法拉利青训车手塔波宁：马德里新赛道“极具挑战”
法拉利F1青训车手Tuukka Taponen将新落成的马德里赛道赛道形容为“相当耗费体力”且“非常苛刻”，并指出在这条赛道上达到完美非常困难。
“即使是一个小错误也可能让你付出巨大代价”——马德里赛道赛道将如何挑战F1车手
在上个月于F1最新赛道驾驶之后，Tuukka Taponen为本周末的挑战提供了全新的见解
法拉利F1青训车手Tuukka Taponen形容这条全新的马德里赛道赛道“相当耗费体力”且“要求极高”，并解释了在那里要做到完美有多么困难。
Taponen和其他F3车手于8月24日至25日在马德里这条新赛道进行了为期两天的测试，而接二连三的撞车导致一个下午之内出现五次红旗，挑战的规模显而易见。
“这是一条非常难跑的赛道，”这位MP Motorsport车手说。“这里弯道很多——总共有22个——所以要想做出一个干净的单圈并不容易。在长距离和比赛节段中它也相当考验体能，要求很高，因为你需要时刻保持专注。护墙离赛道很近，所以即使是一个小失误也可能让你付出很大代价。”
Taponen指出了那些可能把赛车弹向护墙的棘手路肩，以及在进攻与谨慎之间难以捉摸的平衡，这些都是在这条西班牙赛道上需要掌控的主要因素。
“至少对于参加F3的我们来说，在每个计时段都有可能拉开相当大的差距，”这位芬兰车手补充道。
“我要说第一个计时段可能是最难的，尤其是第二个减速弯。每个人在那里都会压路肩，如果你以稍微错误的角度压上路肩，或者带了一点过多的速度，就可能撞上护墙。你想把车推到极限：如果稍微超出极限，你会冒很大风险，但如果你推得不够，又会损失很多单圈时间。”
“在这个赛段的末尾还有几个高速弯角，到那时轮胎已经开始有点过热了。这让整圈都保持快速和稳定变得相当困难。”
每个人都会在模拟器里做准备，F1车手和年轻车手都一样，但在这个具体情况下，缺乏真实赛道数据是个阻碍。在这里，Taponen 的赛道实测让他注意到赛道的抓地力并不一致。
“一旦你到了那里，现实可能与（模拟器）截然不同，”他解释道。“每个弯角的抓地力水平都不一样：有些感觉抓地力稍差，有些则稍好。这将是 Charles [Leclerc] 和 Lewis [Hamilton] 面临的重大挑战之一。他们还将以非常高的速度行驶，护墙很近，容错空间非常小。在仍然逼近极限的同时跑出一圈干净的圈速将会很困难。”
Taponen 将以无争冠机会的状态迎接 F3 赛季收官战，他将在这一级别的第二个赛季结束。这位法拉利青训车手上一站蒙扎拿到了本赛季首个领奖台，而且令人难以置信的是，他距离排名第三的 Ernesto Rivera 仅差 12 分——尽管排名低了六位。与此同时，表现稳定的前列车手 Freddie Slater 和 Ugo Ugochukwu 将为总冠军展开争夺。
英文原文
“Even a small mistake can cost you a lot” – How Madring will challenge F1 drivers
After driving on F1’s newest track last month, Tuukka Taponen provides fresh insight into this weekend’s challenge
Ferrari Formula 1 junior Tuukka Taponen has described the new Madring circuit as “quite physical” and “very demanding”, explaining how tough perfection is to reach there.
Taponen and other Formula 3 drivers were out on track for a two-day test at Madrid’s new circuit on 24-25 August, and the scale of the challenge noticeably emerged as successive crashes caused five red flags in one single afternoon.
“It’s a very difficult track,” the MP Motorsport driver said. “There are a lot of corners – 22 in total – so it’s not easy to put together a clean lap. It’s also quite physical over long runs and race stints, and very demanding because you need to stay focused all the time. The walls are quite close, so even a small mistake can cost you a lot.”
Taponen pointed to tricky kerbs that can propel cars into barriers, and an elusive compromise between pushing and prudence, as some of the main factors to master at the Spanish circuit.
“At least for us in Formula 3, it was possible to make quite a big difference in every sector,” the Finn added.
“I would say the first sector is probably the most difficult, especially the second chicane. Everyone rides the kerbs there, and if you take one at a slightly wrong angle or carry a little too much speed, you can end up in the wall. You want to push right to the limit: if you go slightly over it, you risk quite a lot, but if you don’t push enough, you can lose a lot of lap time.
“Towards the end of the sector there are also a few high-speed corners, by which point the tyres are already starting to overheat a little. That makes it quite difficult to be quick and consistent throughout the lap.”
Everyone will have prepared in the simulator, F1 drivers and junior racers alike, but the lack of real-world data is a hindrance in this specific case. Here, Taponen’s track action allowed him to notice the track’s grip was inconsistent.
“Once you get there, the reality can be quite different [from the sim],” he explained. “The grip level isn’t the same in every corner: some feel a little less grippy, others a little more. That is going to be one of the big challenges for Charles [Leclerc] and Lewis [Hamilton]. They will also be travelling at very high speeds, with the walls close and very small margins for error. Putting together a clean lap while still pushing to the limit is going to be difficult.”
Taponen is going into F3’s season finale with no title chance as he concludes his second campaign at this level. The Ferrari protege claimed his first podium finish of the season last time out in Monza and, incredibly, lies just 12 points adrift of third-placed Ernesto Rivera – but six spots lower. Meanwhile, consistent frontrunners Freddie Slater and Ugo Ugochukwu will battle it out for the crown.
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