就說不是火燒車!Red Bull發出公開聲明 駁斥不實媒體報導
上週六(9/28)在台中舉辦的Red Bull Showrun活動相當成功,但在F1賽車最後一趟演出結束後,發生了車輛冒火的事件,瞬間在網路上引起各家媒體、YouTuber、網友及各方專業人士廣泛的討論。
如今Red Bull官方發出聲明,解釋當天發生的「名場面」究竟是怎麼回事
關於Red Bull Showrun 最後一圈展演,Oracle Red Bull Racing說明如下:
When doing donuts, the exhaust manifold gets very hot which sometimes causes the bodywork to catch on fire.
To cool the exhaust and engine after a run, we use fire extinguisher to spray a little bit of Co2 on there. This is a normal procedure that we do at each showrun, even without fire present.
What happened at Red Bull Showrun Taichung was just cosmetic damage, the car and Yuki were both fine.
This does happen at showruns, because the car is designed to drive on track, and not do donuts. There is nothing dangerous about this at all.
在進行「甜甜圈」繞圈甩尾後,排氣管會變得非常高溫,有時會導致車輛產生火苗。
為了在每一圈完成後冷卻排氣系統與引擎,我們會噴灑少量CO2滅火器進行降溫,這是我們在每一次的展演都會執行的正常流程,無論是否現場有火苗產生。
而這次展演發生的僅為車體塗裝的輕微受損,賽車RB8與賽車手角田裕毅Yuki Tsunoda都一切安好。
這種狀況確實可能在展演時發生,因賽車本身設計是為了在賽道上高速行駛,而非特技繞圈甩尾,我們也已為這樣的情境做好萬全準備。