21.   The fotball federation on Thursday deducted three points each in the championship standings from the Hanoi and Haiphong teams for their poor performance.

22.   The Ferrari driver, current leader of the world championship standings, then drove slowly to the pits and stopped the tests.

23.   This season, race officials are grouping the drivers according to their position in the championship points standings.

24.   This season it is on for another treble, leading the championship standings with two matches to go and third behind Kent and Worcestershire in the Sunday league.

25.   He finished ahead of fellow Aprilia riders Marco Melandri of Italy and Frenchman Randy de Puniet to increase his lead at the top of the championship standings.

26.   His victory in this second race of the season means he takes the lead in the world championship standings.

27.   But Aoki, who was also second at the Malaysian Grand Prix last week, went top of the championship standings.

28.   The results of those delays can now be seen in the black and white of the world championship standings.

29.   The victory lifted the Subaru driver level with world champion Juha Kankkunen, of Finland, at the top of the world championship standings.

30.   Linguere were expected to prove less resilient opponents as they languish in the middle of the domestic championship standings and have achieved nothing of international note.