2010 Turkish Grand Prix

 2010 Turkish Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	VI Turkish Grand Prix
Date:	May 30, 2010
Place:	Istanbul
Course:	Istanbul Park Circuit
Length:	309.396 km in 58 laps of 5.338 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 25,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 26.295 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Vitaly Petrov	Renault
Time:	1: 29.165 min (lap 57)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2010 Turkey Grand Prix took place on May 30th at the Istanbul Park Circuit in Istanbul and was the seventh race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Monaco Grand Prix , Mark Webber led the drivers' standings with equal points from Sebastian Vettel and three points from Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 20 points ahead of Ferrari and 27 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes .

Vettel contested his 50th Grand Prix at the Turkish Grand Prix.

With Felipe Massa (three times) and Jenson Button (once) two former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Scuderia Ferrari celebrated its 800th racing anniversary in the 827th Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap ahead of his team-mate Button by almost a second. Michael Schumacher came in third . For the first time this season, Sakon Yamamoto was allowed to take part in training for HRT-Cosworth as a Friday test driver. In the second free practice, Button took the lead in front of the Red Bull-Renault from Webber and Vettel.

A curious scene arose after Webber's failure, who stayed on the track shortly before the end of training. He used the sloping stretch to reverse into an exit. Webber then tried to signal the marshals with a hand signal that they should put something behind his wheels, as the car had no handbrake. After the marshals did not understand what the Australian wanted and had misunderstood his hand signals several times, the marshals finally put a fire extinguisher behind the right front wheel after spectators standing behind a fence had interfered.

In the third free practice session, Vettel replaced the leading McLaren drivers and achieved the fastest lap ahead of Nico Rosberg and Hamilton.

Qualifying

In the first part of the qualification, Vettel achieved the fastest lap, like in the third free practice session. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Vitantonio Liuzzi were eliminated. In the second qualifying segment, Vettel kept the top position. The Williams and Toro Rosso pilots as well as de la Rosa , Alonso and Sutil were eliminated. In the final section of qualifying, Webber secured his third pole position in a row ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. Schumacher flew off on his last lap, stayed in the gravel trap and triggered a yellow phase that made it impossible for the drivers who were on the track to improve.

run

At the start of the Turkish Grand Prix, Webber retained the leading position. Both McLaren drivers lost a position. Hamilton lost second place to Vettel and Button had to give up fourth position to Schumacher. However, both managed to return to their original position within the first lap. In the back of the field there was contact between Nico Hülkenberg and Sébastien Buemi , after which both had to go into the pits for repairs.

At the top, Webber was unable to break away from Hamilton. However, the British did not manage to overtake. Vettel was about two seconds behind the two in third place. He was the first pilot in the leading quartet to pit on lap 14 to change tires. One lap later, Webber and Hamilton also made their pit stop. Since Webber went first, Hamilton had to wait a little longer in the pits and lost the decisive seconds in the fight for second place, which Vettel took over. After Button, who had meanwhile taken the lead, also changed tires, the Red Bull duo led the field, led by Webber.

Hamilton first tried to pass Vettel, but was unsuccessful. While the first four drivers were within three seconds, the gap between the Mercedes drivers Schumacher and Rosberg grew larger and larger. Robert Kubica positioned himself behind the two of them , who complained by radio about the slow Rosberg, but couldn't get past him.

On the 32nd lap, Lotus driver Jarno Trulli was the first to drop out. One lap later, his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen also had to finish the race. The two racing drivers had initially shown a good performance, but then both dropped out with hydraulic problems.

While all the pilots were waiting for rain, Vettel increased the pressure on Webber. Vettel was faster than Webber at this point in the race and was able to stay with Webber when accelerating out onto the Gerage after Turn 10. After the eleventh turn he positioned himself to the left of him. When Vettel had already passed Webber, the two racing cars collided and spun off the track. The race was over for Vettel, Webber had to pits for a repair stop.

Both pilots blamed the other for the collision. Vettel said: “The situation was pretty clear. If you look at the TV pictures, I was lying on the inside, so I had priority for the following curve. I only focused on braking. Then it took a blow and the race was over. Suddenly I lost control of the car. It hurts. ” Webber, however, saw his teammate's fault and said after the race: “ Sebastian had a good lead at top speed and he went inside. We were lying side by side and then it looks like he turned right pretty quickly and we touched. I didn't expect him to pull over to the right. It happened so quickly. Of course, I didn't want a collision there at this speed. ” While Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and Red Bull motorsport representative Helmut Marko Webber blamed the collision, Hamilton and Rosberg as well as former racing drivers saw them like Martin Brundle , David Coulthard , Christian Danner , Anthony Davidson and JJ Lehto blame Vettel.

In the race, McLaren benefited from the collision and took the lead with Hamilton in first place and Button in second place. Webber came back on track in third place because he had a bigger lead over the Mercedes duo. Although heavier rain was initially announced, it only rained so lightly that no pilot had to switch to intermediates .

At the top, the next team-internal duel developed between Button and Hamilton and Button briefly took the lead after an overtaking maneuver in the target curve. Hamilton countered on the start-finish straight and took the lead again after the first corner. Button was then instructed to save more fuel and watch out for his tires. As a result, he stopped attacking Hamilton.

After HRT driver Bruno Senna had to park his racing car twelve laps before the end with problems with the fuel supply, there were still changes in the points. First, Sutil passed Kamui Kobayashi and took tenth place in the meantime. After Alonso had put pressure on Vitali Petrov for several rounds , he attacked him in the 54th round. The two touched and Petrow's tire was damaged. Petrow had to pit again for a tire change and thus fell out of the points. He then achieved his first fastest lap in Formula 1 with new tires on lap 57 with a time of 1: 29.165 minutes.

After Chandhok gave up the race with a defect in the fuel pump in the pits and was still classified as the last pilot, Hamilton was the first to cross the finish line and scored the first victory of the season ahead of his teammate Button. Webber saved third place, 24 seconds behind the finish line. Schumacher finished in fourth place ahead of Rosberg, Kubica, Massa and Alonso. The other points went to Sutil and Kobayashi, who scored the first point of the season for Sauber-Ferrari .

In the World Cup, Webber retained the lead in front of Hamilton and Button, who had made up both positions. In the constructors' championship, McLaren-Mercedes took the lead from Red Bull-Renault.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-25	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	03	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Nico Rosberg
Red Bull Racing	05	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB6	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari F10	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Fernando Alonso
AT&T Williams	09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW32	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Nico Hulkenberg
Renault F1 Team	11	Robert Kubica	Renault R30	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Vitaly Petrov
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus Racing	18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	19th	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Karun Chandhok	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Sakon Yamamoto
		Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean C29	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Kamui Kobayashi
Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	25th	Lucas di Grassi

1. ↑ ^{a b} Yamamoto drove the HRT with the number 21 in the first free practice. Senna then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 27,500	1: 26.818	1: 26.295	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 27.667	1: 27.013	1: 26.433	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 27.067	1: 26.729	1: 26.760	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 27.555	1: 27.277	1: 26.781	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 27.756	1: 27.438	1: 26.857	05
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 27.649	1: 27.141	1: 26,952	06th
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 27.766	1: 27.426	1: 27.039	07th
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 27.993	1: 27.200	1: 27.082	08th
09	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 27.620	1: 27.387	1: 27.430	09
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 28.158	1: 27.434	1: 28.122	10
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 27.951	1: 27.525	-	11
12	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 27.857	1: 27.612	-	12
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 28.147	1: 27.879	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 28.534	1: 28.273	-	14th
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 28.336	1: 28.392	-	15th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 28.460	1: 28.540	-	16
17th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 28.227	1: 28.841	-	17th
18th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28,958	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 30.237	-	-	19th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 30.519	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 30.744	-	-	21st
22nd	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 31.266	-	-	22nd
23	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 31.989	-	-	23
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 32.060	-	-	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1	1: 28: 47.620	02	1: 30.075 (54th)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1	+ 2.645	04th	1: 29.895 (42nd)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	2	+ 24.285	01	1: 29.195 (54.)
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	58	1	+ 31.110	05	1: 29.810 (53.)
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	58	2	+ 32.266	06th	1: 29.977 (52nd)
06th	Robert Kubica	Renault	58	1	+ 32.824	07th	1: 29,580 (57.)
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	1	+ 36.635	08th	1: 29,996 (58.)
08th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	1	+ 46.544	12	1: 30.011 (56th)
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	58	1	+ 49.029	11	1: 29,959 (55.)
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	58	1	+1: 05.650	10	1: 30.891 (42nd)
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	58	1	+1: 05.944	13	1: 30.421 (50th)
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	58	2	+1: 07.800	16	1: 29,535 (50th)
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	57	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 31.421 (53.)
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	57	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 30.933 (53rd)
15th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	57	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 29.165 (57.)
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 29.588 (57.)
17th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	57	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 30.620 (51st)
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	55	1	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 32.265 (48th)
19th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	55	1	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 33.257 (55.)
20th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	52	1	DNF	24	1: 34.585 (37th)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	46	1	DNF	22nd	1: 34.247 (35.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	39	1	DNF	03	1: 30.181 (37.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	33	0	DNF	20th	1: 34.363 (26.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	32	0	DNF	19th	1: 34.463 (26.)

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 93 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 88 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 84 04th  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 79 05  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 78 06th  Robert Kubica Renault 67 07th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 08th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 66 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 34 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 22nd 11  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 10 12  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 7th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 16  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 1 17th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1 18th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 19th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 20th  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0 21st  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 22nd  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 23  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 172 02  Red Bull-Renault 171 03  Ferrari 146 04th  Mercedes 100 05  Renault 73 06th  Force India-Mercedes 32

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 8th 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 09  Clean Ferrari 1 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Ferrari: A victory for the 800th racing anniversary?" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 26, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Turkey in Istanbul / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Turkey in Istanbul / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 28, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Turkey in Istanbul / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 29, 2010)
5. ↑ "Lotus: So far the strongest performance ends with failure" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2010)
6. ↑ "Red Bull: Search for an explanation after the bang" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2010)
7. ^ "Vettel after the crash: 'Quite clearly'" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2010)
8. ↑ "Webber: 'I stayed on the line, Seb pulled over'" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2010)
9. ↑ "Vettel vs. Webber: Does Red Bull really play fair? " (Motorsport-Total.com on May 31, 2010)
10. ↑ ^{a b} "Double knockout at HRT" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 30, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Turkish Grand Prix 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com