威廉姆斯巴库升级套件亮相,轻量化底盘引担忧
威廉姆斯在巴库为赛车引入小幅空气动力学改进,更重要的是包括底盘在内的轻量化套件。但The 比赛指出,威廉姆斯宣称的"革命性"底盘制造方式令人担忧,车队当下需要的是做好基础工作而非不断尝试颠覆。
到目前为止,威廉姆斯在2026年F1赛季中一直在品尝谦卑的苦果。毕竟,在谈论了构建公司的设计、制造和运营结构之后,它却因为一辆没有竞争力、更重要的是严重超重的赛车而一败涂地。
整个赛季中,我们看到了各种改进被引入,但现实是,这些改进似乎都没有提升性能。人们期望期待已久的阿塞拜疆升级能改变这一局面。
为了巴库,威廉姆斯引入了一些小的空气动力学改进,但更重要的是包括底盘在内的更轻的套件。威廉姆斯谈论了一种全新且革命性的制造底盘的方式,但比起对那一说法感到兴奋,这更让我担忧。
威廉姆斯所处的境地并不需要革命,它只需要把基础工作做好、做高效,而不是不断试图重新发明轮子。
我们知道两个新底盘明显更轻,这不是我们除了看秒表之外能看出来的东西,那么威廉姆斯在空气动力学上给巴库带来了什么?
这个支撑驳船板组件脚踏板的支柱已被移除。我想如果你不需要它,就把它移除以节省重量,一切都会累积起来。
后轮接地点前方的这个细节也进行了修改。这里的目标是尽可能将其与向外的轮胎喷溅连接起来。你在这方面做得越好,该区域的地板下方的密封性就越好。
威廉姆斯还对前后制动导管、后悬架的包覆以及车身尾部进行了一些细节更改。
我们还得看看减重给威廉姆斯带来了什么,因为我在空气动力学方面没看到多少能缩小与中游集团差距的东西,更不用说领先的车队了。
稍后,我会将其表现与小红牛进行比较,因为那是一个公平的参考点,而且那正是威廉姆斯应该争夺的中游前列区域。
奥迪在阿塞拜疆大奖赛上推出了一套重大的F1升级套件,希望这能推动其向四大车队之后的追赶集团前列迈进。
在凭借过去六场比赛中有五场获得积分完赛、终于为其2026赛季积累了一些势头之后,奥迪在本周巴库比赛前公布了对其R26的大幅改造。
这些改动非常显著,包括新的前翼、鼻锥整流罩、悬挂改动、底板、车身和尾翼总成。
除了全新的前翼和鼻锥整流罩外,奥迪还修改了前悬挂盖,以帮助为赛车更下方的部件提供气流。
奥迪还引入了一个全新的底板,应该能产生更多下压力,同时对车身和Halo整流罩进行了微调。
在赛车后部,经过调整的后悬挂盖和修改后的尾翼总成被引入,以帮助补充其他新部件。
除了奥迪和威廉姆斯之外,迈凯伦的大规模升级套件也备受关注——但其他车队也带来了改进。
红牛对其底板和侧箱进行了修改,以增加下压力并增强气流稳定性。
侧箱经过修改,新增了一条延伸至底板的分离线。这与赛车该区域底板几何形状的修改协同工作。
除了侧箱改动外,小红牛22的散热百叶窗也进行了调整。
红牛还着手修改了后视镜组件的几何形状,并重新设计了Halo整流罩上的一个转向叶片。
在其他地方,小红牛 引入了新的前翼几何形状,以清理输送到赛车其余部分的气流。
这与新的前制动导管以及前悬架支臂上经过修改的轮廓协同工作。
作为其巴库升级的一部分,凯迪拉克 还更新了其制动冷却进气口以增加容量,此前过热问题已困扰了其首个 F1 赛季的很大一部分。
英文原文
Williams has spent the 2026 Formula 1 season so far eating humble pie. After all the talk of building the company's design, manufacturing and operational structure, it fell flat on its face with a car that wasn't competitive and, more importantly, massively overweight.
Through the season we have seen various developments being introduced, but the reality is that none of them seemed to improve the performance. The expectation is the long-awaited Azerbaijan upgrade will change that.
For Baku, Williams has introduced a few small aerodynamic developments, but more importantly a lighter package including the chassis. Williams has talked about a new and revolutionary way of building the chassis, but more than getting excited about that statement it worries me.
Williams is in a position where revolution is not what's needed, it just needs to do the basics well and efficiently and not keep trying to reinvent the wheel.
We know the two new chassis are significantly lighter, which is not something we can see other than on the stopwatch, so what has Williams brought to Baku aerodynamically?
This stay supporting the footplate of the bargeboard assembly has been removed. I suppose if you don't need it remove it to save weight, everything adds up.
This detail in front of the rear wheel contact patch has also been revised. The objective here is to connect it as best possible to the outward tyre squirt. The better you can do this, the better the sealing of the underfloor in this area.
Williams has also made some detail changes to the front and rear brake ducts, the cladding of the rear suspension and at the rear of the bodywork.
We will have to see what the weight reduction has brought Williams, as I’m not seeing much here aerodynamically that is going to close the gap to the midfield bunch, never mind the teams at the front.
Later on, I will compare its performance to Racing Bulls as that is a fair reference point and it is the area of the grid at the front of the midfield that Williams should be fighting in.
Audi has introduced a major F1 update package at the Azerbaijan GP that it hopes can push it towards the front of the chasing pack behind the top four teams.
Having finally got a bit of momentum behind its 2026 campaign with points-scoring finishes in five of the last six races, Audi has revealed a hefty revamp of its R26 ahead of this week's Baku race.
The changes are significant and include a new front wing, nose fairing, suspension changes, floor, bodywork and rear wing assembly.
As well as the all-new front wing and nose fairing, Audi has revised its front suspension covers to help feed components further down the car.
Audi is also introducing an all-new floor that should deliver more downforce, while tweaks have been made to the bodywork and halo fairing.
At the back of the car, tweaked rear suspension covers and a revised rear wing assembly are being introduced to all help supplement the other new components.
As well as the Audi and the Williams, a lot of attention has been focused on the big upgrade package at McLaren - but other teams have brought developments too.
Red Bull has made modifications to its floor and sidepods in a bid to add more downforce and enhance flow stability.
The sidepod has been revised with a new split line that runs to the floor. This works in conjunction with modifications to the floor geometry in this area of the car.
As well as the sidepod changes, the cooling louvres on the RB22 have been tweaked.
Red Bull has also worked on revising the mirror assembly geometry, and reprofiled a turning vane on the halo fairing.
Elsewhere, Racing Bulls has introduced a new front wing geometry to clean up the airflow that is fed to the rest of the car.
This works in conjunction with new front brake ducts and a revised profile on the front suspension legs.
As part of its Baku upgrades, Cadillac has also updated its brake cooling inlet to increase capacity off the back of the overheating problems that have marred a significant portion of its first F1 season.
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