F1墨西哥大奖赛创纪录之战的赢家与输家
安东内利在墨西哥大奖赛加冕，完成2026赛季的登顶；与此同时，汉密尔顿在法拉利的动力单元困境持续恶化。
F1墨西哥大奖赛创纪录之战的赢家与输家
当F1在墨西哥加冕新王时，一位史上最伟大车手之一的动力单元噩梦却每况愈下
刘易斯·汉密尔顿、法拉利、马克斯·维斯塔潘、红牛车队、安德烈亚·基米·安东内利、梅赛德斯
用来形容基米·安东内利在2026赛季史无前例地登上权力之巅的溢美之词已快用尽。在墨西哥大奖赛上，F1的新统治者得到了与其赛季表现相称的加冕。
安东内利的夺冠在此时或许已是意料之中的事，但这只会让他的成就更加非凡，而非相反。
人们不可能在想到他的成功时不联想到2025年那段艰难的新秀适应期和车队对他的严厉关爱，当时感觉安东内利的实验确实有可能在夏天前后从悬崖边跌落。是不是太过了、太年轻、太早了？
这些问题在今年被迅速打消，安东内利豪取五连胜，一路走向绝对统治，包括在主场蒙扎从第19位发车的那场令人难忘的逆转之战。
安东内利在墨西哥的加冕仪式，驾驶着一辆已不再具有统治力的赛车，恰如其分地配得上这一时刻。当他的顶级车队对手们几乎都摩拳擦掌时，安东内利却跑出了一场成熟而低调的比赛——唯一令人兴奋的时刻是他在红旗后向夏尔·勒克莱尔发起冲击，抢下第三名。那次超车确保他能在墨西哥著名的领奖台上，在热情沸腾的罗德里格斯兄弟赛道体育场前庆祝自己的首个冠军。
在一个梅赛德斯并未占据上风的周末，这仍是一种书写F1历史新篇章的值得称道的方式。
“最后一圈，我只是收油了，因为我根本看不清赛道。我当时情绪上来了，”安东内利这样描述他含泪锁定冠军的时刻。“我说，‘我就收油吧，不然我在这里会撞车。’”
基米·安东内利与托托·沃尔夫拥抱
安东内利的胜利当然不只属于他个人，而是属于遍布布拉克利、布里克斯沃思以及世界各地F1围场的工程师、机械师和其他工作人员组成的大军。他们是这台机器上的齿轮——这台机器在地面效应时代曾运转不畅，但随着F1在2026年改用全新底盘和动力单元规则，它发起了反击。
特别要提到的是前梅赛德斯人才球探格温·拉格鲁和托托·沃尔夫。拉格鲁在卡丁车赛场上发现了安东内利，并在其12岁时将他带入梅赛德斯青训车手计划，而沃尔夫则说到做到，在安东内利18岁时提拔他接替刘易斯·汉密尔顿。父亲马尔科在直到今天的每一步也都发挥了重要作用。
一路上有过磕碰、瘀伤、断裂的碳纤维部件和不少十几岁少年的泪水。但这位博洛尼亚本地人今年的非凡蜕变表明，这一切都是值得的。
法拉利有“大问题”。别只听我们的一面之词，因为这是刘易斯·汉密尔顿的原话。当队友夏尔·勒克莱尔在赛道外超越他仅被处以非常轻微的5秒罚时，而这在干净空气中行驶很容易就能弥补时，这位英国车手怒火中烧。
在终于拿下他的首个法拉利杆位以及自2023年以来在F1的首个杆位后，汉密尔顿看起来很有希望赢得大奖赛，因为他在最后几圈能够紧追马克斯·维斯塔潘，但由于法拉利引擎相对动力不足，他无法在直道上找到超越的办法。
这不是法拉利今年第一次出现车手之间的火药味，汉密尔顿希望车队在一场看似不太可能的争冠战中更早地支持他，而他和勒克莱尔之间还发生过其他事件，让人感觉两人互相竞争时比对抗其他车队车手还要激烈。
事后，汉密尔顿要求进行“严肃的谈话”，而他肯定会得到这样的机会。正如弗雷德·瓦塞尔在赛后媒体简报会上所说：“车手必须尊重为车队工作的2000名员工。”
刘易斯·汉密尔顿在与夏尔·勒克莱尔最近一次发生摩擦后，要求在法拉利进行严肃的谈话。
安东内利身上有一种诗意——他正稳步成为同代车手中最出色的一个，与上一代最优秀的两位车手维斯塔潘和汉密尔顿一同登上领奖台。
尽管汉密尔顿会觉得自己本该获胜，这场比赛同样演变成了维斯塔潘的经典胜利——在对手们纷纷痛失好局之际，他从失败的边缘抢走了胜利。
当他的赛车处于应有状态时，维斯塔潘势不可挡。当赛车不在状态时，正如在墨西哥城所发生的那样，他善于抓住机会。这一次，他在起步时超越了法拉利内斗双雄中的一位，又在第28圈唯一一次绿旗维修区进站期间超越了另一位——当时勒克莱尔正坐在那里接受五秒罚停。
从领先位置出发，维斯塔潘承受住了所有压力，一次次挡开汉密尔顿的反复进攻，以一场冷静精准的表现拿下四场比赛中的第三胜。
安东内利和梅赛德斯的差距太大，难以逾越，但中立车迷和荷兰车迷将会对2027赛季从零开始的前景垂涎不已。届时四支顶级车队之间的差距都将像最近几场比赛那样，被压缩在零点三到零点四秒之内。
当车队领队马尔钦·布德科夫斯基今年夏天加入时，他很快发现了凯迪拉克为了首次进入F1发车格而不得不做出的一些取舍，其中可靠性和部件一致性的缺乏是主要致命弱点。
“还有一些捷径是被走过的，这在如此短的时间内组建一支新车队时是不可避免的，”他在九月份表示。“关键在于在一些需要更多关注的领域下功夫。短期内，显然是可靠性。我们已经看到在某些方面我们一直很挣扎，还有就是要把运营卓越性提升到应有的水平，而这目前还不是顶级车队的水平。”
墨西哥站就是最近的一次体现，塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯和速度不佳的瓦尔特利·博塔斯都不得不在早期处理问题，而博塔斯因左前悬挂断裂撞上1号弯的护栏而退赛。博塔斯幸运地毫发无伤地逃过一劫，但随着凯迪拉克将重心转向2027年，这对F1的第11支车队来说又是一次警钟，事情必须以更高的标准来完成。
博塔斯的席位可能受到威胁，科尔顿·赫塔正在旁等待，而他最近的表现也没给自己加分。但眼下凯迪拉克的问题不在车手。也许它欠这位芬兰人一年时间，让他驾驶一辆始终可驾驶且功能正常的赛车。
如果这就是瓦尔特利·博塔斯的结局，那么这位芬兰人理应得到比一辆功能失调的凯迪拉克首秀赛车更好的待遇。
关于阿斯顿·马丁和本田，已经无需多言，但令人感到残酷和担忧的是，这一年以一辆在澳大利亚无法连续完成超过几圈的赛车开局，而17场比赛过后，我们又回到了同样的境地。
虽然动力单元的性能不可能一夜之间提升，但人们有理由期待本田在可靠性方面取得更大的进步，因为这不是比赛应有的方式。
“你知道，我已经尽了全力，”费尔南多·阿隆索在第六圈因所谓的“动力单元系统压力水平异常”而将他的阿斯顿·马丁赛车停下后，沮丧地说道。一分钟后，他的队友兰斯·斯特罗尔也遭遇了同样的情况。
我跑的每一圈、每天早晨醒来、所做的每一项准备、摄入的食物，一切都聚焦于在方向盘后拿出最佳表现，但我却无法累积足够的圈数。
英文原文
Winners and losers from F1's record-breaking Mexico Grand Prix
As Formula 1 crowned its new king in Mexico, the power unit nightmare of one of the all-time greats keeps going from bad to worse
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Superlatives are running out to describe Kimi Antonelli's unprecedented ascent to power over the 2026 season. At the Mexico Grand Prix, Formula 1's new ruler received the coronation his campaign deserved.
Antonelli's title triumph may have been a foregone conclusion at this point, but that only makes his achievement more remarkable, not less.
It's impossible not to think of his success without thinking about the difficult rookie blues and tough love from the team in 2025, when it felt like there was a real risk the Antonelli experiment was going to teeter off the cliff around the summer. Was it too much, too young, too soon?
Those questions were swiftly put to bed this year as Antonelli took five consecutive wins on his way to sheer domination, including that unforgettable comeback drive from 19th at home in Monza.
Antonelli's coronation in Mexico, in a car that is no longer dominant, was befitting the occasion. As virtually all of his top team rivals got their elbows out, Antonelli drove a mature and low-key race - the only bit of excitement coming when he made a lunge on Charles Leclerc to grab third after the red flag. That move ensured he would celebrate his maiden title on Mexico's famous podium fronting an electric Foro Sol stadium.
On a weekend Mercedes didn't have the upper hand, it was a worthy way to write a fresh chapter of F1 history.
"On the last lap, I just backed off because I just couldn't see the track. I was getting emotional," Antonelli described his tearful title clincher. "I said, 'I'm just going to back off because otherwise I crash here.'"
Kimi Antonelli shares an embrace with Toto Wolff
Antonelli's victory is, of course, not his alone, but that of an army of engineers, mechanics and other staffers across Brackley, Brixworth and F1 paddocks around the world. Cogs in a machine that sputtered during the ground-effect era, but struck back as F1 switched to all-new chassis and power unit regulations for 2026.
Special mention should go to former Mercedes talent scout Gwen Lagrue and to Toto Wolff. Lagrue spotted Antonelli in karting and brought him into the Mercedes young driver program at the age of 12, while Wolff put his money where his mouth is by promoting Antonelli as an 18-year-old to replace Lewis Hamilton. Father Marco also played an instrumental role every step of the way until today.
There were bumps, bruises, broken carbon fibre parts and plenty of teenage tears along the way. But the Bologna native's remarkable transformation this year showed it was all worth it.
Ferrari has "big problems". Don't take our word for it, as those are the words of Lewis Hamilton. The British driver was seething when team-mate Charles Leclerc passing him off the track was only met with a very soft five-second penalty, which was easily offset by running in clear air.
Having finally clinched his first Ferrari pole and his first pole in F1 since 2023, Hamilton looked good value for the grand prix win courtesy of how he was able to hound Max Verstappen over those closing laps, but unable to find a way past on the straight with Ferrari's relatively underpowered engine.
It's not Ferrari's first driver flashpoint this year, with Hamilton wanting the Scuderia to back him sooner in what was an unlikely title challenge, and he and Leclerc having other incidents where it felt the pair raced each other harder than drivers from rival teams.
Afterwards, Hamilton demanded "serious talks" and he is certain to get them. As Fred Vasseur said in his post-race media briefing: "Drivers have to show respect to the 2,000 people working for the team."
Lewis Hamilton is demanding serious talks at Ferrari after his latest flashpoint with Charles Leclerc
There was something poetic about Antonelli - well on his way to become the best driver of his generation, sharing the podium with the best drivers of the previous two in Verstappen and Hamilton.
While Hamilton will feel he should have won, this turned into a vintage Verstappen victory too, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat when his rivals did the opposite.
When his car is where it needs to be, Verstappen is unstoppable. When it is not, as was the case in the Mexican capital, he's opportunistic. This time he picked off one half of the warring Ferrari duo at the start, and the other during the only green flag pitstop on lap 28 as Leclerc sat out his five-second hold.
From the lead Verstappen soaked up all the pressure to swat away Hamilton's repeated advances, delivering a clinical performance to take his third win in four races.
Antonelli's and Mercedes' gap was too big to overcome, but neutral and Dutch fans will be salivating over the prospect of a 2027 season from a blank slate. With four top teams all covered by three to four tenths as was the case in recent races.
When team principal Marcin Budkowski came on board this summer, he was quick to spot some of the tradeoffs Cadillac has had to take to make it into the F1 grid in the first place, with a lack of reliability and parts consistency a major Achilles heel.
"There are also a number of shortcuts that have been taken, which is inevitable when you build a new team in such a time," he said in September. "It’s about working in some areas that need more attention. In the short term, obviously reliability. We’ve seen we’ve struggled with that in some areas, and just getting the operational excellence to the level it should be, which is not the level of a top team as of today."
Mexico was the latest display of that, with both Sergio Perez and an off-the-pace Valtteri Bottas having to manage issues early on, and Bottas crashing out of the race with a front-left suspension collapse that sent him into the barriers at Turn 1. Bottas was lucky to escape with no injuries, but as Cadillac shifts focus on 2027 this is another wake-up call for F1's 11th team that things will have to be done to a higher standard.
Bottas's seat may be under threat with Colton Herta waiting in the wings, and he did himself few favours with his recent performances. But right now Cadillac's problem isn't its drivers. Perhaps it owes the Finn a year in a car that is consistently driveable and functional.
If this is it for Valtteri Bottas, then the Finn deserved better than a dysfunctional Cadillac debut car
Little more has to be said about Aston Martin and Honda, but it feels cruel and worrisome that the year started with a car that couldn't produce more than a handful of consecutive laps in Australia and 17 races later we're back to the same place.
While power unit performance was never going to improve overnight, one could reasonably expect Honda to make bigger strides on the reliability front, because this is no way to go racing.
"I'm doing my best, you know," a disconsolate Fernando Alonso said after parking his Aston Martin within six laps with what was described as "abnormal pressure levels in the PU systems". His team-mate Lance Stroll followed suit a minute later.
"Every lap I do, every morning I wake up, every preparation I do, the food I take in, everything is focused on performing at my best behind the wheel, but I'm not able to accumulate enough laps."
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