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Uploaded: 2026-03-05T21:47:56.000Z
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Hi, I'm Matt Dean, chief mechanic at Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula one team, and I'm here to answer your questions from the Internet.

哈囉，我是 Matt Dean，Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 車隊的首席技師，今天來為大家解答網路上的問題。

This question is from the Tools subreddit Mechanics.

這個問題來自 Mechanics 的 Tools subreddit。

What is your favorite or most underrated tool?

你最喜歡或覺得最被低估的工具是什麼？

Some of the tools that we actually use are quite different to what you would use on a regular car.

我們實際使用的有些工具，跟一般汽車用的很不一樣。

一位資深技師最喜歡的就是這個。

We can change the bits over it quite easily.

我們可以很輕鬆地更換上面的 bits。

And it's really good to get really confined spaces on the car underneath the bodywork and the fairings and all the winglets on the car, actually.

而且它真的很適合處理車身、整流罩和所有翼片下方那些非常狹窄的空間。

So one of the favourite tools of the Mechanic is the F1 wheel gun.

所以技師最喜歡的工具之一就是 F1 wheel gun。

This is used to loosen and tighten the wheel nut up itself.

這個是用來鬆開和鎖緊 wheel nut 的。

Unlike regular road cars, we only have one wheel nut.

跟一般房車不一樣，我們只有一個 wheel nut。

So as the car comes in, the mechanic has to line this wheel gun up with the wheel nut.

所以當車子進站時，技師必須將這個 wheel gun 對準 wheel nut。

It goes on, pulls the trigger as he comes off, changes direction on the wheel gun, new wheel is fitted, and then he comes back in, pulls the trigger to tighten the wheel nut up.

它裝上去，扣下扳機，當他移開時，改變 wheel gun 的方向，換上新輪胎，然後他再回來，扣下扳機鎖緊 wheel nut。

Once he's finished, he's lifting the wheel gun up in the air, pressing the button here to acknowledge that that wheel nut is tight and the car can leave the pit box.

完成後，他將 wheel gun 抬起，按下這裡的按鈕，確認 wheel nut 已鎖緊，車子就可以離開 pit box。

All of this happens in less than 2.2 seconds.

這就是你平常在用的 leaf blower。

We use this to cool the engine down as the car comes into the pit box and also to cool the brakes.

我們用這個來冷卻進 pit box 的車子引擎，同時也冷卻煞車。

So we've worked with Einhell on this tool to ensure we get the maximum airflow through the brake ducts and through the radiators of the car to cool them down as quick as possible.

所以我們跟 Einhell 合作開發這個工具，確保能讓最大的氣流通過 brake ducts 和車子的 radiators，盡快將它們冷卻。

So now I've showed you a couple of the tools, let's get back to some more questions.

好了，我已經展示了幾個工具，我們來回答一些問題吧。

你們弄丟工具最蠢的方法是什麼？

Probably shouldn't say this if Toto's watching, but I was putting a fitting, a fuel cell to the car, which made out of a Kevlar, very flexible material.

這件事可能不該讓 Toto 知道，但我當時正在把一個 fuel cell 安裝到車子上，它是用 Kevlar 做的，一種很軟的材質。

You put the fuel bag car and you've got to get your hands right in the corners to try and get the fuel bag to expand within the cockpit itself.

你把 fuel bag 裝進去，然後得把手伸到角落，試著讓 fuel bag 在 cockpit 裡膨脹。

The chassis itself, I didn't have long enough arms, so I used a hammer, a rubber hammer used it.

chassis 本身，我的手臂不夠長，所以我用了個 rubber hammer。

Poked the fuel bag out, fitted the fuel bag fine, fitted the rest of the fuel system, buttoned all the top hatches on so it was all ready to go.

把 fuel bag 戳出來，順利裝好 fuel bag，裝好剩下的 fuel system，把所有的 top hatches 都蓋好，一切就緒。

Sent the car out and it was probably about a race later that I'd realized I'd lost my hammer and it was left in the fuel system.

把車子開出去，大概一個賽季後，我才發現我弄丟了我的 hammer，它還留在 fuel system 裡。

We've had other issues where tools have fallen out of mechanics hands and they've gone down in between the V of the engine and the gearbox box, bell housing and all the rest of the mechanics just look at each other and oh God, now we've got to pretty much take the whole car apart to try and fish this socket or the spanner out of where this mechanics drop the tool.

我們遇過其他狀況，像是工具從技師手中掉落，掉進 engine 和 gearbox box 之間的 V 型縫隙，bell housing 和所有其他機械結構裡，其他技師們只能面面相覷，心想天啊，現在我們得把整臺車拆開，試著把這個 socket 或 spanner 撈出來，就因為技師不小心掉了工具。

On that evening, a CORA user asks what is more important in Formula one, the car or the driver?

那天晚上，一位 CORA 使用者問，在 Formula 1 裡，車子和車手哪個比較重要？

Obviously we as mechanics would say the car.

An age old question, really everything has to work together.

這真的是一個老問題了，其實所有東西都必須一起運作。

The car, the engineers, everybody back at the factory, the engine side of Brixworth and the driver.

車子、工程師、工廠裡的每一個人、Brixworth 的引擎部門，還有車手。

It's a team sport and that's why everybody works together to try and get those final tenth of a second out of the track time.

這是一項團隊運動，這也是為什麼大家會一起努力，試圖從單圈時間中擠出那最後的十分之一秒。

This is from Fogerty4, how to become a Formula 1 mechanic.

這是 Fogerty4 提出的問題，關於如何成為一名 Formula 1 技師。

I get asked that question a lot and I think the best advice that I could give you is learn how to use spanners, learn how to use ratchets, and whether that's from when you're a little kid repairing bicycles, repairing motorbikes, building go karts.

我經常被問到這個問題，我想我能給的最好建議是，學會怎麼用 spanner，學會怎麼用棘輪板手，無論是從你小時候修理腳踏車、修理機車、組裝 go kart 開始。

There are a number of colleges and there's a couple of colleges at Silverstone.

在 Silverstone 有幾間學院，也有幾間學院。

I believe that, you know, you can go there, you can train, but actually getting that hands on experience is vital.

我相信，你知道，你可以去那裡學習，但實際獲得實務經驗才是最重要的。

We often take people from the lower formulas.

我們經常從較低級別的方程式賽事中選人。

They start in formula forward, moving their way up to Formula 3, Formula 2.

他們從 Formula Forward 開始，一路晉升到 Formula 3、Formula 2。

So it's a great training ground for mechanics.

所以這是個很棒的技師訓練場。

And then once you get to us in Formula one, you know how to use your spanners, you know how to use torque wrenches, you've gone through your training, you've dabbled with bicycles when you were a kid, you've worked on your motorbikes, you worked on your go kart, you've gone to college, you've got all your qualifications.

然後當你來到我們 F1 車隊時，你知道怎麼用你的 spanner，你知道怎麼用扭力扳手，你已經完成了你的訓練，你小時候玩過腳踏車，你修過機車，你組裝過 go kart，你上過大學，你拿到了所有證照。

Pester me, pester the guys that are working on the team, drop them some emails, get yourself noticed out there.

煩我，煩那些在車隊工作的人，寄一些 email 給他們，讓自己被注意到。

But certainly, you know, if you're working in the lower formulas, Formula 2, Formula 3, they support a lot of the F1 races.

但肯定的是，你知道，如果你在較低級別的方程式賽事，Formula 2、Formula 3 工作，他們會支援很多 F1 的賽事。

So it's great you're in there, you're traveling with the teams, so you get to know other people and that's super important.

所以你身在其中，跟著車隊到處跑，認識其他人，這點非常重要。

Next thing you've got to deal with is strapping George Russell in the car.

接下來你要處理的就是把 George Russell 綁進車裡。

On the grid, you've got to deal with that pressure and, you know, getting used to the amount of people around you, the cameras, and dealing all with all that side of Formula one, the travel and just working within the team environment, being a good team player.

在起跑線上，你得承受那種壓力，習慣周遭的人群、鏡頭，還有處理一級方程式賽車的各種面向，像是旅途奔波，以及在團隊裡當個稱職的隊友。

Do F1 mechanics get angry when their driver crashes?

F1 的技師會對車手撞車感到生氣嗎？

I try and remain calm, but there's a lot of the guys, the younger ones especially, they can get quite upset about it.

我會試著保持冷靜，但很多人，尤其是年輕的技師，他們對這件事會很不高興。

Obviously, we're at the end of the chain.

很明顯，我們是整個鏈條的末端。

There's thousands of people back at the factory producing all the car parts for us to assemble.

工廠裡有成千上萬的人為我們生產組裝汽車零件。

If the driver has an accident into the wall or something fails on the car, then it's an awful lot of work for us to putting that car back together and we have to do it.

如果車手撞到牆壁，或是賽車發生故障，那對我們來說就是一大堆的維修工作，我們必須要完成。

Often after P1 or P2, there's a short amount of time for us to repair those cars.

通常在 P1 或 P2 之後，我們只有很短的時間來修理這些賽車。

So it's all hands on deck to get that finished and the car back out on track.

所以大家都要一起上，趕快完成，讓賽車重新回到賽道上。

用五歲小孩聽得懂的方式解釋。

Why are F1 drivers hot if wind is coming at them at 200 to 300 kilometers per hour?

為什麼 F1 車手在以時速 200 到 300 公里速度前進時，還會覺得熱？

Often we're working in places like Singapore, Qatar, where the ambient is, you know, 34, can be 38 degrees.

我們常常在新加坡、卡達這種地方工作，那裡的環境溫度，你知道的，有 34 度，甚至可能到 38 度。

You've got to remember these drivers are sat in a really confined space.

你要記得，這些車手是坐在一個非常狹小的空間裡。

They've got an air engine is running behind them.

They've got the brakes that are raging hot in front of them, and they've got all these electrical boxes that sit around them.

他們前面有滾燙的煞車，周圍還有各種電子設備。

So the temperatures in the car can get as high as 48, 50 degrees.

所以車內溫度最高可以達到攝氏 48 到 50 度。

In fact, now the drivers are wearing cool suits to try and cool them down during the race.

事實上，現在車手都會穿著散熱衣來在比賽中降溫。

Also, there's small ducts in the side of the car that blow cool air over the drivers to try and cool them down during the race.

另外，車身側面有小型的導管，會將冷空氣吹向車手，試圖在比賽中為他們降溫。

But you'll see in often races, the drivers will get out of the car.

但你會常常在比賽中看到，車手會從車裡出來。

They're so hot they can hardly stand when they get out of these cars.

Like on 5 in Formula 1, why aren't all the drivers given the same car to test who is the fastest?

就像在 F1 比賽裡，為什麼不是所有車手都給同一臺車來測試誰最快？

Each car is designed by a different team, so they will always interpret the rules.

每臺車都是由不同車隊設計的，所以他們對規則的詮釋一定會

And also we've got different engine manufacturers, so it's not a one make series.

而且我們還有不同的引擎製造商，所以這不是一個統一規格的系列賽。

Everybody designs their own car and it's who does the best job will win.

每個人都設計自己的車，做得最好的隊伍就會贏。

How does F1 team manage to repair their cars in under a week after a horrible crash?

F1 車隊是怎麼在發生嚴重撞車後，在一週內修好他們的賽車的？

Often we have to do it in a lot less than a week.

很多時候我們必須在比一週更短的時間內完成。

Our shortest time period over a race weekend is from P3 to qualifying, which is three hours.

在一個週末的比賽裡，我們最短的修復時間是從自由練習三到排位賽，也就是三個小時。

So we have to repair that car in that time.

所以我們必須在那段時間內修好那輛車。

Parts will obviously come back to the factory then to get made again.

零件當然會送回工廠重新製造。

But yeah, we're often rebuilding cars in less than three hours.

但沒錯，我們常常要在不到三小時內重建賽車。

If we have a big accident and we do have to repair the car in three hours, then what we'll try to do is pull some of the mechanics off the other car.

如果我們發生重大事故，必須在三小時內修好賽車，那我們會試著把一些技師從另一輛車調過來。

Obviously we have two cars in the garage.

We've got a group of 15 mechanics on one car, same on the other.

我們一輛車有 15 位技師，另一輛也是。

So if we are trying to repair say George's car, then we'll take mechanics off of Kimmy's car to start rebuilding that one.

所以如果我們要修 George 的車，我們會從 Kimmy 的車調技師過來，開始重建那輛車。

I remember there was a time in Monaco where we were very short period of time to get the car ready for qualifying.

我記得在摩納哥有一次，我們時間非常緊迫，要趕在排位賽前準備好賽車。

We literally had two people on one of the cars and everybody else was on that one trying to get it ready for qualifying.

我們真的只有兩個人在其中一輛車上，其他人全都在那輛車上，試著趕在排位賽前準備好。

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