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Sweet dreams are made of this Norris rides pole to victory at Monaco Grand Prix

tell everyone that I won in Monaco. That’s probably the thing I’m most proud about. “It’s definitely just the saying more than anything but also the meaning, the history, the people that have won here in the past. They don’t always go on to be champions but most of them have. “And just to know in 30 years’ time, I can say ‘I mastered Monaco that one year’ – or hopefully a few more – but that one year is something I look forward to saying.” The win was McLaren’s first success in Monaco since Lewis Hamilton in 2008, the year of the first of seven titles won by the Briton. It left Norris a mere three points behind Australian team mate Oscar Piastri after eight of 24 races and with the momentum building.

RESULTS: MONACO GP

FORMULA ONE champion Max Verstappen ladled out a serving of sarcasm yesterday as he declared Monaco’s mandatory two-stop experiment a flop. The decision to force drivers to use three sets of tyres was taken in a bid to liven up a race famed for being processional and lacking overtaking. Spectators who saw any passing were probably hallucinating, with the top four finishing in their starting positions and the main tension provided by the hope of a safety car that never appeared. “Very exciting. I was on the edge of my seat every lap. It was fantastic,” Verstappen, who finished fourth, told reporters without expecting anyone to take his words seriously. “Maybe next year four stops. I could have done four stops today and still finished P4.” Speaking to Sky Sports television, Red Bull’s four-times world champion went even further. “You can’t race here. It doesn’t matter what you do. One stop, 10 stops,” he said. “Nowadays with an F1 car, you can just pass an F2 car around here. I get it but I don’t think it’s worked. We were almost doing Mario Kart. Then we have to install bits on the car and maybe you can throw bananas around. Slippery surface.” Other drivers echoed the Dutch driver’s sentiments. “The two-stop clearly did not work at all,” said Mercedes’ George Russell. McLaren’s race winner Lando Norris gave a two-word answer when asked for his thoughts: “Hated it.” That said, he said overtaking had always been difficult in Monaco and did not understand why people expected anything different. “I also think Formula One should not turn into just a show to entertain people. It’s a sport. It’s who can race the best, who can qualify the best,” he said. “The last thing I want is manufactured racing.” – Reuters TOP 10 1. Lando Norris (McLaren) 2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 6. Isack Hadjar (RB) 7. Esteban Ocon (Haas) 8. Liam Lawson (RB) 9. Alexander Albon (Williams) 10. Carlos Sainz (Williams) DNF: Pierre Gasly (Alpine) , Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) WORLD C’SHIP STANDINGS Drivers ((Top 5) 1. Oscar Piastri (AUS) 161pts , 2. Lando Norris (GBR) 158, 3. Max Verstappen (NED) 136 , 4. George Russell (GBR) 99, 5. Charles Leclerc (MON) 79 . Constructors (Top 5) 1. McLaren 319pts , 2. Mercedes 147 , 3. Red Bull 143 , 4. Ferrari 142 , 5. Williams 54 . Why not 10 stops?

L ANDO NORRIS (pic) said winning Formula One’s Monaco Grand Prix was a dream come true and one he looked forward to retelling for decades to come. The McLaren driver set up his first victory in the Mediterranean principality by securing pole position on Saturday and then making no mistakes on a sunny Sunday devoid of overtaking. “This is what I dream of. This is what I did dream of when I was a kid,” he told former winner and 2009 world champion Jenson Button after clambering from the cockpit in front of the cheering crowd. “So, I achieved one of my dreams. I think it was you – I saw you in front of my car before the start and I was like ‘if JB is here now, then I’ll always take that. It’s my good luck charm.’” Echoing Button’s 2009 exclamation of joy, Norris shouted “Monaco, baby. Yeah, baby” over the team radio on taking the chequered flag. Unlike Button that year, he parked his car in the correct spot and did not have to then run down the pit straight to collect his trophy. Asked later about the view from one of the sport’s

most famed podiums, Norris joked: “Well, all I saw was camera lenses. So, I can dream of better.” More seriously, he said it was the feelings inside that mattered – seeing the chequered flag and then the celebrating team, and his parents looking up. “There are many

“I think yesterday gave me confidence,” he said of securing the crucial pole position at a circuit where races are often processional. “I’ve not needed the confidence on Sundays but

things that I think everyone dreams of – it’s getting to Formula One, winning a race in Formula One, and winning a race in Monaco. And we achieved it today,” he said. “I think the best bit is that my (future) kids one day will be able to

yesterday was a bigger day for me. I was more proud of

yesterday than I almost was of today.” – Reuters

Hamilton irritated with race engineer

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In the earlier match, Chennai hurt Gujarat’s chances of finishing in the top two. They made 230-5 powered by Devon Conway’s 52 and a 23-ball 57 by Dewald Brevis. The Chennai bowlers then combined to dismiss Gujarat, who have already qualified for the playoffs, for 147 in 18.3 overs. Chennai ended with four wins in 14 matches. Gujarat, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians are certain of filling the top four places, but are fighting to finish in the top two spots which offer two shots at reaching the final on June 3. Gujarat end the group stage with 18 points. Punjab (17), Bengaluru (17) and five-time winners Mumbai (16) have one match left. – AFP After the race finished, Hamilton seemed confused over team radio, asking Adami: “Are you upset with me?” No reply was played out on the television broadcast, though Adami could have left his communication channel by that point. Hamilton’s early races with Ferrari have been characterised by communication breakdowns with Adami, formerly race engineer to Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari. Elaborating further on the race afterwards, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1 : “I can’t comment on the rest of the race, for me I was in the middle of nowhere. “I started seventh, was behind two cars for some time, managed to clear them, then I was in no man’s land after that. “The gap was relatively big and I was not racing anyone. I needed a Safety Car or something but it didn’t happen. It was pretty straightforward from there. “The information wasn’t that clear. I didn’t know what I was fighting for. Was I fighting for the next spot ahead? I wasn’t anywhere near the guys in front.” – The Independent

In the first match of the day, Chennai Super Kings, already doomed to the wooden spoon, ended their IPL campaign on a high with an 83-run thrashing of Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Chennai skipper MS Dhoni said he is in “no hurry” to decide on his future in the T20 tournament. The 43-year-old was reported to be retiring. Klaasen made the day his own with an unbeaten 105 off 39 balls to steer Hyderabad to IPL’s third highest total after they elected to bat at New Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla ground. Klaasen, who was promoted to No. 3, hit seven fours and nine sixes in a complete show of domination by Hyderabad after opener Travis Head hit a 40-ball 76. LEWIS HAMILTON rose two places to finish fifth in the Monaco Grand Prix but was irritated with engineer Riccardo Adami over team radio towards the end of the race. Hamilton qualified in fourth but was handed a three-place grid drop for impeding Max Verstappen, meaning he started the race in seventh. Yet Hamilton’s Ferrari showed decent pace and, amid the chaotic two-stop regulation, the Brit leapfrogged Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso ahead of him to finish in the top-five. However, he finished nearly a minute behind race winner Lando Norris. Towards the end of the 78-lap race, Hamilton asked Adami: “Are they still ahead by a minute?” When Adami told his diver that those ahead were simply “fighting”, an agitated Hamilton replied: “You’re not answering the question. But it doesn’t really matter, I’m just asking, am I a minute behind or?” Adami then informed Hamilton: “48 seconds.”

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Hyderabad, Chennai end IPL with big wins SOUTH AFRICA’S Heinrich Klaasen struck his second IPL century yesterday as he powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a mammoth 278-3 and a 110-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders. Three-time champions Kolkata, who won the IPL last year, were bowled out for 168 in 18.4 overs to end this edition eighth out in 10 teams.

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