F1首个三连赛周末开启,阿塞拜疆大奖赛领衔
F1本周迎来本赛季首个三连赛,阿塞拜疆大奖赛是三周内连续三场比赛中的第一场,随后是马来西亚和新加坡站。
F1争冠形势:为何阿塞拜疆-马来西亚-新加坡三连赛将决定2026赛季剩余冠军争夺的走向
安东内利的主要对手或许已基本排除自己夺冠的可能,但本赛季首个三连赛可能带来难以预料的变数;周四起在天空体育 F1直播阿塞拜疆大奖赛的每一节练习赛,正赛于周六中午12点举行
Craig Slater解析阿塞拜疆大奖赛,包括为何正赛在周六举行,同时还不忘模仿一把Craig David!
F1本周迎来本赛季首个三连赛,阿塞拜疆大奖赛是三周内连续三场比赛中的第一场。
这场在巴库街道上举行的比赛——在周六而非通常的周日进行——原本被安排为独立赛事,新加坡大奖赛将在两周后举行。
但巴林大奖赛在两场比赛之间的那一周被移至马来西亚,从而形成了连续三个比赛周的赛程,本赛季末还安排了两个三连赛。
阿塞拜疆大奖赛赛程:为何正赛在周六举行?
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那么,我们对这首个阿塞拜疆-马来西亚-新加坡三连赛能有何期待?进入10月中旬后,世界冠军格局——目前梅赛德斯的安东内利握有压倒性领先优势——又会是什么样子?
Antonelli挑战者的最后机会?
虽然Antonelli上一次在马德里获胜得益于虚拟安全车的时机——这帮助了他,却不利于当时领跑的迈凯伦车手诺里斯——但这位梅赛德斯车手在F1全新赛址又度过了一个强劲的周末,并且处于能够抓住这种运气的位置。
那场胜利是Antonelli本赛季14场比赛中的第8胜,意味着他抵达巴库时在车手积分榜上领先81分。
自从7月初英国大奖赛上他对队友拉塞尔的领先优势被缩小到仅25分以来,Antonelli的领先优势在最近五个比赛周末中每站都在扩大,达到目前赛季最高的总分。
Nico Rosberg认为,唯一能阻止安东内利赢得世界冠军的只有他自己
Russell仍是Antonelli最接近的挑战者,但在马德林赛道获得第五名后,他落后这位意大利人的差距超过三场比赛胜利的积分,几乎承认了自己击败队友的希望已经破灭。
法拉利的汉密尔顿在此前一个周末的蒙扎站后实际上已将自己排除在外,但在马德林赛道因刹车问题遭遇本赛季首次退赛后,他更加确定地表示自己的争冠希望已经结束。
Hamilton目前落后101分,而排名第四的Norris——与Antonelli并列围场内状态最好的车手——在那个卫冕世界冠军本有机会实现四战三胜却运气不佳的周末,自己的差距扩大到106分。
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所有争冠筹码似乎都牢牢偏向Antonelli,不过这位年轻的意大利人似乎并未因成为明显的夺冠热门而承受特别沉重的压力。
这位20岁的车手在每次被问及总冠军时都坚持表示自己“没有在考虑总冠军”,他的车队老板Toto Wolff称这句口头禅是发自内心的,也是他的车手应采取的最佳态度。
然而,对于任何一位潜在挑战者来说,时间显然正在流逝,他们需要在最后几站中拿出惊人的状态和成绩,才能真正给Antonelli制造麻烦。
不过时间仍然存在,仅这首个三连赛就有83分可供争夺——三场大奖赛共75分,加上新加坡冲刺赛的8分——梅赛德斯目前保持谨慎是正确的。
Toto Wolff揭示梅赛德斯的车队指令策略
但如果Antonelli在10月11日新加坡周末结束时,领先优势与目前的81分相当甚至更大,那么他无法成为这项运动史上最年轻世界冠军的可能性将变得极为渺茫,即便最多还有六站(150分)可争。
接下来三条赛道带来哪些挑战?
拉开这段秋季密集赛程序幕的是巴库城市赛道,这是一条穿过阿塞拜疆首都中心的高速、贴墙街道赛道,在其进入赛历的头十年里经常出现在赛季最戏剧性比赛的名单上。
去年的比赛——乃至整个周末——无疑属于这一类别,排位赛出现了创纪录的六次红旗,正赛由红牛的维斯塔潘获胜,而当时的夺冠热门和积分领跑者皮亚斯特里在六个弯内就撞车退赛。这位迈凯伦车手在排位赛中也曾撞墙。
Antonelli上赛季在巴库的F1首秀中获得第四名,前一年在F2中登上领奖台,他希望在今年这条梅赛德斯(如同在蒙扎一样)被看好特别强势的赛道上避免这些陷阱。
回顾巴库城市赛道发生过的一些最戏剧性时刻
“巴库与马德里完全不同。低速弯、超长直道,因此为那些长直道需要稍低的下压力,”天空体育 F1的Nico Rosberg在The F1 Show播客中表示。
“引擎动力在这方面总是有利于梅赛德斯。我们在蒙扎看到了这一点,所以我认为梅赛德斯必须是大热门。
“维斯塔潘在蒙扎很快,所以也许Verstappen能在那里成为惊喜。”
随后,九年来首次前往马来西亚和雪邦国际赛道,这条赛道在其1999至2017年首次进入赛历时一直是车手和车迷的最爱。
英文原文
F1 title race: Why Azerbaijan-Malaysia-Singapore triple header will shape what rest of 2026 championship chase will look like
Kimi Antonelli's chief rivals may have all but ruled themselves out of winning the title but the season's first triple header could provide unpredictable twists; watch every session of the Azerbaijan GP from Thursday live on Sky Sports F1, with the race on Saturday at 12pm
Craig Slater breaks down the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, including why the race takes place on a Saturday, while doing his best Craig David impression!
Formula 1 embarks on its first triple header of the season this week with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix the first of three races in as many weekends.
The race on the streets of Baku - which takes place on Saturday rather than the usual Sunday - was originally due to be a standalone event with the Singapore Grand Prix following on two weeks later.
But the moving of the Bahrain Grand Prix to Malaysia in the week between the two events has created the run of three successive race weeks, with two more triple headers scheduled to close out the 2026 season.
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So what can we expect from this first Azerbaijan-Malaysia-Singapore triple and what will the world championship picture - which currently sees Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli holding a commanding lead - look like on the other side into mid-October?
Last chance saloon for Antonelli's challengers?
While Antonelli's victory last time out in Madrid was fortuitous thanks to the Virtual Safety Car timing that helped him and hindered McLaren's race-leading Lando Norris, the Mercedes driver was enjoying another strong weekend at F1's brand-new venue and was in position to capitalise on such a slice of luck.
That victory, Antonelli's eighth in 14 races this season, means he arrives in Baku with an 81-point lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship.
Since seeing his title advantage over team-mate George Russell cut to just 25 points at the British Grand Prix at the start of July, Antonelli's lead has increased in each of the last five race weekends to its current season-high total.
Nico Rosberg believes the only thing that can stop Kimi Antonelli from winning the World title is himself
Russell remains Antonelli's closest challenger but he all but conceded his hopes of beating his team-mate to the crown after falling more than the equivalent of three races wins behind the Italian by finishing fifth at the Madring.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton had already effectively ruled himself out after the previous weekend's race at Monza, but was more certain in saying his title hopes were over after brake problems at the Madring saw him register his first DNF of the season.
Hamilton is now 101 points off the pace while fourth-placed Norris, the grid's in-form driver alongside Antonelli, saw his own deficit grow to 106 points on a weekend the reigning world champion was unlucky not to make it three wins in four.
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All the championship cards appear firmly stacked in Antonelli's favour, not that the young Italian appears to carry the weight of being the clear title favourite particularly heavily.
The 20-year-old has continued to insist he is "not thinking about the championship" in every interview he is asked about it, a mantra that his team boss Toto Wolff says is genuine and the best one for his driver to adopt.
Yet time is obviously running out for any one of the would-be challengers to put a stunning run of form and results together over the final rounds to truly trouble him.
There is still time, though, and with 83 points up for grabs during this first triple header of rounds alone - 75 across the three grands prix and eight for the Singapore Sprint - Mercedes are right to remain cautious - for now.
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But should Antonelli finish the Singapore weekend on October 11 with a similar or even increased lead compared to the 81-point one he holds now, then the odds on him not becoming the sport's youngest-ever world champion will become very long indeed, even with a maximum of six rounds (and 150 points) left to play for.
What challenges do the next three tracks present?
Kicking off this intense run into the autumn is the Baku City Circuit, a high-speed, wall-lined street track through the middle of Azerbaijan's capital that has often featured on lists of a season's most dramatic races during its first decade on the calendar.
Last year's race - and indeed weekend - certainly fell into that category after a qualifying session that featured a record six red flags and a race, won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen, which saw then-title favourite and points leader Oscar Piastri crash out within six corners. The McLaren driver had also hit the wall in qualifying.
Antonelli, who finished fourth on his F1 debut in Baku last season and took a podium in F2 the year before, will be hoping to avoid those pitfalls as this year's driver to catch on a circuit which Mercedes, like at Monza, are being tipped to be particularly strong.
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"Baku is completely different [to Madrid]. Slow-speed corners, massive straights, a little bit lower downforce as a result for those long straights," Sky Sports F1's Nico Rosberg told The F1 Show podcast.
"Engine power is always going to favour Mercedes in that way. We saw it in Monza, so I think Mercedes has to be the big favourite.
"Max Verstappen was fast in Monza, so maybe Verstappen can be the surprise there."
Then, for the first time in nine years, it is on to Malaysia and a Sepang International Circuit that was always a favourite among drivers and fans during its original 1999-2017 run on the calendar.
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