Smith urged Mastery early in the stretch and got a quick response

SILVERSTONE, Great Britain -- American racing driver Santino Ferrucci said he took pride in making his Formula One debut with Haas during a test day at Silverstone on Tuesday.The 18-year-old completed 55 laps of the grand prix circuit before wet weather brought an early end to the teams planned aerodynamic testing. He became the first American to drive an American F1 car since Danny Ongais raced a Penske PC4 at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1977 and Ferrucci said he was proud to bring an all-American line-up back to the track.Oh man! Even having an American team, when you first hear the rumours, you are like Is this real?, he said. Obviously all these guys did a fantastic job to build it up and to be doing as well as they are this year has been great.For me to get the opportunity to be the first American in an American team since 1977 was an impressive milestone I think. So I was really proud of that and proud of the team. I think everyone did a good job.Ferrucci has been working his way up the racing ladder from junior categories in the U.S.A. to British Formula 3 and now GP3. However, the Haas F1 car he drove on Tuesday represented a huge step in performance, with significantly more downforce and a Ferrari-built V6 turbo engine capable of producing over 900bhp.Ferrucci said the prospect of driving in the wet with the potential to cause tens of thousands of dollars of damage was a daunting prospect that he still needs to build up to.I really wanted to go out there in the wet, but I was actually a little bit frightened, he said. Coming from the GP3 car, an F1 car has more than double the horsepower! So I think just going out there and taking it easy was enough experience for me at the moment.I dont really want to go out there and spin the car, put it in the gravel and give the mechanics more work to do for tomorrow. The idea is to learn what you can and go smoothly through the first day of testing.Ferrucci is hoping he will get the opportunity to push harder on his second day of testing.I was pushing it quite good in the low-speed, but I have margin for myself in the high-speed. Obviously its ridiculously quick and to go through Turn 1 flat or with a small lift will be tricky, so it just takes a little bit more than a morning session to get fully up to speed with the car. Well see tomorrow. Maybe well open it up a bit with the power unit and have some fun. Scarpe Nmd Nere Scontate . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. 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CYPRESS, Calif. -- Mastery won the $300,000 Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity by 7-1/4 lengths Saturday in his first start around two turns.His status among prospects for the 2017 Triple Crown is equally significant.Mastery is unbeaten after three starts. Ridden by Mike Smith, Mastery ($2.40) disputed the early pace and pulled away in the final furlong, finishing 1-1/16 miles in a quick 1:41.56.It looked like he handled it pretty well, trainer Bob Baffert said. I was impressed with the way he kicked on.The margin was the widest in the 36-year history of the Grade 1 race, surpassing the seven-length margin by Matty G at Hollywood Park in 1995.The win gave Baffert a record ninth win in the race -- six at Hollywood Park, which closed in 2013, when the race was known as the Hollywood Futurity or CashCall Futurity -- and all three runnings since the race was renamed and transferred to Los Alamitos in 2014.Mastery was a massive favorite against four rivals, his reputation established with convincing wins in a maiden race at Santa Anita on Oct. 22 and the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Nov. 19.After a clean start, Smith had Mastery in second for the first six furlongs, closely tracking pacesetter Bobby Abu Dhabi, a 7-1 shot who set early fractions of 23.37 seconds for the opening quarter-mile and 45.65 for a half-mile. Mastery raced outside of Bobby Abu Dhabi and took the lead with less than three furlongs to go. Smith urged Mastery early in the stretch and got a quick response, but only after the colt appeared to pause for a few strides.He started looking around a little when he made the front in the stretch, but after I gave him a reminder he rebroke and was strong, Smith said.Baffert noticed that Mastery appeared to waitt on his rivals in early stretch before pulling clear.ddddddddddddHe looked like he hit a little lull, Baffert said.Mastery was fitted with blinkers for the Los Alamitos Futurity. He wore them in his maiden race win, but not in the Bob Hope Stakes.Baffert did not state any race plans for Mastery in early 2017. The colt, by Candy Ride, races for Everett Dobsons Cheyenne Stables. Mastery was purchased for $425,000 at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.Irap, a maiden who was the 23-1 longest shot in the field, closed from fourth to finish second, 5-3/4 lengths in front of 11-1 Dangerfield. Bobby Abu Dhabi faded to finish fourth, followed by the Baffert-trained Show Me Da Lute.Doug ONeill trains Irap and Dangerfield. He said Iraps performance was a surprise. Irap, by Tiznow, was third and fourth in his first two races.Were happy, ONeill said. We need to digest that. We thought we were helping to fill a Grade 1 in our backyard. Hes got the pedigree and he exceeded our expectations.Dangerfield, by Into Mischief, won the minor Oak Tree Juvenile Stakes at Pleasanton on Oct. 1 in his fourth start and was third in the Grade 3 Delta Jackpot Stakes, a $1 million race in Louisiana on Nov. 18. Drayden Van Dyke rode Dangerfield for the first time in the Los Alamitos Futurity, and told ONeill the race was a learning experience.Drayden said if he could do it all over again he wouldnt have left him with so much to do, ONeill said. He kept coming.ONeill suggested Dangerfield could appear in a Triple Crown prep race throughout the nation in 2017.Hes mentally sound and physically sound, ONeill said. Hes shown he can ship. ' ' '