迈凯伦不怪罪F1赛事控制，西班牙大奖赛胜利因虚拟安全车错失
兰多·诺里斯在西班牙大奖赛从杆位起步后原本有望获胜，但一次时机不佳的虚拟安全车让他错失争冠机会。迈凯伦表示不会因此责怪赛事控制。
为什么迈凯伦不会因失去西班牙大奖赛胜利而怪罪F1赛事控制
迈凯伦车队老板安德烈亚·斯特拉认为，虚拟安全车对比赛结果的影响“不属于赛事总监的管辖范围”。
在周六以惊艳一圈夺得杆位后，兰多·诺里斯原本看似稳获F1西班牙大奖赛胜利——直到一次时机不佳的虚拟安全车让他错失争冠机会。
然而，迈凯伦表示不会因周日遭遇的坏运气而责怪赛事控制。
马德里环赛道的特性意味着从杆位起步的良好发车本可让诺里斯极有可能获胜，因为事实证明，F1、F2甚至F3赛车在比赛条件下都极难超车。
而且，凭借干净空气的优势，这位英国车手在短短几圈后就甩开了基米·安东内利和马克斯·维斯塔潘。然而，当兰斯·斯特罗尔的阿斯顿·马丁刹车失灵、被迫停在路边并引发虚拟安全车时，一切都被改变了。
事故的时机严重影响了诺里斯的比赛，因为虚拟安全车最初出动时他已过了维修区入口，而当他再绕一圈进站时赛道已经恢复绿旗。与此同时，他的对手们充分利用了这一混乱进站换胎，诺里斯称这让他在比赛中损失了约20秒。
这次不幸让一些人质疑安全车和虚拟安全车的相关规则，以及可以采取什么措施来确保它们出动时没有人处于优势或劣势。
安德烈亚·斯特拉承认赛事控制不应制定安全车规则
然而，迈凯伦老板安德烈亚·斯特拉认为，此类考量不应影响大奖赛的赛事指挥。
“就像所有安全车或虚拟安全车的时机或持续时间对比赛产生重大影响的时候一样，我们有机会审视是否可以做出不同的安排，”他在赛后说。
“但这不属于赛事总监的管辖范围。赛事总监在他所指挥的比赛当下应用指导方针和规则。我认为，当出现导致虚拟安全车的情况时，赛事总监的注意力——理所当然地——集中在何时具备开启虚拟安全车的条件以及何时具备关闭的条件上。我不认为他会关注比赛中正在发生什么。那会是一个很大的干扰。”
斯特拉表示，车队对西班牙大奖赛的赛事指挥“绝对没有评论”，并补充说他们“按照现有规则做得很好”。然而，他承认，对于采取措施在类似事件中“保持更多公平性”，存在“更广泛反思”的空间。
“我自己也困惑什么才是正确的，”斯特拉继续说。“给予足够的持续时间，让每个人都受到相同赛道条件的影响，这样对吗？比如说，虚拟安全车至少持续一整圈。或者，你就把它交给天意？有时你幸运，有时你不幸运。我自己也不确定。
“但总的来说，进行这类对话的正确场所是战略咨询委员会，即著名的SAC。这是一个可以添加到议程并在那里讨论的话题。但如果要改变，就必须经过SAC、然后F1委员会，最后我们还得在某个阶段修改运动规则。”
兰多·诺里斯在西班牙输给了基米·安东内利
斯特拉说，这将是一个“相对漫长的过程”，意味着不能指望很快发生变化。无论如何，诺里斯承认，虽然这次他因虚拟安全车的时机而吃亏，但其他人在类似情况下也吃过亏——而且他自己有时也从中受益。
“我是唯一一个，整个发车格上唯一一个没有机会进站的人，”诺里斯在赛后新闻发布会上说。“这很不幸。比赛中发生过这种情况，过去有很多次我从中受益，也有吃亏的时候。
“这就是赛车，但从未在争夺胜利时发生。所以，我认为这可能是第一次仅仅因为虚拟安全车而失去胜利。”
英文原文
Why McLaren won’t blame F1 race control for lost Spanish GP victory
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella believes the influence of a virtual safety car on the racing outcome is "not under the jurisdiction of the race director"
After qualifying on pole position with a stunning lap on Saturday, victory in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix looked certain for Lando Norris – until an ill-timed virtual safety car cost him a shot at the win.
However, Mclaren says it won’t blame race control for the bad luck it endured on Sunday.
The very nature of the Madring circuit meant that a strong start from pole would make victory highly likely for Norris, as it proved to be incredibly hard for F1, F2 and even F3 cars to pass in race conditions.
And, with the benefit of clean air, the Briton streaked ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen after just a handful of laps. However, all that changed when the brakes on Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin failed and he was forced to park up at the side of the road, bringing out the virtual safety car.
The timing of the incident severely impacted Norris’ race, as he was past the pit entry when the VSC was initially called and the track went green again by the time he had made it around another lap to pit. His rivals, meanwhile, made the most of the disruption and stopped to change tyres, which Norris said lost him around 20 seconds in the race.
The misfortune led some to question the regulations around safety cars and VSCs, and what can be done to ensure nobody is at an advantage or disadvantage when they are called.
Andrea Stella acknowledged that race control shouldn't set the safety car rules
However, McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes such considerations should not impact the race direction of a grand prix.
“Like all the times in which a safety car or a virtual safety car timing or duration has a large influence on a race, we have an opportunity to review whether we can do things differently,” he said after the race.
“But this is not under the jurisdiction of the race director. The race director applies the guidance and the regulations at the moment of the race that he's directing. And I think that when there's a situation like the one that caused the virtual safety car, the attention of the race director, and rightly so, is on when the conditions exist to turn the virtual safety car on and when they exist to turn it off. I don't think he takes a look at what's happening in the race. It would be a big distraction.”
Stella said the team had “absolutely no comment” on the race direction of the Spanish GP, adding that they had “done a good job according to what is present”. However, he conceded that there was scope for “wider reflection” about taking steps to ‘maintain more fairness’ in similar incidents.
“I'm puzzled myself as to what's right,” Stella continued. “Is it correct to give enough duration such that everyone will be subject to the same track conditions? So, for instance, the virtual safety car lasts at least one full lap. Or, you just keep it in the hands of the gods? And sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you are not. I'm not sure myself.
“But in general, there's the right place to have this sort of conversation which is the Strategy Advisory Committee, the famous SAC. And this is a topic that may be added to the agenda and discussed over there. But if it's a change, it will have to be a change that goes through the SAC, then the F1 Commission, and then we have to go at some stage to the Sporting Regulations.”
Lando Norris lost out to Kimi Antonelli in Spain
This, Stella said, would be a “relatively lengthy process”, meaning that change can’t be expected anytime soon. Regardless, Norris admitted that while he lost out on this occasion due to the timing of the VSC, others have lost out under similar circumstances - and he has also benefited at times.
“I was the only one, the only one on the whole grid that didn't get the chance to do the pitstop,” Norris said in the post-race press conference. “That's just unfortunate. It's happened in races and there's been plenty of times where I've gained from it in the past and times where I lost from it.
“It's racing, but never when fighting for a win. So, I think it's probably one of the first times a win has been lost simply because of it.”
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