Cityà of Mexico, Ferrari in pole position with Carlos Sainz

Ferrari seems to be continuing its golden moment, with Carlos Sainz taking pole osition at the Mexico City Grand Prix with 225 thousandths ahead of world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Third at 314 thousandths was Lando Norris in the McLaren, and fourth at 319 was Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari.

In Q1 Oscar Piastri with the McLaren è seventeenth, with one lap deleted for exceeding the limits of the oista, and therefore è eliminated, as well as the’undisputed local idol Sergio Perez, eighteenth with the Red Bull. Also out were Franco Colapinto in the Williams, Esteban Ocon in the Alpine and Guanyu Zhou in the Sauber.

With 10 seconds left in Q2 the red flag is shown and the mini-session ends early becauseé Yuki Tsunoda crashes without consequences at the’entrance to the baseball stadium area, which has long since replaced the legendary Peraltada curve.

With the Japanese driver, 11th, are eliminated, in’order, his teammate in Racing Bulls Liam Lawson, the Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso, on his 400ª resence in a race weekend, and Lance Stroll, and the Sauber of Valteri Bottas.

Q3 seals the sixth career pole for Sainz, his first of the season. Next to him will start; Verstappen, who è saw his first attempt time erased for cutting a chicane. On the second row are Norris and Leclerc.

In third were the Mercedes of George Russell, fifth, and Lewis Hamilton, sixth, seventh and 10th were Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg in the two Haas, eighth Pierre Gasly in the Alpine, and ninth Alexander Albon in the Williams.

LBA, four wins away from home out of five

Five games of the fifth day of Lega Basket Serie A were played today. For starters, Virtus Bologna won on the road in Cremona and è still with a full score although with a game to make up.

External successes also for Bertram Derthona Tortona, 74-78 over Trapani Shark, and for Pallacanestro Trieste, 100-95 over Nutribullet Treviso. L’EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, on the other hand, got the better of Napoli 89-82 on the friendly parquet.

Finally, fourth success away from home out of five games today for Germani Brescia, 80-68 over UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. Virtus, Trieste, Milan and Brescia join Trento at the top of the standings.

Dolomiti Energia Trentino will be busy tomorrow in Sassari with Banco di Sardegna, Umana Reyer Venezia-Givova Scafati and Openjobmetis Varese-Estra Pistoia will also be played. Instead, Bologna-Tortona, a game of the fourth day postponed due to bad weather, will be played on Nov. 6.

Atalanta ruthless, Verona destroyed

At the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, in today’s last match of the ninth day of Serie A, Atalanta literally demolished Verona by winning 6-1 and momentarily taking third place in the standings ex-aequo with Juventus, -1 from Inter and -6 from Napoli.

La Dea takes the lead at 6’: Lookman from the left serves De Roon right-footed who beats Montipò flat on the run. At 9’ the doubling: again Lookman, who this time shoots, ball deflected where there’è Retegui who right-footed strikes Montipò.

On 14’ the trio: another assist by Lookman, this time for De Ketelaere, who with a looping shot scores. At 28’ Lookman this time scores with an impassable right: 4-0. At 34’ the Nigerian makes it a double: served by Ederson he finishes first with an empty goal.

At 41’ Verona lets it be known that è in the field and shortens the distance: assist by Belahyane and a very strong left by Sarr that scores.In the resumption, at 58’ De Ketelaere launches Retegui who on one-on-one with Montipò he also signs a double putting the seal on the result.