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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 27, 2015
Lewis Hamilton claimed his eighth win of the 2015 Formula One season in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit. The odds were against Hamilton after his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, claimed pole position on Saturday, but a strong start allowed Hamilton to snatch the lead and control the race to match three-time world champion Ayrton Senna’s tally of 41 victories. Despite...
Published: September 26, 2015
At this stage of the season, it no longer matters how Nico Rosberg gets the job done. With six races remaining and just 150 points to play for in his increasingly futile efforts to overturn the 41-point advantage held by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, winning ugly has emerged as an adequate alternative to losing stylishly. The pursuit of near-perfect balance,...
Published: September 25, 2015
By the end, Fernando Alonso wasn’t concerned about the potential consequences—his only priority was wriggling his way out of Ferrari. In the first free-practice session ahead of last year’s Japanese Grand Prix—24 hours after negotiating an early release from his contract, according to Sky Sports’ Pete Gill—Alonso strolled into the Ferrari garage clutching a bunch...
Published: September 24, 2015
As he sat in the FIA press conference ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button was expected to confirm his retirement from Formula One at the end of 2015. The Land of the Rising Sun, a second home for the 2009 world champion, seems like the ideal venue for Button to make an announcement of such magnitude, given his links to Honda, McLaren’s engine partner, and Suzuka,...
Published: September 21, 2015
The end, it seems, is nigh for Jenson Button. After a Formula One career of 16 seasons, featuring 15 grand prix wins and as many triumphs as disappointments, the 2009 world champion seems set to walk away from the only thing he has ever known having reportedly decided to quit the sport at the end of 2015. And the news of his retirement could be confirmed in time for this weekend’s grand prix...
Published: September 20, 2015
Sebastian Vettel claimed his third win of the 2015 Formula One season in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit. The Ferrari driver enjoyed his most successful weekend since the last of his four consecutive title-winning seasons with Red Bull Racing in 2013, securing pole position and leading every lap en route to the chequered flag. Yet the race was not quite as easy...
Published: September 19, 2015
It was at the Singapore Grand Prix in 2012 where Lewis Hamilton‘s love story with Mercedes first began. Pole position at Marina Bay, a fortnight after his third win of the campaign at Monza, appeared to paper over the cracks forming in his increasingly strained relationship with McLaren. But his retirement from the lead of the race after just 22 laps widened those cracks beyond repair—it...
Published: September 18, 2015
Minutes ahead of the first free-practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, Alexander Rossi was hauled into the pit lane of the Marina Bay circuit. As his fellow competitors were completing some last-minute stretches and, in some cases, already being strapped into their cars, Rossi, suited and booted in his white and red Manor Marussia overalls, was the subject of an impromptu photocall. Cradling...
Published: September 15, 2015
In football, they refer to it simply as the Dustbin Run. As author Mike Calvin told Sky Sports, the training exercise requires its participants to complete “300-yard” shuttle runs from a makeshift start line to a “council bin” at the opposite end of a field, with no fixed timescale. Its purpose is not to enhance a young player’s agility, acceleration and sprint speed,...
Published: September 14, 2015
Another piece of Formula One’s “silly season” jigsaw is set to fall into place, with Sergio Perez close to sealing a new deal to remain at Force India. The Mexican has already represented three teams in his five seasons in F1 and recently seemed set to be on the move for 2016, with rumours linking the 25-year-old to Renault. However, a member of the Force India hierarchy has confirmed...