AP Top News｜没有车队命令：迈凯伦计划“让它们比赛”，皮亚斯特里和诺里斯为F1锦标赛而战

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Just five races into the Formula 1 season and theres already a compelling championship battle with inner organization implications.

Oscar Piastri has aggressively shown he wont sit behind teammate Lando Norris, allowing Norris to become the anointed No. 1 driver at McLaren Racing. The Aussie did it by winning three of the first five races this season to take hold of the lead in the driver standings.

Norris, at one time McLarens designated champion-in-waiting, sits 10 points back from Piastri with one victory on the season. And as F1 shifts to the United States for the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, McLaren boss Zak Brown insisted there will be no internal issues with this championship fight and, for now, hell let it play out naturally.

Let em race, Brown vowed to The Associated Press. He will not designate a No. 1 and issue any team orders until a time comes in which one of the drivers has clearly separated himself in the title race.

Well only make that decision if it becomes clear, like it did last year at a certain point, Brown said. Until then they will get the same treatment. There may be instances when one has an upgrade that the other doesnt have yet, but thats the extent of it right now. We want to let them race.

Norris earned his first career victory at Miami last year when he snapped Max Verstappens two-race winning streak at the event staged around Hard Rock Stadium. Norris, hyped as McLarens great hope, had picked up the derogatory moniker Lando No Wins when he arrived in Miami, where he promptly shed the label and had a rowdy South Beach victory celebration.

I kind of envy Lando for getting his first race win here, because Im sure Sunday night was definitely a cool one, said rival Pierre Gasly. Its one of those races you want the Sunday to go well so you get a good reason to party on Sunday night.

How was Norris party?

I dont remember, he said with a sheepish grin.

Norris was then asked if hes concerned that Piastri has seized momentum by winning three races since Norris lone victory.

Not worried at all. Hes doing a good job and he deserves it. Nothing more than that, Norris said. I dont believe so much in the momentum stuff. Im doing what I can. Ive clearly made some mistakes and not at the level I need to be, but I believe I can be at that level soon enough.

Its round six of 24. Im not going to say that forever, but I know I need to get a move on and get into gear a little bit, Norris continued. The speed is there, the pace is there, the race pace is definitely there. Its just one thing I need to tidy up. Its a difficult thing, but Im confident Ill get it.

Hamilton admits to struggles with Ferrari

Lewis Hamiltons move to Ferrari this season has been slow going for the seven-time champion and hes admitted the struggles shown so far could continue the entire year.

Hamilton is in his first year with Ferrari after 12 seasons at Mercedes. He won the sprint race in Shanghai with Ferrari but has yet to log a top-four finish in any Grand Prix. Hamilton trails teammate Charles Leclerc by 16 points in the driver standings.

He likened his current transitioning to when he first joined Mercedes.

The first six months were tough getting attuned to working with new people. Obviously, the engineers Im working with now are used to setting up a car for a different driver and a different driving style, and Im used to driving a car with a different driving style, Hamilton said. So its a combination of a bunch of different things. Im definitely working hard to adjust to this one for sure.

Hes also trying to adjust to spending more time in Italy, a country where hes struggling to learn the language but gorging on the food.

Trying to stay off the pizzas and the pasta, which Im not doing very well with, Hamilton said. I had like three pizzas in two days. I have my hookup C he keeps bringing me a pizza.

Not living in Italy currently, but spending more time is still something I really want to try and figure out how to do through the year, he continued. My Italian is not really progressing, so Ive probably got to throw myself more into the thick of it. But the teams been well. Lots of changes, a huge amount of work has been going on from my first days there.

U.S. television rights

F1 president Stefano Domenicali said he had no update to give on the series ongoing efforts to find a television partner in the United States.

ESPN is in the final year of its current contract with F1 but informed the series it would not be renewing for 2026. ESPN reportedly pays Formula One Management an estimated $75 million to $90 million annually for the rights to air F1 content in the U.S.

Domenicali has been touting the importance of F1s positioning in North America, and the series has dramatically grown the last five years. F1 now races three times a year in the U.S. and announced a 10-year extension with Miami on Friday that takes the race through 2041 and five times total in North America. F1 next season will also have both Ford and General Motors in the series Ford as a support partner with Red Bull and Cadillac as a factory-backed 11th team.

There are discussions in place and there are several partners that are interested to talk, Domenicali said Friday. The good news is that there is a lot of interest and we need to make sure we are credible in the landscape where we know very well there are major league sports that are very, very important for this market. We need to find the right place with the right content to offer the supportive fans in the U.S.

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迈阿密花园，佛罗里达州（美联社）——仅在F1赛季的第五场比赛中，就已经出现了一场引人入胜的冠军争夺战，这场争夺战对内部组织的含义产生了深远影响。

奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里（Oscar Piastri）积极展示了他不会屈居队友兰多·诺里斯（Lando Norris）之后，从而让诺里斯成为迈凯伦车队（McLaren Racing）公认的一号车手。这位澳大利亚车手通过在本赛季前五场比赛中赢得三场，成功在车手积分榜上占据领先地位。

Norris，曾是迈凯伦车队指定的冠军候补，目前落后于皮亚斯特里（Piastri）10分，本赛季获得了一次胜利。随着F1比赛周日转战美国迈阿密大奖赛，迈凯伦车队老板扎克·布朗（Zak Brown）坚称，这场冠军争夺不会出现内部问题，目前他将任由其自然发展。

布朗向美联社（Associated Press）保证说“让他们去比吧”。在有一名车手在冠军争夺中明显领先之前，他不会指定一位1号车手，也不会下达任何车队指令。

布朗说，只有当情况变得清晰时，我们才会做出这样的决定，就像去年某个时候那样。在此之前，他们将获得相同待遇。虽然可能出现其中一方升级而另一方尚未升级的情况，但目前仅限于此。我们希望让他们进行竞争。

去年在迈阿密，诺里斯（Norris）斩获了职业生涯的首次胜利，在Hard Rock Stadium周围举行的活动中，他打破了马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）的两连胜纪录。诺里斯被誉为迈凯伦（McLaren）的希望之星，抵达迈阿密时，他一度被贴上了“Lando No Wins”的标签，但很快他就摆脱了这个标签，并在南海滩（South Beach）进行了一场热闹的胜利庆祝。

竞争对手皮埃尔·加斯利（Pierre Gasly）表示，自己有些羡慕兰多（Lando）在这里获得了他的首个比赛胜利，因为周日晚上肯定非常酷。这是一种你希望周日过得愉快的比赛，这样你就可以在周日晚上有一个好的理由去庆祝了。

诺里斯的派对怎么样？

他带着羞涩的微笑说道：'我不记得了。'

之后有人问诺里斯，他是否担心皮亚斯特里（Piastri）自诺里斯（Norris）唯一一次获胜以来，凭借赢得三场比赛而掌握了主动权。

诺里斯（Norris）说：“我一点也不担心。他做得很好，他值得这一切。除此之外别无他物。” “我不相信所谓的势头问题。我在尽我所能。我显然犯了一些错误，没有达到我需要的水平，但我相信我很快就能达到那个水平。”

现在是第6回合，共24回合。我不会永远这样说，但我知道我必须加快步伐，进入比赛状态。诺里斯继续说道。速度已经到位，节奏也已经到位，比赛的节奏确实已经到位。我只是需要整理一下一件事。这是一件困难的事，但我相信我会做到。

汉密尔顿承认与法拉利车队存在矛盾

本赛季，七届世界冠军刘易斯·汉密尔顿加盟法拉利后进展缓慢，他承认，迄今为止所表现出的挣扎可能会持续一整年。

在为梅赛德斯车队效力12个赛季后，汉密尔顿（Hamilton）在法拉利（Ferrari）的第一个赛季中，他虽然在上海的短跑赛中为法拉利赢得了胜利，但尚未在任何大奖赛中取得前四名的成绩。在车手积分榜上，汉密尔顿落后队友查尔斯·勒克莱尔（Charles Leclerc）16分。

他将自己目前的转变与自己最初加入梅赛德斯时的情况作比较。

汉密尔顿表示，前六个月很难适应与新团队成员的合作。显然，我现在合作的工程师们习惯为不同的车手和不同的驾驶风格设置赛车，而我则习惯于驾驶具有不同驾驶风格的赛车，所以这是一个多种因素的组合。我确实在努力适应这一点。

他还在尝试适应在意大利度过更多时间的生活，尽管他在努力学语言，但同时也尽情享受着那里的美食。

汉密尔顿说，他正努力避免吃披萨和意大利面，但效果不佳。他表示：“在两天内我吃了大约三个披萨。我有一位‘忠实伙伴’——他总是给我带披萨。”

我目前不在意大利居住，但我还是很希望能够通过一年的时间尝试并找出如何在意大利度过更多时间。我的意大利语没有太大的进步，所以我想我必须更加深入地融入其中。不过球队的状况还不错。自从我到达的第一天起，就有很多变化和大量的工作在进行中。

美国电视播放权

F1主席斯蒂法诺·多梅尼卡利（Stefano Domenicali）表示，他目前无法提供关于该系列在寻找美国电视合作伙伴方面正在进行的努力方面的最新情况。

ESPN目前与F1的合同正处于最后一年，但他们已告知F1不会续约至2026年。据报道，ESPN每年向Formula One Management支付约7500万美元至9000万美元的版权费用，以在美国播放F1内容。

多梅尼卡利（Domenicali）一直强调F1在北美市场的重要性，而这一系列赛事在过去五年中已取得了显著增长。F1目前在美国每年举办三次比赛，并于周五宣布与迈阿密（Miami）达成了一项为期十年的续约协议，将比赛延续至2041年，同时使F1在北美的总比赛次数达到五次。F1下赛季还将迎来福特（Ford）和通用汽车（General Motors）的加入——福特作为红牛（Red Bull）的支持合作伙伴，而凯迪拉克（Cadillac）则作为一支由制造商支持的第十一个车队参赛。

多梅尼卡利在周五表示，"已有相关的讨论，并且有几位合作伙伴对谈话很感兴趣。" 他说，"好消息是，有很多人对此感兴趣，我们需要确保自己在了解得很清楚的领域里是可信的，因为我们都知道，这个市场对大联盟体育赛事非常非常重要。我们需要找到合适的地方和合适的内容，为美国的支持者们提供支持。"

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