本田新F1引擎带来新的但可预期的操控性问题
阿斯顿·马丁车手费尔南多·阿隆索表示，在赞德福特冲刺排位赛中难以保持赛车在赛道上，本田更强大的引擎需要更多工作来优化。阿隆索和队友兰斯·斯特罗尔已收到本田V6动力单元的第二规格，日本制造商将荷兰作为部署其赛季内升级的地点。
为什么本田的新F1引擎带来了新的但可预期的操控性问题
阿斯顿·马丁的费尔南多·阿隆索和兰斯·斯特罗尔在荷兰大奖赛上使用了改进的本田动力单元，但校准新的V6引擎涉及新的操控性挑战——不过这并不意外。
阿斯顿·马丁F1车手费尔南多·阿隆索表示，在赞德福特冲刺排位赛中难以保持赛车在赛道上，本田更强大的引擎需要更多工作来优化。
阿隆索和队友兰斯·斯特罗尔已收到本田V6动力单元的第二规格，日本制造商将荷兰作为部署其今年唯一赛季内引擎升级的地点。
该引擎在7月底匈牙利大奖赛后的拍摄日进行了试跑，但周五在赞德福特全力运行新单元时，两位车手都遇到了新的操控性问题。
阿隆索在SQ1第一弯冲出赛道，抱怨引擎剧烈震动，随后排名第22位垫底，落后三秒。斯特罗尔表现稍好，超过了两位凯迪拉克车手，但仍以第19位结束当天。
“自由练习或多或少还可以，但在排位赛中我们的引擎出了问题，”阿隆索报告说。“操控性在刹车时推头，所以有时很难停车，因为引擎输出过度。”
“而且显然SLM模式（2026年赛车的低阻力设置）对我无效，所以我无法打开尾翼。两者结合使圈速非常棘手。”
“当你刹车而油门还开着时，很难把车停下来。”
斯特罗尔同样与他的新动力单元的行为作斗争：“我们在操控性上挣扎，还有一些其他不太对劲的地方，所以我们需要理解原因。”
“外面风很大，但这对每个人都一样。我们今晚会梳理一切，查看数据，并尝试为明天做出一些改进。”
表面上看，周五的表现对阿斯顿·马丁和本田来说像是令人困惑的倒退，此前其巨大的匈牙利赛车升级使这支银石车队重回F1中游核心。
但本田已经计算出，引入新动力单元意味着日本品牌在赛季初为改善其不佳操控性所做的大量工作，将不得不在最新规格上基本重做。
“我们开发了工具来优化操控性。我们取得了良好进展，接近我们想要实现的目标，”本田F1项目负责人折原慎太郎在接受Autosport广泛采访时表示。
“但当我们引入第二规格引擎时，燃烧特性将改变。会有很大差异。”
“然后引擎行为在弯道阶段也会改变，所以我们需要重新开发操控性。”
英文原文
Why Honda's new F1 engine comes with fresh but expected driveability issues
Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll took the reins of an improved Honda power unit at the Dutch Grand Prix, but calibrating the new V6 has involved fresh driveability challenges - but not unexpected
Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso says more work is needed to optimise Honda's more powerful engine after struggling to keep his car on the track in sprint qualifying at Zandvoort.
Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll have received the second specification of Honda's V6 power unit, with the Japanese manufacturer having earmarked the Netherlands as the site to deploy its one in-season engine upgrade this year.
The engine was shaken down during a filming day after the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July, but while running the new unit in anger both drivers encountered fresh driveability issues on Friday in Zandvoort.
Alonso went off in Turn 1 during SQ1, complaining of heavy vibrations from the engine before qualifying 22nd and last, three seconds off the pace. Stroll fared little better, getting ahead of both Cadillac cars but still ending the day a distant 19th.
"Free practice was more or less okay but in qualifying we had problems on the engine," Alonso reported. "Driveability was pushing on the braking, so it was difficult to stop the car sometimes because the engine was over-delivering.
"And then apparently the SLM mode [the lower drag setting on the 2026 car] didn't work for me so I could not open the rear wing. A combination of both made the laps very tricky.
"When you brake and the throttle is open, it's difficult to stop the car."
Stroll similarly grappled with the behaviour of his new power unit: "We were struggling with the driveability, and there were a few other things that weren’t quite right, so we need to understand why.
"It’s really windy out there, but it’s the same for everyone. We’ll go through everything tonight, look at the data, and try to make some improvements for tomorrow.”
On the surface Friday's performance feels like a puzzling step backwards for Aston Martin and Honda after its huge Hungary car upgrade moved the Silverstone squad back into the heart of F1's midfield.
But Honda had already calculated that bringing the new power unit would mean that a lot of the work the Japanese brand did at the start of the season to improve its subpar driveability would have to be largely re-done for the latest specification.
"We developed our tools to optimise our driveability. We have made good progress, and we were close to what we wanted to achieve," Honda's F1 project leader Shintaro Orihara told Autosport in a wide-ranging interview.
"But when we introduce the spec 2 engine, the combustion characteristics will change. There will be a big difference.
"And then engine behaviour will be changed in the cornering phase as well, so we need to develop our driveability again."
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