迈凯伦领队称MCL40有领奖台速度，但P5和P7令人失望
迈凯伦领队安德烈亚·斯特拉承认，车队的排位赛失误毁掉了原本稳拿的领奖台，但他称赞了车手在正赛中的执行表现。
迈凯伦领队称MCL40有领奖台速度，但P5和P7令人失望
安德烈亚·斯特拉承认迈凯伦的排位赛失误毁掉了原本稳拿的领奖台，但他称赞了车手在正赛中的执行表现
兰多·诺里斯，迈凯伦，奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里，迈凯伦
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在现代一级方程式赛车中，如果你在周六下午的排位赛里彻底搞砸了，纯粹的正赛速度就毫无意义。没有赛道位置，你只是在脏空气中白白消耗轮胎，而领跑者则扬长而去。
这就是迈凯伦在美国大奖赛上面临的现实。
尽管为美洲赛道带来了一套非常有效的升级套件，兰多·诺里斯和奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里仍不得不分别屈居第五和第七。赛后，迈凯伦车队领队安德烈亚·斯特拉无法掩饰对车队错失巨大机会的恼怒。
虽然周日的执行几乎完美无瑕，斯特拉却直接将矛头指向车队周六的低迷，称这是他们无缘喷洒香槟的唯一原因。
“在令人失望的周六之后迎来一个还算不错的周日：这就是奥斯汀周末的总结，”斯特拉在赛后媒体简报会上解释道。“今天的比赛表明，MCL40依然有能力争夺领奖台，但很明显，我们在发车格上的位置让这个目标几乎无法实现。”
被困在中游车阵中意味着诺里斯和皮亚斯特里整个下午都在追赶，而不是向前方领跑者发起进攻。
“整个车队都有一种共同的挫败感，因为我们在排位赛中没有充分发挥出自己的潜力，但我们必须努力做得更好，”斯特拉承认道。
尽管令人沮丧，但升级版MCL40背后的基础数据非常令人鼓舞。诺里斯在干净空气中展现了致命的节奏，而皮亚斯特里则证明了他的防守驾驶技术完全无懈可击。
当梅赛德斯的乔治·拉塞尔试图从第1圈罚时中恢复时，他追上了皮亚斯特里变速箱的尾部，并在那里待了半场比赛。
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯，奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里，迈凯伦，兰多·诺里斯，迈凯伦
“车队和车手们配合得非常好，无论是在策略决策还是赛道驾驶方面，我们带来的升级也做出了积极贡献，”斯特拉指出。“兰多展现了出色的速度，奥斯卡跑了一场强劲的比赛，抵挡住拉塞尔的梅赛德斯大约三十圈，从未给他任何超车的机会。”
对斯特拉来说，这个周末最大的胜利或许是避免了新加坡大奖赛的重演——当时他的两位车手相撞。在兰多·诺里斯本周早些时候透露他因该事件受到管理层“多次训斥”后，这对木瓜色组合终于在得克萨斯州友好相处。
斯特拉表示：“我也很高兴看到我们的车手在赛道上如何协作，始终牢记首要任务，也就是迈凯伦万事达卡车队的最大利益。”
尽管他们避免了队内灾难，但如果迈凯伦想要在车队积分榜上追赶红牛——后者刚刚跃升至第三——那么带回第五和第七名是不够的。
斯特拉总结道：“显然，第五名和第七名不是我们能满意的成绩，但我们必须接受它并努力改进。我们希望以强势表现结束赛季，不仅力争登上领奖台，还要争取胜利，目标是至少以第三名完成赛季。”
英文原文
McLaren boss claims the MCL40 had podium pace despite a “disappointing” P5 and P7
Andrea Stella admits McLaren's qualifying blunder ruined a guaranteed podium, but praised his drivers' race execution
Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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In modern Formula 1, raw race pace means absolutely nothing if you completely bottle your qualifying laps on Saturday afternoon. Without track position, you are simply burning up your tyres in dirty air while the race leaders cruise off into the distance.
That is the reality McLaren faced at the United States Grand Prix.
Despite bringing a highly effective upgrade package to the Circuit of the Americas, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were forced to settle for fifth and seventh, respectively. Following the race, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella couldn't hide his annoyance over the team squandering a massive opportunity.
While the Sunday execution was nearly flawless, Stella pointed a direct finger at the team's Saturday slump as the sole reason they missed out on spraying champagne.
“A decent Sunday following a disappointing Saturday: that sums up the weekend in Austin," Stella explained during his post-race media debrief. "Today’s race showed that the MCL40 is still capable of fighting for the podium, but it’s clear that our position on the starting grid made that goal virtually unattainable."
Getting stuck in the midfield traffic jam meant Norris and Piastri spent the entire afternoon playing catch-up instead of attacking the leaders.
"There is a shared sense of frustration across the whole team at not having fully exploited our potential during qualifying, but it is up to us to try and do better," Stella admitted.
Despite the frustration, the underlying data from the upgraded MCL40 was incredibly promising. Norris showed lethal pace in clean air, while Piastri proved his defensive racecraft is completely bulletproof.
When Mercedes' George Russell tried to recover from a lap 1 penalty, he came up against the back of Piastri's gearbox and stayed there for half the race.
George Russell, Mercedes, Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Lando Norris, McLaren
"The team and the drivers worked very well, both in terms of strategic decisions and driving on the track, and the upgrades we brought here made a positive contribution," Stella noted. "Lando showed excellent pace, and Oscar drove a strong race, holding off Russell’s Mercedes for around thirty laps without ever giving him a chance to overtake."
Perhaps the biggest win of the weekend for Stella was avoiding a repeat of the Singapore Grand Prix, where his two drivers crashed into each other. After Lando Norris revealed earlier in the week that he received "plenty of telling-offs" from management over the incident, the papaya duo finally played nice in Texas.
"I was also pleased to see how our drivers worked together on the track, keeping in mind what the priority is, namely McLaren Mastercard’s best interests," Stella said.
While they avoided intra-team disaster, bringing home P5 and P7 isn't going to cut it if McLaren wants to hunt down Red Bull—who just leapfrogged into third—in the constructors' championship.
“Clearly, a fifth and a seventh place are not results we can be satisfied with, but we must accept it and work to improve," Stella concluded. "We want to end the season on a high and aim not only to fight for the podium but also for victory, with the aim of finishing the championship in at least third place.”
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