沃尔夫：梅赛德斯资金不足，难以跟上迈凯伦和法拉利升级步伐
梅赛德斯车队领队托托·沃尔夫表示，车队没有足够的资金像迈凯伦和法拉利那样大力研发2026年赛车。对手近期通过大量升级取得显著进步，而梅赛德斯的升级策略更为保守。
梅赛德斯"没有足够的钱"来跟上对手一级方程式升级的步伐
梅赛德斯一级方程式车队负责人托托·沃尔夫表示，车队剩余的预算额度已不足以像直接竞争对手那样快速推进升级
兰多·诺里斯、迈凯伦、乔治·拉塞尔、梅赛德斯
梅赛德斯一级方程式车队领队托托·沃尔夫表示，他的车队"没有足够的钱"像迈凯伦和法拉利那样大力研发2026年的赛车。
迈凯伦和法拉利近几个月都在各自赛车上堆叠大量升级，取得了显著进步，这使两队都成为了能多次赢得分站冠军的车队。
与此同时，梅赛德斯采取了更为保守的升级计划，自五月的加拿大大奖赛以来几乎没有重要更新，这削弱了布拉克利车队最初的统治地位。
在迈凯伦的卫冕世界冠军兰多·诺里斯于赞德沃特赢得2026年连续第二场大奖赛胜利后，沃尔夫表示，梅赛德斯无法在2026年的研发竞赛中与竞争对手的投入相匹敌。
当被Motorsport.com问及，鉴于迈凯伦的迅速进步，这些研发决定是否开始让人越来越不安时，沃尔夫表示，由于车队对2.15亿美元预算上限的分配方式，他们在这方面束手无策。
"我们没有钱在赛车上投入研发。我之前说过，根据我们关于何时能带来最大升级以及如何优化锦标赛积分的计算，我们正试图在整个赛季中平均分配这些研发。但我们做不到的事情就是做不到,"这位奥地利人表示。
"这就是为什么这是一场研发竞赛。如果你带来一项升级，每支顶级车队都能从中获得至少零点几秒的进步，而这就是你会损失的东西。所以，是的，这段旅程比年初时更加艰难了。"
当被追问为什么梅赛德斯没有足够的成本上限预算来升级、而迈凯伦和法拉利却有时，他回答说："嗯，到了赛季末你就会知道，他们是否还能像现在这样往赛车上部署这么多东西。
"有些人的策略可能不同，会在年初和年中花得更多，而不是在赛季末。"
在F1十月初重新回到海外赛场（从在马来西亚举办的巴林大奖赛开始——原文如此）之前，梅赛德斯预计不会为W17带来任何重大升级。
沃尔夫指出，如果梅赛德斯在动力单元的可靠性问题上没有那么多挣扎，局面本会大不相同。这一问题到目前为止已经让安东内利和拉塞尔损失了几十分，而且后续还会导致发车罚退。
"我们在前期和初始研发上是否花得太多了？我不这么认为，"他补充道，"我只是觉得我们是一个具有一定规模和基础设施的组织。"
"从这方面来说，我们当时有一辆非常快的车。由于可靠性问题，我们损失了大约50到100分。这本来会让我们比今天拥有更大的优势。除此之外，我们只是继续按照原本的计划以及财务现实对我们的要求去执行。"
英文原文
Mercedes "hasn't got the money" to keep up with rival F1 upgrades
Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff claims the team doesn't have enough budget allocation left to fast-track upgrades like its direct rivals
Lando Norris, McLaren, George Russell, Mercedes
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says his squad "hasn't got the money" to develop its 2026 car as much as McLaren and Ferrari are doing.
Both McLaren and Ferrari have made significant progress in recent months by piling on upgrades to their respective cars, which has turned both into multiple race winners.
Meanwhile, a more conservative upgrade plan at Mercedes, with little significant updates since May's Canadian Grand Prix, has eroded the Brackley squad's initial dominance.
Speaking after McLaren's reigning world champion Lando Norris took his second consecutive grand prix win of 2026 in Zandvoort, Wolff said Mercedes isn't able to match what its rivals are doing in the 2026 development race.
When asked by Motosport.com if those development decisions are now starting to become increasingly uncomfortable in light of McLaren's rapid progress, Wolff said his team's hands are tied with how it has partitioned its $215m cost cap allowance.
"We haven't got the money to put developments on the car. I said before that we are trying to evenly split that through the season based on our calculations of when we can bring the biggest updates and optimising the championship points. But we just can't do what we can't do," the Austrian said.
"That's why it is a development race. If you bring an upgrade, each of the top teams will have a couple of tenths in it, at least, and that's what you lose. So, yeah, the ride has been a bit tougher than at the beginning of the year."
When pressed on why Mercedes hasn't got the cost cap budget to bring upgrades when McLaren and Ferrari have, he replied: "Well, you will see towards the end of the season whether they are going to be able to deploy as much stuff onto the car as they do now.
"Someone might have a different strategy in spending more at the beginning and the middle of the year than towards the end."
Mercedes isn't expected to bring any significant upgrades to the W17 until F1 heads overseas again, starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia at the start of October.
Wolff pointed out that the picture would have looked differently if Mercedes hadn't struggled as much with the reliability of its power unit, which has cost both Kimi Antonelli and George Russell several dozens of points thus far and will lead to grid penalties down the line.
"Did we spend too much at the beginning and the initial development? I don't think so," he added. "I just think we are an organisation with a certain size and infrastructure.
"In that respect we had a really quick car. We left between 50 and 100 points on the table due to reliability issues. That would have given us a little bit more of a gap than we have today. And other than that, we are just continuing to execute what the plan was and what the financial realities mean for us."
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