勒克莱尔解释墨西哥站切弯后未让出领先
法拉利车手勒克莱尔详细说明了他在墨西哥大奖赛上从汉密尔顿手中抢走并保住领先的过程，以及他在5号弯违规超车后未让出领先位置的原因。
为什么查尔斯·勒克莱尔在5号弯切弯后没有让出墨西哥大奖赛的领先位置
查尔斯·勒克莱尔详细说明了他和法拉利决定在非法超越队友刘易斯·汉密尔顿后不让出领先位置的理由
查尔斯·勒克莱尔，法拉利，刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利，马克斯·维斯塔潘，红牛车队
法拉利F1车手查尔斯·勒克莱尔深入谈到了他在墨西哥大奖赛上颇具争议的驾驶，更具体地说，是他从刘易斯·汉密尔顿手中抢走并保住领先的方式。
勒克莱尔在起步时向杆位发车的队友发起挑战争夺领先，汉密尔顿在第一组弯道中守住了位置。随后这位摩纳哥车手在4号弯外侧发动攻势，虽然他在弯心处处于领先，但两辆车都冲得太深，最终完全驶离了赛道。
汉密尔顿缓缓驶回赛道，将位置丢给了马克斯·维斯塔潘，而勒克莱尔则切过5号弯并保持在前方。由于超出赛道限制获得了持久优势，他本应让队友重新超过，但那样做也会把位置让给红牛。
最终，勒克莱尔仍保持在对手之前，并因违规被罚时五秒。
“刘易斯和我都尝试了非常晚的刹车，我们都没能过弯，我显然切了赛道，”这位摩纳哥车手回忆道。
“最终在5号弯之后，维斯塔潘夹在中间，这让情况更加混乱。和车队沟通时，我并没有得到明确的反馈，我觉得情况足够混乱，所以保持了位置，我原本预计会有某种处罚。然后我们付出了代价。”
夏尔·勒克莱尔，法拉利；刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利
“我们和车队简短地谈了谈，试图理解[该怎么做]。我问‘我现在该怎么办？’这总是非常棘手——显然在那种情况下你必须做点什么，但那是第二名，还是第三名？最后我继续跑了。显然这肯定会成为下次简报会上的一个话题。”
这一决定激怒了汉密尔顿，他在无线电中反复向比赛工程师卡洛·桑蒂抱怨。“问题是他有干净空气，不必像我们其他人那样管理轮胎。他应该把位置还回来，”他谈到勒克莱尔时说，随后又加倍强调：“干事们基本上是在把这场胜利拱手送给夏尔。”
尽管勒克莱尔有争议地保住了领先位置，但这次队内事件发生在今年法拉利车手之间偶有摩擦的背景下。
因此，当被问及法拉利的交战规则时，这位29岁的车手淡化了这一情况：“我的意思是，我们正在为胜利而战，所以当然，他和我在场上留下的空间会非常小。最终，我们在进入4号弯时都犯了错误，并不是说我们发生了接触之类的。我们都冲出了赛道，这给了马克斯超车的机会。
“我不认为这应该成为那么大的话题。当然，当时很接近，1号弯到3号弯非常接近，但我预料到了，这是在为领先而战。在5号弯我们都犯了错误，我付出了罚时的代价，然后你可以争论这是否足够。而刘易斯随后在5号弯因为马克斯付出了代价。”
当被追问他和汉密尔顿是否需要更多规则时，勒克莱尔思考道：“我们显然会讨论这件事。我不知道他是否对我的所作所为非常不满，因为我觉得他的所作所为也几乎到了极限。我认为他可能对整个情况更生气，对4号弯到5号弯的情况如何处理、罚时等等。所以这肯定是我们会讨论的事情。”
从那时起，勒克莱尔就努力拉开与维斯塔潘的距离，试图减轻处罚带来的影响。他在第24圈结束时将差距扩大到5.243秒，但当他进站时——红牛车手也跟随他进入维修区——荷兰人已经将差距缩小了几十分之一秒。
最终，这对结果没有任何影响。勒克莱尔的进站比维斯塔潘多用了6.3秒，其中1.3秒是处罚造成的，因此这位四届世界冠军轻松取得领先。
在瓦尔特利·博塔斯撞车引发红旗后的第二次起步中，勒克莱尔的比赛每况愈下，一次严重的锁死损坏了SF-26的轮胎——尤其是左前轮。
“我认为我们的速度相当不错，但不幸的是在第二次重新起步后，一切都变得有些困难，”他哀叹道。
“赛道右侧有很多轮胎碎屑，当我踩刹车时，尽管我没有施加很大的刹车压力，还是立刻锁死了，直接冲向了轮胎的帘布层。所以最后一段 stint 非常棘手。”
勒克莱尔最终在方格旗下列第四——仍然连续第六次获得前四名完赛。
英文原文
Why Charles Leclerc didn’t yield Mexico GP lead after cutting Turn 5
Charles Leclerc has detailed the reasoning behind his and Ferrari’s decision not to yield the lead after he illegally overtook team-mate Lewis Hamilton
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has delved into his controversial Mexico Grand Prix drive, more specifically the way he snatched – and retained – the lead from Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc challenged his polesitting team-mate for the lead at the start, with Hamilton holding him off over the first sequence of corners. The Monegasque then launched an attack around the outside of Turn 4, but while he was ahead at the apex, both cars went deep and ended up fully off the track.
Hamilton trundled back on track, losing a position to Max Verstappen, while Leclerc cut Turn 5 and stayed out in front. Having gained a lasting advantage from exceeding track limits, he was expected to let the sister car back through, but that would have entailed giving up a position to the Red Bull too.
In the end, Leclerc remained ahead of his rivals, copping a five-second penalty for the infringement.
“Lewis and I both tried to brake very late, we both didn't make the corner, I obviously cut the track,” the Monegasque recounted.
“Eventually then after Turn 5 there was Max in between, which made the situation more confusing. And speaking with the team, I didn't really have a clear feedback, and I think it was just confusing enough to keep the position, and I was expecting some kind of penalty. Then we paid the penalty.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
“We spoke briefly with the team to try and understand [what to do]. I asked ‘What should I do now?’ It's always very tricky – obviously in that situation you have to do something, but is it second, is it third? At the end I kept going. Obviously it's going to be a bit of a talking point, for sure, next briefing.”
The decision drew the ire of Hamilton, who repeatedly complained to race engineer Carlo Santi on the radio. “The problem is he's got clean air, and doesn't have to manage like the rest of us. He should just give the place back,” he said of Leclerc, before doubling down: “The stewards are basically handing Charles this win.”
Regardless of Leclerc’s controversial move to retain the lead, the intra-team incident came amid occasional friction between the Ferrari drivers this year.
Consequently asked about the rules of engagement at Ferrari, the 29-year-old played the situation down: “I mean, we are fighting for the win, so of course there's going to be very little margin left from him and from me. [In] the end, we both did a mistake going into Turn 4, it's not like we had contact or whatsoever. We both went straight and that gave the opportunity for Max to overtake.
“I don't think it should be that much of a talking point. Of course it was close, Turn 1 to 3 was very close, but I was expecting it, [in a] fight for the lead. For [Turn] 5 we both made a mistake, I paid with a penalty, then you can argue whether it's enough or not. And Lewis then paid out of [Turn] 5 with Max.”
Pressed on whether he and Hamilton needed more rules going forward, Leclerc pondered: “We will talk about it obviously. I don't know if he was very unhappy with what I did because I felt like it was very much on the limit also what he did. I think he was maybe more angry with the whole situation, how the situation was dealt in [Turns] 4-5 with the penalty, etc. So this is something we'll talk about for sure.”
From then on, Leclerc worked at pulling away from Verstappen in an attempt to mitigate the impact of his penalty. He brought the gap up to 5.243s at the end of lap 24, but by the time he pitted – with the Red Bull following him into the pits – the Dutchman had cut his deficit by a few tenths.
In the end, this made no difference to the outcome. Leclerc’s pitstop was 6.3s longer than Verstappen’s, with 1.3s unaccounted for by the penalty, so the four-time world champion comfortably took the lead.
Leclerc’s race went from bad to worse at the second start, following the red flag for Valtteri Bottas’ crash, with a hefty lock-up that damaged the SF-26’s tyres – especially the front-left.
“I think we had quite a good pace, but unfortunately on the second restart everything went a bit more difficult,” he lamented.
“There was quite a lot of marbles on the right side of the track, and when I went on the brake, even though I didn't put a massive amount of brake pressure, I locked up straight away and I went to the cord of the tyres. So the last stint was very tricky.”
Leclerc consequently ended up fourth under the chequered flag – still scoring a sixth consecutive top-four finish.
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