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Kimi Antonelli wins Canadian GP after George Russell retires from lead

Kimi Antonelli wins Canadian GP after George Russell retires from lead

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No wonder Russell admitted to being “a bit lost for words” once he had finally made it back to the paddock, on the back of a marshal’s scooter. “I mean, everything just turned off all of a sudden,” he reported of his failure, which came at the end of the straight leading to the final chicane, causing Russell to go straight over the grass, cutting the corner, before pulling his car up on the side of the track. “The engine stopped. No electronics. Nothing. “I’ve got to be honest, though, I’m proud of my weekend. Pole in the sprint, won the sprint. Pole in the main race, I was leading after a good battle with Kimi. There’s not much more I could have done. So I’ll leave satisfied. I’m pretty damn frustrated, but there’s not much I can do.” The day had dawned dark, damp and cold, as forecast. With a light drizzle preceding the race, teams were left with a bit of a conundrum; whether to start on the intermediate tyres and hope the …

Russell takes last-gasp pole after clashing with Antonelli in Canada sprint

Russell takes last-gasp pole after clashing with Antonelli in Canada sprint

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Antonelli was told to calm down by race engineer Peter “Bono” Bonnington after his outburst over the radio after the first incident. But when he carried on complaining, he earned a rebuke from his team principal Toto Wolff, who told him to “concentrate on the driving”. Then, at the end of the race, after Antonelli went off track a third time trying to pass Norris and was looking to vent his spleen again on the cool-down lap, Wolff shut him down a second time. “Kimi, now is not the time to talk about this. We will talk about this later, not on the radio.” The two Mercedes men had a brief handshake after getting out of their cars, but it promised to be an awkward debrief. Sky Sports F1 pundit Martin Brundle said it was no surprise to see the two come to blows given they are fighting for the title. Russell is under pressure this weekend because Antonelli has won the last three races to take the championship lead. “It was always going to …

Aston Villa win Europa League to end 30-year trophy drought

Aston Villa win Europa League to end 30-year trophy drought

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Freiburg  Atubolu; Kübler, Ginter, Lienhart, Treu; Eggestein, Hofler; Beste, Manzambi, Grifo; Matanovic. Substitutes Müller, Huth, Jung, Osterhage, Scherhant, Holer, Irie, Philipp, Gunter, Makengo, Rosenfelder, Ogbus.  Aston Villa Martínez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Lindelof, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buendía; Watkins. Substitutes  Bizot, Wright, Mings, Elliott, García, Abraham, Sancho, Douglas Luiz, Maatsen, Onana, Bogarde, Bailey.  Referee: François Letexier (France) Source link

Oil tumbles as Trump says Iran war is in its ‘final stages’ – latest updates

Oil tumbles as Trump says Iran war is in its ‘final stages’ – latest updates

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Thanks for joining me. Inflation has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year after a drop in the energy price cap outweighed the oil shock from the Iran war. The consumer prices index (CPI) fell to 2.8pc in April, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), after Ofgem reduced annual household energy bills by £117. Economists fear the larger than expected fall in inflation is a false dawn before a surge in prices later this year linked to the conflict in the Middle East. Petrol prices on Tuesday hit their highest level since the start of the war, having risen by more than 25p a litre since February. Inflation accelerated to 3.3pc in March after the outbreak of the war, which has sent oil and gas prices soaring after exports through the Strait of Hormuz were effectively cut off. However, CPI slowed in April to its lowest level since March last year after the Chancellor took some green levies out of household bills, allowing Ofgem to reduce its price cap. Electricity …

No more growth for UK this year, warns US banking giant – latest updates

No more growth for UK this year, warns US banking giant – latest updates

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Thanks for joining me. Rachel Reeves faces a £12bn blow to the public finances over the leadership chaos surrounding Sir Keir Starmer, Goldman Sachs has warned. The Chancellor will see her fiscal headroom – the breathing space she has to balance the nation’s books – reduced after the recent sharp surge in government borrowing costs, according to the Wall Street bank. Borrowing costs have climbed around the world since the Iran war but the increases in Britain have been exacerbated by pressure on the Prime Minister to resign. The yield on 10-year, the return the Treasury offers when it borrows from financial markets, surged to the highest level since 2008 on Tuesday. The yield on 30-year gilts hit its highest point since 1998. Wes Streeting, a potential leadership challenger, will meet the Prime Minister in Downing Street for a showdown over Sir Keir’s plan to rescue the party after dire local election results and almost 100 calls from Labour MPs for him to resign. James Moberly, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, said: “We find that …

Kimi Antonelli claims hat-trick of wins to pile pressure on George Russell

Kimi Antonelli claims hat-trick of wins to pile pressure on George Russell

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Championship leader Kimi Antonelli will start today’s Miami Grand Prix pole. Antonelli only finished sixth in the Sprint earlier on Saturday but delivered a time good enough for pole with his first effort in Q3. Antonelli’s lead at the top of the drivers’ standings was cut to seven points to his teammate George Russell after the Sprint but has the chance to extend his lead today. “It has been an amazing day to be on pole again,” Antonelli said. “It was a difficult start with the Sprint when it did not go our way but super happy with the recovery. I got a bit excited with the last lap in Q3 but the first lap was good enough and I am really happy with that.” Antonelli will be joined on the front row by Max Verstappen, who was the only driver to properly improve with his second and final run in Q3. “It is an incredible turnaround for us,” said Verstappen. “I really did not feel in control of the car up until this weekend. …

Lando Norris takes Miami GP sprint pole to deny Mercedes for first time in 2026

Lando Norris takes Miami GP sprint pole to deny Mercedes for first time in 2026

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It has been a long time, hasn’t it? With the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian races, F1 has had an enforced and unexpected spring break after just three rounds of the new regulation set. But here we are, back in Miami for a sprint weekend, with some tweaks to the regulations. Without going into too much detail – and the new regulations are so detailed that it beggars belief – there will, of course, be hope that the tweaks make for better, more sensible racing as well as bringing some of the challengers close to leaders Mercedes. Hard to say if that has happened on the basis of one (albeit extended) practice session in Miami, but there were some fairly promising signs. Charles Leclerc was fastest for Ferrari ahead of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull, nearly 0.3sec behind, followed by Oscar Piastri, Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton and then the lead Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli. George Russell, who is hoping to overturn the Italian’s championship advantage this weekend, was sixth, only marginally behind …

Carrick deserves full-time job after guiding Man Utd to brink of Champions League

Carrick deserves full-time job after guiding Man Utd to brink of Champions League

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Yet, remarkably, the goal was the signal for Brentford to take hold of the game. It is no exaggeration to say they should have scored three times after going behind and Andrews, the impressive Brentford head coach, was crestfallen their endeavour was not rewarded. A better connection from Igor Thiago at the back post, when Keane Lewis-Potter zipped a ball across the six-yard box, would have resulted in a Brentford equaliser in the 23rd minute and then, in the next attack, Michael Kayode was denied by Senne Lammens’s outstretched arm. The worst was still to come. Thiago, one of the players of the season, found himself clean through on Lammens after a ball from Ouattara but, rather than shooting, he hesitated, took a touch then slipped over. It prompted one of those growls to tumble out of the Stretford End, a wake-up call that ideas needed to be bucked up. When Ayden Heaven slid in to dispossess Thiago a couple of moments later, the decibels were cranked up further. This could not continue. And it …