拉塞尔推迟F1引擎罚退以配合梅赛德斯ADUO升级
乔治·拉塞尔将推迟其不可避免的F1引擎更换罚退，直到梅赛德斯新的ADUO升级规格准备就绪，可能要到美国大奖赛前后。
乔治·拉塞尔将推迟其不可避免的一级方程式引擎更换罚退，直到梅赛德斯新的ADUO升级规格准备就绪——这可能要到美国大奖赛前后。
赛季初的可靠性问题意味着拉塞尔和队友基米·安东内利都被迫超出赛季内组件配额，以坚持到赛季结束。
安东内利在上周末的意大利大奖赛选择更换额外的动力单元组件，这意味着他从第19位起步——尽管他仍然赢得了比赛。
最初看来，拉塞尔很可能选择在下一站阿塞拜疆大奖赛执行罚退，因为巴库赛道的长直道将允许他类似地提升名次。
然而，据了解，梅赛德斯计划暂缓进行更换，因为它希望将拉塞尔的更换与升级部件同步。
正如The 比赛在意大利大奖赛后报道的那样，由于根据F1的额外开发与升级机会（ADUO）系统获得了额外配额，梅赛德斯正在准备对其动力单元进行升级。
这一举动为拉塞尔何时使用新动力单元增添了额外复杂性，因为他已经达到了多个组件的使用上限——因此没有空间在不受罚的情况下使用新部件。
由于已经用完了本赛季内燃机、涡轮、能量存储（电池）和控制电子设备的配额，在接下来几场比赛中更换新组件将触发罚退。
如果他随后再更换ADUO改进部件，他将面临进一步的发车位下降。
拉塞尔在西班牙大奖赛上表示，现在的计划是将引擎罚退与ADUO升级同步，因为承受双重罚退是不合逻辑的。
当被问及是否后悔没有像安东内利那样在意大利大奖赛使用新引擎时，拉塞尔说：“我们一直计划将我的罚退与ADUO升级一起执行。”
“否则，如果我在那里执行了，我就得再执行一次。所以对我来说毫无意义。”
梅赛德斯尚未就何时引入ADUO升级做出最终决定，尽管最初预计它可能会在接下来阿塞拜疆、马来西亚和新加坡的连续海外赛事中推出。
然而，消息人士表示，该规格现在看起来更有可能在10月23日至25日于奥斯汀开始的美国、墨西哥和巴西三连赛中亮相。
当梅赛德斯进行那次升级时——据了解包括改进的涡轮——安东内利也将能够使用它。
这位冠军领跑者在意大利没有进行完整的动力单元更换，因为梅赛德斯将更换限制在内燃机、电池和控制电子设备。
这意味着他可以自由更换新的涡轮、MGU-K、排气和辅助设备而不受罚。
梅赛德斯厂队引入的任何规格改进也必须提供给客户车队，尽管在首次赛事中每个客户车队只能获得一台。
英文原文
George Russell is to delay taking his inevitable Formula 1 engine change penalty until Mercedes' new ADUO-upgraded specification is ready - which may not be until around the time of the United States Grand Prix.
Early-season reliability problems mean both Russell and team-mate Kimi Antonelli have been forced to go over their in-season component allocation to get through to the end of the campaign.
Antonelli elected to take extra power unit components at the Italian GP last weekend, which meant he started down in 19th - although he still managed to win the race.
It had initially appeared likely that Russell would choose to take his at the next race in Azerbaijan, because the Baku circuit's long straights would allow him to make similar progress up the field.
However, it has emerged that Mercedes plans to hold fire on making the switch because it wants to coincide Russell's change with upgraded parts.
As The Race reported after the Italian GP, Mercedes is preparing an update to its power unit thanks to the extra allowance it has been granted under F1's Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) system.
This move has added an extra layer of complication as to when Russell takes a new power unit because he is already at the limit of several of his components - so has no headroom for new parts without penalties.
Having maxed out his internal combustion engine, turbo, energy store (battery), and control electronics allowance for the season, a move to fresh components at the next couple of races would trigger penalties.
He would face a further grid drop if he then moved to ADUO-improved parts.
Speaking at the Spanish GP, Russell said that the plan now was to twin his engine penalty with the ADUO step as it was illogical to take a double penalty hit.
Asked if there were any regrets about not following Antonelli in taking a fresh engine for the Italian GP, Russell said: "We were always going to take my penalty with the ADUO upgrade.
"Otherwise, if I took it there, I'd have to take it again. So it makes zero sense for me."
A final decision has not been taken by Mercedes yet about when its ADUO step will be introduced, although it had originally been anticipated that it could come for the next batch of flyaways in Azerbaijan, Malaysia, and Singapore.
However, sources suggest that the spec is now looking much more likely to appear for the triple-header in the United States, Mexico and Brazil that begins at Austin on October 23-25.
When Mercedes goes for that upgrade - which is understood to include an improved turbo - then Antonelli will also have access to it.
The championship leader did not go for a full power unit change in Italy, as Mercedes instead restricted the switch to his internal combustion engine, battery and control electronics.
That means he has freedom to take a new turbo, MGU-K, exhaust and ancillaries without penalty.
Any improvement in specification that the works Mercedes team introduces also has to be made available to customer teams, although only via a single unit for each customer at the first event.
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