安东内利夺奥斯汀杆位：终于看到成果
梅赛德斯车手安东内利在美国大奖赛排位赛中拿下奥斯汀杆位，领先红牛车手维斯塔潘和哈贾尔，法拉利位列第四和第五。他认为这是车队针对马来西亚升级套件持续调校的回报。
安东内利夺奥斯汀意外杆位，驾驶棘手的梅赛德斯赛车：“终于看到成果了”
安东内利自夏休期以来的首个杆位，是梅赛德斯更快但更难驾驭的F1赛车取得突破的标志
F1锦标赛领跑者安东内利认为，他在美国大奖赛拿下的杆位，是梅赛德斯努力调校其全面但棘手的马来西亚升级套件的回报。
安东内利在奥斯汀的美洲赛道挡住了红牛组合维斯塔潘和哈贾尔，而法拉利在周六排位赛的争夺中表现不及预期，仅列第四和第五。
在Q3中风势越来越大的情况下，把握住两轮排位赛中的第一轮变得至关重要。而在一个周末里，人们原本预期维斯塔潘与法拉利双雄勒克莱尔和汉密尔顿之间会展开较量，安东内利却多少带来了一丝惊喜，拿下了自七月比利时大奖赛以来的首个杆位。
这是对梅赛德斯努力发挥其马来西亚大奖赛重大升级套件效果的回报，该升级让W17更快，但也更难调校。这种挣扎看起来会在奥斯汀的第一节练习中延续，但车队逐步削减问题，改善了平衡。为奥斯汀带来的新前翼——曾在新加坡练习中试用——旨在进一步提升整套升级的效果。
“我很高兴，因为我们在这个套件上一直非常努力，而且我们仍在努力完全理解它，”安东内利在阻止维斯塔潘连续第三次夺得杆位后说道。
“自新加坡以来，我们又迈出了一大步，现在我们必须继续努力，继续理解。但这对车队来说是个好结果，因为他们在带来这个套件方面做了巨大的工作。终于，我们看到了成果。
安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯，马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队，伊萨克·哈贾尔，红牛车队
“这很令人意外，但今天对我来说最大的成就之一就是我没有超出赛道限制！这也让我们的处境稍微轻松了一些。我没有让自己陷入困难的局面，我们得以在整个阶段中逐步推进，并在此基础上继续提升。”
安东内利获得了第一个——尽管还很遥远——在周日锁定总冠军的机会，前提是他赢得比赛，而队友乔治·拉塞尔获得第九名或更低，并且汉密尔顿的排名不高于第五。
由于汉密尔顿和拉塞尔分别只从第五和第六位发车，安东内利在得克萨斯庆祝首个总冠军的机会可能仍然很小，但也并非可以忽略不计。
这位20岁的意大利车手表示：“我只想尽力跑好这场比赛。我会努力争取胜利，然后看看会发生什么。”
“感觉确实有些不同，但目标始终如一。我只需要继续做好自己的本职工作，而且实际上，我觉得自己更能享受驾驶和一切，因为我处于非常有利的位置。不过，心态始终是一样的。”
英文原文
Kimi Antonelli delivers Austin surprise pole in tricky Mercedes: "Finally we're seeing the results"
Kimi Antonelli's first pole since the summer break is a breakthrough for Mercedes' quicker but more difficult Formula 1 car
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli reckons his United States Grand Prix pole is the reward for Mercedes' efforts to finetune its comprehensive but troubled Malaysia upgrade.
Antonelli held off Red Bull tandem Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar on Austin's Circuit of the Americas as Ferrari flattered to deceive in Saturday's qualifying shootout by taking fourth and fifth.
With the gusty conditions only getting worse throughout Q3, nailing the first of two qualifying runs proved to be pivotal. And following a weekend that had been building up as a battle between Verstappen and Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc plus Lewis Hamilton, Antonelli sprung somewhat of a surprise by taking his first pole since July's Belgian Grand Prix.
It was a reward for Mercedes' efforts to exploit its big Malaysia upgrade, which has made the W17 faster but also more difficult to set up. That struggle looked set to continue in Austin's first practice session, but the team gradually chipped away to improve the balance. A new front wing for Austin, which was trialled in Singapore practice, was intended to further improve the package.
"I'm happy because we've been working really hard on this package, and we're still trying to understand it fully," said Antonelli, after denying Verstappen a third consecutive pole.
"Since Singapore, we've taken a big step further, and now we've just got to keep working on it, keep understanding. But it's a good result for the team because they've done a tremendous job on bringing this package. Finally, we're seeing the results.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing
"It was surprising, but also one of the biggest achievements for me today is that I didn't do track limits! That also made our life a little bit easier. I didn't put myself in a difficult situation, and we were able to just progress throughout the session and build from there."
Antonelli gets a first, if remote, opportunity to tie up the championship on Sunday if he wins the race and team-mate George Russell finishes ninth or lower, and Hamilton is no higher than fifth.
With Hamilton and Russell only starting fifth and sixth respectively, the chances of Antonelli celebrating a maiden title in Texas may still be small, but they are not negligible either.
"I'm just going to try to do the best race I can. I'm going to try to win, and then we'll see what happens," said the 20-year-old Italian.
"It does feel a little bit different, but the goal stays the same. I just need to keep doing my job, and actually, I feel like I can enjoy the driving and everything more because I'm in a very good position. But still, the mindset is always the same."
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