Sunday, May 30, 2010

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton wins Turkish Grand Prix

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel collide at the Turkish GP

Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren victory after an extraordinary clash between Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel at the Turkish Grand Prix today. Team-mate Jenson Button came in second place.

The clash happened on the 40th lap when Vettel flew off the track after colliding with team-mate Webber in an attempt to take the lead from him.

On lap 50, Hamilton’s team-mate Jenson Button surged ahead and they were actually neck-to-neck at some point of the race, Button taking the lead for a few turns.

Webber finished third while Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher came in fourth.

This is Lewis Hamilton’s 12th victory in his Formula 1 career.

Here are the Top 10 results with their corresponding race time:

1 L Hamilton 1:28:47.620
2 J Button 1:28:50.265
3 M Webber 1:29:11.905
4 M Schumacher 1:29:18.730
5 N Rosberg 1:29:19.886
6 R Kubica 1:29:20.444
7 F Massa 1:29:24.255
8 F Alonso 1:29:34.164
9 A Sutil 1:29:36.649
10 K Kobayashi 1:29:53.270

Next stop is the Canadian Grand Prix taking place at Montreal, Canada on June 13th 2010.

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