Hamilton taking aim at Verstappen
MOTORSPORT
LEWIS HAMILTON has fired another shot in his row with Max Verstappen by declaring that the Dutchman’s immaturity is costing Red Bull valuable points in their faltering championship challenge.
Hamilton lost ground to Sebastian Vettel in the Formula One World Championship title race after he finished third at the Bahrain Grand Prix while his rival claimed a second victory in as many races.
It could have been worse for Mercedes driver Hamilton following Verstappen’s gung-ho lunge. Verstappen was then forced to retire from the race following his collision with Hamilton.
“I hope he (Verstappen) is learning through these situations. I went through that when I was younger so I know how it is. It is easy to get ahead of yourself and forget to respect the other guys that you are racing against,” Hamilton said.
DERRY’S Callum Devine, and his Limerick co-driver Keith Moriarty, finished fifth in the Junior section of the Tour de Corse after a testing few days on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.
The duo had held third place after the second day’s stage before an unfortunate puncture forced them to stop to change the damaged wheel and ended up costing them their place.
Nevertheless, Devine showed that he has the speed to challenge for a leading spot in the Junior World Rally Championship, despite the disappointment of losing two places so close to the finish.
SOCCER
AN early goal from Daire O’Connor proved enough to see the Irish Colleges and Universities maintain a three-year unbeaten record against the Scottish Universities in their latest meeting at Oriel Park.
O’Connor had the home side in front after 10 minutes with a clinical finish from close in.
The UCD man started the move himself when he linked up with Shane Day-Butz who went on to find Darragh Noone and he then played the ball into O’Connor’s path for the midfielder to fire past Callum Davison for the only goal of a close game.
The Scots always posed a threat in counter-attacks and Robbie McGlade and Anton Dowds tested Matt Connor in the home goal but they failed to make the breakthrough and grab an equaliser.