阿尔本称威廉姆斯冷却背心为围场最佳
阿尔本在新加坡大奖赛期间表示，威廉姆斯的冷却背心是“围场里最好的”。由于比赛被宣布为高温危险，车手可选择穿冷却背心或为赛车增加相应配重。
威廉姆斯的冷却背心比任何人的都好——阿尔本
威廉姆斯车手对自家版本的冷却设备评价很高
亚历山大·阿尔本，威廉姆斯，卡洛斯·塞恩斯，威廉姆斯
在新加坡大奖赛顺利完赛后，英泰混血车手亚历克斯·阿尔本称威廉姆斯的冷却背心是“围场里最好的”。
滨海湾比赛宣布了高温危险警告，这意味着车手可以选择穿戴降温背心，或者在赛车上增加相应的配重。这项规定源于2023年卡塔尔大奖赛的艰苦比赛，当时有多名车手出现热衰竭。
在威廉姆斯车队，这个决定毫无悬念。阿尔本的比赛很艰难——刹车过热迫使他进行大量管理，最终在后期不得不退赛——但周日晚上他仍有值得微笑的事情。
当被问及比赛后的感受时——比赛在30摄氏度环境温度和高达78%湿度下进行——阿尔本说：“实际上非常好。”
“我必须说，作为一支车队，我们在降温服方面做得非常好。我的降温服在前10圈没有工作，我以为这会是一场漫长的比赛。然后它启动了，非常舒适。”
“我知道很多车手反对这个。有些车队做不到。考虑到今年我们遇到的所有问题，我们的降温背心是围场里最好的。我对此相当满意。”
威廉姆斯的亚历山大·阿尔本，梅赛德斯的乔治·拉塞尔
这与队友卡洛斯·塞恩斯在周末早些时候对此事的看法相印证：“如果要说今年我们在研发方面做得很好的一件事，那就是降温背心，它确实让亚历克斯和我在车内感觉好多了。我们很高兴拥有它。”
其他车手在周四的媒体环节中明确表示，他们并没有那么享受这个装置。
皮埃尔·加斯利表示他“不需要这东西”，而伊萨克·哈贾尔说得更进一步，称“它应该被禁止”，因为“比赛本来就该是艰苦的”。
哈贾尔的态度很大程度上是意识形态层面的，关乎他对F1应该是什么样子的看法，而红牛队友马克斯·维斯塔潘则出于实际得多的理由表示赞同。
“对我来说没必要，”维斯塔潘说。“是的，很热，但这不是桑拿房，而且用了这个降温背心，车里就会有那些愚蠢的线缆，反而限制了你的动作。
“我不需要它。就算它能撑一个半小时，那也行吧，但我不需要。反正它撑不了一个半小时。我觉得任何组别里都从来没有哪个能撑一个半小时的。”
皮埃尔·加斯利，阿尔派车队；伊萨克·哈贾尔，红牛车队
冷却背心之所以不是人人都喜欢，主要原因在于它确实很容易变热——有时甚至和英国人最爱的那杯茶一样烫。
“去年我穿它的时候，有过两次非常糟糕的经历，”基米·安东内利回忆道。“第一次它没能像我们希望的那样持续工作那么久，第二次泵系统坏了。那是在奥斯汀，我整个阶段都在系统以50摄氏度泵水的情况下度过。那个阶段结束后我中暑了，所以那感觉不太好。从那以后我就想，你知道吗，我要努力训练，这样周末就不必用它了。
“如果它开发成熟了，如果我们达到一个它已经开发完善、并且我们有信心它每次都能正常工作、能撑住我们需要的时间的程度，我觉得那非常好，因为它确实能让你保持凉爽。但现在不确定性太多了，我们不太确定——想象一下周日你穿上它，30分钟后它就不工作了，而且热水甚至更糟。所以在这方面，我只想确保它没问题、开发得当，等我们有信心了，也许我会穿上它。”
根据本周末奥斯汀站的当前天气预报，本赛季可能不会再有高温危险了；那么，剩余唯一现实的气温超过31摄氏度的机会将是卡塔尔大奖赛，而该赛事因伊朗战争面临取消风险。
补充报道：Jake Boxall-Legge 和 Ronald Vording
英文原文
Williams has better cooling vests than anyone – Alex Albon
The Williams racers hold their iteration of the cooling device in high regard
Alexander Albon, Williams, Carlos Sainz, Williams
Alex Albon has branded Williams’ cooling vest as “the best on the grid”, following a comfortable Singapore Grand Prix for the British-Thai driver.
A Heat Hazard was declared for the Marina Bay race, meaning drivers had a choice between wearing a cooling vest or having the corresponding ballast added to their car. This regulation stems from a strenuous 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, where a number of racers suffered from heat exhaustion.
The decision was a no-brainer at Williams. Albon’s race was tough – brake overheating forced him into substantial management and eventually had to retire late on – but he still had something to smile about on Sunday night.
Asked how he was feeling after the race, which was run with 30C ambient temperature and up to 78% humidity, Albon said: “Very good, actually.
“I have to say as a team, we've really done a good job with our cooling suit. My cooling suit wasn't working for the first 10 laps, and I thought it was going to be a long race. Then it turned on and it was very comfortable.
“I know a lot of drivers are against it. Some teams can't make it work. With all the issues we've got this year, our cooling suit is the best on the grid. I'm quite happy with it.”
Alexander Albon, Williams, George Russell, Mercedes
This corroborated team-mate Carlos Sainz’s take on the matter early in the weekend: “If there's one thing as a team we've done well on development this year is the cooling vest, which has definitely given Alex and me a good time inside the car. We're very happy to have it.”
Other drivers made it clear in the Thursday media sessions that they weren’t enjoying the device as much.
Pierre Gasly said he had “no need for it”, and Isack Hadjar went further, stating “it should be banned” because “it's supposed to be tough”.
While Hadjar’s stance was very much ideological, pertaining to his view of what F1 should be, Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen concurred for much more practical reasons.
“For me it's not needed,” Verstappen said. “Yes it's hot, but it's not a sauna, and with this cooling vest you have these stupid cables in your car, so it's just limiting your movement as well.
“I don't need it. Even if it would work for one-and-a-half hours, like cool cool, I don't need it. It doesn't work anyway for one-and-a-half hours. I think never in any category it has worked for one-and-a-half hours.”
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing
The main reason why the cooling vest isn’t everyone’s cup of tea is its tendency to quickly get warm indeed – sometimes as hot as Britain’s favourite beverage.
“When I wore it last year, I had very two bad experiences,” Kimi Antonelli recounted. “The first time it didn't work as long as we hoped for, the second time the pump system failed. It was in Austin, and I did the whole session with the system pumping the water at 50C. I suffered a heat stroke after the session, so it wasn't very pleasant. Ever since, I was like, you know what, I'm going to train hard so I don't have to use it for the weekends.
“If it's developed, if we get to a point where it's developed and we have the confidence that it's going to work every time and for the time that we need to, I think it's very nice because it definitely keeps you cool. But now there's so much uncertainty, we're not so sure – imagine you go on Sunday, you put it on and after 30 minutes it doesn't work anymore and just, hot water is even worse. So on that side, I just want to be sure that it's going to be fine, that it's going to be well-developed, and then when we have the confidence, maybe I will put it.”
There may be no more Heat Hazards this season anyway, based on the current forecasts for this weekend’s Austin round; the only remaining realistic opportunity of ambient temperature exceeding 31C would then be the Qatar Grand Prix, which is at risk of cancellation due to the Iran war.
Additional reporting by Jake Boxall-Legge and Ronald Vording
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