维斯塔潘称墨西哥排位赛第13弯遇慢车，本可争杆位
维斯塔潘表示，墨西哥城大奖赛排位赛最后一圈本有杆位竞争力，但在第13弯遇到慢车，未能完成飞驰圈。
“本可争杆位”：维斯塔潘对墨西哥大奖赛排位赛第13弯的交通状况表示遗憾
维斯塔潘在看似有望争夺墨西哥站杆位后，于慢圈中遇到诺里斯和哈贾尔
维斯塔潘对未能在墨西哥城大奖赛排位赛完成最后一圈表示遗憾，称在第13弯遇到诺里斯之前，他那一圈“本可争杆位”。
这位四届世界冠军在第二计时段结束时比最终夺杆的汉密尔顿快近0.1秒，他在第一计时段做出紫色最快成绩，随后在第二段与汉密尔顿持平。
然而，维斯塔潘的这一圈从那里开始就崩了。他在12号弯接受了前方赛车脏空气的冲击后，又发现自己必须在13号弯从哈贾尔和诺里斯之间穿针引线。诺里斯试图向右靠，但这打乱了维斯塔潘的节奏，随后他在紧凑的Foro Sol左弯锁死了轮胎。
维斯塔潘因此放弃了这一圈。他的第一圈成绩足以排在第四，但由于在第二节练习赛中于同一组体育场路段弯角与劳森发生冲突，他被罚退一个发车位。因此，他在周日的正赛中将排在安东内利之后起步。
“我到达12号弯时，看到前面有一辆车减速，所以那里就已经因为脏空气而损失时间了，”维斯塔潘解释道。
“然后我还看到那辆车（诺里斯）停在右侧，在那个弯你并不想这样，因为我到达13号弯时已经走了一条不太一样的线路，你失去了参照点，因为你总是以刹车点作为参照，而那里有辆车，所以你看不到它。”
当你在排位赛中当然处于极限状态，并且失去所有这些类似的东西时，赛车的角度会有些不同，那会让你锁死。
对我来说，[整个排位赛期间]抓地力只是变得更好了，我在练习赛中的抓地力很糟糕，所以对我来说在排位赛中只是变得更好了。所以没有什么可抱怨的。
我们当时在争夺杆位，我的最后一圈确实有希望拿下杆位，但不幸的是我们没能完成那一圈。
考虑到在墨西哥城正赛中需要穿越车阵的前景，如果他无法在起步时超越前两排的车手，维斯塔潘表示他预计引擎会过热，周日需要一些管理。
他补充说，即使到1号弯的直道很长，他也更愿意拿到杆位，而不是在开场弯受制于其他赛车——或者因被其他车挡住而面临过热风险。
“一切都会很热，我们知道这一点，但可能更多在于发动机在非常热的时候会如何响应，”他解释道。“也许我们当然还没有真正在那里运行过很多，但我想每个人都会处于同样的境地。”
“在这里，由于温度原因，跟车总是非常困难，但首先我认为我们还必须看看赛车里的速度会如何。
“在这里，我总是更愿意从杆位起步。如果你通常有一个好的起步，那就没问题，你可以比赛。我的意思是，他们可能就在你旁边，但并不是说他们能甩开你，所以那就只是一场转身的战斗。但这一切都取决于你的起步。”
英文原文
"Up there for pole": Max Verstappen rues Turn 13 traffic in F1 Mexico GP qualifying
Max Verstappen encountered Lando Norris and Isack Hadjar on slow laps after looking set to contend for pole in Mexico
Max Verstappen rued being unable to log his final run of Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying, stating that his lap was "up there for pole" before encountering Lando Norris in the final sector.
The four-time champion was almost a tenth up on the lap of eventual poleman Lewis Hamilton at the close of the second sector, having found a purple opening sector and then matching Hamilton in the second part of the lap.
However, Verstappen's lap unravelled from there. Having accepted a smack of dirty air from the cars in front at Turn 12, he then found himself having to thread the needle between Isack Hadjar and Norris into Turn 13. Norris tried to pull over to the right-hand side, but this put Verstappen off his step and he subsequently locked up in the tight Foro Sol left-hander.
Verstappen thus aborted his lap. His first effort was good enough for fourth, but he takes a one-place grid penalty for his FP2 clash with Liam Lawson at the same clutch of stadium-section corners. He thus starts behind Kimi Antonelli on Sunday's grid.
"I arrived to Turn 12 and I see a car slow in front of me, so that's already where you then lose time with the dirty air," Verstappen explained.
"And then I see also the car [Norris] parking on the right, which in that corner you don't want, because I arrive to Turn 13 already doing a bit of a different line, you lose your reference, because you always have your references where you brake, and there's a car, so you cannot see it.
"When you are of course on the limit in qualifying and you lose all these kind of things, and the angle of the car is a bit different, that makes you lock-up.
"For me the grip [through qualifying] only got better, my grip was awful in practice, so it only got better for me in qualifying. So there was not much to complain about.
"We were in the fight for pole, my final lap was up there for pole, for sure, but unfortunately we couldn't finish the lap."
With the prospect of racing through the pack in the Mexico City race, should he be unable to gazump the front two rows at the start, Verstappen stated that he expects the engine to be running hot and require some management on Sunday.
He added that, even with the long run to Turn 1, he would prefer to be on pole rather than having to be at the behest of the other cars into the opening corner - or be exposed to the risk of overheating when stuck behind other cars.
"Everything is going to be hot, we know that, but it's probably more about how the engine will respond to when it is running really hot," he explained. "Maybe we haven't really operated there of course a lot, but I guess everyone will be in the same boat.
"It's always very tough to follow here with the temperatures, but first I think we have to also see how the pace is going to be in the car.
"Here, I would always prefer to start from pole. If you have a good start normally, it's okay, you can race. I mean, they might be next to you, but it's not like they're clearing you, so then it's just a battle to turn around. But it all depends on your start."
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