FIA拟调整ADUO规则以助本田，或引发系统大改
据The 比赛报道，FIA正在评估对ADUO规则进行修改，计划在2027年实施，旨在让追赶机制在前部更好地发挥作用，同时帮助处于后部的本田。
明年有可能对一级方程式ADUO规则进行全面改革，作为双管齐下策略的一部分，以使追赶机制在前排更好地发挥作用，并帮助后排的本田。
《The 比赛》获悉，FIA正在评估对备受争议的额外开发与升级机会系统在2027年的潜在调整。
人们希望这能避免本赛季困扰该机制的一些头痛问题——同时也有助于实现其最初目标，即成为后排车队的保障网，而不是影响前排竞争的因素。
ADUO最初旨在帮助那些出了问题的制造商有能力恢复。
但这带来了意想不到的后果，也引发了相当大的争议，因为红牛被宣布拥有最好的引擎，尽管它没有赢得过一场比赛。
红牛的挫败感加剧了，因为冠军领跑者梅赛德斯被判定落后足够多，从而有资格在本赛季和下一赛季获得一个开发步骤。
争议点之一是ADUO排名仅基于内燃机的功率输出，而非整个动力单元的性能。
这让F1面临一种局面：被广泛认为拥有最佳性能套件的梅赛德斯被允许带来开发，而红牛却不能，因为其内燃机太强了。
同样已经明确的是，ADUO 系统可能让基准制造商陷入无法改进的困境，因为竞争对手可以选择只开发国际汽联在排名时不测量的部件。
本赛季暴露出的问题进一步推动了国际汽联长期以来的信念，即需要对 ADUO 进行改进。
而最近几周，在阿斯顿·马丁老板 Lawrence Stroll 推动帮助其车队陷入困境的引擎制造商本田获得一些额外援助之后，关于进一步调整的想法加速了。
《The 比赛》获悉，国际汽联目前正在研究 2027 年的潜在变化，届时旨在改善燃油流速的法规调整也将生效。
任何即将进行的修订都将集中在两个主要方面：如何让整个ADUO系统变得更好，以及在其中可以做些什么来为像本田这样陷入困境的制造商提供更多帮助。
虽然关于可以采取哪些措施的分析仍处于早期阶段，但随着各车队于周一齐聚参加F1委员会的下一次会议，推动明年落实改革的势头可能会在本周加速。
在那里，基于最近关于为本田提供额外援助的讨论，ADUO议题很可能会被提出，以了解制造商之间是否就改革达成共识。
这随后可能会启动一个更正式的举措，通过F1动力单元咨询委员会（PUAC）中涉及发动机法规的讨论来修改规则。
国际汽联长期以来一直持这样一种观点：在ADUO实施的第一年，它在很大程度上是一项仍在推进中的工作，始终有改进的空间。
尽管该管理机构拒绝接受红牛对其作为F1标杆引擎的质疑，但国际汽联从未回避过认为相关规则可以改进的想法。
国际汽联单座赛车总监Nikolas Tombazis在夏休前告诉The 比赛：“在我看来，我认为我们的测量已被证明非常准确。
话虽如此，一切都顺利吗？不，因为显然人们并不满意等等。那么我们需要考虑未来的改进吗？是的，我会这么说。”
比赛 获悉，FIA 目前正在研究哪些改动可以改善明年的 ADUO——既帮助陷入困境的制造商，也缓解外界对于领先阵营如何被衡量的担忧。
虽然尚未做出任何决定，但据了解，一系列选项都在讨论之中。
这可能包括改变内燃机功率的测量方式，使其将涡轮尺寸、工作温度以及排气翼等影响输出的外部因素纳入考量。
一种途径可能是根据动力单元的总体性能而非仅内燃机来确定 ADUO 排名，甚至可能有一种更激进的方式来决定哪些制造商可以改进。
奥迪项目负责人马蒂亚·比诺托在今年早些时候提出，更好的做法是根据制造商锦标赛的排名来确定改进的允许额度，而不是对单一部件的动力进行判断。
托姆巴齐斯多次表示，国际汽联的偏好一直是在评判ADUO排名时考虑更多因素。
在谈到与制造商就规则进行的初步讨论时，他说：“我们提出过是否要考虑某些因素，比如涡轮压力、涡轮直径，或者例如增压室温度的工作情况等等。”
“当时动力单元制造商的普遍立场是，我们应该保持简单。”
虽然此前制造商们否决了一套更复杂的测量体系，但如今看到ADUO系统实际运行后，各方看法很可能已大不相同，而且大家对2026年规则如何运作也有了更清晰的认识。
改变的关键在于获得所有汽车制造商的支持，因为任何规则修订都需经过PUAC。
规则调整若要成事，需获得PUAC中六家制造商（梅赛德斯、法拉利、红牛、奥迪、本田和凯迪拉克）里四家的支持。
不过，在试图为本田争取额外帮助的举措推动下，启用新ADUO框架的动力可能会增强。
尽管在年初得到了竞争对手的支持，获得了第一批帮助，但本田在2026年规则实施的第一年仍然举步维艰。
这体现在一揽子措施中，包括本田获得了1900万美元的支出提升——其中1100万美元是增加的额度，另外800万美元实际上是贷款。
但由于其状况并未显著改善，车队老板Stroll加大了施压力度，要求获得额外扶持——阿隆索也加入了寻求帮助的行列。
国际汽联主席Mohammed Ben Sulayem上周在西班牙大奖赛上公开表示，他希望找到办法给予本田一些援助，帮助其拥有更光明的未来，并让Alonso留在F1。
Ben Sulayem 的观点——其他制造商也持同样看法——是，像 Honda 这样的大制造商如此挣扎，对谁都没有好处。
人们明确承认，如果情况不改变，Honda 退出 F1 的风险显而易见。
此事已经向一些制造商提出，早期迹象表明，有人支持对 ADUO 进行调整以再次帮助 Honda。
梅赛德斯 车队负责人 Toto Wolff 表示，他对给予 Honda 更多帮助的想法持开放态度——因为如果所有制造商都具有竞争力，对每个人都更好。
英文原文
An overhaul of Formula 1's ADUO rules is on the cards for next year as part of a twin-pronged attack to make the catch-up mechanism work better at the front and help Honda at the back.
The Race has learned that the FIA is evaluating potential tweaks to the contentious ADUO (Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities) system for 2027.
It is hoped that this can avoid some of the headaches that have marred it this season - as well as help deliver on its original aim of being a safety net for those at the back rather than something influencing the fight at the front.
ADUO was originally intended as a means of helping manufacturers that had got things wrong have the ability to recover.
But it threw up unintended consequences, as well as causing a fair deal of controversy, when Red Bull was declared as having the best engine despite having not won a race.
Red Bull's frustrations were amplified by the fact that championship leader Mercedes was judged to be enough behind that it qualified for one development step this season and next.
One of the bones of contention was how the ADUO rankings were based only on the power output of the internal combustion engine and not the performance of the overall power unit.
That left F1 facing a situation whereby Mercedes, which is widely acknowledged as having the best performing package, is allowed to bring developments while Red Bull cannot because its ICE is so strong.
It has also become clear that the ADUO system can leave the benchmark manufacturer trapped in being unable to improve, because rivals can choose to only develop components that are not measured by the FIA when it does its rankings.
The issues exposed this season have added impetus to the FIA's long-standing belief that improvements to ADUO are needed.
And thoughts of further tweaks have accelerated in recent weeks off the back of a push by Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll to help his team's struggling engine manufacturer Honda get some extra assistance.
The Race has learned that the FIA is now looking into potential changes for 2027, when tweaks to the regulations to improve fuel flow rates are also coming into play.
Any revisions coming will be focused on two main areas: what makes the ADUO system as a whole better and also what can be done within it to offer more assistance to a struggling manufacturer such as Honda.
While analysis of what can be done is still at an early stage, momentum behind getting changes in place for next year could accelerate this week with teams gathering for the next meeting of the F1 Commission on Monday.
There, off the back of recent discussions regarding extra assistance for Honda, the ADUO topic could well get raised to see if there is consensus between manufacturers for change.
That could then set in motion a more formal move to change the rules through discussions in F1's Power Unit Advisory Committee (PUAC) that deals with engine regulations.
The FIA has long been open to the view that in the first year of its implementation, ADUO was very much a work in progress that always had room to be improved.
While the governing body rejects Red Bull's scepticism about it being F1's benchmark engine, the FIA never shied away from thinking that the rules could be improved.
The FIA's single seater director Nikolas Tombazis told The Race before the summer break: "I think our measurement, in my opinion, has proven to be very accurate.
"With that said, has everything worked fine? No, because obviously people are not happy and so on. So do we need to think about improvements in the future? Yes, I would say so."
The Race has learned that the FIA is now studying what changes could work to improve ADUO for next year - both to help struggling manufacturers but also alleviate concerns about how things are measured at the front.
While nothing has been decided yet, it is understood that a range of options are on the table.
This could include changes to the way that the ICE power is measured, so it takes into account elements such as turbo size, operating temperatures and outside factors that influence output like exhaust wings.
One route could be to base the ADUO rankings on the overall power unit performance rather than just the ICE, while there could even be a more radical way of deciding which manufacturers can improve.
Audi project chief Mattia Binotto suggested earlier in the year that it would be better to base allowances for improvement on constructors' championship positions and not a judgement on the power of a single component.
Tombazis has said many times that the FIA's preference was always to take more factors into consideration for judging the ADUO rankings.
Speaking about initial discussions on the rules with manufacturers, he said: "We offered whether we wanted to consider certain things like the turbo pressures, or the turbo diameters, or the operating of the plenum temperature, for example, and such like.
"The universal position by the PU manufacturers back then was that we should keep it simple."
While a more complicated measurement system was rejected by manufacturers before, the views of everyone may well be different now that they have seen the ADUO system in operation, plus everyone has a better idea of how the 2026 regulations are working.
Key to change will be getting support from all the carmakers as any revisions to the regulations would need to go through the PUAC.
For rule tweaks to happen, four out of the six manufacturers (Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Audi, Honda and Cadillac) that sit on the PUAC would need to support them.
Impetus for getting a new ADUO framework in play could be increased though off the back of moves to try to bring Honda some extra help.
Honda has struggled in the first year of the 2026 rules despite having received a first batch of help at the start of the year following support from rivals.
This manifested itself in a package of measures that included Honda receiving a $19million spending boost - $11m of which was an increased allowance and a further $8m that was effectively a loan.
But with its situation having not improved dramatically, team owner Stroll has increased pressure for an extra leg-up - with Fernando Alonso also joining calls for help.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem spoke openly at the Spanish Grand Prix last week about his desire to find ways to give Honda some assistance that would help give it a brighter future and keep Alonso in F1.
Ben Sulayem's viewpoint – and it is one shared by other manufacturers – is that nobody stands to benefit from having a major manufacturer like Honda struggling so much.
There is a clear acceptance that if the situation did not change, there would be an obvious risk of Honda pulling out of F1.
The matter has been raised with some manufacturers already, and early indications are that there is support for tweaks to ADUO to help Honda again.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he is open to the idea of handing Honda more help – because it is better for everyone if all manufacturers were competitive.
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