红牛公布其期待已久的新F1风洞将何时投入使用
红牛期待已久的新风洞将在2027赛季某个时期投入使用，将取代位于贝德福德的现有风洞。
红牛公布其期待已久的新F1风洞将何时投入使用
Laurent Mekies表示，这支车队最先进的新设施可能只会帮助其2027赛季下半赛季的赛车开发
红牛期待已久的新风洞将在墨西哥大奖赛之前投入使用，但车队负责人Laurent Mekies确认，它将在2027赛季某个时期投入使用
位于米尔顿凯恩斯的新设施将取代位于贝德福德的现有风洞。它曾被称为前红牛车队负责人克里斯蒂安·霍纳的“冷战遗物”，车队非常期待它能带来的成果
它最初计划在2026赛季在线，因此车队粉丝会欣赏这次更新。
“在时间表方面，它还没有准备好，”他在Motorsport.com提问后对媒体说。“它将在下赛季的某个时候上线。是第一季度，还是第二季度，还是第三季度？我们将拭目以待。”
他还补充说，日期将取决于许多因素。
“它将基于我们上线所需的时间以及完成校准工作所需的时间。所以很可能是2027年车型的第二部分，希望是‘28车型的大部分。”
Mekies承认，尽管红牛车队在使用它的情况下取得了成功，但目前他们正在与可能是F1中最古老的气动力风洞合作。
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“尽管我们使用的风洞在过去几年中最终产生了非凡的结果，但我认为你的评估是正确的，它很可能是赛道上最老的一个。”
红牛车队在2021年至2024年期间，使用贝德福德设施，与马克斯·维斯塔潘一起赢得了四个连续的车手冠军。事实上，红牛车队的2023赛季是锦标赛历史上最统治性的赛季——对于一个古董设备来说，这并不坏。
Mekies预计新的隧道会给车队带来提升，但这不会一蹴而就。
如果你跳到一个最先进的设施，并且车队真的尝试设计和现在生产出一些能让我们在那个领域回到最前面的东西，当然你期望从这里获得竞争优势。
所以，当我们开启一切时，它不会立即出现，但肯定能释放潜力，并为我们在空气动力学部门的才华横溢的人们提供另一种表达想法的方式。
英文原文
Red Bull reveals when its long-awaited new F1 wind tunnel will be operational
Laurent Mekies says the team’s state-of-the-art facility will most likely only help the second half of its 2027 car’s development
Red Bull has been waiting for its new wind tunnel for a long time now, but, ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix, team principal Laurent Mekies has confirmed that it will not come online until some point during the 2027 season.
This new facility in Milton Keynes will replace its current tunnel sat in Bedford. With it once being described by former Red Bull chief Christian Horner as a "Cold War relic", the squad is very much looking forward to enjoying the fruits it will surely bear.
It was originally meant to be online for the 2026 season, so fans of the team will appreciate the update.
“In terms of timeline, it is not ready yet," he told the media after a question from Motorsport.com. "It’s something that will come online sometime during next season. Is it first quarter, is it second quarter, is it third quarter? We’ll see.”
He added that the date will depend on a number of factors.
“It will be based on how much time we need to get it online first and then to complete the calibration work. So most likely for the second part of the 2027 car, and hopefully for most of the ‘28 car.”
Mekies admitted that Red Bull is currently working with what is likely to be the oldest wind tunnel in F1, despite the success the team has enjoyed with it.
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“As much as the wind tunnel we are using have been ultimately producing extraordinary results in the last few years, I think you are right in your assessment that it is most likely the oldest one on the grid.”
Red Bull won four consecutive drivers’ titles with Max Verstappen between 2021 and 2024 using the Bedford facility. In fact, Red Bull's 2023 campaign was the most dominant in the championship's history - not bad for an antique.
Mekies expects the new tunnel to give the team a boost, but it won't happen overnight.
“If you jump to a state-of-the-art facility, and the team have really tried to design and now produce something that will put us back at the very first place in that area, of course you expect a competitive advantage from there.
“So it’s not going to come up as soon as we switch on everything, but it’s certainly going to unlock potential, and to give the talented people we have in the aero departments another way to express their ideas.”
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