FIA主席坚持卡塔尔与阿布扎比大奖赛按计划举行
国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆坚称，F1本赛季最后两站卡塔尔大奖赛和阿布扎比大奖赛将按计划举行，F1方面对2026赛季收官阶段的立场也随之转变。
中东局势仍然动荡。尽管随着美国中期选举临近，以色列与美国同伊朗的冲突近来已不那么占据新闻头条，但就在上周，两艘集装箱船在霍尔木兹海峡附近遭导弹袭击后沉没。
这一事件发生之际，那场冲突中伊朗针对航运的袭击急剧增加。
另外，也门分离主义组织胡塞武装还袭击了沙特阿拉伯境内目标，包括利雅得国际机场，造成至少13人死亡；与此同时，在以色列，约旦河西岸的定居者也对巴勒斯坦人和外国公民发动了袭击。
F1围场最初的说法是，9月中旬是就卡塔尔和阿布扎比是否如期举办、还是启用备选伊莫拉赛道做出明确决定的截止期限。
随后这一期限推迟到了10月中旬。
最近几周，风向更倾向于预期这两场比赛将按计划举行，而且与其说存在一个做出明确决定并对外公布的截止期限，不如说F1工作人员应默认卡塔尔和阿布扎比会照常进行，除非另有通知。
本·苏拉耶姆周二对包括The Race在内的媒体发表的言论，与这一立场相符。
在谈到非F1赛事（例如即将于1月在沙特阿拉伯举行的达喀尔拉力赛）时，他强调“我们这里有常识，我们绝不会把员工、车手或任何官员带到我们认为有风险的地方——绝不可能”，随后他被问及是否认为卡塔尔和阿布扎比目前“适合”举办F1比赛。
“是的——没问题，”本·苏拉耶姆回答道。
“有一点我要说：我的孩子们就在那里[阿联酋]。你觉得我会把他们留在那里，而我现在还在这里和你们在一起[如果那里危险的话]？
“在这件事上你必须理智。说‘我们会不会遇到问题？’是一回事。
“但你在媒体上读到的，其实和我们那里看到的不一样。我们在电视上读到和看到的，我们会说：‘在哪儿呢？’我们真的没有那种情况。否则我为什么还要待在那里？为什么要把家人留在那里？”
“这能说明什么事都不会发生吗？我无法预测这一点。
“我今天只能告诉你，什么事都没有，那两场比赛会照常举行。”
当被问及是否对国际汽联工作人员前往赛事现场感到‘有信心且高兴’时，本·苏拉耶姆回答说：‘我当然高兴。听着，我不认为国际汽联工作人员对我来说比我本人或我的家人更重要。但如果我在那里，那就意味着我对此感到安全。’
他对更改计划持开放态度，并强调，当巴林和沙特阿拉伯在4月取消各自的F1比赛、随后于本月早些时候在马来西亚举办巴林冠名的大奖赛时，国际汽联遵循了这两国的请求。
当被问及如有需要，伊莫拉是否仍准备作为赛季收官战的举办地时，本·苏拉耶姆表示：“当然，国际汽联随时准备着。”
他还表示，已做好相关准备，“让国际汽联的另一支团队待命”，以防任何个别政府的旅行限制或建议导致国际汽联的关键F1人员无法出席卡塔尔或阿布扎比的比赛。
英文原文
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is adamant that Formula 1's final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead as planned, as F1 shifts its stance over the end of the 2026 campaign.
The situation in the Middle East remains volatile. Although the Israel/US-Iran conflict has not been so predominantly in news headlines of late, as the US mid-term elections approach, just last week two container ships were sunk near the strait of Hormuz after they were struck by missiles.
This came amid a sharp rise in Iranian shipping attacks in that conflict.
Separately, the Yemeni separatist group the Houthis have also targeted sites in Saudi Arabia - including Riyadh's international airport, killing at least 13 people - while in Israel settlers in the West Bank have also launches attacks on Palestinians and foreign nationals.
The initial indication in the F1 paddock was that there was a mid-September deadline for a firm decision on whether Qatar and Abu Dhabi would go ahead or whether standby option Imola would be deployed instead.
That then shifted to a mid-October decision.
In recent weeks the mood had shifted more towards an expectation that the races would happen as planned and that rather than there being a deadline for a firm decision and announcement, F1 personnel should assume Qatar and Abu Dhabi were going ahead unless told otherwise.
Ben Sulayem's comments to media including The Race on Tuesday fitted that stance.
After emphasising during a conversation about non-F1 events such as the upcoming Dakar Rally - due to run in Saudi Arabia in January - that "we have common sense here that we will never take our staff or drivers or any officials to a place where we feel it is risky - no way", he was asked if he felt Qatar and Abu Dhabi were "fine" to hold F1 races in at present.
"Yeah - fine," Ben Sulayem replied.
"One thing I would say: I have my children there [in the UAE]. You think I would leave them there and I'm here now with you [if it was dangerous]?
"You have to be sensible in this. Saying, 'Are we going to have an issue?' is one thing.
"But what you read in the media is actually different than what we have there. What we read and see on TV, we say, 'Where is it?' We don't have that, really. Otherwise why would I stay there? Why would I leave my family there?
"Does this say that there is nothing that is going to happen? I can't predict this.
"I can only tell you today that there is nothing and the two races are going to happen."
Asked if he was "confident and happy" for FIA staff to travel to the events, Ben Sulayem replied: "I am happy, yes of course. Listen, I don't think the FIA staff would be more important to me than myself or my family. But if I am there it means I feel secure about this."
He kept the door open to a change of plan, emphasising that the FIA had followed requests from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia when calling off their F1 races in April and then running the Bahrain-branded grand prix in Malaysia earlier this month.
Asked if Imola was still ready to step in as a season finale venue if needed, Ben Sulayem said: "Of course, the FIA is always ready."
He added that preparations had been made "to have another team from the FIA ready" in case any individual governments' travel restrictions or advice prevented any key FIA F1 personnel from attending the Qatar or Abu Dhabi races.
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