哈斯墨西哥站余下赛程由平川亮替换奥康
哈斯车队在周六上午突然宣布,储备车手平川亮将取代埃斯特班·奥康出战墨西哥大奖赛余下赛程,奥康因此缺席本站剩余比赛。车队未说明换人原因,但确认并非奥康生病。
埃斯特班·奥康将缺席F1墨西哥大奖赛余下赛程,哈斯储备车手平川亮将替换他。
哈斯在周六上午出人意料地发布了一份简短声明,宣布了这一换人决定。
声明写道:“TGR哈斯F1车队储备车手平川亮将在本周墨西哥城大奖赛余下赛程中替换埃斯特班·奥康。”
“平川亮曾随丰田Gazoo Racing两次赢得FIA世界耐力锦标赛冠军,并赢得勒芒24小时耐力赛冠军。他于10月30日星期五在罗德里格斯兄弟赛道参加了第一节练习赛,这是他本赛季第三次驾驶VF-26参加自由练习,总排名第15。
这位日本车手将在周六的最后一节练习和排位赛以及周日71圈的大奖赛中与队友奥利·贝尔曼搭档——这将是平川的F1正赛首秀。
目前不会发表进一步声明。
此次更换未给出任何原因,但哈斯车队已确认并非因为奥康生病。
因此,合理的推断是他似乎已被安排坐冷板凳。
奥康与哈斯车队关系破裂的所有原因
奥康在墨西哥经历了一个令人沮丧的周五,在第二次自由练习中公开表达了对自己的运行计划的不满——这是他当天唯一一节驾驶赛车的时间,此前平川亮在第一次自由练习中出场,以满足新秀练习规则。
他的圈速并不差——在第二次自由练习中从平川亮手中拿回赛车后,奥康击败了队友奥利·贝尔曼,最终位列第13名,成绩尚可——但他与工程师劳拉·穆勒在无线电中出现了摩擦。
劳拉·穆勒:我们把高油量运行换成了中性胎,因为奥利的轮胎状况不太好。
埃斯特班·奥康:还在用软胎,对吧?
LM:不,我们得用中性胎。
EO:不,不,我想要软胎,别这样对我。拜托。
奥康在练习结束后在围场里明显不满,他戴着头盔回到了哈斯车队的接待区。
哈斯车队已经决定在2027年用法拉利青训车手拉斐尔·卡马拉替换奥康,并在9月底宣布了奥康的离队。
卡马拉击败了丰田支持的平川亮等车手,锁定了这个席位。
这位31岁的新秀会是丰田的下一位F1车手吗?
两届WEC冠军平川亮自2024年底以来已为迈凯伦、阿尔派和哈斯完成多次F1练习赛出场,并长期表示目标是参加F1比赛。
他将成为自2014年比利时大奖赛时年32岁的安德烈·洛特勒代表卡特汉姆车队出战以来,最年长的F1首秀车手。
该车队对其巴西下一站的车手阵容不予置评,这与其声明保持一致。
英文原文
Esteban Ocon will sit out the rest of Formula 1's Mexican Grand Prix with Haas reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa replacing him.
Haas unexpectedly released a short statement on Saturday morning announcing the switch.
"TGR Haas F1 team reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa will replace Esteban Ocon for the remainder of the weekend's Mexico City Grand Prix," the statement read.
"Hirakawa, a two-time winner of the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans Winner with Toyota Gazoo Racing, participated in FP1 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Friday 30 October - his third free practice outing of the season driving the VF-26, finishing 15th overall.
"The Japanese driver will partner team-mate Ollie Bearman through final practice and qualifying on Saturday and Sunday's 71-lap grand prix - Hirakawa's Formula 1 race debut.
"No further statements will be made at this time."
No reason has been given for the change but Haas has confirmed it is not due to illness for Ocon.
It is logical therefore to reason that he appears to have been benched.
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Ocon had a frustrating Friday in Mexico, publicly expressing his dissatisfaction with his runplan in FP2 - his only session in the car, after Hirakawa drove in FP1 to satisfy the rookie practice rule.
His time was not bad - after getting the car back off Hirakawa for FP2, Ocon beat team-mate Ollie Bearman to end up a respectable 13th - but there was friction on the radio with his engineer Laura Mueller.
Laura Mueller: We've swapped the high fuel run to medium because Ollie's [tyre] appearance is not great.
Esteban Ocon: Still doing soft, right?
LM: No, we have to do medium.
EO: No, no, I wanted the soft, like, don't do that to me. Come on.
Ocon was visibly dissatisfied in the paddock after the session, keeping his helmet on as he returned to Haas's hospitality unit.
Haas has already decided to replace Ocon with Ferrari junior Rafael Camara for 2027, announcing his exit at the end of September.
Camara beat the likes of Toyota-backed driver Hirakawa to secure the seat.
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Two-time WEC champion Hirakawa has completed multiple F1 practice outings for McLaren, Alpine and Haas since the end of 2024, with a long-stated aim of racing in F1.
He will become the oldest F1 debutant since then-32-year-old Andre Lotterer drove for Caterham at the Belgian GP in 2014.
The team is making no comment on its driver line-up for the next race in Brazil, in keeping with its statement.
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