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Billy Vunipola set his sights on the double after Saracens were crowned champions of Europe with a 21-9 victory over Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final in Lyon. Greedy Williams Browns Jersey . England fly-half Owen Farrell kicked seven penalties as the nine-year wait for an English winner of the tournament came to an end with Saracens becoming the first team to complete an unbeaten European campaign.They face Leicester in the Aviva Premiership semi-finals on Saturday and Vunipola has already turned his mind to the defence of their domestic crown. Its awesome, were in that club now. Weve managed to pull it off and win this trophy. Its a massive honour, Vunipola told Sky Sports. Billy Vunipola says it is an honour to win the Champions Cup with Saracens after the London club won the trophy for the first time We move on to next week now, thats the mindset. Were firmly on next week. Well enjoy tonight, but after that were on to next week.Im just thankful that I did it with such good people. Its such a joy. We have awesome people and our experience pulled us through.The match was a real arm-wrestle. We made less mistakes. Credit to the front five, it was a massive effort from them. And credit to Owen Farrell for holding his nerve.Saracens skipper Brad Barritt said this was a long time coming and will enjoy being the Champions of Europe for at least one night before thoughts turn to the premiership play-offs.I am hugely proud to be part of an unbelievable club and more importantly great people, Barritt said. Kings of Europe Owen Farrell kicked seven penalties as Saracens beat Racing 92 21-9 to lift the Champions Cup trophy We started on this journey about six years ago - we have spoken about pounding the rock and the rock broke today. Through the week we have felt our belief growing and I could not be more proud to lead this group of men.This is big. It is everything that we have wanted over the last six years so I think everyone has full rein to enjoy this. We know to back up titles that you have to be even better the year after. There are going to be a pack of teams wanting to chase us down but we dont want this to be a short term of success, we have a group of players who are hungry and hopefully we can stay in the finals for years to come.You have to enjoy the moment, you work all year for times like this but obviously we can do something special over the next few weeks.We have a hungry Leicester side at alliance Park but right now we will enjoy being European Champions. Also See: Saracens champions of Europe Racing 9-21 Saracens Recap Follow @SkySportsRugby Fixtures and results Baker Mayfield Youth Jersey . - Their offence is underperforming. Sione Takitaki Jersey . And like the near entirety of last season, Jonathan Bernier and Torontos goaltending tandem is up to the task.Formula One heads to its second race of the season this weekend in Malaysia with the reigning champion team threatening to withdraw from the sport, the result of the first race still under protest, and race promoters in revolt over the sound of the cars. The off-track strife has obscured the sporting promise provided by the season opener in Australia. The race in Melbourne defied those naysayers worried about the reliability of the new V6 turbo engines by having 15 finishers and a welcome shake-up to the sports pecking order; Sebastian Vettel out of the race early, Mercedes winning but with lingering engine concerns, and McLaren and even Williams back in the fight. However the sports apparent eagerness to attach a cloud to every silver lining was on show again immediately after the checkered flag fell at Albert Park. Second-place finisher Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from his home race for exceeding the new limits on fuel flow, and his Red Bull team immediately appealed, blaming the problem on a malfunction of the FIA-approved sensor fitted to each car. The appeal will be held on April 14, after the third race in Bahrain. Red Bull team owner Dietrich Mateschitz raised the stakes further by saying such disputes will be of more importance than money when it comes to deciding whether the energy drink maker stays in the sport beyond the short term. "The question is not so much whether it makes economic sense but the reasons would be to do with sportsmanship, political influence, and so on," Mateschitz said in an interview with Austrian newspaper Kurier. "In these issues there is a clear limit to what we can accept." The other political spat emerging out of the first race was over the sound, or lack of sound, made by the new engines. Compared to the high-pitched roar of the old V8 engines, the new powertrains produced a muted purr. The outgoing chief of the Australian Grand Prix, Ron Walker, even threatened to sue for breach of contract and said the engine sound will be a major talking point at a scheduled meeting of grand prix promoters next month. Walker is a strong ally of F1s commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone, who has always opposed the cleaner, greener engines and has used thhe issue as a wedge in his ongoing wrestle with the FIA for control of the sport. Myles Garrett Browns Jersey. With F1s political heavyweights preoccupied by looming fights in courtrooms and boardrooms, the sports fans will be more concerned with the on-track battle which resumes at Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, this weekend. Mercedes is again the favourite, with Nico Rosberg having won comfortably in Australia. His fastest lap of the race was with a relatively heavy fuel load in the early stages, indicating he had plenty of speed in reserve had he needed it. Fellow Mercedes-powered team Williams looks the major threat on the race pace it showed in Melbourne, which was obscured by Felipe Massa being taken out at the first corner and Valtteri Bottas losing a wheel when he clipped a wall, costing him the likely podium finish. McLaren, which had its worst season in decades in 2013, is the surprise constructors championship leader after rookie Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button were promoted to second and third respectively by Ricciardos disqualification. But the teams trackside chief Eric Boullier acknowledged that was flattering. "Its true that Mercedes and Williams have some pace, maybe between half and three quarters of a second quicker than the rest of the field," Boullier said. Ferrari had a mediocre performance in Melbourne and technical director James Allison agreed that "we have our work cut out to improve our car in order to compete on equal terms with the Mercedes team." Mercedes technical principal Paddy Lowe hinted that the teams advantage could be even more pronounced in Malaysia. "Sepang is a permanent race track which is generally a lot more differentiating of the cars; particularly with regard to aerodynamics," Lowe said. "As always, reliability and endurance will be crucial, but we believe this venue will provide a more accurate representation of the relative pace between teams." There will be a sombre note to the race in Sepang, as it is a short distance from Kuala Lumpurs airport, from where the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines plane this month took off on a flight which authorities now say resulted in it crashing into the ocean, killing all on board ' ' '
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