维斯塔潘力挺安东内利：人们忘记他还很年轻
安东内利在巴库排位赛第一弯撞墙，提前结束排位并从第十六位发车，维斯塔潘表示这类失误是学习过程的一部分，但不能频繁出现。
马克斯·维斯塔潘在巴库F1排位赛撞车后力挺基米·安东内利：“人们忘记了他有多年轻”
马克斯·维斯塔潘承认，基米·安东内利不能经常犯下像他在阿塞拜疆排位赛中那样的错误，但强调这些时刻都是学习过程的一部分
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
在迎来一个非常强势的欧洲赛段之后——这其实是去年的软肋——基米·安东内利在巴库排位赛中犯下了一次罕见的错误。
积分榜领跑者在第一节排位赛的第二个飞驰圈于1号弯撞上内侧护墙，提前结束了自己的排位赛，将不得不在周六的阿塞拜疆大奖赛上从第16位发车。
安东内利赛后对自己特别生气，他表示赛道状况的变化让他感到意外，尤其是那一圈转弯时前部抓地力比他预想的要大得多。
不过，目前似乎还没有理由恐慌。凭借对最接近的冠军竞争对手81分的领先优势，优势相当稳固；而且梅赛德斯在巴库速度极快，这位年轻的意大利车手应该仍然能够取得相当不错的积分完赛成绩。
维斯塔潘也持同样的看法，他强调像周五这样的失误只是年轻车手学习过程的一部分，他认为车迷们不应忘记这一点。
“这种事情是可能发生的。显然这对他来说很糟糕，但他还非常年轻，”当被Motorsport.赛车运动网问到安东内利的撞车时，维斯塔潘这样说道。
“也许人们有时候会忘记这一点，包括他们在本赛季谈论他的方式。但这是一个学习的时刻，这只是过程中的一部分。”
尽管对乔治·拉塞尔的领先优势仍然很大，但维斯塔潘确实表示，这样的失误不应该太频繁发生，尤其是为了避免让他的梅赛德斯队友重新燃起争夺总冠军的希望。
“当然，你不能经常犯这种错误，但以他的速度，我认为一切都会好起来的。但这显然还是令人沮丧。他自己会是最沮丧的那个人，不过基米在周六仍然完全有机会拿到非常好的积分。”
维斯塔潘并不是唯一一个期待安东内利在比赛中强力突围的人，拉塞尔也预计他会有一场强势回追。当这位英国车手周五被问到安东内利能否上演反击好戏时，拉塞尔开玩笑地提到了安东内利在蒙扎从第十九位发车却一举夺冠的惊艳表现：“你不能小看基米。他在蒙扎从第十九位起步，现在排位是第十六，照这么算，这次他应该早几圈就领先了！”
英文原文
Max Verstappen backs Kimi Antonelli after Baku F1 qualifying crash: “People forget how young he is”
Max Verstappen acknowledges that Kimi Antonelli “can’t afford” mistakes such as the one he made during qualifying in Azerbaijan too often, but stresses that these moments are all part of the learning process
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
After a very strong European leg of the Formula 1 season – which was actually an Achilles’ heel last year – Kimi Antonelli made a rare mistake during qualifying in Baku.
The championship leader hit the inside wall at Turn 1 during his second Q1 push lap, bringing his qualifying session to an early end and leaving him to start Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix from 16th on the grid.
Antonelli was particularly angry with himself afterwards and said he had been surprised by the changing track conditions, especially by how much front-end he had when turning in on that run.
Nevertheless, there appears to be no reason to panic just yet. With an 81-point lead over his closest championship rival, the margin is comfortable and, moreover, Mercedes is so quick in Baku that the young Italian should still be able to secure a more than solid points finish.
Verstappen shares that view and stresses that moments like the one on Friday are all part of the learning process for a young driver, something he believes fans should not forget.
“Something like that can happen. Obviously this sucks for him, but he is still very young,” Verstappen said when asked about Antonelli’s crash by Motorsport.com.
“Maybe people forget that sometimes, also in the way they talk about him this season. But this is a learning moment and it’s simply part of the process.”
Although the margin over George Russell is still substantial, Verstappen does say that such mistakes should not happen too often, not least to avoid giving his Mercedes team-mate renewed hope in the title fight.
“You can’t afford to do it too often, of course, but with his speed I think it will all be fine. But it’s obviously still frustrating. He will be the most frustrated about it himself, but Kimi still has every opportunity to score very good points on Saturday.”
Verstappen is not the only one expecting Antonelli to storm through the field, with Russell also anticipating a comeback drive. When the Briton was asked on Friday about a potential comeback drive from Antonelli, Russell jokingly referred to Antonelli’s sensational victory at Monza from 19th on the grid: “You can’t discount Kimi. He started 19th in Monza and now he’s in 16th, so he should be leading by a few laps earlier this time!”
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