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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Rather cloudy VISIBILITY: Moderate to good becoming good WIND: Southeast force 4 becoming Northwest force 3 to 4, locally force 4 to 5 in evening SEA: Rough SWELL: Moderate East Southeast 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. PARTLY CLOUDY 17 º C / 11 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits FORMULA 1 Across 6. Hue (6) 7. First man (4) 8. Story (4) 9. Kingdom in N Europe (6) 10. Farm bird (5) 12. Scapegoat (5) 15. Die from lack of food (6) 17. Swindle (4) 18. Small child (4) 19. Tank ship (6) Down 1. Edible tuber (6) 2. Acting part (4) 3. Rubbish (5) 4. Photographic device (6) 5. Ornamental fabric (4) 11. Fruit ice (6) 13. Posts (6) 14. End of life (5) 16. Tailless amphibian (4) 17. Vocalize melodically (4) Nxe5+ Kf8 Qxh1 e6 d6 b1=Q Qxh6+ Ke8 Rg8# Hockenheim boss rules out German GP this year There will be no German Grand Prix this year, Hockenheim circuit boss Georg Seiler said on Tuesday in a decision that ended months of uncertainty over the country's Formula One race. THE absence of Germany, home of reigning world champions Mer- cedes, for the first time since 1960 leaves the calendar with 19 races. "We have no hope any more of having a Formula One race here (this year)," Seiler told Bild news- paper. "We did everything in the last few years to keep the fans happy." Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had kept the door ajar but Seiler said time had run out because "quality would now suf- fer" if they went ahead with the 10th round of the championship. "We had declared ourselves will- ing to step in for Nuerburgring, something we were contractually not obliged to do," he said. "There were talks with third parties over taking over the risk but they were not successful." Ecclestone told Reuters on Mon- day that Hockenheim was the only option for the July 19 race despite it being the Nuerburgring's turn under an alternation agreement. Hockenheim hosted last year's grand prix, and is also due to host it in 2016, but the circuit has made heavy losses due to poor attend- ances and is unwilling to shoul- der the burden for three years in a row. The Nuerburgring, one of the sport's most historic venues with the original track dating from the pre-World War Two years, also has financial troubles and has changed ownership since it last appeared on the calendar. German drivers have been among the most successful in Formula One, with Michael Schumacher winning a record seven world ti- tles and 91 races while Sebastian Vettel is a four times champion. However attendances dwindled after Schumacher, who won five of his titles for Ferrari, retired in 2012 after an unsuccesful come- back with Mercedes. Only 52,000 fans turned up on race day at Hockenheim last year to see Germany's Nico Rosberg win the race for Mercedes. The victory was the first by a German driver in a German car on home soil since the 1930s.