F1: Hamilton Looks to Go Past Schumacher's Mark of 91 Wins
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He leads the “I wass really honored by 91st victory was a very special driver.driv into an unfortunate situation and was dis- championship by 69 points Michael’ss familyfamily whenwhen theythey moment. Valtteri’sValtteri’s race, For qualified, but I won several other big tour- ahead of his Mercedes team- presenteded me with thisthis however, could not have gonegone superstarsu naments. The US Open disqualification mate Valtteri Bottas after helmet,” HamiltonHamilton said.said. muchmuch worse,”worse,” Mercedes’Mercedes’ headhead Hamilton,Ha the notwithstanding, I have only lost one winning seven of the first 11 It wasas Schumacher’sSchumacher’s of motorsportmotorsport Toto Wolff said. Lewis Hamilton storys match all season and I’ve played some of races, and with only five retirementnt from MercedesMercedes “ButBut one ofof Valtteri’sValtteri’ss continues.c the best tennis of my life.” Al Ahli face Al Sadd test Umm Bab Cup: Soufiane guides Al Naama to glory as QSL allows more fans FAWAD HUSSAIN QSL: ROUND 5 FIXTURES addition to ban on all kinds of THE PENINSULA Tomorrow food inside the stadiums will be 5:30pm: Al Wakrah vs Al Arabi continued. Points leaders Al Ahli will face at Qatar SC Stadium Top of the table clash their toughest test of the season Meanwhile, Sunday’s match so far when they host former 7:45pm: Qatar SC vs Umm Salal between Al Ahli and Al Sadd champions Al Sadd in their fifth at Qatar SC Stadium will determine the top spot after round clash of the QNB Stars Sunday the Brigadiers had a perfect League (QSL) on Sunday. 5:30pm: Al Ahli vs Al Sadd start to the new season with The fifth round, which will at Al Ahli Stadium four consecutive victories. begin tomorrow with two 7:45pm: Al Rayyan vs Al Duhail The Nebojsa Jovovic- matches scheduled at the Qatar coached side defeated Al SC Stadium, will see more fans at Al Gharafa Stadium Wakrah (2-1), Al Arabi (2-0), Al visiting the venues after QSL Monday Khor (1-0) and Al Sailiya (2-0) decided to increase the quota 5:30pm: Al Sailiya vs Al Gharafa for a dream start in the new of fans at the stadiums. at Al Ahli Stadium QSL edition. “In line with the continuous 7:45pm: Al Kharaitiyat vs Al Khor On the other hand, giants Al reviews of coronavirus pan- Sadd, who are placed second at Al Khor Stadium demic-related protocols which with 10 points, are high on con- the Qatar Stars League follows fidence after they outwitted Soufiane Saadi in co-operation with the Min- QNB Stars League and Round reigning champions Al Duhail guiding Al Shaqab istry of Public Health, it has 4 of the Ooredoo Cup,” QSL said in their deferred match on Racing’s homebred been decided to increase the in a statement yesterday. Wednesday. Al Sadd head Al Naama to victory number of tickets allowed to be The QSL added basic pre- coach Xavi Hernandez said the in Umm Bab Cup purchased through the official cautionary measures including away win over Al Duhail, gave during fourth race website (tickets.qsl.qa) to four green status of the Ehteraz App, a good momentum to his side meeting of the tickets per person starting from use of masks during games and that will be important in the season at QREC's Week 5 of the 2020-21 season maintaining a safe distance in coming matches. Al Rayyan Park, “The team’s situation was yesterday. It was difficult before the start of the sixth victory for match, especially as our striker Alban de Mieulle- Baghdad Bounedjah is not with trained 6-year-old us because of injury, but all of mare. RIGHT: the team’s players gave their Saadi receiving the best,” said Xavi. winner's trophy after “We are now in a good the victory. moment and we must take advantage of this in the next matches. I am happy with the UMM BAB CUP victory and I hope that we will Yesterday’s Winners (Horse, Trainer, Jockey) benefit from this good per- UMM BAB CUP THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 4) formance in the upcoming Al Naama (FR), Alban Elie Marie De Mieulle, Soufiane Saadi Jabalaly (IRE), Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki, Soufiane Saadi matches,” he added. Meanwhile, Sunday will PUREBRED ARABIAN MAIDEN PLATE LOCAL PUREBRED ARABIAN HANDICAP feature another blockbuster Veverka Py (FR), Mohammed Nasser Al-Naimi, Killian Leonard Dalilak (QA), Mohammed Riyaz Ibrahim Kasim, Alberto Sanna game with former champions Al Rayyan taking on Al Duhail LOCAL PUREBRED ARABIANS (3-Year-Old Fillies Only) THOROUGHBRED PLATE (3 Year Olds) (Class 2) at Al Gharafa Stadium.