迈凯伦2027规格前翼提升MCL40可预测性
迈凯伦在F1巴西大奖赛为MCL40引入2027规格前翼概念，领队安德烈亚·斯特拉表示这改善了赛车的驾驶性和可预测性。
迈凯伦的2027规格前翼让F1赛车更可预测
在英特拉格斯，迈凯伦引入了明年赛车上将早期使用的这一前翼概念——它让当前赛车更易于驾驶
迈凯伦领队安德烈亚·斯特拉表示，在F1巴西大奖赛为MCL40引入的2027规格前翼概念改善了赛车的驾驶性和可预测性。
这支总部位于沃金的车队在英特拉格斯推出了升级包——不仅包括这款前翼，还包括后翼、梁翼和新的底板部件——此前迈凯伦在过去几个月里在与梅赛德斯、法拉利和红牛的竞争中落后。
兰多·诺里斯在若泽·卡洛斯·帕塞赛道夺得杆位，队友奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里仅列第12位，但大雨意味着这并不能代表升级套件的实际影响。不过，各节练习与排位是在干燥赛道上进行的，因此得以更深入地了解新部件。
“通常，我们带到赛道的升级不会影响赛车的驾驶性，它们只是为了增加下压力，”斯特拉说。“但这次，我要说，尤其是前翼，我们同时也开始着手解决赛车需要更易于驾驶、而不仅仅是增加下压力的问题。
“我们相对满意，因为前翼的表现符合预期。根据车手的反馈和我们测量的数据，我们看到这似乎让驾驶性稍微容易了一些。
“从赛车驾驶性稍有改善，到拥有一辆真正易于驾驶的赛车，之间仍有很大的差距；我们正在为明年的赛车研究这一点。令人鼓舞的是，我们带来的升级——它们是明年赛车的前身——已经按预期发挥了作用。”
预计两周后的下一场大奖赛会有更多升级：“拉斯维加斯会有一些新部件，”斯特拉宣布。
“所有部件在某种程度上都需要相互配合，而我们在拉斯维加斯增加的这些部件显然会适应前翼所产生的气流。但就提升驾驶性和赛车可预测性而言，前翼才是主要部件。
“所以我们会再增加一些气动效率，但我不预期赛车行为会有显著变化；要做到那一点，我们需要更多地着眼于明年。”
就周日的圣保罗正赛而言，斯特拉不确定杆位得主诺里斯能否守住优势。这位意大利人在排位赛壮举后确实称自己的车手为‘雨战大师’，但也承认拉塞尔在Q3可能本质上更快——而如果条件最终转为干地，那不会对迈凯伦有利。
“如果在干燥条件下，根据练习赛来看，梅赛德斯似乎领先一步，”他说。“[基米] 安东内利在练习赛中非常快。对拉塞尔来说很难说，因为他起步非常快，然后轮胎性能下降了。但尽管我们对赛车做了改进，目前我们还没有条件说我们是以最好的正赛节奏进入比赛的。”
英文原文
McLaren’s 2027-spec front wing is making its F1 car more predictable
At Interlagos, McLaren introduced the front wing concept it will use early on with next year’s challenger – and it is making the current car easier to drive
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the 2027-spec front wing concept introduced on the MCL40 at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix has improved the car’s driveability and predictability.
The Woking-based outfit launched an upgrade package at Interlagos - featuring not just this front wing but also a rear wing, a beam wing and new floor furniture - after McLaren lost ground to Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in the last couple of months.
Lando Norris took pole at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, with team-mate Oscar Piastri down in 12th, but heavy rain meant this wasn’t representative of the updates’ impact. The practice sessions, however, took place on a dry track, allowing for a deeper understanding of the new parts.
“Normally, the upgrades that we have taken trackside did not affect the driveability of the car, they were just aimed at increasing the load,” Stella said. “But in this case, let me say that especially for the front wing, we were also aiming to start addressing the fact that the car needs to be just more drivable, not only more loaded.
“We are relatively happy that the wing behaves as expected. Based on the comments of the drivers and the data that we measure, we see that this seems to have made the driveability a little bit easier.
“Between the driveability of the car being a bit easier and having an easy car to drive, there's still quite a lot to bridge; we are looking at that for next year's car. And it's encouraging that the upgrades that we are bringing – they are precursor to what will be next year's car – have worked as expected.”
Further updates are expected at the next grand prix in two weeks’ time: “There will be some new parts in Vegas,” Stella announced.
“All the components kind of want to talk to each other, and these additional components that we have in Vegas will obviously be adapted to the flow generated by the front wing. But the front wing, in terms of improving the driveability, the predictability of the car, was the major component.
“So we are going to add some more aerodynamic efficiency, but I don't expect a significant change in the behaviour of the car; to have that, we need to look more into next year.”
As far as Sunday’s Sao Paulo race is concerned, Stella is unsure whether polesitter Norris can hold on to his advantage. The Italian did describe his driver as a ‘rainmaster’ following his qualifying feat, but admitted that Russell probably was intrinsically quicker in Q3 – and if conditions turned out to be dry after all, that wouldn’t favour McLaren.
“If it was in dry conditions, based on practice, Mercedes seemed to be a step ahead,” he said. “[Kimi] Antonelli was very quick in practice. Difficult to say for Russell because he started his run very fast and then he degraded. But despite the improvements we have made to the car, at the moment we are not yet in condition to say that we entered the race with the best race pace.”
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