红牛回应向阿斯顿·马丁供应动力单元的传闻
红牛车队领队梅基斯确认，车队并未就向其他F1车队供应动力单元进行“认真谈判”，其中包括阿斯顿·马丁。
红牛回应向阿斯顿·马丁供应F1动力单元的传闻
红牛车队领队梅基斯确认，车队并未就向阿斯顿·马丁或任何其他F1竞争对手供应动力单元进行认真讨论
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红牛车队领队梅基斯确认，车队并未就向另一支F1车队供应动力单元进行“认真谈判”。这其中包括阿斯顿·马丁。
这支总部位于银石的车队整个赛季都在动力单元性能上苦苦挣扎，其与本田的厂商合作关系也一直紧张。如今有报道称，阿斯顿·马丁可能在另寻他处，包括红牛和福特。
红牛本赛季的动力总成令人大感意外，其内燃机被国际汽联定义为标杆，并且已在马克斯·维斯塔潘手中拿下两场胜利。听到围场中的客户车队会对这样的动力单元感兴趣，并不会让人感到意外。在美国大奖赛期间，梅基斯承认确实存在兴趣，但这款动力单元是非卖品。
“你看，我们的引擎性能引来了大量我们不想要的正面关注，这自然也引起了众多车队的注意，”他说。
“我们有没有和任何人认真谈过为另一支车队供应动力单元？没有。我们觉得自己还没准备好。未来五年这是板上钉钉的吗？不是。因为我不知道未来五年会发生什么，但可以肯定的是，对我们来说，我们自己这边有足够的工作要做，去改进动力单元，改进它在赛车中的整合。”
梅基斯坚称，红牛动力总成内部没有人认为这台引擎已经完成。
“我之所以微笑，是因为你在红牛动力总成里很难找到一个人认为这台引擎已经搞定，”他说，“有上千项可驾驶性方面的考量，我们知道可以做得更好，也相信我们会做得更好。”
他补充说，充分发挥引擎与底盘之间协同效应的潜力，是红牛决定自研动力单元的主要原因。
“使用自家动力单元的主要原因之一，就是试图从整合中获取竞争优势，这正是我们所有人努力的方向。”
阿斯顿·马丁的迈克·克拉克也试图淡化这一想法，并确认了车队对这家日本制造商的承诺。
“我只能说我们有一个合作伙伴，一个长期合作伙伴，那就是本田，顺便说一句，本周末它已经完成了第500场比赛，而且我认为当我们一起赢得第一场比赛时，我们也会在一起，”他说。
英文原文
Red Bull responds to Aston Martin F1 power unit rumours
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has confirmed the team is not in serious discussions to supply Aston Martin or any other Formula 1 rival with power units
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Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has confirmed that the team is not in "serious conversations" when it comes to supplying another Formula 1 team with power units. This includes Aston Martin.
The Silverstone-based team has struggled with its power unit performance all season as its works partnership with Honda has been strained. Now, there are reports of Aston Martin potentially looking elsewhere, including Red Bull and Ford.
Red Bull's powertrain this season has been a huge surprise, with the internal combustion engine being defined as the benchmark by the FIA, and it already securing two victories in the hands of Max Verstappen. It wouldn't come as a surprise to hear that customer teams across the grid would be interested in such a thing. Talking at the United States Grand Prix, Mekies admitted that there certainly is interest, but the power unit isn't for sale.
“Look, we got a lot of unwanted positive publicity about the performance of our engine and that came with certainly attention from a lot of teams,” he said.
“Are we having any serious conversations with anyone to supply another team? No. We don’t feel we are ready for that. Is it set in stone for the next five years? No. Because I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next five years, but for sure, for us there is enough work on our side to improve the power unit, to improve its integration in the car.”
Mekies insisted nobody at Red Bull Powertrains believes the engine is finished.
“I’m smiling because you will struggle to find one person in RBPT that thinks that the engine is sorted,” he said. “There are a thousand driveability considerations that we know we can do better, and we know we will do better.”
He added that getting the most out of the link between engine and chassis was the main reason for Red Bull building its own unit.
“One of the main reasons you use your own power unit is to try to extract a competitive advantage from its integration, and that’s what we are all working towards.”
Aston Martin’s Mike Krack also tried to calm the idea, confirming the team's commitment to the Japanese manufacturer.
“I can only say we have a partner, a long-term partner, which is Honda, that, by the way, has done its 500th race this weekend, and I think we will be together also when we win our first race together,” he said.
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