a home a weld cup, and so excited it's always exciting to be in front of the home cloud so it's an emotional day and we are all excited. hello and welcome. it's the most glamourous race in the formula one calender with celebrities like cristiano ronaldo coming to watch — but this weekend monaco will have a subdued feel about it. the death of niki lauda will overshadow sunday's race, especially for mercedes. lauda was non—executive chairman and had an especially close relationship with driver lewis hamilton who was fastest in practice today, which was the perfect tribute to lauda. jennie gow is there for us. i'm joined by former driver alex, i have asked you to join us because

they're still coming to terms with they're still coming to terms with the death of election, i could you sum up what he meant for the sport. he meant so much, on both sides of the sport, on track especially, i mean the bbc was the first to broadcast his epic battle against james hynde and he touched so many generations ever since, of course he had his accident and could not lose that significant moment in his life because of the scars on his face which he did not care, he said i was ugly before i'm not better looking now but i'm still the same human being, that's what sums up niki lauda, always a direct and brutally honest with himself, and to the world i also remember during a driver strike —— strike he initiated, he thought about the rights because they wanted to own the rights and even now all the skids driving around in monaco to

date and their practise sessions, they have to give him a jeep —— deep thinking because he changed the sports and ensure the rights of them and after he retired, he remained close to the sport as expert and changed mercedes in a way because he negotiated the agreement deal which wasn't the basis for farming this dominant team that we have seen today. he was an entrepreneur in his own airlines but above all, i was very lucky to have spent time with them, he was funny, he was cool, and 99% of what he said was so sharp and so on 99% of what he said was so sharp and so on it and, yeah, unfortunately he is gone but will never be forgotten nine sports motorsports and as far asi nine sports motorsports and as far as i said he's the biggest icon we had or had. as he suggested, he leaves a very dominant mercedes team here, what id —— what are the ones

here, what id —— what are the ones he helped to build he was almost responsible for bringing louis hamilton to the team and they have got to practise today and he had once in every race and i look like they could do it again, they seem ocea ns they could do it again, they seem oceans ahead of everybody else. absolutely, yeah, you're right, and i have to say especially here in monaco, you see the weakness from last year, but they went into a strength, for monaco is about time management to bring the tires up to the front and rear the drivers feel co mforta ble, the front and rear the drivers feel comfortable, it was a real weakness on the last year clark, defendant needed to long to come into play, and now they nailed it, and on the fast track and permanent tracks and also here in micah, so i have to say that it's sensational to see the tea m that it's sensational to see the team every time lifting the performance to a new level and spear and leaving the others which are really good like ferrari and red bull have the same one, but they are in their own universe at the moment.

it's a bit boring to watch on track i had to be honest, i am very proud to witness it though, it was a sensational performance from a strong team. a rest day on friday and qualifying and another practise session on saturday, looks like great apes —— mercedes had an advantage, but you never know what can happen. the first leg of the scottish premiership play—off final between dundee united and st mirren ended in a goalless draw. it was a fast paced and physical match though at tannadice with a few chances but somehow no goals. united came close twice almost winning it in the dying seconds, only for the keeper to help scramble it clear. st mirren are looking to stay in the premiership after finishing second to last this season while united were the championship runners up and are keen to get back in the top flight after 3 years away. it'll now be decided in the second leg on sunday in paisley. britain's katie swan is one win away from the main draw of the french open —

which starts next week. she's through to the final round of qualifying, hoping to reach herfirst grand slam main draw outside wimbledon. if she makes it through she could face fellow briton and 26th seed jo konta who's guaranteed a qualifier in the first round. katie boulter meanwhile, is due to play the croatian 23rd seed donna vekic, despite supposedly pulling out with a back injury. in the men's draw — british number two cameron norrie will play australia's nick kyrgios and kyle edmund faces the french hopejeremy chardy, while top seed novak djokovic plays poland's hubert hurkacz and the defending champion rafael nadal faces a qualifier. heather watson has played in the french open six times, but she won't be there next week — she lost a third set tie—break to valentina grammatik—o—pou—lou of greece. it's just 50 days to go until the start of the netball world cup in liverpool. manager tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad — eight of whom were part of the gold medal winning team at last

yea r‘s commonwealth games. vice—captainjade clarke was a part of that success and says there's no reason why it can't be repeated in the world cup. i feel like a ifeel like a kid i feel like a kid again, ifeel like a kid again, having a home world cup, it's so exciting more than ever, it's always special playing in front of the home cloud and it's been an emotional day and eve ryo ne and it's been an emotional day and everyone is excited and we cannot wait to come at that cloud is all—time, it's like every little thing you do and reception and shot, we met the cloud will go absolutely mental, all the angling games are sold out which is amazing so it's to be epic. next month it's also the women's football world cup in france and england and scotland get their campaigns underway when they face each other in nice onjune the 9th. this week the england players were surprised by the marines at their st george's park training base — and it made for an interesting experience. it was awful! a lot of the girls didn't have much sleep. as soon as we arrived, we had

to cover ourselves in face paint, so we didn't get recognised in the bushes. everyone was scrubbing it off this morning, everybody has spots. but it was funny, it was good team—building. we had to cook our own meals on the stoves, and we had marshmallows on the campfire. we just chilled and chatted, and it was good to get that in a different environment. let's take a look a some of the other stories making the headlines today... justin rose's first round is under way at the charles swab challenge in texas. but the defending champion hasn't enjoyed his return so far. mid—way through his round he's on two over — eight shots behind leader tony finau. meanwhile at the made in denmark tournament, three englishmen are tied at the top of the leaderboard after the first round. paul waring, matthew southgate and tom murray all on five under in the clubhouse after rounds of 66. the pinkjersey has changed hands after stage 12 of the giro d'italia.

cesare benedetti took a maiden professional victory on the first mountainous stage in his home country. jan polanc took the overall lead from his team—mate valerio conti after making it into the day's main breakaway. now it's been ‘change the game' week across bbc sport — where we've been focussing on women's sport, celebrating it and also looking at many of the issues that elite female athletes have to deal with. the american gymnast katelyn o—hashi was an internet sensation earlier this year with her ‘perfect io' routine but she's had her struggles, notjust with injury but also body image. she's been speaking to our correspondent, jo currie. it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete, katelyn ohashi, into a viral sensation. it's crazy. the next day my phone kept

going off, my twitter notifications and i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting, celebrities posting the video. this is so crazy, i don't even know what's happening, but it's so amazing. but behind that smile, 0hashi has had a difficultjourney. quitting sport when she was younger, a lot of coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. despite being a rising star. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast. i was told that i looked like i'd swallowed an elephant and i looked like a pig and my face was three times the size it was this morning. as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror. i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym because i felt like their eyes were targeted at me and i do think it is a form of abuse. 0hashi had been tipped as the next

big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a senior international competition. but the constant mental strain around her body image, coupled with a serious back injury led to her walking away from the sport. i came home and i wasjust bawling. my mum said, "aren't you happy?" isaid, "i'm miserable". soi so i scheduled an mri they told me i may not be able to play gymnastics again. to never put on leo again, to never be judged critically by anyone, i felt like was a relief. but after a year of recuperation, 0hashi did return to gymnastics, albeit not as a professional, but at college in california. and it's here she created that routine and found her voice. being comfortable with the only person that matters is yourself. because you are the only person that has your back and you are the only person that's in your skin, 100% of the time. this routine catapulted 0hashi into the spotlight, but it's her body issues that will resonate with girls