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Max Verstappen saw off Lewis Hamilton’s early challenge to claim victory in Saturday’s sprint race at the United States Grand Prix gaming
For the first time since their 2021 championship duel for the ages, Verstappen and Hamilton ran line astern in the 19-lap dash at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas gaming
But Hamilton was unable to prevent Verstappen from taking the spoils, and accumulating yet another win of this most one-sided of Formula One campaigns gaming
Hamilton took the chequered flag a distant 9 gaming
4 seconds adrift of Verstappen with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third gaming
Verstappen, crowned champion of the world for a third time in Qatar a fortnight ago, took pole position earlier on Saturday and then put his elbows out at the start to ensure Leclerc did not sneak up his inside on the uphill drag to the opening bend gaming
Verstappen moved over to his left to squeeze the Ferrari man allowing Hamilton a clean shot at Leclerc on the exit of the first corner gaming
Hamilton ran over the kerbs and past the Monegasque, and then set his sights on Verstappen gaming
Hamilton has not won a race for nearly two years, the longest losing streak of his career gaming
Indeed, 685 days have passed since he claimed victory at the penultimate round of the 2021 campaign in Saudi Arabia gaming
But for half-a-dozen laps here, Hamilton will have dared to dream that a victory could be on the cards gaming
Hamilton has triumphed six times in America – with five of those victories in the Lone Star State – and his early pace certainly provided Verstappen with food for thought gaming
Max Verstappen won the sprint race in the United States (Getty Images)The seven-time world champion stayed within one second of Verstappen to provide him with a possible DRS slingshot past his Red Bull rival gaming
“Driveability is not there,” moaned Verstappen on the radio gaming
“I lost the rear completely gaming
”Hamilton then hinted his nemesis was gaining an advantage by using more of the track than is allowed gaming
“Max has gone off quite a few times,” said the Mercedes driver gaming
Hamilton has lauded the improvements from his updated machine, but the superiority of Verstappen’s Red Bull came to the fore gaming
TOP-8 - US GRAND PRIX SPRINT RACE 1) Max Verstappen2) Lewis Hamilton3) Charles Leclerc4) Lando Norris5) Sergio Perez6) Carlos Sainz7) Pierre Gasly8) George RussellSix laps had passed and Verstappen was suddenly out of DRS range gaming
A slim hope of victory for Hamilton was dashed gaming
Yet the 38-year-old, who starts third for tomorrow’s 56-lap main event, will expect to be a contender again gaming
And his chances of a possible win will be aided by Verstappen starting only in sixth after his pole lap in Friday’s qualifying was deleted for exceeding track limits gaming
Lando Norris took fourth spot ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez, with Carlos Sainz sixth gaming
George Russell finished seventh but was demoted to eighth after he served a five-second penalty for an illegal move on McLaren’s Oscar Piastri gaming
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Jonny May is backing Steve Borthwick to crack the code of rugby after describing England’s head coach as a “genius” in the mold of Alan Turing and Mr Spock gaming
England went out on their shields in Saturday’s World Cup semi-final defeat by South Africa, losing 16-15 to a late Handre Pollard penalty, having dominated the reigning champions until the final quarter gaming
A heroic performance was the culmination of Borthwick’s opening 10 months in charge, having been parachuted in with the short-term objective of making the team competitive at France 2023 gaming
He succeeded by devising a statistics-based approach that almost dethroned the world champions, leaving May to conclude England are in the best possible hands gaming
“We’re starting to see what a genius Steve is in terms of how he’s starting to get this team going,” May said gaming
“You won’t find a harder working man than Steve and his approach to the game is a little bit like Alan Turing gaming
“If anybody is going to crack the code to rugby it will be Steve – he’s getting ever closer each week and good luck to him gaming
“He’s got an analytical brain and an evidence-based, scientific, Spock-like approach to the game gaming
“I’ve learned a lot from him gaming
I’ve been very grateful for all the coaches I’ve had throughout my career and I’ve absorbed everything I possibly can, always trying to learn and be curious gaming
“But Steve, with his ways, he’s on to something gaming
He’s a young coach and has this unique and different way that he goes about the game gaming
“Cracking it is not something I’m interested in doing as the game gets more complicated each week, but he’s obsessed with it so hats off to him gaming
”While England can look ahead with optimism, May strongly suspects that their future does not include him gaming
The nation’s second-highest try scorer of all-time behind Rory Underwood will almost certainly have played his last Test at this World Cup, Friday’s bronze match against Argentina his final opportunity to pull on a Red Rose jersey gaming
The 33-year-old wing was only called up to Borthwick’s squad because of an injury to Anthony Watson, yet he has been a regular starter and was outstanding against South Africa, even winning a jackal penalty gaming
“Never say never, but very much in my head now I’m thinking, more than likely that I’ll be done after this,” May said gaming
“For me no regrets, what a journey, I wasn’t even going to be on the plane at one point gaming
“But I stuck in there and that’s the attitude across the team – we stick in there, we’ve had pretty much everything thrown at us, but we’re starting to find ourselves gaming
It’s been everything to me, playing for England, just absolutely everythingJonny May“I’m grateful to have been a part of it and although it probably won’t continue after this World Cup, I feel like I’m connected to this team gaming
It’s making my hairs stand up now a little bit gaming
“To be connected like that, to be close to the boys and have those relationships, to go through these times with these friends of mine, is incredibly important to me gaming
“It’s been everything to me, playing for England, just absolutely everything gaming
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