2010 Turkish Grand Prix (May 28-30)

[Wouter Melissen]

Free practice 1:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.653 20
2. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.615 + 0.962 20
3. Schumacher Mercedes 1:29.750 + 1.097 24
4. Rosberg Mercedes 1:29.855 + 1.202 24
5. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:29.867 + 1.214 30
6. Kubica Renault 1:30.061 + 1.408 23
7. Petrov Renault 1:30.065 + 1.412 24
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:30.097 + 1.444 26
9. Alonso Ferrari 1:30.294 + 1.641 20
10. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:30.501 + 1.848 17
11. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:30.615 + 1.962 20
12. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:30.853 + 2.200 21
13. Massa Ferrari 1:30.867 + 2.214 21
14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:31.011 + 2.358 23
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.238 + 2.585 17
16. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:31.355 + 2.702 23
17. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:31.464 + 2.811 19
18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:31.735 + 3.082 27
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:32.161 + 3.508 24
20. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:32.990 + 4.337 22
21. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:34.876 + 6.223 13
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:35.137 + 6.484 21
23. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:35.583 + 6.930 15
24. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:36.137 + 7.484 26

autosport.com - F1 News: Hamilton tops first Turkey practice

[Wouter Melissen]

Button fastest in second practice:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.280 30
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:28.378 + 0.098 24
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:28.590 + 0.310 26
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.672 + 0.392 32
5. Alonso Ferrari 1:28.725 + 0.445 30
6. Rosberg Mercedes 1:28.914 + 0.634 22
7. Schumacher Mercedes 1:28.974 + 0.694 22
8. Kubica Renault 1:29.225 + 0.945 34
9. Petrov Renault 1:29.501 + 1.221 36
10. Massa Ferrari 1:29.620 + 1.340 26
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:29.629 + 1.349 16
12. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:29.987 + 1.707 17
13. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:30.053 + 1.773 34
14. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:30.176 + 1.896 34
15. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.386 + 2.106 32
16. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:30.627 + 2.347 28
17. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:30.766 + 2.486 32
18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.933 + 2.653 37
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:31.610 + 3.330 37
20. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:33.013 + 4.733 28
21. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:33.081 + 4.801 11
22. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:33.312 + 5.032 29
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:33.420 + 5.140 35
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:33.740 + 5.460 25

autosport.com - F1 News: Button keeps McLaren ahead in practice

[Wouter Melissen]

Vettel on top for third practice:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:27.086 18
2. Rosberg Mercedes 1:27.359 + 0.273 16
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.396 + 0.310 14
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:27.553 + 0.467 15
5. Kubica Renault 1:27.784 + 0.698 20
6. Alonso Ferrari 1:27.861 + 0.775 18
7. Schumacher Mercedes 1:27.879 + 0.793 16
8. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.963 + 0.877 17
9. Massa Ferrari 1:27.969 + 0.883 20
10. Petrov Renault 1:28.344 + 1.258 18
11. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.610 + 1.524 22
12. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.652 + 1.566 20
13. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.734 + 1.648 21
14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:29.036 + 1.950 20
15. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:29.044 + 1.958 18
16. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:29.211 + 2.125 15
17. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:29.305 + 2.219 14
18. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.618 + 3.532 19
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.884 + 3.798 22
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:31.341 + 4.255 21
21. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.180 + 5.094 16
22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:32.230 + 5.144 21
23. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:32.762 + 5.676 19
24. Sutil Force India-Mercedes No time 1

[Wouter Melissen]

Webber on Pole:

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:27.500 1:26.818 1:26.295
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.667 1:27.013 1:26.433
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:27.067 1:26.729 1:26.760
4. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.555 1:27.277 1:26.781
5. Schumacher Mercedes 1:27.756 1:27.438 1:26.857
6. Rosberg Mercedes 1:27.649 1:27.141 1:26.952
7. Kubica Renault 1:27.766 1:27.426 1:27.039
8. Massa Ferrari 1:27.993 1:27.200 1:27.082
9. Petrov Renault 1:27.620 1:27.387 1:27.430
10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.158 1:27.434 1:28.122
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.951 1:27.525
12. Alonso Ferrari 1:27.857 1:27.612
13. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.147 1:27.879
14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.534 1:28.273
15. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:28.336 1:28.392
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.460 1:28.540
17. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:28.227 1:28.841
18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:28.958
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.237
20. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.519
21. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:30.744
22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:31.266
23. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:31.989
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:32.060

autosport.com - F1 News: Webber secures third pole in a row

[faksta]

Webber is unstoppable this month. If everything goes well for him, I think he will take the victory tomorrow. Good to see Renault drivers close to each other at last. And quite a successful performance from Saubers - hope they will finally score.

In other news, HRT surprised me with their progress - they're already battling with (the revised) Virgins.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by faksta

Webber is unstoppable this month. If everything goes well for him, I think he will take the victory tomorrow. Good to see Renault drivers close to each other at last. And quite a successful performance from Saubers - hope they will finally score.

It will be interesting to see if Vettel can fight back with a repaired car. The race may actually be quite interesting as the Red Bulls and McLarens are quick on different sections of the track.

[faksta]

Indeed. I've tried to find the sector times during the quali, but seems there's no such information online. Vettel has a chance starting from a clean part of the track. I think he may pass Hamilton on the start, if he makes everything right. It is vital for the bulls to be sound tomorrow - the odds didn't favor them on Friday with the reliability.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by faksta

Indeed. I've tried to find the sector times during the quali, but seems there's no such information online. Vettel has a chance starting from a clean part of the track. I think he may pass Hamilton on the start, if he makes everything right. It is vital for the bulls to be sound tomorrow - the odds didn't favor them on Friday with the reliability.

The Red Bulls are the only cars that can take corner 8 flat-out. The McLarens are obviously faster on the straights, which may give them the edge. The final corners do a good job of bunching the cars up, which should help overtaking.

Vettel suffered from a broken roll-bar in the rear suspension, by the way. The part can be replaced under parc ferme rules.

[faksta]

Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen

The Red Bulls are the only cars that can take corner 8 flat-out. The McLarens are obviously faster on the straights, which may give them the edge. The final corners do a good job of bunching the cars up, which should help overtaking.

Vettel suffered from a broken roll-bar in the rear suspension, by the way. The part can be replaced under parc ferme rules.

Red Bulls shoud thank their pullrods in the rear for this maybe. By the way, yesterday during the FP2 Red Bulls were faster on the speed traps, if I remember correct. Although as far as I understand they've had the 'suckers', which were removed today.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Quite an accident between the two RBRs, I'm sure people at McLaren had hearth attacks when Button tried to overtake Hamilton and the younger answered back with a small contact.

Otherwise kinda flat race, but it's definitely good to have two teams and 3-4 cars capable of fighting each others within a few tenths.

[Wouter Melissen]

Hamilton wins after the two Red Bulls take each other out:

Pos Driver Team Time
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h28:47.620
2. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 2.645
3. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 24.285
4. Schumacher Mercedes + 31.110
5. Rosberg Mercedes + 32.266
6. Kubica Renault + 32.824
7. Massa Ferrari + 36.635
8. Alonso Ferrari + 46.544
9. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 49.029
10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:05.650
11. De la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari + 1:05.944
12. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:07.800
13. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
14. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
15. Petrov Renault + 1 lap
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
17. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
19. Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth + 3 laps

autosport.com - F1 News: Hamilton wins hectic Turkish Grand Prix

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead

Otherwise kinda flat race, but it's definitely good to have two teams and 3-4 cars capable of fighting each others within a few tenths.

I don't think this was a flat race at all. There were four cars within 3 seconds fighting for the lead. From their actions it was clear that there was room for overtaking, leaving the spectators on edge throughout. It only went flat after Button's brave move and Hamilton's great return. This was by far the most exciting dry race of the season. It promises a lot for the coming races.

[Matra et Alpine]

Hmmm, I felt it a bit "flat" too Wouter.
The evidence perhaps showed there wasn't room for overtaking really.
You could try it but not make it stick.
Button on Hamilton gave him plenty of room, on the return overtake Hamilton banged wheels and it coudl so easily ahve been a repeat of Vettel.

It needed RBR, McLaren, RBR, McLaren to have spiced it up

[RacingManiac]

I thought it was pretty good....this is not MotoGP afterall and this is about as good as a dry F1 race can get. It had tension through out and the position was never certain knowing the drivers involved and it did not disappoint. Certain I find it to be the best "normal" race of the year.

[LeonOfTheDead]

It was a close race, but no action to thrill me.
Hamilton indeed risked to repeat Vettel's move, Button was pretty smart to give up or to leave a lot of room doing his.

I was quite surprised with the lack of action between Mercedes, Renault. Good to see Renault improving and Petrov too btw.