安东内利在美洲赛道美国大奖赛中赢得胜利，扩大F1冠军领先优势
梅赛德斯车队在美洲赛道周五练习后对周末的比赛不抱希望，但19岁的安德烈亚·安东内利在周日下午的比赛中取得了胜利。
基米·安东内利在美国大奖赛中赢得F1冠军，梅赛德斯车队并未预料到这一点
安德鲁·肖夫林承认梅赛德斯车队的设置窗口非常狭窄，赞扬基米·安东内利在奥斯汀的神奇胜利
对于梅赛德斯车队的粉丝来说，这里有最新的银箭动态，包括来自布拉克利和布里克斯沃斯的F1新闻、车手更新、赛车发展和比赛分析
在美洲赛车场的周五练习后，梅赛德斯车队的维修区内的数据表明，布拉克利车队正准备收拾行囊，迎接一个糟糕的、毫无积分的周末。赛车落后于节奏，车手们抱怨平衡问题，最近的风力升级看起来是一个巨大的错误。
快进到周日下午，19岁的安德烈亚·基米·安东内利站在领奖台上最高的一步，喷洒着香槟，随意地扩大着他的世界冠军领先优势。
根据梅赛德斯赛道工程总监安德鲁·肖夫林的说法，从周五有些像拖拉机一样的速度到周日的统治性胜利，这种巨大的转变简直是一场奇迹。
在赛后简报中，肖夫林对工程部门在周末的迷茫直言不讳。
“恭喜基米和布拉克利以及布里克斯沃斯的所有人赢得了胜利。在周五之后，鉴于我们的单圈和长距离速度，一场胜利看起来根本无法实现，所以这是一个惊人的转变，一个非常令人满意的结果，”肖夫林承认。
那周五事故的部分原因直接关联到乔治·拉塞尔的赛后评论。拉塞尔在完成比赛并排在较后位置后称赛车为“垃圾”，而肖夫林基本上确认了他们在马来西亚带回的备受期待的提升套件将W17变成了一个具有挑战性的机器。
虽然赛车速度有令人鼓舞的迹象，但自从更新以来，感觉调整窗口变得更加难以把握，”肖夫林承认。
微薄的调整窗口导致了梅赛德斯车手们截然不同的两场比赛。安东内利想出了如何保持车队前部的轮胎状态，而拉塞尔从发车灯亮起的那一刻起就遇到了更多的困难。
“对于乔治来说，那是一个令人沮丧的下午。第一圈偏离赛道所受的处罚没有帮助，尽管他在第二次比赛开始时有一个强劲的起步，但他被皮亚斯特里挡住，找不到突破的方法，”肖夫林指出。
在皮亚斯特里的麦克拉伦车后卡住，实际上让拉塞尔很难从第一圈的赛道限制处罚中恢复过来。
但在安东内利的车库一侧，梅赛德斯维修区在巨大压力下完美执行。当轮胎在崎岖的德克萨斯沥青上磨损加剧时，策略师们并没有恐慌，而是信任他们的数学计算。
“从操作层面来看，车队做得非常好。策略决策并不明显，但我们保持了冷静，做出了正确的决定，坚持一停策略，并且维修区停靠也很稳定，”Shovlin解释道。
最终，Shovlin将所有的赞誉都归功于他的年轻车手，这位车手成功地将一辆不可预测的车拖到了关键的赛季末胜利。
“最关键的是，基米应该对自己的表现感到非常满意。周五的比赛非常艰难，但他今天的排位赛和正赛表现都非常出色。”
英文原文
Kimi Antonelli extends F1 title lead with US GP win Mercedes didn’t expect
Andrew Shovlin admits Mercedes' setup window is incredibly narrow, praising Kimi Antonelli for a miracle win in Austin
For Mercedes fans. All the latest from the Silver Arrows, with F1 news, driver updates, car development and race analysis from Brackley and Brixworth.
The telemetry inside the Mercedes garage after Friday practice at the Circuit of the Americas pointed towards the Brackley squad waiting to pack up for a miserable, point-less weekend. The car was off the pace, the drivers were complaining about the balance, and the recent aerodynamic upgrades looked like a massive misstep.
Fast forward to Sunday afternoon, and 19-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli is standing on the top step of the podium, spraying champagne and casually extending his world championship lead.
According to Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin, the sheer whiplash of going from Friday's somewhat tractor-like pace to Sunday's dominant win was nothing short of a miracle.
During the post-race debrief, Shovlin was incredibly blunt about just how lost the engineering department was heading into the weekend.
"Well done to Kimi and everyone in Brackley and Brixworth on the win. After Friday, a race victory simply didn’t look achievable given our single-lap and long-run pace, so it’s been a remarkable turnaround and a very satisfying result," Shovlin admitted.
Part of the reason for that Friday mishap directly correlates with George Russell's post-race comments. Russell called the car "rubbish" after finishing down the order, and Shovlin essentially confirmed that the highly anticipated upgrade package they brought back in Malaysia has turned the W17 into a challenging machine.
"There were encouraging signs with the car pace, although since the update it does feel like the set-up window has become a little harder to hit," Shovlin confessed.
The razor-thin set-up window resulted in two completely different races for the Mercedes drivers. While Antonelli figured out how to keep the tyres alive at the front of the pack, Russell's afternoon was more difficult from the moment the lights went out.
"For George, it was a frustrating afternoon. The penalty for going off track on the opening lap didn’t help and, despite making a strong start to his second stint, he got stuck behind Piastri and couldn’t find a way through," Shovlin noted.
Getting stuck behind Oscar Piastri's McLaren effectively made it difficult for Russell to recover from his Lap 1 track limits penalty.
But on Antonelli's side of the garage, the Mercedes pitwall executed flawlessly under massive pressure. Instead of panicking when tyre degradation spiked on the brutally bumpy Texas asphalt, the strategists trusted their maths.
"Operationally, though, the team did a very good job. The strategy decisions weren’t clear-cut, but we held our nerve, made the right call to stick with the one-stop, and the pitstops were solid," Shovlin explained.
Ultimately, Shovlin threw all the credit to his teenage driver, who managed to drag an unpredictable car to a crucial late-season victory.
"Most of all, Kimi should be incredibly pleased with his performances. It was a difficult Friday, but what he produced in qualifying and the race today was exceptional."
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