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MONDAYMO 2 AUGUST 2021 Qatar'sQa Cherif and Tijan advance to qquarters;u Samba cruises into final

WeWe nevern look at the score. We don’t care about the score. We aalwayslway focus on the game, always focus on ourselves, not on the oppoopponentn or the score. We just have to play well and enjoy the game.

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Congratulations to our hero Mutaz Barshim for this victory. You are a role model of hard work and perseverance for Qatari youth.

Mutaz Barshim celebrates after clearing the 2.37m mark. INSET: QOC President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatar Athletics Thani congratulates Barshim after the world champion Federation President Dr. Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari celebrate after Mutaz Barshim won won his maiden Olympic gold yesterday. the gold medal in the men's final in Tokyo, yesterday. ‘This is a dream I don’t want to wake up from’ Barshim grabs Qatar’s second gold

FAWAD HUSSAIN Mutaz Barshim in action THE PENINSULA yesterday. Nothing can stop Mutaz Barshim from achieving his goals. After qual- We thank Allah for Qatar winning the second ifying for the final, the reigning world gold medal at the Olympics. We extend our champion vowed to jump “as high congratulations and blessings to H H The Amir, as it takes to win an Olympic gold” H H The Father Amir, the people of Qatar and and he fulfilled his promise all Arabs for Mutaz Barshim winning the gold yesterday. medal in the high jump competition. Since he retained his world title at the World Championships Doha 2019, the 30-year-old’s prime target Qatar’s performance was to win his maiden Olympic gold, and his season's best jump of 2.37m proved enough for him to share a outstanding and gold medal with his friend Gian- marco Tamberi of Italy, who also impressive, says scaled the same mark yesterday. An Olympic gold only eluded the Qatari superstar before the final and Sheikh Joaan with this feat at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium yesterday, he consolidated THE PENINSULA – DOHA his name as the best high jumper of the decade. President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Barshim won his first Olympic Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani congratulated podium at 2012 with a Mutaz Barshim Nedasekau, who cleared 2.37m H H the Amir, H H the Father Amir and the Qatari bronze medal and improved his and Gianmarco after a miss at 2.35m, was awarded people on historic achievement of Mutaz Barshim, result four years later in Rio Games Tamberi of Italy the bronze medal on countback. who won high jump gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 for a silver medal. That followed celebrate their South Korea’s Woo Sang-hyeok and Olympic Games yesterday. back-to-back titles in World Cham- victory. Australian Brandon Starc, the It was Qatar’s second gold medal in Tokyo pionships (London 2017 and Doha younger brother of cricketer Mitchell, after weightlifter Fares Ibrahim’s victory on Sat- 2019). Yesterday’s gold medal also both cleared 2.35 to finish fourth and urday. The country did not win a gold at Games made Barshim the only Qatari athlete fifth respectively. before the Tokyo Games. to complete a set of Olympic medals. “Qatar’s ninth participation in the Olympics “It is amazing, this is a dream I Barshim a role model for has been outstanding and impressive by all don’t want to wake up from,” said future generations: standards of success. The athletes left no stone Barshim after he sealed the gold Al Buenain unturned to honour our sport movement per- yesterday. fectlyfectly aatt a bbiggerigger sstage,”tage,” tthehe QOC PPres-res- Barshim’s journey to where he For Qatar, Barshim’ss victoryviicctoryy identident sasaid.id. is now was not easy as he went yesterday brought their sesecondeccondn SheikhSheikh JoaanJoaan applaudedapppplaudu ed thetheh through injury lay-offs multiple gold in as many days after wweight-eie ghht- significantsiignnifificant susupportuppp oro t of tthehe H H tthehe times in the past few years. lifter Fares Ibrahim clincheded theirthheieir AmirAmA irr ttoo thtthee Qatar’sQatat r’s spsportorrt “I have been through a lot. It’s first ever Olympic gold. QQataratatarar movement,movvemem ntn , whwhichich remainsremmainns a been five years that I have been jumped to joint 21st positionioion inin motivatingmom tivvaatiingn factorfaca tor behindbeehih nnd thisthihis waiting, with injuries and a lot of set- Barshim asked the official, who was “The Qatari people have always medals table with Ecuadordodor anandd uniqueunniqiquee successsucccec ssss ofof QatariQaQ tarir ath-atht - backs. But we are here today sharing affirmative. The official's reaction supported me and they deserve all Kosovo. letes.leleteess. TheTheh QOCQOCOC PresidentPrer ssiided ntnt alsoallso this moment and all the sacrifices. was followed by celebrations from my appreciation and praise,” Praising Barshim, the SSeSecretary-ecrc ettary-y congratulatedcoconggrattullatted BarshimBaB rshhim andana d It’s really worth it now in this the two athletes, who are known as Barshim added. General Jassim Rashid All BBuenainueenaain appreciatedappprp eciai ted hishis moment,” he added. good friends and share mutual admi- Meanwhile, for Tamberi - the hailed the World and OOlympiclyymmppicic hardwork.hah rddwow rkrk. ration and respect for each other. 2016 world indoor champion and champion as a role modell ffororr aath-thh- Barshim and Tamberi Barshim hugged the Qatar reigning European champion indoors letes to come in the future.ee.. share gold Olympic Committee President – too it was a special occasion as he “It’s a historic achievementemementnt bbyy Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, became only the second Italian to Mutaz [Barshim] who alsososo wwononon a Yesterday’s duel between present in the stands, with tears of win a high jump gold at Olympics silver and bronze medal bbebeforeeffoorere iinn Barshim and Tamberi was one of joy in his eyes as he achieved the after won the women’s Olympics. He is a role mmodeloddell fforor the most exciting men’s high jump biggest goal of his career. competition in Moscow 1980. future generations,” Al Buenainenenaaiin sassaidaidid contests in Olympic history. Apart “I want to congratulate His “After my injuries I just wanted yesterday. from Barshim and Tamberi, Bela- Highness the Amir and His Highness to come back, but now I have this “The victory is a resultt ooff yeyyearsars rusian Maksim Nedasekau also the Father Emir and His Excellency gold, it’s incredible. I dreamed of this of hardwork by him. Wee aarerer vveryeerry cleared 2.37m before all the three Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad and the so many times,” Tamberi said. happy to win back-to-backck ggogoldoldd athletes failed to cleared 2.39m after Qatari people and everyone who “I was told in 2016 just before Rio medals. We also wish bestesest off which they headed towards an supported me to achieve this great there was a risk I wouldn’t be able luck to athletes who wwillilll official. historic achievement,” said the to compete any more. It’s been a long compete in the remaining ddays,”ayayss,” “Can we have two golds?”, superstar. journey.” he added. MONDAY 2 AUGUST 2021 SPORT 15

Qatar's Cherif and Tijan advance to M E D A L S

1 China 24 14 13 51 last eight; Samba cruises into final 2 USA 20 23 16 59 3 Japan 17 5 9 31 4 Australia 14 3 14 31 THE PENINSULA – TOKYO this gratitude, but at the end I also Qatar's Cherif Younousse 5 ROC 12 19 13 44 want to win. This is my main goal,” and Ahmed Tijan celebrate Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and he added. their win against Lucena 6 Great Britain 10 10 12 32 Ahmed Tijan reached the quarter- Meanwhile, World bronze and Dalhausser of the 7 France 5 10 6 21 finals of the Tokyo 2020 men’s medallist Abderrahman Samba of US in their round 8 South Korea 5 4 8 17 Olympic beach volleyball tour- Qatar advanced to the final of of 16 match 9 Italy 4 8 15 27 nament after beating Nick Lucena 400m hurdles after clocking 47.47 yesterday. and Phil Dalhausser of the United in the semi-final yesterday. 10 Netherlands 4 7 6 17 States 2-1 yesterday. Samba faces a tough task in 11 Germany 4 4 11 19 At the Shiokaze Park, the Qatar tomorrow’s final with World duo maintained their fine run in record holder Karsten Warholm 12 New Zealand 4 3 4 11 the knockout stage with a 14-21, of Norway and American Rai Ben- 13 Czech Republic 4 3 1 8 21-19, 15-11 comeback win over the jamin also qualifying for the 14 Canada 3 4 7 14 Americans. showdown. “We were ready for a long Earlier, Femi Ogunode’s hopes 15 Switzerland 3 4 5 12 game. We know each other really of clinching 100m medal ended 16 Croatia 3 2 2 7 well. We trained in Orlando with after he failed to reach the final, 17 Chinese Taipei 2 4 4 10 them for about a month and a half. posting a time of 10.17 in the semi- They know us really well. We finals, yesterday. 18 Brazil 2 3 5 10 know them really well. Even in Today, Asian 19 Hungary 2 2 2 6 practice, our games are always Games gold med- 20 Slovenia 2 1 1 4 very long,” Cherif said allist Ashraf Amgad yesterday. El Seify will take 21 Ecuador 2 0 0 2 “So I can say we were not part in men’s 21 Kosovo 2 0 0 2 expecting an easy game. Now the hammer throw 21 Qatar 2 0 0 2 first step is done. We’re ready for qualification, 24 Spain 1 3 3 7 the second step,” he added. hoping to increase Qatar's 25 Georgia 1 3 1 5 Tijan said: “We always keep on Team Qatar’s Abderrahman fighting. We play some tactics, but medal tally in Samba 26 Romania 1 3 0 4 the main goal is to keep on fighting. Tokyo. competes 26 Sweden 1 3 0 4 We never give up. This helped us El Seify partic- in the men's 26 Venezuela 1 3 0 4 come back in the second set.” ipated in the 2016 400m “We never look at the score. Rio Olympics and hurdles 29 Hong Kong, China 1 2 0 3 We don’t care about the score. We finished sixth with semi-final. 29 South Africa 1 2 0 3 always focus on the game, always a throw of 85.57m. focus on ourselves, not on the He also claimed 29 Slovakia 1 2 0 3 opponent or the score. We just the silver medal in 32 Austria 1 1 3 5 have to play well and enjoy the the 2015 and 2019 Qatar's Femi Ogunode (third left) competes in the semi-finals 33 Denmark 1 1 2 4 game. It’s a pleasure for me to play Asian Athletics of the men's yesterday. against Phil and Nick. I really feel Championships. 33 Serbia 1 1 2 4

Caeleb Dressel of the United States in action. Italy’s Jacobs clinches first post-Bolt era 100 metres gold

REUTERS – TOKYO perhaps I will realise.” Kerley described it as a Lamont Marcell Jacobs “beautiful race”. “I PB’d and claimed a stunning upset get a silver medal. I am victory in the Olympic men’s blessed to be at the biggest 100 metres final yesterday, stage of my career,” he said. Milestone medals becoming the first Italian to In the absence of Bolt, take the most coveted title in who retired in 2017 after a athletics and doing it in a hat-trick of titles, it was European record time of 9.80 always going to be an open in pool, Zverev seconds. race, but it became all the In the first final of the more so after world post-Usain Bolt era, champion wins tennis final American Fred Kerley came was banned for an anti- up just short in his bid to doping violation and become the first American American Trayvon Bromell, AP – TOKYO Rojas finished the compe- winner since Justin Gatlin in the world lead and pre-race tition with a mark of 15.67 2004, taking silver in a per- favourite, failed to make the Caeleb Dressel and Emma meters to break a record set in sonal best 9.84. final. McKeon earned milestone 1995. Inessa Kravets of Ukraine Canada’s Andre de Grasse With former world medals at the Olympic pool. held the record at 15.50. also ran a personal best of champion Yohan Blake also Dressel won two more gold 9.89 to repeat his bronze of falling at the semi-final stage, medals to give him five in the TENNIS GOLD 2016, as new spikes featuring it was the first time since Tokyo Olympics, winning the Fifth-ranked Alexander “performance-enhancing” Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy celebrates with compatriot 2000 that no Jamaican had 50-meter freestyle and putting Zverev of Germany won the carbon soles continue to see after winning the men's 100 metres been on the start line - 24 the Americans ahead to stay in gold medal in men’s tennis athletes taking chunks out of gold yesterday. hours after the country had a the 4x100 medley relay on their singles. long-standing marks. completed clean sweep in the way to a world record. Zverev beat Russian Jacobs had fired a warning women’s event. “I’m proud of myself. I feel opponent Karen Khachanov with a European record of but there was almost nothing “It’s been my dream since In truly global style like I reached what my 6-3, 6-1 for the biggest title of 9.84 in the semis to become between the field approaching I was a child,” said Jacobs, though, the final featured ath- potential was here at these his career. the first Italian to make the halfway. who was born in the United letes from Africa, Asia, Europe Games,” Dressel said. “It was It follows a comeback final. But even in the most Jacobs, though, main- States but moved to Europe and North America. just really fun racing.” victory for Zverev over top- open-looking showdown for tained his form and avoided with his Italian mother when South African Akani Dressel join Americans ranked Novak Djokovic in the decades, the man who had the tension that can so often he was a month old. Simbine clocked 9.93 to finish Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and semifinals. never gone under 10 seconds tighten up a sprinter, despite “I need a week or so to fourth -- one up on his Rio Matt Biondi, as well as East The top-seeded Czech team until this year still seemed a the enormity of the occasion. understand what has hap- position. China’s Su Bingtian Germany’s Kristin Otto, as the of Barbora Krejcikova and Kat- long shot to be the first He blasted across the line with pened. Seeing (compatriot) won his semi-final in an Asian only swimmers to win as many erina Siniakova won gold in European winner since Briton an explosive scream of joy for Gimbo (Tamberi) win the high record 9.83 to become the as five golds at a single women’s doubles. The Czechs in 1992. an incredible win, to join jump gold (10 minutes earlier) first Asian into the final for 89 Olympics. Phelps did it three beat the Swiss team of Belinda After Britain’s Zharnel , who won the fired me up a lot. years but was never in the mix times. Bencic and Viktorija Golubic Hughes was disqualified for a 200m at the boycotted 1980 “I’ve won an Olympic gold and finished sixth in 9.98, McKeon became the first 7-5, 6-1. false start, the powerful Games, in a very exclusive after Bolt, it’s unbelievable. behind another American female swimmer and second Bencic won gold in singles Jacobs got an explosive start Italian sprinting hall of fame. Tonight, staring at the ceiling, Ronnie Baker. woman in any sport to claim a day earlier by beating Czech seven medals at one Olympics. player Marketa Vondrouova. Four of them were gold, the other three bronze. McKeon won the 50 free and took the butterfly leg on Australia’s Alexander Zverev winning effort in of Germany the women’s celebrates on 4x100 medley the podium after relay. winning the men's tennis singles RECORD final. SETTER Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela set a world record with her final attempt to win the women’s triple Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy crosses the finish line to win the men's 100 metres gold. jump. Sport MONDAY 2 AUGUST 2021 14

World record likely Hockey: India and Belgium join required for gold in Tokyo Australia, Germany in semis REUTERS — TOKYO TOKYO REUTERS — committed team I’ve been Dilpreet with,” said the 36-year-old, India reached the semi-finals Singh of India When Britain’s male 4km who will be the old head of the men’s hockey tour- celebrates with team pursuit squad broke the alongside , nament at the Olympics for the team-mates world record twice in one day Ethan Vernon and Matt Walls. first time since 1980 thanks to after scoring a to claim gold in Rio five years But to retain their crown, a 3-1 win over Britain yesterday goal yesterday. ago, it seemed the bar had Britain are likely to go at least to set up a showdown with been raised towards its limit. seven seconds quicker than Belgium at the Tokyo Games. The quartet of , they did in last year Australia and Germany will , and when they outclassed contest the other semi-final. clocked Denmark, as well as New India, who won the last of 3:50.265 to narrowly beat Aus- Zealand and Italy. their eight Olympic hockey gold tralia and give Britain a third Dan Bigham, the former medals at the 1980 Moscow successive Olympic gold. British team member and Games, led 2-0 at halftime Their winning time was aerodynamic whiz-kid, who thanks to goals by Dilpreet only 1.4 seconds faster than defected across to help the Singh and Gurjant Singh. After their previous world record Danes in 2019 with startling conceding a goal in the 45th set at London 2012, which results, said the world record minute, India sealed the win makes what has happened will be lowered in Izu. when Hardik Singh made it 3-1 since all the more “I know that the original with just minutes left to play. remarkable. Team GB goal for Tokyo was “We are so happy because Australia were the first to it would take 3:48 to win the after a long time we are raise their game, dropping team pursuit, but the goal- reaching a semi-final,” said Tokyo heat, while Germany ahead twice in the game, thanks goal, leaving Argentina goal- the world record to 3:49.80 posts have moved,” said India playmaker Manpreet overcame Argentina. to two goals by Tom Wickham, keeper Juan Vivaldi no chance and then 3:48.01 in 2018 and Bigham. Singh. A powerful performance by only to see the hard-fighting to stop the ball. 2019. Then came the Danes. “I think (the record) has to “We still have two more goalkeeper Andrew Charter, Dutch side equalise through The German side added to At the 2020 World Champi- go. I think it will anyway. The games so... we need to have our who kept a clean sheet in the goals by Mink van der Weerden their advantage in the second onships in Berlin, the Danish track itself and conditions look feet on the ground.” Belgium shootouts - won 3-0 by Aus- and Jeroen Hertzberger. half after scoring through squad didn’t just break the even for an equal performance ended Spain’s run with a 3-1 tralia after the score was 2-2 at The result meant the Dutch another penalty corner. The record, they obliterated it to Berlin it will go because victory, including two goals the end of regular playing time men’s squad will not feature in fourth quarter saw one goal three times in two days on the people physiologically will be from top-scorer Alexander - helped the Kookaburras win the semi-finals of the Olympic from each side, including Wind- way to the gold medal. in better shape, and the track Hendrickx, who played with a the match. hockey tournament for the first feder’s second, leaving the final By the time Lasse Norman conditions will be quick. bandage around his head to “It’s bloody amazing,” said time since 1984. score at 3-1. Hansen, , Fre- “I expect it will go in protect a wound on his Charter. “To come out here and Germany opened the score “It’s hot weather and hot- derik Rodenberg and Rasmus men’s and women’s.” forehead. carry the burden for a bit, it’s against Olympic champions minded Argentina, and we just Pedersen had finished, the Joanna Rowsall, a key cog Earlier yesterday, Australia good for my confidence and it’s Argentina in the 19th minute want to keep it cool and play new benchmark in the track in the British team pursuit reached the semi-finals by good for the team defensively when defender Lukas Wind- our German style, and I think cycling blue riband event was squad to win gold in Rio, is beating the Netherlands in a moving forward.” feder shot a penalty corner low we did exactly that,” said 3:44.67. also convinced the game has penalty shootout in sizzling The Australians had pulled and hard at the left side of the forward Christopher Ruhr. Britain’s women’s world moved on. record of 4:10.236 set at the “The only way it won’t 2016 Olympics, where they happen is if the track condi- lowered the mark three tions are really bad in Tokyo, Volleyball: Brazil set up last eight clash with Japan times, persists, but this week which I’m sure they won’t in Izu’s Olympic velodrome be,” Rowsall, an analyst for REUTERS – TOKYO In the deciding set Brazil saved four 25-21, 20-25, 29-31, 25-22, 15-13 on the new ground could be broken. Discovery, said. match points before winning 25-22, 37-39, back of the explosive Yuji Nishida, who fin- Clancy, bidding for a “I’ve had a cheeky extra Defending Olympic champions Brazil edged 25-17, 21-25, 20-18 to give themselves a ished with 30 points and four blocks. fourth Olympic gold medal year as world record holder France in a marathon five-set battle boost ahead of the quarter-finals. Skipper Yuki Ishikawa had 20 points while in team pursuit, admits with the cancellation of the yesterday in the men’s volleyball prelim- The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 19-year-old Ran Takahashi added another Denmark have moved the Games but I’m preparing inary round and they will next face hosts team beat bottom side Tunisia 25-20, 25-22, 19. game on. myself mentally for it to go! I Japan, who stormed into the quarter-finals 25-16 to finish top of Pool B. Brazil had the The result meant Japan qualified in third “They are kings of team think the question is more with a comeback win over Iran. same 4-1 record but finished second after place and will face Brazil in the quarter- pursuit right now. But this is about how much than if. Will World number one Brazil, who also being taken to five sets in two of their wins. finals while Iran, who started their cam- the Great Britain team and we it be 4:08 or 4:07.” needed five sets to beat Argentina, took the Earlier, Pool A leaders and world cham- paign with two wins, were eliminated after have done everything in the Some clues will emerge opening set but the second was a see-saw pions Poland beat Canada 25-15, 25-21, finishing fifth -- a point behind Canada. past and set that bar. We still today when the team pursuit battle that lasted nearly an hour, the teams 25-16, with Bartosz Kurek and Wilfredo Argentina’s 25-21 25-23 25-23 victory want to win. This is the most qualifiers are on the schedule. sharing 15 set points between them before Leon combining for 33 points. moved them up to third in Pool B while France eventually came through. Japan fought back from 2-1 down to win France qualified in fourth place.

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon crosses the line to win the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Budapest, yesterday. Qatar Racing Limited’s Buckaroo gets off the mark in Galway

THE PENINSULA — GALWAY began to press the long-time leader Stone Age inside the Sent off as a favourite for the final two furlongs. seven-runner contest, the The pair battled for the Qatar Racing Limited-owned advantage up the home Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock x straight, but Buckaroo always Roheryn) proved the toughest had the measure of his rival when taking the Irish Stallion and stuck on resolutely to score Fams EBF Maiden, for two- by a neck at the line. year-olds in Galway, yesterday. Golden Beach (GB) (Oasis The bay colt was having his Dream x Mirror Lake) looked Ocon wins chaotic Hungarian GP second start and improved on like he would play an important his third-placed effort on debut role on leaving the back at Killarney three weeks ago. straight, but could never land as Hamilton retakes F1 title lead Buckaroo is trained by Joseph a blow on the leading pair and Patrick O’Brien and was ridden finished six lengths back in to success by Declan third. REUTERS - MOGYORÓD race to Hamilton, who kept his McDonagh. Bred by the Roheryn Part- nose clean to stay in the lead. Trying the 1,700m trip for nership, Buckaroo is by Frenchman Esteban Ocon But a strategic misstep that the first time, Buckaroo was Coolmore stallion Fastnet Rock fended off Sebastian Vettel to left him out to take the restart quickly on the pace. He took a (Danehill). take a maiden Formula One win on intermediate tyres on a lead from his principal market His dam Roheryn (Galileo) for Alpine in a chaotic drying lap, even as every other rival Stone Age (IRE) (Galileo x was a Listed winner over Hungarian Grand Prix, that saw car peeled into the pits, dropped Bonanza Creek) through the 2,400m and was also placed at Lewis Hamilton charging him to the back when he pitted first few furlongs of the contest. Group Two level. The second through from last-to-third to for dry tyres a lap later. On the turn for home, it was dam La Chunga (More Than retake the championship lead The win was the first of clear that little else was going Ready) won the Group Three from tenth-placed Max Ocon’s career and first for his to get involved and Buckaroo Summer Stakes at York. Verstappen. Enstone-based team in its The 24-year-old Ocon Alpine guise. It was also the first Buckaroo in action yesterday. crossed the line 1.8 seconds for a French driver in a French clear of his Aston Martin rival, car since Alain Prost mounted while Hamilton nearly caught the top step of the podium for the pair up but fell 2.7 seconds Renault in 1983. short. Alpine’s Esteban It was made even sweeter Still, the Briton put himself Ocon celebrates by a fourth-place finish for six points clear of Verstappen, on the podium. Fernando Alonso, who scored who scored just the sole point his maiden win for the same after being caught up in an team in Hungary in 2003 when opening lap incident. McLaren’s Lando Norris. The mechanics a chance to carry out it raced as Renault. The Dutchman, who had Briton was himself tagged by some repairs but the Red Bull The Spaniard, who cele- made a good start on a wet the slow starting Mercedes of was too hamstrung by the brated his 40th birthday on track from second on the grid, Valtteri Bottas that sent him damage to bring him back into Thursday and whose defence was right behind Hamilton sliding into the Red Bull. contention. against Hamilton played a part heading into the first corner The ensuing red-flag The opening lap incident in securing the win for Ocon, when he was collected by stoppage gave Verstappen’s appeared to have handed the was voted Driver of the Day.