Latest Sport News: Alonso wins F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone has been won by Fernando Alonso with Sebastian Vettel finishing in 2^nd place and Mark Webber finishing in 3^rd place. Lewis Hamilton eventually finished 4^th after a thrilling last lap duel with Filipe Massa. Unfortunately, Jenson Button was forced to retire following a problem with his final pit stop. He set off to rejoin the race but was missing a wheel nut and was forced to stop in the pit exit.

It was Alonso’s first win of the season and came as a result of a pit stop problem for Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull boss, Christian Horner, made a slightly controversial decision by telling Webber to keep his race position which enabled Vettel to maintain 2^nd place.

 

The Red Bull’s seemed to take control of the race early with half the track being wet and the other half dry but as the track began to dry out it all changed and Alonso closed in on Hamilton and passed him. Eventually Alonso managed to pass Vettel in the pits and took the lead following a pit stop problem for Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel is now leading the drivers championship with 204 points, Mark Webber is 2^nd with 124 points and Ferdinand Alonso is 3^rd with 112 points. Both Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have 109 points each and are placed 4^th and 5^th respectively.

Latest Sport News: Tennis: Roland Garros French Open

Latest Sport News: 25 year old Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, has beaten Roger Federer by 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 in a thrilling match which lasted 3 hours and 39 minutes and he has now won 10 Grand Slam titles.

The win today was his 6^th win at Roland Garros and he has now equalled Bjorn Borg’s previously held record of 6 wins of the French Open.

The women’s final was won yesterday by Na Li from China who beat Francesca Schiravone in straight sets by 6-4, 7-6. 29 year old Li has made history by becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Latest Sport News: Formula 1 Grand Prix, Monaco, France

Latest Sport News from Monaco, France: Sebastian Vettel has won the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco, France after an action packed race which had to be stopped just 6 laps from the end. Adrian Sutil hit the barriers on Lap 71 and suffered a puncture, Jaime Alguersuari hit the back of Lewis Hamilton and Vitaly Petrov tried to avoid the incident and hit the barriers. It’s believed that he was briefly knocked unconscious during this accident but came round shortly afterwards and has since complained of leg injuries. Doctors have confirmed that nothing was broken and he seems to be suffering from bruising but he has been taken to hospital for a full body scan and at present remains there under observation. Despite the race being over ¾ of the way through, it was decided to continue to run the last few laps once the track had been cleared following the incident.

Fernando Alonso finished in 2nd place and Jensen Button finished in 3rd place.

It was not such a good weekend for Lewis Hamilton who was given a penalty during qualifying and 2 penalties during the race for 2 separate incidents involving him.

During the qualifying session on Saturday, 21 year old Mexican,Sergio Perez, had a horrendous high speed crash as he hit the barriers following his exit from the tunnel. He suffered concussion and a sprained thigh and he was taken to hospital. He underwent a scan and was kept in overnight under observation. A spokesman for the Sauber team (who he races for) confirmed that he is to have another scan today and is to remain in hospital overnight tonight under further observation and will undergo a further scan tomorrow. 

His accident happened just a short time after Nico Rosberg hit the barrier at the same spot but fortunately for Rosberg, his accident was not serious and he was able to take part in today’s race.

Sebastian Vettel is now leading the Drivers Championship with 143 points, Lewis Hamilton is 2^nd with 85 points and Mark Webber is 3^rd with 79 points.

Red Bull is leading the Constructors Championship with 222 points, McLaren is 2^nd with 161 points and Ferrari is 3^rd with 93 points.

Latest News from the Moto GP, Le Mans, France

Latest News of the 125 GP

16 year old Maverick Viñales has claimed his first race victory in the 125cc class at the Moto GP at Le Mans, France. He passed Nicholas Terol on the final lap after an exciting race-long battle with him. Efrén Vásquez finished in third place making it an all Spanish podium finish.

Viñales started his 4^th race of his 125 Moto GP career in third place on the front row of the grid and was the only rider to keep up with Terol throughout the race.

Terol is still leading the championships by 35 points from Sandro Cortese who is in 2^nd place.

The next race is in two weeks time in Barcelona.

Latest News of the Moto 2 GP


Marc Márquez has taken his first win in the Moto 2 category in his rookie season of the Moto GP in Le Mans, France. He started the race in 6^th position on the grid and managed to work his way up to win the race just under 2 seconds ahead of Yuki Takahashi. Stefan Bradl ( who had led the race from the start but was overtaken by Thomas Lüthi on the 15^th lap and was forced wide enabling Márquez through) eventually fnished in 3^rd place.

Stefan Bradl is still at the top of the championships 28 points ahead of his nearest rival Julián Simón.

Latest News of the Moto GP


Casey Stoner has claimed his first ever victory in the Moto GP at Le Mans, France in a comfortable win over second placed Andrea Dovizioso, with Valentino Rossi finishing in 3^rd place.

Dani Pedrosa had led the race for the first lap but was overtaken by his team-mate, Casey Stoner, on the next lap. They stayed close together until lap 17 when Pedrosa was overtaken by Marco Simoncelli. A controversial incident occurred when Pedrosa tried to regain his position and they touched and Pedrosa was sent crashing out of the race. It was later discovered that he had suffered a broken right collarbone.

After the incident, Simoncelli was issued with a drive-through penalty due to an alleged “illegal manoeuvre” and as a result he finished in 5^th position and lost his chance of getting his first ever podium finish in the Moto GP

Jorge Lorenzo is the current championship leader ahead of Casey Stoner by 12 points.