哈斯车队解释为何选择卡马拉而非平田翔太参加巴西大奖赛
哈斯车队负责人小泉昭雄表示，他选择让卡马拉在巴西大奖赛中首次亮相一级方程式，而不是让平田翔太继续驾驶，这一决定“纯粹基于专业性”。
哈斯车队证明选择拉斐尔·卡马拉而非里奥·伊拉卡瓦参加F1巴西大奖赛是合理的
车队老板小林优雄解释了为何给卡马拉他的F1首秀而不是让伊拉卡瓦再次参赛
哈斯车队负责人小林优雄表示，他决定在巴西大奖赛中让拉斐尔·卡马拉首次亮相F1，而不是保留座位给里奥·伊拉卡瓦，这一决定是“纯粹基于专业性”的
使用这个特定术语，小林优雄并不是说伊拉卡瓦缺乏专业性——即使在埃斯特班·奥康失宠的背景下——而是他考虑了“车队最佳利益”
奥康在墨西哥大奖赛周五练习后与哈斯车队发生争执，被解雇，预备车手Hirakawa从第三场自由练习赛开始重新回到驾驶座，此前他作为新秀参加了第一场自由练习赛。
这位日本人在大奖赛中的平均速度比队友贝尔曼慢七十分，但由于对手在赛后受到三次处罚，他获得了一分，Komatsu对他的同胞在整个比赛中的进步印象深刻。
Hirakawa本周末将在Monza参加WEC的决赛，作为车队领先的#8丰田车队的成员，这意味着他可以赢得第三个世界冠军，但他仍然是哈斯在Interlagos的一个选择。Komatsu选择了Camara，哈斯的2027年新招募者，而之前的测试车手事件中，巴西人在争夺明年座位上明显超过了Hirakawa，这起到了关键作用。
“总有优点和缺点，”Komatsu说。“说‘我们签了他明年，让我们尽早安排’并不是没有风险。”
“当然，我和拉斐尔并不认识很多年，但我在波尔蒂马奥的比赛中看到他在冲刺赛中表现出的自我控制，他如何应对压力，如何创造一个让他能够集中精力并发挥的环境，以及围绕这一切的一切——除了他完成的纯圈速——对我来说，都非常令人印象深刻，展现出了非常成熟的态度。”
“这显然给了我更多的信心，如果我们一起进入比赛，[我们的]信息是明确的，我们的目标是明确的，我们可以应对。如果他是一个不理解专业表演环境应该是什么样的人，如果他是一个会被某些事情真正压垮或者被某些事情激动的的人，我可能不会做出这个决定。”
“然后我在周日晚上、周一、周二都和拉斐尔进行了交谈，所有的对话都加强了我对拉斐尔如何表现、如何处理一切，然后排除噪音，集中精力，简化，并且不使事情过于复杂化的信念。我在波尔蒂马奥看到的情况是，赛道条件一直在变化，因此非常困难。”
“当然，这对他的压力很大，对吧？那是在那里悬挂的F1车手。但他没有专注于那个结果，他没有专注于‘我需要做出一些东西来得到F1车手的位置’。他真正专注于他擅长的事情，那就是他拥有的自然、惊人的感觉——听从他的感觉，根据赛道条件驾驶。而实际上，每圈的条件都在变化。”
“但实际上，他冷静地——从外面——这样做是为了管理心理层面，管理压力层面，不去追逐那些你无法控制的东西。只需专注于你能提供的东西。这很令人印象深刻。如果我们能在这里采取同样的心态，我相信我们可以。这就是我选择它的原因，我最终做出了这个决定。”
当被问及他在过去七天中做出的决定时，小松解释说：“最终，说实话，我是这个车队的车队经理，然后我做出的每一个决定都是纯粹地，‘好吧，作为这个车队的车队经理，我需要做什么才能最好地服务于这个车队？’甚至[作为]小松绫也无关紧要。
“所以，从这个意义上说，这让我很清楚。我对每一步需要做什么都很清楚。即使是这个决定，也就是在巴西谁将进入赛车，好吧，情感上我有很多事情，如果你愿意的话，但我要完全基于专业做出决定，对吧？每次我回到那个艰难的决定时，我就有了清晰的认识。
“当然不容易，但至少我在自己内心感到舒适，因为每一个决定——包括这个决定，也就是在这里谁将进入赛车，我当然是通过电话亲自向Ryo解释的——都是一个完全专业的决定。”
关于赛季最后三轮比赛——尽管由于伊朗战争的不稳定性，F1仍然渴望让卡塔尔和阿布扎比的比赛顺利进行——小松表示，还没有做出任何决定。
卡马拉作为F2当前的冠军领跑者，应该在中东赛事中参加该系列赛的赛事。
英文原文
Haas justifies picking Rafael Camara over Ryo Hirakawa for F1 Brazilian GP
Team boss Ayao Komatsu explains the reasoning behind giving Camara his F1 debut rather than a second outing for Hirakawa
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu says his decision to hand Rafael Camara his Formula 1 debut at the Brazilian Grand Prix, instead of keeping Ryo Hirakawa in the car, was “purely based on professionalism”.
Using this specific term, Komatsu doesn’t mean that Hirakawa lacks professionalism – not even in the context of Esteban Ocon’s fall from grace – but simply that he looked into “the best interest” of the team.
Ocon was axed after a falling-out at Haas following Friday practice at the Mexican GP, with reserve driver Hirakawa jumping back into the seat from Free Practice 3 onwards after taking part in FP1 as a rookie entrant.
The Japanese was seven tenths slower than team-mate Oliver Bearman on average in the grand prix, but three post-race penalties for rivals meant he scored one point, and Komatsu was impressed with his compatriot’s progress throughout the contest.
Hirakawa is racing in Monza this weekend for the WEC’s finale as part of the championship-leading #8 Toyota crew, meaning he can clinch a third world title, but he was still an option for Haas at Interlagos. Komatsu picked Camara, Haas’ 2027 recruit, instead – and the Testing of Previous Cars event where the Brazilian decisively outpaced Hirakawa for next year’s seat played a key role.
“There's always pros and cons,” Komatsu said. “It's not foregone, saying ‘We signed him next year, let's put him as early as possible’. There's always a risk.
“Of course I don't know Rafa for many years, but what I saw in Portimao when we did the shootout, how he handled himself, how he contained all the pressure, how he created the environment that let him focus and perform, just everything around it, other than the pure lap time he did – which was impressive – everything around it, for me, was very impressive and such a mature approach.
“So that gave me obviously more confidence that, right, if we go in together, [the] message is clear, our objective is clear, we can manage. If he was somebody [that] doesn't understand what the professional performing environment should be, if he was somebody that gets really overwhelmed by certain things or excited by certain things, I would maybe not have taken this decision.
“And then I spoke with Rafa on Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday, all the conversations just reinforced my belief [in] how Rafa can behave, deal with everything, and then shut the noise out, focus, simplify, and also not overcomplicate it. What I saw in Portimao, [track] condition was changing all the time, so it was very, very difficult.
“And then of course, it was huge pressure for him, right? That was an F1 drive hanging there. But he didn't focus on that result, he didn't focus that ‘I need to produce something to get [the] F1 drive’. He really focused on what he's good at, which is the natural, amazing feel he's got – listen to his feel, drive to the [track] condition. And the condition, honestly, lap by lap it was changing.
“But literally, he calmly – from outside – did that to manage that mental side, manage that pressure side, not to chase something that is out of your control. Just focus on what you can deliver. That was impressive. And if we can take the same mindset here, I believe we can. That's why I chose that, I made that decision in the end.”
Asked about the decisions he has had to take in the past seven days, Komatsu explained: “At the end of the day, honestly, I'm the team principal of this team, and then every single decision I make is purely, ‘OK, what do I need to do for the best interest of this team, as a team principal of this team?’ Not even [as] Ayao Komatsu, it doesn't matter.
“So, in that sense, it gives me clarity. I had clarity what I needed to do every single step. Even this decision for who to put in the car in Brazil, OK, emotionally I have more things, if you like, but I have to make a decision purely based on professionalism, right? Every time I go back to that when I have a difficult decision to make, so then I have clarity.
“Of course it's not easy, but at least I'm comfortable within myself that every single decision – including this one, who to put in the car here, I explained it to Ryo on the phone by myself, of course – is a totally professional decision.”
As for the last three rounds of the season – with F1 still keen to make the Qatar and Abu Dhabi rounds happen despite the instability caused by the Iran war – Komatsu said nothing had been decided.
Camara, as F2’s current championship leader, is supposed to race in the series at the Middle Eastern events.
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