2010 Turkish Grand Prix

[mlittle]

After a week's break from the glitz and glamour of Monte Carlo and the Grand Prix of Monaco, the stars of Formula 1 head to Istanbul and the Turkish Grand Prix. After six races, the Red Bulls' appear to happen the momentum going into the bulk of the season.........but can they continue their winning ways or will their rivals, notably McLaren and the Scuderia, bring them back to earth.............


--Event: Turkish Grand Prix, Round 7 of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
--When: 28-30 May 2010
--Location: Istanbul Park, Turkey


Event Schedule
Practice Session 1: 10-11:30am, 28 May 2010
Practice Session 2: 2-3:30pm, 28 May 2010
Practice Session 3: 11am-Noon, 29 May 2010
Knockout Qualifying: 2pm, 29 May 2010
Turkish Grand Prix, 3pm, 30 May 2010
note........all times UTC +2/-7 Hrs. U.S. EDT


Past Winners
--Kimi Raikkonen(McLaren-Mercedes), 2005
--Felipe Massa(Scuderia Ferrari), 2006-2008
--Jenson Button(Brawn-Mercedes), 2009

[mlittle]

Istanbul Park Track Map


Track Distance: 3.317 miles
Turns: 14(8 left, 6 right)


Formula 1 Interactive Track Map--Istanbul Park

[mlittle]

Session 1 just ended a few moments ago; here are the practice times for the session...............

1} Lewis Hamilton(Vodafone McLaren/Mercedes), 1:28.653 sec[20 laps]
2} Jenson Button(Vodafone McLaren/Mercedes), 1:29.615 sec[21 laps]
3} Michael Schumacher(Mercedes GP), 1:29.750 sec[24 laps]
4} Nico Rosberg(Mercedes GP), 1:29.855 sec[25 laps]
5} Sebastian Vettel(Red Bull/Renault), 1:29.867 sec[31 laps]
6} Robert Kubica(Renault F1), 1:30.061 sec[23 laps]
7} Vitaly Petrov(Renault F1), 1:30.065 sec[24 laps]
8} Mark Webber(Red Bull/Renault), 1:30.097 sec[26 laps]
9} Fernando Alonso(Scuderia Ferrari), 1:30.294 sec[20 laps]
10} Adrian Sutil(Force India F1), 1:30.501 sec[17 laps]
11} Kamui Kobayashi(BMW-Sauber F1), 1:30.615 sec[20 laps]
12} Vitantonio Liuzzi(Force India F1), 1:30.853 sec[21 laps]
13} Felipe Massa(Scuderia Ferrari), 1:30.867 sec[22 laps]
14} Sebastien Buemi(Scuderia Toro Rosso), 1:31.011 sec[24 laps]
15} Pedro de la Rosa(BMW-Sauber F1), 1:31.238 sec[18 laps]
16} Nico Hulkenberg(AT&T Williams), 1:31.355 sec[23 laps]
17} Rubens Barrichello(AT&T Williams), 1:31.464 sec[19 laps]
18} Jaime Alguersauri(Scuderia Toro Rosso), 1:31.735 sec[27 laps]
19} Heikki Kovalainen(Lotus Racing), 1:32.161 sec[24 laps]
20} Jarno Trulli(Lotus Racing), 1:32.990 sec[23 laps]
21} Karun Chandhok(HRT F1 Team), 1:34.876 sec[13 laps]
22} Lucas di Grassi(Virgin Racing), 1:35.137 sec[21 laps]
23} Timo Glock(Virgin Racing), 1:35.583 sec[15 laps]
24} Sakon Yamamoto(HRT F1 Team), 1:36.137 sec[23 laps]


Fastest Sector Times..................
S1: Hamilton, 33.1 sec[gap, P1-P24, 2.7 sec]
S2: Hamilton & Vettel, 31.1 sec[gap, P1-P24, 3.1 sec]
S3: Hamilton, 25.3 sec[gap, P1-P24, 1.5 sec]

Fastest Sector & Trap Speeds.................
S1: Hamilton & Button, 286kph
S2: Button, 288kph
S3: Button & Hamilton, 244kph
Trap: Button, 312kph

[Ed]

Thanks mlittle for creating this thread, I am bit late I suppose

[mlittle]

Turkish Grand Prix Practice Session 2 Times............................
1} Jenson Button(Vodafone McLaren/Mercedes), 1:28.280 sec[30 laps]
2} Mark Webber(Red Bull/Renault), 1:28.378 sec[24 laps]
3} Sebastian Vettel(Red Bull/Renault), 1:28.590 sec[27 laps]
4} Lewis Hamilton(Vodafone McLaren/Mrecedes), 1:28.672 sec[32 laps]
5} Fernando Alonso(Scuderia Ferrari), 1:28.725 sec[30 laps]
6} Nico Rosberg(Mercedes GP), 1:28.914 sec[22 laps]
7} Michael Schumacher(Mercedes GP), 1:28.974 sec[22 laps]
8} Robert Kubica(Renault F1), 1:29.225 sec[34 laps]
9} Vitaly Petrov(Renault F1, 1:29.501 sec[36 laps]
10} Felipe Massa(Scuderia Ferrari), 1:29.620 sec[26 laps]
11} Adrian Sutil(Force India F1), 1:29.629 sec[16 laps]
12} Nico Hulkenberg(AT&T Williams), 1:29.987 sec[17 laps]
13} Kamui Kobayashi(BMW-Sauber), 1:30.053 sec[34 laps]
14} Pedro de la Rosa(BMW-Sauber), 1:30.176 sec[34 laps]
15} Sebastien Buemi(Scuderia Toro Rosso), 1:30.386 sec[32 laps]
16} Vitantonio Liuzzi(Force India F1), 1:30.627 sec[28 laps]
17} Rubens Barrichello(AT&T Williams), 1:30.766 sec[32 laps]
18} Jaime Alguersauri(Scuderia Toro Rosso), 1:30.933 sec[37 laps]
19} Heikki Kovalainen(Lotus Racing), 1:31.610 sec[37 laps]
20} Lucan di Grassi(Virgin Racing), 1:33.013 sec[28 laps]
21} Jarno Trulli(Lotus Racing), 1:33.081 sec[11 laps]
22} Timo Glock(Virgin Racing), 1:33.312 sec[29 laps]
23} Bruno Senna(HRT F1 Team), 1:33.420 sec[35 laps]
24} Karun Chandhok(HRT F1 Team), 1:33.740 sec[25 laps]


Fastest Sector Times
S1: Button 32.9 sec[gap, P1-P24, 2.1 sec]
S2: Webber, 30.7 sec[gap, P1-P24, 2.6 sec]
S3: Button, 24.0 sec[gap, P1-P24, 1.1 sec]

Fastest Sector & Trap Speeds
S1: Hamilton, 287kph
S2: Button, 286kph
S3: Hamilton, 244kph
Trap: Button & Hamilton, 311kph

[mlittle]

Thanks mlittle for creating this thread, I am bit late I suppose

Don't sweat it, Ed. To err is human..........

[Julian Mayo]

I must be very human indeed !!!

[Julian Mayo]

Webbo blew an (old high mileage) engine in P2, while Vettel was heard to express concerns about water temp over team radio.

[Ed]

Turkish Qualifying results:

Q3

1. Webber Red Bull Racing
2. Hamilton McLaren
3. Vettel Red Bull Racing
4. Button McLaren
5. Schumacher Mercedes
6. Rosberg Mercedes
7. Kubica Renault
8. Massa Ferrari
9. Petrov Renault
10. Kobayashi Sauber

Q2

11. Sutil Force India
12. Alonso Ferrari
13. de la Rosa Sauber
14. Buemi Toro Rosso
15. Barrichello Williams
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso
17. Hulkenberg Williams

Q3

18 Liuzzi Force India
19. Trulli Lotus
20. Kovalainen Lotus
21. Glock Virgin
22. Senna HRT
23. di Grassi Virgin
24. Chandhok HRT

[jacfan]

f#$% Vettel

[Ed]

Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix ahead of Jenson Button and Mark Webber. Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi make the top 10.

The 2 Red Bulls were 1st and 2nd after the pits stops with Webber leading and Vettel tried to overtake and the two touch, Vettel retires and Webber drops to third. It is something that no team wants to see when their two drivers collide particularly when the 2 are in front.

Many are blaming Vettel however Christian Horner said : "What we always ask is that the drivers give each other room. Today, neither yielded"

Your thoughts ?

[jido]

LOL jacfan, what are you upset about?

I think Vettel showed a good drive, too bad they collided but he was entitled to try and overtake

Voted Webber as driver of the day.

[mlittle]

f#$% Vettel

I agree.................WTH was Sebby V thinking?

[jido]

I think Mark Webber either made a mistake --he thought Vettel had enough space when he didn't-- or he tried to push him off-track.

Either way, the end result is that Mark finished third instead of first or second.

[JayVee]

I guess Red Bull always favours Vettel!

Now they are saying Webber was told to save fuel but Vettel had another lap to go before needing to save fuel and that Hamilton would have passed him!! At that time Hamilton wasn't as close

Vettel has a habit of taking the driver for granted, he moved to the right when Hamilton tried to overtake (so did Schumacher when Button passed him!!). Vettel simply assumed he had the right to the racing line but Webber was also there. It is the job of the guy behind to overtake, the guy in front is for sure going to make it as hard as possible.

I thought Webber drove a fantastic race and defended well from Hamilton and for Vettel to come through and want to pass when the team told Webber to save fuel is very unfair and the Red Bull team should have known better.

I guess all the Webber fans now feel what I felt when Alonso was at McLaren

Fireworks everywhere now as all isn't well between Hamilton and Button too!!

I guess fuel saving calls are the new team orders!!

Dissapointed with the pace of the Ferraris, at least Alonso made an effort and moved from 12th to 8th