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The losing bonus point that the Saracens claimed with the final kick of the match, given that Manu Vunipola’s conversion touched the right post, will have no material value for his team this season, destined to relegate the Gallagher Premiership. But the bonus point that Sale Sharks missed, despite three tries in the first 27 minutes, came against the home players as they left the pitch.

What could you learn from these extraordinary athletic achievements?

Sale had dominated the Saracens on a free-kick and sparkled with invention behind the scrum, taking the lead at 21-7 at half-time. After the break, they were just flat. The win brought them back to the Bristol Bears in second place in the standings but, with three regular season games remaining,

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What could you learn from these extraordinary athletic achievements?

In the run-up to the top four, Bath needed five stitches and they had all sewn together at half time.

The biggest problem that remains in the Gallagher Premiership is which of the four teams makes it through the play-offs; Baths are getting more and more effective and when opportunities run out like they did here, they just don’t seem ready to go wrong.

They also have momentum and, as rugby manager Stuart Hooper later said, after a big win against Harlequins this weekend, they have already “scored 81 points so far”. this week. Is cute. “

Many Formula 1 teams have brought low downforce wings for the Belgian Grand Prix in an effort to increase their straight line performance and top speed.

Spa-Francorchamps is traditionally one of the low downforce circuits of the year, eclipsed only by Monza, often requiring a bespoke aero package to get the most out of the car along the litany of straights.

Spa, however, has lower speed sections, which require a bit more downforce than Monza for the entire lap.

This means that the aero packages for the nestled Ardennes circuit are generally a scaled-down version of the setups seen at Silverstone, another high-speed circuit.

The Haas team took this to the extreme and the American group’s VF-20 car was spotted in its garage on Thursday with an ultra-low rear spoiler.

The top element features Haas’ traditional V-shaped cutouts at quarter and three-quarter points along the wing, but overall it features a much shorter string length to create a very subtle element.

This is coupled to the main plane of the wing.

which has been moved upwards to reduce the total area of ​​the wing, eliminating much of the drag produced.

Haas appears to have retained the Gurney flap on the rear edge of the wing, in an attempt to regain some of the downforce lost by reducing the size of the wing.

McLaren made some modest changes to the wing seen in Barcelona.

​​lifting the main aircraft to eliminate some of the overall drag produced by the wing geometry.

The wing also seems ready to go with a much shorter Gurney flap – the black coating on the wing’s trailing edge – to compensate for some of the drag produced without totally losing the downforce generated by the flap.

At the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

McLaren used a completely different wing, with the main aircraft being lifted over the edges of the outboard to reduce drag on the less efficient parts of the wing while retaining l essential support.

This is a direction Alfa Romeo took for one of its Belgian GP wing designs, adding a separate spoon section in the center of the wing to make the most of the area generating the most downforce. .

The wing trailing edge remains in a relatively normal configuration, with the V-shaped section in the center to eliminate any turbulence produced by the DRS actuator housing.
But the leading edge is noticeably curved, sweeping the ends of the outboard motor to create a weaker downforce specification on either side of the center third of the wing.

This offers the best of both worlds to compensate for downforce and aerodynamic drag, and the two different approaches of Haas and Alfa Romeo appear to be two ways of dealing with the lack of power expected by the Ferrari engine in the lines. straight.

Bristol Bears

had spoken ahead of time about their ambition to emulate the Saracens and Exeter

Chiefs and become the next powerhouse in English rugby. In their second season only in the Gallagher Premiership and armed with some of the most exciting rugby players in the world, the Bears have the ambition to win the title.

What unfolded in a stormy and entertaining 80 minutes at Ashton

Gate suggested that Exeter’s Second Cord had launched the M5 International dog day: 

, which was determined to give its ambitious rivals a reality check to send a message that it ‘was more than the deep pockets and the signs of the zodiac must build a title campaign.