拉塞尔称“未考虑”F1冠军逆转，安东内利优势明显
梅赛德斯车手乔治·拉塞尔表示自己“甚至没有考虑”F1冠军的逆转，因为基米·安东内利66分的领先优势难以逾越。
乔治·拉塞尔 "甚至不去想" F1冠军逆袭，基米·安东内利 "掌控局势"
梅赛德斯车手乔治·拉塞尔在意大利大奖赛上被基米·安东内利击败后，基本上已在车队内部的F1冠军争夺战中举起了白旗
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梅赛德斯车手乔治·拉塞尔表示，他"甚至不去想"F1冠军逆袭，因为他承认基米·安东内利66分的领先优势将很难被追回。
随着安东内利在蒙扎从第19位发车，而拉塞尔位居第二，这位英国车手迎来了缩小与意大利对手59分差距的绝佳机会。但安东内利迅速提升了名次，在第6圈比赛重启后跃升至第六位，并以此为契机向拉塞尔的冠军位置发起挑战。
在第19圈首次超越拉塞尔并几次互换位置后，安东内利利用虚拟安全车以低成本进站换上新的中性胎，并在53圈的比赛中末段拉塞尔的硬胎开始衰退时追近了他。
安东内利的逆转夺冠是他本赛季的第七场大奖赛胜利，使这位20岁车手的冠军积分领先优势扩大到66分，而不是不得不限制拉塞尔追回任何分数。
这一巨大打击似乎让拉塞尔进入了接受现实的阶段，他承认在接下来10场大奖赛中追上他的意大利队友将是一项艰巨的任务。
"是啊，Kimi 肯定掌控着局面，而且他配得上掌控局面," Russell 承认道。"我甚至没有想过什么战斗或反击之类的事情。我只是专注于一场一场比赛地打，努力把每个周末都发挥到极致。"
"他的表现非常出色。要弥补那个差距将会异常艰难，所以我就接受现实吧。从现在开始我只想享受比赛，尽可能多地赢下比赛。"
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Russell 对梅赛德斯采取不同策略并无异议，因为他以中性胎起步，然后在比赛的大部分时间里换上了硬胎。
由于不得不从队列后方发车，安东内利选择了硬胎，并在红旗期间换上了中性胎。安东内利看起来很可能陷入两难：要么让这套轮胎撑到比赛结束，要么在没有虚拟安全车帮助的情况下挑战拉塞尔——虚拟安全车为他提供了一个代价更低的进站机会。
“嗯，（硬胎）绝对是撑到比赛结束的最佳选择，”拉塞尔说。
“当我看到维斯塔潘和基米用中性胎的时候，我感觉相当不错，因为我知道他们的轮胎衰减会比我更严重，所以在比赛的中段，我对自己的位置非常满意。”
“虚拟安全车在完美的时机出现，让车手们得以果断进站。如果没有虚拟安全车，比赛会如何发展，那将会非常有趣。”
英文原文
George Russell "not even thinking" of F1 title comeback as Kimi Antonelli "in control"
Mercedes driver George Russell has all but waved the white flag in his intra-team Formula 1 title battle after being beaten by Kimi Antonelli at the Italian Grand Prix
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
Mercedes driver George Russell says he is "not even thinking" about a Formula 1 title comeback as his accepting Kimi Antonelli's 66-point advantage will be tough to overcome.
With Antonelli starting 19th in Monza and Russell second, the Briton had a golden opportunity to eat into his 59-point deficit to the Italian. But Antonelli swiftly moved up the order, vaulting up to sixth after the lap 6 restart and used that as a springboard to challenge Russell for the win.
After initially passing Russell on lap 19 and trading places a few more times, Antonelli used a virtual safety car to make a cheap pitstop for new medium tyres, reeling in hard-tyre running Russell when the latter's tyres started fading at the end of the 53-lap race.
Antonelli's comeback win was his seventh grand prix victory of the season, increasing the 20-year-old's title lead to 66 points rather than having to limit any damage to Russell.
That huge blow appeared to knock Russell into the acceptance stage, acknowledging that catching his Italian team-mate over the next 10 grands prix will be a tall order.
"Yeah, Kimi's definitely in control of it and he's deserving to be in control of it," Russell admitted. "I'm not even thinking about a fight or a comeback or anything. I'm just focused on taking it race by race and trying to maximise every single weekend.
"He's performing incredibly well. It's going to be exceptionally challenging to overcome that gap, so I'm just sort of accepting that is what it is. I'm just going to enjoy it from here on in and try and win as many races as possible."
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
Russell saw no bones in Mercedes splitting its strategies as he had started on medium tyres and then moved to the hard tyres for the majority of the race.
Having to start down the order, Antonelli opted for the hard compound instead, moving to mediums under the red flag. Antonelli looked set to struggle to either bring those tyres to the end, or challenge Russell without the benefit of a virtual safety car which gave him a less costly opportunity to pit.
"Well, [the hard] was definitely the best tyre to take to the end," Russell said.
"When I saw Max [Verstappen] and Kimi on the medium, I was feeling pretty good because I knew they were going to drop off more than me, so in that middle stage of the race, I was really happy with my position.
"The VSC came out at that perfect point for the drivers to pull the trigger and take the pitstop. It would have been very interesting to see how the race would have panned out if there was no VSC."
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