Vettel doomed to win

Silverstone - A backpack full of hope! As a schoolboy with satchel Sebastian Vettel (21) is at 10.30 clock in the paddock. A smile plays around his lips when he sees the EXPRESS reporter. What are its goals, here in the "living room" of his championship rival Jenson Button (29)? "You can win," said Vettel, and still grinning broadly.
Despite 32-point deficit to the already fast-champion in Wonderland Brawn the RedBull driver can not give up. The 1st is already in the Round gave away victory in Istanbul is checked, the thoughts free of political intrigue. Vettel: "It is time that we focus on the sport. This is going to be able to but a gift - and hard enough. "
It will be the last race in the cradle of motorsport, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone gave Silverstone pass the course and can go from 2010 to donington. Pity is not only Vettel: "Silverstone is not far removed from our factory in Milton Keynes, so many people will be there to cheer us. It is a traditional track with many fast corners, which should suit our car. "
Mainly because it Red Bull's Adrian Newey Designguru built a new secret to the car: Vettel now has a four-diffuser! He needs to button miracles Brawn also believes former world champion Niki Lauda: Vettel is doomed to win. "Not only from the score here, the rival's home race, it would be psychologically important. Button knows that already views the psychological game begins: "Sebastian is a very tough opponent, but even flown a few times, like in Monaco. If you want to be world champion, you have to be constant. I know that he knows that. "
Cool like a champion. Button should enter his seventh victory in the eighth race, he goes through. Or? Lauda: "Maybe he can in between times from three races ..."
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Stuttgart, Hannover shoots to the table end

Stuttgart - VfB Stuttgart have three days after the Einzugin the UEFA Cup with the first home win of the season the Wochegekrönt and Hannover 96 at the end of the Bundesliga table projectiles.
On Sunday, the Swabians rehabilitated for dieNiederlage from the previous week against Bayer Leverkusen and defeated dieNiedersachsen 2-0 (2-0).
Before 41,000 spectators at the Mercedes-Benz Arena shot Mario Gomez (18.) and his sixth goal of the season imsechsten competitive match. Increased penalty for a foul by Pavel Pardo (40.) zumEndstand and gave VfB coach Armin Veh the requested "successful start to the season."
Even manager Horst Heldt was pleased: "This was a triumph of hard work, but I think he was auchverdient."
The ambitious score, however, remained in the drittenSaisonspiel without a win and scoring opportunities. "This is dreiSpielen takes stock of which is very poor, well-known 96-keeper Robert Enke.
Successively subdued start of the game at extremely sultry weather had beideTeams in the first round, although with many potential revealed jedochauch playful defects. The pace remained low, the opportunities for Teilhochkarätigen resulted primarily aushaarsträubenden defensive lapses.
The event kicked off at the 10th Stuttgart RicardoOsorio Minute with a rough Patzer. 96-Director ArnoldBruggink played thereupon release Jan Rosenthal, but failed on früherenNationaltorhüter Jens Lehmann.
The U-21 national team Rosenthal had returned after a gastrointestinal Virusin Hanover's starting lineup. In addition, guests brought coach Dieter Hecking newcomer Mario Eggimann first time from the start in derInnenverteidigung.
For him, the formschwache Valérien Ismaelsogar had to completely withdraw from the squad. Also Szabolcs Huszti made with dieReise to Swabia not. For Hungary Bastian Schulz arrived zusein first Bundesliga game from the beginning.
Moreover NeuzugangMikael Forssell Mike Hanke for the first time was in the starting line and ran alseinzige Point on the Lower Saxony. The Finn had to einemStellungsfehler in the VfB defense the next opportunity to put einenWeitschuss but just past the right post (12.).
The home side, the same as in the loose 4:1-Eleven Siegin the UEFA Cup first qualifying began at FC ETO Györ in Hungary amDonnerstag, went to the 18th NtroductIon minutes total surprise.
Gomez has benefited from a corner by Pavel Pardo einemFehler of his national team colleagues Enke. Abwehrversuchder the current number 1 in the DFB team landed directly on the linkenFuß of Gomez, who finished without any problems.
Although the VfB had high-profile with Thomas Hitzlsperger (23.), Gomez (28.) and Ciprian Marica (29.) more chances. But auchHannover remained dangerous in person by Forssell (24.) and Bastian Schulz (27.).
In the 40th Minutes from the penalty spot Pardo increased to 2:0 for VfB after Christian Schulz VfB new signing Martin Lanig had fouled other edge of the box. 96-Manager Christian Hochstättertrauerte during the break after the missed chances: "I think dasswir were in the first 30 minutes, the clear better team."
In the second round of the VfB was now the dominant Mannschaft.Hannover could thank Enke, that the defeat nichtnoch was higher.
Gomez failed twice (49./59.) Ausaussichtsreicher despite his position and seems to have gate-zweitenBundesliga not found to old form. Dieeinzige 96-chance in the second round awarded the eingewechselteHanke, in the 72nd Minute via header hit the crossbar.

Fox pulls 13 zoo penguins

Aachen - Massacre in penguin land! A fox broke in the Aachen zoo into the enclosure. Bloody record: 13 dead animals.
The Aachen zoo Wednesday morning: 19 glasses penguins waddle through the snow-covered enclosure, looking around searchingly. The 19 are survivors of a terrible night.
"A fox has climbed the wall, it has bitten the stretched nylon net. Then he's up on the penguins," said zoo chief Wolfram Graf Rudolf (47).
The Fox addressed a massacre among the mostly young animals: scattered throughout the area were killed the next morning the Jackass Penguin.
One even pulled the fox's head off. "Nena" and "Adi", which the Zoochef reared in person at home - dead, the respected "Kaptain Hook, 24 years old, one-eyed senior in an enclosure - assassinated.
"The surviving penguins are suffering greatly. Many have lost their partners," said Graf Rudolf.
 With the fox attack is the conservation program in Penguin Park hit hard. Graf Rudolf: "These were selected, among genetically unrelated animals from different zoos." Eventually, some of Aachen representatives of endangered species should have been wild.
The search for the four-legged offenders remained inconclusive. The night of Thursday, spent the remaining penguins in the penguin house protected.
And: If the fox to come back again, he gets a decent blow. "We will insure the net with power wires," says the zoo chief.
The value of the killed Jackass Penguin (also the symbol of the park) can not be gauged. The sad Graf: "There has always ripped a huge hole in our hearts."

Loew strokes Podolski from the squad

Frankfurt / Main - Germany coach Joachim Loew has the squad for the friendly against Norway on 11 February (20.30 clock) in Dusseldorf announced. With a nasty surprise for Lukas Podolski. The Bayern reservist is not part of it!
The Munich striker played against the English since the appearance because of injuries and illnesses and is no longer a game only last week returned to training.
For three months, the 60-Malige NationalspielerPodolski (not 31 goals) through injury and illness vollbelastbar, "so that a regular exercise for him möglichwar," Loew on Thursday justified the waiver and added: "Wirwollen give him the necessary time to he can draw seinegewohnte form. "
He would assume dassPodolski to the World Cup qualifying matches against Liechtenstein (March 28) and Wales (April 1) is fit again. "
For Podolski Löw has nominated the Leverkusen Stefan Kiessling, who celebrates it a comeback. Not included was also goalkeeper Robert Enke. Even Christoph Metzelder of Real Madrid as the European Football Cup Marcell Jansen and Clemens Fritz re not there.
Other hand, Jason Koumas (Werder Bremen) and Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim are erstmal) in the squad.
Özil, who has already played for the German U21, but repeatedly pleaded for DFB selection. The former Under-21 player Özil has opted against a Karrierefür Turkey to be with a bet against Norway würdeder 20-year-old midfielder in football too German. "I know that it is the right choice," said Özil einerMitteilung in the German Football Association (DFB).
With the appointment of the Turkish-burly Özil, who was in Gelsenkirchengeboren, will now also stop the tug of war between the German andthe Turkish Association. Earlier this week it had einmaleins great round in the DFB headquarters given, attended by the SV Werder Klaus Allofs and Manfred Mueller.
The decision did not slightly ersich said Özil and stressed: "This is auchkeine decision against my Turkish roots." But seineFamilie now live in the third generation in Germany, "habemich I always felt comfortable here and get my opportunities in the junior national teams of the DFB." Now he has a chance at Loew.
Unlike the game in November against England (1:2) this time also found Jermaine Jones, Marcel Schäfer, Tobias Weis, and Marvin Compper consideration.
The DFB squad for the friendly match against Norway: Goalkeepers: Rene Adler (Bayer Leverkusen), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen) Defenders: Andreas Beck (1899 Hoffenheim), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Andreas Hinkel (Celtic), Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04) Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart), Marko Marin (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Jason Koumas (Werder Bremen), Simon Rolfes (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV) Forwards: Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Patrick Helmes (Bayer Leverkusen), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich)

More old cars allowed into the Green Zone

Cologne - In the NRW-wide initial environmental zone in Cologne Thousands of cars allowed to drive more than originally thought. Had reason to believe that now even older cars with catalytic converters regulated eineFeinstaubplakette get informed of TUV Rheinland.
"This goes back to a decision of the Federal Council on Monday," said a spokesman. In Cologne, received by 19 000 extra cars a green sticker. The proportion of 420 000 cars in the city, which shall not go into the 16 square kilometer large area, this had fallen from eight to five percent.
   In addition to Cologne and Berlin and Hanover plan to introduce at the beginning of environmental zones. With the bans exposure to nitrogen oxides and particulate matter should be reduced. An EU study found that across Europe die each year around 310 000 people from the effects of particulate matter, of which 65 000 in Germany.
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