梅赛德斯：在2026年冠军之争中过早偏袒安东内利或拉塞尔
梅赛德斯认为，在刘易斯·汉密尔顿加盟法拉利的威胁下，现在就在2026年世界冠军之争中优先考虑基米·安东内利或乔治·拉塞尔还"为时过早"。
梅赛德斯：现在在2026年F1冠军争夺战中偏向基米·安东内利还"为时过早"
尽管面临法拉利的刘易斯·汉密尔顿的威胁，银箭车队声称在2026年F1冠军争夺战中优先照顾某位车手"实在太早了"
梅赛德斯认为，在刘易斯·汉密尔顿的法拉利构成威胁的情况下，在2026年一级方程式世界冠军争夺战中优先照顾基米·安东内利还是乔治·拉塞尔"实在太早了"
银箭车队是这一新规则周期开始以来最具统治力的车队，在开赛的11场大奖赛中赢得了8场，在还剩12轮的情况下领先法拉利72分。
这些胜利中有六场属于安东内利，因此他领先巴塞罗那站的冠军汉密尔顿50分，领先梅赛德斯队友、赛季前夺冠热门拉塞尔59分。
因此，考虑到拉塞尔的夺冠希望如今已命悬一线，有人呼吁梅赛德斯优先支持安东内利，以确保他能顺利拿下个人首个总冠军。
尤其是因为去年迈凯伦拒绝在奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里和最终夺冠的兰多·诺里斯之间分出优先级，这在一定程度上为红牛的马克斯·维斯塔潘在后期发起冲击铺平了道路。
但梅赛德斯认为在现阶段没有必要这样做，因为他们正在追逐自汉密尔顿2020年第七冠以来的首个车手总冠军，以及自2021年第八冠以来的首个车队总冠军。
安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯；刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利；乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯。
“如果一辆梅赛德斯能赢得比赛，那么必须由梅赛德斯赢得比赛，”车队副领队布拉德利·洛德在上站匈牙利大奖赛前夕说道。
“这是首要的，车队优先，车队总冠军是车队的主要关注点和首要目标。”
“我们看到这场争夺一度摆向一边，以至于当时甚至有报道称总冠军只有一个可能的赢家，然后在三场比赛之内，我们看到局面完全扭转了。”
“现在就这么想还太早了。我们当然想赢得两个冠军，而实现这一目标的最佳方式，就是让两辆车尽可能频繁地以尽可能高的名次完赛。
“这就是我们的重点：赛车很可靠，保持赛车的速度，然后让车手们全力以赴去争夺车手总冠军。
“但正如我所说，核心原则是：如果一辆梅赛德斯能赢，那就必须是梅赛德斯赢。我们不介意是两辆车中的哪一辆，我们会做一切必要的事情，确保在任何周日比赛中速度最快的那辆车能够做到这一点。这就是我们的首要任务。”
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯；安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯
虽然梅赛德斯有望夺取五年来首个车队总冠军在赛季前已被预料到，但人们原本认为领跑这项任务的会是拉塞尔，而不是安东内利。
这是因为这位19岁车手在2025年的新秀赛季表现非常起伏不定，而拉塞尔则一直压过安东内利，最终以强劲的第四名完成车手积分榜。
然而这位F1老将在赢得墨尔本揭幕战后日子并不好过：接下来的上海周末，赛车故障毁掉了他的排位赛，随后在日本又遇上不合时宜的安全车。
在蒙特利尔，发动机故障还迫使处于领先位置的拉塞尔退赛；在摩纳哥他吃了多次不走运的处罚；而在布达佩斯，他因起步时防熄火系统（anti-stall）触发，在第一圈就掉到了队尾。
尽管安东内利也有过不少倒霉的经历——巴塞罗那和银石——但拉塞尔尤其觉得自己受到了不公对待，不过他的速度也很少能达到队友的水平。
“不要低估车手们面临的挑战：一个周末要三四次走进这样的场景，然后被告知‘你是热门，怎么回事，为什么你没达到预期？’，”洛德补充道。
“这可能会激励你，但也可能是需要应对的、更具挑战性的事情。
“我认为毫无疑问，乔治在不同的比赛中遭遇过技术方面的倒霉事：在中国，出于一个古怪的原因，赛车无法正常点火，影响了他的排位赛；或者在摩纳哥的处罚事件，处罚执行出了差错，带来了连带后果，随后红旗又进一步加重了处罚的影响。”
“所以我觉得他在这一年中的不同时刻都有一种感觉：祸不单行，厄运似乎让问题不断叠加，问题又叠加厄运。”
“但还有夏休期。他很清楚，自己的处境可能并不完全如他所愿，但他仍然在争夺车手总冠军，而这显然是每一位车手一直以来的最大目标。”
“我们作为一支车队，全力以赴争取五六个赛季以来首个车队总冠军，而他在这其中也将发挥巨大的作用。”
英文原文
Mercedes: "Too early" to favour Kimi Antonelli in F1 2026 title fight
The Silver Arrows claim it is "far too early" to prioritise a driver in the 2026 F1 title fight, despite the threat of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes reckons it is “far too early” to prioritise Kimi Antonelli or George Russell in the 2026 Formula 1 world title fight amid the threat of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari.
The Silver Arrows have been the dominant outfit at the start of this regulation cycle, winning eight of the opening 11 grands prix to establish a 72-point lead over Ferrari with 12 rounds left.
Six of those victories have gone to Antonelli, who is therefore 50 points ahead of Barcelona winner Hamilton and 59 in front of Mercedes stablemate and pre-season favourite Russell.
So considering Russell’s title hopes are now hanging by a thread, there had been calls for Mercedes to prioritise Antonelli to ensure he claims a maiden crown in a routine manner.
That’s particularly when last year McLaren refused to prioritise either Oscar Piastri or eventual champion Lando Norris, which partly paved the way for Red Bull's Max Verstappen to launch a late attack.
But Mercedes sees no reason to do so at this stage, as it chases a first drivers’ championship since Hamilton’s seventh in 2020 and first constructors’ crown since its eighth in 2021.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, George Russell, Mercedes
“If a Mercedes can win the race, a Mercedes must win the race,” said deputy team principal Bradley Lord just before Hungary last time out.
“That's what comes first, the team comes first and the constructors’ championship is the team’s primary focus and primary objective.
“We've seen the fight swing all the way out to the point where I think it was being written that there was only one possible winner of the championship, then in the space of three races we've seen that swing completely.
“It's far too early to even be thinking like that. We want to win both championships, absolutely, and we'll give ourselves the best chance of doing that by getting two cars to the finish as often as possible in the highest possible positions.
“That's the focus, car’s reliable, keep the cars fast and then enable the drivers to give it their best shot for winning the drivers’ championship.
“But as I say, core principle: if a Mercedes can win, a Mercedes must win. We don't mind which of the two cars it is and we'll do what we need to do in order to ensure that the quickest of those cars on any given Sunday can do that. That's the priority for us.”
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Although Mercedes being on course to clinch its first constructors’ crown for five years was expected ahead of the season, it was thought that Russell would lead the charge and not Antonelli.
That’s because the 19-year-old had a very up-and-down rookie campaign in 2025, whereas Russell consistently got the better of Antonelli to finish a strong fourth in the standings.
Yet the F1 veteran has found it tough after winning the Melbourne opener, as the following weekend at Shanghai saw a car fault cost him in qualifying before an untimely safety car in Japan.
An engine failure also forced Russell to retire from the lead in Montreal, he had various unfortunate penalties in Monaco, while he dropped to the back on lap one in Budapest due to an anti-stall at the lights.
Although Antonelli has also had his fair share of misfortune – Barcelona and Silverstone – Russell particularly feels hard done by, though he’s rarely had the pace of his team-mate either.
“Don't underestimate the challenge for the drivers of walking into scenarios like this three or four times a weekend and being told, ‘You're favourite, what's happening, why are you not performing to expectation?’,” added Lord.
“That can build you up but it can also be something to navigate that's a bit more challenging.
“I think undoubtedly George has had misfortune in different races on the technical side with China where the car, for a quirky reason, wouldn't fire properly and so compromised his qualifying, or the penalty situation in Monaco with the incorrectly-serving-that-penalty and the knock-on consequences of that. Then the red flag that compounded the consequences of the penalty.
“So I think he's had a feeling at different points of the year that it never rains but it pours and misfortune seems to compound problem compounds misfortune.
“But there's [the] summer break. He's very clear that he may not be in exactly the position he wants to be, but he's in the fight for this drivers' championship that obviously for every driver is the big target they've had.
“We as a team are fully focused on winning a constructors' championship for the first time in five or six seasons, and he's got a huge role to play in that as well.”
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