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Michael Schumacher said he must “raise his game” after Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg beat him in Friday practice at the season’s opening grand prix.
The German legend, returning to F1 after three years in retirement, was nearly 0.5 seconds slower than Rosberg in both practice sessions in Bahrain.
“That is a bit too much for my standards. [...]
Portsmouth FC has become the first Premier League club to enter administration.
With debts of about £60m, the club was due to face a winding-up order on 1 March over an unpaid £11.7m tax bill owed to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
It will now be docked nine points, leaving the team facing near certain relegation.
Portsmouth [...]
McLaren-Mercedes
1. Jenson Button
2. Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes Grand Prix
Mercedes has taken over the Brawn team.
3. Nico Rosberg
4. Michael Schumacher
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Red Bull Racing-Renault
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Mark Webber
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Scuderia Ferrari
7. Felipe Massa
8. Fernando Alonso
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Williams-Cosworth
9. Rubens Barrichello
10. Nico HÃlkenberg
Renault F1 Team
11. Robert Kubica
12. Vitaly Petrov
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Force India F1 Team-Mercedes
14. Adrian Sutil
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi
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NB. There is no car number 13 in F1.
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16. [...]
McLaren presented their 2010 car to the world on Friday, when the MP4-25 was unveiled at the UK headquarters of sponsors Vodafone. The team hope the new machine will maintain their strong momentum from the latter part of 2009 and put them firmly back in title contention.
With its dramatic looking engine-cover fin, the car will [...]
Real Madrid have told Manchester City it will take £17million to prise Fernando Gago from the Bernabeu.
Eastlands boss Roberto Mancini is keen to add another midfielder before the transfer window and recently confirmed interest in tough-tackling Argentina star Gago.
But reports in Spain claim City have had a £13m bid knocked back.
Although Madrid have not closed [...]
World football chief Sepp Blatter said in a newspaper interview on Sunday that he might consider video assistance for referees in the future.
The president of world football’s governing body FIFA has staunchly opposed the use of video replays as a refereeing aid because they would interrupt the flow of the game.
But he told the Swiss [...]
RICKY Hatton has confirmed that he will return to the ring for at least one more fight this year.
The Hitman made the long-awaited announcement on his website, saying: “I’ve decided to make a comeback and have another fight this year – probably round about the summertime.
“There’s been no opponent that has been confirmed yet. There’s [...]
Lewis Hamilton has split from his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.
The couple confirmed in a statement they had ended their long-distance relationship after 20 months together.
The former F1 world champion, 25, and Pussycat Dolls frontwoman, 31, said they were focusing on their careers.
A statement said: ‘They have decided to go their separate ways.
‘They want to [...]
A darts fan has been found dead under ice in a lake at the venue where the world championships is being held.
A member of staff at the Lakeside Complex, in Frimley Green, Surrey, made the discovery on Thursday morning.
The man had been staying at the hotel to watch the international competition which is due to [...]
Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button says being appointed MBE in the New Year’s Honours list is the “crowning glory” of his life-changing year.
The Somerset-born driver claimed a maiden world title with Brawn GP, whose success in the team championship also earned principal Ross Brawn an OBE.
“This really is the crowning glory to what has [...]
