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Turkey - 28-30 May 2010
Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey
Race Distance: 58 laps, 309.396 km

Held at Istanbul Park near Istanbul, Turkey, this course is yet another Hermann Tilke special. Featuring a spectacular four-apex turn 8, the "Turkish Corkscrew" turn 1, and the "Faux Rouge" kink at turn 11, this is one of the few F1 courses that are run anti-clockwise, providing a little opposite strain on the driver's necks.

Turkey is normally Massa's home away from home, as he's won 3 of the last 4 races there. But it was last season that Massa failed to win, and Button took the win away from Vettel who had the pole but made an early mistake. Vettel fell even further, down to 3rd, when a pit strategy snafu gave 2nd to teammate Webber.
Not many surprises in qualifying, the exception being a 12th place start by Alonso as he fails to survive Q2. Good runs by Petrov and Kobayashi put them into the top 10 for Renault and Sauber.

With a post-checkers spin by Schumacher cutting several peoples potential fast laps short, the qualifying results do not necessarily the true pace of the field.

The top 10 qualifiers in Turkey:
WEB HAM VET BUT MSC ROS KUB MAS PET KOB
The race in Turkey may have been an all Red Bull vs. McLaren deal, but it was an incredibly tight race nearly the whole way.

The opening lap saw Webber leap out for just a few car length lead while the rest of the pack duked it out, trading positions all over the grid. When things sorted out, it was Webber leading Vettel, Hamilton and Button all within a few tenths of each other for lap after lap.

Unfortunately, it all came to tears when Vettel got a run on teammate Webber for the lead. Webber, likely the hardest man to pass in F1, put up a fight perhaps better reserved for someone other than his teammate refused to concede the position and the two Red Bull cars made contact. Vettel retired, Webber dropped to 3rd with a pit stop for a new wing.

Not to be out done, the McLaren boys decided to trade the lead back and forth after just having it handed to them. They do however avoid contact and finish 1-2.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
HAM
(+25)
BUT
(+18)
WEB
(+15)
MSC
(+12)
ROS
(+10)
KUB
(+8)
MAS
(+6)
ALO
(+4)
SUT
(+2)
KOB
(+1)
DLR
 
ALG
 
LIU
 
BAR
 
PET
 
BUE
 
HUL
 
GLO
 
DIG
 
CHD
 
SEN
 
VET
 
KOV
 
TRU
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 Irfan Gilani BUT HAM KUB MSC WEB 78 418 4th ↑ 2
2 Carrie ALO BUT HAM KUB WEB 70 443 2nd ↑ 1
3 curley BUT HAM ROS VET WEB 68 448 1st  
4 lisaab BUT HAM MSC PET ROS 65 386 8th ↑ 2
5 sperry BUT HAM MAS VET WEB 64 400 5th ↑ 2
6 David ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 62 391 7th ↑ 2
= Nick ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 62 436 3rd ↓ 1
= Rod R ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 62 313 13th  
= Tahoe RX7 ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 62 392 6th ↑ 2
10 zpeed ALO BUT HAM KUB SUT 57 359 11th ↑ 1
11 7thBeatle ALO BUT ROS VET WEB 47 359 12th ↓ 1
12 MattR BUT MAS SUT VET WEB 41 386 9th ↓ 4
13 April ALO BUT KUB MAS VET 36 255 14th ↑ 1
14 tysonk -- -- -- -- -- 0 246 15th ↓ 1
= Van -- -- -- -- -- 0 363 10th ↓ 6
Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey