The complete 2010 Turkish GP review

PRACTICE

Practice 1 - Friday AM

Lewis Hamilton dominated the opening session of the weekend, leading a McLaren one-two, but holding a 0.9-second advantage over team-mate Jenson Button.

The two Mercedes were next up, with the Red Bulls in fifth (Sebastian Vettel) and eighth (Mark Webber), sandwiching the Renaults.

In a fairly uneventful session, the only notable incidents were a throttle problem forcing Karun Chandhok to trundle around the circuit at a crawl to get back to the Hispania pits, and Adrian Sutil losing it at Turn 8 in the closing minutes and rearranging his Force India against the barrier.

Force India stuck with its race drivers for Turkey practice to give them plenty of practice with its new rear wing device, but there was a new face at Hispania, as former Super Aguri and Spyker driver turned HRT reserve Sakon Yamamoto had a run instead of Bruno Senna in first practice.

Practice 2 - Friday PM

McLaren was on top again in the afternoon, this time with Button setting the pace, while Hamilton was fourth behind the Red Bulls, which had a troubled end to the session - Webber stopping with an engine failure late on and Vettel reporting water pressure issues. Webber shrugged off the problem as simply an old V8 reaching the end of its life, as the team suspected it would when putting aside for practice.

Having been down the order in the morning, Ferrari showed slightly better pace in session two, with Fernando Alonso beating the Mercedes to fifth.

Turn 8 continued to catch plenty of drivers out, as Tonio Liuzzi (Force India) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) had wild, high speed, half-spins.

Saturday Practice

An eventful end to final practice saw Vettel recover from an error on his penultimate flying lap to depose Hamilton from the top spot with his last run of the session, just before Nico Rosberg came through to push the McLaren back to third.

That was still higher than Hamilton looked like he would end up when he had a spectacular Turn 8 spin/slide mid-session, spent a while stuck in the gravel, and then had to nurse his car back to the pits with two of its four tyres delaminating from travelling sideways over the run-off for so long.

Webber had an incident-packed session too, trundling round the circuit at walking pace early on due to a throttle glitch, but rejoining after just 12 minutes of repairs. He then visited several run-off areas before a big spin at Turn 8 on his last flying lap.

Sutil's problems were less spectacular - a hydraulic issue stopped him getting on track at all.

QUALIFYING

1. Mark Webber, Red Bull
Team-mate qualifying battle 4-3

Unlike in the previous two races, Webber did not seem to be in a league of his own in Turkey, but the Australian was again the best, securing his third pole in a row after another blinder. Webber's run to pole was not without trouble, having lost his engine on Friday and track time on Saturday morning due to problems with his throttle.

2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
Team-mate qualifying battle 4-3

For a moment it looked like Hamilton was about to end Red Bull's pole run, but in the end the Briton had to settle for a close second. His performance, however, left Hamilton encouraged and hopeful that the championship-leading team was not unbeatable.

3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
Team-mate qualifying battle 3-4

Vettel's face at the end of qualifying said it all about his feelings, after being outqualified by his team-mate for the third time in a row. Having set the pace in Q1 and Q2, the German suffered a broken roll-bar and was unable to match the pace of Webber. At least he found some consolation in starting from the clean side of the road.

4. Jenson Button, McLaren
Team-mate qualifying battle 3-4

Like Hamilton, Button was also positive about the pace of his McLaren in comparison with Red Bull. The world champion, however, was not too thrilled with his position after losing time due to the yellow flags on track following Schumacher's spin.

5. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes
Team-mate qualifying battle 2-5

Mercedes looked quite strong right from the start of the weekend, with Schumacher claiming the team had taken a significant step forward since Monaco. The seven-time champion had a solid qualifying, which ended with a spin at Turn 8 as he pushed for a better time.

6. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
Team-mate qualifying battle 5-2

Rosberg was also encouraged by the progress made by Mercedes on a track that is quite demanding from an aerodynamic point of view. This time, the German did not seem to have too much trouble with the longer wheelbase car and was very close to Schumacher's laptime.

7. Robert Kubica, Renault
Team-mate qualifying battle 7-0

The Pole continued with his flawless showing in 2010, again extracting the best from a car that is not yet ready to fight at the front. With the Mercedes stronger in Turkey, the Renault driver had to dig deep to secure a place on the fourth row, beating both the Ferraris.

8. Felipe Massa, Ferrari
Team-mate qualifying battle 3-4

The Istanbul specialist's performance showed Ferrari's true form when he couldn't get anywhere close to the fastest teams on one of his favourite circuits. Massa had to concede his car was simply too slow, which came as a surprise to everybody, the Italian squad not expected to be nearly a second off the pace.

9. Vitaly Petrov, Renault
Team-mate qualifying battle 0-7

Although he is yet to outqualify Kubica for the first time, Petrov put on a superb performance in Turkey to make it to Q3 for the first time this year. The Russian was justifiably delighted with his effort, which left him in a strong position to score points again.

10. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber
Team-mate qualifying battle 4-3

Following the struggles of Monaco, Sauber was back on the right track in Turkey, where the team showed the same kind of performance seen in Spain. Kobayashi made the most of it to make it to Q3 with the ninth fastest time, but come the final segment he was already out of tyres to try to improve.

11. Adrian Sutil, Force India
Team-mate qualifying battle 6-1

A crash on Friday and hydraulic problems in final practice - meaning he didn't even set a time - Sutil faced qualifying having done a lot less running than he would have wanted. Nevertheless, the German put on a solid performance and missed Q3 by just a tenth.

12. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari
Team-mate qualifying battle 4-3

A disappointed Alonso did not make excuses for Ferrari's poor showing, simply admitting that the car was not competitive enough. That said, he was still surprised to be so slow in qualifying. Starting from the dirty side of the road did not make him any happier.

13. Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber
Team-mate qualifying battle 3-4

The always-positive Spaniard was happy to see his team return to the performance levels of Barcelona, even if he couldn't match the pace of team-mate Kobayashi. De la Rosa admitted his final flying lap had been far from perfect, but was still hopeful of a good race.

14. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso
Team-mate qualifying battle 6-1

Buemi was not particularly happy with his performance after finishing behind the two Saubers, which he expected to outpace judging by his practice times. As it was, however, the Swiss driver had to settle for 14th, three places lower than what he admitted he was hoping for.

15. Rubens Barrichello, Williams
Team-mate qualifying battle 5-2

The Williams car not suiting the Istanbul track, Barrichello had a very low-key weekend after a promising showing in Monaco. A lack of top speed hindered the team even more, and a better position was probably simply out of reach.

16. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso
Team-mate qualifying battle 2-6

Like team-mate Buemi, Alguersuari was also left feeling he could have achieved a better result, the Spaniard blaming compatriot de la Rosa for holding him up when he was set to improve.

17. Nico Hulkenberg, Williams
Team-mate qualifying battle 2-5

Hulkenberg had a decent time in the first qualifying segment, when he outpaced team-mate Barrichello. But he was unable to get a good run in Q2, finishing nearly half a second off Barrichello's pace, his real target with a car that was struggling for pace.

18. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India
Team-mate qualifying battle 1-6

The Italian struggled to get proper grip from his tyres from the start of the weekend, and endured a difficult qualifying as a result. Like Sutil, though, he was much more confident for Sunday, even if from 18th his race was already compromised.

19. Jarno Trulli, Lotus
Team-mate qualifying battle 4-3

There was plenty of optimism at Lotus as the team continued to reduce to gap to the teams in front. Trulli was still too far from the Q2 cut, but the Italian was nonetheless pleased with his performance.

20. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus
Team-mate qualifying battle 3-4

Kovalainen conceded Trulli had been better on Saturday, but the Finn was still confident about his prospects, having enjoyed a decent weekend in the Lotus. He regretted having done his first run with the softer tyre, but was later pleased with his flyer on primes.

21. Timo Glock, Virgin
Team-mate qualifying battle 7-0

After struggling with the car on Friday, Glock and his team managed to turn things around and the German arrived in qualifying in a much more confident mood. He was still nearly half a second off the quickest of the new cars, but Glock was encouraged by his performance.

22. Bruno Senna, HRT
Team-mate qualifying battle 5-2

Senna was as happy as he could be after managing to escape the final row of the grid on merit, thanks to finishing ahead of the Virgin of di Grassi and his own team-mate Chandhok.

23. Lucas di Grassi, Virgin
Team-mate qualifying battle 0-7

Finally getting the updated chassis did not help di Grassi much in qualifying, the Brazilian struggling with the car's set-up from the start of the weekend. An engine problem during the session meant di Grassi was not only over a second slower than Glock, but was also outqualified by one of the HRT cars.

24. Karun Chandhok, HRT
Team-mate qualifying battle 2-5

Chandhok said he was suffering from a straightline speed deficit compared to Senna, something he claimed was costing him about four tenths of second. The Indian still finished eight tenths behind and at the bottom of the grid, so there was not a lot to write home about.

QUALIFYING RESULTS
Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3       

 1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:27.500  1:26.818  1:26.295
 2.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:27.667  1:27.013  1:26.433
 3.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:27.067  1:26.729  1:26.760
 4.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:27.555  1:27.277  1:26.781
 5.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:27.756  1:27.438  1:26.857
 6.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:27.649  1:27.141  1:26.952
 7.  Kubica         Renault                1:27.766  1:27.426  1:27.039
 8.  Massa          Ferrari                1:27.993  1:27.200  1:27.082
 9.  Petrov         Renault                1:27.620  1:27.387  1:27.430
10.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:28.158  1:27.434  1:28.122
11.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:27.951  1:27.525
12.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:27.857  1:27.612
13.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:28.147  1:27.879
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:28.534  1:28.273
15.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:28.336  1:28.392
16.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:28.460  1:28.540
17.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:28.227  1:28.841
18.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:28.958
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:30.237
20.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:30.519
21.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:30.744
22.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:31.266
23.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:31.989
24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth           1:32.060

All Timing Unofficial

THE RACE

Only two teams and four drivers mattered in the Turkish Grand Prix. Two of them showed that it was possible for team-mates to race wheel to wheel for the lead without mishap and came away with a one-two. The other two did not.

In the opening moments, everything went Red Bull's way, as both McLarens lost ground on the dirty side of the grid. It was Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel who led into the first corner, with Lewis Hamilton third and Michael Schumacher forcing a way past Jenson Button to take fourth.

But the McLarens didn't stay down for long. As the field charged through the long Turn 2 kink, Hamilton was already getting back alongside Vettel before going around the Red Bull as they braked into the Turn 3/4 complex. Button then lined up Schumacher on the backstraight and swept around the outside into the final corners. And that was the last anyone else saw of a McLaren or Red Bull for the rest of the afternoon, as the race distilled into an ultra-tight four-way tussle between two Red Bulls with the downforce to hang on flat at mind-boggling speeds through the track's fastest corners, and two McLarens with the straightline performance to come right back at them even though they were a little more skittish in the turns.

Hamilton used this straightline speed advantage to great effect in the first stint. No matter how many times Webber cruised away from him through the epic Turn 8, by the time they crossed the line again the gap was back down to the same 0.4 seconds - or even less, as Hamilton took the odd speculative peer down the inside into the final corners. Vettel and Button stayed right with them too, all four setting new fastest laps at times as the gaps ebbed and flowed.

First to pit was Vettel on lap 14, and though Button reacted with immediate new fastest sector times on his next lap, the German did likewise on his fresh tyres, bringing both even closer to the two leaders.

Webber and Hamilton pitted in unison next time round, but a slightly slower stop meant that as well as losing any chance of leapfrogging Red Bull, McLaren ended up losing a place, with Vettel slotting in between Webber and Hamilton as they rejoined.

Button stayed out two laps longer, but his tyres didn't have quite enough life left in them for him to make the most of his clear run, and he resumed in fourth once more, right behind the top three.

Hamilton decided to strike quickly and had a go at Vettel down the inside into Turn 12. He was rebuffed - and not especially impressed.

"As I was alongside, he erratically moved towards me," said Hamilton. "The next corner turns left, there was no need to turn right."

A tense stalemate followed, the blue and silver quartet running nose to tail, a few seconds covering them all but overtaking looking unlikely. With the rain that weather radars promised never arriving in significant enough amounts to have an impact, the deadlock showed no sign of easing.

But on lap 41, the stillness was broken in explosive fashion. Vettel came out of Turns 9 and 10 faster than Webber, got in the slipstream through the Turn 11 kink and drafted to the inside towards Turn 12. Webber left him enough room to fit a Red Bull, but Vettel seemed to want a little more. The tiniest of right-ward movements approaching the braking area was enough to cause violent contact, sending Vettel into a series of spins and out of the race, and Webber across the run-off area.

While the McLarens swept through into the lead, the Red Bull recriminations began - Vettel's hand gestures in the cockpit as he spun and then again as he trudged away showing that he felt the fault lay elsewhere.

"I went on the inside, I was ahead and just going down to focus on the braking point and honestly, you can see we touched and he touched my right rear wheel and I went off," said Vettel.

Webber's version: "We were still quite a way from the braking point and all of a sudden Seb came to the right pretty fast."

Both tried their best to bottle up the frustration, while team boss Christian Horner could only look on in despair.

"What we always ask is that the drivers give each other room," he said. "Today neither yielded, and the result was the team losing a lot of points.

"[Vettel] was squeezed to the left, wasn't given a lot of room, but then moved [right] early. They're both at fault. Should they have given each other more room? Yes."

Some cryptic answers from Webber post-race led to suggestions that either Vettel had been given clearance to turn his engine mode up or that Webber had to ordered to ease off his. Horner acknowledged that their engines were in slightly different situations, but tried to stamp on any hint of inequality.

"Mark had changed down into a fuel saving mode that cost him a little bit of performance on the straights, which also explains how Sebastian got a very clear run on him," said Horner.

"The large mistake remains that not enough room was given, and the explanation is there on how Sebastian had managed to get into the tow. He had managed to save an extra kilogramme of fuel - as both cars start the race with the same amount of fuel.

"Effectively he had one more lap of the optimum engine mode, but we couldn't back him off because he was under pressure from Lewis Hamilton behind."

Just to rub it in, the McLaren duo then gave a masterclass in how to racing closely and not obliterate each other. Both had been ordered to conserve fuel, but that didn't mean racing had been halted - as Button proved when he got a better run onto the backstraight with nine laps to go and swept to the outside approaching Turn 12.

Hamilton held the inside but Button stayed out wide and claimed the line at the second part of the chicane. That compromised his exit, though, and while Button led over the line, Hamilton was already lining up a retaliatory move - flying down the inside into Turn 1, brushing wheels with his team-mate and emerging ahead.

After that, the 'save fuel' instruction was reiterated and the McLaren pair's playtime was over, so they cruised to the flag to claim a vital one-two. Hamilton didn't seem to be over-flowing with delight on the podium, but insisted this was not due to any annoyance at Button trying to pass him, or at the team's fuel instructions, and was simply that he would've preferred to have passed the Red Bulls himself - even though he found their exit rather entertaining to watch.

"It was great to watch. Like watching an action movie in HD or 3D," said Hamilton. "It was fantastic. I got the best view of it! It was unfortunate for them and fortunate for us."

Webber still took third even after pitting for a new front wing and tyres. The Australian had benefited from much of the rest of the field being trapped behind the Mercedes, which held a train of cars at bay as they finished fourth and fifth - Schumacher ahead (and a touch quicker than) Nico Rosberg. Robert Kubica in particular was sure he could have pulled away had he got ahead of the silver duo, but his hopes of doing so in the pits were dashed.

The Ferraris were next in the queue, and both Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso summarised their races as 'boring' - which rather downplayed the latter's progress from his awful qualifying position. Alonso had actually lost another place off the line, but managed to re-pass his friend Pedro de la Rosa before lap one was out.

A slightly early pitstop then got him ahead of the second Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi and Adrian Sutil's Force India, and brought him onto the tail of Vitaly Petrov.

It took a long time before Renault's Russian rookie showed any signs of feeling the pressure from the double world champion on his tail. Finally in the closing laps, though, Alonso started to get alongside more often, and eventually managed to pick up eighth around the outside of Turn 3. They banged wheels as he did so, giving the Renault a right front puncture.

"Alonso tried to overtake me on the outside, and my tyres were already gone. His tyres maybe looked better because he had been following all race," said Petrov, who rejoined and set the race's fastest lap as he finished 15th. "My car just pushed out and we touched wheels."

Ninth went to Sutil, who had overtaken Kobayashi at the end of lap one, lost out to the Sauber again in the pits - and then finally passed it for good when its tyres wilted near the finish.

Kobayashi only just managed to hang on to 10th as de la Rosa then charged up behind him, so it was the Japanese driver who had the honour of finally giving Sauber its first point of the post-BMW era. Jaime Alguersuari was right on their tail at the end too, making a late surge for Toro Rosso following a second tyre stop, and setting the third-fastest race lap in the process.

Tonio Liuzzi was a quiet 13th ahead of Rubens Barrichello, whose awful start left him squabbling with the new teams at first. His team-mate Nico Hulkenberg tangled with Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi on the opening lap, breaking the Williams's front wing and giving Buemi a time-consuming puncture - from which he did well to recover to 16th ahead of Hulkenberg.

The Virgins were the final finishers in 17th and 18th, despite Timo Glock stalling at the start and Lucas di Grassi having to join in from the pitlane after a late oil system problem with his newly installed engine. Lotus was clearly ahead until near-simultaneous hydraulic issues eliminated both its cars, while the fuel system was Hispania's gremlin of the day.

RACE RESULTS

The Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul, Turkey;
58 laps; 309.396km;
Weather: Dry.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h28:47.620
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     2.645
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    24.285
 4.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    31.110
 5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    32.266
 6.  Kubica        Renault                    +    32.824
 7.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    36.635
 8.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    46.544
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +    49.029
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:05.650
11.  De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:05.944
12.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:07.800
13.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
16.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
17.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Petrov, 1:29.165

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 53
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 47
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             40
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               34
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               33

World Championship standings, round 7:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Webber        93        1.  McLaren-Mercedes          172
 2.  Button        88        2.  Red Bull-Renault          171
 3.  Hamilton      84        3.  Ferrari                   146
 4.  Alonso        79        4.  Mercedes                  100
 5.  Vettel        78        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Kubica        67        6.  Force India-Mercedes       32
 7.  Massa         67        7.  Williams-Cosworth           8
 8.  Rosberg       66        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          4
 9.  Schumacher    34        9.  Sauber-Ferrari              1
10.  Sutil         22       
11.  Liuzzi        10       
12.  Barrichello    7       
13.  Petrov         6       
14.  Alguersuari    3       
15.  Hulkenberg     1       
16.  Buemi          1       
17.  Kobayashi      1   

All timing unofficial

Lap-by-lap as it happened on AUTOSPORT Live

TEAM BY TEAM

McLaren

Hamilton and Button top a Friday practice session apiece, and show speed again on Saturday morning, when Hamilton has a big spin at Turn 8. But they can't quite overcome the Red Bulls in qualifying, so start second and fourth, Hamilton the quicker of the two.

They lose out to Vettel and Schumacher respectively in the run to Turn 1, but re-pass both within a few corners. Hamilton is jumped by Vettel in the pits and then has a passing attempt rebuffed, but this doesn't matter in the end as he and Button end up first and second when the Red Bulls take each other out just ahead. Some spectacular intra-team racing at McLaren sees Button lead for a few seconds as well, before the drivers back off to save fuel and wrap up their one-two.

Mercedes

Schumacher is slightly faster than Rosberg this weekend but there is little to choose between them. They share row three, with Schumacher ahead despite spinning off at Turn 8 at the end of Q3.

Apart from Schumacher briefly getting ahead of Button at the start, the duo have a quiet race to fourth and fifth - falling a long way behind the McLarens and Red Bulls, but fending off everyone else.

Red Bull

A one-two is thrown away thanks to a controversial collision between Webber and Vettel. The Australian takes pole despite an engine failure at the end of Friday, followed by a throttle problem and then a spin on Saturday morning, when Vettel is quickest despite some errors of his own. Vettel qualifies third, hamstrung by a roll-bar issue in Q3.

They get into first and second at the start, but Hamilton gets between them again before lap one is out and then hassles Webber for the lead. Red Bull one-two formation is restored in the pitstops - but then destroyed when Vettel's bid to take the lead on lap 40 ends in a collision. He has to retire, while Webber salvages third after pitting for repairs.

Ferrari

Ferrari is off the pace in Turkey, with three-time race winner Massa only eighth on the grid and Alonso a dismal 12th. Massa bangs wheels with Kubica at the start and has no more entertainment after that, chasing the Renault home in seventh.

Alonso makes up several positions during the pitstops, then hassles Petrov until he finally passes the Renault for eighth in the closing laps.

Williams drops away from the pack this weekend, leaving Barrichello and Hulkenberg 15th and 17th on the grid. The former makes a terrible start, the latter collides with Buemi and breaks his front wing. They recover for unhappy 14th and 17th place finishes.

Kubica keeps up his fine run with seventh on the grid, but it's Petrov who impresses the most as he comes close to matching his team leader all weekend and takes a breakthrough ninth in qualifying.

They have fairly uneventful races in the queue behind the Mercedes, with Kubica coming home on Rosberg's tail in sixth. Petrov is set for eighth until a brush with Alonso as the Ferrari overtakes him gives the Renault a puncture. He rejoins, sets the fastest lap, and takes 15th.

Sutil crashes heavily on Friday then misses all of final practice due to a hydraulic problem. After that, qualifying 11th is fairly miraculous. Liuzzi struggles in qualifying again and is only 18th on the grid, but optimistic of a better race.

In the end he only gets up to 13th, but Sutil has a good run to ninth. He passes Kobayashi early on, falls behind the Sauber again in the pits, then overtakes it for a final time in the closing laps.

A low-key 14th and 16th on the grid for Buemi and Alguersuari is followed by a slightly more interesting race. A collision with Hulkenberg on lap one gives Buemi a puncture, leaving him a long way adrift of the field. Recovering to 16th - ahead of Hulkenberg - is a reasonable result after that.

Alguersuari is fairly anonymous until the strategy of making a second tyre stop gives him a late burst of pace. He even holds the fastest lap accolade for a while, but runs out of time to catch the battling Saubers so finishes 12th.

Lotus moves clear of the other new teams on pace in Turkey, with Trulli and Kovalainen comfortably beating their 'class' rivals to 19th and 20th on the grid. They pull away in the race too, with Kovalainen slightly ahead after an early battle, until hydraulic failures eliminate both.

Senna is pleased to beat di Grassi to 22nd on the grid, while Chandhok - who had to lap the circuit at about 30km/h due to a throttle glitch on Friday - is frustrated and puzzled by a straightline speed issue as he trails the field.

Chandhok struggles with fuel pump issues from early in the race and has to park five laps from the finish, while Senna has a spirited early battle with the Virgins but ultimately has to stop with a fuel pressure problem while running behind Glock.

Glock cannot match Lotus in qualifying and starts 21st, with di Grassi in the revised car at last but down on power and only 23rd on the grid. He takes a new engine for the race, but an oil system problem forces him to start from the pitlane. Glock isn't much better off as he stalls on the grid.

Despite all this, they end up 18th and 19th as they at least get to the finish while their nearest rivals do not.

Kobayashi sneaks into the top ten again with 10th, three places ahead of de la Rosa. The Japanese driver is passed by Sutil early on, vaults back ahead in the pits, but then loses out to the German once more as his tyres fade. That allows de la Rosa to catch him too, but Kobayashi hangs on ahead of his team-mate to take a point in 10th.