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sábado, 5 de marzo de 2011
DWTLS - Kay Curtis and Edward Mulcaster
DWTLS - Kay Curtis and Edward Mulcaster
Dancing With The Local Stars Windosor - season 3 of charity event that benefits Bone Marrow Rogistry. Held at Caesars windsor.
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Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton admit McLaren are trailing already
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton admit McLaren are trailing already
It is a deeply unpalatable thought for British race fans but McLaren’s season is already looking like it could be an uphill slog.
Sitting pretty: Lewis Hamilton started testing his new car after some of his key rivals Photo: EPA
By Tom Cary, Formula One Correspondent 7:00AM GMT 02 Mar 2011
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Such a statement might appear hasty given that the first race in Melbourne is more than three weeks away.
And with another four-day test in Barcelona next week, too, there is time yet for everything to change. A day is a long time in Formula One, let alone a week.
But make no mistake, alarm bells are ringing at McLaren’s HQ. Such is the relentless pace of development, they simply cannot afford to start the season far behind their rivals.
Listening to Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at a bitterly cold Dunsfold aerodrome in Surrey, where they were taking journalists on laps of the Top Gear test track in McLaren’s new supercar, the MP4-12C, it is clear that is where they feel they are at present.
“It’s tricky because we haven’t had enough testing in the car to do proper set-up work, which is disappointing,” Button said, a comment which might be interpreted as criticism of McLaren’s launch of their 2011 challenger only after the first test in Valencia to give engineers more time to work on it.
“It’s not exactly a year when it is not complicated, what with moveable rear wings and KERS [energy devices] making a return,” Button continued. “When you are limited on parts and you have reliability issues, you don’t get the testing done, which you need to develop the car.”
Hamilton agreed. “It would be fantastic to start like Ferrari has with pace, reliability, doing hundreds of laps,” he said. “It is a lot easier for them from now on. We are behind on mileage and we can’t catch it up on testing. But with the reliability we have had over the years I’m confident we will reach our reliability target.
“The problem is it is always difficult to catch people pace-wise. In 2007 when we arrived [at the test] in Barcelona Ferrari were a tenth or two ahead and when we got to the first race in Australia they were still ahead and won it.”
McLaren started 2010 behind Red Bull and Ferrari and never managed to close the gap. Could the same thing be about to happen in 2011? For a team that has won only one drivers’ championship over the past decade, that would raise some uncomfortable questions.
Hamilton will announce his new management team before thef first grand prix of the season in Melbourne on March 26. The 26 year-old has worked without an official adviser since he dropped father Anthony as his manager a year ago. IMG and Simon Fuller are the leading contenders. “I’m really hopeful in the next week or so we will have an announcement, definitely before Australia,”he said. “It’s a big decision.”
Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone says that a decision over whether to reschedule the Bahrain Grand Prix will be made before the Melbourne race. The Bahrain event, intended for March 13, was called off due to civil unrest.
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viernes, 4 de marzo de 2011
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admits Mario Balotelli doesn't listen to him - and he doesn't care
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admits Mario Balotelli doesn’t listen to him - and he doesn't care
Roberto Mancini admits Mario Balotelli doesn’t listen to his advice – but the Manchester City manager insists he doesn’t mind as long as his young striker keeps on scoring.
Sound of silence: Roberto Mancini's words of advice fall on deaf ears where Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is concerned Photo: GETTY IMAGES
By telegraph staff and agencies 8:00AM GMT 04 Mar 2011
With the Kolo Toure suspension drawing unwanted attention on his squad, Mancini must now try and focus his side on tomorrow’s Premier League encounter with Wigan.
That could mean another opportunity for the unpredictable Balotelli, who has drawn a degree of negative press himself since moving to England from Inter Milan.
As his former coach at the San Siro, Mancini might have been expected to know what he was getting when he spent £24 million on the 20-year-old.
However, any thoughts the pair have a special relationship can quickly be dismissed.
‘’He is not listening to me,’’ said Mancini. ‘’I speak but I don’t think he listens.’’
The Manchester City manager was talking about his demand for Balotelli to become more industrious and not rest on his laurels after scoring, as he did against Fulham last week.
It did appear the message got home ahead of Balotelli’s performance against Aston Villa in midweek, when he was deployed as a lone striker and responded with a far more rounded display in addition to scoring his 10th goal of the season.
But the drive and determination come from within rather than any external force if Mancini is to be believed, and the Italian coach is happy for that to continue if it helps Balotelli realise his enormous potential.
‘’It is not important that he doesn’t listen to me,’’ he said.
‘’What is important is that he does well, that he scores.
‘’But I know he can do better because I know his quality. He can change every game if he wants. He could score in every game.
‘’I hope, for him and us, he can understand this very quickly.’’
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