F1新马德里赛道马德里赛道的五个初步印象
F1三年来首条全新赛道马德里赛道亮相，作者Jon Noble分享了关于这条赛道的五点初步印象。
本周末举办西班牙大奖赛的新马德里赛道赛道是F1自2023年拉斯维加斯以来首条全新赛道。
虽然它官方上也是街道赛道，因为它围绕马德里主要机场附近的IFEMA展览中心区域运行，但其中一半更像是永久性场地，因为它蜿蜒通向标志性的La Monumental倾斜弯。
海拔变化也令人印象深刻——仅从7号弯到8号弯就有8%的上坡坡度——在现实中看起来比照片中可能更加壮观。
虽然车手们还有24小时才能正式上赛道，但一些清晰的初步印象已经浮现，显示出为什么F1正在为可能充满挑战的周末做准备。
马德里赛道最受关注的弯角当然是La Monumental的倾斜弯。
自从赛道最初设计公布以来，它就吸引了人们的注意，车手、车队和轮胎供应商倍耐力都公开表示这是本赛季技术难度最高的弯角。
在施工期间它看起来就很壮观，但随着这个约550米长的弯角的赛道工程完工，它现在看起来更加惊艳。
看台高耸其上，内侧还建造了巨大的招待区域，给人一种类似圆形剧场的感觉，让人想起英特拉格斯起终点直道的紧张感。
现在关键是要了解那里是否有多种赛车线路可供选择，从而让它变得更好。
马德里赛道周围有很多地方有可能让车手犯错。
有La Monumental，还有17号右弯，车手在之前快速左弯后必须大力刹车，这将相当棘手。
但根据F3测试的证据，并由赛道上仍然留下的轮胎痕迹所证明，5/6号弯的减速弯可能是主要麻烦点。
它位于赛道最快点的末端——从3号弯开始的长弯道段——车手必须应对一个相当棘手的减速弯。
路肩需要谨慎对待，但出口处护栏的角度——形成了一个收窄点——很可能让很多人吃亏。
虽然街道赛道过去常有颠簸路面问题，但马德里赛道非常平滑。
绕赛道走一圈可以看出，铺设的沥青应该不会给赛车带来什么问题，不需要为了提高离地间隙而调整以应对意外的起伏。
在赛道限制方面，很多地方的墙壁形成了赛道的自然边缘，但有些地方设置了涂漆路肩以让车手远离混凝土。
为了帮助车手保持在白线内，FIA使用了在吉达、迈阿密和奥斯汀等地使用的小型涂漆肋线来辅助。
每个到达马德里赛道的人都面临的一个冒险是试图在F1围场中辨认方向——因为它大得离谱。
车库必须被安置进IFEMA展览中心建筑群，这意味着独特的布局。
不是一排长长的车库彼此相邻，而是在威廉姆斯和小红牛之间有一个150米的空隙——媒体和电视区被安排在那里。
车库后面也有相当独特的情况，卡车和工程办公室设在那里。（招待单元有自己独立的区域）。
由于IFEMA建筑群的布局，一些车队被安排进有空调的建筑，而其他车队——如迈凯伦和梅赛德斯——则在户外的炎热中。
车队之间也有一些不寻常的间隔。在威廉姆斯和小红牛之间行走，这两支车队在围场中通常紧挨着，却需要超过两分钟。
维修区很长，出口很棘手
由于扩展的维修车库建筑群布局，维修区很长——非常非常长。
两个限速线之间维修区的官方距离是562米。
出去的路上也有相当多的额外距离——这将相当棘手，因为赛车将加速冲向右侧的混凝土护栏，然后在3号弯出口汇入。
F1轮胎供应商倍耐力估计时间损失约为25秒——部分原因是维修区不是在第一个弯角重新汇入，而是在3号弯出口。
英文原文
The new Madring circuit that hosts this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix is Formula 1’s first new circuit since Las Vegas in 2023.
While officially also a street circuit, as it runs around the IFEMA Exhibition Centre space near Madrid's main airport, half of it is more like a permanent venue as it winds its way towards the iconic La Monumental banked turn.
The elevation change is impressive too - with an 8% gradient uphill from Turn 7 to Turn 8 alone - looking even more spectacular in real life than it probably does in photos.
While drivers still have another 24 hours to go before they take to the track proper, some clear first impressions have emerged that show why F1 is bracing itself for what could be a challenging weekend.
The most talked about corner at the Madring is of course the banked corner at La Monumental.
It has grabbed attention ever since the first designs of the track were revealed, and drivers, teams and tyre supplier Pirelli have talked openly about it being the most technically demanding of the season.
It looked impressive when under construction but, with track work now complete around the 550-metre-long turn, it looks even more stunning now.
With grandstands towering high above it, and a huge hospitality area having been constructed on the inside, there is something akin to an amphitheatre feel to it that is reminiscent of the intensity of the start-finish straight at Interlagos.
Now the key thing to understand is whether there are multiple racing lines on offer through there that could make it even better.
There are plenty of places around Madring that have potential to catch drivers out.
There is La Monumental, plus the Turn 17 right-hander, where drivers have to brake heavily while navigating a quick left sweep beforehand, is going to be quite a handful.
But based on evidence from F3 testing, and proven by the tyre marks still left on the track, it is the Turn 5/6 chicane that could be the main trouble point.
Coming at the end of the quickest point of the track – the long sweeping section from Turn 3 – drivers have to negotiate a quite tricky chicane.
The kerbs will require treating with caution, but it is the angle of the barrier on the exit – which offers a pinch point – that could well be what catches a lot of people out.
While street circuits have had a habit in the past of throwing up problems with bumpy surfaces, Madring is super smooth.
A walk around the track has shown that the asphalt put down should pose few problems for cars in needing to raise ride heights to adjust from some unexpected undulations.
In terms of track limits, the walls form a natural edge to the circuit in a lot of places, but there are some spots where painted kerbs have been put in to keep drivers away from the concrete.
To help give drivers some guidance to stay within the white lines, the FIA has used little painted rib lines that are utilised at places like Jeddah, Miami and Austin to help assist.
One of the adventures everyone arriving at Madring has faced is trying to get their bearings around the F1 paddock – because it is bonkers big.
The garages have had to be fitted into the IFEMA exhibition centre complex and that has meant a unique layout.
Rather than being one long line of garages next to each other, there is a 150-metre gap in the middle between Williams and Racing Bulls – where the media and TV pen has been slotted in.
There is also quite a unique situation behind the garages too, where the trucks and engineering offices are based. (The hospitality units have their own separate area).
Because of the layout of the IFEMA complex, some teams have been slotted into air-conditioned buildings, while others – like McLaren and Mercedes – are outside in the heat.
There are also some unusual gaps between teams. Walking between Williams and Racing Bulls, who are normally right next to each in the paddock, takes more than two minutes.
The pitlane is long and the exit is tricky
Thanks to the extended pit garage complex layout, the pitlane is long – very, very long.
The official distance of the pitlane between the two speed limiter lines is 562 metres.
There is quite a bit of extra distance on the way out too – which is going to be quite tricky to negotiate as cars are going to accelerate towards a right-hand concrete barrier before they blend in at the exit of Turn 3.
F1 tyre supplier Pirelli estimates that the time loss will be around 25 seconds – helped in part by the pitlane not rejoining at the first turn but instead coming out at Turn 3.
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