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With the Formula 1 season only two races old, the wolves are already out for Ferrari‘s Felipe Massa. After he ended last season without one podium appearance, becoming the first Ferrari driver since Ivan Capelli in 1992 to fail to achieve that feat, the pressure was always going to be on Massa in 2012. The Brazilian endured a torrid time in Australia two weeks ago. The weekend began with him...
Published: March 30, 2012
New Zealand’s favourite underwear model makes his way back to a starting XV for the first time since his injury during the World Cup this Sunday against the Lions. Although he and New Zealand’s other favourite son, Richie McCaw, have both re-signed with the NZRU until 2015, at 30 years old, it is time for Steve Hansen and his crew to groom his replacements. Last year during the World Cup,...
Published: March 30, 2012
The French Grand Prix will return to the Formula 1 calendar in the very near future, but no date has yet been set. Circuit Paul Ricard, which last hosted a Grand Prix in 1990, will be the venue for the race and will alternate with the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said in an announcement on Friday: “We are working on the idea of hosting a Grand...
Published: March 30, 2012
The big story of Round 5 was the Reds’ encounter with the Bulls. There is no other way to put it—they were pulverised by any definition. In other news, the Rebels got their first win after coming close for a while, the Hurricanes finished strongly in Auckland, as they came out 26-25 winners against the Blues, and the Crusaders broke in their new stadium with a fairly...
Published: March 28, 2012
The 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship has got off to a cracking start. There are a number of reasons I say that, but the major factor for me has been the unpredictability. Good practice pace hasn’t necessarily meant good qualifying times, and good qualifying times have certainly not translated into unbeatable race speed. Rain or no rain, it’s unlikely anyone thought Fernando Alonso...
Published: March 28, 2012
It took four attempts but Caroline Wozniacki finally overcame Serena Williams when winning in straight sets at the Miami Masters on Tuesday. The quarterfinal game, won by the Dane 6-4, 6-4. reminded me of the Makarova match back in Australia earlier this year. Wozniacki kept the ball in play like she always does, moving Williams everywhere on the court. Williams kept it going but during the long rallies...
Published: March 28, 2012
Everybody agrees these days that the serve-and-volley style of play is a lost art in modern tennis. Equipment evolution and the advent of the two-handed backhand were the main factors contributing to the vanishing of the serve-and-volley players. The return of serve, which once was a defensive play, became a weapon and turned the act of following your serve to the net a mission impossible. Tournaments...
Published: March 27, 2012
Today will mark only the second time that Andy Roddick and Juan Monaco will do battle on a tennis court. The two met last year on a hard court in Winston-Salem, with Roddick defeating the Argentine Monaco, 6-1, 6-4. Roddick completely dominated that match converting three of his five break points while never even seceding a break point opportunity to Monaco. Andy hit nine aces to Monaco’s one. It...
Published: March 26, 2012
Ferrari No. 2 Driver Felipe Massa may have raced himself out of a job with his poor showing at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. Massa finished a disappointing 15th while teammate Fernando Alonso stole the show with a victory in Sepang driving the same car. Massa’s career has been on a downward path since finishing in second, one point shy of the championship, in 2008. The accident in Hungary...
Published: March 26, 2012
If rumours of Sauber’s Sergio Perez being in the frame to replace the hapless Felipe Massa at Ferrari are even close to being true, then the Mexican speedster may well just added a couple of extra dollars onto his potential contract, with a well-constructed and emphatic second place at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Perez was in a position to win the race before a small mistake saw him run wide...