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May 22, 2013

Hamilton lets sleeping dogs lie – and snore

MONACO (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton made his point and Roscoe, his pampered pet bulldog, promptly proved him right at the Monaco Grand Prix on Wednesday.

Positioning, the 2008 Formula One world champion told British reporters gathered round him in the Mercedes harbourside motorhome, is everything in Monaco.

May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013

Motor racing-Hamilton lets sleeping dogs lie – and snore

MONACO, May 22 (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton made his point and Roscoe, his pampered pet bulldog, promptly proved him right at the Monaco Grand Prix on Wednesday.

Positioning, the 2008 Formula One world champion told British reporters gathered round him in the Mercedes harbourside motorhome, is everything in Monaco.

May 22, 2013

Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers

MONACO (Reuters) – Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tires, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso suggested on Wednesday.

The Spaniard, winner in China in April and Barcelona this month, told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix that it was up to the champions to explain their comments but offered a theory of his own anyway.

May 22, 2013

Motor racing-Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers

MONACO, May 22 (Reuters) – Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tyres, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso suggested on Wednesday.

The Spaniard, winner in China in April and Barcelona this month, told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix that it was up to the champions to explain their comments but offered a theory of his own anyway.

May 22, 2013

Monaco sun fails to thaw out Hamilton and Sutil feud

MONACO (Reuters) – Adrian Sutil appeared reluctant to forgive and forget on Wednesday after Lewis Hamilton had hoped for a thaw in their frozen friendship.

The two Formula One drivers, team mates in junior series and the best of friends until Sutil was involved in a nightclub fracas in China two years ago, were asked about their damaged relationship at a Monaco Grand Prix news conference.

May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013

Motor racing-Monaco sun fails to thaw out Hamilton and Sutil feud

MONACO, May 22 (Reuters) – Adrian Sutil appeared reluctant to forgive and forget on Wednesday after Lewis Hamilton had hoped for a thaw in their frozen friendship.

The two Formula One drivers, team mates in junior series and the best of friends until Sutil was involved in a nightclub fracas in China two years ago, were asked about their damaged relationship at a Monaco Grand Prix news conference.

May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013

Motor racing-Monaco offers Hamilton his best chance yet

MONACO (Reuters) – Words and hats may have to be eaten along with the usual canapés and caviar if Lewis Hamilton wins the glamour race of the Formula One season in Monaco this weekend.

The sceptics who doubted McLaren’s 2008 world champion would stand on top of the podium this season after his move to Mercedes face a moment of truth with Hamilton’s team arriving in the Mediterranean principality on the back of three pole positions in a row.

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