2010 Turkish Grand Prix stats and facts
Ferrari's 800th start was a race to forget for the Scuderia
Ferrari didn’t have much to celebrate in their 800th Grand Prix start. Read on for more facts and stats from the Turkish Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton won a race for the first time in 2010. It was the 12th victory of his career, meaning he has now won as many races as Mario Andretti, Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann.
Hamilton also reached the podium for the 30th time in his career. With Jenson Button finishing second it was the 46th one-two for McLaren.
Hamilton is the fifth different driver to win in seven races. Last year only two different drivers won the first seven races – Button claiming six of them. Six different drivers won races in 2009.
Red Bull’s domination of qualifying continued with their seventh pole position in as many races. It was the third pole position in a row for Mark Webber, who now has five pole positions to his name, putting him level with Giuseppe Farina, Chris Amon, Clay Regazzoni, Patrick Tambay and Keke Rosberg.
Webber and Felipe Massa kept up their runs of scoring in every race so far this year.
A late effort from Vitaly Petrov secured the first fastest lap of his career and the first ever by a Russian driver. He is the 119th different driver to have set a fastest lap in the history of Formula 1.
Kamui Kobayashi scored his first point of 2010 and the first point for Sauber post-BMW. This was also the first time both C29s made it to the finish this year.
Ferrari marked their 800th Grand Prix start. The Italian team have started more races than any other – by comparison McLaren have racked up 672 starts, Williams 541.
Lotus have started 498 in their two incarnations combined and should reach their 500th in the European Grand Prix.
From their 800 starts Ferrari have achieved 211 wins, 203 pole positions and 220 fastest laps.
Laps led
| Driver | Laps led |
| Mark Webber | 185 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 110 |
| Jenson Button | 74 |
| Fernando Alonso | 18 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 18 |
| Nico Rosberg | 16 |
Laps complete
| Pos | Driver | Laps completed |
| 1 | Mark Webber | 421 |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | 421 |
| 1 | Robert Kubica | 421 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | 420 |
| 4 | Jaime Alguersuari | 420 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 419 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | 419 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | 374 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | 372 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | 370 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | 369 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | 345 |
| 13 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 318 |
| 14 | Karun Chandhok | 308 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | 305 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | 295 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | 288 |
| 18 | Nico Hülkenberg | 280 |
| 19 | Sebastien Buemi | 278 |
| 20 | Bruno Senna | 231 |
| 20 | Lucas di Grassi | 231 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | 198 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | 190 |
| 24 | Kamui Kobayashi | 168 |
Podiums
| Driver | Podiums |
| Mark Webber | 4 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 3 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 3 |
| Jenson Button | 3 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 |
| Nico Rosberg | 2 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 |
| Robert Kubica | 2 |
Average finishing position
| Pos | Driver | Average finishing position |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 3.20 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | 4.00 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | 4.57 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 5.29 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | 5.43 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | 5.43 |
| 7 | Robert Kubica | 5.57 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | 5.86 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | 7.67 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | 8.67 |
| 11 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 10.60 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | 10.83 |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | 11.00 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | 11.29 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | 11.50 |
| 16 | Pedro de la Rosa | 11.50 |
| 17 | Sebastien Buemi | 13.25 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | 14.00 |
| 19 | Nico Hülkenberg | 14.40 |
| 20 | Karun Chandhok | 16.00 |
| 21 | Bruno Senna | 16.00 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | 16.50 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | 17.33 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | 18.00 |
Spotted any more interesting facts and stats from the Turkish Grand Prix? Post them in the comments below.
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Ned Flanders said on 31st May 2010, 12:36
4 different drivers led the race (or at least had their nose in front!) at some point:
Webber for 40 laps
Hamilton for 18 laps
Button for about 800m
Vettel for about 200m
Incredible stuff. What a race!
AndrewT said on 31st May 2010, 12:48
and Button in lap 16-17 as well, when he managed to stay on track with the soft tyres, but in his second lap leading it was starting to get grainy.
Zoli said on 31st May 2010, 14:05
Mark Webber has led 159 laps in the last 3 races (without a break): Spain 1-66, Monaco 1-78, Turkey 1-15
The All-time list:
Alberto Ascari 305
Ayrton Senna 264
Nigel Mansell 235
Jim Clark 186
Kimi Raikkonen 162
Mark Webber 159
Dean Yamasaki said on 31st May 2010, 15:09
This is the first race I saw a grid girl feint.
And how many consecutive races has Jensen Button’s dad worn that pink shirt, heheh.
Ling said on 31st May 2010, 17:33
how do i know the real differences in term of time between all the cars on the track now? How far the improvement made by the new teams so far?
Andrew White said on 31st May 2010, 18:57
- Alonso is out of the top 3 in the WDC for the first time this year; he’s now fourth with 79 points.
- Jaime Alguersuari has finished between 9th and 13th in every race this year; he one of only five drivers yet to retire this season
- On the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system, it would be 1. WEB 36; 2. BUT 35; 3. HAM 34; 4. VET 32; 5 ALO 32. That gives you an idea of how close the championship is!
- Turkey was the shortest race in terms of time this year and had the fewest retirements. It followed Monaco which was the longest race and had the most retirements.
- It was the first time that a driver who qualified 2nd has won the race this year. Races have now been won from all the top five places in the first seven races.
Icthyes said on 31st May 2010, 20:21
All 3 cars on the podium belonged to teams Adrian Newey works or has worked for. Doesn’t reveal much, but hey!
First McLaren 1-2 with Hamilton beating Button. Hamilton has also beaten (discounting Hamilton’s crash in Spain and Button’s engine failure in Monaco) Button in every dry race this year.
shyguy2008 said on 31st May 2010, 21:53
Is this the first time this year all 24 cars have started on the grid? (with no one starting in the pit lane)
steph said on 31st May 2010, 22:06
di Grassi didn’t start on the grid as he had an oil leak so he started from the pitlane
shyguy2008 said on 1st June 2010, 14:07
ah, my bad I forgot he had an oil leak
Enigma said on 31st May 2010, 23:07
1st Hamilton, 3rd Webber, 16th Buemi and Vettel out of the race – Istanbul 2010 and Hungaroring 2009.
US Williams Fan said on 1st June 2010, 6:56
Good article with lots of interesting data.
Especially like this one:
“Lotus have started 498 in their two incarnations combined and should reach their 500th in the European Grand Prix.”
I did not know that at all.
Would be interesting to see if they alter their car in the same way that Ferrari did at Turkey.
hmmmmm
Bleu said on 1st June 2010, 7:02
FIA timing information says that Button was 0,084 seconds ahead after lap 48.
Patrickl said on 1st June 2010, 20:39
Ah yes. That makes more sense.
Odd that live timing was different then.