维斯塔潘需要与红牛引擎团队进行沟通
在墨西哥城赛道比赛周末之前，讨论主要集中在2026年动力单元的挑战上，维斯塔潘表示需要与红牛引擎团队进行沟通。
维斯塔潘需要在红牛引擎后进行一次"谈话"，因为出现了"随机"的引擎制动问题
尽管红牛福特动力系统在高海拔地区通过了首次测试，并以优异的成绩完成，但维斯塔潘认为仍有改进的空间
在阿特奥多罗·赫尔曼诺斯·罗德里格斯赛道（海拔2,286米，是F1赛历中海拔最高的赛道）的比赛周末之前，车队的讨论主要集中在一个问题：墨西哥城对2026年动力单元将构成多大的挑战
几家制造商担心严重的涡轮迟滞，尤其是在MGU-H不再支持涡轮的情况下。较低的空气密度也引发了一个关于绝对性能的关键问题。在高海拔地区，每立方米的氧气分子数量更少，这意味着涡轮需要更努力地工作，才能将与海平面相同的氧气量送入发动机。
本田首席工程师奥里哈拉在周四已经解释说，如果一个制造商在高海拔地区无法产生足够的涡轮增压，这将影响"发动机运行条件"，换句话说，就是内燃机可以提供的绝对动力。
尽管这对于所有制造商来说都是F1新规则下的未知因素，但作为新来者之一，红牛福特动力系统实际上正面临其在高海拔地区的首次考验。
根据车队负责人劳伦特·梅基斯的说法，这是一次团队以优异成绩通过的测试，也许甚至有些令人惊讶。
"听着，你说的没错，墨西哥是一个例外，它提出了一个非常、非常独特的挑战。从动力单元的角度来看，显然它运行得很好。所以，向这些家伙表示巨大的祝贺和恭喜，"梅基斯在Motorsport.com询问他关于墨西哥高海拔地区的动力单元挑战后说。
"在底盘方面，它也表现良好，因为底盘上有许多挑战，比如汽车冷却、刹车冷却以及许多其他事情。”
"我们知道在墨西哥看到的任何东西都只能被视为一次性的。我们只是不知道我们会享受到竞争优势还是竞争劣势。但结果证明，我们处于正确的组合中。”
"尽管如此，马克斯·维斯塔潘认为DM01，红牛的第一个内部制造的动力单元，仍有几个改进的领域。其中之一就是发动机制动。在奥斯汀，这已经让这位四次世界冠军在驾驶中感到不稳定，而在墨西哥，维斯塔潘再次通过车队无线电抱怨了这一点。”
"这是随机发生的"
“说实话，发动机自己决定要做什么，所以我也不知道。也许我需要在比赛前和发动机聊一聊。也许它需要表现得更好。” 维斯塔潘 开玩笑地说。
“我们不知道，有时候事情就是会发生。它并不非常一致。但我认为这里的一切都运行得太热了，包括涡轮增压器等一切，所以很难让一切都恰到好处。”
红牛找到什么来改善它的起步了吗？
虽然发动机制动的稳定性仍然是需要改进的领域，但也许是红牛最大的积极因素是它在墨西哥的起步出奇地好。维斯塔潘 和 哈贾尔 在资格赛后都表达了一些担忧，尤其是由于通往第 1 弯的极端长距离，但在实践中事情的结果比预期的要好得多。
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据梅基斯所说，这表明红牛车队在发车方面正在稳步进步，尽管他还不希望就此过于乐观。红牛车队的车队经理知道，在下个赛季到来之前，还需要更多的硬件改动。
“情况是这样的，我们知道我们不是标杆。在米尔顿凯恩斯，我们正在进行大量工作，以改善我们今年所拥有的发车表现，”梅基斯在被问及Motorsport.com报道的令人惊讶的强劲发车表现时说。
“是的，你们已经看到了一些进步，尤其是在今天的高压条件下，因为我们有几次发车要处理，而且是在那个非常长的通往第1弯的直道上，一切都被放大了。”
"围绕这有很多压力和关注，我为他们今天能给我们最好的表现感到非常自豪。"
"这意味着我们现在是标杆吗？不。这意味着我们将在每一场比赛中都有一个完美的开始，或者像今天这样的开始吗？不。但它确实意味着我们将继续努力，用我们拥有的东西来提高。"
英文原文
Max Verstappen needs "a conversation" with Red Bull engine after "random" engine braking issues
Although Red Bull Ford Powertrains passed its first test at high altitude with flying colours, Verstappen believes there are still areas for improvement
Ahead of the race weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez – at 2,286 metres above sea level, by far the highest circuit on the Formula 1 calendar – the discussion in the paddock largely revolved around one subject: how much of a challenge Mexico City would pose for the 2026 power units.
Several manufacturers feared severe turbo lag, especially now that the MGU-H is no longer there to support the turbo. The lower air density also raised a crucial question regarding outright performance. At altitude, there are fewer oxygen molecules per cubic metre, meaning the turbo has to work harder to get the same amount of oxygen into the engine as it would at sea level.
Honda chief engineer Shintaro Orihara had already explained on Thursday that if a manufacturer cannot generate sufficient turbo boost at altitude, it would have consequences for the "engine operation condition", in other words, the outright power the internal combustion engine can deliver.
Although this was an unknown for all manufacturers under F1’s new regulations, Red Bull Ford Powertrains, as one of the newcomers, was literally facing its first baptism of fire at high altitude.
It was a test that, according to team principal Laurent Mekies, the team passed with flying colours, perhaps even surprisingly so.
"Look, you're right in saying that Mexico is an exception that presents a very, very unique challenge. Power unit wise, obviously it has worked well. So a huge well done and congrats to the guys", Mekies said after Motorsport.com asked him about the power unit challenge at Mexico’s altitude.
"Also on the chassis side, it has also worked well, because you have a very large number of challenges on the chassis as well for the car cooling, for the brakes cooling, and for many other things.
"We knew that whatever we were going to see in Mexico would be to be considered as a one-off. We just didn't know if we were going to enjoy a competitive advantage or a competitive disadvantage. But as it turned out, we were in the right mix."
Nevertheless, Max Verstappen believes there are still several areas for improvement with the DM01, Red Bull’s first in-house built power unit. One of those is the engine braking. In Austin, this had already given the four-time world champion an inconsistent feeling behind the wheel, and in Mexico Verstappen once again complained about it over the team radio.
"It happens randomly", the Dutchman later explained in the post-race press conference.
"The engine just decides by itself what to do, to be honest, so I don't know. Maybe I need to have a conversation with the engine before going into the race. Maybe it has to behave better", Verstappen joked.
"We don't know, sometimes it just happens. It's not very consistent. But I think everything is running so hot here, also the turbocharger and everything, so it's tough to make everything spot on."
Has Red Bull found something to improve its starts?
While consistency with engine braking remains an area for improvement, perhaps the biggest positive for Red Bull was that its starts in Mexico were surprisingly good. Both Verstappen and Isack Hadjar had expressed some concerns about them after qualifying, particularly because of the extremely long run to Turn 1, but in practice things turned out much better than feared.
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According to Mekies, this underlines that Red Bull is steadily making progress with its starts, although he does not want to get carried away just yet. Red Bull’s team principal knows that more significant hardware changes will still be needed heading into next season.
"The situation is that we know we are not benchmark. There is a huge amount of work going on in Milton Keynes to improve the starts with what we have this year", Mekies said when asked about the surprisingly strong starts by Motorsport.com.
"And yes, you've seen some of this progress, certainly under high stress conditions today, because we had several starts to make with that very long stretch to Turn 1 where everything is amplified.
"There is a huge amount of pressure and attention around it and I'm very proud of how they managed to give us the best we could today.
"Does it mean we are now the benchmark? No. Does it mean that we will have a perfect start or a start like today in every race? No. But it does mean that we will continue to try and improve with what we have."
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