2009 FORMULA 1 ING TURKISH GRAND PRIX 5/7 June

Race 1400
Provisional Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	58	Winner	2	10
2	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	58	+6.7 secs	4	8
3	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	58	+7.4 secs	1	6
4	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	58	+27.8 secs	5	5
5	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	58	+31.5 secs	9	4
6	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+39.9 secs	9	3
7	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	58	+46.2 secs	10	2
8	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	58	+46.9 secs	13	1
9	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	58	+50.2 secs	6
10	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	+62.4 secs	8
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	58	+64.3 secs	11
12	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	58	+66.3 secs	12
13	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+80.4 secs	16
14	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+1 Lap	14
15	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	57	+1 Lap	18
16	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	57	+1 Lap	17
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1 Lap	15
18	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	57	+1 Lap	20
Ret	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	47	+11 Lap	3
Ret	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	4	+54 Laps	19

**Qualifying** 14:00
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:27.330	1:27.016	1:28.316	17
2	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:27.355	1:27.230	1:28.421	22
3	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:27.371	1:27.418	1:28.579	19
4	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:27.466	1:27.416	1:28.613	20
5	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:27.529	1:27.195	1:28.666	24
6	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:27.556	1:27.387	1:28.815	24
7	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:27.508	1:27.349	1:28.858	23
8	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:27.988	1:27.473	1:29.075	20
9	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:27.517	1:27.418	1:29.191	27
10	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:27.788	1:27.455	1:29.357	20
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:27.795	1:27.521		16
12	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:27.691	1:27.629		20
13	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:28.160	1:27.795		18
14	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.199	1:28.207		18
15	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:28.278	1:28.391		18
16	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.318			9
17	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:28.582			8
18	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:28.708			12
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:28.717			11
20	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:28.918			9

**Saturday Practice** 11:00 - 12:00
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:27.983		26
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:28.022	0.039	21
3	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:28.094	0.111	23
4	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:28.122	0.139	19
5	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:28.320	0.337	20
6	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:28.332	0.349	21
7	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:28.360	0.377	19
8	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:28.364	0.381	19
9	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.415	0.432	16
10	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:28.451	0.468	18
11	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:28.503	0.520	15
12	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.563	0.580	19
13	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:28.678	0.695	18
14	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:28.715	0.732	19
15	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.738	0.755	19
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.050	1.067	18
17	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:29.076	1.093	19
18	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:29.167	1.184	21
19	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:29.261	1.278	15
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.421	1.438	17

**Practice 2** 14:00 - 15:30
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.841		37
2	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:28.847	0.006	35
3	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:29.056	0.215	35
4	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:29.091	0.250	37
5	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:29.202	0.361	4
6	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:29.207	0.366	41
7	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:29.257	0.416	40
8	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:29.305	0.464	35
9	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:29.383	0.542	39
10	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:29.401	0.560	38
11	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:29.416	0.575	38
12	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:29.430	0.589	33
13	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.435	0.594	31
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:29.518	0.677	40
15	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.520	0.679	33
16	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:29.550	0.709	40
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:30.081	1.240	33
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:30.091	1.250	38
19	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:30.295	1.454	39
20	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:30.629	1.788	37

**Practice 1** 10:00 - 11:30
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:28.952		24
2	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.263	0.311	23
3	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:29.271	0.319	26
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:29.337	0.385	18
5	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:29.342	0.390	22
6	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:29.371	0.419	21
7	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.398	0.446	25
8	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:29.422	0.470	24
9	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:29.525	0.573	25
10	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.590	0.638	20
11	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:29.747	0.795	20
12	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.864	0.912	22
13	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:29.934	0.982	26
14	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:30.132	1.180	18
15	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:30.176	1.224	22
16	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:30.645	1.693	22
17	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:30.689	1.737	20
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:30.729	1.777	22
19	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:30.838	1.886	24
20	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:30.944	1.992	26

Spain’s Epsilon Euskadi has become the latest team to confirm that it has lodged an entry for next year’s Formula One world championship. Engineering director Sergio Rinland is also well known to the sport, his last F1 post having been chief designer with Sauber. "We have the infrastructure, with an investment of €65 million, something that not everybody has,” he told Autosport. “We have a wind tunnel, autoclaves, etc. And right now I can say that, if we are chosen, we have the budget secured for the next four years."

Prodrive Chairman David Richards confirmed on Friday that the UK company has lodged an entry for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, after agreeing financial backing from investment bank Dar Capital. “We are very appreciative of the support we have been given in putting together our entry, not least by both the FIA and FOM,” said the ex-F1 team principal. “With the help of Dar Capital, in raising the finance, coupled with our understanding of the latest proposals to assist new teams, we now feel the conditions are right to formally request the FIA for an entry.

Comment - over the next 3 years could we not see a 30 car field with interest so high - 15 teams?

Nico Rosberg - “We’ll have some upgrades for Turkey, so I really hope that maybe we can make a step forward and pick up points. It’s so difficult at the moment though. There are teams that have come from behind us and are now in front, like Ferrari, and then teams like Red Bull, Brawn and Toyota are still ahead of us. It’s going to be very challenging for us to score points, but I really hope that we can beat one or two of those cars with the upgrades we’ll have.
We need to keep getting a handful of points from each race.”

Kazuki Nakajima - “I don’t have much experience of the track as I was knocked out of last year’s race on the first lap, but it’s a circuit which tends to suit our car with its mix of long and short straights, several corners for overtaking and then there’s turn eight – a triple apexer where we’ll hit speeds of 250km/hr. It’ll be challenging, but I can’t wait to get going. I haven’t had the best run recently, I know that, and I need to turn it round and get some good, solid finishes.”

Mark Webber - "There’s a few things which are uncharted for me," Webber told the Times newspaper. "I’ve always generally been on top of my team-mates but I’ve got one now who is testing me quite hard. And the second thing is that I’m driving a car that is so bloody competitive, it’s fantastic. I mean, you come up on people in practice and they move out of the way because they know you are quick and have a quick car. I would have thought I’d have achieved a lot more in that time frame, but if you had told me I would do 129 races and drive in more grand prix races than any other Australian I would not have believed that either, People will say, ‘He should have done better’ but look at the teams I have raced for and my team-mates — with the exception of this year, they did not win a race. I’ve always been fair with myself. Am I Michael Schumacher? Maybe not. Have I the ability to win races? Absolutely, I believe I will do it this year. I really do think I’ll win a grand prix this year and hopefully more than one because for the first time in my career, I think I’ve the chance to do that.”

Giancarlo Fisichella - “Looking back at Monaco, I would say we have more or less the same speed as Toro Rosso and Williams. It was a surprise to see BMW and Toyota on the back row and racing behind us, but they are strong teams with a lot of resources and you wouldn't count them out for long. We don't have a lot of new development coming through for this race though so it is going to be a tough one but once again we need to keep pushing. I'd love to get into Q2 again but we will know more about where we stand after Friday."

Adrian Sutil - “The main upgrades will now come in Silverstone so we have to be quite realistic about the performance this weekend. We have to keep pushing and try to have another strong qualifying that sets us up for the race. I enjoy the track and you can actually overtake in some corners so I hope we can have some good fights and be able to move up the field. I think we're solid midfield contenders now so we have to get to the finish and see where we are.”

Jenson Button - "The Turkish Grand Prix is always a race that I look forward to as I really enjoy driving the Istanbul Park circuit and have been quite competitive there in the past. Hermann Tilke did a great job with the layout of the track here and the changes in gradient are great fun and quite challenging for the drivers. We've seen some excellent racing at Istanbul Park with good overtaking opportunities at turns one and three.”

Rubens Barrichello - "Istanbul Park is quite a challenging circuit as it is one of very few tracks which runs anti-clockwise, just like my home circuit of Interlagos in Sao Paulo. It's tough driving an anti-clockwise track as the muscles on that side of your neck aren't used as much throughout the year so we do some extra training to prepare as some of the quickest corners at Istanbul Park are also left-handers. The circuit is one of the best modern tracks on the calendar and I have been very impressed since we started racing here in 2005. The facilities are fantastic but most importantly from a drivers' point of view the track has produced some really good races."

Jarno Trulli - “I am hopeful of a strong result this weekend. Monaco was difficult for everyone in the team but that is in the past now and we are looking forward to the next race. Monaco is basically a one-off circuit for Formula 1 and the Istanbul track is very different so I'm sure we will be a lot more competitive this weekend. We are third in the constructors' championship which shows that overall we are in good shape this year and it is important we return to the performance level we had in the first four races. Istanbul is not one of my favourite circuits and I have not had much luck there in the past; but I am determined to change that. I can't wait to start practice and find out where we are because I am fired up to bounce back this weekend.”

Timo Glock - “I am going to Turkey with a huge amount of determination because Monaco was not the kind of weekend we expect and we are all looking forward to getting back to where we belong. Everyone at the team is really passionate about racing and about succeeding so the Monaco weekend hurt us but also gave us even more motivation to improve. Clearly we want to get back in the points this weekend but really our goals are higher than that and we ultimately want to be fighting for the podium. It's a very close fight at the moment so it's difficult to predict exactly what will happen but certainly we expect a big improvement and I am looking forward to battling at the right end of the grid in Turkey.”

Felipe Massa - “For Istanbul, we will have another small step in terms of aerodynamic development, which should improve the car still further and that is down to a big push from the guys in the factory. We want to continue to improve as quickly as possible, to try and win some races. If will be fantastic if we find we are in a position to fight for the win in Turkey. [Monaco] showed that we have got closer to the pace of the Brawns and can look forward to being even more competitive over the next few races. I find it difficult to explain why I should be so strong here, other than the fact we had three fantastic weekends in Turkey, when everything worked perfectly, with the car performing very well right from the first session. It would be nice to carry on in the same direction [this year].
I just like the track and feel comfortable there, but it’s hard to pinpoint why it suits me better than some other circuits. I do prefer fast flowing tracks and have a feel for all the corners here, as it’s not good enough to only be fast over one particular section of the track I think I’ve also found a good way to set up the car perfectly for this circuit.”