红牛承认维斯塔潘赛车神秘问题要到2027年才能完全解决
红牛承认维斯塔潘多次抱怨的赛车在比赛周末中性能退化的问题无法在本赛季彻底解决，要到2027年才能完全修复。
红牛承认，维斯塔普恩赛车出现的神秘问题在2027年之前无法完全解决
洛朗·梅基耶斯坦言，红牛确实在F1比赛周末中遭遇“赛车性能退化”问题。这支位于米尔顿凯恩斯的车队已经吸取了若干教训，不过这个问题在今年这款赛车上无法彻底修复
在本赛季的多个比赛周末中，维斯塔普恩抱怨红牛赛车在一场练习赛或正式比赛中会越跑越差。这通常发生在后轴上，包括蒙扎的排位赛期间，当时维斯塔普恩称小红牛22“是一辆用纸做的赛车”。
值得注意的是，这位四届世界冠军还补充说，他多年来一直在内部反映这个问题。据维斯塔普恩所说，红牛在一场比赛中遭遇赛车性能退化的困扰已经持续了多个赛季，考虑到2026年的赛车在技术规则全面改革后完全是全新的车型，这一点尤其令人惊讶。
这就引出了一个问题：为什么这个问题如此顽固，以及红牛现在是否终于明白了背后的原因。
当Motorsport.com向红牛车队领队洛朗·梅基斯提出这些问题时，这位法国人回答说："我认为我们不会解释问题是什么以及如何解决它。但我认为维斯塔潘说得对，赛车性能确实存在一种在单节练习和整场比赛过程中逐渐衰退的因素。"
"他说这不是一个新问题也是对的。我们并没有对此置之不理。我们一直在尝试用不同的方式来解决这个问题。"
"显然，我认为这是一个复杂的问题。否则我们早就把它彻底搞清楚了。但每个人对此都很有建设性，我们正在努力一步步前进，以便最终把它彻底搞明白。"
维斯塔潘在蒙扎表示，红牛的赛车“像纸做的”，此前他在排位赛中遭遇了“赛车性能衰退”
至于那些小的改进，梅基斯表示，在蒙扎的周六——也就是维斯塔潘表达不满的那一天——车队吸取了一些教训，而红牛在马德里尝试将这些教训付诸实践。这个问题在F1首次造访马德里金环赛道时并未出现，或者至少没有达到同样的程度。
“我们在周末在这方面取得了几个积极的进展，”梅基斯说，“它永远不会是完整的解决方案，但我们确实在痛苦中加深了理解。我们还没有在赛车上拿出所有的解决方法，但我相信我们的方向是对的。这不会很快实现，所以这可能会一直持续到明年。”
在这样说的同时，梅基斯也承认了维斯塔潘早些时候已经暗示过的情况：有些问题根本无法在本赛季解决，需要为2027年对设计和底盘进行更大的改动。
红牛在今年剩余的时间里所能做的事情有限，部分原因是预算帽（预算上限）到某个时点会发挥作用，而且幕后重心已经转向2027年，但也因为小红牛22赛车上有些改动根本无法实现。
如果维斯塔潘本赛季拿不下一场大奖赛胜利，这将是自2015年以来第一个没有分站冠军的年份。
因此，梅基斯承认，在今年剩下的比赛中，这个问题可能会更频繁地出现，尽管他不愿进一步详细说明背后的具体原因。
"听着，我不打算在这里透露更多细节。但正如我所说，确实存在这样的情况：赛车的某些性能方面有时无法保持在最佳水平。而那可是相当可观的单圈时间损失。"
"所以，这是我们[需要解决的问题]。毫无疑问，我们所有人都在努力为未来改进这一点。"
对于今年来说，维斯塔潘已经很清楚自己几乎没有可以争夺的东西了。这位荷兰车手早在之前就承认，自己不是争夺总冠军的竞争者，只能寄希望于赢下一场比赛的胜利。
如果他未能做到这一点，那将是自2015年以来的第一次，当时维斯塔潘还效力于红牛二队（Toro Rosso）——也就是现在的小红牛车队。自从2016年5月升入红牛车队以来，这位荷兰车手每年都至少赢得一场大奖赛。
英文原文
Red Bull admits Max Verstappen's mysterious car issue cannot be fully fixed until 2027
Laurent Mekies acknowledges that Red Bull does indeed suffer from 'car degradation' during F1 weekends. The Milton Keynes-based team has learned several lessons, although the issue cannot be fully fixed with this year's car
During several weekends this Formula 1 season, Verstappen has complained that the Red Bull car gets worse over the course of a session or race. It usually happens at the rear axle, including during qualifying at Monza, where Verstappen called the RB22 "a car made of paper".
Notably, the four-time world champion added that he has been complaining about this internally for years. According to Verstappen, Red Bull has been struggling with car degradation during a session for multiple seasons, which is remarkable given that the 2026 car is completely new following the overhaul of the technical regulations.
It raises the question of why the problem is so persistent and whether Red Bull now finally understands what is behind it.
When Motorsport.com puts those questions to Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies, the Frenchman replies: "I don't think we are going to explain what it is and how we are going to fix it. But I think Max is right [in saying] that there is an element of car performance degradation that is happening through a session and through a race.
"He's also right in saying that it's not a new issue. We are not sleeping on it. We have been trying to tackle that in different ways.
"Obviously, I consider it a complex issue. Otherwise, we would get to the bottom of it. But everyone is very constructive about it and we are trying to make small steps at the time to be able to finally get to the bottom of it."
Verstappen said at Monza that the Red Bull car is “made of paper” after he suffered from “car degradation” during qualifying
As for those small steps, Mekies says several lessons were learned on the Saturday in Monza, when Verstappen voiced his frustration, and Red Bull tried to put those lessons into practice in Madrid. The problem did not occur during F1’s first visit to the Madring, or at least not to the same extent.
"We had a couple of positive steps in that regard this weekend", Mekies said."It will never be the full picture, but we certainly have, through pain, made progress into our understanding. We don't have all the solutions on the car yet, but I trust that we are in the right way. It will not be fast, so it's something that will probably take us through next year."
In doing so, Mekies acknowledges what Verstappen had already hinted at earlier: some problems simply cannot be fixed this season and require bigger changes to the design and chassis for 2027.
The fact that Red Bull is limited in what it can do for the remainder of this year is partly because the budget cap will come into play at some point and because the focus behind the scenes has already shifted to 2027, but also because certain changes simply cannot be made to the RB22.
If Verstappen does not win a Grand Prix this season, it will be the first year since 2015 without a race win
Mekies therefore acknowledges that the issue could occur more often in the remaining races this year, although he does not want to go into further detail about exactly what is behind it.
"Look, I'm not going to give any more details here. But as I said, it's true that there are some aspects of the car performance that sometimes don't stay at the optimum level. And that’s serious lap time.
"So, it's something we [need to get on top of]. There is no doubt that we have everyone trying to improve that for the future."
For this year, Verstappen already knows that there is little left for him to fight for. The Dutchman acknowledged early on that he is not a factor in the title fight and can only hope for a race win.
Should he fail to achieve that, it would be the first time since 2015, when Verstappen was still driving for Toro Rosso – now Racing Bulls. Since his promotion to Red Bull in May 2016, the Dutchman has won at least one Grand Prix every year.
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