TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019 16 Hamilton handed Canadian GP win Sebastian Vettel had the edge on Lewis Hamilton before a mistake cost him dearly Lewis Hamilton celebrates after his win

AFP | Montreal, Canada as Hamilton celebrated. “If there key factor, which encouraged wasn’t a wall, I would have gone Hamilton to bide his time. ewis Hamilton main- past him,” said the Briton. After five laps, the gap was tained Mercedes’ record In a bizarre sequence, Vettel at 2.1sec with Leclerc adrift by Lwinning start to a season first refused to attend the post- 4.4sec. on Sunday when he was handed race interviews and stormed On lap 25, Vettel pitted from KNOW WHAT a controversial victory, courtesy away to the Ferrari motor home the lead for hard tyres and re- of a disputed stewards’ decision before, after persuasion by the joined third leaving Hamilton to penalise Sebastian Vettel, at Italian team, he returned for the to push on his worn rubber as the Canadian Grand Prix. podium ceremonies. Lewis Hamilton Vettel clocked fastest lap behind The defending five-time As he did so, however, he new leader Leclerc. world champion overall leader walked to the parc ferme and matched Michael On lap 30, the Monegasque, came home second on the track moved the numbers used to Schumacher with yet to stop, led Vettel by 11.4sec behind Vettel of Ferrari, but was mark the finishing order — shift- his seventh win in ahead of Hamilton, but was los- declared the winner because of a ing the number one to the blank Canada ing a second each lap. By lap 33, five-second penalty for a racing space for his car, two for Ham- the lead was only five seconds infringement by the German. ilton’s Mercedes and three for – enough to prompt Ferrari to Vettel ran off and re-joined Charles Leclerc. Sebastian Vettel switches the markers to place Lewis Hamilton second and quired two hours of stripping bring Leclerc in. across a strip of grass on lap 50, When the pro-Ferrari crowd himself first after the controversial finish at the Canadian Grand Prix down and the repair of his power He re-joined fourth. Vettel led forcing a charging Hamilton booed Hamilton, Vettel told unit and then a slow getaway for again by 2.3sec ahead of Hamil- off-track towards a wall. The them to stop. “Don’t boo Lewis – Valtteri Bottas in the second ilton on his win. “You forced the the formation lap created more ton with Verstappen third, 10sec Briton braked to withdraw from you should boo these decisions, Mercedes, Max Verstappen of error,” they told him. alarm. adrift. On his hard tyres, Ham- his challenge to take the lead, not him,” he said. Red Bull and Daniel Ricciardo “I just want to thank the team But as the lights went out, he ilton looked revitalised as he prompting a race stewards’ in- It was Hamilton’s record sev- of Renault. as we had an engine problem kept cool to resist Leclerc and closed in on the German. quiry, which resulted in the time enth victory in Canada, and the Nico Hulkenberg finished after my crash – and it was not retain second behind Vettel who On lap 39, Bottas finally passed penalty. 78th of his career, and extended seventh in the second Renault the way I wanted to get past.” built a lead of 1.6 seconds on the Ricciardo for fifth as Hamilton “Where could I go?” protested Mercedes’ season-opening run ahead of Pierre Gasly of Red opening lap. closed with passing range of Vet- Vettel. “They’re stealing the race to seven successive wins. Bull, home hero Lance Stroll of Pre-race scare for Hamilton On a hot afternoon on the Isle tel who responded with a new from us.” Vettel ended up classified sec- Racing Point and Daniil Kvyat of Hamilton had problems be- Notre-Dame, with temperatures fastest lap. The top two were “No, no, no, not like that,” he ond ahead of his Ferrari team- Toro Rosso. fore the start. A hydraulics leak, of 50 and 29 degrees Celsius for out on their own, separated by repeated on his slow-down lap mate Leclerc, fourth-placed Mercedes congratulated Ham- discovered in the morning, re- track and air, tyre wear was a eight-tenths. Bahrain-Merida’s Teuns claims Dauphine lead Today’s match AFP | Craponne-sur-Arzon, peloton despite a late attempt ond. France to rein them in by the chasing Four-time Tour de France pack which included Britain’s winner Froome is preparing for ahrain-Merida’s Dylan Te- Chris Froome, who is looking this year’s Grand Boucle and is Buns took the overall lead of for a record fourth overall win a part of six-man group 24sec the Criterium du Dauphine af- in the eight-stage race. behind Teuns on the general ter beating France’s Guillaume Teuns, 27, claimed the yellow leaderboard. Martin in a tense sprint finish of jersey from Norway’s Edvald Tuesday’s 177km third stage yesterday’s second stage. Boasson Hagen who won the heads north through rolling Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Belgian Teuns and Wan - opening stage on Sunday but hills from Le Puy-en-Velay to (12:30pm) ty-Gobert’s Martin of France could only cross the finish line the town of Riom outside Cler- ended 13 seconds ahead of the 1min 48sec behind on the sec- mont-Ferrand. Bahrain-Merida rider Belgium’s Dylan Teuns crosses the finish line Yuvraj Singh ends roller-coaster South Africa v West Indies match rained off AFP | Mumbai achieved on and off the field.” One of the cleanest strikers AFP | Southampton uvraj Singh, a winner of two of the ball and a middle-order YWorld Cup titles who over- lynchpin, Singh played the last he World Cup match be- came cancer and a drop in form of his 304 one-day internation- Ttween South Africa and to fight his way back into India’s als two years ago. the West Indies was aban - national side, announced yes- He played a key role in In - doned yesterday after persis- terday that he is retiring from dia’s World tri - tent heavy rain in Southamp- cricket. umph in 2007 and was play - ton, with both sides earning a People take shelter as rain stops play “It was a great roller coaster er-of-the-tournament -- scor- point each. ing Cottrell to at ride and beautiful story but it ing four fifties and a century Earlier, West Indies pace- slip for just six, sparking the has to come to an end. It was the -- when India won the 50-over man Sheldon Cottrell reduced bowler’s trademark celebra- right time to go,” the 37-year-old World Cup in 2011. Faf du Plessis’s team to 29 for tion featuring a short march A few weeks later, Singh was and salute. left-hand batsman told a press India’s Yuvraj Singh celebrates after scoring a century (file photo) two before rain stopped play. conference in Mumbai. diagnosed with a rare lung can- South Africa, desperately That brought Aiden At his peak, Yuvraj was a “I have been playing inter- everything and that’s why I am cer. needing a win after defeats Markram to the but rip-roaring batsman. He hit 14 national cricket on and off for standing here,” he said. “It was a harsh reality...(but) I in their first three matches of he had only made five when centuries in one-day interna- 17 years. Now it is time to say “It’s been a love-hate rela - was not going to let that disease the tournament, lost the toss he tickled a Cottrell tionals and bludgeoned Eng- goodbye,” he said, at times fight- tionship. It taught me how to defeat me,” said Singh. and were put in to bat under down legside and wicketkeep- land’s Stuart Broad for six sixes ing back tears as he made the fall, how to fight, how to get Although he fought back to threatening skies. er completed catch in one over at the 2007 World announcement. up again. play again, he was not able to They were quickly in trou- to leave South Africa in deep Twenty20. “Cricket has given me “I am proud of what I have match his high-scoring skills. ble, with Hashim Amla edg- trouble at 28-2 in seventh over.