Brawn GP’s Jenson Button won the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday for his sixth victory in seven Formula One races.
Button overtook pole sitter Sebastian Vettel on the first lap following a mistake by the Red Bull driver and held on for a 6.7-second win over Red Bull’s Mark Webber.
Vettel, the first driver not to win from the pole in five races at Istanbul, finished third after opting for a three-stop strategy.
Button leads the standings with 61 points. Teammate Rubens Barrichello, who retired after starting third, has 35 points. Vettel has 29 and Webber 27.5.
“(It’s) the first race where the car has been absolutely perfect,” Button said…Â Details
The historic Lotus name is poised to return to Formula 1 after submitting an entry for the 2010 championship.
The Norfolk-based Litespeed team have bought the rights to the name Team Lotus, which disappeared from F1 following financial problems in 1994.
Lotus won seven constructors’ crowns and six drivers’ champions, including Jim Clark and Graham Hill, during their golden era in the 1960s and ’70s.
The new Team Lotus has lodged an entry for next year as a “cost-capped” team.
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For only the second time in his Formula One career, Lewis Hamilton failed to graduate from the first session of qualifying yesterday. That the only other time was in the previous race at Monaco underlines the depressing competitive trend the reigning world champion faces. “The car just got slower and slower throughout the weekend,†he said, after qualifying 16th in Turkey.
“We just don’t have any grip in the high-speed corners with this car,†Hamilton explained, “and this is a circuit with a lot of high-speed corners, so it’s hard to compete here.†He could only stand and watch as … Details
For the first time in his three years in Formula One, Lewis Hamilton, the reigning world champion, and his McLaren Mercedes car are far from being front-runners this season. After finishing third at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton was later disqualified for lying to race stewards about an incident during the race. Since then, he has finished no better than fourth and is ninth in the standings…
… Q. How does it feel to suddenly find yourself in such an uncompetitive car?
A. It’s tough because naturally, I’m a born competitor. I love competing, I love winning. Who doesn’t? You wake up every day, and that’s what you prepare yourself for. For winning. You prepare yourself to be the best. And when you know your … Details