SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - Christian Horner has defended Max Verstappen from criticism after the Belgian Grand Prix, saying the Dutchmans driving was on the edge but within the rules.Verstappen;s driving is the subject of much debate after the race of Spa-Francorchamps, having been involved in a first-corner collision with both Ferraris before a spate of incidents during the race. After the race Kimi Raikkonen suggested Verstappen is only going to reign in his aggression when he has an accident, with the pair again coming to blows at the Les Combes chicane.?Mercedes boss Toto Wolff also weighed into the issue, labelling Verstappens approach?refreshing but dangerous. Red Bull team boss Horner admitted Verstappens driving was on the edge of what was acceptable but pointed out the stewards found no reason to investigate his driving during the race.Speaking about the criticism, Horner said: Im surprised that Totos commenting on something thats got nothing to do with him, but I think it was firm, it was on the edge, he got away with it today, the Stewards were happy with it. So if there were to be an issue or a conflict of any rules Im sure [FIA steward] Danny Sullivans an experienced guy, he would have called them up or [race director] Charlie Whiting would have reported it to the Stewards.There was no action from the Stewards, when he looked back at it, it was on the edge, and obviously he got away with it today. Im sure hell have a look at it and learn for future races.After qualifying second, Verstappen looked best placed to challenge Nico Rosberg for the race victory. His incident with Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel immediately dropped him out of contention.Horner does not think any one driver was to blame for the collision.When you have three cars going for one place I think Sebastian on the outside squeezed the two too much, he probably didnt realise Max was up the inside and that gave Kimi nowhere to go. I think that one was a racing incident but probably triggered by the fact that Sebastian on the outside came across perhaps a little too aggressively, Max had everything under control he wasnt going to undershoot.You can see that Kimi was aware that he was up the inside into the corner, for Kimi there was nothing he could do, obviously it was a racing incident triggered maybe by the outside car taking quite an aggressive cut into the corner.Asked if Verstappens aggression was a sign of him playing up to the massive Dutch crowd in attendance, Horner said: No not at all, yesterday the strategy point, the preferred strategy from the strategist was to go with the tyre that he took. I opened it up as a choice because the more risk was to try to get through qualifying on the other tyre, he did a great performance in qualifying and an unbelievable lap yesterday. The start wasnt great, he recovered into the first turn, he got chalked... 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MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conferences four new coaches find very different challenges ahead for the 2016 season.Miamis Mark Richt is charged with helping a program leap into the leagues upper echelon, while Virginia Techs Justin Fuente must reverse the slide from annual 10-win seasons to also-ran status in the wide-open Coastal Division.Its a little tougher for Syracuses Dino Babers and Virginias Bronco Mendenhall, who must build a new foundation for programs that have struggled for wins.They all arrived in Charlotte for last weeks ACC Kickoff preseason media days fielding questions about how theyve reshaped their programs. Now its time to think about what happens on the field with training camp nearly here.I think youve got to wait until you go to games, Babers said. Spring ball is one thing, two-a-days is one thing but until they actually get into a game, I dont think they truly buy in. Young people are just like old people. They can say the right things but youve got to prove it to them.Babers inherits a Syracuse program with just seven wins -- three in the league -- in the last two seasons under Scott Schafer. Its part of a freefall for a program that has managed three winning seasons since winning 10 games in 2001.Babers, a former assistant to Art Briles at Baylor, arrives after winning 18 games the past two seasons at Bowling Green.The challenge is also daunting for Mendenhall, who left BYU after 11 seasons to replace Mike London at a Virginia program with one winning record in eight years.Mendenhall went about installing an earned, not given approach at Virginia, down to taking away players jersey numbers. So far, he said, he likes the way his Cavaliers have responded.He took pictures off the walls, he took our clothes away, he took the locker room away ... he took everything from us, Virginia center Jackson Matteo said. Earning all that back together, doing hard things together, imagine how special that bond is.The trick at Miami and Virginia Tech is more about providing a jolt.Miami arrrived in the ACC in 2004 as the projected Coastal Division power opposite Florida State in the Atlantic.dddddddddddd But the Hurricanes have yet to win a division title and spent five years under Al Golden bouncing between 5-3 and 3-5 league records.Richt, a Miami alumnus, arrives after 15 years at Georgia and inherits a talented returning quarterback in Brad Kaaya.The thing that people want to ask: How do you think the team is going to do? I really dont know for sure, Richt said. The only thing I promised is that were going to work hard and try to do things the way everybody will be proud of us, just a team that will play hard, play physical, be a disciplined bunch, just get after it.The Hokies won four ACC championships during a run of eight straight 10-win seasons under Frank Beamer. But they began to slide around 2012 and had finished 7-6 in each of the past two years, leading to Fuentes arrival from Memphis.But Fuente isnt distancing himself from that past, evidenced by the decision to retain longtime defensive coordinator Bud Foster.We also have an obligation to build on what (Beamer) has done, Fuente said. That does not mean doing it exactly the way he did it. That means paying great tribute to the way he did things and understanding there was a fantastic foundation there of core values, and lets build on it through our own core values.The arrivals of Richt, Fuente and Mendenhall certainly add a new look for the seven-team Coastal Division, which hasnt had a repeat champion since 2011.Theres going to be a difference, said Larry Fedora, coach of reigning Coastal champ North Carolina. And every one of them is trying to make their team better than they were a year ago.If they werent, (the schools) wouldnt have gotten rid of their coaches.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '
