拉塞尔是否发力太晚？梅赛德斯正释放其最佳状态
乔治·拉塞尔在阿塞拜疆大奖赛从杆位起步一路领先夺冠，并拿下职业生涯首个大满贯，但这一最佳状态来得是否太晚引发疑问。
拉塞尔是否发力太晚？《以这样的状态我本可以参与争夺》
在经历适应2026年一级方程式新规则的赛季后，乔治·拉塞尔开始进入他的最佳状态
在阿塞拜疆大奖赛从杆位到冲线的胜利进一步证明，梅赛德斯正开始释放最佳版本的乔治·拉塞尔——但是否有些太少、太晚？
这位28岁车手在巴库拿下个人第八个分站冠军和职业生涯首个大满贯，从杆位起步领跑每一圈，并在此过程中做出最快圈速。
这意味着他进一步逼近了领跑积分榜的队友安东内利。安东内利在排位赛中撞车后从第16位发车，但在周六成功追回到第五名。
因此拉塞尔与安东内利的差距已从81分缩小到66分，不过赛季只剩八轮，而安东内利状态依然火热，毫无疑问拉塞尔争夺总冠军的希望仍然渺茫。
这是2026年上半年令人失望的结果造成的——夏休期前拉塞尔拿到两场胜利，而安东内利赢了六场——但如今所做的改进开始收到成效。
"其实有好几场比赛我都没把自己算进这场争夺之中，纯粹是因为我的表现不够强劲,"拉塞尔坦率地说道。
"现在我感觉，如果赛季从今天开始，或者从夏休期之后开始，我觉得我完全有能力去战斗。"
乔治·拉塞尔（梅赛德斯），奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里（迈凯伦）
不过这并没有改变他的态度，他能做的最好的事情就是一场一场地比，从本周末在马来西亚的回归赛开始。
"现在我落后这么多，"拉塞尔补充道。他从夏休期回归时落后安东内利59分。
"情况可能很快改变。所以，我不会去追那个。我追求的是赢下每一场比赛，该来的总会来。"
对安东内利来说，重要的是他在巴库周末表现出的反弹能力——那个周末一度有失控的风险，他在第一节自由练习中遇到问题，导致赛道时间落后。
不过，尽管这位意大利车手在排位赛第一节（Q1）中的非受迫性失误让他陷入了明显的被动，但他做出了一场成熟的比赛，把损失降到最低，而不是像迈凯伦的皮亚斯特里在12个月前的类似情况下那样试图过度弥补，结果导致第一圈撞车。
相反，安东内利耐心地逐一超越中游车手，随后在两次安全车时段的帮助下，这位20岁的车手最终获得第五名。
“我身上承受的压力比他小得多，”拉塞尔承认。“他度过了一个极其完美的赛季。（排位赛）大概是他整个赛季在正式的各节练习与排位中的第一次失误，而他最终还是以第五名完赛。”
英文原文
Has George Russell hit his stride too late? 'With this form I would have been in the fight'
Following a season of adaptation to the new 2026 Formula 1 rules, George Russell is starting to hit his best form
A pole-to-flag victory in the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix provided further evidence that Mercedes is starting to unlock the best version of George Russell - but is it too little, too late?
The 28-year-old took his eighth grand prix victory and his first career grand slam in Baku, by leading every lap from pole and setting the fastest lap along the way.
It means he’s crept closer to championship-leading team-mate Kimi Antonelli, who started from 16th on the grid after a qualifying crash but managed to recover to fifth on Saturday.
So Russell’s deficit has gone from 81 to 66 points, but with only eight rounds remaining and Antonelli still in fine form, there’s no doubt that Russell remains a huge outsider for the title.
That’s the consequence of a disappointing first half of 2026 - Russell took two wins pre-summer break to Antonelli’s six - but now the improvements made since are starting to pay off.
"I didn’t really consider myself in this fight for a number of races, purely because my performance wasn’t strong enough," Russell said candidly.
"Now I feel like if the season had started today, or since the summer break, I feel very much I would have been able to fight."
George Russell, Mercedes, Oscar Piastri, McLaren
That doesn't change his approach though and the best thing he can do is take it race by race, starting with this weekend's one-off return to Malaysia.
"Now I’ve got this big deficit," added Russell, who returned from the summer break 59 points behind Antonelli.
"It can change quickly. So, I’m not chasing that. I’m chasing to win every race, and what will be, will be."
What's counting for Antonelli is how he bounced back during a Baku weekend that threatened to spiral out of control, falling behind on track time after encountering issues in FP1.
But while the Italian's unforced error in Q1 left him firmly on the back foot, he produced a mature drive to limit that damage, rather than trying to overcompensate like McLaren's Oscar Piastri did in a similar situation 12 months ago, which led to a lap one crash.
Instead, Antonelli patiently picked off midfielders before some help from a double safety car period netted the 20-year-old fifth.
"There’s much less pressure on me than there is on him," Russell acknowledged. "He’s had an incredibly flawless season. [Qualifying] was probably his first mistake of this whole season in a proper session, and he still came home in P5."
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