新加坡大奖赛事故后,乔治·拉塞尔被迫使用二手梅赛德斯部件参赛
乔治·拉塞尔在新加坡大奖赛中遭遇事故,被迫使用二手梅赛德斯部件继续比赛。
乔治·拉塞尔在新加坡大奖赛事故后被迫使用二手梅赛德斯部件赛车
梅赛德斯在乔治·拉塞尔的冲刺赛事故后耗尽了新鲜备件,迫使他们使用性能较低的旧部件
对于梅赛德斯车迷来说,这里是关于银箭的最新消息,包括一级方程式新闻、车手更新、赛车发展和比赛分析,来自布拉克利和布里克斯沃斯
乔治·拉塞尔的2026年新加坡大奖赛在纸面上已经是一场确定的噩梦。我们已知他必须吞下60个位置的巨大引擎处罚,与一个决定变软的刹车踏板作斗争,并在驾驶舱里烘烤了两个小时,同时一个破裂的饮料瓶泄漏出神秘液体洒了他一身。
但是,多亏了一些来自德国车队的内部消息,原来他的周日驾驶实际上比看起来还要艰难。
在周六混乱的冲刺赛中,拉塞尔将赛车撞进护栏后,他不仅伤害了自己的自尊心,还彻底摧毁了布拉克利车队的全新碳纤维库存。
当梅赛德斯车队的机械师周六晚上将拉塞尔损坏的W17赛车拖回车库时,维修费用巨大。据《Auto Motor und Sport》报道,车队被迫更换了前翼、地板、前悬挂和整个车尾。
但是,这次碰撞消耗了如此多的库存,以至于车队完全耗尽了全新的备件。
马克斯·维斯塔潘,红牛车队,乔治·拉塞尔,梅赛德斯
工程师们没有安装全新的、工厂般精密的部件,而是不得不在车库后面翻找,使用之前用过的部件来重建赛车。基本上,梅赛德斯不得不让拉塞尔周日驾驶一辆认证的二手弗兰肯斯坦赛车参赛。
在F1推特上还没有开始炒作梅赛德斯主动破坏拉塞尔以利于基米·安东内利阴谋论之前,让我们看看事实。安装在拉塞尔底盘上的二手部件与全新的部件具有完全相同的空气动力学规格。
然而,一级方程式赛车是暴力虐待的机器。碳纤维弯曲,地板在路面上刮擦,悬挂臂在路沿上撞击。AMuS指出,因为这些回收的部件已经在之前的周末赛事中经受住了考验,它们本质上提供的原始性能比全新的部件要低。
突然,托托·沃尔夫拿起麦克风,称赞拉塞尔的P9完赛是一种成功的"损害限制",这让人更有道理。从第19位发车并在街道赛道上得分已经足够困难。在零件磨损导致其空气动力学咬合度降低的拼凑起来的车上做到这一点实际上相当令人印象深刻。
下次你在F1视频游戏中锁死车辆并撞毁你的车,然后随意按下"闪回"按钮时,别忘了那些在凌晨2点亲自将这些部件粘合在一起的现实生活中的机械师。
英文原文
George Russell forced to race with used Mercedes parts after Singapore GP crash
Mercedes ran out of fresh spares after George Russell's Sprint crash, forcing them to use older parts with less performance
For Mercedes fans. All the latest from the Silver Arrows, with F1 news, driver updates, car development and race analysis from Brackley and Brixworth.
George Russell’s 2026 Singapore Grand Prix was already a certified nightmare on paper. We already knew he had to swallow a massive 60-place engine penalty, fought a brake pedal that decided to go squishy, and spent two hours baking in the cockpit while a ruptured drink bottle leaked mystery fluid all over him.
But thanks to some fresh intel from the German paddock insiders, it turns out his Sunday drive was actually even harder than it looked.
After Russell binned his car into the barriers during Saturday's chaotic sprint race, he didn't just bruise his ego - he completely wiped out the Brackley squad's inventory of fresh carbon fibre.
When the Mercedes mechanics dragged Russell's wrecked W17 back into the garage on Saturday night, the repair bill was massive. According to a report from Auto Motor und Sport, the team was forced to replace the front wing, the floor, the front suspension, and the entire rear section of the car.
The catch? The crash chewed through so much inventory that the team completely ran out of brand-new spares.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, George Russell, Mercedes
Instead of bolting on fresh, factory-crisp components, the engineers had to go rummaging through the back of the garage to rebuild the car using previously used parts. Basically, Mercedes had to send Russell out to race on Sunday in a certified pre-owned Frankenstein car.
Before F1 Twitter fires up the conspiracy theories about Mercedes actively sabotaging Russell to favour Kimi Antonelli, let's look at the facts. The second-hand parts bolted onto Russell's chassis were the exact same aerodynamic specification as the fresh ones.
However, Formula 1 cars are violently abusive machines. Carbon fibre flexes, floors scrape across the pavement, and suspension arms get hammered over kerbs. AMuS noted that because these scavenged components had already been through the wringer on previous race weekends, they inherently offered less raw performance than a brand-new set.
Suddenly, Toto Wolff getting on the microphone and calling Russell's P9 finish a successful "damage limitation" makes a whole lot more sense. Slashing your way from 19th on the grid to score points on a street track is tough enough. Doing it in a cobbled-together car that has lost a fraction of its aerodynamic bite because the parts are worn out is actually pretty impressive.
Next time you lock up and wreck your car in the F1 video game and just casually hit the "Flashback" button, spare a thought for the real-life mechanics who have to physically glue these things back together at 2am.
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