'Mr Saturday' Russell 'comes through other side after real tough period'
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George Russell's victory in Azerbaijan was his third of the 2026 season For George Russell, this one felt like vindication, proof that he had "come through the other side" and was back to his best after what he acknowledged was a "real tough period" during this Formula 1 season.
乔治·拉塞尔在阿塞拜疆取得的胜利是他 2026 赛季的第三场胜利 对于乔治·拉塞尔来说，这感觉就像是一种平反，证明他已经“渡过难关”，并在经历了他承认的一级方程式赛季“真正艰难的时期”后恢复到了最佳状态。
The Mercedes driver's victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen in one of the closest finishes in history, was his first since the end of June - seven races ago.
这位梅赛德斯车手在阿塞拜疆大奖赛中击败了红牛车队的马克斯·维斯塔潘，取得了历史上最接近的完赛成绩之一，这是他自六月底（七场比赛前）以来的第一次胜利。
In that time, team-mate Kimi Antonelli has won three times, to take his tally of victories to eight for the season.
在此期间，队友基米·安东内利赢得了三场胜利，使他本赛季的胜利总数达到八场。
So Russell needed this, his third victory, in a year that he started as championship favourite.
因此，拉塞尔需要这场胜利，这是他在这一年里的第三场胜利，他一开始就是冠军热门。
Instead, Antonelli has taken the season by the throat and all but crushed the life out of Russell's hopes. Now, though, a glimmer of hope still exists for Russell, even if he is too realistic to think too much about it for now.
相反，安东内利扼杀了这个赛季，几乎粉碎了拉塞尔的希望。 不过现在，拉塞尔仍然存在一线希望，尽管他现在太现实，无法考虑太多。
His win, combined with Antonelli's fifth place after what the Italian admitted was his "worst weekend of the year in terms of performance", has cut the points gap between them to 66.
他的胜利，加上安东内利在意大利人承认这是他“今年表现最差的周末”后获得的第五名，将他们之间的积分差距缩小到了 66 分。
That's still huge, with either seven or eight races still to go, and 25 points for a win.
这仍然是一个巨大的数字，还有 7 到 8 场比赛，获胜就可以得到 25 分。
But it's a lot better than the 81-point margin Russell faced before Baku. "My team-mate's had an incredible season," Russell said.
但这比拉塞尔在巴库之前面临的81分优势要好得多。 “我的队友度过了一个令人难以置信的赛季，”拉塞尔说。
"He's been pretty flawless throughout, but now we're getting to crunch time. "But I'm just going to focus on myself.
“他自始至终都表现得非常完美，但现在我们已经到了关键时刻。 “但我只想专注于自己。
You know, if I continue delivering performances like I've done this weekend, no matter what happens towards the end of the season, I'll be happy." With the grand prix brought forward 24 hours from the usual Sunday slot, it was an appropriate result for a man whose prowess in qualifying has earned him the nickname 'Mr Saturday'.
你知道，如果我继续像本周末那样表现出色，无论赛季末发生什么，我都会很高兴。” 由于大奖赛比通常的周日时间提前了 24 小时，对于一个在排位赛中表现出色并赢得“周六先生”绰号的人来说，这是一个合适的结果。
Russell wins despite late Verstappen challenge Russell faultless and Hadjar excellent on return - driver ratings Russell has been through the mill in 2026.
尽管维斯塔潘后期受到挑战，拉塞尔仍获胜 拉塞尔完美无瑕，哈贾尔回击出色 - 车手评分 拉塞尔在 2026 年已经经历了磨难。
He dominated the intra-team battle last year, but the tables have turned dramatically this season, as Antonelli felt immediately at home in the new Mercedes after the biggest rule changes in F1 history, and the Briton very much did not.
去年他在队内斗争中占据主导地位，但本赛季的情况发生了戏剧性的转变，在经历了 F1 历史上最大的规则变化之后，安东内利立即在新款梅赛德斯中找到了宾至如归的感觉，而英国人则不然。
For Russell, the blows have kept coming.
对于拉塞尔来说，打击不断到来。
Every apparent revival was met with another setback. Every time he felt he had made progress, Antonelli's apparently effortless way of extracting that little bit more from the car chastened him.
每一次明显的复兴都会遭遇另一次挫折。 每当他觉得自己取得了进步时，安东内利显然毫不费力地从赛车中获得更多进步的方式就会让他受到惩罚。
No experience was more painful than the Italian Grand Prix at Monza two races ago, when Russell started from the front row, and Antonelli 19th after a grid penalty. Russell knew it was a golden opportunity to make up ground. Instead, it was Antonelli who won the race, with what will go down as one of the greatest drives in history.
没有什么经历比两场前在蒙扎举行的意大利大奖赛更痛苦的了，当时拉塞尔从前排发车，安东内利在受到处罚后排在第 19 位。 拉塞尔知道这是一个弥补失地的黄金机会。 相反，安东内利赢得了比赛，这将成为历史上最伟大的驾驶之一。
Russell looked on the verge of tears after that one.
在那之后，拉塞尔看上去快要哭了。
But he kept the belief, and in Baku it all came together. Kimi Antonelli finished off the podium for the first time since the British Grand Prix Russell was a man on a mission all weekend, fastest from the moment he took to the track, while Antonelli, after losing half the two hours of practice on the first day, lost his cool. He made a mistake in qualifying, took a wheel off on an inside wall, and started 16th.
但他保持了信念，并在巴库实现了这一切。 基米·安东内利自英国大奖赛以来首次登上领奖台 拉塞尔整个周末都在执行任务，从走上赛道的那一刻起，他就跑得最快，而安东内利在第一天损失了一半两个小时的训练后，失去了冷静。 他在排位赛中犯了一个错误，车轮在内壁上脱落，最终以第 16 名起步。
There was to be no repeat of Monza, even if fifth was a very creditable comeback result.
蒙扎不会重演，即使第五名是一个非常值得信赖的逆转成绩。
"I felt always a step behind," Antonelli said, "and especially with the mistake in qualifying the confidence level was not high and today was about damage limitation.
“我总是感觉落后了一步，”安东内利说道，“特别是在排位赛中犯了错误，信心水平不高，今天是关于伤害限制的。
"Just probably also the mindset was not in the best place.
“也许心态也没有处于最佳位置。
I wasn't there. I wasn't really present, especially with what happened so early on and just didn't take the same risks, especially after qualifying.
我当时不在场。 我并没有真正在场，特别是对于这么早就发生的事情，只是没有冒同样的风险，特别是在排位赛之后。
"Today was more damage-safe mode instead of full attack.
“今天是更安全的伤害模式，而不是全面攻击。
I just make sure next weekend we get back in the right level." If he does, this will go down as a blip in an otherwise stunningly impressive breakthrough season by a potential future great. But the parallels with last year are unavoidable.
我只是确保下周末我们回到正确的水平。” 如果他做到了，这将成为一个潜在的未来伟人在本赛季令人印象深刻的突破性赛季中的一个小插曲。 但与去年的相似之处是不可避免的。
In 2025, McLaren's Oscar Piastri arrived in Azerbaijan apparently in control of the championship, and possessing a big lead over team-mate Lando Norris, albeit less than half what Antonelli's is now. But Piastri had some kind of meltdown on the streets of Baku, what he described after arriving back in the city this week as "the worst race of my career".
2025 年，迈凯伦车队的奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里 (Oscar Piastri) 抵达阿塞拜疆，显然掌控了冠军，并大幅领先队友兰多·诺里斯 (Lando Norris)，尽管还不到安东内利现在的一半。 但皮亚斯特里在巴库的街道上发生了某种崩溃，他在本周回到这座城市后将其描述为“我职业生涯中最糟糕的比赛”。
And after that, the wheels came off for the Australian, and he was overtaken by the end of the year not only by Norris, but also by Verstappen. There is no reason to believe Antonelli will suffer the same fate.
此后，这位澳大利亚人的表现开始下滑，到了年底，他不仅被诺里斯超越，还被维斯塔潘超越。 没有理由相信安东内利会遭受同样的命运。
But he still has something to process in the few days before taking to the track again in Malaysia on Friday.
但在周五再次踏上马来西亚赛道之前的几天里，他仍有一些事情需要处理。
Russell led from start to finish in Azerbaijan This was the first time Russell has produced a weekend like this all year, when he was simply superior.
拉塞尔在阿塞拜疆比赛中自始至终领先 这是拉塞尔今年第一次打出这样的周末，当时他简直太棒了。
Before, even when he won, Antonelli was right there with him, sometimes even faster.
此前，即使他获胜，安东内利也一直在他身边，有时甚至更快。
How did Russell do this? It has taken hard work and analysis on his part and with his engineers.
拉塞尔是如何做到这一点的呢？ 他和他的工程师付出了艰苦的工作和分析。
He hasn't been comfortable in this year's car, feeling it does not suit his driving style, so he has had to put in the effort to make the driving feel natural.
他对今年的车不太舒服，感觉这不适合他的驾驶风格，所以他必须努力让驾驶感觉自然。
And he feels he is finally getting somewhere. Deputy team principal Bradley Lord said: "He had some difficult moments before the summer break, some soul-searching as well at points, and he's come back really strong, focused on the driving, focusing on the essentials of what he needs to do to put his weekends together step by step."
他觉得自己终于有所进展了。 车队副领队布拉德利·洛德 (Bradley Lord) 表示：“暑假前他经历了一些困难时刻，有时也进行了一些反省，但他回来后表现非常强劲，专注于驾驶，专注于他需要做的事情的要点，以便逐步度过周末。”
Russell said: "I'm very proud of the resilience that I and my close group of engineers have shown during the tough periods this year because there's been a lot of hard work to overcome some of the challenges, to adapt my driving style to suit this new car better. "And F1 is so tough, you don't get opportunities to practise this, and finally it's coming to me a bit more intuitively than it once did, and I'm gaining confidence.
拉塞尔表示：“我和我的亲密工程师团队在今年的艰难时期所表现出的韧性让我感到非常自豪，因为我们付出了很多努力来克服一些挑战，调整我的驾驶风格以更好地适应这款新车。 “F1 太艰难了，你没有机会练习这一点，但最终它比以前更直观地出现在我面前，我正在获得信心。
And especially on circuits like this, it just allows you to eke out that little bit more on the brakes, get that little bit closer to the walls, and it's been a flawless weekend. "It's been four races since the (summer) break.
尤其是在这样的赛道上，它可以让你更加努力地踩刹车，离墙壁更近一点，这是一个完美的周末。 “自（夏季）休息以来已经进行了四场比赛。
I've been on the front row in three of them, three podiums from the four races.
我在其中三场比赛中都坐在前排，在四场比赛中三度登上领奖台。
I feel I can fight for victory week in, week out now."
我觉得我现在可以一周一周地为胜利而战。”
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诺里斯表示事故发生后应该禁止科拉平托 阿塞拜疆大奖赛回顾：维特尔给出了他的判决 这场胜利在一段时间内看起来很轻松，因为他在第一站就轻松领先，而皮亚斯特里则拖延了维斯塔潘的速度。 但比赛中途两辆安全车封闭了场地，让维斯塔潘紧追拉塞尔。
Russell could not shake him off, but he continued to be flawless. Even when slowing for a yellow flag on the final lap caused a loss of turbo boost pressure and left him vulnerable on the run to the flag. "It's for sure the most dominant weekend I've had in my career," Russell said.
拉塞尔无法摆脱他，但他仍然完美无瑕。 即使在最后一圈因黄旗而减速导致涡轮增压压力损失，并使他在冲向黄旗时很容易受到伤害。 “这肯定是我职业生涯中最具统治力的周末，”拉塞尔说。
"So that has come at a really great moment.
“所以这是一个非常伟大的时刻。
And also to achieve it on a circuit that requires so much commitment and confidence, I'm really proud of, because it would have been very easy for me to lose the faith this season."
而且能够在一条需要如此多的承诺和信心的赛道上实现这一目标，我真的很自豪，因为这个赛季我很容易失去信心。”
Mercedes have lost their early season dominance over the summer, but the Bahrain/Malaysia race will see their first big upgrade for a while.
梅赛德斯在今年夏天失去了赛季初的统治地位，但巴林/马来西亚比赛将在一段时间内见证他们的首次重大升级。
"I'm really excited," Russell said.
“我真的很兴奋，”拉塞尔说。
"That's going to be a good step forward. "Our car has been working exceptionally well on the low-drag circuits.
“这将是向前迈出的一大步。 “我们的赛车在低阻力赛道上表现出色。
We've got a really efficient car, so here at Baku we've been exceptionally fast. But I think from next week onwards, we're hoping to make a bigger step to the rest of the field. But nothing's sure until we see how it pans out in reality."
我们拥有一辆非常高效的汽车，所以在巴库我们的速度非常快。 但我认为从下周开始，我们希望在其他领域迈出更大的一步。 但在我们看到现实如何发展之前，一切都还不确定。”
And even if Antonelli cannot be anything but still a strong favourite, the same goes for the championship.
即使安东内利仍然是最受欢迎的球员，冠军也是如此。
"There's much less pressure on me than there is on him," Russell said. "Yesterday was probably his first mistake of this whole season in a proper session, qualifying, race, and he still came home in P5 today.
“我的压力比他小得多，”拉塞尔说。 “昨天可能是他整个赛季在正常训练、排位赛、正赛中犯下的第一个错误，但今天他仍然以第五名的成绩回家。
"I didn't really consider myself in this fight for a number of races, purely because my performance wasn't strong enough. "Now I feel like if the season were to have started today, or since the summer break, you know, I feel very much I would have been able to fight. "Now I've got this big deficit. It can change quick.
“我并没有真正考虑自己参加这场多场比赛的争夺，纯粹是因为我的表现不够强劲。 “现在我觉得如果赛季从今天开始，或者从暑假开始，你知道，我感觉我很有能力去战斗。 “现在我有这么大的赤字。 它可以很快改变。
So I'm not chasing that.
所以我不追求那个。
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