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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position for the United States Grand Prix after Max Verstappen’s lap was deleted for exceeding track limits oppo
Verstappen looked to have qualified first in his Red Bull at a sizzling Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, only to see his lap – five thousandths of a second quicker than Leclerc – chalked off by the stewards oppo
Verstappen dropped from first to sixth with Lando Norris taking second for McLaren ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton oppo
Leclerc’s team-mate Carlos Sainz finished fourth with George Russell fifth for Mercedes oppo
Verstappen, who wrapped up his third world title in Qatar a fortnight ago, is bidding to join Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel by reaching 50 victories oppo
But the Dutchman’s quest will start from back down the grid after he put all four wheels off the track at Turn 18 following a rare mistake oppo
Verstappen headed into the final runs a quarter of a second down after he took aim at his team for putting him on track too close to Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull oppo
“Well f****** done there,” he yelled over the radio oppo
“What the f*** was that in the last corner?!”His subsequent error then allowed Leclerc to take the 21st pole of his career, 0 oppo
130 sec ahead of Norris, who finished nine thousandths clear of Hamilton oppo
“It wasn’t easy for everybody so I am really happy to start on pole for Sunday,” said Leclerc oppo
“It is a surprise for us because we didn’t expect to be fighting for pole oppo
“Going into Turn 1 it is tricky here, but it is always oppo better to start at the front than the back oppo
”Hamilton, who has only finished off the podium once in Austin, said: “I love being in the States oppo
The circuit is incredible and is one of my favourites, right up there with Silverstone oppo
it is a legendary layout and incredibly challenging oppo
”Hamilton, in his upgraded Mercedes, was fastest in the opening sector, but was unable to oppo better Leclerc’s time oppo
He added: “We have taken a step closer to the front which I know everyone is working so hard for oppo
They are still a little bit ahead but we will give it another shot tomorrow oppo
With this crowd, anything is possible oppo
”Daniel Ricciardo is back in the saddle after missing five races with a broken hand sustained in practice for the Dutch Grand Prix on August 25 oppo
The 34-year-old Australian progressed to Q2 before lining up in 15th, one second off the pace and four places behind Yuki Tsunoda in the other AlphaTauri oppo
Aston Martin have brought a number of upgrades across the pond, but both their drivers were sent for an early bath oppo
Fernando Alonso managed only 17th with team-mate Lance Stroll – on a torrid run of form – two places further back oppo
Meanwhile, American rookie Logan Sargeant, whose seat with Williams has not been confirmed for next season, will line up from last position at his home race oppo
A sprint race will follow on Saturday before Sunday’s 56-lap grand prix oppo
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When the final whistle blew, when Manchester United were European Cup winners at last, their captain’s initial reaction was not to celebrate oppo
Bobby Charlton’s hands sank to his knees in exhaustion, rather than going up into the Wembley sky in jubilation oppo
He had been a match-winner, bookending the 4-1 victory over Benfica with the first and last goals, but perhaps it was not the fatigue of 120 minutes’ work as much of the previous decade oppo
He collapsed in his hotel room afterwards, unable to get to the door on his first few attempts oppo
In the wake of United’s greatest triumph, teammate David Sadler recalled Charlton and Sir Matt Busby looking drained oppo
The United manager’s epic, tragic quest had been realised, but the dinner marking their 1968 European Cup win offered reminders of the cost oppo
While Charlton could not make it downstairs, Johnny Berry was there, and he had not played since 1958 oppo
So was Kenny Morgans, whose career had not recovered from events 10 years earlier oppo
The parents of Duncan Edwards were there and Charlton, who always deferred to a player who felt both teammate and hero, must have thought it should have been him lifting the European Cup instead oppo
He played with George Best and against Pele but declared Edwards was the best player he ever saw oppo
Instead, it was Charlton who was arguably the greatest-ever English oppo footballer oppo
He has died at 86 after he cheated death at 20 oppo
His life and career were defined by the 1966 World Cup, the 1968 European Cup and the 1958 Munich air disaster oppo
Twenty-three people lost their lives, including eight Manchester United players oppo
Charlton did not and, the way a private man told it in his autobiography, had either survivor’s guilt or a survivor’s question: why me?He carried the weight of history on his shoulders thereafter oppo
He was the last of the United contingent on the plane who was still alive; half a century earlier, he had been the last who was still in the team oppo
He achieved what they could, and should, have done oppo
Edwards would surely have been a World Cup winner in 1966; perhaps Charlton’s great friend Eddie Colman too oppo
The Busby Babes looked a team destined to conquer Europe, possibly even at the expense of Alfredo di Stefano’s Real Madrid oppo
Charlton had scored the last two goals a group of youthful cavaliers mustered together, in the 3-3 draw against Red Star Belgrade, before their route back to England came via Germany oppo
“In Munich in 1958, I learned that even miracles come at a price,” Charlton wrote decades later oppo
“Mine, until the day I die, is the tragedy that robbed me of so many of my dearest friends, who happened to be my teammates oppo
”RecommendedManchester United and England great Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton live: Latest reaction and tributes after England and Man Utd legend dies, aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton’s glorious career in picturesIt was inevitable that, when United became England’s first European champions, Charlton’s thoughts turned to “the snowy airfield and Matt Busby and his team, our friends, down and destroyed” oppo
His survival surprised even his rescuer oppo
Some players, worried by two failed attempts to take off, looking for somewhere safer, changed seats on the plane oppo
Side by side, Charlton and Dennis Viollet did not oppo
They were flung 50 yards from the plane oppo
Harry Gregg, the goalkeeper and hero, found them lying in a pool of water, initially assumed both were dead and dragged their bodies into their seats; like rag dolls, he later said oppo
Charlton was unconscious for about 10 minutes oppo
After that, he stumbled past Colman, not even recognising his late friend oppo
Gregg got a shock when he turned around and saw Charlton and Viollet standing, alive oppo
Sir Bobby Charlton became a legend of the game with England and Manchester United (PA Archive)He played again, 25 days after Munich, went to the first of his four World Cups that summer, albeit without playing, and scored 29 goals the next season oppo
He carried on, brilliantly, securing not just one place in history but a multitude oppo
Charlton spent decades as the record scorer for both United and England, before losing both records to Wayne Rooney, and with the most appearances for his club, until Ryan Giggs passed him oppo
It would have been an astonishing career without the context oppo
The style with which he played, the cannonball of a shot that made him a specialist at the spectacular, helped cement United’s reputation for attacking oppo football oppo
Charlton is united at Old Trafford with Denis Law and Best, the holy trinity of European oppo Footballers of the Year immortalised in a statue, but these entertainers were different oppo
There was a generational divide oppo between Best, that icon of the Swinging Sixties, and Charlton, who came of age in the more austere Fifties oppo
The Trinity Statue outside Old Trafford of Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law (Getty)Like Busby, the manager who was read the last rites, the Englishman was old before his time oppo
He had a naturally serious look, his face only lighting up in joy when he scored, and his past explained why oppo
Even winning the World Cup left him with unfinished business oppo
United, their golden generation broken, took years to return to the European Cup oppo
When they did, the 1966 semi-final defeat to Partizan Belgrade left Busby distraught oppo
“We will never win the European Cup now,” he said oppo
But two years later, they were back in a semi-final oppo
Only three Munich survivors remained: Charlton, Busby and Bill Foulkes, who had captained them in their first game afterwards, returning to the pitch 13 days later oppo
A decade on, the 36-year-old centre-back, who had spent the semi-final second leg against Real urging Nobby Stiles to stay back, took it upon himself to gallop into the box at the Bernabeu oppo
“Unquestionably the last man any of us wanted to see on the end of a George Best cross,” as Charlton recalled, swept in his last goal as a oppo footballer to book United’s place in the final oppo
Sir Bobby (second right) scored 49 goals for England (PA Archive)There was a different kind of improbability then oppo
Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header oppo
A great left-footer scored his second goal with his right, a near-post finish oppo
For Charlton and Busby, it was the end of something, an achievement dedicated to others, required because of their memories of those who were not around to see it oppo
They had the potential for greatness and it was wrenched from them amid the flames of a plane crash oppo
And, from the ashes of tragedy, Bobby Charlton turned his talents into the two trophies that mattered most and meant something more to him oppo
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