*Alpine explain the thinking behind their eye-catchingly wide airbox design

*原標(biāo)題：奪人眼球，Alpine寬大進(jìn)氣口背后的思路

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One of the big talking points on Day 1 of testing in Bahrain was the noticeably wide new airbox and engine cover fitted to Alpine’s A521, behind the driver's head.

在巴林測試剛開始的時(shí)候，Alpine車隊(duì)A521賽車上那寬大的進(jìn)氣口和引擎蓋設(shè)計(jì)就成了圍場中的一大討論焦點(diǎn)。

Not immediately apparent at the team’s launch, the design is unique amongst the cars on this year’s grid, prompting Alpine's Executive Director Marcin Budkowski to be asked about it in Saturday lunchtime’s press conference.

賽車剛發(fā)布時(shí)也許還不那么顯眼，不過在圍場中一筆畫，就顯得有點(diǎn)特立獨(dú)行了。在測試周末的午間記者會(huì)上，就連車隊(duì)設(shè)計(jì)主管Marcin Budkowski也難逃媒體們的追問。

“I am a bit surprise by the amount of body shaming on our car,” said Budkowski, “bodywork shaming I would say.”

“說實(shí)話，有那么多針對我們賽車的閑言碎語，我還蠻驚訝的。”Budkowski說道，“沒錯(cuò)，’閑言碎語’，要是我就會(huì)這么形容。”

“It’s a technical choice. We found that slimming the sidepods was a positive direction which is nothing new really. So we’ve repackaged and relocated some of the bulky things in the car and put them behind the air inlet.

“這不過是一個(gè)技術(shù)性選擇。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)收緊側(cè)箱是個(gè)正確的設(shè)計(jì)方向，但算不上新穎。于是我們索性把一些模塊重新打包并布置在進(jìn)氣口后方。”

“So, yes, it gives a fairly spectacularly bulky shape in the car, but it works for us. Yes there are centre of gravity compromises but usually aero performance wins over weight and centre of gravity.”

“沒錯(cuò)，這讓賽車的局部看上去有些臃腫得太過突出，但我們認(rèn)為這行得通。這當(dāng)然會(huì)產(chǎn)生重心偏移的問題，不過通常情況下，我們更應(yīng)該優(yōu)先考慮這樣設(shè)計(jì)的氣動(dòng)效果。”

原文地址:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.alpine-explain-the-thinking-behind-their-eye-catchingly-wide-airbox-design.1zxSaOovIQcjOFUvQONT1B.html