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| SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Mercedes locked out the front row for the Bahrain Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg claimed pole position on Saturday, qualifying ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. Authentic Adidas Stan Smith From China . Rosbergs time of 1 minute, 33.185 seconds at the Bahrain International Circuit was a quarter of a second faster than Hamilton, who had to abandon his final flying lap after running wide at the first corner. It was Mercedes third straight pole to start the Formula One season but the first for Rosberg, who equaled his father Keke with five career poles. Rosberg leads the championship on 43 points, 18 ahead of Hamilton. "It has just worked well through the weekend, finding my way, making progress and getting through some issues," Rosberg said. "I have good memories of this track, winning the GP2 championship and starting my first race in F1. I enjoy coming here and again today its suited me." Rosberg and Hamilton have a win each from the opening two races of the season and Mercedes also dominated the three practice sessions leading into qualifying, both in day and night conditions, with Sundays race to be held at night for the first time. The only surprise was Rosberg taking pole ahead of Hamilton, who usually thrives in the one-lap format. "I locked up in the last lap but generally I am happy for the team," Hamilton said. "Nico did a great job and naturally Im happy my teammate is there and not someone else." Defending four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel did not even make the final session of qualifying and will start from 10th on the grid -- promoted one spot as his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who qualified third, gets a 10-place grid penalty from the previous race in Malaysia. Vettel paid the price for a session-ending spin in pre-qualifying practice which prevented him from getting valuable data on how to set up the car on the soft-tire, low-fuel setting. He also complained of a downshifting problem. "The final run for some reason was a bit more difficult, the rears were locking up," Vettel said. "We had been playing around with it for quite a while, we are still not where we want to be but I dont want to blame it on that. There was a little bit more in the car which I couldnt get to, so I am not happy with today." Williams driver Valtteri Bottas and Force Indias Sergio Perez qualified fourth and fifth respectively and, with the one-place promotion, both equaled their best career starting positions. Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen qualified sixth, four places ahead of Fernando Alonso, to take the qualifying honours over his teammate for the first time this season in what is expected to a year-long fight between the two former world champions. Alonso said the car was down on power in the final part of qualifying, though he felt the teams starting grid positions of fifth and ninth were "more or less what we expected to be honest." "Q2 we were down a little bit and Q3 we lost more," Alonso said. "Still, we didnt miss out on the possibility of pole position because we are not in that kind of position. Its just a couple of places that hopefully tomorrow we can recover." McLarens Jenson Button, contesting his 250th grand prix, qualified in seventh and his teammate Kevin Magnussen was ninth, separated by Felipe Massa of Williams. Aside from Vettels early elimination, the main surprise of Q2 was Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg qualifying in 12th, having been fastest of all drivers in Q1 and showing strong pace during the practice sessions. Saubers Adrian Sutil was hit with a five-place grid penalty for impeding Lotus Romain Grosjean in the first session of qualifying, sending him to the very back of the grid. Wholesale Authentic Stan Smith . Judging by his performance Saturday night, Cotto has plenty left in the tank. 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Seems to me that he was questioning the integrity and impartiality.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Donta Hightower has extra time to prepare for his top-seeded teams playoff game.Meanwhile, hell be rooting for another No. 1 seed.The New England Patriots linebacker plans to watch his college team, Alabama, face Ohio State in a College Football Playoff semifinal Thursday night.Im definitely going to catch that one, Hightower said Tuesday while wearing an Alabama pullover as he stood at his Patriots locker.He might even work out a small wager with safety Nate Ebner, the only Ohio State player with New England.Me and Nate have talked, he said. We havent set it yet. Im pretty sure that hell come up with something good.Running back LeGarrette Blount, safety Patrick Chung and rookie centre Bryan Stork also have a special interest in the college games. Blount and Chung attended Oregon, seeded second, while Stork snapped the ball last season to Jameis Winston, who leads third-seeded Florida State against the Ducks in the other semifinal Thursday.Oregons going to win, Blount declared before pulling his schools jacket from his locker.With a first-round bye in the AFC playoffs, the Patriots (12-4) have a lighter work week than usual. They cant concentrate on preparing for their opponent until they find out who it is.Hightower and Blount plan to watch both wild-card games in the conference: Baltimore at Pittsburgh on Saturday night and Cincinnati at Indianapolis on Sunday.A Baltimore win sends the Ravens to Gillette Stadium on Jan. 10. If the Ravens lose, the Patriots will host the winner of the Bengals-Colts contest.This week, the Patriots welcome having more time off than usual.Im one of the first ones to agree about that, Hightower said. Its good that weve got a slower pace and make sure that we understand things and let some guys get healeed up. Cheap Adidas Stan Smith. But were definitely taking advantage of it all the way around.Hightower was one of six starters inactive for last Sundays game against Buffalo that had no bearing on New Englands playoff position. The Bills won 17-9.Hightower and Blount, who played, were on the injury report for that game with shoulder problems.Im injured, but its football, Hightower said. Im going to play through it.He became the Patriots defensive signal-caller when Jerod Mayo suffered a season-ending right knee injury in the sixth game. Mayo also was limited to six games last season by a torn pectoral muscle.Ive got a lot of guys around me that help make me feel a lot more comfortable. So its been a lot easier this year, Hightower said. I was always one that talked, trying to be a nerd about things, and (linebacker coach) Pat Grahams really done a better job than what we did last year as far as just talking about situational things.Blount spent the first 11 games this season with Pittsburgh but was cut on Nov. 18, less than 24 hours after jogging off LP Field with the clock still running in a 27-24 win over Tennessee.The Steelers might have needed him now that running back LeVeon Bell is dealing with a hyperextended right knee that could keep him out of Saturdays game.Asked if he saw the play on which Bell was injured last Sunday against Cincinnati, Blount paused, then said, Man, Im just focused on the Patriots. Obviously, hes a friend of mine and I was concerned, but Im just focused on the Patriots.So much so that he claims he has no special interest in the Steelers wild-card game.Im going to watch them the same as I watch everybody else, he said. Im going to watch college, too.___Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' ' |
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