安东内利承认争冠压力下驾驶紧张疲惫
安东内利在墨西哥城大奖赛排位赛中表现不佳，落后于队友拉塞尔，他承认F1争冠的紧张情绪导致自己驾驶时带有不必要的紧绷感，并希望靠好好睡一觉来调整。
“我会用褪黑素把自己淹没”：安东内利承认在F1争冠边缘驾驶时“紧张”且“疲惫”
疾病、F1争冠话题以及低抓地力让安东内利在墨西哥大奖赛排位赛中处于被动
安东内利希望靠好好睡一觉来克服墨西哥城大奖赛排位赛中的不佳状态，但他承认F1争冠的紧张情绪导致他驾驶时带有不必要的紧绷感。
这位意大利车手当天早些时候在第三节练习赛中仅比诺里斯的头名成绩慢0.001秒，但在排位赛中却落后梅赛德斯队友拉塞尔半个档次，整节都未能找到合适的信心。
安东内利在排位赛中采用了“build”圈（铺垫圈），在计时圈前增加一圈准备圈来让轮胎升温，但拉塞尔在Q3最后一圈选择放弃这一做法，这让这位英国车手逼近了杆位。随后刘易斯·汉密尔顿在 session 结束时以仅0.009秒的优势压过前队友，拿下他首个法拉利杆位——也是他F1生涯第105个杆位。
此外，安东内利本周末一直在与疾病作斗争；他因发烧缺席了周四的媒体活动，但在整个周末慢慢恢复。他说自己仍感觉不在最佳状态、缺乏能量，但也觉得不断被问及F1总冠军的问题让他在本周末感到有些紧张。
“我感觉非常累——我还没有完全恢复，说实话这个周末并不轻松，”安东内利解释道。
“我确实比平时更紧张一些，尤其是当你无论走到哪里、一天中任何时候都不断听到同样的话。人们告诉我这已经成定局了，而了解我自己，我一直在尽可能屏蔽这些噪音。”
但这并不容易，而且今天确实有点更紧张。不过我在Q2感觉还不错，尤其是用旧胎的时候，但到了Q3换上新的轮胎，我很难把一圈拼起来，就是找不到抓地力。
但我觉得明天我们有机会，仍然是第四名，而且我们省下了一套新轮胎，所以希望我们能利用这一点向前推进。
安东内利解释说，他本周早些时候的病“非常严重——我发高烧还有胃部问题”——但现在只是缺觉。他说这导致他在各圈中犯错，这或许让他有所保留地驾驶，以在排位赛中做出一个稳妥的圈速。
谈到周日比赛的策略，他认为梅赛德斯在71圈的比赛中可能无法在比赛节奏上匹敌法拉利，只希望在进入第一弯的拥挤点前能顺利通过，然后再应对大奖赛剩余的部分。
他补充道：“进入1号弯的直道很长，所以顺利起步非常重要，希望我们能提升几个位置。”
“当然，我们也必须避免麻烦，因为1号弯总是非常棘手，但我认为如果我们起步良好，就有很好的机会向前推进。我认为比赛节奏仍然不如法拉利强劲，但我认为我们仍然可以做得很好。”
“我认为今天疲劳是一个重要因素，但同样，我觉得我没有把这一圈整合好。我在这里那里犯了很多错误，所以显然很失望，但今晚我会努力睡个好觉。”
“我知道自己一直开得不好。进入排位赛时我已经感觉不太好，感觉有点精力不足。这不是借口，但可以肯定，这并不意味着这是我的最佳表现。”
“我打算用褪黑素把自己放倒，希望能睡个好觉，睡满10个小时。我只想尽可能地放松。我的家人刚到，有他们在这里会很好。”
“我只想尽可能地断开一切联系，去睡觉，然后为明天做好准备。”
英文原文
"I'll bombard myself with melatonin": Kimi Antonelli admits to driving "tense" and "tired" on cusp of F1 title
Illness, F1 title chat, and low grip put Kimi Antonelli on the back foot in qualifying for the Mexico GP
Kimi Antonelli is hoping to overcome an off-colour Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying session with a good night's rest, but admits Formula 1 title nerves have led to him driving with unwanted tension.
The Italian was just 0.001s slower than Lando Norris' FP3 headliner earlier in the day, but in qualifying had been half a step behind Mercedes team-mate George Russell and unable to find the right confidence throughout the session.
Antonelli ran with 'build' laps during qualifying, adding a preparation lap before going for a timed run in order to get temperature into his tyres, but Russell's decision to forego this on his final Q3 run carried the Briton to the cusp of pole. Lewis Hamilton then shaded his ex-team-mate by just 0.009s at the end of the session to clinch his first Ferrari pole - and his 105th of his F1 career.
Furthermore, Antonelli has had to battle illness this weekend; he missed Thursday's media duties with a fever, but has slowly been recovering through the weekend. He says that he is still not feeling at his best and is lacking energy, but also feels that constant questions about the F1 title have led to him feeling slightly tense this weekend.
"I feel very tired - I still haven't recovered completely and it hasn't been an easy weekend, to be fair," Antonelli explained.
"I've definitely been a bit more tense than usual, especially when you keep hearing, wherever you go, any time of the day, the same thing. And people telling me that it's already done, and knowing myself, I've been trying to block as much as possible this noise.
"But it hasn't been easy, and definitely I've been a bit more tense today. But I felt decent in Q2, especially on the used tyre, but then on the Q3, on the new tyre, I struggled to put a lap together, just to find the grip.
"But I feel we have a good chance tomorrow, still P4, and we saved a set of new tyres, so hopefully we can use that and move forward."
Antonelli explained that his illness earlier in the week was "very bad - I had a high fever and stomach problems" - but is now simply lacking sleep. He says it caused him to make mistakes across his laps, which perhaps caused him to drive within himself to get a solid qualifying lap on the board.
On his approach for Sunday's race, he reckoned that Mercedes might not be able to match Ferrari for race pace over the course of the 71 laps, but is simply hoping for clean run through the Turn 1 pinch-point before approaching the remainder of the grand prix.
"It's a long run into Turn 1, so it's going to be important to get off the line well, and hopefully we can gain a couple of places," he added.
"Of course, we'll have to stay out of trouble as well, because Turn 1 is always very tricky, but I think if we get a good start, we have a good chance to move forward. I think the race pace is still not as strong as Ferrari, but I think we can still do well.
"I think today, tiredness was a big factor, but as well, I think I didn't really put the lap together. I did a lot of mistakes here and there, so obviously it's disappointing, but I'll try to sleep well tonight.
"I'm aware that I haven't been driving well. I was already going into qualifying and I didn't feel great, and I felt a bit low on energy. It's not an excuse, but for sure, it doesn't mean my finest.
"I'm going to bombard myself with melatonin, so hopefully I will sleep a good 10 hours. I'm just going to try to relax as much as possible. My family has just arrived, so it's going to be good to have them here.
"I'm just going to try to disconnect as much as possible, go to sleep, and then I'm ready for tomorrow."
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