Andy Murray's Wimbledon Title Prospect Enhances

Andy Murray beat Lu Yen-hsun to reach third round at Wimbledon 2013 avenging an embarrassing defeat at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Murray took just two hours to get past Lu Yen-hsun with 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, scorecard. He might have served a little more consistently but he hit 11 aces and 41 clean winners, with only 14 unforced errors.

While other players in the tournament seemed to be falling in an undignified heap, Andy Murray kept his nerve and his footing to advance to round three with a quietly efficient dismissal of Lu Yen-hsun on Court No.1, where Rafael Nadal made a shock exit on day one and Victoria Azarenka took the tumbles on day two that put her out of the competition.

Andy Murray'S chances of making history by breaking a 77-year British sporting jinx at Wimbledon have been dramatically enhanced by the shock exits of heavyweights like Roger Federer, the defending champion, Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The decimation of the lower half of the men's singles draw leaves Murray with Nicolas Almagro, as his highest-ranked opponent on a route to the final.

McLaren to bring big upgrades for Silverstone

McLaren has tested its latest upgrade package at the Idiada circuit in Spain to decide which to keep on the car. As Formula One returns to Eurpore this weekend, Mclaren is hoping to make a decent step forward at Silverstone. They used the opportunity between the Canadian and British Grands Prix to test thier upgrades during an allowed straight-line test.

In the recently concluded Canadian Grand Prix, the Woking based team failed to bring either of their cars inside top ten position. This is the first time in 64 consecutive races they have failed to score a point. Jonathan Neale, Mclaren's managing director, feels the car is lacking downforce and that is what they are trying to create at the moment.

British fans are looking forward to see Mclaren secure their first podium in 2013 at Silverstone. British Fans will also witness a four-man Brit attack at this weekend in Silverstone. Lewis Hamilton, Max Chilton, Paul di Resta and Jenson Button will compete for a win at home. Lewis Hamilton was victorious in the 2008 race with McLaren. Wish he recreates the magic again.

McLaren to bring big upgrades for Silverstone

McLaren has tested its latest upgrade package at the Idiada circuit in Spain to decide which to keep on the car. As Formula One returns to Eurpore this weekend, Mclaren is hoping to make a decent step forward at Silverstone. They used the opportunity between the Canadian and British Grands Prix to test thier upgrades during an allowed straight-line test.

In the recently concluded Canadian Grand Prix, the Woking based team failed to bring either of their cars inside top ten position. This is the first time in 64 consecutive races they have failed to score a point. Jonathan Neale, Mclaren's managing director, feels the car is lacking downforce and that is what they are trying to create at the moment.

British fans are looking forward to see Mclaren secure their first podium in 2013 at Silverstone. British Fans will also witness a four-man Brit attack at this weekend in Silverstone. Lewis Hamilton, Max Chilton, Paul di Resta and Jenson Button will compete for a win at home. Lewis Hamilton was victorious in the 2008 race with McLaren. Wish he recreates the magic again.

Buy British Grand Prix Tickets at Gate

Undoubtedly the British Grand Prix is the best attended race on the Formula 1 calendar year.But Britain's lack of success on the track has caused a slump in ticket sales for the first time in a decade. The organisers of this weekend's grand prix which for the past two years has sold out, will sell tickets at the gate in an effort to boost attendance across all three racing days. The lack of a British driver winning a race so far this season combined with McLaren's poor form, is being blamed for the drop in ticket sales. But managing director of British Grand Prix, Richard Phillips, is not expecting to reach the record attendance levels of 2011 and 2012, still anticipates another big crowd at Silverstone this weekend.

Ticket sales were slower than usual during the early days, but have seen a significant upturn in interest and buying patterns since F1 returned to Europe. Also an improvement in the weather and a promising forecast for the weekend, will boost ticket sales to fans deciding to turn up on the day. This weekend’s attendance looks set to be one of our biggest in recent years. The British Grand Prix organisers have opened a new counter at Gate 1 to purchase ticket.
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Mercedes AMG F1 escapes with minor punishment

Mercedes AMG F1 has escaped any major punishment for its involvement in the 'private' tyre test carried out by tyre supplier Pirelli following the Spanish Grand Prix in May. The International Tribunal had a look over the evidence presented by three parties: Mercedes, Pirelli and the FIA. The outcome sees the German outfit reprimanded and banned from participating in the Young Driver Test which will be held next month - both of which are punishments Mercedes expected. Pirelli meanwhile was also reprimanded, though it argues it cannot be punished as it doesn't come under the jurisdiction of the FIA as a supplier, rather than a competitor. Mercedes were found to have been in breach of the regulations for carrying out a 1000km test with a 2013 car driven by their current drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but the IT's Edwin Glasgow QC argued that they did it unwittingly having thought they had the required permission after discussions with FIA race director Charlie Whiting and the FIA's lawyers. The cost of the trial will be split equally between all three parties suggesting all three were at fault in their own right. The punishment means Sam Bird, and possibly Daniel Juncadella, will not get any time behind the wheel of the W04 during the test at Silverstone. Mercedes have confirmed they will not appeal the decision.

Mclaren's Jenson Button wins F1 Australian Grand Prix 2012

Mclaren's Jenson Button took victory in the first race of the Formula One 2012 season to get his title challenge off to the best possible start in Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.

The Briton seized the lead from the start and was never seriously challenged despite an action and drama packed race which saw the deployment of the safety car in the late stages of the race and it ultimately denied Mclaren a possible 1-2 finish.

The 2011 runner up led from the first corner after passing his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had secured pole, to control the race and finish two seconds ahead of 2011 Champion Sebastian Vettel.

A clever strategy by Redbull gave Vettel second place by pitting under the safety car got him ahead of Hamilton to complete the podium.

Fellow Australian Mark Webber led Fernando Alonso who had battled with Pastor Maldonado in the closing laps before the Williams driver dropped it and hit the wall on the last lap to throw away a handful of points.

Kamui Kobayashi, come back iceman Kimi Raikkonen, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo and Force India's Paul di Resta complete the top ten.

Michael Schumacher Tops 2012 Australian F1 Practice Session 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:29.183		16
2	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.292	0.109	19
3	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:30.199	1.016	23
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30.341	1.158	13
5	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:30.709	1.526	14
6	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.466	2.283	13
7	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.505	2.322	14
8	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:31.932	2.749	16
9	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.184	3.001	17
10	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:32.194	3.011	19
11	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:32.296	3.113	20
12	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:32.632	3.449	17
13	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:32.767	3.584	15
14	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:32.822	3.639	11
15	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.039	3.856	18
16	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.252	4.069	11
17	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:34.108	4.925	21
18	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:34.275	5.092	7
19	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:34.312	5.129	17
20	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:34.485	5.302	29
21	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:34.604	5.421	31
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:34.770	5.587	13
23	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:42.627	13.444	16
24	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	No time		1