沃尔夫：梅赛德斯车手蒙扎内斗“本可能以灾难收场”
托托·沃尔夫表示，意大利大奖赛上基米·安东内利与乔治·拉塞尔之间的胜利争夺“本可能以灾难收场”，梅赛德斯F1车队“会显得像白痴”。
托托·沃尔夫对梅赛德斯车手在蒙扎的争斗感到不安：“那本可能以灾难收场”
当安东内利和拉塞尔为胜利激烈争夺时，这位梅赛德斯车队领队差点就要出手干预
安东内利，梅赛德斯，拉塞尔，梅赛德斯
托托·沃尔夫认为，基米·安东内利和乔治·拉塞尔在意大利大奖赛上对胜利的争夺“本可能以灾难收场”——而梅赛德斯F1车队“本会看起来像傻瓜一样”。
安东内利（Antonelli）的主场比赛从第19位起步，起因是超出动力单元配额而被处以发车处罚，但他仅用16圈就一路追至第二位。
随后他与拉塞尔（Russell）展开了12圈的缠斗，两辆银箭赛车多次交换领先位置，直到虚拟安全车出动，为安东内利提供了进站机会，他回到赛道时仅落后队友14秒。
凭借新轮胎，这位20岁的意大利车手在还剩6圈时追上了领跑的赛车，决胜之战就此展开——第49圈时还出现了惊险一幕，拉塞尔切过了2号弯，而安东内利则滑出了赛道冲进砂石区。
他们最终还是拿下了1-2名，安东内利以4秒领先拉塞尔，以15秒领先维斯塔潘（维斯塔潘）冲过方格旗。不过，这对梅赛德斯车队领队沃尔夫（Wolff）来说绝不轻松，他一度考虑联系两位车手的比赛工程师马库斯·达德利（Marcus Dudley）和彼得·“博诺”·博宁顿（Peter 'Bono' Bonnington）。
“我们正在努力预判可能出现的各种情况，而他们俩在理解并接受车队整体利益这方面做得非常出色——对于一名想要赢得大奖赛的车手来说，这并不容易，尤其是在蒙扎的Kimi，尤其是需要持续拿分才能留在（冠军）争夺战中的George，”这位奥地利人若有所思地说道。“但他们一直都很干净。”
“有时候，我们会想：‘是很干净，但有点太接近了’。我当时手指都放在按钮上了，准备通知Marcus、Bono、Kimi和George，但我最终没有按下。”
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“最近那次事故很不幸。George试图不切弯角，而Kimi当时显然压到了赛道外的碎屑上，径直冲了出去，如果论比赛结果的话，那本可能演变成一场灾难。我们会显得像个傻瓜一样。”
“我们将把那种情况作为我们未来希望如何进行比赛的一个基石来讨论。但我认为，展示车队中的竞技精神，让他们彼此较量，是值得的。”
有人向 Russell 提出，这场较量可能让人联想到加拿大大奖赛——另一场 梅赛德斯 车手为领先位置展开长时间轮对轮缠斗的比赛——他勉强表示赞同。
不管怎样，这位英国车手表示遗憾的是，Antonelli 的进站结束了他们之间漫长的对决。
“我本来很希望继续采用相同的策略，因为我感觉在那场较量中处于有利位置，”他说。“我非常清楚在能源管理方面需要怎么做来防守，也知道什么时候该进攻并完成那些超越动作，为此我在赛前做了大量准备。”
“然后，当然，当虚拟安全车（VSC）出来的时候，它出现的时间点正好完美，让车手们可以果断行动、进站换胎。所以，是的，就是我们现在的局面。”
在连续五场大奖赛未能夺冠之后，Russell目前在车手积分榜上已经落后Antonelli 66分。
英文原文
Toto Wolff uneasy as Mercedes drivers fought at Monza: “That could have ended in disaster”
The Mercedes team boss was ever so close to intervening as Antonelli and Russell battled it out for the win
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
Toto Wolff believes the battle for victory between Kimi Antonelli and George Russell at the Italian Grand Prix “could have ended in disaster” – and the Mercedes Formula 1 squad “would have looked like idiots”.
Antonelli started his home race down in 19th, courtesy of a grid penalty for exceeding his power unit allowance, but fought his way up to second place in just 16 laps.
A 12-lap battle with Russell ensued, with the Silver Arrows trading the race lead several times, until a virtual safety car intervention provided the opportunity of a pitstop for Antonelli, who emerged back on track just 14 seconds behind his team-mate.
Fresh tyres meant the 20-year-old Italian caught the lead car with six laps remaining, and the decisive battle for victory occurred then – with a scare on lap 49, as Russell cut Turn 2 while Antonelli slid wide into the gravel trap.
They still achieved a 1-2, with Antonelli leading Russell by four seconds and Max Verstappen by 15s under the chequered flag. However, it definitely wasn’t comfortable for Mercedes team principal Wolff, who considered reaching out to his drivers’ race engineers, Marcus Dudley and Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington.
“We're trying to anticipate possible scenarios, and the two of them have been great in understanding and embracing the team component – which is difficult for a race driver that tries to win a grand prix, especially for Kimi in Monza, especially for George, who needs to keep scoring points in order to stay in the [title] race,” the Austrian pondered. “But they've always been clean.
“At times, we were thinking, ‘It's clean, but it's a bit close’. And I had a finger on the button to Marcus, to Bono, to Kimi, to George, but I didn't push it.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
“The last incident was unfortunate. George tried to not cut the corner, and Kimi then obviously on the marbles, going straight, and that could have ended up in a disaster when it comes to the race result. We would have looked like idiots.
“We will be talking about that situation as another building block of how we want to race in the future. But I think it was worth to show the racing spirit in the team and have them go at each other.”
It was suggested to Russell that the battle may be reminiscent of the Canadian Grand Prix – another race with drawn-out Mercedes wheel-to-wheel combat for the lead – which he tentatively agreed with.
Regardless, the Briton expressed regret that Antonelli’s pitstop ended their lengthy duel.
“I would have loved to have continued on the same strategy because I felt in a good position in that battle,” he said. “I sort of knew exactly what I needed to do with the energy management to defend, but also when to attack and make those moves, and I put a lot of preparation into this race in that regard.
“Then, of course, when the VSC came out, it kind of came out at that perfect point for the drivers to pull the trigger and take the pitstop. And, yeah, here we are.”
Having failed to win for a fifth grand prix in a row, Russell is now 66 points adrift of Antonelli in the drivers’ standings.
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