Turkish GP - Williams Toyota - Race
Williams had a points-scoring finish to the Turkish GP in Istanbul today, with Nico Rosberg proving highly competitive in the tightly contested rivalry between BMW, Renault & Williams by finishing in seventh place and advancing his position in the Driver’s World Championship by two places to tenth.

Strong racing and ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Ferrari - Qualifying
Felipe Massa repeated his pole position secured at the Turkish Grand Prix last year to make it seven poles for 12 events for the Ferrari team. Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen made a couple of small mistakes and starts the 58-lap event from third position on the grid.

Felipe Massa
“Sensational! After a nightmare of a weekend ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Bridgestone - Qualifying
Felipe Massa used Bridgestone’s medium compound Potenza to set pole position at Istanbul at the same place as his first ever Formula One pole, claimed here last year on Bridgestone tyres.

Massa set a time of 1min 27.329secs, to go just over five hundredths faster than Lewis Hamilton, who will join him on the front ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Toyota - Qualifying
Toyota suffered mixed fortunes in qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park, with Jarno Trulli in ninth place and Ralf Schumacher in 18th.

On another hot and sunny day, the track temperature was at 50°C when Q1 began. Trulli was able to get a clean lap and comfortably reach the next session but Ralf Schumacher ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - BMW Sauber - Qualifying
Here in Turkey for the 12th race of the season the BMW Sauber F1 Team continued its strong performance by qualifying both cars in the top ten. Robert Kubica will start from fifth in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, while Nick Heidfeld is sixth on the grid at the Istanbul Park track. In Q2 the two drivers provoked jokes about German/Swiss ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Honda - Qualifying
In today's qualifying session for the Turkish Grand Prix the Honda drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button made it through to Q2 where they ended the session in 14th and 15th positions respectively. Barrichello's time of 1:28.188 was 0.3s shy of a place in the top ten.

However, as Button came into the pits at the end ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - McLaren Mercedes - Qualifying
McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso will start Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul second and fourth on the grid respectively.

In an exciting qualifying, Hamilton set a time of 1min27.373 and missed his fifth pole position by 0.044sec to Felipe Massa.

Fernando, who was the ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Renault - Qualifying
Renault enjoyed its best qualifying session since last month’s British Grand Prix, this afternoon in Istanbul With Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella seventh and tenth.

After making steady progress improving the car’s handling balance during the weekend’s three practice sessions, both drivers qualified in the top ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Williams Toyota - Qualifying
The Williams team will take to the grid for tomorrow’s Turkish Grand Prix in eighth and 16th place, with today’s qualifying outcome, while a little less competitive than hoped, providing some margin for improvement tomorrow.

With the cars approaching Sunday’s race from different starting positions, the team has ... [ more ]

Turkish GP - Red Bull Renault - Qualifying
Mark Webber and David Coulthard proved closely matched this afternoon for Red Bull Renault as they qualified 12th and 13th respectively. They were however disappointed that they could not make it into the top ten and the final round of qualifying.

Mark Webber
“It’s disappointing not to get into the top ten ... [ more ]