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MONACO: Sebastian Vettel conceded that it will be difficult for him to pass his Mercedes rivals on the track in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.But he still believes he and his Red Bull team can overcome them with superior pace and a strategy that takes advantage of any tyre-wear problems they may suffer. The defending triple world champion said he and his team would run their own race from third on the grid with German Nico Rosberg on pole and Briton Lewis Hamilton starting second. "There are a lot of laps here," he said. "But it is difficult to overtake. It always depends where you are, [but] on track it can be difficult. "Hopefully Mercedes will struggle, but we cannot rely on that. Tyre wear for sure will play a role tomorrow, but we need to look after ourselves first. We will see what happens and then make the right calls."Our ...
MONTE CARLO: A disappointed Fernando Alonso believes it will verging on the impossible for him to win Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari from the third row of the grid.But after qualifying sixth following a rain-hit qualifying session, the Spaniard insisted he still had a chance to beat title rivals Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and championship leader German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. The two-time champion said he feared he could not catch and ...
ROME: Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has defended the departure of coach Walter Mazzarri, claiming on Saturday that you "need two people to make a marriage". Mazzarri is set to join Inter Milan next season after the Nerazzurri fired Andrea Stramaccioni on Friday, with president Massimo Moratti saying he'd chosen the Napoli boss to replace him. After spending four successful years in Naples, Mazzarri had said he wanted a new challenge and De Laurentiis admitted ...
WENTWORTH: England's Lee Westwood believes he is perfectly placed and primed for a final day assault on the European PGA Championship after finishing round three just a stroke behind leader Alejandro Canizares of Spain. Canizares' strong finish enabled him to steal a one-shot advantage over Westwood with his 68 putting him on nine-under as sunshine and warmth made a welcome return to a course drenched by rain on the opening two days. Italy's Matteo Manassero ...
CAPE TOWN: A try by Springbok skipper Jean de Villiers made the difference as Western Stormers edged Queensland Reds 20-15 Saturday in a tense Super 15 tussle. After a first half that produced only three points at windy Newlands, a brilliant try by the veteran lifted a game between South African and Australian sides with very different agendas. Fly-half Elton Jantjies launched the move on 44 minutes with a cross-field kick that found left wing ...
MONACO: Serial crasher Romain Grosjean insisted on Saturday that he had lost none of his confidence despite twice smashing into the barriers at Sainte Devote and surviving two other accidents in practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. The French Lotus driver qualified 13th in the end after crashing in all three practice sessions and again in qualifying. But he said: "I think I made some mistakes in practice. The car is performing very well, but ...
HULL: Gregory Gaultier, the unpredictably brilliant former world number one from France, produced one of his finest performances to end the British Open defence of the record-breaking Nick Matthew. The only Englishman ever to have won the sport's oldest title three times was beaten 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 in a semi-final which had a marvellous contrast of styles and a compelling mixture of good sportsmanship and feisty emotion. Gaultier controlled the ball and his sometimes ...More Articles...
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