威廉姆斯巴库升级见效，塞恩斯Q3被称超水平发挥
威廉姆斯在阿塞拜疆大奖赛引入全新底盘，塞恩斯在排位赛中连续进入Q2和Q3，创下2026赛季最佳排位成绩，但车手认为Q3表现有些超水平，需等马来西亚站验证升级潜力。
威廉姆斯期待已久的F1升级在巴库见效——但Q3是否“超水平发挥”？
威廉姆斯凭借卡洛斯·塞恩斯驾驶更轻的赛车，取得了2026年最佳排位成绩，但车手们并未将这一表现视为理所当然。
威廉姆斯2026款赛车在F1改用新技术规则后曾因超重而臭名昭著，但在阿塞拜疆大奖赛引入的全新底盘带来了显著性能提升。
卡洛斯·塞恩斯在巴库速度稳定，Q1排名第11，随后两个排位阶段均列第9。威廉姆斯今年从未有过如此好的表现——此前最佳成绩是塞恩斯在蒙特利尔冲刺排位赛中的第10名和亚历克斯·阿尔本在摩纳哥的第11名。
“我知道这条赛道会适合我们。我知道有了升级，也许我们能争取比近期更好的位置。但现实是，如果我跟你说实话，我认为Q3有点超水平发挥，”塞恩斯说道，他最终被罚退五位发车。
“今天作为团队，我们完美执行了轮胎策略和运行计划；说实话，我也跑出了完美的圈速。我今天跑了一些非常极限的圈。我很乐意展示它们，因为今年我跑出过一些好圈，却因为只排在第17或第16而被忽视。”
这一分析让人对升级的内在潜力持谨慎态度。两位车手都预计下周的雪邦站将在高速弯中给出评判，而巴库没有高速弯。
“赛车感觉相对相似，但车队不再告诉你你排在第18、第19，而是前进了几个位置，”阿尔本在排位第13后说道，他将此归咎于“直道上就是慢”，但他无法解释这个问题。
“对我们来说有趣的是，在我看来，这条赛道是本赛季最适合我们赛车的赛道。它只是适合这条赛道。我想看看在马来西亚和新加坡——更长的弯角，我们通常不喜欢的弯角——情况会如何。”
“说实话，赛车的感觉没有变化，只是更快了，”塞恩斯补充道。“我们有一些潜在的平衡问题，需要在明年的赛车上解决，这些问题在重新设计赛车之前不会消失。所以我们只是在用一辆我和亚历克斯目前都不太喜欢的赛车工作。”
“但它更快了，因为更轻，下压力也更大，这让我们或许能展现更多。所以让我们看看；我们需要马来西亚让你们看看我们实际处于什么位置。我认为在马来西亚我们会退后一步。”
在威廉姆斯艰难的赛季中——自摩纳哥以来未得积分——阿尔本赞扬了车队的努力——“这通常是一个大项目，对大多数车队来说需要六个月，”他谈到新底盘时说道，并欣喜于这将为即将到来的2027款赛车打开更多空气动力学工作的大门。
“我很高兴我们现在有了基础，不再整天谈论重量，”他说，“现在赛车上每项升级不再是重量和空气动力学的混合，而只是空气动力学，这正是我们进入明年所需要的。”
那么这是否算是一种信心提升？Motorsport.com询问道。
“是的，”阿尔本沉思道。“我们确切知道它会带来什么，而它确实带来了，所以我们并不是跳起来喊‘是的，我们回来了’。更像是我们达到了目标，这本身很重要。”
“我很高兴我们现在有了一辆赛车，希望在适合我们的赛道上能够挑战中游车队。我们仍然需要大的空气动力学升级，这可能会更多地出现在明年的赛车上。”
英文原文
Williams’ long-awaited F1 upgrade is delivering in Baku – but was Q3 an “overachievement”?
Williams has achieved its best qualifying result of 2026, courtesy of Carlos Sainz’ drive at the wheel of a much lighter car, but its drivers aren’t taking that performance for granted
Williams’ 2026 car had infamously been overweight after Formula 1 switched to a new technical ruleset, but a brand-new chassis introduced at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has provided substantial performance.
Carlos Sainz was consistently quick in Baku, finishing 11th in Q1, then ninth in the next two segments of qualifying. Williams had never done so well this year – its best results had been Sainz’s 10th place in sprint qualifying in Montreal and Alex Albon’s 11th position in Monaco.
“I knew this track would suit us. I knew that with an upgrade maybe we could fight for better positions than recently. But the reality, and if I'm very honest with you, I think Q3 is a bit of an overachievement,” said Sainz, who ended up copping a five-place grid penalty.
“Today as a team we nailed the tyre strategy, we nailed the run plan; I nailed the laps, honestly. I've done some serious laps today, on the limit. I'm happy to show them because this year I've done some good laps and they've gone unnoticed for P17 or P16.”
This analysis is cause for caution as to the upgrade’s intrinsic potential. Both drivers expect next week’s Sepang round to provide a verdict in high-speed corners, which are non-existent in Baku.
“The car feels relatively similar, but instead of the team telling you you're P18, P19, you're a few more spots ahead,” Albon said after qualifying in 13th, which he blamed on being “just slow on the straights”, an issue he was at a loss to explain.
“What will be interesting to us is, in my opinion, this track is the best track for our car of the season. It just suits the track. I want to see in Malaysia and Singapore – longer corners, corners that we don't normally like – how it goes.”
“Honestly the car hasn't changed in feel, it's just quicker,” Sainz added. “We have underlying balance [issues] that we need to work on for next year's car, that will not go away until we redesign the car. So we're just working with a car that, both Alex and I, we are not loving so far.
“But it is quicker because it's lighter, it also has a bit more load and it is allowing us to maybe show a bit more. So let's see; we need Malaysia for you guys to see where realistically we are. I think in Malaysia we'll take a step back.”
Amid a tough campaign for Williams, which hasn’t scored any points since Monaco, Albon hailed the team’s effort – “That’s normally a big project, a six-month project for most teams,” he said of the new chassis – and rejoiced that this would open the door to more aero-focused work on the upcoming 2027 car.
“I'm glad that we've got the foundations now, where we're not just talking about weight the whole time,” he said, “and now every upgrade that comes onto the car is not a mixture of weight and aero, it will just be aero, which is what we need going forward into next year.”
So is this quite a confidence boost, Motorsport.com inquired?
“Yes,” Albon pondered. “We knew exactly what it would deliver, and it's delivered, so it's not like we're jumping up and down and being like, ‘Yes, we're back’. It's more like we've hit our targets, which in itself is important to do.
“I'm glad that we've got a car now that we can hopefully challenge the midfield at tracks that suit us. We still need big aero upgrades, and that will likely come more towards next year's car.”
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