塞恩斯质疑F1 2026赛季中东收官能否如期举行
塞恩斯表示，尽管F1管理层和FIA坚持2026赛季最后两站卡塔尔和阿布扎比可按计划举行，他仍“难以被说服”。他认为现在就保证赛季能在中东收官为时过早。
塞恩斯："难以被说服"F1 2026赛季能在中东收官
塞恩斯认为，现在就保证F1能完成2026赛季收官"为时过早"
塞恩斯表示，尽管中东冲突持续，F1管理层仍坚持2026赛季最后两站卡塔尔和阿布扎比可按计划举行，他对此"难以被说服"。
F1管理层和主管机构FIA均坚持，2026赛季最后两站卡塔尔和阿布扎比——原定于11月底和12月第一个周末背靠背举行——可以按计划进行。
美国及其盟友以色列与伊朗之间的冲突目前看不到解决迹象，胡塞武装又对沙特阿拉伯发动新的袭击，中东局势依然极其动荡。
美国11月3日的中期选举也可能影响前景，多家媒体报道称，美国和以色列正准备在此之后对伊朗发动新的打击。
F1一直在制定应急方案，计划在阿布扎比站原定举行的周末于伊莫拉举办替代性的赛季收官战，但系列赛负责人的所有表态都显示，基于当前信息以及他们从各利益相关方获得的保证，他们非常希望按计划推进中东背靠背两站比赛。
但兼任F1车手协会（GPDA）理事的塞恩斯认为，基于当前的新闻周期，设想在该地区完成赛季收官“很难”，而且“为时过早”。
“他们似乎非常确信这件事会继续进行，”塞恩斯在周四于奥斯汀举行的美国大奖赛周末前表示。“就我个人而言，不是以大奖赛车手协会的身份发言，现在很难被说服，因为中东仍有很多事情在发生。
“而且显然美国将举行选举，世界政治方面也将发生一些事情，可能在接下来的一个半月里突然产生影响。所以，我认为现在就如此确信还为时过早。”
但塞恩斯也认为，车手们别无选择，只能相信系列赛高管的决定，因为他们掌握更多当地正在发生的情况的信息。
“就目前而言，我们会前往卡塔尔和阿布扎比，如果国际汽联和一级方程式赛车决定那仍然安全且是个好方案，我认为我们作为车手必须遵从他们的任何说法，”这位西班牙人补充道。
“我们掌握的内部信息并不比他们少，所以我们需要跟随他们的步伐，信任他们的决策。”
“但就目前而言，我认为接下来一个半月里局势可能会有很大变化。因此我们需要对任何情况保持[灵活应对]，而不是仅仅因为我们现在想去就贸然行动。”
英文原文
Carlos Sainz: "Difficult to be convinced" that F1 2026 can finish in the Middle East
Carlos Sainz feels it's "premature" to guarantee Formula 1 can finish its 2026 season
Carlos Sainz has admitted that it's "difficult" to be convinced by Formula 1's chiefs that its final rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi can go ahead as planned despite the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict.
Both F1 management and governing body the FIA have maintained the position that the final two rounds of 2026 in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, scheduled back-to-back at the end of November and first weekend of December, can go ahead as planned.
With no resolution in sight for the ongoing conflict between the US and its ally Israel, and Iran, and new strikes on Saudi Arabia by the Houthi rebels, the situation in the Middle East remains extremely volatile.
The outlook is also likely to be influenced by the US midterm elections on 3 November, with several outlets reporting the US and Israel are preparing for fresh attacks on Iran afterwards.
F1 has been working on a contingency plan with an alternative season finale in Imola, on the weekend of the planned Abu Dhabi race, but all indications from series chiefs are that they are very keen to press ahead with the Middle Eastern double-header based on the current information and assurances they have received from various stakeholders.
But Sainz, who acts as director of the F1 drivers association GPDA, feels it is "difficult" and "premature" to envisage a finish in the region based on the current news cycle.
"They seem very convinced that it's going to go ahead," Sainz said on Thursday ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin. "I think on my personal side, and not speaking as a GPDA, it's very difficult to be convinced right now because there's still plenty of things happening in the Middle East.
"And also there is obviously an election that is going to happen in the US and things that are going to happen in the political side of the world that could affect the next month and a half very suddenly. So, I think it's relatively premature to be so convinced."
But Sainz also felt that the drivers have little choice but to put their faith in what series executives decide, as they have more information on what is happening on the ground.
"As it stands, we would go to Qatar and Abu Dhabi and if the FIA and Formula 1 decide that's still safe and a good scenario, I think we as drivers have to go with whatever they say," the Spaniard added.
"It's not like we don't have as much inside information as they have, so we need to follow their lead and trust in their decision making.
"But only as it stands, I think the world can change a lot in the next month and a half. So we need to be [reactive] to whatever happens and not just go because we want to go right now."
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