诺里斯巴库排位遭遇极速问题，迈凯伦直道速度不及梅赛德斯
兰多·诺里斯在阿塞拜疆大奖赛排位赛中因MCL40的技术问题损失极速，仅列第五；迈凯伦领队斯特拉称问题与燃油喷射行为有关，并承认车队整体直道效率不及使用同款动力单元的梅赛德斯。
兰多·诺里斯在巴库排位赛中的极速问题是什么？
兰多·诺里斯对迈凯伦在巴库排位赛中糟糕的直道速度感到困惑——而这不仅仅是MCL40相对引擎供应商梅赛德斯的常规差距。
一个技术问题导致兰多·诺里斯的迈凯伦F1赛车在阿塞拜疆大奖赛排位赛中缺乏极速，这位卫冕世界冠军最终位列第五。
尽管在此前10个阶段中他以9比1领先队友奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里的排位赛战绩，诺里斯在Q3中却落后0.3秒——这是他本赛季最差的差距。Q3中的一次锁死并无帮助，但事实上，这位迈凯伦车手受到了MCL40上一个问题的影响。
“出于某种原因，我的车比其他车有更多的问题，”诺里斯在排位赛后立即对媒体谈到自己的极速差距时说道。“所以我们必须弄清楚为什么我基本上要比奥斯卡更用力推，才能弥补我的直道速度。”
这位英国车手的排位赛极速比皮亚斯特里慢了3.4公里/小时，但迈凯伦已经对问题根源有了线索。
“具体在兰多这一侧，我们观察到动力缺失，正在调查中，”车队领队安德烈亚·斯特拉解释道。“这似乎与燃油喷射的某些行为有关，希望我们或自适应系统能在明天之前改善。
“看起来动力单元偶尔会输出稍少的动力，但这是一个特定现象，一个特定问题。它与动力单元的整体行为无关。”
此事发生在更广泛的背景下：迈凯伦相对于其动力单元供应商梅赛德斯在直道速度上存在更大幅度的不足。乔治·拉塞尔在巴库比皮亚斯特里快8.1公里/小时，比诺里斯快11.5公里/小时。
当被问及这是动力单元利用问题还是迈凯伦阻力过大时，诺里斯说：“两者都有。他们有一辆非常高效的车，多年来一直如此。如果我们想在本赛季剩余的任何直道速度赛道上具有竞争力，就需要朝那个方向迈出一大步。”
斯特拉基本同意，并坚称这只是迈凯伦需要在所有领域匹配梅赛德斯水平的问题。
“在这样的赛道上，我们在每一节练习赛以及排位赛中都看到，我们在直道上相对于梅赛德斯损失了时间，”这位意大利人思考道。
“虽然我们拥有相同的动力单元，但存在一些差异，我认为可以公平地说，他们的整体套件、底盘、齿比、动力单元本身，在产生极速方面似乎更有效。我们看到了他们在蒙扎有多强，在锦标赛中几乎每一条长直道上他们都能产生更多速度。
“从工程角度说，如果认为动力单元存在差异或他们更好地利用了动力单元，那是不正确的，因为事实上我们并不知道，我们也不假设存在任何差异。
“是他们的整体套件更有效，比如他们甚至可能有更小的空气阻力；我们知道阻力是我们需要继续努力的领域。事实上，我们认为这是一个可以做得更好的机会。”
英文原文
What was Lando Norris' top-speed problem in Baku qualifying?
Lando Norris was left dumbfounded by his McLaren’s poor straightline speed in Baku qualifying – and it wasn’t just the MCL40’s regular deficit to engine provider Mercedes
A technical problem caused a lack of top speed on Lando Norris’ McLaren Formula 1 car in Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, with the reigning world champion down in fifth.
Despite having outqualified team-mate Oscar Piastri 9-1 in the 10 previous sessions, Norris found himself three tenths’ adrift in Q3 – his worst deficit of the season. A lock-up in Q3 didn’t help, but as it happens, the McLaren driver was hindered by an issue on his MCL40.
“There's more in my car for some reason than the other car,” Norris said of his top speed deficit, addressing the media right after the session. “So we have to understand why I'm basically having to push more than Oscar to try and make up for my straightline speed.”
The Briton’s top speed was 3.4km/h down on Piastri’s in qualifying, but McLaren already has clues as to where the problem originated.
“On Lando's side specifically, we observe a deficit of power that we are investigating,” team principal Andrea Stella explains. “It seems to be linked to some behaviour of the fuel injection, something that hopefully we, or the adaptive systems, should be able to improve for tomorrow.
“It looks that occasionally the power unit generates a bit less power, but this is a specific phenomenon, a specific issue. It has nothing to do with the overall behaviour of the power unit.”
This occurred in the wider context of McLaren suffering from a much more substantial lack of straightline speed relative to its own power unit provider, Mercedes. George Russell was 8.1km/h quicker than Piastri and 11.5km/h faster than Norris in Baku.
Asked if this was down to power unit exploitation or a draggy McLaren, Norris said: “It's both. They have a very efficient car, they always have done for years. We need to take a big step in that direction if we want to be competitive in any straightline-speed track for the rest of the season.”
Stella mostly concurred and insisted this was a mere case of McLaren needing to match Mercedes’ level across all areas.
“In a circuit like this, we have seen in every practice session and then in qualifying that we were losing time in the straight compared to Mercedes,” the Italian pondered.
“While we have the same power unit, there's a few differences, and I think it's fair to say that their package, chassis, ratios, power unit itself, it just seems to be more effective when it comes to generating top speed. We saw how strong they were in Monza, pretty much in every long straight in the championship they were able to generate more speed.
“It would be incorrect from an engineering point of view to say that there's a difference in power unit or they use the power unit a little bit better, because in fact we don't know and we are not assuming that there's any difference.
“It’s the package that is more effective for them, like they might have even less aerodynamic drag; we know that drag is an area that we need to keep working on. As a fact, we think it's an opportunity to do better.”
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