faster hamilton was first over the final runs and pulled out all the stops. he d already set the benchmark time but improved it by almost half a second. no one could get close, not even title rival max verstappen. i was here till midnight last night working with the engineers who also always work so late, they are such hard workers for that and found a lot of areas in which i can improve. made some changes for petri and it seemed to work. of course you ve got to carry that through into qualifying. but i m so grateful for the time that it s put us out on track, we didn t have any traffic. i was just, the last lap was just beautiful. so will the stars align for lewis hamilton? the pole sitter at every new venue since 2010 has gone on to become world champion. time now for some of the days other
st mirren and livingston drew 1 1. lewis hamilton will be on pole position for tomorrow s qatar grand prix, after an impressive final lap in qualifying. the mercedes driver was nearly half a second faster than title rival, max verstappen, who is 14 points ahead of hamilton with just three races remaining. rory mcilroy is back at the top of the leaderboard at the season ending tournament on the european tour, the dp world tour championship. mcilroy re gained the lead after a third round of 67 put him one shot ahead of england s sam horsfield. if he wins, mcilroy would become the first golfer to win the prestigious dubai event three times. tennis, and joe salisbury has become the first british man in history to reach the doubles final of the end of season, atp finals. salisbury and his partner rajeev ram are the reigning us open champions. they beat the world number one pair, in a match tie break in their turin semifinal.
meanwhile, premiership leaders leicester tigers continued thir unbeaten start to the season last night, with a bonus point win over bath. they won by 40 23, in a thriller under the lights at welford road. centre matt scott scored the pick of leicester s four tries mid way through the first half, so that s eight wins from eight for the tigers. while bath s miserable start to the season continued they ve not won any of their eight matches so far. and max verstappen led the way in second practice for this weekend s mexico city grand prix. the championship leader was fastest in his red bull at the track in mexico city, ahead of mercedes valtteri bottas. title rival lewis hamilton was half a second slower in third. he has got it all to do, hasn t he, with that 12 point gap? and the leader. but it is going to be a breathless race, but one. keeps it so exciting. breathless race, but one. keeps it so exciting, because breathless race, but one. keeps it so exciting, because no breathle
max verstappen led the way in second practice for this weekend s formula one mexican grand prix. the championship leader was fastest in his red bull at the aut dromo hermanos rodr guez track ahead of mercedes valtteri bottas. title rival lewis hamilton was half a second behind in third. british number one cameron norrie can no longer qualify for the end of season atp tour finals. that s after polands hubert hurkacz went through to the semi finals of the paris masters, beating james duckworth, to secure the eighth and final qualifying sport. norrie says he ll still travel to turin for the event as one of 2 alternates. the second meeting of the world triathlon championship series in abu dhabi saw seven british women in the top 12. no one could make it past bermudas olympic champion
this will go down as one of the great nights in heavyweight boxing victory and the victory brings an emphatic end to the brilliant rivalry between tyson fury and deontay wilder and also keeps alive the hopes of tyson fury winning all the hopes of tyson fury winning all the major belts in the division. from one era defining rivalry to potentially another as max verstappen overtook lewis hamilton in the formula 1 drivers championship on a inclement afternoon in istanbul. valtteri bottas won the turkish grand prix, ahead of verstappen, whilst hamilton could only finish fifth. andy swiss has the story. for lewis hamilton, a day of rare frustration. a grid penalty meant he started down in 11th. lights out and away we go. ..so his team mate valtteri bottas charged away, closely followed by his title rival max verstappen. he already had his work cut out. in slippery conditions, driving was not easy, as fernando alonso soon discovered, but hamilton was in his element, surging through the field