2010 Turkish Grand Prix

The VI Türkiye Grand Prix'si, otherwise known as the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, was the seventh round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Istanbul Park Racing Circuit in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2010.'7. Turkey 2010', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)Craig Llewellyn, 'Hamilton heads McLaren 1-2 in Turkish GP', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 30/05/2010), https://www.crash.net/f1/race-report/160191/1/desperate-vettel-hands-mclaren-turkish-1-2, (Accessed 26/03/2010) The race would see Lewis Hamilton lead Jenson Button to a one-two, after a controversial collision between the two leading s in the closing stages.
Qualifying would see Mark Webber secure his third straight pole position, beating Hamilton to the top spot on the grid. Sebastian Vettel would then share the second row with Button, while the two ' of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg shared the third row.
Webber duly aced his start to claim an early lead, while Hamilton got some wheelspin and was comparatively sluggish. That allowed Vettel to lunge inside the #2 McLaren for second at the first corner, although Hamilton remained glued to the tail of the Red Bull and shot back past at turn three.
Further back Schumacher would get the jump on Button, only for the Brit to move back ahead on the back straight. There would also be action further down as Pedro de la Rosa and Sébastien Buemi exchanged blows, resulting in Nico Hülkenberg puncturing the Swiss racer's tyre when the rejoined.
The race soon settled, with Webber coming under fire from Hamilton but managing to repulse his attacks, while Vettel stalked the pair of them in third. Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso would ease up the field after his poor qualifying performance, while Hülkenberg was pushing his way past the new constructors at the back of the field.
The balance at the head of the field ebbed and flowed, with the Red Bulls visibly quicker in the corners, but the Mercedes engined cars amongst them quicker on the straights. Indeed, the F-ducts on the McLarens were proving particularly effective, allowing Hamilton and Button to continuously harass them at the end of the long run to turn twelve. However, McLaren soon became aware that their duo were burning through their fuel at an alarming rate, and hence instructed both of them to ease off before their first stops.
Vettel was the first of the leaders to stop on lap fifteen, while Webber led Hamilton in on the following tour. Button would remain out for two additional laps before making his stop, although both he would find himself stuck behind teammate Hamilton as the #2 McLaren had been passed by Vettel with the undercut.
The second stint saw Webber and Vettel ease clear of the two fuel restricted McLarens, albeit after Hamilton tried and failed to make a move on the #5 Red Bull stick. A fair gap then followed before the two Mercedes appeared, Schumacher ahead of Nico Rosberg, with Robert Kubica on their tail, while Alonso had breached the top ten.
As the race wore on Webber and Vettel were both issued with warnings from Red Bull about their fuel use, prompting Webber to call for the team to tell his young teammate to hold station. The request was refused, Vettel claiming that he was under too much pressure from the shadowing McLarens, and duly went on the attack against his teammate.
Vettel made his attack on lap 40, taking advantage of the fact that Webber was in a fuel saving mode to get a run on the sister car. He duly sent a lunge at Webber as they ran towards the braking zone for turn twelve, although movement from both caused them to touch. The contact broke Webber's front wing and sent Vettel pirouetting off the circuit with a punctured tyre, resulting in the German almost wiping out the Australian racer as Webber scrambled back onto the circuit.
With that the race was effectively over, with Hamilton and Button sweeping past to claim the lead, while Webber stopped for repairs. Indeed, Button informed his team that he would not attack Hamilton having seen that his tyres were struggling through turn eight, although the two Brits would fight for the lead for a couple of laps, with Button briefly holding the lead before surrendering it back to Hamilton.
Hamilton duly claimed victory ahead of Button, with yellow flags blossoming around the circuit as Alonso hit Vitaly Petrov at the bottom end of the top ten. Elsewhere, Webber was a distant third ahead of Schumacher, Rosberg kept Kubica at bay for fifth, while Felipe Massa, Alonso, Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi claimed the remaining points.
==Background==
Mark Webber moved to the top of the Championship after his second straight win, moving onto 78 points for the campaign. Sebastian Vettel was level with his teammate on 78 points, although his one win to the Australian's two meant he was behind. Fernando Alonso was next after his post-race promotion, three off the lead, while Jenson Button and Felipe Massa completed the top five.
In the Constructors Championship had emerged at the head of the pack after their second successive one-two, leaving Monte Carlo on 156 points. That translated to a twenty point lead over , while the Italian squad had a seven point advantage over . were next ahead of , with four teams still yet to score in , including all three of the new constructors.
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is shown below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jenson Button 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-25 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-25 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
3 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W01 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
4 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W01 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB6 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
6 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB6 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
7 	Felipe Massa 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F10 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
8 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F10 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
9 	Rubens Barrichello 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW32 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW32 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
11 	Robert Kubica 	Renault F1 Team 	 	R30 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
12 	Vitaly Petrov 	Renault F1 Team 	 	R30 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
14 	Adrian Sutil 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM03 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM03 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
16 	Sébastien Buemi 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR5 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR5 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
18 	Jarno Trulli 	Lotus Racing 	 	T127 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Lotus Racing 	 	T127 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
20 	Karun Chandhok 	Hispania Racing F1 Team 	 	F110 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
21 	Bruno Senna 	Hispania Racing F1 Team 	 	F110 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	C29 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	C29 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
24 	Timo Glock 	Virgin Racing 	 	VR-01 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
25 	Lucas di Grassi 	Virgin Racing 	 	VR-01 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
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21 	Sakon Yamamoto 	Hispania Racing F1 Team 	 	F110 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 26/03/2020)
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	6 	Mark Webber 	 	 	2 	1:27.500 	 	2 	1:26.818 	 	1 	1:26.295 	1
2 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	6 	1:27.667 	 	3 	1:27.013 	 	2 	1:26.433 	2
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	1 	1:26.067 	 	1 	1:26.729 	 	3 	1:26.760 	3
4 	1 	Jenson Button 	 	 	3 	1:27.555 	 	6 	1:27.277 	 	4 	1:26.781 	4
5 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	 	7 	1:27.756 	 	10 	1:27.438 	 	5 	1:26.857 	5
6 	4 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	5 	1:27.649 	 	4 	1:27.141 	 	6 	1:26.952 	6
7 	11 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	8 	1:27.766 	 	8 	1:27.426 	 	7 	1:27.039 	7
8 	7 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	11 	1:27.993 	 	5 	1:27.200 	 	8 	1:27.082 	8
9 	12 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	 	4 	1:27.620 	 	7 	1:27.387 	 	9 	1:27.430 	9
10 	23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	13 	1:28.158 	 	9 	1:27.434 	 	10 	1:28.122 	10
11 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	10 	1:27.951 	 	11 	1:27.525 	 	 	 	11
12 	8 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	9 	1:27.857 	 	12 	1:27.612 	 	 	 	12
13 	22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	 	12 	1:28.147 	 	13 	1:27.879 	 	 	 	13
14 	16 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	 	17 	1:28.534 	 	14 	1:28.273 	 	 	 	14
15 	9 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	 	15 	1:28.336 	 	15 	1:28.392 	 	 	 	15
16 	17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	 	16 	1:28.460 	 	16 	1:28.540 	 	 	 	16
17 	10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	14 	1:28.227 	 	17 	1:28.841 	 	 	 	17
18 	15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	 	18 	1:28.958 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	18 	Jarno Trulli 	 	 	19 	1:30.237 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	 	20 	1:30.519 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
21 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	 	21 	1:30.744 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
22 	21 	Bruno Senna 	 	 	22 	1:31.266 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22
23 	25 	Lucas di Grassi 	 	 	23 	1:31.989 	 	 	 	 	 	 	23
24 	20 	Karun Chandhok 	 	 	24 	1:32.060 	 	 	 	 	 	 	24
Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)	Source:'2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/866/turkey/qualifying.html, (Accessed 26/03/2020)
*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
===Grid===
** di Grassi would start the race from the pitlane.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	58 	1:28.47.620 	2 	25
2 	1 	Jenson Button 	 	58 	+2.645s 	4 	18
3 	6 	Mark Webber 	 	58 	+24.285s 	1 	15
4 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	58 	+31.110s 	5 	12
5 	4 	Nico Rosberg 	 	58 	+32.266s 	6 	10
6 	11 	Robert Kubica 	 	58 	+32.824s 	7 	8
7 	7 	Felipe Massa 	 	58 	+36.635s 	8 	6
8 	8 	Fernando Alonso 	 	58 	+46.544s 	12 	4
9 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	58 	+49.029s 	11 	2
10 	23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	58 	+1:05.650 	10 	1
11 	22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	58 	+1:05.944 	13 	
12 	17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	58 	+1:07.800 	16 	
13 	15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	57 	+1 Lap 	18 	
14 	9 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	57 	+1 Lap 	15 	
15 	12 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	57 	+1 Lap 	9 	
16 	16 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	57 	+1 Lap 	14 	
17 	10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	57 	+1 Lap 	17 	
18 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	57 	+3 Laps 	21 	
19 	25 	Lucas di Grassi 	 	55 	+3 Laps 	PL 	
20* 	20 	Karun Chandhok 	 	52 	Fuel pump 	24 	
Ret 	21 	Bruno Senna 	 	46 	Fuel pressure 	22 	
Ret 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	39 	Collision 	3 	
Ret 	19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	33 	Hydraulics 	20 	
Ret 	18 	Jarno Trulli 	 	32 	Hydraulics 	19 	
Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)	Source:'Turkey 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/turquie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 24/03/2020)
** Chandhok was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.
==Milestones==
* 800th Grand Prix start for as a constructor.
* Sebastian Vettel made his 50th Grand Prix start.
* Lewis Hamilton secured his twelfth victory.
** This was also Hamilton's 30th podium finish.
* claimed their 167th win as a constructor.
** secured their 80th victory as an engine supplier.
* Vitaly Petrov recorded his first and only fastest lap.
** This was 's 30th fastest lap as a constructor.
==Standings==
Mark Webber had retained the lead in the Championship after his podium finish in Turkey, although his tally of 93 could have been higher had it not been for his brush with his teammate. Behind, Jenson Button had climbed back up into second, five off the lead, while Lewis Hamilton had ascended to third on 84 points with his first win of the campaign. Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel were next, five and six points respectively off the back of Hamilton, with seventeen drivers on the board.
In the Constructors Championship had moved to the head of the pack, leaving Turkey on 172 after their second one-two of the campaign. made way for them as the former leaders, slipping a point behind, while had slipped to third on 146. , meanwhile, had moved through the 100 point mark in fourth, had retained fifth, while had claimed their first points of the season in ninth.
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Mark Webber 	93 	
2 	Jenson Button 	88 	2
3 	Lewis Hamilton 	84 	4
4 	Fernando Alonso 	79 	1
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	78 	3
6 	Robert Kubica 	67 	
7 	Felipe Massa 	67 	2
8 	Nico Rosberg 	66 	
9 	Michael Schumacher 	34 	
10 	Adrian Sutil 	22 	
11 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	10 	
12 	Rubens Barrichello 	7 	
13 	Vitaly Petrov 	6 	
14 	Jaime Alguersuari 	3 	
15 	Sébastien Buemi 	1 	
16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	1 	1
17 	Nico Hülkenberg 	1 	1
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	172 	2
2 	 	171 	1
3 	 	146 	1
4 	 	100 	
5 	 	73 	
6 	 	32 	
7 	 	8 	
8 	 	4 	
9 	 	1 	
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
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