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      Brazil GP qualifying ABANDONED early after freak storm engulfs Sao Paulo as Verstappen beats ‘insane’ rain to grab pole

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      MAX VERSTAPPEN beat the “insane” rain to snatch pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix – just before the heavens opened.The Red Bull man set the quickest time before the rain clouds and lightning engulfed the Interlagos circuit and the session was stopped early.
      Brazil’s F1 qualifying session was abandoned early due to freak rainCredit: AP
      A number of drivers were caught out by the sudden changeCredit: Getty
      Max Verstappen took pole with Charles Leclerc and Lance Stroll in second and thirdCredit: Splash
      It was Max Verstappen’s 11th pole of the season while Charles Leclerc will start Sunday’s race in second place.
      Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso locked out the second row while it was an all-Mercedes third row with Lewis Hamilton lining up fifth and George Russell sixth.
      Hamilton said: “It’s fifth, and fifth is never that great. I did the best I could and hopefully we will have a better race.
      “The car was showing signs of decent performance but generally we are a couple of tenths off the top guys.
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      “But the conditions at the end have us a little bit further back on the grid, but it is difficult to say.”
      Russell added: “It was absolutely crazy. I have never seen a change in weather as drastic as that.
      “The target is still the podium. Aston Martin seem to have found their form but I am hoping our race pace is better than theirs.
      “It will be a difficult fight with Max, but I expect it to be a two of three-stop race, so it is all to play for.”
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      Verstappen, who is again the favourite, said: “We didn’t know when the rain would hit in qualifying, we thought it would hit but this is insane weather.
      “It was all quite hectic in the last lap. It seems that it’s all very close. Last year we didn’t get that right but I think we are a bit better this year.”
      Ferrari’s Leclerc, who had been on pole in the previous two races, added: “In my whole career I have never experienced something like that.
      “From Turn 4 onwards there was no rain. But the car was extremely difficult to drive, no grip.
      “I was thinking about coming in at the end of the lap but I finished it and it was P2. So a really good surprise. A very weird one for everyone at the track.”
      The result was hard on McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, who had looked quick enough to fight for pole position.
      But they were caught out by the rain and did not get out on track with enough dry running to set a lap time.
      Norris said: “The car was amazing. Easily quick enough to be quickest and on pole. So I am pretty gutted for that to end the way we did.
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      “Obviously delivering the lap and putting it together in Q3 and everything is a different job, but easily quick enough.
      “So another disappointing Saturday, but not a lot we could have done.”
      McLaren had looked quick enough for pole but were caught out by the weatherCredit: Getty
      Lewis Hamilton could only muster a P5 resultCredit: Alamy
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      Former ‘world’s hottest weather girl’ and Mexico fan Yanet Garcia gets pulses racing as she shows off bum in bikini

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      MEXICO’S sexiest fan Yanet Garcia has wowed her followers with a cheeky picture on her social media.The 32-year-old found fame as a meteorologist doing the weather forecast for Televisa Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
      Yanet Garcia has set fans’ pulses’ racing with a new Instagram postCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      She showed off her bum in a yellow bikiniCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      Yanet was relaxing with a drink and a self-help bookCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      Yanet was enjoying a trip to New YorkCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      It came after she enjoyed a successful career as a model.
      And she has now built up a substantial social media following which consists of 15 million fans.
      And she has treated them to some new Instagram pictures taken during a trip to Equinox Hudson Yards in New York.
      While wearing a yellow bikini and sunglasses she showed off her bum, setting her followers’ pulses racing as they flooded her comment section.
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      One fan gushed: “You’re so sweet.”
      A second commented: “What a nice back.”
      A third wrote: “Very beautiful love.”
      A fourth said: “Beautiful as always.”
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      Yanet found fame presenting the weather for Televisa Monterrey in MexicoCredit: Getty
      She is now a model and OnlyFans starCredit: Getty
      While another added: “Very divine and beautiful.”
      Yanet also enjoyed a refreshing drink and read her book “Tell Yourself a Better Lie” which is about instilling the belief of self-worth.
      Meanwhile, Yanet recently stunned her fans with a snap of herself posing in lacy underwear.
      Yanet worked for Televisa Monterrey from 2013 to 2019, before quitting and moving to the US.
      Having left the TV station, she registered herself as a personal trainer and launched her own fitness app called FitPlan.
      She also announced she was joining OnlyFans, having built up a huge following on YouTube and Instagram.
      Fans of the former weather presenter now pay £15 ($20) a month for her OnlyFans content.
      Yanet’s previously been forced to deny rumours that she’s had bum implants, insisting that her figure is the result of years of hard work in the gym.
      Yanet has a massive online followingCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      She has 15 million followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram – @iamyanetgarcia
      In the past, she dated YouTuber Doug Censor Martin – otherwise known as FaZe Censor – with the couple splitting in 2018.
      He is thought to have dumped her to spend more time on Call of Duty.
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      She also reportedly dated former American football player turned life-guru Lewis Howes in 2021.
      Yanet made a name for herself on the world sporting stage when she was kicked in the bum on Mexican TV for “good luck” in Mexico’s World Cup 2018 opener. More

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      Football referee dies after being struck by LIGHTNING during match as he told players to take cover from storm

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      A REFEREE has died after being struck by lightning during a match.Nigerian official Mustapha Bello was taking charge of a friendly game on Tuesday when the tragedy took place.
      Nigerian referee Mustapha Bello died after being struck by lightning during a matchCredit: Twitter
      Heavy rain and thunder broke out during the schools fixture between Madalla and Suleja.
      According to reports Bello was hit by a thunderbolt when he went out to inspect the pitch at the start of the second half.
      He was taken to hospital in Madalla, in Nigeria’s western Niger state, but could not be revived.
      Bello, 40, had been a senior official in the west African country’s football league as well as a member of its referees’ association.
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      Eyewitness Muhammed Musa said: “It was raining, and all the footballers along with their fans took refuge in the school’s classrooms.
      “The referee and his assistant rushed back onto the field, demanding the players to join them.
      “They were at the centre of the pitch when the thunder struck.  The two of them were rushed to a hospital.
      “The referee was confirmed dead on arrival, while his assistant was revived.”
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      Emilia Romagna GP EVACUATED due to flood risks with F1 race under threat of being called off

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      CIRCUIT bosses have evacuated the paddock at Imola ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to flood risks.Heavy rain has hit the region, which has been given a red alert weather warning with wind and rain expected to continue.
      The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix could be in chaos this weekendCredit: AP
      A red alert weather warning was issued in the regionCredit: Splash
      Storms have already triggered flooding and the circuit is perilously close to the river Santerno, which is rapidly rising.
      F1 chiefs face an anxious wait to see if the river will burst its banks, sending water flooding into the paddock just metres away.
      Staff in Imola were sent back to their hotels as officials monitored the situation.
      Contingency plans are in place should there be problems with the TV broadcast of the race, but F1 are hopeful that it will go ahead as planned.
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      Local schools have been shut as a precaution and residents have been urged to only travel if essential.
      However, with much of the car parking done on grass, there is likely to be plenty of problems with logistics.
      The race is the first of a triple-header on consecutive weekends and schedule means it is already a tight turnaround before any weather delays.
      For the meantime, F1 say the event is going ahead as planned.
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      Meanwhile, the race in Imola will see the debut of a new Pirelli rain tyre which does not need heating up beforehand.
      Pirelli’s head of car racing and F1 Mario Isola said: “Track tests have shown even better performance than the previous Cinturato Blue full wet, even without the electric heating of the tyre.
      “The result of studies carried out by Pirelli, it is the first concrete step towards the use of dry tyres without preheating.” More

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      Terrifying moment THREE 300million volt lightning bolts strike football pitch in horror hat-trick during match

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      THIS is the terrifying moment three lightning bolts strike a football pitch with 300 million volts during a match.The horror hat-trick was caught on camera in Nueva Londres, Paraguay, on January 29.
      The strike hit a football pitch in the middle of a matchCredit: CEN
      It sent players diving for coverCredit: CEN
      Footage of the event shows players running in fear and diving for cover as large lightning bolts hammer the turf.
      They struck the ground amid deafening claps of thunder as a storm raged.
      One player threw himself to the ground to avoid the strike, while another simply turned and ran.
      Those involved in the game were lucky to be alive, according to one expert.
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      Widinei Fernandes, a professor of geophysics, told Brazilian media: “Looking at the video, you can see it was a lightning strike formed by two or three discharges.
      “In general, lightning is formed by three discharges, these discharges then take advantage of the main one to have subsequent discharges.
      “People are at great risk, because a discharge could even kill a person.”
      Local officials confirmed that there had been no injuries.
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      Unbelievably, the match was not abandoned and continued until the final whistle.
      Professor Fernandes added: “Everyone should look for covered shelter, they were very lucky, someone could have died.”
      It comes after a Brazilian player was struck by lightning during a match in 2019.
      Agua Santa U-20s defender Henrique thankfully made a full recovery after medics rushed to treat him.
      Similarly, two players were injured by a lightning strike during a school match in Jamaica the same year.
      Meanwhile, earlier this month, an eight-year-old British boy suffered severe burns and a cardiac arrest after being hit by a lightning bolt while swimming in Australia.
      Thankfully, an off-duty nurse was at the beach and managed to resuscitate him, before he was stabilised in hospital.
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      Couple discover a football on the beach after Storm Darcy blew it 300 miles from Amsterdam to Norfolk

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      STORM Darcy’s bone-numbing -10 gales have blown a football nearly 300 miles across the icy North Sea to Norfolk.
      An amazed couple walking along a snow-covered beach discovered the ball which was covered in Amsterdam-based club Ajax’s branding.

      Di Miller discovered an Ajax football on the beach in Norfolk

      The ball blew 300 miles from Amsterdam

      Muffled against the Arctic wind, Terry and Di Miller were braving the big chill for some lockdown exercise when they spotted the ball on the sand at West Runton.
      Battling the gales, the couple managed to catch up with the bouncing ball and found it was emblazoned with the colours and slogans of Ajax.
      The Millers, who live in West Runton, say the discovery shows how powerful the storm is, to have blown the ball across the North Sea.
      The snow-laden Beast from the East winds, cutting the temperature to minus ten, have battered Norfolk and the rest of East Anglia, facing out on to the North Sea.

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      Terry said “It was probably lost by someone in the Netherlands, and has come all the way to Norfolk in the easterly winds.
      “It’s probably been blown across the North Sea from Holland.”
      The ball, in good condition, is adorned with Ajax’s founding year – 1900 – and three gold stars, which signifies the club having won the top-flight Dutch Eredivisie league more than 30 times – currently 33.

      It also has the motto ‘The pride of Mokum’ and the Millers have discovered Mokum was an old term for Amsterdam, which comes from Yiddish. Ajax has a strong Jewish following.
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      The Ajax branded football ended up on the Norfolk coastCredit: Google Maps

      Storm Darcy has brought snow and freezing temperatures to the UKCredit: Alamy Live News

      Terry said that amazingly it mirrors a story in his own family.
      In the late 1950s or early 1960s, members of his family lost a beachball on Gorleston beach.
      It blew across the North Sea to Scheveningen, a Dutch seaside resort near The Hague.
      “It was picked up by a Dutch family on holiday in Scheveningen, which led to us meeting up and becoming friends” he said.

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