里卡多：安东内利的“无知”是超能力
里卡多认为，安东内利的年龄与单纯是他在2026赛季取得如此成功的原因。安东内利本赛季已获九胜，在墨西哥大奖赛只需第九名，或拉塞尔与汉密尔顿均未获胜，即可加冕首个世界冠军。
里卡多：安东内利的“无知”是超能力
里卡多认为，在安东内利接近首个F1冠军之际，这位年轻人的年龄是一大优势
里卡多认为，安东内利的年龄与单纯是他在2026赛季F1取得如此成功的原因。
安东内利在个人第二个F1赛季已取得九场胜利，这让他来到首个世界冠军的边缘。这位梅赛德斯车手只需在周日的墨西哥大奖赛获得第九名，或者拉塞尔与汉密尔顿均未获胜，即可加冕。
这将使这位20岁的车手成为F1史上最年轻的世界冠军，比塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔目前的纪录提前三年多。
里卡多22岁完成F1首秀、35岁从世界锦标赛退役，他相信自己完全清楚安东内利的感受——以及这种感受为何让他如此强大。
“前几天有个朋友问我关于基米·安东内利的事，我说‘无知是一种超能力’——你知道，我真正想说的是‘年轻’，我完全不是在贬低他，”这位澳大利亚人在《Beyond The Grid》播客中说道。“年轻是一种超能力，无知、没有过多接触世界和诸如此类的事物。
“我记得我在红牛车队的头一年；你天真、年轻、无知。我不知道，一切都轻松，一切都来得容易，就是那种‘哦哇，我在赢，酷，我就继续赢下去吧，因为我是最棒的’。”
里卡多在同胞马克·韦伯退役后，于2014赛季加入红牛主队，与塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔搭档；他出人意料地包揽了车队当年的全部三场胜利，表现明显优于这位卫冕四届世界冠军。
丹尼尔·里卡多驾驶红牛赛车小红牛10，领先于驾驶红牛赛车小红牛10的塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔
安东内利今年超越拉塞尔的方式与当年有着明显的相似之处，尽管这位英国车手是梅赛德斯既定的明星。
“我无意拿自己与他作比较之类的，但在某些情况下，这项运动和这个世界都可能非常紧张激烈，年轻自有其力量，而随着岁月流逝，你只会不断积累包袱……”里卡多继续说道。
“现在我觉得他正处于那个绝佳的状态：他显然非常有天赋、非常快，但还没有真正背上任何包袱，所以就像是在说，咱们就去比赛吧。外面没什么杂念，这是一种超能力。”
“随着年复一年，这对我来说变得困难得多。甚至包括2018年离开红牛的决定……这些事情，你显然会去质疑，而随着时间推移，就会想‘我并没有真正找到成功，或者没有达到我设想的样子’。这些事情不断冒出来。‘那个决定对吗？现在我做了这个，那对吗？’
“再次强调，这是许多事情的累积，我觉得到最后我必须挖得很深才能找到某些东西，而以前那很容易——我其实不用多想，它就在那里。”
在美国大奖赛夺冠后，安东内利承诺将在本赛季剩余时间里坚持自己的理念，无论即将到来的加冕如何。
“我会以同样的心态去面对，只是尽量享受比赛，希望争取再赢一场，”他说，“但最好是以强势表现收官，这就是目标。从现在起，我只想好好享受赛季剩下的比赛。”
英文原文
Why “ignorance is a superpower” for Kimi Antonelli, according to Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo sees Kimi Antonelli’s age as a major advantage as the youngster nears his maiden F1 title
Daniel Ricciardo believes Kimi Antonelli’s age and innocence is what has made him so successful in the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Nine victories so far in his sophomore F1 campaign have taken Antonelli to the brink of his maiden world title. All the Mercedes driver needs to be crowned in Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix is ninth place, or for neither George Russell nor Lewis Hamilton to win.
This would make the 20-year-old F1’s youngest-ever champion, beating Sebastian Vettel’s current record by more than three years.
Ricciardo, who made his F1 debut at 22 years old and retired from the world championship at 35, believes he knows exactly how Antonelli feels – and how that makes him so strong.
“I got asked by a friend about Kimi Antonelli the other day, and I said ‘ignorance is a superpower’ – you know, ‘being young’ is what I’m really trying to say, I’m not trying to be mean to him at all,” the Australian told the Beyond The Grid podcast. “Being young is a superpower, being ignorant and not having been so exposed to the world and things like that.
“I remember my first year at Red Bull Racing; you’re naive, you’re young, you’re ignorant. I don’t know, everything’s easy and it comes easy, and it’s just, ‘Oh wow, I’m winning, cool, I’ll just keep winning, cause I’m the best’.”
Ricciardo joined Red Bull’s main squad for the 2014 season following compatriot Mark Webber’s retirement, teaming up with Sebastian Vettel; he unexpectedly took all three of the outfit’s victories that year, noticeably outperforming the reigning four-time world champion.
Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing RB10, leads Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing RB10
There is an obvious parallel with the way Antonelli has surpassed Russell this year despite the Briton being Mercedes’ established star.
“I don’t mean to compare myself to him or anything, but the power of being young in some situations where this sport and the world can be very intense, and over the years you’re just going to accumulate baggage…” Ricciardo continued.
“Right now I think he’s at that sweet spot where he’s obviously very talented, very fast, but he hasn’t yet really acquired any baggage, so it’s like, let’s just go and race. There’s nothing really going on out there, which is a superpower.
“That became a lot harder for me as the years went on. Even obviously the decision in 2018 to move on from Red Bull… These things, you obviously question them, and as years go on, it’s like ‘I haven’t really found success or maybe how I’d pictured it to go’. These things keep popping up. ‘Was that decision right? Now I’ve done this, is that right?’
“Again, an accumulation of many things, and I think by the end I had to dig very deep to find something where before it was just easy – I didn’t really have to think, it was just there.”
After winning the United States GP, Antonelli pledged to maintain his philosophy for the remainder of the season, regardless of his impending coronation.
“I'm going to approach it with the same mindset, just trying to have as much fun as possible, trying to hopefully fight for another win,” he said. “But it would be best to finish on a high, and that's the goal. I'm just going to try to enjoy the rest of the season from now on.”
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