拉塞尔：梅赛德斯在墨西哥大奖赛练习中未处最佳调校区间
拉塞尔表示，升级后的梅赛德斯赛车在墨西哥大奖赛周五练习中未能进入最佳调校区间，他再次遇到调校难题。
梅赛德斯在墨西哥大奖赛未处最佳性能区间——乔治·拉塞尔
拉塞尔再次面临难以让升级后的梅赛德斯F1赛车进入最佳调校区间的困难
乔治·拉塞尔在升级后的梅赛德斯F1赛车上遭遇更多困难，因为该车在墨西哥大奖赛周五练习中未能处于最佳调校区间。
这支领跑积分榜的车队本月为马来西亚站引入了升级版W17，但该车被红牛车手马克斯·维斯塔潘轻松击败，随后在新加坡站也出现了类似情况。
安东内利在奥斯汀从杆位起步获胜，终结了维斯塔潘的连胜，但他的梅赛德斯队友拉塞尔近三站却接连遭遇退赛、第九名和第八名。
拉塞尔将此归因于升级套件的工作窗口很窄，他认为这一点在墨西哥再次显现，尽管他在第二节练习中排名第三，仅落后法拉利标杆勒克莱尔十分之一秒。
“我觉得我们仍未完全吃透新套件，”拉塞尔说道，他的赛车在首节练习中由弗雷德里克·维斯蒂驾驶。
“我们看到存在一些平衡性限制，我们正努力克服却难以解决。”
“我想说目前对基米和我来说，我们可能更多在窗口之外，类似于我们在马来西亚看到的情况，而不是像基米在奥斯汀那样处于窗口之内。”
“但希望过夜之后我们能把它调回那个状态。”
勒克莱尔在周五的两节练习中都排名第一，这对拉塞尔来说并不意外，他将法拉利列为周末前的热门，因为其在高海拔条件下没有涡轮迟滞。
这对在墨西哥取得成功至关重要，因为在罗德里格斯兄弟赛道这样的赛道上涡轮工作更吃力，而众所周知SF-26的涡轮比对手更小。
不过，这并不是阻碍梅赛德斯的唯一方面，因为当被追问赛车需要在哪些方面改进时，拉塞尔回答说：“平衡。”
“过弯平衡没有达到我们想要的状态，赛车整体也不像我们希望的那样协调，所以是的，这需要一些工作。”
但对梅赛德斯来说，现在还不是恐慌的时候，尤其是勒克莱尔在美国大奖赛周五的两节练习中都名列前茅——结果随后安东内利却占据了统治地位。
“对我们来说，今天是扎实的一天——我会说不是特别惊艳，但很扎实，”副车队领队布拉德利·洛德说道。
“这里在动力单元冷却、刹车冷却以及这些涡轮的增压管理方面都有很多挑战，因为我们现在没有像过去几年那样有MGU-H来帮忙。”
“所以这是一个很难把所有事情都做对的地方，要在单圈中跑得快，同时还要能在长距离中保持节奏。”
“我们已经回答了一些问题。我们还需要进一步挖掘数据，找出明天和周日的最佳折中方案。”
英文原文
Mercedes out of performance window at Mexico GP - George Russell
Russell is again facing difficulties nailing the set-up window of the newly updated Mercedes F1 car
George Russell is enduring further difficulties with the upgraded Mercedes Formula 1 car, as it was outside the optimum set-up in Friday practice at the Mexico Grand Prix.
The championship-leading squad introduced an updated W17 for Malaysia this month, but it was easily beaten by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen before a similar story in Singapore.
Kimi Antonelli ended Verstappen’s run by winning from pole in Austin, but his Mercedes team-mate Russell has been struggling with a DNF, P9 and P8 across the last three rounds.
Russell put this down to the upgrades having a narrow operating window, which he thinks was seen again in Mexico despite finishing third in FP2 and only a tenth behind Ferrari pacesetter Charles Lelcerc.
“I think still not fully on top of the new package,” claimed Russell, whose car was driven by Frederik Vesti in opening practice.
“We see there's some balance limitations we have that we're struggling to overcome.
"I would say currently for Kimi and I, we're probably more outside the window, similar to what we saw in Malaysia, than inside the window like Kimi achieved in Austin.
“But hopefully overnight we can get it back there.”
Leclerc topped both Friday sessions, which came as little surprise to Russell, who labelled Ferrari as the pre-weekend favourite due to its lack of turbo lag in the high altitude conditions.
This is crucial for success in Mexico as the turbo works harder at circuits like Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and the SF-26 is known to have a smaller one than its rivals.
That is not the only aspect holding Mercedes back though, as when pressed on where the car needs to improve, Russell replied: “The balance.
“The through-corner balance isn’t where we want it and the car isn’t quite as together as we’d like it, so yeah it’s going to require a bit of work.”
But it is not panic stations for Mercedes just yet, particularly as Leclerc also topped both Friday practice sessions at the United States Grand Prix – only for Antonelli to subsequently dominate.
“Solid day for us, I'd say – not spectacular, but solid,” said deputy team principal Bradley Lord.
“There's a lot of challenges here with PU cooling, with brake cooling, with boost management with these turbos, now that we don't have an MGU-H to help us out with that as we have done for the last few years.
“So this is a tricky place to get everything right, to be quick on a single lap, but then also be able to maintain your pace for the long run.
“So we've answered a few of those questions. We've got a bit more digging to do through the data to find exactly the best compromise for tomorrow and Sunday.”
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