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MONDAY 29 MARCH 2021 FormulaF 1: Hamilton holds off Verstappen

Wow, what a difficult race that was. Max was all over me rright at the end, but I just about managed to hold him off. It wasw one of the hardest races I've had for a while. Towards the eend, he simply told his race engineer to 'leave me to it.'

Seven-times Formula One world champion Sport |09 Lewis Hamilton 2022: EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS 1-2 Spain, Albania 0-2 England, Armenia 2-0 Iceland, Kazakhstan 0-2 Yamaha star wins season's first race as fails in podium push MotoGP: Vinales is fastest in Qatar RIZWAN REHMAT THE PENINSULA BARWA GRAND PRIX OF QATAR Yamaha’s Vinales overcame a slow start to win the MOTOGP (TOP 15) season-opening Qatar Grand Prix Two weeks ago, Spanish 1. Maverick Viñales (SPA/Yamaha) 42'28.663 MotoGP star Maverick Vinales 2. (FRA/Ducati) +1.092 said he would look to impress 3. (ITA/Ducati) +1.129 Defending world champion Joan Mir looked set to take a fans in the season-opener in 4. Joan Mir (SPA/Suzuki) +1.222 podium on the final lap but lost out to Johann Zarco and Qatar. Last night, at the iconic 5. (FRA/Yamaha) +3.030 Francesco Bagnaia. Losail International Circuit 6. Alex Rins (SPA/Suzuki) +3.357 (LIC), the Yamaha star did 7. Aleix Espargaro (SPA/) +5.934 exactly that by winning the first 8. Pol Espargaro (SPA/Honda) +5.990 Bagnaia and team mate Jack Miller were lightning quick race of the 2021 season with a 9. Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati) +7.058 off the line at the start while Zarco and his team mate teasing battle with Johan Zarco 10. (ITA/Ducati) +9.288 Jorge Martin quickly gained positions to make it a and pole winner Francesco 11 (GER/Honda) +10.299 Ducati-powered top four in the opening lap as the Bagnaia. 12. (ITA/Yamaha) +10.742 The 26-year-old, despite a 13. (POR/Ktm) +11.457 Yamahas fell back. slow start, won the 22-lap 14. (RSA/Ktm) +14.100 Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar in a 15. Jorge Martin (SPA/Ducati) +16.422 Zarco overtook Miller to move into second while time of 42:28.663 for his 9th win WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo also moved up to third in a in the MotoGP class. feisty battle for third. Vinales, the 2013 Moto3 1. Maverick Viñales (SPA/Yamaha) 25 2. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati) 20 world champion, finished ahead 3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 16 But Miller, who impressed in pre-season testing with his of Zarco () who 4. Joan Mir (SPA/Suzuki) 13 was +1.092 seconds slower on 5. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 11 new team, continued to struggle as Vinales, who started a night when swirling winds on the front row, picked off the Australian to move up to made racing difficult. MOTO2 (TOP 3) fourth. Third-placed Bagnaia - who 1. (GBR/) 40:03.123 stole the show with a pole- 2. Remy Gardner (AUS/Kalex) +2.260 winning performance on Sat- 3. (ITA/Kalex) +5.228 While the Yamahas were not as fast as the Ducatis on urday - secured the third place the straights, Vinales was able to find more speed and on the podium for Ducati. The CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS grip on the corners and he first overtook Zarco before 24-year-old Italian was +1.129 1. Sam Lowes