红牛终于锁定维斯塔潘多年指出的问题
红牛在巴库为小红牛22带来最后一个重要升级包，技术总监瓦谢表示风洞与赛道数据关联性良好。维斯塔潘称困扰车队多年的赛车性能衰减问题终于取得进展。
红牛“终于找到了”维斯塔潘多年来一直指出的神秘赛车问题
维斯塔潘知道赛车性能衰减的问题无法在本赛季完全解决，但他表示，在多年的困扰之后，红牛终于取得了进展。技术总监皮埃尔·瓦谢承认这是一个“巨大的问题”。
红牛在巴库为小红牛22引入了最后一个重要的升级套件。在自由练习赛结束后，技术总监瓦谢得出结论：相关性良好，这个包括全新底板和修改后侧箱的套件达到了预期效果。
在幕后，车队的工作重心早已转向2027年的新赛车，部分原因在于除了可能赢得一场分站胜利之外，红牛在今年剩下的几个月里已经没有多少可以争取的东西了。
不过，由于规则大体保持稳定，红牛可以将总结出的经验带入下个赛季——维斯塔潘已经表示，某些较大的改动在小红牛22上无法实现，但可以在下赛季加以落实。
虽然这主要涉及性能提升和某些设计选择，但还有另一个优先级很高的问题：维斯塔潘所说的“赛车退化”。这位荷兰车手在多个比赛周末都提到，小红牛22后部的某些部件会在一个练习阶段甚至整场比赛过程中逐渐恶化。
最引人注目的是，维斯塔潘表示自己已经为此抱怨了好几年，这一点相当耐人寻味，毕竟规则已经彻底改革，而且2026年的赛车完全是全新的。
领队洛朗·梅基斯对此回应称，这个问题无法在今年这款赛车上彻底解决，但红牛最近几周吸取了一些宝贵的经验，可以应用到下赛季——部分依据正是维斯塔潘在蒙扎提供的反馈。
维斯塔潘也持同样的看法，这是他在巴库接受Motorsport.赛车运动网站就该问题提问时解释的。
"是的，这仍在进行中。我的意思是，就像洛朗所说的那样，我们现在看到了一些问题。也许其中一些问题今年无法改变，但也许能为明年提供一些有益的教训。
"所以我觉得我们终于找准了可以改进的方向，是的。"
在幕后，红牛其实已经把重心放在2027年上有一段时间了，因为本赛季已没有多少值得争夺的东西了
因此红牛正在取得进展，不过当Motorsport.com询问瓦谢他对这个问题能否在2027年得到彻底解决有多大信心时，他笑了。
"我没有信心，否则我就不用工作了！你永远不会有信心，尤其是当你面对这类问题时"，这位法国人说。
"在我们的行业里，每次都是一种妥协。你要尽量优化整车的重量和空气动力学套件的整体性能，这就意味着各项指标都很紧凑，而且（与此同时）你不想为了达到这个目标而毁掉一切。"
"我们正在研究这个问题，并且努力解决它，因为这是一个非常严重的问题。但要说我有信心它（明年）会被完全解决，我没有。"
英文原文
Red Bull "finally pinpointing" mysterious car issue highlighted by Max Verstappen for years
Verstappen knows the car degradation problem cannot be fully resolved this season, but says Red Bull is finally making progress after years of struggling with it. Pierre Waché acknowledges it is a "massive issue"
Red Bull has introduced its final significant upgrade package for the RB22 in Baku. After the opening practice sessions, technical director Waché concluded that the correlation is good and that the package – which includes a new floor and revised sidepods – is doing what was expected of it.
Behind the scenes, the focus has already been on the 2027 challenger for some time, partly because Red Bull has little left to gain in the remaining months of this year, apart from a potential race win.
With the regulations remaining largely stable, however, Red Bull can carry the lessons learned into next season – with Verstappen having already indicated that certain larger changes are not possible with the RB22, but can be implemented for next season.
Although that primarily concerns performance gains and certain design choices, there is another subject high on the priority list: what Verstappen has called "car degradation". The Dutchman has said during several race weekends that certain components at the rear of the RB22 deteriorate over the course of a session or even a race.
The most striking aspect is that Verstappen says he has been complaining about it for years, which is remarkable given the overhaul of the regulations and the fact that the 2026 car is completely new.
Team principal Laurent Mekies has said in response that the problem cannot be fully solved with this year’s car, but that Red Bull has learned several valuable lessons in recent weeks that can be applied next season – partly based on Verstappen’s feedback in Monza.
It is a view Verstappen shares, as he explained when asked about the issue by Motorsport.com in Baku.
"Yeah, it’s work in progress. I mean, we see some things now, like Laurent said. Maybe some of those things cannot be changed for this year, but maybe there’s some good lessons for next year.
"So I feel like we are finally pinpointing areas where we can be better, yeah."
Behind the scenes, Red Bull has been focusing on 2027 for some time now, as there isn’t much left to fight for this season
Red Bull is therefore making progress, although Waché laughs when Motorsport.com asks him how confident he is that this problem will be completely resolved in 2027.
"I'm not confident, otherwise I will stop working! You are never confident, even more when you have this type of issue", the Frenchman said.
"Every time, it’s a compromise in our business. You try to maximise the overall car weight, the overall performance of the aero package, it means that things are tight and [at the same time] you don't want to destroy everything to have that.
"We are working on it and we are trying to fix it because it's a massive issue. But to be confident that it will be fully fixed [next year], I am not."
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