本文为原文前 6,000 字符的节选翻译，完整内容请查看原文。

F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all

Formula 1 has a new World Drivers’ Champion. Just a few months after turning 20, Kimi Antonelli sealed his first title this weekend at Mexico City, becoming the sport’s youngest-ever champion. Elsewhere, there was drama aplenty, perhaps a consequence of the thin air affecting decision-making in some cases. The race was Ferrari’s to win, but yet again, the team handed victory to a rival this season, in this case Red Bull. Further down the grid, we saw a last-minute driver change in the Haas team, synchronized retirements from both Aston Martins, and the wheels literally coming off Cadillac Racing. And there was I, expecting a dull weekend.

一级方程式赛车迎来了一位新的世界车手总冠军。在年满 20 岁仅几个月后，基米·安东内利（Kimi Antonelli）本周末在墨西哥城锁定了他的首个冠军头衔，成为该运动历史上最年轻的冠军。与此同时，赛场内外充满了戏剧性，这或许是稀薄空气影响了某些决策的结果。这场比赛本应是法拉利的囊中之物，但车队本赛季再次将胜利拱手让给了竞争对手，这次是红牛车队。在发车区后方，我们看到了哈斯车队最后一刻的车手更换、两辆阿斯顿·马丁赛车的同步退赛，以及凯迪拉克车队赛车轮毂脱落的窘境。而我，原本还期待着一个平淡的周末。

It might not be as high as Pikes Peak, but at an elevation of 7,350 feet (2,240 m) above sea level, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez provides a unique challenge on the F1 calendar. Wings that would create huge amounts of downforce at circuits like Monaco just generate Monza-like levels in Mexico, and there’s little slipstream effect when following another car. Cooling tends to be a problem, too, with insufficient airflow across radiators, and obviously engine power is reduced with less oxygen to burn. The track is very flat, with a rather low-grip surface and mostly medium- and slow-speed corners, including a processional route through a stadium that was built in the 1990s, plus a very long run from the start into turn 1.

虽然海拔不及派克峰，但罗德里格斯兄弟赛道（Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez）位于海拔 7,350 英尺（2,240 米）处，为 F1 赛历带来了独特的挑战。在摩纳哥等赛道能产生巨大下压力的尾翼，在墨西哥只能产生类似蒙扎赛道的水平，且在跟随前车时几乎没有尾流效应。冷却系统也往往是个问题，因为散热器的气流不足，而且由于氧气稀薄，发动机功率明显下降。赛道非常平坦，路面抓地力较低，大部分是中低速弯道，包括一段穿过 20 世纪 90 年代建造的体育场的巡游路线，以及从起跑线到 1 号弯的超长直道。

Friday’s first practice saw 10 rookie drivers substitute in for series regulars—each team must run a young or test driver in each of their two cars at least twice in a season. Make that six times in the case of Cadillac? The American startup team wants IndyCar star Colton Herta to race in F1, but Herta needs a total of 40 points over three years to get the requisite F1 super license. Sadly, his IndyCar record was too inconsistent—10th place in 2023, 2nd in 2024, but then 7th again in 2025—so he entered F2 this year, both to learn the circuits and to finish well enough in that championship to earn the remaining points.

周五的第一次练习赛中，有 10 位新秀车手代替常规车手出场——每支车队必须在赛季中至少两次让年轻车手或测试车手驾驶他们的两辆赛车。凯迪拉克车队的情况是六次？这家美国初创车队希望印地赛车明星科尔顿·赫塔（Colton Herta）参加 F1，但赫塔需要在三年内获得总计 40 分才能拿到必要的 F1 超级驾照。遗憾的是，他在印地赛车的表现过于不稳定——2023 年第 10 名，2024 年第 2 名，但 2025 年又回到了第 7 名——因此他今年参加了 F2 比赛，既是为了熟悉赛道，也是为了在该锦标赛中取得足够好的成绩以赚取剩余积分。

That hasn’t happened, but you also earn a point for completing 100 km in an FP1 session, and Herta stepped into the Cadillac in Barcelona, Italy, Hungary, and in Texas. His run in Italy was cut short by unreliability, so Cadillac put him in the car again this weekend, hoping it would be the final run. But it turns out they hadn’t added the numbers properly. Rather than pulling Herta’s IndyCar results from the official scoring, the team apparently relied on IndyCar’s erroneous website. Instead of starting the year with 36 super license points, Herta only had 35, and with four successful FP1 runs under his belt, he still needs one more point if the team wants to replace an underperforming Valteri Bottas next year, something that should happen with another run next time out in Brazil.

这并没有实现，但车手在 FP1 练习赛中完成 100 公里也可以获得 1 分，赫塔此前已在巴塞罗那、意大利、匈牙利和德克萨斯州驾驶过凯迪拉克赛车。他在意大利的驾驶因赛车故障而中断，因此凯迪拉克本周末再次让他上场，希望这是最后一次尝试。但事实证明，他们没把账算对。车队显然依赖了印地赛车官网的错误数据，而不是从官方计分系统中提取赫塔的成绩。赫塔年初并非拥有 36 个超级驾照积分，而只有 35 个。在完成了四次成功的 FP1 练习后，如果车队想在明年替换表现不佳的瓦尔特里·博塔斯（Valtteri Bottas），他还需要再得 1 分，这应该能在下次巴西站的练习中实现。

It’s not the first time that paperwork has proved to be a problem for the American team, which almost lost a chance to enter the sport after FIA emails went to its spam folder in 2024. Friday’s second practice session also had more action than normal. Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson both sat out FP1 so rookies could drive their cars, which may have contributed to both being too eager to set a fast time in FP2. As Lawson’s Racing Bull got held up by Carlos Sainz’ slow Williams in front, Verstappen wanted past in the Red Bull, but both drivers were intransigent, and neither was prepared to yield. Paint was traded and cars were damaged, and both drivers were handed a one-place grid penalty for failing to behave themselves.

这已经不是这家美国车队第一次在文书工作上出问题了，2024 年，由于国际汽联的邮件被误发至垃圾邮件文件夹，他们差点失去了进入该项运动的机会。周五的第二次练习赛也比平时更加激烈。马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）和利亚姆·劳森（Liam Lawson）都缺席了 FP1，以便让新秀驾驶他们的赛车，这可能导致两人在 FP2 中过于急于跑出快圈。当劳森的赛车被前方卡洛斯·塞恩斯（Carlos Sainz）缓慢的威廉姆斯赛车挡住时，维斯塔潘试图驾驶红牛赛车超车，但两位车手都互不相让，谁也不愿退让。赛车发生了碰撞并受损，两位车手因行为不当各被罚退后一位发车。

FP2 also probably marked the end of Esteban Ocon’s F1 career, at least for now. The French driver was upset with his team about their choice of tires for his long run, which evidently escalated once he was out of the car. On Saturday, Ocon had been benched and replaced with Ryo Hirakawa, Haas’ reserve driver and two-time World Endurance Champion with Toyota。Haas had already announced that Ocon was not rejoining the team in 2027, opting instead for F1 driver Rafael Camara, who will probably race for the team in Brazil, as Hirakawa will be racing his Toyota that weekend.

FP2 可能也标志着埃斯特班·奥康（Esteban Ocon）F1 生涯的终结，至少目前如此。这位法国车手对车队为其长距离测试选择的轮胎感到不满，显然在下车后矛盾升级了。周六，奥康被禁赛，由哈斯车队预备车手、两届丰田世界耐力锦标赛冠军平川亮（Ryo Hirakawa）顶替。哈斯此前已宣布奥康不会在 2027 年回归车队，转而选择 F1 车手拉斐尔·卡马拉（Rafael Camara），他可能会在巴西站为车队参赛，因为平川亮那个周末要驾驶他的丰田赛车参赛。

Ferrari screwup: For most of this year, Ferrari has had a particular form. The team often tops the practice times on Friday but then fails to follow up on Saturday, often in the final qualifying session. That didn’t happen in Mexico, and Lewis Hamilton was able to claim his first pole position for Ferrari and his 105th in the sport. George Russell’s Mercedes qualified second, followed by Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. Verstappen should have been fourth, but that Friday clash saw Antonelli moved into that spot. As it happens, the grid demotion put Verstappen on the clean side of the track, which he used to his advantage. Both Ferraris got off the line well, as did Verstappen and Antonelli. Russell’s hybrid system derated halfway down the straight, ruining his race well before the first corner. With Hamilton in the lead and Leclerc in second place, the plan should have been obvious: settle into a 1-2 and win.

法拉利的失误：今年大部分时间里，法拉利都呈现出一种特定的状态。车队经常在周五的练习赛中名列前茅，但随后在周六的排位赛（尤其是最后一节）中表现不佳。但在墨西哥情况并非如此，刘易斯·汉密尔顿（Lewis Hamilton）成功夺得了他为法拉利效力以来的首个杆位，也是他职业生涯的第 105 个杆位。乔治·拉塞尔（George Russell）的梅赛德斯赛车排在第二，紧随其后的是查尔斯·勒克莱尔（Charles Leclerc）的法拉利。维斯塔潘本应排在第四，但周五的碰撞导致安东内利升至该位置。巧合的是，发车位的降级让维斯塔潘处于赛道干净的一侧，他利用了这一优势。两辆法拉利起步都很顺利，维斯塔潘和安东内利也是如此。拉塞尔的混合动力系统在直道中途功率下降，在进入第一个弯道前就毁了他的比赛。汉密尔顿领先，勒克莱尔排在第二，计划本应很明确：稳住 1-2 名并赢得比赛。