Formula 1, Texas: World Championship leader Max Verstappen starts from pole position in the US Grand Prix in Austin / Texas. The Dutch Red Bull star raced to the best time in qualifying on Saturday in 1: 32.910 minutes and has a good chance of extending his lead of six points over record world champion Lewis Hamilton. The Briton drove to second place in the Mercedes (1: 33.119) and completes the front row. Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez was third in front of the second Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas.
However, the Istanbul winner will be using his sixth combustion engine in Austin and will have to move five positions back on the starting grid in the race on Sunday (9:00 p.m. CEST / Sky). Sebastian Vettel missed the jump in Q3 in twelfth place, but is tackling the 17th race of the season from 18th place on the grid anyway. The four-time world champion received a penalty transfer to the end of the field because of the fourth engine change on his Aston Martin. George Russell (Williams) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine), who are also affected, start behind him. Mick Schumacher starts his first Formula 1 race in the USA because of the penalties for the competition from position 16. The 22-year-old again won the qualifying duel with his Russian Haas team-mate Nikita Masepin.
Sports policy, DFB: As a possible new president of the crisis-ridden German Football Association, Peter Peters would be the first to bring “enormous” calm to the association. “The time of unrest, perhaps of one or the other intrigue, has to be over, from my point of view that can no longer go on. And then we have to focus on” football “and” values ”again,” Peters said in an interview Deutschlandfunk (Saturday). The German Football Association must regain confidence overall.
Peters is currently head of the German Football Association on an interim basis with Rainer Koch after Fritz Keller resigned in May. Peters had already announced that he would resign prematurely as chairman of the supervisory board of the German Football League (DFL). Should he then be proposed by a regional association, he will run for election as DFB President. The election will take place at the Bundestag on March 11, 2022 in Frankfurt / Main. Apart from Peters, no one has yet announced their ambitions. DFB Vice President Koch no longer wants to run for office.
Peters advocated strengthening cooperation in the DFB in the future. “Trains build accidents against each other. And that’s why I’m clearly a friend of each other, because the tasks that the German Football Association will have to fulfill in the future will only work together,” said Peters, who may be a team would put together. “I think everyone is wisely advised to take up this position if you have a sensible team that trusts each other. And of course I also have ideas,” said the 59-year-old and added: “It’s no secret that they Teams that were put together through elections in the past did not trust each other, which is exactly what led to the resignations. “
2nd Bundesliga: FC Schalke 04 shot themselves to second place in the 2nd Bundesliga for at least one day. The Royal Blues won 3-0 (1-0) at home against SG Dynamo Dresden on Saturday evening and are now level on points with Sopitzenreiter FC St. Pauli. The guests played at eye level for a long time, but could not land a goal. After around 20 minutes, Schalke managed to put real pressure on the Dresden goal for the first time. Reinhold Ranftl crossed into the penalty area, goalkeeper Kevin Broll saves the shot. But Thomas Ouwejan turned with an outstretched leg in the rebound and pushed the ball into the Dresden net (20th). Marius Bülter landed the second goal for the Royal Blues in the 78th minute, Marcin Kaminski made the decision in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
In the 40th minute, Schalke’s striker Simon Terodde almost managed to break the second Bundesliga goal record. Terodde stood alone in front of the gate – but Bülter’s flank rolled past him. This means that Terodde will have to share the goal scorer record with Dieter Schatzschneider for a while, both of whom have scored 153 times so far. The guests kept up well with the game over a long distance and were even the more active team at times. Even after the 0-1 deficit, they were not deterred and continued to play courageously, especially in the second half. Ultimately, however, the Dynamo attack lacked assertiveness. The 54,526 fans in the Veltins-Arena could look forward to the return of Danny Latza, who was substituted on in the second half. The Schalke captain had been absent for several months due to a knee injury.