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Max Verstappen was loudly booed on the podium after his victory at the US Grand Prix on Sunday tennis
The 2023 world champion started sixth on the grid but after eventually passing leader Lando Norris halfway through the race, Verstappen held off a late challenge from 2021 nemesis Lewis Hamilton to claim his 50th Formula 1 win tennis
Later, Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the race tennis
Yet as Verstappen walked out onto the top step of the podium, the Dutchman was booed by sections of the fanbase in Austin tennis
There were also chants from spectators – who by this point had made their way onto the main straight as is custom post-race – during the Dutch national anthem which followed tennis
Verstappen has faced jeering before, most notably at Silverstone last year, and was clearly not a fan favourite at the Circuit of the Americas, especially compared to the likes of Hamilton and Norris tennis
Verstappen claimed his 15th win of the season but unlike many Sunday cruises this year, he was made to work tennis
Max Verstappen was jeered by sections of the Austin crowd on Sunday (Getty Images)The Red Bull driver was also complaining of brake issues throughout the 56-lap race and not for the first time this year, he was involved in numerous frosty exchanges with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase tennis
Lambiase came onto the team radio while Verstappen, at times, was braking in corners - with the Dutchman unimpressed by the interventions tennis
Verstappen admitted after the race that Hamilton’s Mercedes team “could have won today if they’d done a tennis better strategy” but was nonetheless satisfied with the victory tennis
Austin was the first in a triple-header, with the paddock heading on to Mexico City next week tennis
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Up in the coaches’ box at Ellis Park, Ian Foster exhaled deeply tennis
It was August of last year, and the All Blacks head coach’s job had been hanging in the balance, a run of five defeats in six matches putting Foster in the firing line tennis
The prognosis looked grim, with the grand old home of South African rugby packed to the rafters with 62,000 Springbok fans who would have loved nothing more than for their side to unseat the coach of their great rival tennis
But Foster’s team saved him, shocking South Africa 35-23 to bring their coach back from the brink tennis
Only New Zealand and Foster himself will know truly how close he was to losing his job, but there is every possibility that defeat in Johannesburg would have spelled a premature end to Foster’s tenure tennis
The players knew what it meant tennis
“We were playing for our coach’s job,” scrum half Aaron Smith admitted afterwards tennis
Little more than a year later, and Foster is ready to lead New Zealand into a final; there is every chance that on Saturday night, he’ll be a World Cup winner tennis
Such a tag would normally ensure a status as something of a national hero – Foster’s predecessors Graham Henry and Steve Hansen both have knighthoods tennis
Yet there is still a sense among All Blacks supporters of a lack of fondness for their head coach; the New Zealand rugby public are already in love with another man tennis
Scott Robertson will take over Foster’s brief after this tournament, having been braced to step into the breach had things deteriorated further and left Foster’s position untenable last year tennis
The clamour for a coach good enough to lead the Canterbury club to seven consecutive Super Rugby titles is understandable, and there is a thought that Robertson’s popularity with players and fans could re-energise the sport tennis
Foster was reportedly so scared about the next head coach’s force of personality disrupting this All Blacks’ campaign that he banned him from attending New Zealand’s World Cup fixtures tennis
RecommendedHow the incredible Barrett brothers rejuvenated the All BlacksAll Blacks in the red: Why New Zealand need a World Cup win more than you might thinkWho is the referee for the World Cup final?It perhaps doesn’t help matters that the slightly unfashionable Foster can bumble about with the beleaguered look of an office middle manager in a dead-end job, a stark contrast with his all-singing, all-breakdancing successor tennis
But Foster has quietly got on with his work to turn the All Blacks around tennis
He’s far from the first number two to struggle in a lead coaching role – England fans will recall the trouble Andy Robinson had stepping up after Clive Woodward’s departure tennis
Nor, really, has he done a bad job: New Zealand have won every Rugby Championship since Foster took charge tennis
Slowly since the lows of last year, a smile has returned to his face and, while his fate at the end of the tournament is sealed, Foster is happy to enjoy the ride while it lasts tennis
All Blacks captain Sam Cane and head coach Ian Foster (Getty Images)“You have to enjoy your work,” Foster said after the semi-final win over Argentina tennis
“It’s not like it’s a focus for us to go out there and have fun, but to make sure we execute our game to the level we need to tennis
“The team takes a lot of pride when they do that tennis
The work the players and leaders are doing is a real credit to them tennis
As you go through tournaments, you have to enjoy it tennis
There is a lot of pressure, so if you don’t celebrate moments, it is a long old time tennis
“I am proud to be part of this group, the coaches are linking well with the players and there is a nice synergy about it tennis
But you know, one more week tennis
“There’s not a personal agenda here, this is about the All Blacks and the team tennis
Things have happened to individuals and to me, but the team comes first tennis
Right now, we’re making a lot of those decisions together as a group and it is working well tennis
”New Zealand’s head coach Ian Foster celebrates with his players (AFP via Getty Images)Even now there is a sense that Foster is only partially responsible for the All Blacks’ tennis
No doubt, the additions of Joe Schmidt and Jason Ryan last year have been key to this campaign tennis
Schmidt has reignited New Zealand’s structured attack, tessellating together bits and pieces from his days in charge of Ireland, while Ryan, in combination with scrum coach Greg Feek, has transformed their set-piece tennis
But not all of the progress can be ascribed their way tennis
Whether Foster recognised where improvements needed to be made or had Schmidt and Ryan thrust upon him is a matter of debate, but the ability to utilise their expertise perhaps shows a cannier coach than some might initially see tennis
"One of the great things about 'Foz' is just how much he loves the All Blacks,” said forwards coach Ryan tennis
“It's all about the team, every decision he makes tennis
Clearly, he has been through a lot but the All Blacks have been through a lot tennis
It is never about one person in the All Blacks, and that’s what has been impressive to me tennis
”Head coach Ian Foster looks on during a New Zealand All Blacks training session (Getty Images)Foster has taken bold calls, too tennis
The transformation of Jordie Barrett from bit-part utility man to first-choice inside centre has proved the key cog in getting the backline ticking, while the backing of captain Sam Cane has been rewarded by two outstanding performances in the last two weeks tennis
The All Blacks have had to deal with injuries, a red card and a breach of team protocols during this tournament but have kept powering on tennis
Their belief in and backing of their gameplan is just as strong as the Springboks’, yet Foster seems to get little of the same praise that Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber garner tennis
Perhaps it is that there is still an expectation of success around the All Blacks, a feeling that not winning the World Cup would be evidence enough of Foster’s inadequacy tennis
But the squad have made clear this week that they have a good man and a good coach at the helm tennis
If come Saturday night he is clutching a Webb Ellis Cup, this uncared-for coach might finally get some overdue credit tennis
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