Tag: Practice

SHANGHAI - World championship leader Sebastian Vettel set the pace in practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, topping the timesheets in both sessions in Shanghai on Friday in his speedy Red Bull. The 23-year-old German, the reigning world champion, has been the dominant force in the opening two races of the year, winning in Australia and Malaysia from pole position.
He again stayed ahead of the field at the Shanghai International Circuit, leading Australian teammate Mark Webber by

SEPANG - Red Bull's Mark Webber went quickest in both Malaysian Grand Prix practice sessions on Friday in a dominant display which raised hopes he can erase a disappointing start to the season.
Webber, fifth two weeks ago in Melbourne, bested McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, while his team-mate and 2010 champion Sebastien Vettel focused on testing Red Bull's misfiring Kinetic Energy Regeneration System (KERS). Britons Button and Hamilton were second and third quickest

CHENNAI - England skipper Andrew Strauss and spinner Graeme Swann missed Tuesday's practice with a stomach bug but both are likely to feature in Thursday's must-win Group B match against West Indies. "They both missed practice today with a stomach virus. (We) will assess them tomorrow but certainly (it is) nothing serious," the team spokesman said in a text message.
"I'm pretty confident they will be alright," batsman Jonathan Trott, who is suffering from fever, told reporters.

ORLANDO - Former world number one Tiger Woods is moving into a new home in Jupiter, Florida, that features a custom-built practice facility, the 14-time major champion said Monday on his website. In the first blog posting on his website since just before the one-year anniversary of a sex scandal that led to divorce and the loss of millions of dollars in endorsement deals, Woods revealed his upcoming move from Orlando. "Pretty soon, I'll be moving into my new home in Jupiter, Fla,"

ABU DHABI: Briton Lewis Hamilton topped the times for McLaren in Friday's second free practice session for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion outpaced his three rivals in this weekend's championship showdown by more than two-tenths of a second.
Hamilton, 25, who claimed pole position and then led last year's race for 19 laps until forced to retire with a braking problem, clocked a day's best of one minute and 40.888 seconds. It was a bold statement of intent