Archive for May, 2010

Biffle’s crewman in hospital after Stewart hit him in pits

A crewman for Greg Biffle’s NASCAR team has been taken to a local hospital after getting hit by two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart on pit road.

FIA post-race press conference – Turkey

1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h28m47.620s; 2nd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h28m50.265s; 3rd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h29m11.905s.

Q: Lewis, first win of the season for you. Great scrap. First with Mark, then Sebastian (Vettel) and then Jenson and finally you emerge as the winner. What a race.
Lewis Hamilton:
It was quite an exciting race. We knew that we had good race pace. We knew that we would be able to stay with the Red Bulls…

Q&A with Red Bull’s Helmut Marko: We are not amused

As Red Bull’s motorsport consultant, Dr Helmut Marko is the perfect person to ask about the incident between the team’s drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the Turkish Grand Prix. Watching the duo wheel-to-wheel and then lose an almost guaranteed one-two by ending up colliding was not the ideal end to the Istanbul Park weekend. And Marko and the rest of the team are keen to have a serioys word with both drivers to ensure it never happens again?

Race – McLaren one-two as Red Bulls tangle in Turkey

Lewis Hamilton has won the Turkish Grand Prix from McLaren team mate Jenson Button. Polesitter Mark Webber finished third after losing the lead in a clash with Red Bull partner Sebastian Vettel, who retired in the incident.

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg were fourth and fifth for Mercedes GP, followed by Renault’s Robert Kubica and the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso…

Turkish Grand Prix – selected team & driver quotes

Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on their fateful collision; Lotus on their double DNF; and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on taking his first victory of 2010. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday’s action?

Paddock Postcard from Istanbul

After the glitz and glamour of Monaco, in Turkey the paddock focus returned to the on-track action and some thrilling support races to this weekend’s Formula One competition…

McLaren 1-2 in Turkey, as Red Bull drivers collide

The 2010 Turkish Grand Prix had one of the best battles for the lead in recent times. Lewis Hamilton lead home a McLaren 1-2 after the Red Bulls crashed into each other in dramatic style.

Camping F1

Seven reasons to look forward to the Turkish Grand Prix 2010

Seven reasons to look forward to the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix from Istanbul this weekend.

Weekend review and results round-up

All the news and action from Turkey and beyond