凯迪拉克调查博塔斯墨西哥站高速悬挂断裂
凯迪拉克F1车队领队马尔钦·布德科夫斯基承诺调查博塔斯在墨西哥大奖赛第46圈1号弯前左前悬挂断裂的高速事故，并确保此类事故不再发生。
凯迪拉克将调查导致瓦尔特利·博塔斯愤怒反应的墨西哥大奖赛高速故障
瓦尔特利·博塔斯对此次事故明显感到沮丧，车队领队马尔钦·布德科夫斯基已承诺展开调查
凯迪拉克F1车队领队马尔钦·布德科夫斯基承诺，确保像终结瓦尔特利·博塔斯墨西哥大奖赛那样的事故“不再发生”。
博塔斯在罗德里格斯兄弟赛道第46圈以最高速度进入1号弯时，刹车瞬间左前悬挂断裂，这位芬兰车手随即打滑撞上TecPro护墙。
造成的损坏如此之大，这位前F1分站冠军得主一直留在他的MAC-26赛车中，直到他缓过气来，同时赛会出示红旗暂停了比赛，以便赛道工作人员开始修复护栏。
在随后被发布到社交媒体上的车队无线电中，博塔斯——明显情绪激动——反复爆粗口，随后比赛工程师约翰·霍华德询问他是否没事。“当然不好，”这位曾效力于威廉姆斯、梅赛德斯和阿尔法·罗密欧的车手回答道。
在前往医疗中心检查并获准无碍后，博塔斯被免除了媒体职责。但在凯迪拉克的赛后媒体简报会上，他解释道：“进入1号弯时是一次巨大的撞击，但幸运的是我没事。
“感谢医疗团队为我检查，也感谢所有在现场提供帮助的人。这证明了国际汽联多年来为使我们的运动尽可能安全所付出的辛勤努力。”
“我们需要作为一个团队彻底梳理所有事情，准确弄清发生了什么，并确保从中吸取教训。我们第一圈跑得很强，提升了一些位置，所以没能完成又一场比赛令人失望。我们现在会重新集结，专注于下周在圣保罗继续取得进步。”
博塔斯和队友塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯在凯迪拉克的首个F1赛季中遭遇了多次可靠性故障，不过这些故障的危险性要低得多，两位车手都能要么驶入维修区车库退赛，要么在赛道上停车。
然而，布德科夫斯基在同一次复盘会上指出这一问题的严重性时说：“在第46圈的事故之后，大家都为瓦尔特利安然无恙感到宽慰。我们将全面调查这次故障的原因，并确保此类事故不再发生。”
佩雷斯迎来第300场F1比赛，表现积极
在车库的另一侧，佩雷兹在主场观众面前为车队奉献了一场充满希望的表现，同时迎来了他在F1的第300场分站赛。
这位墨西哥车手在开局阶段凭借实力升至第13位，并成功挡住了身后的对手，然而一次缓慢的进站以及随后因软件问题导致的维修区超速罚单，最终毁掉了原本强劲的表现。
“从积极的角度看，就相对速度而言，这是我们最具竞争力的一周，看到两位车手在车阵中拼搏非常令人鼓舞，”布德科夫斯基坚持说道。
Dan Towriss，凯迪拉克车队，马尔钦·布德科夫斯基，凯迪拉克车队
两人的起步都很棒，尤其是佩雷兹，他在两次起步后的首圈表现极为出色，一度升至第13位。我们在两次进站中都遇到了设备问题，这让两位车手都损失了时间，并在赛道上丢掉了位置。
“祝贺佩雷兹迎来他具有历史意义的第300场大奖赛——对他和整个车队来说，在他的主场比赛中，这是如此难忘的一周。”
英文原文
Cadillac to investigate high-speed Mexico GP failure that led to angry Valtteri Bottas reaction
Valtteri Bottas was audibly frustrated by the incident, which team principal Marcin Budkowski has vowed to investigate
Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Marcin Budkowski has vowed to ensure accidents like the one that ended Valtteri Bottas' Mexico Grand Prix "do not happen again".
Bottas was at top speed entering Turn 1 on lap 46 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rogriguez when his front-left suspension collapsed as he hit the brakes, sending the Finn into a slide and into the TecPro barrier.
Such was the damage caused, the former F1 race winner remained in his MAC-26 while he regained his breath and a red flag was thrown to suspend the race while marshals began repairing the barriers.
In team radio that has since been posted on social media, Bottas - clearly agitated - repeatedly shouts expletives before being asked by race engineer John Howard if he was ok. "F**k no," was the response of the former Williams, Mercedes, and Alfa Romeo driver.
After a trip to the medical centre, where he was given the all-clear, Bottas was excused from media duties. But in Cadillac's post-race media debrief, he explained: “It was a big impact going into Turn 1, but thankfully I’m OK.
"Thank you to the medical team for checking me over and to everyone who helped at the scene. It is a testament to the hard work the FIA has put in over many years to make our sport as safe as possible.
“We need to work through everything thoroughly as a team to understand exactly what happened, and make sure we learn from it. We had a strong opening lap and made up some places, so it’s disappointing not to finish another race. We’ll regroup now and focus on continuing to make progress in Sao Paulo next week.”
Bottas and team-mate Sergio Perez have suffered from numerous reliability failures across Cadillac's maiden F1 campaign, albeit they have been far less dangerous, with both drivers able to either pull into the pit garage to retire or stop on track.
Pointing to the severity of this issue in the same debrief, however, Budkowski said: “Everyone is relieved that Valtteri is OK after the incident on lap 46. We will fully investigate the cause of this failure and ensure such accidents do not happen again."
Perez racks up 300 F1 races with positive showing
On the other side of the garage, Perez put on a promising display for the team in front of his home crowd as he notched up his 300th race start in F1.
The Mexican had made his way up to 13th in the opening stages on merit and was able to hold off those behind him, though a slow pitstop and a later pitlane speeding penalty - attributed to a software issue - ultimately derailed what had been a strong showing.
“Taking the positives, it was our most competitive weekend in terms of relative pace and very encouraging to see both drivers fighting in the pack," insisted Budkowski.
Dan Towriss, Cadillac Racing, Marcin Budkowski, Cadillac Racing
"They both had great starts, especially Checo, who had phenomenal first laps after both starts and was running up into P13 at one stage. We had some equipment issues in both pitstops which cost both drivers time and positions on track.
“Congratulations to Checo on his historic 300th Grand Prix start - it has been such a memorable week for him and the whole team at his home race."
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