梅赛德斯称资金不足难与对手升级竞争
梅赛德斯F1车队领队托托·沃尔夫表示，车队“没有足够的资金”像迈凯伦和法拉利那样大力研发2026年赛车。迈凯伦和法拉利近期通过大量升级取得显著进步，而梅赛德斯自5月加拿大大奖赛后升级保守，竞争力相对落后。
梅赛德斯“没有足够的资金”跟上对手车队的F1升级步伐
梅赛德斯F1领队托托·沃尔夫声称，车队剩余的预算分配不足以像直接竞争对手那样快速推进升级。
梅赛德斯F1车队领队托托·沃尔夫表示，他的车队“没有足够的资金”像迈凯伦和法拉利那样大力研发2026年赛车。
迈凯伦和法拉利近几个月通过为各自赛车堆积升级取得了显著进步，这使两者都成为了多场比赛的冠军。
与此同时，梅赛德斯更为保守的升级计划——自5月加拿大大奖赛以来几乎没有重大更新——侵蚀了这支布拉克利车队最初的统治力。
在迈凯伦的卫冕世界冠军兰多·诺里斯于赞德福特赢得2026年连续第二场大奖赛胜利后，沃尔夫表示梅赛德斯无法在2026年的研发竞赛中匹配对手的投入。
当Autosport问及鉴于迈凯伦的快速进步，这些研发决策是否开始变得愈发令人不安时，沃尔夫表示，车队在如何分配其2.15亿美元预算帽额度方面受到了束缚。
“我们没有钱为赛车投入研发。我之前说过，我们试图根据我们对何时能带来最大升级以及优化冠军积分的计算，在整个赛季中平均分配。但我们就是做不到我们做不到的事，”这位奥地利人说道。
“这就是为什么这是一场研发竞赛。如果你带来一个升级，每支顶级车队至少能从中获得零点几秒，而那就是你失去的东西。所以，是的，这段旅程比年初要艰难一些。”
当被追问为什么迈凯伦和法拉利有预算帽空间带来升级而梅赛德斯没有时，他回答道：“你会在赛季末看到他们是否能够像现在这样为赛车部署那么多东西。”
“有些人可能采取不同的策略，在年初和年中比在年底花更多的钱。”
预计梅赛德斯在F1再次前往海外之前——从10月初在马来西亚举行的巴林大奖赛开始——不会为W17带来任何重大升级。
沃尔夫指出，如果梅赛德斯没有在动力单元可靠性方面遭遇如此多的困扰，情况会有所不同。可靠性问题迄今已让基米·安东内利和乔治·拉塞尔损失了数十分，并将在后续导致发车格罚退。
“我们在年初和初始研发上花费太多了吗？我不这么认为，”他补充道。“我只是认为我们是一个具有一定规模和基础设施的组织。”
“在这方面，我们曾有一辆非常快的赛车。由于可靠性问题，我们白白丢掉了50到100分。那本会让我们比今天拥有更大的领先优势。除此之外，我们只是在继续执行原定计划以及财务现实对我们意味着什么。”
英文原文
Mercedes "hasn't got the money" to keep up with rival teams' F1 upgrades
Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff claims the team doesn't have enough budget allocation left to fast-track upgrades like its direct rivals
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says his squad "hasn't got the money" to develop its 2026 car as much as McLaren and Ferrari are doing.
Both McLaren and Ferrari have made significant progress in recent months by piling on upgrades to their respective cars, which has turned both into multiple race winners.
Meanwhile, a more conservative upgrade plan at Mercedes, with little significant updates since May's Canadian Grand Prix, has eroded the Brackley squad's initial dominance.
Speaking after McLaren's reigning world champion Lando Norris took his second consecutive grand prix win of 2026 in Zandvoort, Wolff said Mercedes isn't able to match what its rivals are doing in the 2026 development race.
When asked by Autosport if those development decisions are now starting to become increasingly uncomfortable in light of McLaren's rapid progress, Wolff said his team's hands are tied with how it has partitioned its $215m cost cap allowance.
"We haven't got the money to put developments on the car. I said before that we are trying to evenly split that through the season based on our calculations of when we can bring the biggest updates and optimising the championship points. But we just can't do what we can't do," the Austrian said.
"That's why it is a development race. If you bring an upgrade, each of the top teams will have a couple of tenths in it, at least, and that's what you lose. So, yeah, the ride has been a bit tougher than at the beginning of the year."
When pressed on why Mercedes hasn't got the cost cap budget to bring upgrades when McLaren and Ferrari have, he replied: "You will see towards the end of the season whether they are going to be able to deploy as much stuff onto the car as they do now.
"Someone might have a different strategy in spending more at the beginning and the middle of the year than towards the end."
Mercedes isn't expected to bring any significant upgrades to the W17 until F1 heads overseas again, starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia at the start of October.
Wolff pointed out that the picture would have looked differently if Mercedes hadn't struggled as much with the reliability of its power unit, which has cost both Kimi Antonelli and George Russell several dozens of points thus far and will lead to grid penalties down the line.
"Did we spend too much at the beginning and the initial development? I don't think so," he added. "I just think we are an organisation with a certain size and infrastructure.
"In that respect we had a really quick car. We left between 50 and 100 points on the table due to reliability issues. That would have given us a little bit more of a gap than we have today. And other than that, we are just continuing to execute what the plan was and what the financial realities mean for us."
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