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Hamilton excels himself in opener
While Jenson Button took the plaudits for his victory in the Australian Grand Prix at the weekend, the eye catching performance came from world champion Lewis Hamilton.
I have always been of the opinion that the person in the best car will win the race, and in so it proved for Button.
But for Hamilton to finish on the podium, albeit after a rival had been docked 25 seconds, in a McLaren that had been woeful in the build up to the race.
Button, after years toiling away at the wrong end of the grid, deserved his day in the sun.
And it was an even more remarkable achievement given that just a couple of months or so ago he thought he would be out of work when Honda withdrew from the sport.
Hamilton had not been expected to feature in the shake up but got his head down and slowly picked off his rivals as he went from 18th at the start to third.
His car, I am reliably informed, is only slightly faster than my P-reg Astra diesel which recently passed its MOT.
Of course he did not have to put up with a small child in the back, asking 'Are we there yet', nor was he dragged back by a roof rack.
He was helped by a great opening lap in which he surged past six cars and then stalked his prey, picking off this rivals when they made mistakes.
The world champion had a bit of luck but deserved it and even I was impressed by him pre-race when instead of moaning about the car, the track or whatever he was magnanimous in his praise of Button's achievements in qualifying.
If Lewis Hamilton enjoyed his share of good fortune at the weekend, spare a thought for Emile Heskey.
A man who is only now receiving the recognition his play in the Premier league has deserved, he bagged his first goal for his country at Wembley and it came almost six years after his previous strike for the national side.
Seven minute later he limped from the field and was eventually forced to withdraw from the squad to face Ukraine tomorrow evening.
With Peter Crouch and Carlton Cole also picking up injuries in the friendly with Slovakia Fabio Capello called up Darren Bent.
That has to be a worry.
It was Darren Bent who missed a chance for Spurs earlier this season prompting his manager Harry Redknapp to suggest his wife would have scored it.
Mrs Redknapp might be a decent player, but she is unlikely to ever play for England.
Bent might and that's scary.
They said Andrew Strauss could not play one-day cricket, let alone captain his country in the short format of the game.
His rapid 70 in the fourth game against the West Indies on Sunday put that myth to rest and I am now actually looking forward to the decider in St Lucia on Friday.
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