瓦尔特里·博塔斯否认可能失去2027年凯迪拉克赛车席位
瓦尔特里·博塔斯坚称凯迪拉克对他很满意，他的合同“一切正常”至2027年，尽管最近有关他F1未来的传闻。
瓦尔特里·博塔斯否认他可能失去2027年凯迪拉克赛车席位
凯迪拉克的Marcin Budkowski拒绝确认他的车手是否会留任
博塔斯最近在资格赛和比赛中缺乏速度，导致对车手市场的猜测。媒体提到，在哈斯车队失去座位的奥康，由于在F2锦标赛中的表现，被认为是博塔斯席位的有力竞争者；同样，凯迪拉克测试车手Colton Herta和红牛车队预备车手角田裕毅也被视为潜在竞争者。
在这种情况下，凯迪拉克车队负责人Marcin Budkoswki——他在这个职位上已经工作了两个半月——在美国大奖赛的周五新闻发布会上被问及奥康是否可能是预备角色的候选人——而他的回答含糊不清。
“嗯，看吧，作为一个车队负责人，我相信我的同事也是这样，你会在市场上接到每个车手或车手经理的电话和联系。”Budkowski说。“所以，有很多人和经理联系了我。我不会说是谁或者不是谁，但基本上所有在市场上的人都已经联系过了，就像你们想象的那样。
“但是，是的，我认为这里是我最不愿意透露车手阵容的地方，就像你们想象的那样。如果那样做，我的市场和传播部门会杀了我的。”
当被追问博塔斯和塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯是否真的有2027年的有效合同时，这位波兰人神秘地补充说：“再次强调，这是我最不愿意评论车手合同的地方，总的来说，我认为这不是在新闻发布会上做的事情。这是在适当的时候由车队官方发布时才会做的事情。”
瓦尔特里·博塔斯，凯迪拉克车队，与车队负责人马辛·布德科夫斯基交谈
由于两位车手在加入凯迪拉克车队时都签署了‘多年’合同，因此不清楚在加入凯迪拉克车队后，是否需要满足某些条件（如果有的话）才能触发他们2027年的合同延期
据信奥康正朝着与阿斯顿·马丁的预备合同前进，而不是凯迪拉克的工作，但博塔斯的座位是否必然安全？
当被问及车队是否向他保证了2027年的合同时，这位264场比赛的老将说：‘是的——我的意思是，去年我签合同时，我知道条款，所以一切都很好。’
被Motorsport.com就布杜科夫斯基周五的评论以及他是否对那些模棱两可的回答感到惊讶进行追问时，博塔斯表示他既不知道那些评论，也不在意。
至于有没有任何情况下，尽管理论上他签订了2027赛季的合同，但他不会为凯迪拉克赛车，博塔斯沉思道：“我的意思是，这是一级方程式。如果牛能飞，你知道……在这个运动中，任何事情都可能发生。但现在，他们似乎对我所做的一切都很满意。我认为那才是最重要的。”
英文原文
Valtteri Bottas denies he might lose his Cadillac seat for F1 2027
As Cadillac’s Marcin Budkowski refuses to confirm his drivers are staying on next year, Bottas insists he’s got a valid contract
Valtteri Bottas insists Cadillac is happy with him and his contract is “all OK” for 2027, amid recent rumours about his Formula 1 future.
Bottas’ recent lack of both qualifying and race pace has led to speculation on the driver market. Esteban Ocon, who lost his seat to Formula 2 championship leader Rafael Camara at Haas, was brought up in the media as a potential contender for the Finn’s seat; so were Cadillac test driver Colton Herta, despite his tough F2 season, and Red Bull reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda.
In that context, Cadillac team principal Marcin Budkoswki – who has been in office for two-and-a-half months – was asked, in Friday’s press conference at the United States Grand Prix, if Ocon might be a candidate for a reserve role – and his answer was elusive.
“Well, look, as a team principal, and I’m sure it’s the same with my colleagues, you’re getting calls and contacts from every driver or driver manager that is on the market,” Budkowski said. “So, there are a number of drivers and managers who have contacted me. I’m not going to say who it is or who it isn’t, but pretty much all of them that are on the market have been in touch, as you’d expect.
“But yes, I think it’s the last place here, as you can imagine, where I would communicate anything on driver line-up. My marketing and communications department would kill me if I did that.”
Pressed on whether Bottas and Sergio Perez did have valid contracts for 2027, the Pole intriguingly added: “Again, this is the last place I would comment on driver contracts, and in general, I think it’s not something that is done in the press. It’s something which will be done by official releases from the team when the time is right.”
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing, speaks to team principal Marcin Budkowski
Given both drivers signed ‘multi-year’ contracts when they joined Cadillac for 2026, it’s unclear what conditions – if any – must be met to trigger their 2027 extensions.
Ocon is believed to be heading towards an Aston Martin reserve deal rather than the Cadillac gig anyway, but is Bottas’ seat necessarily secure?
Asked if the team had given him reassurance for 2027, the 264-race veteran said: “Yes – I mean, last year when I signed, I know the terms, so that's all OK.”
Pressed by Motorsport.com on Budkowski’s Friday comments and whether he was surprised by those equivocal answers, Bottas said he was both unaware of those remarks and unbothered.
As to whether there was any scenario where he wouldn’t be racing for Cadillac despite theoretically having a contract for 2027 season, Bottas pondered: “I mean, it is Formula 1. If cows could fly, you know… anything can always happen in this sport. But for now, they seem happy with what they're getting out of me. I think that's all that matters.”
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