维斯塔潘巴西站第21位发车夺亚军，超出红牛模拟预期
红牛车队领队梅基斯承认，车队模拟工具并未预料到从第21位发车能取得第二名。维斯塔潘在圣保罗大奖赛从第21位追至第二，连续第三年上演强势反击。
维斯塔潘如何在巴西站以第二名击败红牛自家的模拟工具
车队领队洛朗·梅基斯承认，红牛的模拟工具并未考虑过从第21位发车取得第二名的可能性
连续第三年，维斯塔潘在F1圣保罗大奖赛上奉献了一场令人印象深刻的追击战。这位荷兰车手2024年从第17位发车夺冠，去年从维修区起步追至第三名，而这一次他从第21位一路追至第二名。
据维斯塔潘所说，他在上坡发车格上的起步并不顺利，不过他主动揽责，称自己离合器操作有误，导致反应时间偏慢。但此后，这位荷兰车手迅速推进。在使用半雨胎的第一段比赛中，他就已经把领奖台位置纳入视野，这比红牛依据自家模拟所预期的要早得多。
洛朗·梅基斯在赛后于红牛接待区表示：“一如既往，我认为世界上没有任何模拟器能预测到你会从第21位升到第2位，或者5圈内提升14个位置。”
“没有任何模拟器能做到这一点。所以，马克斯经常超越模拟结果。”
当领先集团在第16圈末进站将半雨胎换成干胎时，维斯塔潘位列第五，尽管此后他的小红牛22平衡感已不再相同。
据这位四届世界冠军所说，这不仅仅是干胎对赛车平衡可能造成的影响，因为小红牛22在最后几圈——再次用半雨胎完成——的感觉也与开场阶段大不相同。
红牛车队在比赛中已经承认，他们可以从数据中看到尾部下压力的损失，尽管梅基斯表示还需要进一步调查才能确定具体原因。
马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队，奥利弗·贝尔曼，哈斯F1车队
今年早些时候，维斯塔潘曾不止一次抱怨“赛车性能衰退”，这也是为什么这位四届世界冠军在爬出赛车后立即查看车尾，看看是否有任何可见的损伤。
“你们可能已经听到，当我们在换上干胎后，马克斯对赛车平衡性表达了相当多的意见，”梅基斯承认道。
从那一刻起，他对赛车平衡一直非常非常不满意，包括我们最后换回半雨胎的时候。所以我们需要分析那里发生了什么，其中有多少能解释我们的时间损失，以及那是否足以与迈凯伦竞争。
与迈凯伦在车队积分榜上的争夺
尽管如此，红牛在车队积分榜上仍然取得了不错的成绩。周六在圣保罗的荷兰媒体环节中，维斯塔潘已经明确表示，车手积分榜第二名对他毫无意义，但他对今年剩余比赛有一个明确目标：帮助红牛锁定车队积分榜第三名。
由于兰多·诺里斯获得杆位而维斯塔潘从后排发车，巴西的正赛日原本可能很痛苦，但红牛最终以与迈凯伦相同的积分（33分）结束了这个周末。
除了维斯塔潘的逆转驾驶之外，这也得益于伊萨克·哈贾尔的非常强劲表现，这意味着红牛仍然对安德烈亚·斯特拉领导的团队保持17分的优势。
刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利，马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队
尽管维斯塔潘在英特拉格斯的逆转驾驶如今已成为某种传统，但他已经表示希望打破这一传统。在新闻发布会上，这位荷兰人呼吁红牛明年在巴西避免发车位处罚，尽管梅基斯解释说，原计划本来就是在刚过去的周末不出现发车位下降的情况下完成比赛。
在媒体日期间，红牛暗示希望尽可能推迟不可避免的动力单元更换——也许推迟到拉斯维加斯——但在周五的各节练习与排位之后，车队别无选择。
“当然，这很令人沮丧，因为周五的速度看起来不错，周六早上也是，在某些方面Q1我们让他参加排位赛时也是如此。但这就是比赛的一部分，你明白吗？”梅基斯说道。
“人们很容易忘记，这是我们使用自己动力单元的第一年。伙计们一直做得非常出色，我们直到这个周末才和马克斯第一次受到处罚，事情就是这样。这并不在计划之中，但周五我们遇到了一个小问题，迫使我们这么做。但事情就是这样。”
英文原文
How Max Verstappen beat Red Bull's own simulation tools with P2 in Brazil
Team principal Laurent Mekies admits that Red Bull's simulation tools did not consider second place possible from 21st on the grid
For the third year in a row, Verstappen produced an impressive comeback drive in the Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. While the Dutchman won from 17th on the grid in 2024 and climbed from the pitlane to third place last year, this time he charged from 21st to second.
According to Verstappen, his start on the uphill grid did not go to plan, although he took the blame himself after holding the clutch incorrectly, resulting in a slower reaction time. After that, however, the Dutchman made rapid progress. During his first stint on intermediates, he already had the podium positions in his sights, much sooner than Red Bull had ever expected based on its own simulations.
"As always, I think no sim in the world will predict that you will go from P21 to P2 or that you get 14 places in 5 laps," Laurent Mekies said post-race in Red Bull’s hospitality unit.
"There is no sim able to do that. So, Max is beating the simulations on a regular basis."
When the first frontrunners came into the pits at the end of lap 16 to swap their intermediates for slicks, Verstappen was running fifth, although the balance of his RB22 no longer felt the same afterwards.
According to the four-time world champion, this was not simply down to the effect slick tyres might have had on the car balance, as the RB22 also felt very different from the opening stages during the closing laps, which were once again completed on intermediates.
Red Bull had already acknowledged during the race that it could see a loss of rear downforce in the data, although Mekies says further investigation is needed to establish exactly what caused it.
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team
Earlier this year, Verstappen complained more than once about 'car degradation', which is why the four-time world champion also took a look at the rear of his car immediately after climbing out to see whether there was any visible damage.
"You may have heard Max being fairly vocal with the car balance once we had switched to dry tyres," Mekies admitted.
"From that point onwards, he has been very, very unhappy with the car balance, including when we came back to the inters at the very end. So we’ll need to analyse what happened there, how much of that is explaining our time loss and whether or not that would have been enough to fight with McLaren."
The battle with McLaren in the constructors' championship
Nevertheless, Red Bull has still done good business in the constructors' championship. During Saturday's Dutch media session in Sao Paulo, Verstappen had already made it clear that finishing second in the drivers' championship means nothing to him, but that he has a clear objective for the remaining races of this year: helping Red Bull secure third place in the constructors' standings.
With Lando Norris on pole position and Verstappen on the back row of the grid, race day in Brazil could have been a painful one, but Red Bull ultimately ended the weekend with the same number of points as McLaren (33).
As well as Verstappen's comeback drive, this was also down to a very strong performance from Isack Hadjar, meaning Red Bull still holds a 17-point advantage over the team led by Andrea Stella.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Although Verstappen's comeback drives at Interlagos have now become something of a tradition, he has already indicated that he would like to break that tradition. During the press conference, the Dutchman called on Red Bull to avoid a grid penalty in Brazil for once next year, although Mekies explained that the plan had actually been to complete the past weekend without a grid drop in the first place.
During the media day, Red Bull hinted that it wanted to postpone the inevitable power unit change for as long as possible – perhaps until Las Vegas – but after Friday's practice sessions, the team had no choice.
"Of course, it's frustrating because the pace seemed good on Friday and also on Saturday morning, and in some respects also in Q1 when we let him qualify. But it's part of the game, you know?" Mekies said.
"It's easy to forget that this is the first year with our own power unit. The guys have been doing an extraordinary job, we only took our first penalty with Max this weekend and that's what it is. It was not planned, but we had a small issue on Friday that forced us to do so. But that's what it is."
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