaken by Racing Bulls in the final weeks before Formula 1's summer break.
Both drivers say it is simply a matter of car development – Red Bull's sister team has introduced more upgrades, and more effective ones, than the Enstone squad – which means Alpine is pinning a lot of hope on its upgrade package for Zandvoort.
On a personal level, however, Colapinto has found his stride since the April break. Before then, the gap to Gasly was often larger than he would have liked, but since the Miami Grand Prix, Colapinto has recorded five points finishes and finished ahead of his French team-mate four times on Sundays.
Those results are in line with how Colapinto felt during winter testing in Bahrain, although the opening race weekends that followed proved difficult – a dip that Colapinto and the team struggled to explain at the time.
"I think having a new car, as well as two new cars, has been different compared to the test. In winter testing, I felt very strong and comfortable, but as soon as we moved to two cars in the first few races I really struggled," Colapinto told Motorsport.com.
Asked what exactly changed when the team switched to two chassis for Melbourne, Colapinto clarified that it was not so much about how the car felt, but rather what the stopwatch was showing: "It's not like the feeling was gone, the pace was gone, more than anything.
"I was still feeling good in the car, but I was looking at the lap times and that's the part I couldn't really understand or get my head around."
That made the first few race weekends particularly difficult to analyse. Colapinto said he still felt comfortable, but his feeling behind the wheel was no longer translating into the lap times he would have expected.
"I think the most important thing as a driver is to always understand why things happen, and to be honest, many times in the first few races I couldn't understand," he continued.
During the first three race weekends, Colapinto couldn’t always understand why he was losing time to Gasly, even though his feeling in the car was still good
In Miami, Colapinto was given a new and lighter chassis, although he stresses that he does not want to suggest there was anything wrong with the previous one. The problem was simply difficult to isolate within Alpine's overall package.
"I don't know if something was wrong, but when we put the entire package together after the first three rounds, everything just improved and the half-a-tenth that I was losing per corner was gone," he explained.
"It's tricky to know exactly what happened or why it was because when you change a lot of things, it's tricky to say, 'this is the reason why we are quicker now'.
"It's the same when you do many set-up changes and you are quicker, you don't know which one has been the biggest improvement."
The major upgrade package and the new chassis both played a role – although the team believes the latter also had a psychological effect – and the April break also contributed to what could be described as the Miami breakthrough.
In Miami, Colapinto was given a lighter chassis, although he says that is certainly not the only reason behind his improved form
During that month without races, Colapinto and the engineers had more time to analyse all the data in detail, with the Argentine stressing that significant progress was made in terms of energy management – a crucial topic in 2026.
"Yes, I think energy management is a key element that we are really consistent with now," he said.
"In Japan, I lost four tenths from one lap to another just by deploying differently or by going on throttle out of the last corner differently. I think after that race it became a lot more consistent and that is one of the steps we’ve made as a team.
"And personally, I think I was quite inconsistent in Japan as well, so those learnings have helped me a lot."
All of that has contributed to Colapinto taking a step forward and being able to compete with Gasly again. Alpine's next step is expected to come at Zandvoort, with the upgrade package that the French squad hopes will help it respond to Racing Bulls and find more pace overall.
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