奥康：车手不是哈斯的问题，尽管车队可能在考察新人
埃斯特班·奥康坚称，在困境中的哈斯F1车队里“车手不是问题”，而他在世界锦标赛中的未来正面临威胁。
奥康：‘哈斯可能在测试新车手，但车手并不是问题所在’
由于表现不佳，他在F1的未来愈发不确定，但奥康坚称自己不是问题所在——而且车队也清楚这一点。
奥康表示，在苦苦挣扎的哈斯F1车队，“车手并不是问题所在”，而他在世界锦标赛中的未来正面临威胁。
哈斯的VF-26赛车一直受到各部件性能表现不一致的困扰，尽管Ocon认为在蒙扎引入的最新空气动力学升级是“积极的”，但这些问题并未因此得到解决。
本赛季到目前为止，奥康（Ocon）的表现明显不如队友奥利弗·比尔曼（贝尔曼），排位赛成绩以6比12落后，积分以3比18落后——不过积分差距主要是因为这位英国人在前两场大奖赛中的出色发挥。
自4月的休赛期以来，奥康实际上以2比1的得分反超了比尔曼，因为哈斯车队在车队梯队中的位置逐渐下滑。但在所有大奖赛中，这位年轻车手只有一次在正赛中落后于老将——那就是匈牙利站。
巧合的是，那正是这种不稳定问题影响了比尔曼而奥康未受影响的一站，不过这位法国人认为，在今年迄今为止的13站比赛中，这个问题已经困扰了他10站。
“这是我们本赛季到目前为止一直面临的问题，”奥康说，“我本人、小松（Ayao Komatsu，车队领队）和奥利（Ollie）都非常清楚这一点。当我们把赛车调校到能够发挥性能的健康状态时，我们作为车手、作为车队这边就能有好的表现。”
“奥利（Ollie）上周有一辆车正在运送我们所期待的部件。而在我这边，情况并非如此，但在布达佩斯情况就非常不同了，比如他在那里遇到的那些困难。
“我们意识到这些问题。在这个阶段，这是我们全部的专注点，尽量在周末开始时不要出现这些问题，让赛车能正常运作。一旦你在性能方面处于追赶亏欠的状态，事情就会变得困难。这就是我们现在所处的处境。
“但这并不能抹杀车队在最近几场比赛中所做的出色工作。我们已经连续三次进入Q2了。当然，这还不是Q3。但我感觉我已经从赛车上榨取了我所能发挥的最大限度，没有任何东西被留在桌上。
“这不是我们想要的结果。我们当然需要更多的性能来争夺积分。但令人欣慰的是可以说：这就是我们当时拥有的那辆车，我们已经把它能做的发挥到了最大，现在我们需要在这方面和那方面继续改进。而这就是我们正在做的。而且我认为我们最近在自己这一侧做得相当不错。所以我们需要继续前进。”
奥孔（Ocon）的未来被认为已受到威胁长达数月之久，两周前哈斯（哈斯）在波尔蒂芒（Portimao）用一辆旧F1赛车测试了潜在替代者——分别是车队储备车星野陆毅（Ryo Hirakawa）、迈凯伦（迈凯伦）储备车手莱昂纳多·福尔纳罗利（Leonardo Fornaroli），以及法拉利（法拉利）青训车手拉斐尔·卡马拉（Rafael Camara）。福尔纳罗利是现任F2冠军，而卡马拉正在争夺今年的冠军。
奥孔淡化了这次测试的重要性，并坚称目前的问题并非出在他和贝尔曼（Bearman）身上。
当被问及与哈斯就2027年的谈判以及与其他车队可能的接触时，这位即将年满30岁的车手回答道：“显然，最近几周我们一直在就未来进行讨论。自2025年起，我就被说服与阿尧（Ayao）一起加入这个项目。当然，首先需要与本车队进行讨论，而这样的讨论正在进行之中。
“不过，是的，车队如果有意愿，是可以测试所有车手的。我们有一个对我们非常重要的旧车测试项目，这也是我们的一种收入来源。”
“但很明显，车队内部车手并不是问题所在。我们所有人都在朝同一个方向共同努力，试图从赛车中获得更多。而且我和Ollie，当赛车有竞争力的时候，我们是能取得成绩的。
“而现在，我所有关注的焦点就是把我们能做的发挥到极致，解决赛车的问题，学习这条新赛道，希望能取得好成绩。”
哈斯车队目前已经连续七场比赛没有得分，这是他们自2021赛季以来并列最差的成绩——那一年对车队来说完全是失败的一年。
英文原文
Esteban Ocon: ‘Haas may be testing new drivers, but drivers aren’t the problem’
As his F1 future grows uncertain due to his lack of performance, Esteban Ocon is adamant that he’s not the problem – and that the team knows it
Esteban Ocon says “drivers are not the problem” at the struggling Haas Formula 1 team, with his future in the world championship at threat.
Haas’ VF-26 has suffered from inconsistency in the way its car parts perform, which the latest aerodynamic upgrades introduced in Monza haven’t fixed, although Ocon described them as “positive”.
Ocon has noticeably underperformed relative to team-mate Oliver Bearman so far this season, having been outqualified 12-6 and outscored 18-3 – though the latter is mostly down to the Briton’s heroics in the opening two grands prix.
Since the April break, Ocon has actually outscored Bearman 2-1, as Haas gradually lost ground in the pecking order. But across all grands prix, the youngster has finished just one race behind the veteran – in Hungary.
Coincidentally, that was one round where the inconsistency issue impacted Bearman while Ocon was unaffected, though the Frenchman believes it to have plagued him in 10 of 13 rounds so far this year.
“This is something that we face so far this season,” Ocon said. “Myself, Ayao [Komatsu, team principal] and Ollie are very aware of that. When we got the cars to a healthy state where they can perform, we perform as drivers, as a side of the garage.
“Ollie, last week, had a car that was delivering what we were expecting. And on my side, it wasn't, but that was very different in Budapest for example, where he faced these difficulties.
“We are aware of these things. This is our full focus at this stage, to try and not have these issues to start the weekend, just working normally with the car. It gets difficult once you are running after a deficit, let's say, in terms of performance. That's the situation we are in.
“But that doesn't take away all the good work that the team has done in the recent races. It's been three Q2s in a row. Of course, it's not Q3. But I feel like I've extracted the maximum out of the car that I could, and there was nothing left on the table.
“It's not the result that we want. We, of course, need more performance to be fighting into the points. But it's still a satisfaction to say, that was the car we had, we may get the maximum out of what it could do, now we need to work on this and that. And that's what we are doing. And I think we've been doing a pretty good job on our side recently. So we need to keep going.”
Ocon’s future has been understood to be at threat for months now, and Haas tested potential replacements in a former F1 car at Portimao two weeks ago – namely the team’s reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa, McLaren reserve Leonardo Fornaroli, and Ferrari junior Rafael Camara. Fornaroli is the reigning Formula 2 champion, while Camara is in contention for this year’s title.
Ocon played down the importance of the test and was adamant that the current problems weren’t down to him and Bearman.
Asked about his negotiations with Haas for 2027 and potential talks with other teams, the soon-to-be 30-year-old replied: “We are having discussions, obviously, regarding the future, in these recent weeks. I've been convinced to come for this project with Ayao since 2025. Of course, the first discussions need to happen with this team, and they are happening right now.
“But yes, the team is allowed to test all the drivers if they want. We have a TPC program that's very important to us. It's also some kind of revenue for us.
“But it is clear that inside the team the drivers are not the problem. We are all pushing together in the same direction to try and get more out of the car. And myself and Ollie, when we have the car to perform, we do.
“And at the moment, all I'm focused about is to get the maximum of what we can do, fix the issues of the car, learn this new track, and hopefully have good results.”
Haas is currently on a seven-race point-less streak, its joint-worst since the 2021 season – which was a write-off for the team.
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