SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 16 Verstappen celebrates ‘incredible’ maiden pole

Max Verstappen takes• first F1 pole Moeen Ali of England is bowled by Nathan Lyon of Australia position at Hungarian Grand Prix England 374 all out against Australia in first Ashes Test Valtteri Bottas takes • AFP | Birmingham Last man James Anderson second in qualifying came out to bat despite suffer- ngland were dismissed for ing a calf injury earlier in the Lewis Hamilton will E374 in reply to Australia’s match that meant England’s line• up third on the grid first-innings 284, a lead of 90 all-time leading Test wick- runs, on the third day of the et-taker only bowled four overs first Test at Edgbaston yes - in Australia’s first innings. AFP | Hungary terday. Woakes then declined clear Rory Burns batted for nearly singles in what appeared to be ax Verstappen cele- eight hours to top-score with both a bid to keep the strike and brated his long-await- 133, his maiden Test hundred, reduce the amount of running Med maiden pole posi- in an innings where England between the wickets required tion with record-breaking speed Joe Root (57) and by Anderson, who was even- yesterday when he topped the vice-captain Ben Stokes (50) tually last man out for three times for Red Bull in a tense both hit half-centuries. when caught slog-sweeping off and closely-fought qualifying Max Red Bull’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates after he finished first England lost three wickets Nathan Lyon. session at the Hungarian Grand for four runs before lunch to Fast bowler Pat Cummins Prix. visitors from Finland, the Neth- Q2 as out went George Russell slump to 300-8 -- just 16 runs led Australia’s attack with 3-84 In doing so, he became the erlands and Poland. of Williams, despite a thrilling ahead. in 33 overs on an increasingly 100th different pole sitter in lap that lifted him to 16th, Ser- But a ninth-wicket stand placid pitch, with off-spin- Formula One, doing so at the Orange army gio Perez and his Racing Point of 65 between Chris Woakes, ner Lyon taking 3-112 in 43.5 same Hungaroring track where These fans, backing Bottas, team-mate Lance Stroll, who who made 37 not out on his overs. his father Jos had claimed his KNOW WHAT Raikkonen, Verstappen and sandwiched Daniel Ricciardo Warwickshire home ground, Australia hold the Ashes but first podium for Benetton 25 Robert Kubica, who made his of Renault, and Kubica in the and Stuart Broad (29) boosted they have not won a Test series years earlier in 1994. F1 debut in 2006 at the sprawl- second Williams. their total. away to England for 18 years. The 21-year-old Dutchman’s ing and sun-drenched basin In Q2 Hamilton was faster first pole came at his 94th Grand Max Verstappen 25-kilometres north-east of again, setting another record in Prix and after he has won seven. became the 100th Budapest that houses the Hun- 1:15.548. Bottas was one-tenth Verstappen’s success sparked different pole sitter in garoring track, added colour down in second until Verstap- rowdy celebrations among his Formula One and noise. pen went second, 0.025 adrift, Messi banned for three large following of Dutch fans More than 30,000 Poles were setting up the prospect of the in the open grandstands af - reported to have travelled while young pretender starting on the months after CONMEBOL ter he had out-paced the two another ‘orange army’ rooted front row again, alongside the Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas a race to do and at the end of the for Verstappen whose consist- old master. and Lewis Hamilton in a breath- day, it is the most important, but ency had made him this season’s Hamilton was out first for Q3 ‘corruption’ outburst less finish. it’s very nice and it is great for form driver. ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas, AFP | Asuncion, Paraguay anger. Verstappen’s best lap in one all the team.” The 21-year-old Red Bull tyro, to the delight of the white-shirt- “Corruption and the ref- minute and 14.572 seconds was A disappointed Bottas said: linked with a possible move to ed fans from Finland. rgentina star Lionel Messi erees are preventing people just 0.018 beyond the reach of “It’s obviously very close with Mercedes or Ferrari in the es- Hamilton clocked another Awas banned from playing from enjoying the football and Bottas with Hamilton a close Max. They’ve (Red Bull) been calation of ‘silly season’ specu- record only for the Finns to for his national team for three they’re ruining it a bit,” Messi third – ahead of Ferrari’s very quick, but as always, there lation, demonstrated his current erupt as Bottas took command months and fined $50,000 on said. Charles Leclerc and Sebastian is still the race to come.” elan when he went top in Q1 by before Verstappen went inside Friday by CONMEBOL after he He was given his marching Vettel. Hamilton, who lost time in smashing the track record, set 1:15 with his lap in 1:14.958 – an heavily criticized the South orders after a first-half scuffle Pierre Gasly was sixth in the the first section of his final lap, by Hamilton in the morning, unprecedented benchmark. American football governing with Chile captain Gary Me- second Red Bull ahead of British said: “Max did a great job and with a lap in 1:15.817. This double whammy left body during the Copa Amer- del in which television pic- rookie Lando Norris and his so did Valtteri, but we’re in a That put him top with Bottas Hamilton third before the final ica. tures suggested he’d done little resurgent McLaren team-mate great position to win – and I am and then Hamilton soon up to runs with Vettel fourth ahead The 32-year-old Bar- wrong. Carlos Sainz with Kimi Raikko- always up for a fight.” second ahead of Leclerc who of Leclerc. The momentum was celona forward had The CONMEBOL state- nen ninth for Alfa Romeo ahead The session began in warm spun heavily and backwards moving and ‘people power’ ap- accused CONMEBOL of ment on its website of Romain Grosjean. conditions with an air tempera- into the barriers at the final cor- peared to play its part, not to “corruption” after he didn’t specify why Mes- “It’s incredible,” said Verstap- ture of 24 degrees and the track ner, damaging his Ferrari. mention a 13 year age gap, as an was sent off against si was being punished pen. at 45 degrees Celsius, near per- This left the Monegasque’s inspired Verstappen seized his Chile during the third- but said it was related “I am very happy! There’s still fect for a big crowd boosted by pit crew with work to do before moment place play-off during to articles 7.1 and 7.2 of the tournament in its disciplinary reg- Brazil, which ulations. ended last One such month. clause refers Messi was to “offen- Saini dazzles on debut as India edge Windies angered by sive, insult- two in- ing behav- AFP | Lauderhill, United States woes by dismissing attacking cidents ior or mak- left-handers Nicholas Pooran during the ing de - ast bowler and off suc- June-July famatory Fstarred on his senior inter- cessive deliveries. Copa host- protests national debut as India defeated Pooran’s score of 20 was the ed by bitter of any the West Indies by four wickets only other double-figure innings rivals Bra- kind.” in a low-scoring opening fixture apart from Pollard in what was zil. Anoth- of a three-match T20 series at a generally indisciplined effort Argen- er clause the Central Broward Stadium from the West Indies. tina were mentions in Florida yesterday. Kumar supported Saini’s ef- denied two “breach- On a pitch where all batsmen fort with two wickets and in- penalty ing the struggled to play their shots, the deed all India’s bowlers played claims in deci- West Indies were restricted to key roles in depriving the West their 2-0 sions, di- 95 for nine first. Indies big-hitters of opportu- semi-final rectives or India’s line-up found the con- nities to clear the boundary r defeat to orders of the ju- ditions equally challenging but opes. the hosts, after dicial bodies.” the depth of their batting saw Playing his first match for which Messi The ban them through to 98 for six with India since leaving the World claimed Brazil means only 16 deliveries to spare. Navdeep Saini celebrate after taking a wicket Cup in England six weeks ago were “managing that Messi will Having already enjoyed suc- with a fractured thumb, Shikhar a lot in CONME- miss a hand- cess with the Indian ‘A’ team over of the innings for 49. bowl first on winning the toss. Dhawan fell cheaply to Sheldon BOL these days.” ful of friendly currently on tour of the Carib- He achieved the rarity of a Opening bowlers Washing- Cottrell and when Sunil Narine And when he matches as Argenti- bean, Saini made an immediate maiden in that final over but ton Sundar and Bhuvneshwar removed topscorer Rohit Shar- was harshly dis- na’s next competitive impact wearing his country’s it was his earlier double-strike Kumar had already set the West ma (24) and Rishabh Pant with missed in the fixture is not until colours at the highest level in which gave the 26-year-old fast Indies on the back foot by re- successive deliveries, the West next game, which the South American claiming three for 17 off his four bowler the sort of dream start moving openers John Camp- Indies were very much in con- Argentina went qualifiers for the 2022 overs, including top-scorer Ki- he would have wished for af- bell and , and Saini tention to successfully defend on to win 2-1, he World Cup in Qatar be- eron Pollard who fell in the final ter captain Virat Kohli chose to added to the Caribbean side’s their modest score. couldn’t contain his gin in March. Lionel Messi