National Camp ‘A’ teams clinch titles
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday in a triumphant return two weeks after appendicitis surgery as Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen suffered his first retirement in two years.
Sainz held off team mate Charles Leclerc before a finallap crash by Mercedes driver George Russell triggered a virtual safety car and eased the Spaniard’s path to victory.
Lando Norris was third for McLaren, thwarting his team mate Oscar Piastri’s
Back with a bang!
hopes of grabbing a first podium by an Australian driver at the F1 race.
Verstappen started on pole for the third time this season but retired on the fourth lap with a brake problem as flames leaped out of the right rear of his car. Seventimes world champion Lewis Hamilton was also forced to retire early with a power unit problem after starting 11th on the grid following his worst Melbourne qualifying since 2010.
The results (provisional): 1. Sainz (Ferrari) 1hr 20min 26.843sec, 2. Leclerc (Ferrari) +2.366, 3. Norris (McLaren)
+5.904, 4. Piastri (McLaren) 35.770, 5. Perez (Red Bull) 56.309, 6. Stroll (Aston Martin) 1:33.222,
7. Tsunoda (RB) 1:35.601, 8. Alonso (Aston Martin) 1:40.992, 9. Hulkenberg (Haas) 1:44.553, 10. Magnussen (Haas) at 1 lap, 11. Albon (Williams) at 1 lap, 12. Ricciardo (RB) 1 lap, 13. Gasly (Alpine) 1 lap, 14. Bottas (Sauber) 1 lap, 15. Guanyu (Sauber) 1 lap,
16. Ocon (Alpine) at 1 lap, 17. Russell (Mercedes) at 3 laps. DNF: Lap 4: Max Verstappen (Red Bull); Lap 16: Hamilton (Mercedes).
The starstudded National Camp ‘A’ team, comprising national recordholder Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv and Noah Nirmal Tom, won the men’s 4x400m title in the first National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh on Sunday.
National Camp ‘A’, which had two members of the Indian team which finished fifth at last year’s Budapest World Championships and the country’s fastest quartermiler this season Noah, clocked 3:05.71. The National Camp ‘B’, which included Amoj Jacob who was also a part of the team at the last Worlds, finished second.
Meanwhile, Rupal Chaudhary anchored the National Camp ‘A’ to the women’s 4x400m title.
The side, which also included Vithya Ramraj, M.R. Poovamma and Dandi Sri, beat National Camp ‘B’ by over five seconds.
The results (relays):
Men: 4x100m: 1. Reliance (Lalu Prasad Bhoi, Animesh Kujur, Aryan Ekka, A. Dalabehera) 40.62s, 2. Punjab 41.19, 3. Air Force 41.48.
4x400m: 1. National Camp ‘A’ (Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Ajmal, Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom) 3:05.71s, 2. National Camp ‘B’ 3:06.82, 3. Army 3:09.92.
Women: 4x100m: 1. Reliance (Sukhi Baskey, Bonita Lakra, Sabita Toppo, P. Sahu) 46.89s, 2.
Uttar Pradesh 51.08.
4x400m: 1. National Camp ‘A’ (Vithya Ramraj, M.R. Poovamma, Dandi Sri, Rupal Chaudhary) 3:28.64s, 2. National Camp ‘B’ 3:33.71, 3. Reliance 3:46.71.
Mixed 4x400m: 1. National Camp ‘A’ (Noah, Poovamma, Muhammed Anas, Vithyaj) 3:17.37s, 2. National Camp ‘B’ 3:17.77, 3. National Camp ‘C’ 3:22.20.
Under-20: Men: 4x100m: 1. Junior Camp ‘A’ (Vallipi, S. Karthikeyan, Mahendra Santa, D. Jayaram) 40.65s, 2. Reliance 42.28, 3. Telangana 42.50.
4x400m: 1. Junior Camp ‘A’ (P. Abiram, Navpreet Singh, Aman Chaudhary, Bapi Hansda) 3:11.92s, 2. Junior Camp ‘B’ (Munna Kumar, Nikhil Suhas, Saket Minj, Sahil Malik) 3:13.76, 3. Tamil Nadu 3:20.17.
Women: 4x100m: 1. Junior Camp ‘A’ (R. Amol Bhonsle, Neole Cornelio, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sakshi Chavan) 45.81s, 2. Junior Camp ‘B’ 46.81, 3. Punjab 51.60. 4x400m: 1. Junior Camp ‘A’ (Anuksha Kumbhar, M. Kanista, J. Jegadish, D. Sangeetha) 3:41.35s, 2. Junior Camp ‘B’ 3:41.40, 3. Delhi 3:56.41. Mixed 4x400m: 1. Junior Camp ‘A’ (Aman Chaudhary, Anushka Kumbhar, Bapi Hansda, D. Sangeetha) 3:26.36s, 2. Junior Camp ‘B’ 3:29.67, 3. Tamil Nadu 3:35.33.