May 2010

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Turkish Grand Prix – Vettel Hands Win to McLaren

May 31, 2010

The Turkish Grand Prix was a mixed affair. Plenty of position changes in the first lap, then it settled down into a race between two teams Red Bull And McLaren who by the end of the race were over 30 seconds clear of the rest of the field. and then drama in the closing stages [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix Post Qualifying Press Conference

May 29, 2010

Following the end of Qualifying the fastest three qualifying drivers take part in the FIA sponsored Press Conference. In Turkey today it was the turn of Pole sitter Mark Webber, followed by Lewis Hamilton and then Webbers teammate Sebastian Vettel. While Webber was obviously ecstatic taking his third pole position this season, his teammate could [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix Qualifying – Webber Takes Third Pole in a Row

May 29, 2010

Webber turns up the heat in the third session of Qualifying at the Turkish Grand Prix today setting fastest lap of the weekend. On his last and only flying lap of Q3 webber nailed each sector, setting a blistering time of 1:26.295 securing his third Pole Position in a row and extending Red Bull’s dominant [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix Friday Press Conference

May 28, 2010

I find the Friday Press Conference of a Grand Prix race weekend one of the most interesting. You get a different view point of Formula One than that shown by the Drivers. Todays press conference in turkey was no exception with Team principals from Ferrari, Mercedes GP, Wiliams F1 and Torro Rosso answering questions on [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix Practice – Button Leads Webber

May 28, 2010

McLaren show early pace during the first practice sessions for the Turkish Grand Prix. While friday practice is more about car set up and tire testing to set strategy for the race, McLaren set fastest times during both sessions. During the morning session Button and Hamilton dominated the time charts but in the second session [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix – Thursday Press Conference

May 28, 2010

The Turkish Grand Prix kicked off as usual with the FIA sponsored Press conference on thursday the day before free practice begins. This time it was the turn of Barrichelo, Chandhok, Schumacher, Trulli and Webber to field question. Some good insight into the last race in Monaco, Barrichello’s crash and Trulli and Chandhok’s accident, but [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix – Broadcast Schedule

May 27, 2010

This weekend sees the F1 circus head to Istanbul for Round Seven of the Formula One World Championship, the Turkish Grand Prix. Held a the Herman Tilke designed purpose built F1 circuit, Istanbul Park some 50 Km’s outside of Instanbul this year will mark the sixth Grand Prix to be held in Turkey. Istanbul Park [...]

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Turkish Grand Prix – Preview

May 26, 2010

The Turkish Grand Prix the first Grand Prix of the 2010 Formula One season to run in a counter clockwise direction poses a big challenge for Drivers. While the circuit is completely different from the last Grand Prix in Monaco where the track was incredibly narrow and twisty with the ARMCO barriers right at the [...]

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Formula One Returns to USA

May 25, 2010

In a surprise announcement today the Formula One commercial rights holder announced that Formula one would be returning to the USA in 2012. Even more of a surprise is the location, Austin Texas, not a city with an established world class motor racing circuit, but wait there’s more according to Bernie Ecclestone, President of the [...]

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Williams To Test Cosworth Engine Modifications in Turkey

May 24, 2010

Williams and Cosworth have been hard at work since the Monaco Grand Prix preparing for the Turkish Grand Prix. Williams building new parts to replace the damage on the two crashed FW32′s of Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg and Cosworth trying to solve the power band issues that he teams have been complaining about. It [...]

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Williams Confirms Monaco Grand Prix Crash Causes

May 22, 2010

Williams saw both of its cars crash out of the Monaco Grand Prix. Nico Hulkenberg crashed out on the fist lap and Rubens Barrichello crashed coming up the hill after turn two on lap 30 while in 11 place. Both events caused massive damage to the cars eliminating Rosberg and Barrichello from the race and [...]

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