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Cavendish outsprints Greipel to clinch Tour stage three
Mark Cavendish has joined Bernard Hinault in second on the all-time list
of Tour de France stage winners. The British rider pipped Andre Greipel
of Germany to take Monday’s third stage, his second success of the
race.
Mark Cavendish has joined Bernard Hinault in second on the all-time
list of Tour de France stage winners. The British rider pipped Andre
Greipel of Germany to take Monday’s third stage, his second success of
the race.
Cavendish,...
Morton, Constable in Rio cycling team
Cycling sprinters Stephanie Morton and Pat Constable have won selection for the team sprint events at the Rio OlympicsPhoto Source: AP
Dual Olympic cycling champion Anna Meares will be partnered by Stephanie Morton in the women's team sprint at the Rio Games.
Morton
edged out Kaarle McCulloch to ride with Meares in the event when the
bulk of Australia's cycling team was announced on Tuesday.
Morton
will make her Olympic debut in Rio,...
Losers are bitter, moans Tour de France sprint king Cavendish
Angers
(France) (AFP) - Losers are taking unnecessary risks because they're
bitter towards the winners, sprint star Mark Cavendish has claimed.
The Manx Missile won his 28th stage at the Tour de France on Monday, claiming victory by a whisker from German Andre Greipel.
It
put him second on the all-time stage win list alongside French great
Bernard Hinault, and only behind Belgian legend Eddy Merckx, out front
alone on 34 success.
But...
Tour de France: Cavendish sprints to photo finish win
ANGERS, France -- Wearing the yellow jersey, Peter Sagan considered stopping at a cafe.
Hardly pedaling, the overall leaders in the Tour de France spent
most of Monday's third stage chatting to one another and riding at such a
leisurely pace that they could have fit right in on a town bike path.
"It was a very relaxed day for us. We went slow. It was nice,"
said Sagan, who playfully bumped shoulders with some of the other riders
just to keep things interesting. "I was thinking one moment we were
going to take the coffee...
What now for Mercedes?
A second coming together between Mercedes’ drivers has left the
team in a difficult position heading to this weekend’s British Grand
Prix.
On Sunday in Austria, Mercedes were denied a one-two finish when
contact between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg saw the German drop back
to fourth in the standings while Hamilton was able to claim the race
win.
The incident follows far too closely on from the drama in Spain in
May when, having...
Flames and Lames
Ott Tanak during Day Three of the WRC Poland. Photo / Getty Images
Flames
Jenson ButtonOk the Brit only
finished sixth in the Austrian Grand Prix but given where McLaren has
been this season his third place start on the grid for the race was
cause for major celebration. Button has struggled to crack the top 10 in
qualifying all season so to park the car on the second row - albeit in
part to a couple of faster cars getting penalties -...
Lewis Hamilton thrilled with pole position at Austrian GP
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton
LEWIS Hamilton has vowed to seize the initiative at his "weakest"
race of the year after claiming a dramatic pole position for Sunday's
Austrian Grand Prix.
A deluge of rain moments before the final phase of qualifying at the
Red Bull Ring contributed to one of the most dramatic and unpredictable
top-10 shoot-outs in recent years.
But the changeable conditions suited triple world champion Hamilton
to a tee as he...
Feuding 'brainless' drivers Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg face suspensions, fines
Mercedes are trying to control their feuding drivers Lewis Hamilton, left, and Nico Rosberg. CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg could be fined or even suspended by
Mercedes if they crash again under drastic deterrents being considered
by the world champions in a bid to avoid imposing team orders.
Hamilton
will plead with Mercedes not to "rob" fans by forcing them to obey team
orders in next Sunday's (Monday NZ time)...
Wehrlein is a 'very special driver'
Toto Wolff was full of praise for Manor's Pascal Wehrlein after the
Austrian Grand Prix where he finished the race in 10th place.
Pascal impressed in Saturday's qualifying session by placing his car
12th on the grid, his best qualifying result of his short Formula One
career.
"For the first time in F1 he has really shown that he is a very
special driver," Mercedes' Wolff said, according to the German news
agency SID.
Wehrlein...
Wolff: Rosberg will stay
Spielberg: Nico Rosberg has been assured that his
ongoing contract negotiations with Formula One champions Mercedes will
not be affected by Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix collision with teammate
Lewis Hamilton.
“The contract is a long-term decision and isn’t influenced by a race
incident. Rosberg will stay” team boss Toto Wolff told reporters at the
Red Bull Ring.
An exasperated Wolff, who has a 30 per cent stake in the team as well
as being Mercedes motorsport director, had earlier slammed the latest
clash between the two title...
FIA forced to re-examine radio ban
Over the past two years, there has been a progressive war on radio
communications between the F1 teams and drivers as certain corners of
the F1 family pursued an obsession with what they saw as driver coaching
becoming increasingly prevalent.
It all started with a ‘lift and coast’ instruction and ended with the
codification of article 20.1 of the FIA F1 Sporting Regulations.
The regulatory section concerned states, “the driver must drive...
Nikita Mazepin to drive at Silverstone test
Sahara Force India is pleased to announce that its development driver,
Nikita Mazepin, will drive the VJM09 at the test session following the
British Grand Prix in Silverstone. The 17-year-old Russian will drive
both days of the test, which will take place on the 12th and 13th of
July.
Mazepin, who was announced in his development role with the team in
February, is currently competing in the FIA European Formula 3
Championship with Hi-Tech Racing. He has already attended several
Formula One events with the team this season and has begun...
Sainz thrilled with another points finish after disastrous qualifying
Craig Boon/Octane Photographic Ltd.
Austrian Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz may have suffered an
engine failure in Saturday’s qualifying session, but recovered well on
Sunday to bring home more points for Toro Rosso. The
Spanish racer had just re-emerged onto the Red Bull Ring in the closing
stages of Q1 after the red flag period to cover the crash of teammate
Daniil Kvyat, when the Ferrari engine in the back of his STR11 failed.
Pulling...
Verstappen wins F1 driver award for third time
Red Bull Formula One driver Max Verstappen of Netherlands celebrates his second place.
Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler
span class="articleLocation">Dutch teenager Max Verstappen has won Formula One's Driver of the Day award for the third time in nine races after finishing second for Red Bull...
Downforce Debrief – Roger Smith, F1, FE, Top Gear
This week, Lester and the team talk Top Gear, Fireworks in F1 and FE
and GP2 PLUS Author Roger Smith is back to tell us more F1 stories from
his brilliant book: F1 All the races. PLUS Find out how you can WIN a
copy!.
On the panel: Ben McPhillips, Vicky Selwyn, Tom Brooks, Dan Marr, Dom Mottram & Jake Sanson
RUNNING ORDER
[0:00] – START
[5:50] – Top Gear Host Quits
[36:39] – Formula...
Kimi Raikkonen to wed for second time next month
British Grand Prix – Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is to marry his long-term partner Minttu Virtanen in August. Raikkonen
is set to marry Finnair air hostess Minttu Virtanen on August 5th,
according to reports in Italian media. The couple have a son together,
now 18 months old, naming him Robin.
The marriage will be Raikkonen’s second, having married Jenni Dahlman
in 2004. They separated in 2013, and the then Lotus driver began seeing
Minttu...
Pascal Wehrlein: “Half a second later I would have got a penalty”
Pascal Wehrlein believed he would
have got a penalty had he not reversed into his grid position in time at
the Red Bull Ring on Sunday.
Credit: Octane Photographic Ltd
Pascal Wehrlein was close to receiving a penalty after almost starting from the wrong grid slot for the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, before going on to score his first Formula 1 point.
The Manor Racing driver had initially lined up in the space vacated by Felipe Massa,
...
Lewis Hamilton wants fourth F1 title but may have to obey Mercedes orders
Lewis Hamilton is now just 11 points behind team-mate Nico Rosberg heading into the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton believes he has demonstrated how hungry he is to win his fourth Formula One world championship after his victory at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, achieved in a thrilling climax to the race after a final‑lap collision with his Mercedes colleague Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton...
Mercedes caught between rocking their drivers and a hard crash
A long time ago, a colleague and I stood atop a grassy knoll, at the final corner of the Suzuka Circuit in Japan.
"It's a long way to have come, if they collide," we said. Two minutes
later, the cloud of dust there confirmed that deadly rivals Ayrton
Senna and Alain Prost had indeed done just that to conclude their 1990
Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in the gravel.
The year before, such had been their simmering rivalry as team-mates
at...
Hamilton- No team orders please
Mercedes'
Nico Rosberg reacting after the Austrian GP, where he collided with
team-mate and eventual winner Lewis Hamilton in the last lap. PHOTO: REUTERS
Briton hopes he can still continue to battle Rosberg after their third collision in five races
SPIELBERG (Austria) • Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has
urged Mercedes to reject team orders and allow him to continue fighting
team-mate Nico Rosberg for the drivers' title.
After...
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg face suspension threat from angry Mercedes to prevent more collisions
Lewis Hamilton has pleaded with Mercedes not to impose team orders for the British Grand Prix after the collision in Austria
Credit:
Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
could be fined or even suspended by Mercedes if they crash again under
drastic deterrents being considered by the world champions in a bid to avoid imposing team orders.
Hamilton will plead with Mercedes not to “rob” fans by forcing them
to obey team orders...
