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Nico Rosberg admits he cannot feel ecstatic about winning races when team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton has been handicapped by unreliability.After securing his seventh consecutive win with a straightforward victory in Russia, Rosberg has opened up a 43-point lead at the top of the world championship. But while Rosberg has enjoyed a trouble-free start to the new campaign, reigning champion Hamilton, who has previously beaten Rosberg in every season of their three-year partnership, has been waylaid by two engine failures and three separate first-corner collisions.With the critics claiming that Rosbergs title lead will lack credibility unless the German prospers in a head-to-head fight with Hamilton, even Rosberg himself admitted that his joy at opening up such a large lead in the title race has been diluted. I cant say l miss it [fighting with Hamilton] because it is awesome to win races and in the end it doesnt matter how, Rosberg told Sky Sports F1. Winning is great and what Im here for. But the ecstatic feeling isnt there, its there when l win a battle with Lewis, thats what gives the ultimate thrill.Russian Grand Prix driver ratingsExcept for beating Hamilton off the line in Bahrain, Rosberg is yet to make a single overtaking move on track this season. While his victory in Sochi represented his first F1 grand slam - pole position, fastest lap, and victory after leading every lap - Rosberg acknowledged that it was bereft of the special ingredient that only a wheel-to-wheel contest with Hamilton could provide.A straight fight with Lewis is what l am here for because hes the benchmark and I look forward to it when it comes, he added. Its always going to be a tough battle against him because hes as motivated and as quick as ever. Toto Wolff has strongly denied claims from some fans that the team are sabotaging Lewis Hamiltons season Hamilton, meanwhile, has defended his Mercedes team but admitted he doesnt understand why the world champions swapped personnel from one side of their garage to the other during the winter in an apparent bid to improve team harmony.From my side of the garage the mechanics are having a hard time, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1. But I have absolutely every bit of confidence and faith in them.The majority were on Nicos car last year and Nicos guys were with me for the last three years since I joined. The team all of a sudden swapped for no apparent reason.Toto Wolff Q&A Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here.Also See:Hamilton defends Mercedes issuesReport: Rosberg wins from HamiltonAir Max Pas Cher France . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Air Max Pas Cher En Ligne . 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Air Max 200 Pas Cher Homme . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.Tom Harrison has insisted the ECBs treatment of Durham has been harsh but appropriate.Harrison, the ECBs chief executive, defended the decision to relegate Durham in the County Championship, impose a raft of points deductions in each of the 2017 domestic competitions and withdraw their status as a Test-hosting ground in return for a financial rescue package as a necessary deterrent to other counties.And while he did not fully confront the ECBs role in Durhams failure - notably the its encouragement of the club building a Test venue - he did suggest Durham had to take responsibility for bidding more than they could afford in the pursuit of major matches.Having been through the most serious financial crisis any county been through - to the extent that the ECB was the last resort - we have to send a message to the other counties that this is not something that is going to be an attractive solution for any county finding themselves in that position, Harrison told the BBCs Test Match Special. Its not the ECBs job to be the lender of last resort.In any business, you have to understand what your revenue is and what your costs are. If one gets out of whack it is not a pretty situation and it will end up hitting the wall at some point. The ECB had to step in to stop that happening in May or June this year. It was going to happen unless we had taken steps to avoid it.While it is very harsh in terms of the immediate penalties on the players for next year, I think it is appropriate andd sends the message to other counties that this should be a significant deterrent.dddddddddddd The playing sanctions are harsh but they are appropriate.Harrison accepted that the ECBs historic method for allocating games, which involved a bidding system, might have contributed to Durhams debts, but suggested the club had to take most of the responsibility. And he insisted that the measures taken had provided Durham with the foundations for financially stability in the future.The way matches were allocated was a bidding structure, he said. But no one was forced to bid a certain amount. Theres wasnt a sword of Damocles over their head about having to stage Tests.Our absolute priority was to safeguard the future of professional and recreational cricket in the northeast of England. Durham could now be in a position where, 12 months after the most serious financial crisis thats met any county, they are off and running with no debt and a new management structure and can look forward to the future in a very different way than when they were burdened by debt.Harrison also referred to the new-team domestic T20 competition - now set for a 2020 launch - as the most significant development in county cricket in a generation. Counties agreed to explore the proposals at an ECB meeting in September but the implementation has been delayed as discussions continue. ' ' '