2010 Turkish Grand Prix articles archive

McLaren successfully gave the flying Red Bulls some rare opposition in qualifying. Can they go one step forward and keep them from victory in the race? The start will be crucial – and history shows having both their drivers on the left-hand side of the grid could be a disadvantage for McLaren.

Turkish Grand Prixqualifying pictures Fernando Alonso will start Ferrari’s 800th Grand Prix from 12th place tomorrow after a disappointing qualifying session in Turkey. He was out-qualified by team mate Felipe Massa for the first time since the first round of the season (excluding Monaco where Alonso did not participate in qualifying). In a closely-fought second … Continue reading Alonso misses Q3 as Ferrari struggle

Row 1 1. Mark Webber 1’26.295Red Bull-Renault 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’26.433McLaren-Mercedes Row 2 3. Sebastian Vettel 1’26.760Red Bull-Renault 4. Jenson Button 1’26.781McLaren-Mercedes Row 3 5. Michael Schumacher 1’26.857Mercedes 6. Nico Rosberg 1’26.952Mercedes Row 4 7. Robert Kubica 1’27.039Renault 8. Felipe Massa 1’27.082Ferrari Row 5 9. Vitaly Petrov 1’27.430Renault 10. Kamui Kobayashi 1’28.122Sauber-Ferrari Row 6 11. … Continue reading 2010 Turkish Grand Prix grid

Sebastian Vettel is eyeing pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix after finishing fastest in the final practice session. Nico Rosberg pipped Lewis Hamilton to third place after the McLaren driver suffered a lurid spin at turn eight early in the session.

The second practice session in Istanbul ended with the top teams not far apart on lap time. But each seems to be strong at different points on the Istanbul track. Read on for analysis and interactive data from second practice.

McLaren were fastest again in the second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix. Close behind Button were the two Red Bulls. But both suffered reliability problems on their cars, with Mark Webber coming to a stop at the end of the session.

McLaren grabbed the headlines with the fastest time in first practice at Turkey but there’s no missing the potential of Red Bull either. Take a closer look at the data from first practice below.

Lewis Hamilton was the fastest driver in the first practice session in Turkey, setting setting a lap almost a second quicker than team mate Jenson Button. The two Mercedes were behind them, followed by Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull.

Lotus have brought a new rear wing for their T127 following the car’s substantial update just two races ago. Chief technical director Mike Gascoyne said: We’ll be using our new pillar mounted rear wing here, and have some new parts which will enable us to optimise the weight distribution, so again, I’m quietly confident we’ll … Continue reading More updates for Lotus in Turkey

Have all the important information for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix at your fingertips with the F1 Fanatic unofficial race programme including a video lap of the track:

Red Bull head to the Turkish Grand Prix as the team to beat. Does the Istanbul circuit offer their rivals any hope of catching the RB6s?

Will F1 return to Turkey in 2011? With attendance figures for the race plummeting and Bernie Ecclestone doubling his price to the Turkish government for a place on the packed F1 calendar, F1’s time in Turkey may be drawing to a close. But it would be a pity to see F1 lose the best new … Continue reading Hopefully the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix won’t be the last one

Robert Kubica says he is surprised to have enjoyed such a strong start to his first season with Renault. Kubica is sixth in the championship with 59 points, 19 behind the two Red Bull drivers. He said: We had some idea during winter testing of what the car was capable of, we understood its strengths … Continue reading Kubica surprised by Renault progress

The long-range weather forecast for next week’s Turkish Grand Prix suggests a dry weekend’s racing in prospect. Temperatures are expected to be around 20 degrees on all three days with minimal chance of rain. This is somewhat cooler temperatures than the race used to in its original late-summer place on the calendar. In 2008 the … Continue reading Dry weather expected in Turkey