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Sri Lanka name four uncapped players Hami tops charts in Spain Lewis Hamilton was 0.133secs quicker than Daniel Ricciardo, with Max Verstappen, using the super- soft, 0.141secs behind his team-mate

• Sebastian Vettel was 05 Spanish Grand Prix Catalunya 0.326secs slower than Hamilton May 11-13 Distance: 66 laps – 307.104km Lap: 4.655km Banc-Sabadell Daniel Ricciardo crashed 4 140 3 105 Reuters | Colombo • CIRCUIT DE midway through the first 13 BARCELONA- 4 130 15 New 12 Holland session and lost track time CATALUNYA ri Lanka opening bats- 14 Sman Mahela Udawatte 8 300 11 has been called into a 17- BBC | Catalunya 16 1 5 175 10 man test squad for next 9 month’s tour to West In- ewis Hamilton headed Red Bull’s 7 285 8 312 2 Campsa dies, along with three other Daniel Ricciardo and Max Ver- Pit lane 7 265 uncapped players, Kasun Lstappen in a difficult-to-read sec- 4 Rajitha, ond practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Repsol 8 5 220 and Asitha Fernando. Hamilton and Ricciardo were just two The 31-year-old Udawatte of a number of drivers who set their fast- Renault 6 270 3 will hope to get his first est times on the soft tyre rather than the 7 Seat opportunity in the longest theoretically faster super-soft. 5 6 8 305 6 260 format, more than 10 years Verstappen and Ferrari’s Sebastian 3 after his one-day interna- Vettel did improve on the super-soft but Elf 5 230 tional debut in West Indies. were only third and fourth quickest. 2 1 Regular opener Dimuth It meant a clear competitive picture 6 245 4 190 8 325 8 320 5 135 Karunaratne remains on was even harder to discern than usual. Lewis Hamilton the sidelines with a frac- Many drivers were struggling to make 162.7m 192.3m tured finger, and fast bowl- the super-soft work at all on one quali- exposed hillside track in the Valles region ers fying lap and it looked as if teams would Sea level north of Barcelona. and are out be trying to minimise running on what Turn 12 3 4 5 6 78 9 101112 13 14 15 16 Only one driver went off and was una- ble to rejoin, Haas’ Romain Grosjean, but with back and hamstring was expected to be the qualifying tyre. Timing DRS DRS activation Gear Km/h issues respectively. The unexpected situation with tyres 6 150 1 sector detection zone once his car was returned to the pits he The national selectors meant that the headline lap times were went seventh fastest, making him best have also included senior potentially not a reflection of real pace. Source: FIA DRS: Drag Reduction System © GRAPHIC NEWS of the rest ahead of team-mate Kevin players Hamilton was 0.133secs quicker than through the first session and lost track Meanwhile, there were apparent en- Magnussen. and but Ricciardo, with Verstappen, using the su- time. gine concerns for Ferrari, with Kimi Rai- That position may have been taken by their participation in the per-soft, 0.141secs behind his team-mate. It indicates a potentially close - kkonen, sixth quickest, returning slowly Fernando Alonso’s McLaren, but he set tour is subject to fitness. Vettel, on the super-soft, was 0.326secs ly matched fight for victory, while to the pits after a puff of smoke from his fastest time on the medium tyre, did “Mathews and Lakmal are slower than Hamilton and Bottas was Mercedes and Ferrari would be expected the rear of his car. As with the morning not set a lap time on the super-soft, and not unfit as such,” Sri Lan- just 0.026secs off the fastest Ferrari. to have an advantage in qualifying thanks session, there were a number of spins did not do a qualifying run on the soft. ka’s chief selector Graeme Ricciardo’s time was particularly to their extra engine boost, which is not and off-track moments as strong winds His team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne was Labrooy told ESPNcricinfo. impressive after he crashed midway available to Renault. disrupted the cars’ aerodynamics on this ninth. Red Bull’s Spanish Grand Southgate to name England Prix F1 upgrades explained squad for Russia Autosport | Catalunya AFP | London ed Bull introduced a ma- jor Formula 1 upgrade areth Southgate will Rpackage during Spanish name his England Grand Prix free practice, in - Gsquad for the World cluding revised sidepods, barge- Cup in Russia on May 16. boards and floor. Southgate will reveal his 23- The bargeboards have a new man group for the finals on forward footplate, while the an- Wednesday and is scheduled gled outwash vanes have also to discuss his selection in a been revised. press conference at Wembley This is supplemented by a the following day. Gareth Southgate new slotted element that bridg- World governing body FIFA es the main bargeboard panels has set June 4 as the date when Southgate has already been to the floor and deflector. all final squads for the tourna- forced to rule Liverpool duo Above this, the boomerang ment must be submitted. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and winglet has been revised to Joe Gomez out of his plans. feature the necessary slots to Oxlade-Chamberlain suf- mirror the aerodynamic ap - Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo drives fered a season-ending knee in- pendages directly beneath - a jury in the first leg of the Reds’ requirement of the regulations. Champions League semi-final The leading edge of the floor, These strakes help to clean up diffuser. improved. 23 against Roma. which since the Hungarian the turbulence created by the Internally, the team has im- A redesign of the car’s member group for the Gomez has undergone ankle Grand Prix last July has fea - tyre and aerodynamic surfaces proved the position and shape of mid-section was the point when finals will be revealed on surgery on an injury suffered tured three floor strakes, is now ahead of them, improving the some of its ancillaries so airflow Red Bull really started to unlock Wednesday in England’s friendly against supplemented by six strakes. performance of the floor and through the sidepods can be the potential of last year’s car. Holland in March.

PSG’s Dani Alves out of World Cup with injury Eurosport | London However on Friday Alves was ruled out of Alves was taken off with a the tournament by Brazil and PSG as it was • razilian defender Dani Alves has confirmed that he would undergo surgery. knee injury on Tuesday during his been ruled out of the 2018 World Cup It means Alves has likely played his last team’s 2-0 win over Les Herbiers Bin Russia due to injury. World Cup game, with the right-back set Alves was taken off with a knee injury to be 39 by the time the 2022 World Cup in Alves was ruled out of the on Tuesday during his team’s 2-0 win over Qatar rolls around. It hands national team tournament• by Brazil and PSG Les Herbiers in the Coupe de France final. manager Tite a dilemma at right-back and On Wednesday a spokesperson for Alves with his captaincy, with Alves expected by said that he would be fit for the World Cup. journalists to be named . Dani Alves