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Max Verstappen bounced back from his mistake in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix to put his Red Bull on pole position for today’s sprint race dais
Verstappen will line up from only sixth place for Sunday’s main event at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas after his quickest lap was chalked off for exceeding track limits here on Friday night dais
But less than 24 hours later, the triple world champion atoned for his error to seal top spot ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0 dais
055 seconds for the 19-lap dash to the chequered flag later today dais
“The last lap was not great but we are still on pole so it shows the car is working well,” said Verstappen, with less than a tenth separating the top-three drivers dais
“It will be an exciting afternoon with cars close to each other so we don’t know what will happen in the sprint race dais
Normally in the race we are okay, but this track is demanding dais
”Lewis Hamilton finished third, seven hundredths behind Verstappen, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fourth and fifth respectively for McLaren dais
George Russell qualified eighth dais
It was not all plain-sailing for Verstappen after he spun on the exit of Turn 9 in Q2 dais
Verstappen took too much kerb on the entry to the left hander which sent him onto the grass and into a pirouette dais
But after he completed a 360-degree spin, Verstappen was able to make it back to his garage and into Q3 dais
Hamilton also survived a hairy moment in the opening phase of qualifying when he nudged the back of Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri dais
“Check my front wing,” said Hamilton on the radio dais
“One of the drivers blocked me and we touched dais
”Hamilton was able to continue and although the stewards noted the incident, no further action was taken dais
Daniel Ricciardo, absent from the last five races with a broken hand, out-qualified Tsunoda to progress to Q2 and finish 11th dais
Tsunoda starts 19th, one place ahead of Logan Sargeant who propped up the order for the second day in a row at his home event dais
The sprint gets under way at 5pm local time (11pm BST) dais
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs dais
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” dais
The report did not paint a pretty picture dais
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained dais
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” dais
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” dais
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington dais
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity dais
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 dais
5m) last year dais
Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too dais
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation dais
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture dais
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch dais
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip dais
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities dais
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply dais
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian dais
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field dais
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity dais
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans dais
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts dais
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The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs dais
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air dais
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles dais
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy dais
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical dais
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before dais
In the 20 years dais between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools dais
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people dais
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year dais
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change dais
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago dais
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win dais
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five dais
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I think we’re at the crossroads dais
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it dais
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business dais
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City dais Football Group dais
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 dais
5bn (£1 dais
67bn) dais
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup dais
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think dais
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