| Time flies when you're having fun and before you | | | | drastic, like try fit his Red Bull into Webber's Red |
| know it, another Grand Prix race has come and | | | | Bull. This impulsive action basically caused him to |
| gone. This time, Lewis Hamilton driving for | | | | crash out of the race and made Webber limp his |
| McLaren-Mercedes claimed victory at the Turkish | | | | way into the pits for repair work. This |
| Formula 1 Grand Prix held at Istanbul last | | | | unfortunate turn of events (if you looked at it |
| weekend. It was Mr Hamilton's first victory in a | | | | from Red Bull's camp) was capitalized by both |
| while (ten races). It was also a nightmare for Red | | | | Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button which |
| Bull even though their drivers started in pole and | | | | took over first and second positions respectively. |
| in third position too. Hamilton started the race in | | | | Now these two world champions somehow nearly |
| second position. The nightmare was basically due | | | | did some similar damage themselves by actually |
| to an overly enthusiastic Sebastian Vettel trying | | | | racing each other instead of pacing themselves to |
| to overtake his teammate and pole sitter Mark | | | | the end. Button actually too the lead on one |
| Webber resulting in a crash. | | | | occasion and they did rub into each other. But in |
| Now before we get to that let's start with a bit | | | | the end, Hamilton pulled through and stayed in top |
| of trivia. Istanbul F1 Grand Prix of 2010 was | | | | position till the very end. Amazing. If both drivers |
| Ferrari's 800th race in Formula 1 by the way and | | | | of McLaren did the same mistake as the Red Bull |
| they started it badly by qualifying in 8th and 12th | | | | ones then it would have been a real tale of not |
| place. So critiques and fans are thinking about | | | | learning from other people's mistakes. Actually I |
| what is wrong with both Alonso and Massa before | | | | do not think they learnt from other people's |
| the race started.it was a good race for Lewis | | | | mistakes (in this case Red Bull's blunder) as they |
| Hamilton as from the start he kept up the | | | | still fought for the lead. McLaren was just plain |
| pressure on pole sitter Mark Webber only losing | | | | lucky in my opinion. Anyway, Lewis Hamilton |
| out to third position holder, Webber's Red Bull | | | | claims his first victory of the 2010 season. |
| teammate, Sebastian Vettel moving into second | | | | Mark Webber somehow manages to still make |
| when the McLaren pitstop crew had a small | | | | third, looking a little depressed ahead of Michael |
| problem during the tire change. | | | | Schumacher (it seems that the new modifications |
| Now being someone who's young, fired up and | | | | on the Mercedes-Brawn-Petronas made recently |
| already a world champion, Hamilton continued the | | | | paid off), Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Felipe |
| chase and kept up the pressure on Vettel. I | | | | Massa and Fernando Alonso. Not a bad 800th |
| suppose it was this relentless pressure and also | | | | outing for Ferrari considering they started in 8th |
| the fact that Webber won the last two F1 Grand | | | | and 12th as stated above. |
| Prix races prior to this made Vettel try something | | | | |