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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018 21 THE second race of the 2018 Birkirkara St. Joseph Sprint Tri- athlon Series, which took place in Salina recently, saw current National Triathlon Champion Graham Borg take the hon- ours with a comfortable win in a time of 1:02:50. The result came exactly a week after Borg raced in the gruelling Ironman Austria Race achieving a sub-10 hour result. Borg was third out of the water following Bernard Sant and Nikol Micallef, however, a strong performance on the bike saw him clock the fastest bike split for the day. Onto the run Borg kept on a steady pace to win with a nearly two minute advantage over second placed Shaun Galea (1:04:52) who was followed by Mark Bosworth in third place, in a time of 1:05.31. The fastese run split was regis- tered by Birkirkara St. Joseph athlete Jesrit Camilleri. Despite first race front run- ners Margaret Seguna and Lara Buttigieg not present on the day, Anjelika Ruggier produced a good showing to win the race and improve her time, from the previous race by just over 5 minutes, registering improved times on the bike and run leg. Second placed triathlete was newcomer Miriam Borg Saydon who registered a 38 second im- provement on her overall time. Third place on the podium was Angele Cortis. The next race of the Tri- athlon Series will take place on Sunday 9th September on the Salina Coast Road. For more information visit - 1http://bkarastjoseph.com/ ATHLETICS FORMULA 1 Graham Borg, Anjelika Ruggier grab honours at second race of Birkirkara St. Joseph Sprint Triathlon Series Mercedes still fastest despite lost points - Wolff FORMULA One champions Mercedes made mistakes in the last three back-to-back races but they still have the fastest car, according to team boss Toto Wolff. World champion Lewis Hamilton won in France last month but suffered his first retirement in two years at the following race in Austria and was second in his home British Grand Prix after going from pole position to last. The Briton heads to Hock- enheim for this weekend's German Grand Prix with an eight-point gap to make up on Ferrari's four-times cham- pion Sebastian Vettel, who will be racing in front of his home crowd. "We didn't score as many points in the triple-header as we had hoped for. A lot of that was down to our own mistakes," Wolff said in a team preview of Sunday's race. "However, there is a silver lining to this — while we didn't maximise on points, we did bring the quickest car to all three races." Vettel won in Silverstone while Red Bull's 20-year-old Dutchman Max Verstappen took his first win of the sea- son at his team's home race in Austria. The triple header was a first for Formula One, the sched- uling aimed at avoiding a clash with the World Cup fi- nal in Russia. Mercedes started all three races from pole position but Hamilton and team mate Valtteri Bottas scored only 61 points between them, com- pared to 98 for championship leaders Ferrari and 65 for Red Bull. Hockenheim is the 11th race of the 21-round season and Mercedes have won just three times, compared to six by the same stage last year. "We've had a decent first half," Wolff said. "On the one hand, we've left points on the table and had to do damage limitation more often than we would have wanted. "On the other hand, we still scored a good amount of points, both drivers have shown strong performances and we have a fast car. So there are many reasons why we're looking forward to the second half of the 2018 sea- son." Hockenheim did not host a race last year but Hamilton won there in 2016.