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Pat Symonds believes that while Haas successful start to life in Formula 1 is damaging for independent teams like WIlliams, their achievements have been fantastic. The American outfit have 18 points from their first three races but have benefited from a partnership with Ferrari, taking staff and non-listed components from the Scuderia as well generating data through their windtunnel.Wiilliams, in comparison, create almost everything on its cars from scratch, the design based on data it has generated from its own wind tunnel and personnel. But the teams chief technical officer says that Haas have made perfect use of the F1 rules and admires their achievements on a much smaller budget. Symonds reverse grid theory Symonds reckons a mixed-up grid format would force teams to address the sports overtaking problems. I think its fantastic, Symonds told Sky Sports F1s Ted Kravitz. People might know that I do feel that the way Haas have gone about things - which of course is totally legal, its what the rules allow you to do - I think it does erode the status of being a constructor a little bit. But good luck to them, thats what the rules are. Theyve used them well.Mark Hughes: Are Haas a role model for the future?Theyve really surprised me and I have a lot of admiration for them. Haas are just 11 points behind Williams in the Constructors Championship despite a disappointing showing in China last time out, and Symonds adds that their race strategy deserves credit.He said: Whats really impressed me is that they havent just produced a good car but theyve raced it well and thats a very difficult thing for a new team to do.I think they did have personnel from Ferrari but theyve also recruited a lot of new people into Formula 1 who havent been there before and theyre doing a good job. Whens the Russian GP on Sky? The Russian GP is live and exclusive on Sky Sports - and there are a host of ways you can watch it. Operating an F1 car in a race is not an easy thing to do, its very complex set of circumstances that you have to take in. You have to have immense situational awareness and you have to react to it.We get it wrong sometimes, but theyve actually done it pretty well in their first few races.Dont miss the F1 Report on Wednesday at 8:30pm on Sky Sports F1 for a preview of the Russian Grand Prix. Natalie Pinkham is joined in the studio by Marc Priestley and Dominic Harlow. Also See: Symonds reverse grid theory Whens the Russian GP on Sky? Cody Anderson Indians Jersey . - No matter the lineup or location, the San Antonio Spurs are rolling through the NBA again this spring, just the way they have for most of the last two decades. Ryan Flaherty Indians Jersey . Balotelli was out at dinner with his brother Enoch and came home to discover he had been burgled. The car was later found abandoned. 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Grangers name was printed by hand by a member of the public relations staff under the heading: "Updated Roster Additions," but the number on the sheet was not circled along with the other active players by the required deadline of 6:30 p.With a new management team in place and the addition of a couple of key role players, Raptors head coach Dwane Casey is hopeful his team can make the jump into a playoff position in 2013-14. Speaking on TSN 1050s Macko & Cauz show on Tuesday, the third-year bench boss is excited to see how his new pieces blend with the teams young core. “We needed toughness inside to go along with Jonas Valanciunas), Amir Johnson and Aaron Gray and we brought in Tyler Hansbrough, who I think our fans will be excited about.” To go along with the former Pacers power forward, the team addressed its perimeter shooting need via the Andrea Bargnani deal and in free agency. “We needed three-point shooting and we got Steve Novak and Austin Daye, who is a young untapped talented player who has three-point shooting ability.” Following a 17-32 start, the Raptors played the rest of the season one game over .500, in part because of a renewed emphasis on the defensive end. “We will get back to defence and let the offence take care of itself,” Casey said. “I thought Masai (Ujiri), Jeff (Weltman) and our management team did an excellent job of bringing in the type of players that will fit our needs.” Still, the team finished four games out of a playoff spot and new president and CEO Tim Leiweke decided to make a change in the basketball operations department, replacing former GM Bryan Colanagelo with Ujiri.dddddddddddd Casey said Ujiri and Leiweke operate differently than Coloangelo in that the former GM took a more hands-on approach than the current structure. “Bryans management style is more hands on. Hes there every day, hes involved…Theres nothing wrong with that, its just a different management style.” Casey is confident where the team is headed, but noted that the expectation of a playoff spot last season may have been too unrealistic. “I thought we put the cart before the horse last year in talking about the playoffs too soon, we were still building…Adding Rudy, adding some of the pieces we have now, weve accelerated that building.” Casey mentioned that while the team is positioned to make a playoff push this season, the overall focus is still on growing and developing the talented core they have in place. “We have good young talent thats getting better, but at the same time we want to win. We owe it to our fans, we owe it to our organization to put our best foot forward and go out to compete to win.” ' ' '