皮亚斯特里：我需要拖车绳才能追上梅赛德斯争夺巴库冠军
奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里在排位困难后于巴库获得第三位起步，他对此感到满意，但认为鉴于与梅赛德斯的差距，正赛中想更进一步并不现实。
奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里：我需要一根拖车绳挂上梅赛德斯，才能争夺巴库的胜利
梅赛德斯在巴库的速度意味着任何人都很难与乔治·拉塞尔争夺冠军
在排位赛前的准备阶段经历了艰难之后，奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里在巴库排位赛中获得第三名，他对自己在F1阿塞拜疆大奖赛中所取得的发车位置感到满意。
然而，这位迈凯伦车手认为，考虑到与梅赛德斯的差距，指望在比赛中走得更远是不现实的。虽然这位澳大利亚车手在Q3仅比夏尔·勒克莱尔慢了0.001秒，但与乔治·拉塞尔的差距却高达0.838秒。
所以，当皮亚斯特里在排位赛后新闻发布会上被问及正赛中能否挑战这位英国车手时，他采用了讽刺的回答方式。
“如果他的车后面有个拖车钩能让我挂上去的话，也许可以吧，”他笑着说，“不过是的，我们会看看能做些什么。”
鉴于拉塞尔与对手们拉开如此大的差距，很容易让人认为，如果不是在第一节排位赛中撞车，梅赛德斯车队的队友基米·安东内利本可以和他一起占据前排发车位置。而在一条相对容易超车的赛道上，安东内利在正赛中挑战皮亚斯特里也并非完全没有可能。
更重要的是，迈凯伦赛车在练习赛中看起来并不特别强势，这可能暗示着这些“木瓜色”赛车在正赛当天实际上可能处于防守而非进攻的态势。皮亚斯特里承认这个周末对沃金车队来说相当艰难——但排位赛的结果多少有些出乎意料。
在所有练习赛中从未取得过高于第六名的成绩，他在Q3中甚至一度短暂地排在第一，但在一条并不特别适合今年迈凯伦赛车的赛道上，这并不真正具有代表性。
除此之外，Piastri在周五上午还遇到了刹车问题，迫使他所在的车队采用一些非常规的方法来应对振动——用扎带把一些部件绑在一起，以免损失赛道练习时间。
“可以肯定地说，这个周末并不轻松，在几个方面都是如此，”皮亚斯特里说。“你知道，我们的速度一直不是特别快。周五我们的赛车上还绑着扎线带，这从来都不是一个好迹象。所以对我们来说，这是相当棘手的一个周末。
拉塞尔（梅赛德斯车队），皮亚斯特里（迈凯伦车队）
“在排位赛中我们找到了一些速度。所以，是的，这已经不是今年第一次发生这种情况了。我们在练习赛阶段似乎总是有点处于劣势，但一到了排位赛，是的，我们就能多挤出那么一点速度。
"看到我们在Q3第一圈之后占据1-2的位置，我相当惊讶，但遗憾的是，面对George我们毫无胜算。"
不过，这位澳大利亚车手认为迈凯伦在周六可以与其他车队一较高下。
“梅赛德斯在这里看起来快得不可思议，”他说，“但其他车队的速度看起来都差不多在同一个档次。而且说实话，我们的正赛节奏昨天看起来相当不错。所以我认为我们可以顶住，在George身后的集团中展开竞争，同时也看看Kimi会在哪一圈开始追上来。”
皮亚斯特里（Piastri）的队友兰多·诺里斯（诺里斯）将在发车排位上位列第五。
英文原文
Oscar Piastri: I need a tow bar to hook onto Mercedes to fight for Baku win
Mercedes' pace in Baku means it's going to be difficult for anyone to compete with George Russell for the win
Having qualified third in Baku after enduring a difficult build-up to the main sessions, Oscar Piastri was happy with the grid position he earned for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
However, the McLaren driver thinks expecting to go much further in the race is unrealistic, given the gap to Mercedes. While the Australian lost just 0.001s to Charles Leclerc in Q3, the deficit to George Russell was a massive 0.838s.
So when he was asked during the post-qualifying press conference whether he could challenge the Briton in the race, Piastri resorted to sarcasm.
“If he’s got a tow bar that I can hook onto the back of, maybe," he smiled. "But yeah, we'll see what we can do."
Given the gap Russell managed to build over his rivals, it's easy to suggest his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli would have joined him on the front row had he not crashed in Q1 - and at a track where it's relatively easy to overtake, it's not entirely out of the question that Antonelli could still challenge Piastri in the race.
What's more, the McLarens didn't look particularly strong during the practice sessions, which could serve as a hint that the papaya cars may actually be on the defensive rather than the attack on race day. Piastri conceded that the weekend has been difficult for the Woking squad - but qualifying delivered a somewhat unexpected result.
Having not finished higher than sixth in any of the practice sessions, he was even briefly first during Q3, but that wasn't really a representative picture at a track which doesn't particularly suit this year's McLaren car.
On top of that, Piastri experienced a brake issue on Friday morning, forcing his team to use some unusual methods to combat the vibrations - tying some parts together with cable ties in order not to lose track time.
“It's been not an easy weekend, for sure, from a few areas," Piastri said. "You know, we've not been particularly quick. We were also running cable ties on our car through Friday, which is never a great sign. So it's been a little bit of a tricky one for us.
George Russell, Mercedes, Oscar Piastri, McLaren
“In qualifying we found a bit of pace. So, yeah, it’s not the first time that’s happened to us this year. We seem like we’re a bit on the back foot through practice, we come out in qualifying and, yeah, we just find that bit extra.
"I was pretty surprised to see us 1-2 after the first lap of Q3, but unfortunately, we had no hope against George."
Still, the Australian reckons McLaren can fight the other teams on Saturday.
“The Mercedes look incredibly quick here," he said, "but everyone else looks like they’re in a similar-ish kind of pack. And our race pace looked pretty good yesterday, to be honest. So I think we can hang on and battle in the pack behind George, and see what lap Kimi starts coming through as well.”
Piastri's team-mate Lando Norris will line up fifth on the grid.
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