2010 Turkish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 30 May 2010 | ||
| Official name | 2010 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.34 km (3.32 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 309.72 km (192.56 mi) | ||
| Weather | Air: 28–29 °C (82–84 °F) Track: 39–49 °C (102–120 °F) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:26.295 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Vitaly Petrov
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Renault | |
| Time | 1:29.165 on lap 57 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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The 2010 Turkish Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 May 2010 at the Istanbul Park circuit near Istanbul, Turkey. It was the seventh round of the 2010 Formula One season and the sixth Turkish Grand Prix. The 58-lap race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton who started from second position. His teammate Jenson Button finished second, and Red Bull driver Mark Webber came in third.
Webber clinched the pole position and maintained his lead at the start of the race with Hamilton in second who fended off a challenge from Sebastian Vettel in the other Red Bull. The order was maintained until the first round of pit stops when Hamilton lost second place after his crew had trouble with fitting one of his tyres correctly. Webber conserved fuel on lap 40 which allowed Vettel to challenge him for the lead but the two collided which led to the latter retiring from the event and the incident promoted Hamilton and Button into the first and second positions. Hamilton and Button were instructed to conserve fuel for the remainder of the race but the latter had not been giving a target lap time and attempted to overtake Hamilton on lap 48 although the former retained the lead which he held for the remaining ten laps to win his first race of the season.
Hamilton's victory made him the fifth different driver in seven races to win a Grand Prix in 2010. The result meant Webber's advantage over second place in the Drivers' Championship, now occupied by Button, was extended by five points. Hamilton's victory meant he moved into third place, while Alonso went from third to fourth. Vettel's retirement resulted in him dropping from second to fifth. McLaren's one-two finish resulted in them reducing Red Bull's lead in the Constructors' Championship to one point. Ferrari's poor result meant they moved from second to third, with 12 races left of the season.
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