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Lewis Hamilton continued the perfect start to the defence of his world title as he topped a rain-affected Practice Two ahead of the Australian GP. The world champion set the pace with a 1:38.841 on the intermediate tyres, having already been quickest in the days opening session.The car performed well and although we didnt get a huge number of laps in, they were still quite constructive sessions. I was lucky to get a couple of dry laps to get a tiny feeling for what the balance is like around here [in Practice One], which was down to some good work from the team to time my runs right, said Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton video was wrong but Merc wont ask him to changeBut with rain falling throughout the afternoon session, none of the drivers ran on slick tyres - leaving the field acutely short of relevant data heading into the first weekend of the new season.There wasnt much we could learn, admitted Ferraris Sebastian Vettel.Nico Rosberg, however, fared even worse, crashing out in the early stages. Mercedes Nico Rosberg spins at Turn Six The Mercedes driver lit up the rear tyres on the W07 as he crossed the slippery road markings and the car speared into the wall, breaking the front wing which Mercedes hadnt used during Practice One to protect from damage due to a lack of spares.I just accelerated a little too much and I lost the car so that wasnt good. It was good for me that the track didnt dry out so I didnt lose out as a result, so the others didnt get an advantage for tomorrow, Rosberg told Sky Sports F1.Team boss Toto Wolff told Sky Sports F1 that they team would ideally have called Rosberg in for a set of full wets, but the new radio restrictions meant they werent allowed to. Johnny Herbert has an umbrella incident with an Formula 1 fan at Albert Park! Persistent rain during P2 prevented the drivers from venturing onto the dry tyres that had been used in first practice, with all of the best times posted on inters.Williams only sent Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa out late in the session, but only so they could carry out pit stop practice, while neither Renault driver posted a time either. The two Sauber drivers and Toro Rossos Max Verstappen stayed in the garage throughout the 90 minutes.When is the Australian GP on Sky Sports this weekend?McLaren duo Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were sixth and seventh respectively.For qualifying tomorrow, I think its important that the fans know whats happening, said Button. The fans are a big part of this sport, and its important that they understand the reasons for the change. I reckon some teams and drivers will make mistakes in quali during the next few races, but I think were well prepared. Practice Two timesheet1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:38.8412. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:39.3083. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:39.4864. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:39.5355. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:39.6946. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:39.8957. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:40.0088. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:40.7619. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:41.25610. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:42.41111. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:42.98112. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:43.40113. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:43.73114. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:44.30415. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:47.35616. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, No time17. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, No time18. Felipe Massa, Williams, No time19. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, No time20. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, No time21. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, No time22. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, No time The Sky Sports F1 punditry team give some of their predictions ahead of the start of the 2016 Formula One season. Part 2 coming soon. 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 tops Practice One Watch: Rosberg crashes out Custom Rockies Jersey China . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman believe they are being picked on.Not by each other, but by the NFL.No more infamy was the NFLs message to Beckham and Norman. Before Sundays game between the Giants and Redskins, referee John Hussey and field judge Rick Patterson delivered explicit instructions on how they expected New Yorks star receiver and Washingtons All-Pro cornerback to behave.Beckham didnt appreciate the special treatment, nor did he think it was necessary. Ditto for Norman.They implemented a new rule this year. Its basically the Odell Beckham Jr. rule, Beckham said. I had three personal fouls last year, so they said if you come out and get one personal foul and another one for the same thing (you are ejected). Today, they came up before the game and said, if you do anything, were throwing you out of the game. That was before the game.There was no, you get a warning. There was not any of that. You just have to be on your best behavior. Unfortunately, thats what its come to. Its not really football anymore as much as it is all the other things that play into it.Norman was just as annoyed by the pregame treatment.They pulled me off to the side and said, We are not going to make a mockery of the game, Norman said. I dont know if that was from the top, or (Hussey) saying that directly to me.Wow. What am I doing? Im just playing a sport that God has blessed us with and being as physical as I can be within the rules and the confines of what they ask us to do. That (mockery) was a big word. I kind of felt bad.At the same time, I appreciate the officials. They really did a good job of controlling the game. It didnt get out of hand.Not like it did in December, but it had its moments.In that previous Beckham-Norman affair, while Norman was establishing himself as a premier coverage guy with Carolina, Beckham committed three personal fouls. There were plenty of nasty words aimed at each other, too, and some excuses for the near-brawling.Beckham subsequently was suspended for a game, and when Norman signed as a free agent with Washington, it meant two meetings per season for the foes.Beckham insists any feud is vastly overblown.Its never been an issue, he said. Its been something thats been made up by all of this, in a sense. All I care about is football, and Im sure its the same for him.Were just two fierce competitors, thats all it is.On that score, Norman agreedd.ddddddddddddWe got it in us. We are fighters, fighters to the end, he said. Scrapping ... real gritty, all the way down to the bone and gristle. Fight, fight, fight.This first face-to-face matchup as division rivals saw Beckham make seven receptions for 121 yards. He spiced up his performance with some sideline antics in an intense fourth quarter.Incensed at one point by the Giants inability to score, he swung his helmet at the kicking net. The net didnt appreciate it and hit Beckham in the head.He said he didnt remember doing it.The biggest news either player made on the field was Beckhams 200th career catch, the quickest ever (30 games).Until late in the game, Beckham was a minor factor while handled, mostly in press coverage, by Norman. They did bump on the first snap from scrimmage, a running play on which Beckham wasnt required to do much as a blocker. It was nondescript contact.From there, it didnt get particularly physical for three quarters. No spearing by Beckham while Norman was on the ground. No flailing away with the arms in coverage. Not much trash talk, either.It couldnt last.Norman got a key 15-yard penalty for hitting a defenseless receiver 11 seconds into the fourth quarter. But it was rookie Sterling Shepard, who Norman left Beckham to challenge on a pass over the middle.Then Beckham burned a zone for 12 yards before making a brilliant curl away from Norman on a short pass that initially got the Giants inside the Washington 10. But it was negated by a taunting call -- not against Beckham, but Giants center Weston Richburg, who was ejected for his second such foul of the game.How ironic.Beckham threw everything into New Yorks last scoring drive, making three receptions for 34 yards, twice while covered by Norman. He also had a drop, and the Giants settled for Josh Browns field goal and a 27-26 lead they couldnt hold.His biggest error came on the final drive when Beckham was called for setting an illegal pick on Norman. Two plays later, Washington rookie Sua Cravens finished off New York with an interception.All this stuff in between, that was show, Norman said, a huge smile creasing his face. At the end of the day, a `W is all that matters. Im gonna be on this high for a while.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '