拉塞尔不解美国站速度不足
拉塞尔在美国大奖赛仅获第八，队友安东内利从杆位夺冠，拉塞尔称自己“速度不够快”并正在寻找原因。
乔治·拉塞尔困惑于美国大奖赛速度不足，尽管W17赛车已升级
这位梅赛德斯车手获得第八名，而队友基米·安东内利从杆位统治了比赛
乔治·拉塞尔在美国大奖赛上“速度不够快”，而队友基米·安东内利正逼近F1世界冠军，拉塞尔正在急切地寻找答案。
安东内利在周日的奥斯汀正赛中从杆位统治了比赛，而拉塞尔从第六位发车，最终获得第八名，他因首圈驶出赛道获得优势而被罚五秒。
这件事发生在第一圈，当时这位英国车手在进入12号弯时正防守奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里，他在那里驶离赛道，并在迈凯伦车手前方重新加入，以保住自己的位置。
但那次罚时对他的最终名次其实影响不大，因为如果没有罚时，理论上他会以第七名完赛，而不是那位澳大利亚车手，积分仅多拿两分。
因此，当天空体育问他特别挣扎的地方是什么时，拉塞尔回答道：“说实话，就是不够快。
“我需要试着弄清楚原因是什么。当你落后这么多时，这很奇怪，所以希望某处能找到一些答案。但不管怎样，我还没有答案。”
拉塞尔取得这一成绩，尽管W17赛车近期进行了升级，但他声称该车‘调校窗口很窄’，自马来西亚站引入升级以来他起伏不定的状态便是明证。
在那里，安东内利获得亚军，落后于占据统治地位的马克斯·维斯塔潘，而拉塞尔原本有望获得第三名，直到后期动力单元故障导致他退赛。
在新加坡，维斯塔潘再次获胜，安东内利获得第三，而拉塞尔仅列第九，这意味着在糟糕的2026赛季中，这位英国车手已连续三场大奖赛无缘领奖台。
随后在奥斯汀接受文字媒体采访时，拉塞尔表示：‘第一段 stint（ stint）的速度并不好。’
“但从维修区换上硬胎出来后，我大概有六圈的单圈速度与基米相同。但随后我追上了奥斯卡，却就是无法超车。
“六圈好圈，五十圈烂圈。我想弄明白为什么第一段 stint（ stint）的速度这么差。罚时也有点荒谬，但至少那是我在如此糟糕的周末之后的些许担忧之一。”
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这一结果意味着安东内利很可能在下周末的墨西哥站成为冠军，他在最后五站前还剩125分可拿的情况下，对拉塞尔握有123分的优势。
拉塞尔因此仅领先第三名刘易斯·汉密尔顿一分，领先第四名维斯塔潘六分，而梅赛德斯有望赢得车队总冠军，因为它领先法拉利133分。
“对我来说，只要我们赢得车队总冠军，那就是最重要的事，”拉塞尔说。“对车队而言，显然我希望成为其余车手中的最佳，但第二、第三、第五名都不是冠军，所以没有任何意义。”
英文原文
George Russell confused by lack of pace at F1 US GP despite upgraded W17
The Mercedes driver finished eighth while team-mate Kimi Antonelli dominated from pole
George Russell is desperately searching for answers after “not being quick enough” at the United States Grand Prix as team-mate Kimi Antonelli closes in on the Formula 1 world title.
Antonelli dominated Sunday’s race at Austin from pole, whereas Russell started sixth but finished eighth, having received a five-second penalty for gaining an advantage by running off-track on the opening lap.
It came on lap one when the Briton was defending from Oscar Piastri heading into Turn 12, where he left the track and rejoined ahead of the McLaren to keep his position.
But that penalty had little impact on his finishing position anyway since, without it, he’d have theoretically finished seventh instead of the Australian with a point gain of just two.
So when asked by Sky Sports what he’s particularly struggling with, Russell replied: “Just not being quick enough, to be honest.
“I need to try and understand why it is. It’s strange when you’re so far off, so hopefully there’s some answers somewhere. But, anyway, I don’t have one.”
Russell’s result came despite a recently upgraded W17, which he claims has a ‘narrow set-up window’ as evidenced by his up-and-down form since it was introduced in Malaysia.
There, Antonelli finished runner-up to the dominant Max Verstappen while Russell was set to finish third until a late power unit failure caused him to retire.
In Singapore, Verstappen won again with Antonelli third, while Russell took a lowly ninth meaning it is now three grands prix without a podium for the Briton amid a horrid 2026.
Speaking later with the written media in Austin, Russell said: “The pace wasn't good on the first stint.
“But when I came out of the pits on the hard [tyres], I probably did six laps where I was lapping the same pace as Kimi. But then I caught up with Oscar and I just couldn't overtake.
“Six good laps, 50 bad laps. I want to understand why the pace was so bad on the first stint. The penalty was a bit ridiculous as well, but that was at least some of my worries after such a bad weekend.”
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Pierluigi Orsi, Mercedes
The results means that Antonelli is likely to become champion in Mexico next weekend, holding a 123-point advantage over Russell with 125 left available ahead of the final five rounds.
Russell is then only one-point above third-placed Lewis Hamilton and sixth ahead of Verstappen in fourth, while Mercedes is set to win the constructors’ title as it’s 133 points in front of Ferrari.
“For me, as long as we win the constructors’ [championship], that's the main thing,” said Russell. “For the team, obviously I'd like to finish best of the rest but P2, P3, P5 is not champion so it doesn't mean anything.”
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