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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 GGOLFOLF | Page 7 Real Madrid Rose wins lose to Girona in Shanghai in troubled as Johnson Catalonia implodes CRICKET Monday, October 30 2017 Safar 10, 1439 AH Kohli lauds bowlers as India GULF TIMES win ODI series against N Zealand SPORT Page 2 FORMULA ONE Brit Hamilton wins fourth world title despite collision ‘It doesn’t feel real. It is not the kind of race I wanted, 40 seconds behind, but I never gave up’ CHAMPIONS DOWN THE YEARS DPA Mexico City Mexico City (DPA) — Formula One driv- Keke Rosberg, Finland 1 (1982) ers’ and constructors’ world Alan Jones, Australia 1 (1980) champions by number of titles. Jody Scheckter, South Africa 1 (1979) ritain’s Lewis Hamilton was Mario Andretti, United States 1 (1978) crowned Formula One world Drivers’ world champions James Hunt, Britain 1 (1976) champion yesterday after fi n- Michael Schumacher, Germany 7 Jochen Rindt, Austria 1 (1970) (1994,95,2000,01,02,03,04) Dennis Hulme, New Zealand 1 (1967) ishing ninth in a dramatic Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentina 5 BMexican Grand Prix. John Surtees, Britain 1 (1964) (1951,54,55,56,57) Phil Hill, United States 1 (1961) Alain Prost, France 4 (1985,86,89,93) The race was won by Red Bull’s Max Mike Hawthorn, Britain 1 (1958) Sebastian Vettel, Germany 4 (2010,11,12,13) Verstappen but Mercedes’ Hamilton Giuseppe Farina, Italy 1 (1950) clinched his fourth drivers’ champi- Lewis Hamilton, Britain 4 (2008,14,15,17) Ayrton Senna, Brazil 3 (1988,90,91) onship because fourth-placed Ferrari Constructors’ world champions Nelson Piquet, Brazil 3 (1981,83,87) driver Sebastian Vettel was not able to Ferrari 16 (1961,64,75,76,77,79,82,83,99,200 Niki Lauda, Austria 3 (1975,77,84) 0,01,02,03,04, win the race following collisions be- Jackie Stewart, Britain 3 (1969,71,73) 07,08) tween the three on the fi rst lap. Jack Brabham, Australia 3 (1959,60,66) Williams 9 (1980,81,86,87,92,93,94,96,97) “It doesn’t feel real. It is not the kind Fernando Alonso, Spain 2 (2005,06) McLaren 8 (1974,84,85,88,89,90,91,98) of race I wanted, 40 seconds behind, Mika Hakkinen, Finland 2 (1998,99) Lotus 7 (1963,65,68,70,72,73,78) but I never gave up. That is what is im- Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil 2 (1972,74) Mercedes 4 (2014,15,16,17) portant and in my heart. I am grateful Jim Clark, Britain 2 (1963,65) Red Bull 4 (2010,11,12,13) Graham Hill, Britain 2 (1962,68) for today,” Hamilton said. Renault 2 (2005,06) Alberto Ascari, Italy 2 (1952,53) The opening lap of the race was high- Brabham 2 (1966,67) Nico Rosberg, Germany 1 (2016) ly eventful with polesitter Vettel bang- Cooper 2 (1959,60) Jenson Button, Britain 1 (2009) ing wheels with Verstappen before Vet- Brawn 1 (2009) Kimi Raikkonen, Finland 1 (2007) tel and Hamilton also touched. Debris Benetton 1 (1995) Jacques Villeneuve, Canada 1 (1997) Tyrrell 1 (1971) from the Ferrari fl ew onto the track and Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton Damon Hill, Britain 1 (1996) Matra 1 (1969) Hamilton suff ered a puncture. celebrates after winning his fourth Nigel Mansell, Britain 1 (1992) Vettel pitted for a new front wing Formula One world title despite finishing BRM 1 (1962) and Hamilton lengthily for a new rear the Mexican Grand Prix in ninth place. tyre and the pair rejoined the race with Hamilton last and Verstappen clear in Race winner Max Verstappen the lead. It was hard to say if any driver of Netherlands and Red Bull was at fault for the collisions and the celebrates on the podium at stewards decided not to investigate the Autodromo Hermanos what will go down as racing incidents. Rodriguez in Mexico City. “I hated the race but I am super hap- enough for the title as long as Vettel did the fi rst half of the campaign and had to join Vettel on four titles and go one py now. He (Hamilton) has achieved it not win. long suff ering Ferrari fans dreaming of better than his idol — Brazilian Ayrton and the team has won. This is most im- A virtual safety car after Brendon success. Senna. portant,” said Mercedes team boss Toto Hartley’s Toro Rosso had fl ames com- Hamilton won his fi rst world ti- Ferrari were meant to challenge Wolff to Britain’s Radio Five. “It was a ing out of the back and had to stop on tle with McLaren in 2008. There was Mercedes all the way to the fi nish this bizarre accident.” the side of the track helped Hamilton surprise in the F1 paddock when he season yet the Silver Arrows wrapped The wisdom of Hamilton attacking as it bunched up the pack and enforced switched to a previously struggling up the constructors’ championship on the fi rst lap, with the three cars all pit stops. Mercedes team in 2013 but the Briton last week in the United States and now next to each other at one point, could It was a third grand prix win for had the last laugh. The German team Hamilton has the drivers’ title with two be questioned when he only needed to 20-year-old Dutchman Verstappen have gone on to dominate the sport, races left to go. fi nish fi fth even if Vettel won. while Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas while McLaren are now also-rans. It all points to more Mercedes he- But the 32-year-old had made clear was second with Ferrari’s Kimi Raik- His title successes with Mercedes in gemony next season and with current before the race that he wanted to seal konen third. 2014 and 2015 were followed by a bitter team-mate Bottas less of a threat than the title in style with a victory. In the Hamilton’s triumph follows a re- battle with team-mate Nico Rosberg Rosberg, Hamilton will secretly have end the audacious driver made it up to markable comeback, including wins for last year’s championship. Rosberg his eye on Michael Schumacher’s record ninth place, after a late ding-dong with in fi ve of the last six races, after Ger- prevailed and then retired, leaving the seven world titles. He has already joined old rival Fernando Alonso, which was many’s Vettel led the championship for coast clear this season for Hamilton Ferrari rival Vettel on four. CRICKET Pakistan mark Lanka return with T20 win AFP “This sends a big signal to the rest of Lahore the cricketing nations that Pakistan is LAHORE SCORECARD ready to host international cricket.” Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilan- Pakistan D. Shanaka c Wasim b Ashraf ...................54 akistan marked the return of ag Sumathipala vowed his board will Fakhar Zaman b Munaweera ....................31 P. de Silva b Amir .....................................................21 Sri Lanka with a 3-0 Twen- not leave Pakistan in isolation. Umar Amin c Perera b Udana .................45 T. Perera c Shadab b Hasan........................10 ty20 series whitewash yester- “We are happy and privileged to be Babar Azam not out ...........................................34 S. Prasana c Ahmed b Amir .........................16 day, as offi cials hoped it will here to support Pakistan cricket,” said Shoaib Malik c de Silva n Sanjaya .........51 S. Pathirana c Hafeez b Amir ......................14 Phelp reestablish the country’s reputa- Sumathipala. “It’s a wonderful crick- Faheem Ashraf not out ....................................13 I. Udana not out .........................................................0 tion for hosting international cricket. eting nation. Pakistan has done so Extras: (lb2, nb2, w2) ...........................................6 V. Sanjaya not out .......................................................1 The third and fi nal Twenty20 match, much for world cricket and to sports Total: (for three wkts; 20 overs) ......180 Extras: (lb1, w2) .........................................................3 which Pakistan comfortably won by 36 in general so we cannot leave them in Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Zaman), 2-91 Total: (for nine wkts; 20 overs) ..........144 runs at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, was isolation.” (Amin, 3-166 (Malik) Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Munaweera), 2-15 Sri Lanka’s fi rst since their team bus However, a rampaging Pakistan side Bowling: Sanjaya 4-0-41-1 (2nb), (Samarawickrama), 3-21 (Gunathilaka), was attacked near the same venue in did not show any mercy to their oppo- Munaweera 4-0-26-1, Udana 3-0-32-1, 4-57 (Udawatte), 5-96 (Shanaka), 6-106 March 2009. nents as they piled up 180-3 in their 20 Gunathilaka 2-0-16-0 (1w), Perera 4-0- (de Silva), 7-114 (Perera), 8-142 (Pathira- Those attacks, which left eight peo- overs. 28-0 (1w), de Silva 1-0-14-0, Shanaka na), 9-143 (Prasana) ple dead and seven Sri Lanka play- Shoaib Malik, the only player from 1-0-13-0 Bowling: Wasim 4-0-30-1, Amir 4-0-13- ers and their staff injured, suspended both the sides to have also featured in Sri Lanka 4 (1w), Hafeez 2-0-11-1, Ashraf 4-0-19-2, international cricket in Pakistan and the fateful 2009 Lahore Test, smashed D. Gunathilaka c and b Hafeez ...................9 Shadab 2-0-31-0, Hasan 4-0-39-1 (1w) forced them to play at neutral venues a 24-ball 51 with fi ve boundaries and D. Munaweera b Amir ............................................1 Result: Pakistan won by 36 runs, take of United Arab Emirates (UAE). two sixes. S. Samarawickrama c Azam b Wasim 4 series 3-0 The fi rst two matches, which Pa- He added 75 for the third wicket M.