St Christopher’s P23 crowned champions SPORTS 2424 Friday, March 31, 2017

FormulaManama Jordan King of MP second of2 three days of tests. icholas Latifi set the pace Motorsport was fourth, day one The tests in Bahrain conclude yesterday on the second leader of Prema today and sessions are open to Nday of Formula 2 pre-season Racing was fifth and Norman public. testing at Bahrain International Nato of Pertamina Arden was All those with tickets to testing at BIC Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir. sixth, with Alexander Albon the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air The DAMS ace clocked of ART Grand Prix seventh Bahrain Grand Prix may attend a fastest lap of (one minute and teammate Nobuharu free of charge. 40.541 seconds) to top the times Matsushita rounding out the The tests are a part of in a very competitive morning top eight. BIC’s “Race Fever” campaign, session, which saw each of the Each of the fastest eight in organised to help build up Latifi sets quickest seven drivers register the morning had better times excitement ahead of this year’s a lap within the 1:40.000 mark. than afternoon session leader Formula 1 extravaganza. They were all also within just of Rapax, whose Formula 2 was recently five-tenths of a second apart. best following a mid-day break rebranded from the GP2 Series Russian Time teammates was 1:41.212. heading into this season, which (1:40.678) and A total of 20 drivers, is its 13th. The new campaign Artem Markelov (1:40.678) representing 10 teams, took to gets underway in support of the pace on followed in second and third BIC’s 5.412-kilometre Grand Bahrain Grand Prix from April day two respectively. Prix track yesterday for the 14 to 16.

Day one leader Charles Leclerc of Prema Wozniacki ousts Pliskova to reach Miami final

Miami between a resurgent Venus but the Dane fought back and in the following two sets to aroline Wozniacki booked Williams of the United States at 5-4 had three set points, earn a third final appearance her place in the final of the and Britain’s Johanna Konta. which Pliskova manage to deny of the year. WTAC Miami Open by rallying Pliskova, who has won titles her. Wozniacki then double “I’m not sure how I managed to defeat Czech second seed this year at Doha and Brisbane, faulted to give the Czech a to do that,” Wozniacki said. Karolina Pliskova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 also fell at the semi-final stage break point, which she took “It is tough when you lose that yesterday. in Indian Wells two weeks ago before serving out for the set. first set -- especially having set The Dane, who has never but started the early afternoon But former world number points, it hits you a little bit. Pliskova of the appeared in the Miami contest in positive fashion. one Wozniacki, grinding down But I got a good start to the Czech Republic final, will play the winner of The Czech broke Wozniacki Pliskova with her solid defense, second set and that got me throws her raquet Thursday’s later semi-final in the first game of the match ran out a comfortable winner going, got me grinding.” after losing Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark

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