Wanderers and Grove in second Dundee derby

Mercedes boss insists he is not ‘Special One’ in racing

MJV Wanderers and Grove Menzieshill face off at Dalnacraig today in the second Dundee derby of the season, the bragging rights having previously been claimed by Wanderers.

However the biggest scrap of the day is undoubtedly in Glasgow where second placed Wildcats will be intent on fending off the challenge from Clydesdale Western, one point adrift of them.

Edinburgh University have already blasted their way to the top of the table.

Their Glasgow counterparts are given virtually no chance of putting the brakes on the student bandwagon.

St Andrews University can keep their Division 2 promotion hopes on track with a win over Kelburne.

Madras FPs are facing a realistic challenge to their Division 1 supremacy from Wanderers II.

Locked together on the 15-point mark, both look good to maintain their rivalry following tomorrow’s clashes with Perthshire II and Brechin Thistles.

Perthshire II double up on fixtures when Kinross II visit tomorrow.

Division 2 is a threehorse race but with leaders Stirling Uni II inactive this weekend it could be even tighter if Monarchs and St Andrews IVs win against Perthshire III and Madras II. Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists he is not motor racing’s “Special One”, despite being on the verge of leading his team to another Formula One world championship.

After Hamilton, 33, wrapped up the individual honours at the last round in Mexico, Mercedes will become only the second team in F1 history to win five consecutive constructors’ titles – if Ferrari fail to outscore them by 13 points in Brazil.

As team principal, Wolff, 46, has been a permanent fixture in Mercedes’ almost unprecedented run of success, while Hamilton has also flourished under the Austrian’s relaxed style of leadership.

In their pomp, McLaren and Red Bull both won four team titles on the trot, but only the combination of Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari boss Jean Todt claiming six on the spin will have won more in a row than the Silver Arrows.

Mercedes have not always possessed the fastest machinery this year, but, when under pressure, have cracked fewer times than their rivals in red.

Quite rightly, Hamilton has taken the plaudits, but does Wolff feel he is worthy of the same acclaim?

“The downfall of any leader in a sports team is when he gets carried away with hisownego,”Wolff said.

“You have seen in football that if you start to think you are the ‘Special One’, or that you are better than the others, that is the moment when you will be beaten.

“Humility is a super-important factor in all of our lives, and I try to remind myself of that every that evening.”

Unlike the heavy constraints placed on Hamilton at McLaren, Wolff has afforded his star driver free reign.

Although he revealed the path has not always been smooth, he believes his decision has been vindicated.

Picture: Getty. Lewis Hamilton on track during practice for the Brazilian GP in Sao Paulo.