挑戰亞塞拜然賽道，聽聽車手怎麼說
中文原文：https://www.redbull.com/tw-zh/life-fast-lanes
2019-04-23
LIFE IN THE FAST LANES
英文原文：https://redbullracing.redbull.com/article/life-fast-lanes
我們來到開季四場征戰中的最後一場，在經過墨爾本公園臨時賽道、炎熱沙漠中的巴林以及挺進到極限的中國，本周的亞塞拜然大賽可能是最具挑戰性的。
全年中最高速的街道賽道，巴庫市賽道揉合所有你期待的城市賽道－蜿蜒的街道、低速彎角、極其危險地靠近圍牆和障礙物－與極長且高速地直線道，長達2.1公里，是整個賽季中最長的。
巴庫賽道不同區段的差異，意味著不容易在比賽周末找到賽車的理想設定。一方面你在大直道上需要低阻力，藉以賺取單圈時間，但另一方面，你想在曲折的舊城區駕駛完美，需要高下壓力。這些需求是完全相反的，而找到正確地平衡點，是賽季最大的工程難題之一。
這周末對車手而言，也並非易事。下壓力太少，你在狹窄街道會有一輛太過靈敏的車；太多阻力，你在直線上就會像隻坐著的鴨子一樣快。加上賽道最窄的地方，僅有7.6公尺寬，而你面對這樣一個賽道，需要高度的專注與精神。即使只是犯下最微小的錯誤，那些障礙物就會向你招手－過去兩年在這*火焰之國、充滿事故的比賽中，再再證明了這一點。
這是我們如何看亞塞拜然大賽，但從駕駛座看到的又是如何呢? Max和Pierre給我們一些關於瘋狂巴庫的內幕...
Max Verstappen
Q：在巴庫市賽道的設定有多麼棘手?
這是非常有趣的比賽，因為在街道賽你通常會想要有很大的下壓力。但因為巴庫的彎道間有著長直道，你必須找到一些平衡點，所以這意味你在賽道需要少一點抓地力，讓你能稍微側滑一下。
Q：在狹窄城市街道中，側滑並非你想鼓勵的行徑。在這個賽道上，你反而能享受其中?
駛過城堡區域是非常有趣和特別的，那裏非常狹窄，但看到照片回顧也真的很酷。這是一個適合超車的賽道，因為長直道、特別是DRS區域，所以這總是一個令人興奮的周末，很多事情等著發生。這是一場大型表現，希望今年的比賽也能成為一個好故事。
Pierre Gasly
Q：墨爾本是臨時賽道，但是在公園場地，巴庫代表今年第一條真正的街道賽道。你喜歡在街道中的比賽嗎?
這總是更具挑戰性，而我們剩下非常少的犯錯空間，這給我們更多腎上腺素－對我們賽車手而言是正面的。這賽道非常酷，從一個彎角到下一個需要很多技巧。這裡也有賽季最長的直線道，也伴隨著大量的超車機會，這讓周日的比賽變的超刺激。
Q：你去年大賽從第17位起跑，以第12名完賽，而你曾登上巴庫的頒獎台對吧?
當我還在F2時，我在巴庫的比賽從最末端起跑，然後在最後兩圈跟Antonio Giovinazzi有著良好的競爭，最後以第二名完賽。
Q：你對這次在F1出場有信心嗎?
事情會往更好的方向前進，像在中國跑出最快單圈就很好，所以讓我們看著我們這周末能做到什麼程度。
英文原文版：
Life in the fast lanes
We’re heading for the last of four season-opening flyaways, and after the temporary parkland track of Melbourne, the heat of the desert in Bahrain and the front-limited China, this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix might be the most challenging yet.
The fastest street track of the year, the Baku City Circuit fuses all that you’d expect of a city layout – winding streets, low-speed corners, perilously close walls and barriers – with a monumentally long and fast pit straight that at 2.1km is the longest we race on all season.
The difference in sector types in Baku means that there’s no easy route to the ideal car for the race weekend. On the one hand you need low drag on the massive straight to gain lap time, but on the other you want higher levels of downforce in the twisty bits to get the best from the Old Town streets. The demands are diametrically opposed and finding the right compromise is one of the season’s biggest engineering puzzles.
The weekend is no less taxing for drivers. Too little downforce and you’ve got a nervy car in the narrow streets, too much drag and you’re a sitting duck on the straights. Add in a track that at it’s narrowest point is just 7.6 metres wide and you’ve got a layout that demands the highest levels of commitment and focus. Make even the tiniest error and the barriers beckon – as the past two incident-packed races in the Land of Fire have demonstrated.
That’s how we see the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but what’s it like from inside the cockpit? Max and Pierre give us the lowdown on bonkers Baku…
Max Verstappen
How tricky is the Baku City Circuit in terms of set-up?
This is quite an interesting race because on a street circuit, you usually want to run a lot of downforce. Because of the long straights between the corners in Baku, you have to find a bit of a compromise so that means you have quite low grip on the track and you slide around a bit.
Sliding around is not something you want to encourage on narrow city streets. Is it a circuit you can enjoy?
It’s a lot of fun to drive and especially the castle area, it’s very narrow but also it’s really cool for pictures to look back at. It’s a decent track for overtaking because of the long straight and especially with the DRS zone, so it’s always an exciting weekend and a lot of things can happen. It’s a big show and hopefully this year’s race will make for a good story.
Pierre Gasly
Melbourne’s a temporary circuit, but in a parkland setting, and so Baku represents the first proper street circuit of the year. Do you enjoy racing in the streets?
It’s always more challenging as there’s a lot less margin for error, and this gives you more adrenaline which is a positive for us racing drivers. The track is really cool and quite technical from one corner to another. It has the longest straight of the season with a lot of opportunities to overtake, which makes the racing super exciting on Sunday.
You finished 12thin your first grand prix here last year after starting from P17, but you’ve been on a Baku podium before haven’t you?
When I raced in Formula 2, I started the race in Baku from last and had a good fight with Antonio Giovinazzi in the last couple of laps to finish P2.
Are you confident of good outing in F1 this time?
Things are progressively going in a better direction and it was good to get the fastest lap in China, so let’s see what we can do this weekend.
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