2010 FORMULA 1 TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul)

So... Mark W says it's his (Seb V's) fault... Seb V says that guy's crazy.... Whatever it is, Mark W put it most eloquently, "it was a f***king disaster!" Then of course, there's the part when the Lewis H got radioed to ask him to get into fuel saving mode. Sorry, but I think it's just cock & bull (pun intended!). If you ask me, it was code for 'Don't friggin take out your team mate & stay as you are'. Notice how they were both fighting just before then.... ? In other words, it was subtle team orders.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for team orders. After all, they are paid by the team & hence should be under the control of the team to determine the outcome in such situations. Seriously, if the team had said, 'Seb V, back off' on the basis that Mark W is now leading the drivers championship, why not? We wouldn't be seeing 2 stumbling bulls!

Kudos to Lewis H for not going crazy with celebrating the win as he, very sportsmanlike said, "... , winning today doesn’t feel quite as good as it sometimes does. That’s because it’s a little bit different from some of my previous race victories: ideally, the racer in me wants to win by overtaking the guys in front, not by seeing them crash out in front of me. Rather than inheriting a win, it’s much nicer to fight your way past your rivals and earn the win the hard way."

Some other notable points are that the Mercedes team was pretty good with Michael S at 4th & Nico at 5th. I suspect they are slowly but surely getting up there. There is of course, the Ferraris. Instead of being prancing horses, were more like hopping donkeys. Nevertheless, getting 7th & 8th is better than nothing at all especially since this is supposed a celebration of the 800th Ferrari race.

In any case, my apologies again for the delay. Technology failed me. In our little league, C&AL jumped from 3rd to 1st, swapping positions with Mr.CCK. No doubt, the fault of the red ones. Similarly, because of the red ones, I'm now right at the bottom, swapping with TC. Bummer... ! Anyway, here are the results for this race. ;-)

2010 Turkish GP Results
Position	Driver		Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	LH	25
2	Jenson Button	JB	18
3	Mark Webber	MW	15
4	Michael Schumacher	MS	12
5	Nico Rosberg	NR	10
6	Robert Kubica	RK	8
7	Felipe Massa	FM	6
8	Fernando Alonso	FA	4
9	Adrian Sutil	AS	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	KK	1
11	Pedro de la Rosa	PR	0
12	Jaime Alguersuari	JA	0
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	VL	0
14	Rubens Barrichello	RB	0
15	Vitaly Petrov	VP	0
16	Sebastien Buemi	SB	0
17	Nico Hulkenberg	NH	0
18	Timo Glock	TG	0
19	Lucas di Grassi	LG	0
Ret	Karun Chandhok	KC	0
Ret	Bruno Senna	BS	0
Ret	Sebastian Vettel	SV	0
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	HK	0
Ret	Nico Hulkenberg	NH	0

2010 Turkish GP
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	MW	15	LH	25	JB	18	58	249	307	1
VF	MW	15	SV	0	JB	18	33	259	292	2
CCK	SV	0	JB	18	FA	4	22	264	286	3
NF	MW	15	SV	0	LH	25	40	245	285	4
TC	MW	15	LH	25	JB	18	58	226	284	5
R&SW	MW	15	SV	0	FA	4	19	232	251	6