奥利弗·贝尔曼承认哈斯已沦为F1“第十强”车队
奥利弗·贝尔曼情绪低落地承认,随着阿斯顿·马丁在匈牙利大奖赛完成超越,哈斯车队目前是F1中的“第十强”车队。
奥利弗·贝尔曼表示,在阿斯顿·马丁升级后,哈斯在F1中倒退为“第十快的车队”。
哈斯在2026年F1赛季开局表现积极,但缺乏赛车升级导致其成绩下滑。
情绪低落的奥利弗·贝尔曼承认,在匈牙利大奖赛上被阿斯顿·马丁超越后,哈斯现在是F1中的“第十快车队”。
这支美国车队在2026年规则变更后开局强劲,在前六轮比赛中有五轮获得积分,但在过去五场大奖赛中未能得分。
因此车队现在在积分榜上勉强守住第七名,而缺乏持续的升级是导致其下滑的原因之一,它上一次的大升级包还是在五月的蒙特利站推出的。
这导致Bearman上一站布达佩斯在Q1便遭淘汰,而阿斯顿·马丁在该站带来了大量底盘升级,帮助阿隆索和斯特罗尔双双完赛名次都排在哈斯之前。
这支总部位于银石的车队本周末将在赞德沃特享用升级后的本田引擎,因此在对手不断升级的情况下,Bearman对哈斯在竞争格局中的位置感到悲观。
这位21岁的车手表示:“我们在前几场比赛的表现真的非常非常好,赛车速度很快,发挥出色,我们非常开心。但后来,别人一步一步追了上来,别人实现了超越,现在他们已经把我们彻底甩在身后了。”
“年初的时候,我们还能与[比赛 Bull]竞争,我们比他们更快。我记得在澳大利亚的比赛中超越了他们两辆车并甩开了他们,而如今我们想都不敢想这种事。
“所以,事情变化得这么快真是很有意思。2025年对我们来说确实是第一年,或者是极少数的几年之一,我们在整个赛季似乎都拥有不错的速度。
“实际上,随着赛季的推进,我们的相对表现有所提升,而现在的2026年更像是我们在过去看到的哈斯的样子:起步非常强势,有一辆非常快的车作为基础,但却无法像其他车队那样不断改进。
“坦率地说,我们目前已经被超越了。我们是第十快的车队。这真的让人心痛,对我本人和所有其他人来说都是如此。我们一直在非常努力地工作以避免出现这种情况,但这就是我们目前的现实。”
升级不足的原因可以归结为:私人车队哈斯(哈斯)的预算是围场中最小的,无法与梅赛德斯、法拉利甚至阿斯顿·马丁这样的厂商巨头相比。
自2016年首次参赛以来,这一问题一直制约着车队,但有时影响并不那么大——比如2025年,哈斯实际上随着赛季推进而不断进步,最终获得第八名。
奥利弗·比尔曼(贝尔曼),哈斯F1车队,卡洛斯·塞恩斯(塞恩斯),威廉姆斯车队
在规则周期末期,升级并不那么突出,而2026年情况恰恰相反——研发竞赛正是决定不断变化的名次格局的关键。
所以Bearman认为“这是哈斯车队最大的问题”,这位英国车手认为,尽管威廉姆斯等车队本赛季也很挣扎,但哈斯现在的排名仅高于新军凯迪拉克。
“事实是,我们无法像其他车队那样带来那么多的升级,”他补充道。“当我们升级赛车时,它是具有竞争力的、有效的,但当变化速度如此之快时,比如在一套新规则实施的初期,我们就跟不上节奏了。
“我们的开局方式表明,我们对赛车的基础平台理解得非常透彻,我们知道如何打造一辆快车,但我们没有足够的资源来持续升级赛车。
“如果其他车队每三场比赛就带来一次升级,我们只能每九场比赛升级一次,这样的速度是不够快的。
“去年我们可能没被发现,因为那是一套非常成熟的规则的最后一年。
"现在到了2026年,所有人都在更新赛车。我们对面的那帮家伙每三场比赛就带来一辆不同的车。太疯狂了。
“你看到从日本站到迈阿密站的红牛了吗?完全是另一辆车。我们做梦都不敢那么做,从来不敢。”
英文原文
Regressing Haas "10th best" in F1 after Aston Martin upgrades - Oliver Bearman
Haas started the 2026 F1 campaign positively, but a lack of car upgrades has contributed to its decline
A downbeat Oliver Bearman has accepted that Haas is now the “10th best team” in Formula 1 after being overtaken by Aston Martin at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The American outfit started the 2026 regulation change strongly with points in five of the opening six rounds, but has failed to score in the past five grands prix.
So it is now clinging onto seventh in the championship and a lack of continuous upgrades has contributed to that decline with its last major package coming at Montreal in May.
It led to a Q1 exit last time out for Bearman in Budapest, where Aston Martin brought vast chassis upgrades that helped both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll finish above Haas.
The Silverstone squad will now enjoy an updated Honda engine at Zandvoort this weekend, so Bearman is pessimistic about Haas’ standing in the pecking order as rivals keep upgrading.
“We had a really, really good first few races where the car was quick, performing well, and we were really happy,” said the 21-year-old, “But then, step by step, others caught up, others overtook, and now they've left us totally behind.
“At the start of the year, we were fighting, we were quicker than [Racing Bull]. I remember overtaking both of them in the race in Australia and driving away, and we wouldn't dream of doing that these days.
“So, it's funny how quickly things change. 2025 was really the first year for us, or one of very few years, where we seemed to have good pace throughout the year.
“We actually improved our relative performance as the year went on, and now 2026 is more of what we've seen from Haas in the past, of starting incredibly strong with a really quick car as a base, but not being able to improve like the others have.
“Quite frankly, we've been overtaken right now. We are the 10th best team. It really hurts, myself and all the others. We were working really hard to make that not be the case, but that's the reality of where we are right now.”
A lack of upgrades can be attributed to the privateer Haas squad having the smallest budget on the grid compared to the factory juggernauts like Mercedes, Ferrari and even Aston Martin.
This is something that has held it back ever since its debut in 2016, but at times it hasn't mattered so much - such as 2025 when Haas actually improved as the season progressed to finish eighth.
Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team, Carlos Sainz, Williams
But upgrades weren’t so prominent at the end of a regulation cycle, whereas it is the opposite in 2026 with the development race being what decides the ever-evolving pecking order.
So Bearman reckons “that’s the biggest issue” for Haas, which the Briton thinks is now only above newcomer Cadillac despite squads like Williams also struggling this season.
“The fact is that we can't bring as many upgrades as the others,” he added. “When we do upgrade the car, it's competitive and it works, but when the rate of change is so fast, like at the start of a new set of regulations, we can't keep up.
“The way that we started shows that we understand the platform of the car very well, and we know how to make a fast car, but we don't have the resource to continually upgrade the car.
“If the others are putting on an upgrade every three races, we're only able to do it every nine races, and that's not quick enough.
“Last year, probably we didn't get found out, because it's the last year of a very mature set of regulations.
"Now we come to 2026, where everyone's updating the car. These guys opposite us are bringing a different car every three races. It's insane.
“Did you see the Red Bull from Japan to Miami? It was a different car. We couldn't dream of doing that, ever.”
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