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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 13 JUNE 2018 23 SPORTS MOTORSPORTS Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine becoming partly to rather cloudy and with the possibility of an isolated shower overnight VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West to Northwest force 3 to 4 at first, becoming North Northwest force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6 for some time SEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate to rough SWELL Low Southwest at first, becoming negligible and then locally low West Northwest later on 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. SUNNY 30 º C /20 º C UV INDEX: 9 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku A B C D E F G H Pursuits Across 1. Achieving success (10) 8. Person who rides (5) 9. Moray Firth town (5) 10. Cat sound (4) 12. Absence of passion (6) 14. Vegetable (6) 17. Female servant (4) 21. Hog (5) 22. Pale bluish purple (5) 23. Shetland village (10) Down 2. Mammary gland in cows (5) 3. Thin rope (4) 4. Sunrise (3-2) 5. Hard stone (5) 6. Tall and thin (5) 7. Snare (4) 11. Floor covering (3) 13. Upper limb (3) 14. Urns (5) 15. Dirt (5) 16. Standard of perfection (5) 18. Entertain (5) 19. Contest between two persons (4) 20. Little devils (4) d4 exd3 Bxd3# ... Kg6 Qg8# Renault warn Red Bull time expiring on engine decision RENAULT have warned Red Bull that they are running out of time to take up the French manufacturer's offer of a For- mula One engine for next sea- son and cannot wait until next month's Austrian Grand Prix. Red Bull must decide be- tween sticking with Renault, the manufacturer that pow- ered them to four champion- ships between 2010 and 2013 but with whom they fell out afterwards, and Honda who are now partners of Red Bull- owned Toro Rosso. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told reporters in Can- ada that the decision was likely to be made within two or three weeks. "I think it will be after Paul Ricard (the French Grand Prix next week), around the Austri- an Grand Prix I would suspect we'll be homing in on our posi- tion," he said. The race at Spielberg is on July 1. However, Renault F1 man- aging director Cyril Abiteboul said Austria was too late and that the deadline had already been extended once to allow Red Bull to compare the latest specification engines. "I guess they have all the in- formation that they need now. I don't see why they are going to further delay the decision," he told the press. "Past a certain point, the of- fer we made, and that they requested, will not stand," the Frenchman added. "It was Montreal that they wanted to wait for: our new spec, Honda's new spec. "We will not be able to wait for the sort of timing that they've mentioned this week- end." Red Bull's engines are already branded as Tag Heuer follow- ing the falling out but Abite- boul said at the weekend he hoped the two sides would stay together for a few more years. He suggested that, if they did, Red Bull could become champions again. But he em- phasised that his patience had limits. "I have a date, they know the day, but we are not talk- ing about Austria. Austria, we won't be here, and they will be talking directly to Honda," he said. The engine decision has added importance for Red Bull with Australian Daniel Ric- ciardo out of contract at the end of the season and weigh- ing up his options after win- ning two of seven races this year. Honda, whose engine was once dominant in the 1980s, had a dismal three years with McLaren but have looked more competitive with Toro Rosso. Whatever engine Red Bull go for is likely to be only a short- term decision, with the rules set to change after 2020.