Las Vegas, free practice below expectations at Ferrari

Bad awakening in the Ferrari house after the first two free practice sessions of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. There is no doubt that Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz expected more than the fourth and sixth places they got in the first session and the fifth and fourth places in the second. Here are their words and those of the team prinxipal of the house of Maranello Frederic Vasseur.

Charles Leclerc: “It wasn’t è a memorable day for us, but it seems it was also complicated for the other teams. We are not as strong as we expected to be before we went on track, with these very cold weather conditions for us è it is still difficult to get the tires into the ideal temperature, which we knew would be the challenge of the weekend, so tonight we will work on that. Let’s see what we can bring home tomorrow”.

Carlos Sainz: “Today’s in Las Vegas è was a complicated Thursday, mainly because of the track conditions, which had very little grip and gave us strange feelings in the car. For the second session we tried something different, but we are still not satisfied with our position and we need to continue working on it. Hopefully, tonight’s analysis will help us identify the main areas for improvement, so that we can arrive at tomorrow’s qualifying in better shape. The race pace was not bad, but there’è still a lot to do”.

Frederic Vasseur: “Ferrari favored for the Las Vegas GP? I don&#39t know if we are the favorite, definitely è a balanced and difficult weekend from the start. The battle è very tight, we have improved from last year. The most important thing è is to be ready for the race, è the one we are thinking about and focused on”.

The Tour of the Alps pays tribute to Jannik Sinner

The Tour of the Alps resumes, seven months after Juan Pedro López’s thrilling success. The Euro-regional stage race revealed Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 at the PalaCongressi in Riva del Garda the routes of the 48th edition, scheduled from April 21 to 25, 2025 on the roads of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino.

The event drew the top brass of world cycling: Uci president David Lappartient, Uec president Enrico Della Casa, Aiocc president Christian Prudhomme (director of the Tour de France) in addition to Italian Cycling Federation president Cordiano Dagnoni, Austrian Cycling Federation president Harald Mayer and numerous other authorities, including the organizers of all the most important events in world cycling.

Five stages, 739 kilometers and 14,700 meters of elevation gain starting in Trentino and will be; San Lorenzo Dorsino to host the eve day on Easter Sunday and then start and finish of the inaugural stage, Monday, April 21, 2025.

The second stage will start from Mezzolombardo before giving way to South Tyrol with two unprecedented and exciting finish lines in Vipiteno-Racines and San Candido, under the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, in the locality that is the birthplace of the sports idol of the moment, tennis player Jannik Sinner.

The last two days will be in the East Tyrol. After the key stage from Sillian to Obertilliach, it will once again be Lienz – as in 2022, when Frenchman Romain Bardet won – that will award the coveted Tour of the Alps trophy.

The words of Ronaldinho

Brazilian Ronaldinho è spoke at ‘Champions Lounge’ – in-depth football lounge aired every Thursday on the dedicated Twitch channel with Fabio Cordella, Sabrina Uccello and Marco Giordano – reviewing highlights of his career and reflecting on the present of soccer: “For us Brazilians Pelé è the greatest of all, but in my house Maradona è has always been Diego, different from all the others. What can è be said about him? Spectacular, the best I have seen play. He and I have been together many times, not only as a footballer but also as a man è he was always a bigger brother. È it was wonderful to be with him”.

” I was a happy player. I did the thing I liked most and thank God I succeeded, playing è the thing I loved most in the world. My goal at Chelsea? I didn’t think of it! È it came from sé. I thought of the easiest and quickest thing to do, and it came. Today there are so many footballers who make me smile, give me joy. Messi, Neymar… so many players are good. Soccer è always beautiful, no matter the game or where you are. Always makes you excited, dreaming. Soccer è beautiful, no matter where you are”.

Ronaldinho also talked about his possible but never happened return To Italy: “I only thought about playing, my brother took care of the rest. I played wherever I dreamed of playing”. Roberto, the brother: “È true, in the past we talked a lot with Inter, when I was in Mexico still playing. The ’deal at that time was difficult forò. Inter however è a great team, so è always a pleasure when there’è a proposal from such a club. Juventus? I saw it in Sion playing, we went to watch a game together with Dinho. I loved Del Piero, one of the strongest I have seen play, along with Roberto Baggio. I also watched Platini… they were all at Juventus, which has a beautiful history”.

Closing with the ideal formation: “In my 4-3-1-2 in goal there’è Dida. The right fullback would be Cafu, the left Roberto Carlos. The two center-backs are Paolo Maldini and Rafa Marquez. As play Thiago Motta, while the two midfield midfielders would be Deco and Andrea Pirlo. The 10 would not be me, it would be Leo Messi. The two in front instead would be Ronaldo and Romario”.