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Adrian Barnard presents 10 March show

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Former Brazilian motor racing champion Alex Ribeiro previews the new F1 season in 10 February show

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Planet Sport - 10 March 2010

AdrianThis week's show is hosted by Adrian Barnard (left).

The new Formula One season begins on Sunday in Bahrain with plenty of changes from last season.  Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher Alexis back, reigning champion Jensen Button has switched to McLaren and there have been rule changes too with fuel stops now banned and points awarded to the top ten places rather than the first eight of last year.  So how will Schumacher fare in the high-pressure cauldron of F1 at the age of 41, and how will the rule changes affect this year's Championship?  We talk to the former Brazilian motor racing champion and F1 driver, Alex Ribeiro         (right).

With the FIFA World Cup just 100 days away we talk to internationally respected football commentator, John Motson, to find out if he thinks an African team can win this year's competition and women's world tennis number one, Serena Williams, talks about her charity work supporting schools in Kenya.

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  • alex_stamp_croppedFirst times are part and parcel of life as a journalist. You'll have your first story, first byline, first headline. But this was a special first, my first visit to a sporting event as a bona fida media representative.

    You sit in the stadium and you feel a sense of liberation, it is not merely the kudos that comes with the role. The freedom to see the behind-the-scenes goings on, spy the athletes away from the track is quite thrilling. Here you catch a glimpse of them away from their professional environment, when they show they are just ordinary people like you and me.

    In the age of media secrecy, there was something refreshing about this freedom. The athletes talked with unguarded freedom, walked with the people-some even got the train home with me. It was like the lords of the land came to stand with the ordinary citizens, it was truly an experience.

    As for highlights, there are many.

    On the track, watching Usain Bolt in full flow was joyous and electrifying. You realised you were in the presence of isinbayeva_croppedgreatness. Mo Farah shone and Carmelita Jeter flew.  Off it, Tyson Gay was a modicum of restraint and calm, Lisa Dobriskey was infectuously enthusiastic, Yelena Isinbeyeva (right) was as delightful to speak as she is normally to watch and Craig Pickering's manful disappointment was a true expression of how much defeat can hurt.

    So rarely can I have hoped to have experienced such a thrill. Hard work rarely seemed so easy.
    All in all, I lived the little boys dream. I walked among the stars for a brief but brilliant time. Would I do it again? Just you try and stop me!

    Article by Alex Stamp

     

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