his team mate max verstappan was the next quickest ahead of ferrari's sebastian vettal and championship. st helens are looking dominant at the top of rugby league's super league. they've extended their lead after beating castleford tigers 40—18. saints scored a massive eight tries away from home. the win takes them four points clear of second placed wigan, although the warriors do have two games in hand. castleford, who were last yea r‘s grand finalists, remain fifth. now take a look at this, shock is an understatement to describe the expression worn by this young aston villa fan haydn farrell, after he found out he'd been picked to be the club's mascot, leading out the team against fulham in the championship play off final at wembley this weekend. here's the moment he found out, take a look. how do you fancy walking out was like in particular, the captain? do you reckon? yeah! is one! you have one! you are walking out there on saturday. really. that's all from me and the sportsday team. coming up in a moment, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers w

his team mate max verstappan was next with ferrari‘s sebastian vettel recording the third fastest timey front wing" — getting too close for comfort is just one of the challenges of racing in the principality. we know it is really close around the street circuit. it could make for exciting racing this weekend. simon yates‘ hopes of becoming the first british man to win the giro d‘italia have taken a knock — he‘s lost half his lead on stage 18. a group including chris froome and second—placed rider tom dumoulin left yates behind on the final climb of the day, and managed to pull out a gap of almost half a minute. the briton, who‘s looked so strong for the last two and a half weeks, suddenly seemed vulnerable — he made it across the line 28 seconds behind dumoulin. so his lead is down to 28 seconds, with three stages to go. froome is still fourth overall. elsewhere in sport today, rory mcilroy has made a bright start to the bmw pga championship at wenworth. he made seven birdies to put himself inc onctention after teh first round, one shot off the lead, behind south african duo dean burme