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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2017 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine or partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: North to Northwest force 3 to 4, locally force 4 to 5 at first, becoming locally force 2 to 3 and backing West to Northwest SEA: Moderate becoming slight locally slight to moderate SWELL: Low North Northwest becoming mainly Northeast SEA TEMP: 15 °C A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. MAINLY SUNNY 16 º C / 9 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Preceding marriage 8. Fertile area in a desert 9. Feel grief 10. Optical device 12. Novice 14. Former county in SE England 17. Rules 21. German submarine 22. Fright 23. Water line Down 2. Gum 3. Fog 4. Lover of Juliet 5. Large motor vehicle 6. Cavalry weapon 7. Moderately cold 11. Sister 13. Nocturnal bird 14. American Indian woman 15. Recreation 16. Go into 18. Diminish 19. Identical 20. Destiny Qxe6+ Kd8 Rxc8# FORMULA 1 Renault aims for fifth place in 2017 championship RENAULT unveiled their 2017 Formula One car on Tuesday and said it target- ted fifth place in the championship and possible podium finishes after strug- gling among the backmarkers last sea- son. The former world champions, who re- turned as full constructors in 2016 after taking over the failing Lotus team, fin- ished ninth out of 11 last year with driv- ers Kevin Magnussen of Denmark and Briton Jolyon Palmer. Magnussen has since left for U.S- owned rivals Haas F1 and been replaced by experienced German Nico Hulken- burg from Force India. Russian Sergey Sirotkin retains the role of development driver. The team, whose engine plant is in France and main factory in England, have invested heavily in adding head- count and infrastructure over the past year with the aim of returning to the top by 2020. "We expect to be fifth in the cham- pionship," Renault Sport Racing Presi- dent Jerome Stoll told the audience in a central London hall before the black and yellow RS17 car was presented to pounding music and strobe lights. "We are hungry for the podium, hun- gry for success," said Stoll. Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul, who has effectively been running the team since the de- parture of principal Frederic Vasseur in January, said the key word for the year ahead was 'integration'. French-owned team target jump from ninth to fifth in 2017 standings with RS17; Nico Hulkenberg joins Jolyon Palmer in line-up