Sports coverage: Luis Enrique's statements and results of MotoGP and Formula 1 races

Luis Enrique urged Paris Saint-Germain players to turn the criticism directed at them into positive motivation, as they seek to end their faltering streak at the beginning of their French League campaign when facing Brest.

Paris Saint-Germain put its domestic problems aside when it swept Slovan Bratislava 6-1 in the Champions League in midweek, but the defending champion has only two points from its first 3 league matches, after losing 1-2 at home to Monaco last week.

In a press conference held on Saturday, Enrique was asked about the criticism that has targeted the player Elia Zabarny in recent weeks, and he replied that everyone in the club should expect criticism and use it as fuel to motivate them.

“This is normal,” Enrique said, according to the British news agency PA Media. When you are at a club like Paris Saint-Germain, there is always criticism. Even if you win 6 matches, there may be criticism about goalkeepers, left-backs, centre-backs or strikers not scoring; "This is normal."

He added: “It is positive that there is a buzz or conversation around us; Because that means we are in a big club. If we look at what happened last year, we will find that there was criticism directed at Ousmane Dembélé, and directed at me personally, as well as Desiree Doue, who was said to have not been at the required level.

He continued, saying: “This is all natural, and I think it is fair.” You have to realize that you are in one of the biggest clubs in the world; “So it is natural that there are requirements and expectations from players individually, and you have to know that you can improve every day.”

He added: “I am not saying that it is unfair, but I think it is fair. “It should push you to become better.”

Marc Marquez, a Ducati rider, overtook Marco Betsiki, an Aprilia rider, to win the San Marino Grand Prix sprint race in the MotoGP World Championship on Saturday, closing the gap separating him from Jorge Martin, the leader of the overall standings, who finished in third place.

Petsiki had broken the lap record to secure pole position, ahead of Marquez, but the Ducati rider's start was perfect before he pounced from the inside racing line of the first turn to seize the lead.

Marquez never gave up the lead, and won the sprint race to reduce the gap separating him from Martin, the leader of the general standings, to 14 points, while Petsiki is 22 points behind the lead, after achieving his best result in a sprint race this season.

On Saturday, Italian Kimi Antonelli, driver of the Mercedes team, recorded the fastest time in the third free practice of the Spanish Grand Prix, scheduled to be held on Sunday, within the Formula 1 World Championship, after the test was stopped for a long period due to work that took a long time to repair the barriers, after Briton Lewis Hamilton, driver of the Ferrari team, collided with them.

Antonelli, the driver's leader, recorded the fastest lap time. He recorded a time of 1 minute and 32.797 seconds, beating Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc by 0.166 seconds. Australian Oscar Piastri came in third place, followed by his British McLaren teammate Lando Norris.

The Dutchman Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver, came in fifth place, then the British George Russell, the second Mercedes driver, came in sixth place.

The third free trial was stopped with about 36 minutes left until the end, after Hamilton lost control of his car at the final turn and drove straight into the wall, which led to the red flag being raised.

Hamilton was able to put the car in reverse, and began moving it back to the maintenance area, and despite being informed by the team to stop, the seven-time world champion continued driving. But the Ferrari team succeeded in convincing him to stop the car and allow it to be removed from the track.

Perhaps Hamilton, the seven-time world champion, was trying to return to the pit area himself, so that the team could repair the car and return to complete the free trial.

It is not yet clear whether Hamilton will receive a penalty for driving a car in unsafe conditions.

The time continued to be counted at the beginning, before it was finally fixed at 15 minutes and 38 seconds, while the experiment was stopped due to the difficulties faced by the race organizers in repairing the barriers.

The free trial resumed after a pause that lasted more than 40 minutes.

Hamilton's accident was the second incident at the new Madrid track, which appears for the first time on the Formula 1 racing schedule, and which was described as "crazy", "scary" and "the most complicated" of the season.

Another accident occurred at the end of the third trial, when Briton Oliver Berman collided with the barriers and slid along them.

The Madrid track represents a great challenge. Due to its fast turns, it also includes several sections in which drivers have almost no vision of what awaits them in front of them, in addition to the scarcity of off-track areas (safety zones).

The official trial will be held later on Saturday, while the main race will be held on Sunday.