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TimesLIVE
2 days ago
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Le Mans and F1 in same year? Too much now, says Hulkenberg
'It definitely took some time to first understand the car and get a grip on it and properly get the lap time out of it,' he recalled. 'I was still improving and understanding, I was clicking only really in the night of the race. 'To jump back into Formula One I think was not a problem, because there was so much positivity after a race like this. I remember jumping into Austria and I was owning it and I was boss. It was no problem going back.' The German's Formula One career has taken him from Williams in 2010 to racing for Aston Martin's predecessors Force India and Racing Point as well as Sauber, Renault and Haas with some gaps in between. 'Why am I still here?,' asked Formula One's only current German driver. 'Because they still want me.' Hulkenberg holds the record for most Formula One races without ever standing on the podium but that is also testament to his enduring worth as a driver with engineering and set-up skills as well as speed. His 236 starts are way more than the next man on the list without a podium, retired fellow-German Adrian Sutil on 128. On the plus side, Hulkenberg has two fastest laps and a pole position and next year will be in at the start with the Audi factory team when Sauber is renamed. 'I still love what I do. You know, Formula One and racing is my passion. It's what I do best, it's what I love. What else should I do?' he said. 'I think it's the competition, you know, the thrill of qualifying, the buzz of a race, kicking ass but even the bad days — just the racing, everything. I love that.'
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hanfmann beats Miami champion Mensik in Munich, holder Struff out
German tennis player Yannick Hanfmann plays a backhand return against Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik during their men's singles round of 32 tennis match at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships in Munich. Tom Weller/dpa Yannick Hanfmann upset freshly crowned Miami Masters Champion Jakub Mensik at the BMW Open but fellow-German title holder Jan-Lennard Struff crashed out at the Munich tournament on Tuesday. Hanfmann delighted a home crowd with a 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 victory over Czech Mensik before Struff fell 6-0, 6-2 against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo. Advertisement Wildcard entry Hanfmann won the final three points in the first set tie-break and a break in the second game of the final set paved the way to the way to a surprise victory over the sixth-seeded Mensik. Mensik, 19, had just over a week ago won the Miami title against Novak Djokovic. World number 131 Hanfmann recorded only his third victory of the year in the first round match. 'It means a lot, coming off kind of a rough stretch of matches. I knew the level was there, but you never know when it's going to click, when it's going to come. It came in Munich today," the ATP website quoted Hanfmann as saying. Advertisement "I know that I like the conditions here, so also grateful to the tournament for giving me the opportunity with the wild card. Amazing feeling." Struff claimed his maiden ATP title last year in Munich but went out in lopsided 54 minutes against fifth-seeded Cerundolo this time around. Struff did not onto the scoreboard until the third game of tzhe second set. "I played really badly today. Sorry for the German fans. That wasn't a good performance, I suffered a deserved defeat," Struff told Sky TV. Hanfmann will meanwhile next play Tallon Griekspoor while lucky loser Botic van de Zandschulp set up a second-round meeting with second seed Ben Shelton by beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Advertisement Recent Marrakesh champion Luciano Darderi edged Christopher O'Connell 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3), while German teen-aged talent Justin Engel was ousted 6-4, 6-1 by Fabian Marozsan. History for German teenager German teenager Diego Dedura-Palomero celebrated like he had won a Grand Slam title after he defeated eighth seed Denis Shapovalov. The 17-year-old prevailed 7-6 (7-2), 3-0 after his opponent was forced to retire due to an injury. "I just can't put it in words right now. I'm just so happy. I was struggling all these years and now I just got the wild card for qualifying," Dedura-Palomero said. Advertisement The German became the first player born in 2008 or later to compete and win a ATP Tour match. "I was waiting the whole day on Monday and then (Gael) Monfils pulled out. He hugged me and was so nice. I just went in and told myself to, 'Just have fun, go with the crowd and just play your best tennis.' I can't put it in words. I'm just so happy right now," he said.
