喬治·拉塞爾回應劉易斯·漢密爾頓的梅賽德斯升級評論

喬治·拉塞爾在摩納哥大獎賽上澄清了梅賽德斯的升級戲劇，聲稱劉易斯·漢密爾頓在冷落了一次拋硬幣後“很高興”讓他運行更新的前翼。

George Russell has clarified the situation surrounding Mercedes' upgrade drama at the Monaco Grand Prix, revealing that Lewis Hamilton was "happy" to let him use the updated front wing after declining a coin toss to decide.

喬治·拉塞爾澄清了圍繞梅賽德斯在摩納哥大獎賽上的升級戲劇的情況，透露劉易斯·漢密爾頓在拒絕擲硬幣決定後“很高興”讓他使用更新的前翼。

Russell outqualified Hamilton for the seventh time in eight races in F1 2024, claiming fifth on the grid in Monaco, with Max Verstappen's Red Bull splitting the Mercedes team-mates.

拉塞爾在 2024 年 F1 八場比賽中第七次在排位賽中擊敗漢密爾頓，在摩納哥發車時獲得第五名，馬克斯·維斯塔潘的紅牛車隊則將梅賽德斯隊友平分秋色。

George Russell responds to Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes upgrade comments

喬治·拉塞爾回應劉易斯·漢密爾頓的梅賽德斯升級評論

After the session, Hamilton, who had been a fixture in the top three throughout practice at the principality before fading to seventh in Q3, revealed that Russell was running the only upgraded front wing available to Mercedes in Monaco.

賽後，漢彌爾頓在公國的訓練中穩居前三，但在第三季跌至第七位。

The seven-time World Champion claimed he was “automatically” two tenths down on Russell heading into qualifying as a result, before suggesting that he does not “anticipate” being ahead of his team-mate in qualifying very often in F1 2024.

這位七屆世界冠軍聲稱，他在進入排位賽時「自動」落後拉塞爾十分之二，然後表示他不會「預計」在 2024 年 F1 排位賽中經常領先於隊友。

Hamilton's comments sparked suggestions that Russell may now be receiving upgrade priority as the former prepares to leave Mercedes for Ferrari in F1 2025.

漢密爾頓的言論引發了人們的猜測，即拉塞爾現在可能會獲得升級優先權，因為前者準備在 2025 年 F1 比賽中離開梅賽德斯前往法拉利。

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分析：2024 年摩納哥大獎賽

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However, appearing on Channel 4's coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix, Russell revealed that Hamilton was happy for him to use the new front wing, having sampled the upgrade in the simulator in the build-up to the race weekend.

然而，拉塞爾在第 4 頻道對摩納哥大獎賽的報導中透露，漢密爾頓很高興他能使用新的前翼，並在比賽週末的準備階段在模擬器中試用了升級版本。

And he claimed that Hamilton's decision to pass over the upgrade stemmed from concerns that damage to the front wing in Monaco would force him to revert to a previous specification and therefore trigger a pit-lane start.

他聲稱漢密爾頓決定放棄升級的原因是擔心摩納哥前翼的損壞將迫使他恢復到先前的規格，觸發維修站起步。

He said: “There was one front wing this weekend and it was agreed on Tuesday that we’d do a coin toss and see who got it.

他說：「這個週末有一個前翼，週二我們同意擲硬幣，看看誰得到了它。

“Lewis said he’d tried it on the sim and was happy for me to use it this weekend, because it doesn’t go without risk.

「劉易斯說他已經在 SIM 卡上嘗試過，並且很高興我這個週末使用它，因為它並非沒有風險。

“If we made a mistake in qualifying and damaged it, obviously that’s one front wing that we won’t ever be able to use again and you’d have to start from the pit lane.

「如果我們在排位賽中犯了錯誤並損壞了它，顯然我們將永遠無法再次使用那個前翼，你必須從維修區開始。

“I was happy to take that risk using it and I thought it was a belated birthday present he gave me, saying I could use it.”

“我很高興冒著使用它的風險，我認為這是他送給我的一份遲來的生日禮物，說我可以使用它。”

Put to him that Hamilton did not even want to take the coin toss, Russell replied: “No, we didn’t do the coin toss.”

當漢密爾頓問他甚至不想擲硬幣時，拉塞爾回答說：“不，我們沒有擲硬幣。”

It is not the first time in F1 2024 that Russell and Hamilton have offered contrasting views over Mercedes' procedures, with Hamilton claiming at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix that he had settled on a set-up more suited to the race after lagging behind Russell in qualifying.

這並不是F1 2024 中拉塞爾和漢密爾頓第一次對梅賽德斯的程序提出截然不同的看法，漢密爾頓在賽季揭幕戰巴林大獎賽上聲稱，在落後之後，他已經選擇了更適合比賽的設置拉塞爾在排位賽中。

That claim was disputed by Russell, who told media including PlanetF1.com that he and Hamilton had “pretty similar” set-up with “no big differences.”

這一說法遭到了拉塞爾的質疑，他告訴包括 PlanetF1.com 在內的媒體，他和漢密爾頓的設置“非常相似”，“沒有太大差異”。

Speaking to media including PlanetF1.com the morning Hamilton's move to Ferrari was confirmed in February, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff insisted that the team would remain “transparent and fair” ahead of Hamilton's impending switch to the Scuderia.

漢密爾頓在二月份確認轉會法拉利的早晨，梅賽德斯車隊領隊托托·沃爾夫在接受包括PlanetF1.com 在內的媒體採訪時堅稱，在漢密爾頓即將轉投法拉利車隊之前，車隊將保持“透明和公平」。

But he conceded that team and driver were both likely to face “new and challenging situations” over the course of F1 2024.

但他承認，在 2024 年 F1 比賽中，車隊和車手都可能面臨「新的、具有挑戰性的情況」。

He said: “I think what I’ve always tried to do as a team principal, and all of us at Mercedes, is to be transparent and fair – and nothing's going to change in that respect in 2024.

他說：「我認為，作為車隊負責人，以及梅賽德斯的所有人，我一直努力做的就是保持透明和公平——到 2024 年，這方面不會有任何改變。

“We owe it to our principles and our racing intent, how we go about [racing], and we will respect that. And I will [ensure] that the drivers will respect that.

「我們應該尊重我們的原則和我們的比賽意圖，以及我們如何進行[比賽]，我們會尊重這一點。我將[確保]司機們會尊重這一點。

“In terms of the development going forward, I think this is something which we need to look at.

「就未來的發展而言，我認為這是我們需要關注的事情。

“The regulations stay pretty much the same and when it comes to 2025, we will evaluate later in the season what it means in terms of technical information.

「規則幾乎保持不變，到了 2025 年，我們將在賽季晚些時候評估它對技術資訊的意義。

“But that’s not something that bothers me at all. We have engineers that leave us and go to other teams, and the notice periods are sometimes as short as six months, so I don’t have any doubt about Lewis's integrity in terms of sharing information in that respect.

「但這根本不是什麼讓我煩惱的事情。我們有工程師離開我們，去了其他團隊，通知期有時短至六個月，所以我對劉易斯在這方面共享資訊的誠信沒有任何懷疑。

“I just want to make sure – we want to make sure – that this is a successful season – a successful season for both drivers and a successful season for Mercedes all of us will give our utmost to achieve that.

「我只是想確保——我們想確保——這是一個成功的賽季——對於兩位車手來說都是一個成功的賽季，對於梅賽德斯來說也是一個成功的賽季，我們所有人都將竭盡全力實現這一目標。

“It’s definitely a new situation to manage, for Lewis and the team, but it is something that when you focus on the really short term – and this is the racing team that’s been deployed to run the product

「對於劉易斯和團隊來說，這絕對是一個需要管理的新情況，但當你專注於真正的短期時，這就是被部署來運行該產品的賽車團隊