汉密尔顿解释美国大奖赛错失领奖台原因
汉密尔顿解释了为何在美国大奖赛与领奖台擦肩而过，他认为原因出在自由练习阶段。
美国大奖赛上让刘易斯·汉密尔顿错失领奖台的失误
汉密尔顿在奥斯汀与领奖台擦肩而过，他认为原因出在自由练习阶段。
刘易斯·汉密尔顿解释了为何在一级方程式美国大奖赛上与领奖台擦肩而过。
这位法拉利车手从第五位发车，起步时超越伊萨克·哈贾尔升至第四，尽管首段比赛中他是唯一使用旧软胎的车手。
但在那一段里，汉密尔顿每圈比队友夏尔·勒克莱尔慢了0.277秒，也比使用新软胎的马克斯·维斯塔潘慢了0.422秒。这几秒正好对应了这位英国车手在奥斯汀比赛尾声错失超越维斯塔潘获得第三名所需的时间——或许也错失了超越勒克莱尔升至第二名的机会。
据这位七届世界冠军所说，早期速度不足的主要原因是他第一段中的次优调校——这是在自由练习中走错方向的后果。
“基本上，我在前两段里缺乏速度。我就是无法让赛车转向，”汉密尔顿说。
“归根结底，这一切多少始于周五。第一次练习赛的调校确实错了，第二次练习赛又走错了方向，后来改回去，在第三次练习赛中才达到更好的状态。
“但查尔斯和我的车之间有一个细微差别，基本上，只是在比赛中。这主要与襟翼有关，也就是你投入多少翼片，而我认为我们一直调得不够——不知为何一直调得不够。
“当你在发车格上做暖胎圈时，感觉赛车很好。可一旦比赛开始，就出现严重的抓地力流失和转向不足。我对此无能为力，所以他们就这么拉开了。我损失了那八秒，这确实是我最终没能拿到那个[第三]位置的原因。”
他补充道：“在进站期间，我加了四格[前翼角度]，下一次进站我又加了四格，可即便如此，我还是差了四格。落后十二格简直疯狂。我们真的需要研究一下是怎么走到那一步的。
“但我认为，如果我们在第二次练习赛就用上它，情况会有所不同，因为在那里你做了长距离跑。查尔斯就是在那里获得了那套调校的经验，而我没能用它做长距离跑。”
“所以，就像我说的，我一开始有点处于劣势，但有很多积极的地方可以吸取。车队在维修区停站和策略方面做得非常出色，我们今天显然有不错的速度，尤其是最后一段。如果我在前两段就有那样的速度，我们肯定能登上领奖台。”
汉密尔顿的挣扎因轮胎选择而加剧；他确实在最后一段换上了硬胎，而不是最初计划的另一套中性胎，但损害已经造成。
“我选择了两条中性胎，因为他们认为硬胎不会有什么好处，”他解释道。“事后看来，两条硬胎会是更好的选择——硬胎是最好的轮胎。
“然后这意味着我开始时用的是旧软胎，从旧胎到新胎，是两秒的比赛时间差距。而且这还影响了起步，相比其他都用新胎的人。我前面的所有车都是新胎，但我的起步非常好，差点就到第三名，但查尔斯抢到了外侧，我没能利用好那个机会。”
汉密尔顿还因晚些时候虚拟安全车出动而受到影响，当时是为了回收瓦尔特利·博塔斯那辆抛锚的凯迪拉克。他更新的轮胎意味着他每圈能追近维斯塔潘近一秒，但这次中立化打断了他的追击。
当被问及如果没有虚拟安全车情况是否会不同时，汉密尔顿回答：“大概我会和马克斯有一番小缠斗，可能是在最后几圈。是的，那会很棒。但正如我所说，我认为这一切都是前两段 驾驶阶段的结果，我在那里损失了太多时间。未来我不能放弃那段时间。
“我真的觉得自己对驾驶方式感到满意。只是花了整整两段 驾驶阶段才让这辆车转向。然后当第三段 驾驶阶段开始转向时，我又跟上了前面车手的节奏。但差距很大需要缩小。距离前车有八、九秒还是多少，而那些家伙显然非常快。所以，我只需要努力不再损失那段时间。”
与此同时，勒克莱尔为法拉利拿下了连续第三次领奖台完赛，但对最终落后分站冠军基米·安东内利13秒感到失望。
“我很享受，”这位摩纳哥车手评论道。“起步很有趣，之后与兰多[诺里斯]和马克斯再次较量也相当有趣。所以，这是那种你在驾驶舱里不会太无聊、并且有目标可争的比赛之一。
“我甚至一度以为胜利是可能的，当我看到基米（安东内利）选择一停策略时。根据我们的数据，他在比赛尾声会开始更吃力一些。他在比赛尾声其实从未真正吃力过，但是，是的，这是一场有趣的比赛。遗憾的是我们差一点就能获胜。”
法拉利目前已经连续九轮未能获胜，尽管近期有令人鼓舞的迹象，勒克莱尔不确定自己能否很快将速度转化为胜利。
“我能否将其转化为胜利有点难以预测，因为差距如此细微，这也取决于其他车队在接下来比赛中的升级计划，”他说。
“但赛车给我的感觉正变得越来越好。这些赛车非常特殊且独一无二，我觉得在过去两三场比赛中，我在驾驶方面又重新解锁了一些东西，尤其是在结合我驾驶风格的调校方面。两者结合在一起，我们向前迈进了一步，我现在对赛车的感觉舒服多了。
“所以我希望这能很快带来一场胜利。无论是在新加坡还是在这里的奥斯汀，我们都非常接近，所以我有信心，我们会在赛季结束前有机会赢得一场比赛。”
英文原文
The mistakes that cost Lewis Hamilton a podium at F1’s US GP
Hamilton narrowly missed out on the podium in Austin, which he reckoned was down to what happened in free practice
Lewis Hamilton has explained the reasons why the podium narrowly eluded him in Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver started from fifth on the grid and jumped Isack Hadjar for fourth at lights out, despite being the only driver on used (soft) tyres for the opening stint.
But Hamilton lost 0.277s per lap to team-mate Charles Leclerc during that stint, as well as 0.422s to Max Verstappen, with the pair on new soft tyres. Those few seconds corresponded to the time the Briton was missing to beat Verstappen to third at the end of the Austin race – and perhaps surpass Leclerc for second.
The main reason for that early lack of pace, according to the seven-time world champion, was his suboptimal set-up in the opening stint – the consequence of pursuing wrong avenues in free practice.
“I was lacking pace in the first two stints, basically. I just couldn't turn the car,” Hamilton said.
“Ultimately, it all kind of started on Friday. Wrong set-up really for FP1 and went the wrong direction in FP2, reverted back and got to a better place in FP3.
“But there's a subtle difference between Charles’ and my car, basically, just in the race. It's just to do mostly with flap, how much wing you put in, and I think we've just been under-hitting it – continuously under-hitting it for some reason.
“When you do the laps of the grid, it feels like the car is good. And then as soon as the race starts, it's just massive washout and understeer. I couldn't do anything about it, so they just pulled away. I lost those eight seconds, and that was really why I didn't get that [third] position in the end.”
He added: “Through the pitstops, I added four clicks [of front wing angle], the next pitstop I added another four clicks, and even then, I'm still another four clicks too short. And it's crazy to be 12 clicks down. We really need to look at how we get into that point.
“But I think it would have been a bit different if we had started with it in FP2, where you did the long run. That's where Charles got the experience on that set-up, and I didn't get the long run on it.
“So, as I said, I got a bit on the back foot, but lots of positives to take from it. The team did a really great job with pitstops and the strategy, and we obviously had a decent pace today, particularly the last stint. If I had that in the first two, we would have for sure been on the podium.”
Hamilton’s struggle was compounded by his tyre choice; he did switch to the hard compound for the last stint instead of another set of mediums as initially planned, but the harm had been done.
“I chose to have two medium tyres because they didn't think the hard tyre was going to be any good,” he explained. “In hindsight, two hard tyres would have been the better one – the hard tyre was the best tyre.
“And then it meant I started on a used soft which, from used to new, is two seconds of race time. And it affects the start as well compared to others that are all new. All the cars ahead are new, but I had a really good start, nearly got to third place, but Charles got the outside and I didn't get to capitalize on that.”
Hamilton was also hindered by the late virtual safety car intervention to recover Valtteri Bottas’ stricken Cadillac. His fresher tyres meant he was catching Verstappen by nearly one second per lap, but the neutralisation thwarted his recovery.
When asked if things might have been different without the VSC, Hamilton replied: “Probably I would have had a little bit of a battle with Max, maybe the last couple of laps. Yeah, that would have been awesome. But, as I said, I think it was all a result of the first two stints where I just lost so much ground. I can't be giving up that time in the future.
“I really feel like I'm happy with how I drove. It just took two whole stints to try and get this car to turn. And then once it started to turn in the third stint, I was back on pace with the guys ahead. But it's a big gap to close. It's eight, nine seconds or whatever it was to the car ahead, and those guys were obviously very quick. So, I’ve just got to work on not losing that.”
Meanwhile, Leclerc took Ferrari’s third-consecutive podium finish but was disappointed to end up 13 seconds adrift of race winner Kimi Antonelli.
“I enjoyed it,” the Monegasque commented. “The start was fun, then later on with Lando [Norris] and Max again was quite fun. So, it's one of those races where you're not getting too bored inside the cockpit and there's something to play for.
“I even thought the victory was possible at one point when I saw Kimi going for the one-stop. Based on our numbers, he would start to struggle a bit more towards the end of the race. He never really struggled towards the end of the race, but, yeah, it's been a fun race. A shame just that we came short of winning.”
Ferrari is now on a nine-round winless streak and despite recent encouraging signs, Leclerc is unsure he can turn his pace into victory soon.
“Whether I can convert that into a win is a bit difficult to predict, because it's such fine margins, and it also depends on what the upgrade plans of the others are in upcoming races,” he said.
“But the feeling with the car is getting better and better. These cars are very specific and unique, and I feel like, over the last two or three races, I've unlocked something again in terms of driving, and particularly set-up with my driving. Just both together, we've taken a step forward, and I just feel much more comfortable with the car.
“So I hope that this will result in a win soon. Whether it's in Singapore or here in Austin, we were quite close, so I'm confident that we'll have a shot to win a race before the end of the season.”
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