2010 TURKISH GP: RED BULLS GAVE 1-2 WIN TO McLAREN

McLaren scored a one-two finish in the Turkish Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton on leading position. Jenson Button spectacularly attacked Hamilton for the lead but ultimately had to follow his team-mate home. Mark Webber, who had led until Sebastian Vettel's lap 41 passing move ended in disaster for Red Bull Racing, recovered to take third.

TURKISH GP
Istanbul Park, Istanbul;
58 laps; 309.396km;
Weather: Sun.

P.  DRIVER          ТEAM                        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       +    49.345
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

Fastest Lap: Petrov, 1:29.165

Retired:
Driver         Team                        Lap
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 53
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 47
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             40
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               34
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               33

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2010 TURKISH GP: WEBBER AGAIN ON POLE POSITION

Mark Webber will start from Pole Position of the Turkish Grand Prix. This is the third in a row for the Australian. Surprise is his closest competitor in Q3 was Lewis Hamilton, who took second starting position. Sebastian Vetel was again slower in qualifying than his team-mate and had to settle with third position, while Ferrari will have major difficulties in its 800 F1 Grand Prix race, with Fernando Alonso on catastrophic 12th position and Felipe Massa with only eighth.

Undoubtedly the biggest news from Q2 was elimination of Fernando Alonso. His mistake into turn 12, cost the two-time champion badly, but he had another lap and again failed to set a time to enter the Top 10, which is another confirmation that this year the track in Turkey is not good for Ferrari`s. Fears they had before the race about Bridgestone tires proved true. Big day for Renault with both Kubica and Petrov in third qualification session. This was the first time for Petrov to be placed in Q3 with excellent seventh time in this part of qualifying.

Q1 passed without major surprises. Three debutant and currently slowest teams had been eliminated and filled the places from position 19 to 24. As a surprise you can call it vitantonio Liuzzi again not passed the first qualification session, largely due to the blocking of the wheels when braking into curve 10. Liuzzi was eventually full second slower than team-mate Sutil, who easily placed in the top ten cars in that moment.Lukas di Gras had a problem with his car, and left with only two qualifying laps.

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

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2010 TURKISH GP: RESULTS FROM FRIDAY PRACTICE

Lewis Hamilton was fastest by nearly a second in the opening free practice session in Turkey, leading his team-mate Jenson Button in a McLaren one-two.Mercedes took third and fourth, with Michael Schumacher just over 0.1s up on Nico Rosberg. Vettel and Kubica completed the top six, ahead of Vitaly Petrov in a strong seventh in the second Renault. Championship leader Mark Webber was eighth for Red Bull, while Fernando Alonso was Ferrari's top runner in ninth. 10th-placed Adrian Sutil had the only accident of the session. He lost control of his Force India at the daunting Turn 8 with two minutes to go and spun backwards into the barriers, causing substantial damage to the car.Heikki Kovalainen was the best among the group of new teams, and was within half a second of Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari's pace.

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

Jenson Button kept McLaren on top in second practice at Istanbul Park, but now with Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel second and third. both Red Bull cars had some reliability worries in the closing minutes.Hamilton was fourth at the end. Fernando Alonso took fifth by the chequered flag improving his morniung result. Mercedes was sixth and seventh, Nico Rosberg ahead of Michael Schumacher this time, followed by the Renaults and Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari. I think Ferrari hasn`t chance to win the race and celebrate 800 F1 start. Tommorow we expect another Pole from Red Bull`s.

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

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Speaking with reporters of Tuttosport, Montezemolo mention impending milestone of eight hundred Grands Prix from Ferrari:

"In the sixtieth anniversary of Formula 1, we prepare to celebrate our eight hundredth Grand Prix. Let me say with pride that no one will never achieve that record. For us that is source of great satisfaction, because it means that Ferrari was here even in difficult times, while others have left and others arrived. I keep repeating that Formula 1 without Ferrari is not Formula 1, and this year there are many teams that should be in GP2 ".

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