Гран-при США по форму 1 завершился без ожидавшейся борьбы четырёх машин за победу, что стало ясно по итогам пятницы и части субботы. Исак Хаджар и Макс Ферстаппен предъявили претензии к команде «Ред Булл» после Гран-при США. Хаджар в своих выступлениях на медиа-встречах выглядел подавленным.
Хаджар заявил: "The clutch. It needs a redesign because at the moment it's too fragile, it's not coping well with temperatures. It's a real struggle." Хаджар добавил: " in dropping the clutch but still it was " Хаджар продолжил: " and overdelivering power, as he lost places to the two Ferraris on the run to the first corner. He felt particularly frustrated by this because, in his eyes, it's one of a number of " Хаджар сказал: " problems (alongside repeat radio issues) that Red Bull keeps experiencing, having done the hard work of developing its way from slowest among the big four right up to the front of the pack. And that progress is what team principal Laurent Mekies said is making these issues " Хаджар отметил: " because where once a poor start was costing it a sixth or a seventh in the end result, now it's the possibility of getting a second car on the podium or even race wins. But, as Mekies acknowledged, it's also a complex, company-wide issue to solve that won't be the work of a moment considering it involves the engine, gearbox, clutch and other components. So while he's confident Red Bull will make more progress before the end of 2026, " Хаджар подчеркнул: ". - Jack Cozens George Russell's self-declared " Хаджар добавил: " race hogged the headlines - but while his Mercedes team has faith he can turn it around, the car shows no signs of helping him. Russell's on-off struggles with the 2026 rules have been well reported and go some way to explaining the deficit to his team-mate, Kimi Antonelli - who delivered one of his best performances of the season, according to team principal Toto Wolff, while Russell was stuck behind a McLaren for the majority of the race. " Хаджар сказал: " Wolff explained. The new upgrade has really, really not helped Russell in terms of extracting the most out of the 2026 Mercedes package. It's narrowed the operating window significantly and that's contributed to his struggles. But Mercedes doesn't sound as worried as Russell did after the race, giving him its full support. "
Тото Вольфф прокомментировал ситуацию: "So what is it that he doesn't like? What is it that we need to do in terms of modifying the car, setting it up in a different way for him to go fast? Because it's all there - the intelligence, the ability, the determination." Вольфф добавил: "The weekend went well and everything is working well as expected on the package. The issue is that we did all the laps, from the first laps of FP1 to the last lap of the race, in good shape. Except the last two laps of Q3 on both cars, and it's probably where we missed something." Вольфф отметил: "Through the pitstops, I added four clicks," Вольфф сказал: "The next pitstop, added another four clicks, and even then I'm still another four clicks too short! It's crazy to be 12 clicks down. " Вольфф подчеркнул: " - Jon Noble In the latest reminder that in F1 a multi-year driver deal can still end up being...not that, Cadillac is not yet committing to continuity with Valtteri Bottas into 2027 - with options like Colton Herta and Frederik Vesti circling around the seat . Bottas approached the inevitable questions about this with a straight bat at the Circuit of the Americas, saying he " Вольфф добавил: " any of the public bet-hedging from Cadillac and that " Вольфф сказал: "I would say it's impossible to get a read in a year like this with so many issues. And the problem is sometimes we don't quite understand them," Вольфф отметил: "It's really still a steep learning curve to go. But at least everything seemed to work OK [until the retirement], and that's why we had the same pace with Checo. " Вольфф подчеркнул: "taken another step forwards in performance" Вольфф добавил: "have made the most of exploiting this" Вольфф сказал: "We have brought some significant aerodynamic updates to the car for this event, and once again our pipeline of upgrades and correlation to track has proved it is delivering," Вольфф отметил: "I think the quality of the drivers in the lower third of the grid is very low, as we saw with Alex [Albon], so I think we need to improve the car and start a little bit higher up." Вольфф подчеркнул: "I think we lost half a second or more [per lap], the car is destroyed; I saw it in parc ferme, half of the floor is not there," Вольфф добавил: "I don't know how we kept on going and how we were semi-competitive. I imagine if the car was in one piece, probably today the points were a possibility, a strong possibility because we were running P12 with half a car." Вольфф сказал: "We could have scored points today and maybe got close in the constructors' championship, but they [Williams] made sure that we didn't have any chance." Вольфф отметил: " quality? Disrespectful, or a hard truth for F1 to contend with? Alonso's given you his answer... - JB Oscar Piastri had beaten team-mate Lando Norris in qualifying, but McLaren harboured precious few illusions as to who its quicker driver was this weekend. Hence a swift position swap in the race - floated in advance, team principal Andrea Stella revealed, in a pre-race discussion. " Вольфф подчеркнул: " Piastri admitted of his performance during the weekend. " Вольфф добавил: " His race pace was, by his own description, " Вольфф сказал: "just clearly not very good" Вольфф отметил: "It seemed like a bit of a struggle in various different places," Вольфф подчеркнул: "I could kind of fix one place and not another. " Вольфф добавил: " The bumpy COTA asked much of the McLaren drivers' improvisational side, and as Stella admitted afterwards that is not Piastri's " Вольфф сказал: "the quality of the drivers"
