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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Red Bull driver Mark Webber set the pace in the first practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday. Cheap Jerseys From China . Webber clocked one minute 13.811 seconds at the 4.3-kilometre Interlagos track, ahead of McLaren duo Jenson Button, 0.014 back, and Lewis Hamilton, 0.150 behind. Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel, who has already clinched the drivers title, was fourth fastest in 1:14.025. With the title already decided, Sundays Brazilian race features the fight for second place, with Button, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Webber still with a chance to finish runner-up. Alonso had the sixth-fastest time in the first practice, but couldnt complete the session because of an apparent mechanical failure with about five minutes left. Crowd favourite Felipe Massa, in his 100th race with Ferrari, was fifth fastest on a hot day in South Americas biggest city. Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, a four-time winner in Brazil, was seventh in his Mercedes. Button has a 10-point advantage over Alonso and a comfortable 18-point lead over Webber in the fight for second place. The British driver will secure the runner-up spot just by finishing ahead of Alonso and Webber. Vettel won the title at the Japanese GP, with four races to spare in the season. He dominated the season with 11 victories and 14 pole positions. He will make a little more history if he can win the pole again on Saturday in Brazil, allowing him to surpass Nigel Mansell for the record in a single season. Vettel won his 14th pole to equal Mansell in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton won the race in Abu Dhabi after Vettel retired on the first lap because of a punctured tire that damaged his car. It will be the first time in seven years that there isnt a chance the title will be decided in Brazil. The season had its champion crowned in Interlagos for five straight years until 2010, when Vettel clinched the trophy in Abu Dhabi, which ended the season last year. The constructors championship also has been decided in favour of Red Bull, which McLaren set to finish second and Ferrari at least third no matter what happens in Sundays race. Cheap Miami Dolphins Jerseys . "First, I would like to offer my deepest and sincerest apologies for any harm I have inflicted on University of Missouri defensive lineman, Michael Sam," the statement read. NFL Jersey China . Ortega played 42 games for Double-A Tulsa in the Texas League last season before sustaining a hairline fracture on his shin. NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils top executive took issue Friday with Newark Mayor Cory Bookers recent harsh criticism of him, particularly accusations that the National Hockey League team reneged on a promise to construct a community centre as part of its deal to build the Prudential Center arena five years ago. Booker ripped chairman and managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek on Wednesday in a news conference in front of the arena, a day after arbitrators ruled in favour of the Devils in a long-running dispute with the city over arena parking revenue. Booker indicated that the citys lawyers were considering legal recourse. Among other colourful descriptions, Booker called Vanderbeek a "Grade-A huckster" who came to Newark with "a mouthful of promises and pocketful of lies." One of the unfulfilled promises, Booker said, was that the Devils would build a community centre next to the arena in downtown Newark, the states largest city. Vanderbeek told The Associated Press on Friday that Bookers remarks both surprised and concerned him. "Its concerning that after choosing to take the Prudential Center to court and then have the court ruling that they needed to go to arbitration, and taking it to arbitration, that after that ruling the mayor chooses to not obey the law of the land but seems to be following Booker law," Vanderbeek said. "Our concern is that in a city like Newark where we are trying to set a platform to draw private business in, that businesses are going to think twice when they think about the risk of coming into Newark," he added. A 2007 letter signed by Vanderbeek and Newark Housing Authority head Keith Kinnard said that Devils Renaissance Development, the teams development arm, "shall not be requireed to construct a separate, free-standing community centre; rather, DRD shall only be required to incorporate and conduct community programs in the second sheet of ice that will be constructed as part of the Arena Project. Cheap Jerseys. " Kinnard said Friday that he signed the letter at a time when the arena negotiations were at a critical stage and the city had already sunk about US$100 million into the project. He said the Devils threatened to move to Kansas City if they didnt receive the concessions spelled out in the letter. Booker on Friday echoed Kinnards account and didnt back down from his earlier remarks. Vanderbeek "claimed to be an altruist and that he wanted to help the community, but he went on finding every legal way imaginable to squeeze out of every commitment," Booker said. "This just shows the character of the man, that hes more concerned with squeezing every possible dollar off the table. The rec centre is just one chapter." The Devils havent paid rent to the city since the arena opened in 2007 because of the parking dispute. This weeks arbitration ruling ordered the city to pay $2.7 million per year in parking money to the team. Combined with other payments and fees, the city owes the team about $15 million, or a few hundred thousand dollars more than the Devils owe the city in back rent and other fees. The city contributed $210 million toward building the arena, paid for through a renegotiated lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for Newark Liberty International Airport property. The team provided $100 million. The Devils played their first game in the Prudential Center, known as The Rock, in October 2007 after playing at an arena in the nearby Meadowlands since the 1982-83 season.cheap jerseys cheap jerseys from china ' ' ' |
