沃尔夫谈安东内利夺冠与汉密尔顿时代的差异
梅赛德斯车队负责人托托·沃尔夫表示，看着安东内利成为F1世界冠军的感受，与他和汉密尔顿创纪录的那些年“不同”。安东内利在墨西哥站提前四轮锁定个人首个世界冠军，以20岁成为F1史上最年轻的世界冠军。
沃尔夫谈安东内利F1冠军与汉密尔顿冠军之间的“不同”
安东内利成为梅赛德斯自2010年回归以来的第三位F1世界冠军，加入了刘易斯·汉密尔顿（2014-15、2017-20）和尼科·罗斯伯格（2016）的行列
刘易斯·汉密尔顿、法拉利、安德烈亚·基米·安东内利、梅赛德斯
梅赛德斯车队负责人托托·沃尔夫解释了看着基米·安东内利成为F1世界冠军，与他和刘易斯·汉密尔顿创纪录的那些年相比，感受如何“不同”。
安东内利周日于墨西哥锁定个人首个总冠军头衔，以20岁之龄成为F1史上最年轻的世界冠军，凭借2026赛季的统治级表现，此时还剩四站比赛。
这位意大利车手仅用第二个赛季便达成此成就，此前梅赛德斯让他快速通过青训各级别晋升，2019年他还在参加卡丁车时便签下了他。
安东内利由此成为这家德国厂商自2020年汉密尔顿追平纪录的第七冠以来的首位世界冠军，那也是汉密尔顿自2013年加盟梅赛德斯以来的第六冠。
沃尔夫表示：“与刘易斯一起拿下的那些总冠军绝对令人难以置信，也极具回报。”
“我觉得我们都是刘易斯历史的一部分——最伟大冠军的历史——多年以后我们会回望并说：‘我们曾与刘易斯·汉密尔顿一起成为世界冠军。’
安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯，托托·沃尔夫，梅赛德斯
“这是我至今仍在深思的事情。他是一个始终保持影响力的人，而且在F1之外也具有很强的文化影响力。”
“所以那非常非常特别。那些冠军将伴随我一生。而这一次不同。对我来说，他仍然是那个外表几乎没怎么变的孩子。”
“这太令人耳目一新了。几周前我试着联系他，问‘基米在哪？’。基米，为了他的生日？他在水上乐园。
“太好了！只要我们能一起帮助保持下去，他就与梅赛德斯紧密相连，这也是很值得高兴看到的。”
考虑到围绕用十几岁的安东内利替换转投法拉利的汉密尔顿这一决定存在的疑虑，周日对沃尔夫来说是一个特别带有报复意味的时刻。
甚至在他开始唯一的F2赛季之前，就已经很清楚，这位年轻人因其此前惊人的青训战绩而被指定为这位英国人的替代者。
不过F2的表现并不太顺利，最终在积分榜上排名第六，沃尔夫甚至透露，由于安东内利在2025年获得提拔，梅赛德斯失去了“两个赞助商”。
去年也不太好，落后队友乔治·拉塞尔169分，同时经历了许多惨痛教训，比如他在蒙特利尔的领奖台被欧洲赛事中连续六场未得分所包围。
但安东内利在2026年取得了显著进步，压制了季前热门拉塞尔，并在19场大奖赛中拿下九胜、16次领奖台和七次杆位。
沃尔夫补充道：“我从未觉得这（是）困难，因为车队始终支持那个决定。奥拉（康林松，梅赛德斯主席）始终支持那个决定。毫无疑问。
“疑虑来自外部。疑虑来自那些曾是车队合作伙伴、如今已不再是的人。
“来自其他车队，来自其他觉得自己本该获得机会的车手。来自媒体。一开始是，‘你不可能真的要把一个18岁的孩子放进刘易斯·汉密尔顿的车里吧’。
“你知道，他的F2赛季表现平平。他应该在F2再待一年，证明自己确实足够优秀，然后再把他放进车里。
“人们说他不该待在梅赛德斯。对他压力太大了。你们为什么不试着和威廉姆斯达成协议？像乔治那样，给他一年、两年或三年去成长。”
“在连续九场比赛没有积分之后，这些声音显然变得更响了。斯帕的眼泪。
“突然间，‘我早就告诉过你’的说法得到了更多关注。对我们、对我而言，这从来都不是一个疑问。这就是我预期会发生的赛季。
“这至少是一个为期两年的项目，其中第二年需要确认我们在他身上看到的东西。我想今天我们坐在这里，我们已经得到了确认。”
英文原文
The 'difference' between Kimi Antonelli's F1 title and Lewis Hamilton's according to Toto Wolff
Antonelli has become Mercedes' third F1 world champion since its return in 2010, joining a list of Lewis Hamilton (2014-15, 2017-20) and Nico Rosberg (2016)
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has explained how “different” it felt watching Kimi Antonelli become Formula 1 world champion compared to his record-breaking years with Lewis Hamilton.
Antonelli clinched his maiden title in Mexico on Sunday to become F1’s youngest ever world champion at the age of only 20, thanks to a dominant 2026 with four rounds still remaining.
The Italian achieved it in only his second season having been fast-tracked through the junior categories by Mercedes, who signed him when he was still a karter in 2019.
Antonelli consequently became the German marque’s first world champion since Hamilton’s record-equalling seventh in 2020, which was his sixth since joining Mercedes in 2013.
Wolff said: “The championships with Lewis were absolutely incredible and rewarding.
“I felt that we were all part of Lewis' history - of the greatest champion - and that we would look back many years to come and say, ‘we've been world champions with Lewis Hamilton’.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Mercedes
“This is something I'm very much still thinking about. He is one that stayed relevant and is very much culturally relevant beyond Formula One.
“So that was very, very special. Championships that I will have for my whole life with me. And this one is different. For me, he's still the kid that hasn't even changed visually a lot.
“It's so refreshing. I tried to get hold of him a few weeks ago and said, ‘where's Kimi?’. Kimi, for his birthday? He's in the water park.
“Great! And as long as we can all help to preserve it, he's intertwined with Mercedes and that's also great to see.”
Sunday was a particularly vindictive moment for Wolff considering the doubts that surrounded the decision to replace Hamilton, who joined Ferrari, with a teenage Antonelli.
It was clear, even before starting his sole F2 campaign, that the youngster had been ear-marked as the Briton’s replacement thanks to his speculator junior record until then.
F2 didn’t go so well though, finishing sixth in the standings, with Wolff even revealing that Mercedes lost “two sponsors” due to Antonelli’s promotion for 2025.
Last year wasn’t great either, finishing 169 points behind team-mate George Russell, while suffering many tough lessons like his Montreal podium being surrounded by six non-scores in the European races.
But Antonelli made a remarkable step forwards in 2026 to dominate pre-season favourite Russell and take nine wins, 16 podiums and seven poles from 19 grands prix.
Wolff added: “I never felt it [was] difficult, because the team was always behind that decision. Ola [Kallenius, Mercedes chairman] was always behind that decision. There was no doubt.
“The doubt came from outside. The doubt came from people that were partners to the team, that are not anymore.
“From other teams, from other drivers that felt they should have gotten a shot. From the media. It started with, ‘you can't be possibly serious of putting an 18-year-old in the car that is Lewis Hamilton's car’.
“You know, he had an underwhelming Formula 2 season. He should do another year in Formula 2 and prove that he's actually good enough, then putting him in the car.
“People saying he shouldn't be in a Mercedes. Too much pressure for him. Why didn't you try to achieve a deal with Williams? And give him, like George, a year, two or three to develop.
“These voices got obviously louder after nine consecutive races without a point. The tears in Spa.
“Suddenly the 'I told you so' were getting more oxygen. For us, for me, it was never a single doubt. It was the season that I expected to happen.
“That it was at least a two-year project, where the second year needed to confirm what we saw in him. I guess today we're sitting here and we have the confirmation.”
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