Lewis Hamilton MP4-23 04
Heikki Kovalainen MP4-23 05
2008 TURKISH GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finished Friday's second Free Practice for the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul in second and fifth positions respectively.
Lewis completed 31 laps and set a best time weiter >>
2008 Turkish Grand Prix
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/02):
FP1: 14th 1:29.756 (23 laps)
FP2: 20th 1:30.832 (9 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/05):
FP1: 15th 1:29.811 (23 laps)
FP2: 14th 1:29.008 (35 laps)
The Force India Formula One Team started its Turkish Grand Prix challenge to weiter >>
TURKISH GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE FRIDAY 9 MAY, 2008
SESSION 1 SESSION 2
AIR TEMP 150C 13 - 140C
TRACK TEMP 230C 19 - 210C
WEATHER Overcast Overcast
TOP 3
F Massa 1:27.323
H Kovalainen 1:27.456
L Hamilton 1:27.752
K Raikkonen 1:27.543
L Hamilton 1:27.579
F Massa 1:27.682 weiter >>
2008 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY 09/05/08
Sebastian Vettel (STR2B-04)
"I am quite happy with the way practice went today. Obviously, it was difficult because of the changing conditions, which limited our track time. But I think we completed a good and consistent programme, which produced a lot of useful information, especially for Sunday.
I weiter >>
Turkish Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-Up
Today's Weather: Cloudy and cool with showers at lunch, air 12-16°C, track 18-25°C
Toyota's Best Turkish GP qualifying: 5th, Jarno Trulli 2005, Ralf Schumacher 2006
Toyota's Best Turkish GP race result: 6th, Jarno Trulli 2005
Take Note: The TF108 has further aerodynamic improvements weiter >>
Car 9 DAVID COULTHARD, 1st Practice P17, 2nd Practice P4
"Today was similar to the Friday session in Spain - there were no major problems, it was all about following the track evolution and making sure we had the balance right.
There are a lot of long corners on this circuit, you can see people are going off quite easily, so it's critical to get the front e weiter >>
2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX
1 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.543 30
2 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.579 0.036 31
3 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.682 0.139 29
4 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:27.763 0.220 24
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.954 0.411 27
6 4 Robert Kubic weiter >>
Fisichella runs red light, drops three grid places
Stewards at the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul have given Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella a three-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race for exiting the pits under a red light.
The infraction is understood to have occurred at the very start of Friday’s opening practice session, in which the Italian was amo weiter >>
2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.323 16
2 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.456 0.133 17
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.752 0.429 15
4 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:28.284 0.961 16
5 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:28.919 1.596 12
6 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-T weiter >>
FAREWELL, ADDIO,ADIEU,ADE,ADIOS, GULE GULE
For many weeks now, it's been a case of what William Shakespeare would have described as "2B or not 2B" as Scuderia Toro Rosso has wrestled with the decision regarding which car to run in the Turkish Grand Prix.
The original plan, having decided as long ago as last year to start this season with a modified version weiter >>
The Force India Formula One Team now heads east for round five of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Turkish Grand Prix, held at the Istanbul Park circuit from 9 - 11 May.
Fresh from its first top 10 finish at the last event in Spain, the team has high hopes of sustaining this momentum for the remainder of the season.
Team quotes weiter >>
Formula 1 is the sport that never sleeps and at Panasonic Toyota Racing's headquarters in Cologne, Germany, dedicated technical experts are working flat-out around the clock in the constant search for extra performance.
Whether it is testing new parts in the wind tunnel, analysing the latest track data to squeeze more performance out of the TF108 or challenging convention weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing heads east for round five of the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, for the fourth running of the Turkish Grand Prix at the anti-clockwise Istanbul Park.
For this season, the trip across the Bosphorus comes three months earlier than usual, meaning the teams can expect conditions to be cooler than the mid-summer heat of previous years.
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Istanbul, Turkey
The purpose-built Istanbul Speed Park is an entirely different technical proposition to the previous race held at Barcelona. A modern circuit measuring just over 5.3kms per lap, the Otodrom is a challe weiter >>
The Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Speed Park marks the next stop on the 2008 Formula 1 calendar.
The race was introduced to the sport in 2005, with the inaugural race won by the team. The event takes place at the Istanbul Speed Park in the Tepeören - Tuzla a weiter >>
Istanbul Park, Sunday 26th August 2007
Fernando Alonso, MP4-22 06Lewis Hamilton, MP4-22 01T-car, MP4-22 03
2007 TURKISH GRAND PRIX
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso finished the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul in third place achieving his 45th podium finish in his 100th Grand Prix. After 58 laps, 309.396 km and a weiter >>
ISTANBUL PARK, TURKEY
58 Laps: 309.396KMS, 192.258 MILES SUNNY
Air 34 - 360C, Track 44 - 550C
POS DRIVER TEAM Time / Gap (Fastest Lap) Grid
1 F MASSA FERRARI 1:26:42.161 (1:27.922, 2nd) 1
2 K RAIKKONEN FERRARI +2.275 (1:27.295, 1st) 3
3 F ALONSO McLAREN +26.181 (1:28.070, 4th) 4
7 N weiter >>
No Delight for us on the Turkish track today, so have this little piece with our compliments.
DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position 10th, Start Position: 13th)
"I made a good start and made up a few places, I think four, and thereafter I found the car to be a bit inconsistent which did not help me maintain a good pace throughout the race, especially when I had weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing suffered a disappointing result in the Turkish Grand Prix with Ralf Schumacher finishing 12th and Jarno Trulli 16th at Istanbul Park. Jarno's good qualifying effort gave him 9th on the grid but Ralf had it all to do from 16th. Jarno's race soon became much more difficult when he was nudged into a spin by Giancarlo Fisichella at turn one, dropping him to th weiter >>
2007 Turkish Grand Prix Race Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/01):
21st: 1:25:43.994 (DNF)
Fastest lap: 1:30.617
Sakon Yamamoto (car 21, F8-VII/02):
20th: 1:27:48.209 (+2 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:30.951
Today's Turkish Grand Prix brought mixed results for the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team. New recr weiter >>
2007 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 26/08/07
Tonio Liuzzi
(STR2-03)
Pos. 15th
"Overall, this was actually quite a good race from my point of view and the most important thing is that I finished. I had some problems with a harsh upshift in the first stint and towards the end I eased off a bit to look after the engine.
It was good weiter >>
1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 Winner 1 10
2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +2.2 secs 3 8
3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58 +26.1 secs 4 6
4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 58 +39.6 secs 6 5
5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +45.0 secs 2 4
6 4 Heikki K weiter >>
The 2007 Turkish Grand Prix marks the 100th Formula 1 race for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso. Having only just turned 26 the reigning double World Champion has accumulated some impressive statistics over this period; here are a few of them:
At the weiter >>
Fernando Alonso, MP4-22 06
Lewis Hamilton, MP4-22 01
T-car , MP4-22 03
2007 TURKISH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING
Vodafone 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, Lewis set a time of 1min27.373 and missed his weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing suffered mixed fortunes in qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park, with Jarno Trulli in 9th place and Ralf Schumacher in 18th. On another hot and sunny day, the track temperature was at 50°C when Q1 began. Jarno was able to get a clean lap and comfortably reach the next session but Ralf encountered traffic on his first flying laps. weiter >>
The AT GBP T 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 a wide range of strategy options which will be cons weiter >>
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/01):
FP3: 21st 1:30.044 (22 laps)
Q1: 21st 1:29.861 (9 laps)
Sakon Yamamoto (car 21, F8-VII/02):
FP3: 22nd 1:30.712 (21 laps)
Q1: 22nd 1:31.479 (7 laps)
Weather: Hot and humid. 33 C / 44 C air and track FP3, 36 C / 48 C in the afternoon.
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will weiter >>
2007 TURKISH GRAND PRIX - SATURDAY 25/08/07
Tonio Liuzzi
(STR2-03)
"That was a shame to miss out by being just a few thousandths slower than Barrichello. On my final run I might have been able to go a little bit better but I went out in traffic and was not able to get my front tyres up to temperature and that made me lose out a bit in the first thre weiter >>
DAVID COULTHARD, Position 13th
"The balance of the car is teetering on the edge between a little bit of understeer and a little bit of oversteer, so I can't really say there's a fundamental problem with the balance. That was as quickly as I could drive each corner. Maybe I could have gone one or two tenths quicker by doing a tidier lap, but no more than that. We re weiter >>
1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.488 1:27.039 1:27.329 18
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.513 1:26.936 1:27.373 17
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.294 1:26.902 1:27.546 18
4 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.328 1:26.841 1:27.574 17
5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:27.997 1:27.253 1:27.722 17
6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:28.099 1:27.253 weiter >>
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.325 12
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.366 0.041 15
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.506 0.181 16
4 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.743 0.418 13
5 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:28.056 0.731 16
6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:28.184 0.859 18
7 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:28.224 0.89 weiter >>
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/01):
FP1: 21st 1:31.445 (31 laps)
FP2: 21st 1:31.153 (32 laps)
Sakon Yamamoto (car 21, F8-VII/02):
FP1: 22nd 1:32.270 (35 laps)
FP2: 22nd 1:31.175 (32 laps)
Weather: Highs of 35 C ambient, 48 C track in the second session, 30 C ambient, 41 C track in the first
24 August 2007 - The T weiter >>
Geoffrey Willis joined Red Bull last month. This is the first race he has attended with us.
Geoffrey Willis, Technical Director: "After more than a year away from F1, it's good to see the cars in action and up close again. While there have been some regulation changes in that time, the racing challenge is very much the same, so it's interesting to see the differenc weiter >>
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.469 28
2 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:28.762 0.293 21
3 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:28.773 0.304 23
4 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.874 0.405 28
5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:28.884 0.415 25
6 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.947 0.478 24
7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:28.995 0.526 weiter >>
1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.988 22
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:28.391 0.403 20
3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.222 1.234 20
4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.261 1.273 10
5 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:29.346 1.358 19
6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:29.403 1.415 23
7 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:29.414 weiter >>
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has been forced to postpone the launch of its new B spec car until the Italian Grand Prix due to unexpectedly failing the rear impact test. The team will now contest this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix with two A spec cars.
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After a three week 'summer holiday' the FIA Formula One World Championship returns to action with the Turkish Grand Prix on 26 August, round 12 of the 17-event series.
The challenging 5.338km Istanbul Park Circuit, designed by circuit constructor du jour Herman Tilke, stands on the As weiter >>
Istanbul, Turkey
Formula One returns to the race track this week for round 12 of the Championship, the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday 26th August. This year’s race will be only the third hosted by Turkey since its debut on the calendar in 2005. Istanbul Park, a purpose-built facilit weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing returns to action in the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park after the traditional Formula 1 summer break. Even though there has been an extended gap between races, the team has been working as hard as ever since the last race to prepare for this weekend. A floor update and a weiter >>
You've had two weekends without a grand prix so here is a handy Red Bull Dictionary to remind you what all those Press Release quotes really mean: a useful Red Bullshitometer to keep with you throughout the race weekend. And don't blame the press officers, because you have to remember that the Press Release is the only thing they produce that their team bosses and you, the media, weiter >>
As the summer break from Grand Prix racing comes to an end, the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team relocates to the Istanbul Park circuit for the 12th Grand Prix of the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship.
The race marks the 100th Grand Prix start for the team’s Doub weiter >>
24.-26. August 2007 12. von 17 WM-Läufen
Nach einer kurzen Renn- und Testpause startet die Formel 1 am 26. August in Istanbul zum Saison-Endspurt. Die anspruchsvolle Strecke auf der asiatischen Seite der Metropole gehört seit 2005 zum Formel-1-Kalender und bedeutet für die Formel-1-Trucks die weiteste Anreise der Saison.
Nick Heidfeld weiter >>
Istanbul, (TUR) 309.396km Clear, sunny, 34-37°C air, 53°C track
1 F Massa Ferrari (B) 1 1:28.123, lap 382 F Alonso Renault F1 (M) 3 1:28.245, lap 383 M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 2 1:28.005, lap 50
10 M Webber WilliamsF1 (B) 9 1:30.088, weiter >>
*If you think it was hot out there for the drivers, you should see the thermometer in the Energy Station media office: a record 48 degrees, so our brains are fried and we can't think of one of our "funny" headlines.
Scott Speed: "I do weiter >>
THROUGH TURKEY WHOLE
Panasonic Toyota Racing will leave Istanbul with two points after an eventful afternoon's work in today's Turkish Grand Prix. On a blisteringly hot day at the Istanbul Park, with track temperatures again above 50 degrees Celsius, weiter >>
Recipe for Turkish coffee
¾ cup cold water1½ teaspoons sugar (depending on sweetness desired)3 tbsp freshly ground medium roast coffeeCrushed Cardoman seeds (to add to coffee)
This removes all that lovely coffee taste
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Midland Formula 1 Racing endured its second double-DNF of the season at the Turkish Grand Prix, a result made all the more disappointing by the considerable gains in performance achieved by the team.
Tiago Monteiro was the victim of uninitiated contact in the first weiter >>
Weather: Dry and sunny, 36-37°C Air, 42-53°C Track
Istanbul (TUR). The best starting positions of the year – fifth and eighth – gave the BMW Sauber F1 Team confidence that it could score points today but it left Istanbul empty handed. The tyre choice for Ro weiter >>
Istanbul, Sunday 27th August 2006 Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 07 Pedro de la Rosa MP4-21 06 T-car (Kimi) MP4-21 04
Team McLaren Mercedes driver Pedro de la Rosa finished today's Turkish Grand Prix in fifth position. Team mate K weiter >>
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