TV times:
Istanbul - TURKEY
Friday 5 June
First practice: 0800-0930, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1200-1330, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Inside F1: 1830-1845, BBC News Channel, then repeated on the Red Button
Saturday 6 June
Third practice: 0900-1000, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1110-1315, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Qualifying re-run: 1415-1215 (Sunday), BBC Red Button (Not available on Freeview)
Sunday 7 June
Race: 1210-1500, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Race re-run: 1500-2200 (Tuesday), BBC Red Button (Limited availability on Freeview)
Interactive Forum: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online
Standings:
Track:
BBC Circuit Guide
very good Circuit video, will be using these in all new threads
http://www.f1-fansite.com/circuits/turkey.asp
Track Diagram
Circuit information
Length: 5.338km
Race distance: 58 laps / 309.356km
Full throttle: 63%
Top speed: 315kph
Longest flat-out section: 16s / 1.2km
Right/left-hand turns: 6/8
Tyre wear: Medium/low
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: Medium/high
Gear changes per lap: 42
2009 tyre compounds: hard (prime, no marking), soft (option, green markings)
2008 tyre compounds: hard (prime, no marking), medium (option, white markings)
Istanbul Park - a Formula One set-up guide
The purpose-built anti-clockwise circuit on the outskirts of Istanbul offers a mix of challenging low and high-speed corners and has already established its position as a firm favourite with the drivers. Overtaking is difficult, especially in the first half of the lap, but the long back straight leading into the tight hairpin of Turn 12 offers the ideal opportunity for a lunge under braking. Combine this with the challenge of Turn Eight, which is one of the most demanding of the year, and you have all the ingredients for an exciting Grand Prix. Renault explain how they plan to ready the R29 for racing…
Suspension
As a relatively new facility the track surface at Istanbul is in good condition and the kerbs are not especially aggressive, which makes it quite straightforward to find a stable car balance. Renault will seek a compromise between stiffer settings for the high-speed part of the lap to give a good change of direction, and softer settings for the low-speed section, particularly the final few corners to ensure good mechanical grip.
Driver Nelson Piquet explains: "It's quite difficult to find the right compromise with car set-up at Istanbul because the lap is so varied in terms of corner speeds and grip. The last three corners of the lap are the slowest on the circuit, taken in second gear at around 80 km/h. Turn 12 after the long back straight is the biggest braking zone of the circuit and offers the best overtaking opportunity of the lap. It's easy to make a mistake here and go in too deep, which puts you out of position for the final couple of corners and can cost you a lot of time."
Aerodynamics
There are few critical high-speed corners at Istanbul Park, but the team will still run with medium downforce settings in order to carry good speed through the long left-hander of Turn Eight, which puts high g-forces through the drivers' necks.
Fernando Alonso explains: "Turn Eight is one of the quickest and longest left hand corners of the year. It's really a series of corners with four apexes, although we treat it as one apex and try to be as smooth as possible with the steering inputs. We don't touch the brake at any stage through the corner, and simply lift the throttle slightly to keep the car online. In the middle of the corner we're doing about 260km/h and you can really feel the g-forces on your body. It's easy to understeer wide in this corner, which will cost you a lot of time, but there's plenty of run-off to save you."
While the aero grip keeps the cars glued to the track through Turn Eight, it is mechanical grip that predominates between Turns Three to Five and Turns 12 to 14.
Brakes
The braking zone into Turn 12 after the long back straight is the most significant on the circuit. It also represents the best overtaking opportunity and will normally see plenty of action during the Grand Prix. Overall the circuit is not particularly demanding on the brakes, which have enough time to cool on the long straights before the main braking zones, although with medium downforce settings the drivers may struggle with locking of the rear brakes.
Tyres
The Turkish Grand Prix is quite a demanding track on the tyres, largely due to Turn Eight which puts high loadings through the tyres, particularly the front right. To avoid any potential problems, we can adjust suspension settings and front wing angle; however, we must always be mindful of finding the correct balance between protecting the tyres and maintaining mechanical grip, to ensure the car is quick in the more technical parts of the circuit. Bridgestone will supply the hard and soft compounds from their 2009 range, as was the case for the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year.
Engine
Istanbul presents a varied workout for the engine, requiring both good top speed and low end performance. Turn Eight remains a constant concern where the engine is concerned as it is important to ensure effective power delivery at high revs for good performance in this high-speed corner. Overall around 65 percent of the lap is spent on full throttle, which is about average for the circuits on the calendar
Classic Turkey Grand Prix
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2005
Watch highlights from the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix as McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen wins the inaugural race in Istanbul ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2006
Watch highlights from the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix as Ferrari's Felipe Massa takes his maiden F1 victory ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso and the second Ferrari Michael Schumacher.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2007
Watch highlights from the 2007 Turkish Grand Prix as a puncture costs Lewis Hamilton third place with Felipe Massa leading home a Ferrari one-two.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2008
Watch highlights from the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix as Ferrari's Felipe Massa wins his third race in a row at Istanbul ahead of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren.
Technical Changes - Monaco
Weather Forecast
News
The track and TV coverage starts
Technical changes turkey
Inside F1 - Turkey GP preview Not uploaded yet
Practice 1
Highlights - Carpet chaos in Turkish practice
Williams' Nico Rosberg is fastest in Friday's first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, the session is disrupted due to some of the carpeting round the track coming loose.
Replay - Turkish GP first practice
A full replay of the first practice session for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix.
Rosberg tops Turkey GP practice
Williams's Nico Rosberg was fastest in Friday's first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led for most of the session before the German snatched the top spot with a time of one minute 28.952 with his last lap.
Practice 2
Highlights - Kovalainen fastest in Turkey
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen posts the quickest time in Friday's second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix
Replay - Turkish GP second practice
Replay - Turkish GP second practice
Practice 3
Smooth Massa tops Turkey practice
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was quickest in a tight final practice session for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
Qaulifying
Vettel beats Button to grab pole
Highlights - Vettel storms to pole in Turkey (UKonly)
Vettel beats Button to grab pole
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position in a thrilling finale to qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Drivers' news conference in full
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel appears surprised but pleased with the speed of his car as he secured pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix, ahead of the Brawn GP drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.
Replay - Vettel's Turkish pole lap
Watch a in-car replay of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel securing pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix
Fuel Loads
Race
Brilliant Button on top in Turkey
Highlights - Button wins in Turkey
Drivers' news conference in full
Jenson Button says his Brawn GP car was "immense" and the best it has been all season as he wins the Turkish Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.
Replay - Turkey F1 forum Not uploaded yet
Standings
Istanbul - TURKEY
Friday 5 June
First practice: 0800-0930, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1200-1330, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Inside F1: 1830-1845, BBC News Channel, then repeated on the Red Button
Saturday 6 June
Third practice: 0900-1000, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1110-1315, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Qualifying re-run: 1415-1215 (Sunday), BBC Red Button (Not available on Freeview)
Sunday 7 June
Race: 1210-1500, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Race re-run: 1500-2200 (Tuesday), BBC Red Button (Limited availability on Freeview)
Interactive Forum: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online
Standings:
Track:
BBC Circuit Guide
very good Circuit video, will be using these in all new threads
http://www.f1-fansite.com/circuits/turkey.asp
Track Diagram
Circuit information
Length: 5.338km
Race distance: 58 laps / 309.356km
Full throttle: 63%
Top speed: 315kph
Longest flat-out section: 16s / 1.2km
Right/left-hand turns: 6/8
Tyre wear: Medium/low
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: Medium/high
Gear changes per lap: 42
2009 tyre compounds: hard (prime, no marking), soft (option, green markings)
2008 tyre compounds: hard (prime, no marking), medium (option, white markings)
Istanbul Park - a Formula One set-up guide
The purpose-built anti-clockwise circuit on the outskirts of Istanbul offers a mix of challenging low and high-speed corners and has already established its position as a firm favourite with the drivers. Overtaking is difficult, especially in the first half of the lap, but the long back straight leading into the tight hairpin of Turn 12 offers the ideal opportunity for a lunge under braking. Combine this with the challenge of Turn Eight, which is one of the most demanding of the year, and you have all the ingredients for an exciting Grand Prix. Renault explain how they plan to ready the R29 for racing…
Suspension
As a relatively new facility the track surface at Istanbul is in good condition and the kerbs are not especially aggressive, which makes it quite straightforward to find a stable car balance. Renault will seek a compromise between stiffer settings for the high-speed part of the lap to give a good change of direction, and softer settings for the low-speed section, particularly the final few corners to ensure good mechanical grip.
Driver Nelson Piquet explains: "It's quite difficult to find the right compromise with car set-up at Istanbul because the lap is so varied in terms of corner speeds and grip. The last three corners of the lap are the slowest on the circuit, taken in second gear at around 80 km/h. Turn 12 after the long back straight is the biggest braking zone of the circuit and offers the best overtaking opportunity of the lap. It's easy to make a mistake here and go in too deep, which puts you out of position for the final couple of corners and can cost you a lot of time."
Aerodynamics
There are few critical high-speed corners at Istanbul Park, but the team will still run with medium downforce settings in order to carry good speed through the long left-hander of Turn Eight, which puts high g-forces through the drivers' necks.
Fernando Alonso explains: "Turn Eight is one of the quickest and longest left hand corners of the year. It's really a series of corners with four apexes, although we treat it as one apex and try to be as smooth as possible with the steering inputs. We don't touch the brake at any stage through the corner, and simply lift the throttle slightly to keep the car online. In the middle of the corner we're doing about 260km/h and you can really feel the g-forces on your body. It's easy to understeer wide in this corner, which will cost you a lot of time, but there's plenty of run-off to save you."
While the aero grip keeps the cars glued to the track through Turn Eight, it is mechanical grip that predominates between Turns Three to Five and Turns 12 to 14.
Brakes
The braking zone into Turn 12 after the long back straight is the most significant on the circuit. It also represents the best overtaking opportunity and will normally see plenty of action during the Grand Prix. Overall the circuit is not particularly demanding on the brakes, which have enough time to cool on the long straights before the main braking zones, although with medium downforce settings the drivers may struggle with locking of the rear brakes.
Tyres
The Turkish Grand Prix is quite a demanding track on the tyres, largely due to Turn Eight which puts high loadings through the tyres, particularly the front right. To avoid any potential problems, we can adjust suspension settings and front wing angle; however, we must always be mindful of finding the correct balance between protecting the tyres and maintaining mechanical grip, to ensure the car is quick in the more technical parts of the circuit. Bridgestone will supply the hard and soft compounds from their 2009 range, as was the case for the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the year.
Engine
Istanbul presents a varied workout for the engine, requiring both good top speed and low end performance. Turn Eight remains a constant concern where the engine is concerned as it is important to ensure effective power delivery at high revs for good performance in this high-speed corner. Overall around 65 percent of the lap is spent on full throttle, which is about average for the circuits on the calendar
Classic Turkey Grand Prix
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2005
Watch highlights from the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix as McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen wins the inaugural race in Istanbul ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2006
Watch highlights from the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix as Ferrari's Felipe Massa takes his maiden F1 victory ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso and the second Ferrari Michael Schumacher.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2007
Watch highlights from the 2007 Turkish Grand Prix as a puncture costs Lewis Hamilton third place with Felipe Massa leading home a Ferrari one-two.
Classic F1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2008
Watch highlights from the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix as Ferrari's Felipe Massa wins his third race in a row at Istanbul ahead of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren.
Technical Changes - Monaco
Weather Forecast
News
- Nico hopes upgrades help jump rivals
Nico Rosberg admits he is hoping Williams’s latest aerodynamic developments allow it to leapfrog some of the teams ahead of it in Turkey after being shuffled down the order in recent races. - Bourdais: STR ready for step forward
Sebastien Bourdais is confident Toro Rosso will start making bigger strides forwards from the Turkish Grand Prix after finally working out how to get the best out of its STR4 car. - Renault expecting further progress
Pat Symonds is optimistic Renault’s can continue to make progress at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, when its R29 will feature further aerodynamic upgrades - BMW hopes new diffuser restores pace
BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen is hoping the introduction of a double diffuser in next weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix will help the team rebound from its disastrous Monaco showing. - Brawn expecting increasing challenge
Brawn GP CEO Nick Fry says the championship-leading squad is not taking its position at the front of the field for granted and is ready for its dominance to be challenged from Turkey onwards. - Brawn budget safe for 2009 – Fry
Brawn GP CEO Nick Fry says the championship-leading team has no worries over its budget for the remainder of 2009, insisting it will be able to continue to develop its car as it wants to even if it didn’t secure another sponsorship deal. - Pat Symonds: “Turkey is a venue that we go to with confidence”
- Vettel drives Toro Rosso to pick up Bandini trophy
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel journeyed to Italy on Sunday to receive the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in recognition of his outstanding performances last year with Toro Rosso. The award is given annually by the Italian village of Brisighella, in memory of local driver Bandini, who was killed at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. - Massa aims for fourth Istanbul win in improving F60 (Turkish GP preview)
Ferrari were the closest team to Brawn at Monaco - but can they repeat their form at Turkey this weekend? - Have the 2009 tyre rules gifted Button the world drivers’ championship?
F1 Fanatic guest writer Doctorvee of F1 blog Vee8 shares an opinion on how the tyre rules are affecting the championship.
The track and TV coverage starts
Technical changes turkey
Inside F1 - Turkey GP preview Not uploaded yet
Practice 1
Highlights - Carpet chaos in Turkish practice
Williams' Nico Rosberg is fastest in Friday's first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, the session is disrupted due to some of the carpeting round the track coming loose.
Replay - Turkish GP first practice
A full replay of the first practice session for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix.
Rosberg tops Turkey GP practice
Williams's Nico Rosberg was fastest in Friday's first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton led for most of the session before the German snatched the top spot with a time of one minute 28.952 with his last lap.
Practice 2
Highlights - Kovalainen fastest in Turkey
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen posts the quickest time in Friday's second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix
Replay - Turkish GP second practice
Replay - Turkish GP second practice
Practice 3
Smooth Massa tops Turkey practice
Ferrari's Felipe Massa was quickest in a tight final practice session for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
Qaulifying
Vettel beats Button to grab pole
Highlights - Vettel storms to pole in Turkey (UKonly)
Vettel beats Button to grab pole
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position in a thrilling finale to qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Drivers' news conference in full
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel appears surprised but pleased with the speed of his car as he secured pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix, ahead of the Brawn GP drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.
Replay - Vettel's Turkish pole lap
Watch a in-car replay of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel securing pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix
Fuel Loads
Race
Brilliant Button on top in Turkey
Highlights - Button wins in Turkey
Drivers' news conference in full
Jenson Button says his Brawn GP car was "immense" and the best it has been all season as he wins the Turkish Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.
Replay - Turkey F1 forum Not uploaded yet
Standings
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