Red Bull 表示不会刻意牺牲 Toro Rosso，借由罚退来帮助 Honda 进行升级，但对于如
果是能帮助团队长期计画的机会，则是保持开放态度。
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Christian Horner 对此表示，尽管 Honda 可能尝试升级，但仍需要和 Toro Rosso 进行
良好的团队合作。我们并不会为了促使 Honda 进步，而牺牲 Toro Rosso 退出车队间的
竞争。但显然地，如果存在获益的机会，我们也会抱持开放的态度，最终 Toro Rosso 也
将会是受益者。
而自从 Red Bull 宣布决定和 Honda 合作后，Honda 也陆续面临了许多挑战。尽管在加
拿大GP 推出升级，但后续在动力上并没有展现戏剧性的进步，同时也遭遇到一些可靠度
的问题。
但 Horner 对于这个现况则表示，并不担心。同时认为引擎最终性能之所以无法完全发挥
，是由于赛道特性，导致 Toro Rosso 需要牺牲下压力所产生的状况。
“就我们所看到的资讯，以 Austria 和 Silverstone 为例，你可以发现引擎的性能相当
接近我们现在的供应商。可以感受到 Honda 是在正轨上，同时有着明确目标，我们相当
期待和他们合作，并以互助的方式展开这个新关系” Horner 说道。
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原文连结：
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原文标题：
Red Bull won't "sacrifice" Toro Rosso to help Honda push
原文内文：
Red Bull insists it won't make Toro Rosso "sacrifice" its season through grid
penalties to help Honda push on with updates, but is open to opportunities tha
t could help with long term plans.
With Red Bull eager for Honda to make as much progress as possible before next
year, there is scope for the Japanese manufacturer to push through more engin
e updates in 2018 even though it would meant grid drops for Toro Rosso.
But Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that while there are possibilities for
Honda to be able to trial improvements, he says such moves do need to be bala
nced out with Toro Rosso's need to finish well in the constructors' championsh
ip.
Toro Rosso is currently eighth in the standings, 29 points behind McLaren but
only three ahead of the fast-rising Sauber team.
Speaking about pushing Honda to experiment with new engines at the cost of Tor
o Rosso's campaign, Horner told Motorsport.com: "I don't think we'll be pushin
g them to sacrifice Toro Rosso.
"But obviously there are opportunities to learn for the benefit of the group,
which ultimately Toro Rosso will benefit from as well.
"That's obviously something that remains open, but of course Toro Rosso have g
ot their own fight with the constructors they're competing with, that obviousl
y has significant value to them."
Red Bull's decision to switch to Honda, which came after an encouraging start
to the campaign, was made before questions began emerging about the actual pro
gress the Japanese car manufacturer has made.
An update that was introduced at the Canadian Grand Prix appears not to have d
elivered as dramatic step forward in power as Red Bull may have hoped, and the
re have also been some reliability niggles.
Horner is not worried about the situation, though, and thinks that the ultimat
e performance of the engine has been disguised by track characteristics forcin
g Toro Rosso to sacrifice downforce.
"From what we saw, certainly the last couple of samples – Austria and Silvers
tone – you can see that the performance of the engine is pretty close to wher
e we currently are with our current supplier," said Horner.
"Of course, Toro Rosso have been running varying amounts of downforce at the p
ast couple of venues.
"It feels like Honda are on the right trajectory. They seem to have the right
goals and targets, and we're looking forward to working with them in a much mo
re collaborative manner as we move into this new relationship."