梅赛德斯承认让拉塞尔失望，墨西哥站技术故障
梅赛德斯车队领队托托·沃尔夫承认在F1墨西哥大奖赛中“让乔治·拉塞尔失望”，拉塞尔的争胜希望在几秒内因技术故障破灭。
“我们让他失望了”——梅赛德斯为乔治·拉塞尔的墨西哥站心碎承担责任
又一次技术故障断送了拉塞尔的争胜希望，托托·沃尔夫已对此认账
梅赛德斯车队领队托托·沃尔夫承认在F1墨西哥大奖赛中“让乔治·拉塞尔失望”，这位英国车手的争胜希望在几秒内因技术故障破灭。
拉塞尔在罗德里格斯兄弟赛道从头排发车，与刘易斯·汉密尔顿并排，他的起步足以保住这一位置并跟住杆位车手的尾流，但他的银色赛车遇到了能量部署问题。
当他到达1号弯时，拉塞尔已经掉到第六位。几个弯之后，他试图攻击伊萨克·哈贾尔，但在进入6号弯时没有收手，撞上了红牛赛车导致其打转，因此被罚10秒。
结果，当瓦尔特利·博塔斯严重撞车引发红旗时，拉塞尔又回到了第六位，因为这次罚时让他落到了兰多·诺里斯后面，而他在比赛后半段也未能取得任何进展。
冲过终点线后，这位28岁的车手祝贺队友基米·安东内利夺得世界冠军，但没有多做停留；梅赛德斯为他免除了媒体职责，因此被国际汽联罚款5000欧元。
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯，安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯
沃尔夫说：“比赛结束后，我在国际汽联的称重区看到了乔治，显然他对当时的情况感到非常沮丧。他去看望基米，这展现了极大的体育精神。我认识乔治很久了，我知道对一名赛车手来说，这是一个灾难性的时刻。”
“也许今天的比赛在某种程度上是他整个赛季的缩影。这场比赛本是他该赢的。我们的赛车有速度，却在第一段直道上让他失望了。能量输出并不像我们预期的那样。”
“目前我非常支持他。我也曾经历过他这样非常难以应对的局面。他不做媒体工作或离开赛道是完全可以理解的。他要是留下来，反而会让我感到惊讶。这绝对值得尊重。”
这并不是拉塞尔第一次因能量输出不足而遇到麻烦；在斯帕-弗朗科尔尚赛道的肯梅尔直道上也发生过同样的情况，导致他与汉密尔顿相撞。这位英国车手在赛后退赛。
拉塞尔还受到了其他机械故障的困扰，尤其是动力单元故障，导致他在加拿大从领先位置退赛，在马来西亚从第三位退赛。
当被问及拉塞尔是否会在2027年“给他很大推动”时，安东内利承认：“毫无疑问，他在赛季某个阶段运气不好。说实话，他遇到的倒霉事比我多一点。我在银石和巴塞罗那也有过自己的时刻。而且，银石之后，我们不得不报废新的动力单元，因为里面有问题，我们不得不提前接受罚退，那是在蒙扎。”
“毫无疑问，我们都有过糟糕的时刻，但他肯定会回来的。你知道，他超级快。他这个赛季已经证明，当他状态在线时，很难被击败。”
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯，安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯
“所以对我来说，关键就是专注于自己，不断努力提升标准，持续进步，持续发展，因为我认为到本赛季结束时，不只是乔治（拉塞尔）的问题，下个赛季也一样，红牛，尤其是马克斯（维斯塔潘），法拉利和迈凯伦，最终我们都会在那里竞争，这会是一场激烈的较量。所以，重要的是保持顶尖状态，不仅是对我的队友，也是对所有其他人。”
拉塞尔最终在周一晚上于Instagram发布了一条长消息，深入讲述了自己在周末事件之后的情绪。
“现在感觉是一个相当合适的时刻来发自内心地说几句。这个赛季的开局完全如我所愿，但很快就被糟糕的运气和糟糕的表现打乱了，”这位澳大利亚大奖赛冠军写道，他在接下来的18场大奖赛中只又赢了两场。
“这是我职业生涯中第一个真正意义上坏日子多于好日子的赛季。应对起来难吗？是的，非常难。每周都要重新振作起来难吗？是的，非常难。有时会感到困惑吗？经常。我只知道我已经倾尽全力，而2026年注定不属于我。”
“我想真诚地祝贺基米度过了一个绝对不可思议的赛季。你完全配得上这个总冠军。”
“感谢车队打造了本赛季最好的赛车和动力单元；看到大家在艰难的四年里齐心协力，让梅赛德斯重返巅峰，这令人备受鼓舞。”
“现在，我能承诺的是，在本赛季剩余时间以及进入下个赛季，我将竭尽全力，重新找回我职业生涯大部分时间所能展现的表现，并祈祷能找回一点运气。”
“感谢所有的支持。”
拉塞尔仍有机会锁定他车手锦标赛生涯最高排名，他在2022年和2025年都获得第四名。他目前再次以250分排名第四，分别落后维斯塔潘11分和汉密尔顿9分。
补充报道：罗伯托·钦切罗和罗纳德·沃丁
英文原文
“We let him down” – Mercedes takes blame for George Russell’s Mexico GP heartbreak
Yet another technical issue derailed Russell’s victory bid, and Toto Wolff has owned up to it
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted to ‘letting George Russell down’ at Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix, with the Briton’s bid for victory derailed within seconds by a technical issue.
Russell was starting from the front row alongside Lewis Hamilton at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, and his initial getaway was good enough to retain that position and take the polesitter’s slipstream, but his Silver Arrow encountered an energy deployment issue.
By the time he got to Turn 1, Russell was down to sixth. A few corners later, he was attacking Isack Hadjar but failed to back out going into Turn 6 and tapped the Red Bull into a spin, landing a 10-second penalty.
As a consequence, Russell was sixth again by the time the red flag was waved for Valtteri Bottas’ hefty crash, as the penalty dropped him behind Lando Norris, and he failed to make any inroads during the second part of the race.
After the chequered flag, the 28-year-old congratulated team-mate Kimi Antonelli for his world title but did not stick around; Mercedes excused him from his media duties, landing a €5,000 fine from the FIA.
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
“I saw George after the race on the FIA scales, and obviously he's distraught about the situation,” Wolff said. “It was a great show of sportsmanship to go and see Kimi. I have known George for such a long time and I know for a racing driver this is a catastrophic moment.
“Maybe today the race was a little bit a picture of his season. This was a race for him to win. We had the pace in the car and we let him down on the first straight. The energy delivery is not what we have thought it should be.
“I'm very much with him, at the moment. I've been in situations where he's very difficult to cope. Him not doing the media work or leaving the track is absolutely understandable. Him staying would have actually surprised me. That's absolutely honoured.”
This wasn’t the first time a lack of energy deployment caused trouble for Russell; it also happened at Spa-Francorchamps down the Kemmel Straight, leading to a collision with Hamilton. The Briton retired on the post.
Russell was also struck by other mechanical problems, notably power unit failures that caused retirements from the lead in Canada and third in Malaysia.
“Definitely he has had bad luck at some point in the season,” Antonelli admitted when asked if Russell would ‘give him a big push’ in 2027. “He has had a little bit more than me, being honest. I've also had my moments in Silverstone and Barcelona. Also, after Silverstone, we had to trash our new PU because it had a problem in it, and we had to take an earlier penalty, which was in Monza.
“Definitely, we've had our bad moments, but still, he will definitely come back. You know, he's super quick. He has shown this season that when he's on it, it's very hard to beat.
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
“So it's just about, you know, on my side, keeping focused on myself, keep trying to raise the bar, keep improving, keep developing, because I think it's not going to be only a matter of George at the end of this season, but also for next season, Red Bull, especially with Max [Verstappen], Ferrari and McLaren, eventually, we're all going to be up there, and it's going to be a tight fight. So, it's going to be important to be on top of the game, not only against my team-mate but against all the others.”
Russell eventually posted a long message to Instagram on Monday evening, delving into his emotions following the weekend’s events.
“Now feels like a pretty suitable moment to speak from the heart. This season started off exactly how I had hoped but it very quickly unravelled with tough luck and poor performances,” wrote the Australian GP winner, who took only two more victories in the next 18 grands prix.
“It’s been the first proper season of my career where I’ve had more bad days than good. Has it been tough to deal with? Yes, very. Has it been tough to pick myself up week in, week out? Yes, very. Confusion at times? Often. All I know is that I’ve given it my all and 2026 was not meant to be my year.
“I want to sincerely congratulate Kimi on what has been an absolutely incredible season. You truly deserve the Championship.
“Thank you to the team for producing the best car and power unit this season; it’s been inspiring to see everyone coming together over four tough years to bring Mercedes back to the top.
“Now, all I can promise is that for the rest of this season, and into the next one, I will be giving my absolute all to rediscover the performance I have been capable of producing for the majority of my career and fingers crossed a little bit of luck returns.
“Thanks for all the support.”
Russell still has a chance to clinch his highest-ever finish in the drivers’ championship, having taken fourth place in 2022 and 2025. He currently lies fourth, again, with 250 points – 11 and nine points adrift of Verstappen and Hamilton respectively.
Additional reporting by Roberto Chinchero and Ronald Vording
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