Turkish Grand Prix facts and figures
Facts and figures for Sunday's Turkish Formula One Grand Prix: Circuit: Istanbul Park Total distance: 58 laps of 5.338km/3.317 miles (309.396km/192.258 miles) 2006 pole position: Felipe Massa - Ferrari 1:26.907 seconds. Race lap record:...
Facts and figures for Sunday's Turkish Formula One Grand Prix:
Circuit: Istanbul Park
Total distance: 58 laps of 5.338km/3.317 miles (309.396km/192.258 miles)
2006 pole position: Felipe Massa - Ferrari 1:26.907 seconds.
Race lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya - McLaren 1:24.770 (2005)
Summary of the last races: 2006 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari)followed up his first Formula One pole position with his first grand prix victory. Renault's Alonso beat Ferrari's Michael Schumacher to second place by barely half a car's length after a nose-to-tail duel over the closing laps.
2005 - Kimi Raikkonen (then with McLaren) won from pole position while Alonso finished second, leaving the Spaniard 24 points clear of the Finn with five races to go. He was helped by McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya,who spun on the penultimate lap while his team were heading for their first one-two finish in five years.
Circuit details The undulating layout is one of two anti-clockwise tracks in the championship (the other being Interlagos in Brazil). Likened to Spa in Belgium, it has 14 turns -- six of them right-handers -- and four straights. About 67 per cent of each lap is spent at full throttle. The left-handed triple apex turn eight is a real test, taken at around 250kph and generating some of the highest G-forces of any circuit. The Hermann Tilke-designed circuit is on the Asian side of Istanbul. Track temperatures could reach 55 celsius. REUTERS
Summary of the last races: 2006 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari)followed up his first Formula One pole position with his first grand prix victory. Renault's Alonso beat Ferrari's Michael Schumacher to second place by barely half a car's length after a nose-to-tail duel over the closing laps.
2005 - Kimi Raikkonen (then with McLaren) won from pole position while Alonso finished second, leaving the Spaniard 24 points clear of the Finn with five races to go. He was helped by McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya,who spun on the penultimate lap while his team were heading for their first one-two finish in five years.
Circuit details The undulating layout is one of two anti-clockwise tracks in the championship (the other being Interlagos in Brazil). Likened to Spa in Belgium, it has 14 turns -- six of them right-handers -- and four straights. About 67 per cent of each lap is spent at full throttle. The left-handed triple apex turn eight is a real test, taken at around 250kph and generating some of the highest G-forces of any circuit. The Hermann Tilke-designed circuit is on the Asian side of Istanbul. Track temperatures could reach 55 celsius. REUTERS