Vettels Stuffs his Rivals with Turkish GP Victory

by The Badger on May 8th, 2011

You'd have been a brave soul to bet against Sebastian Vettel - he's gone and done it again, virtually stuffing the rest of his rivals in Turkey with a dominant, error-free drive from pole position to the flag.   Istanbul Park produced yet another fine race for F1 2011's grand prix portfolio with plenty of over-taking and battling for positions other than 1st.  Strategies also played a large part and as it turned out four pitstops (yes, four!) was the optimal plan.

Ahead of the lights going out we were eager to see what Kobayashi could do from last on the grid - he didn't disappoint, bringing his Sauber home in 10th, a full 14 places up on where he started - well done Kamui!

Here's the provisional race result (pending FIA confirmation)

POS	DRIVER		TEAM	LAPS	TIME
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	58	1:30'17.558
2		Mark Webber	Red Bull	58
3		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58
4		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	58
5		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	58
6		Jenson Button	McLaren	58
7		Nick Heidfeld	Renault	58
8		Vitaly Petrov	Renault	58
9		Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	58
10		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	58
11		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58
12		M.Schumacher	Mercedes	58
13		Adrian Sutil	Force India	57	1 Lap
14		Sergio Perez	Sauber	57	1 Lap
15		R.Barrichello	Williams	57	1 Lap
16		J.Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	57	1 Lap
17		Pastor Maldonado	Williams	57	1 Lap
18		Jarno Trulli	Lotus	57	1 Lap
19		H.Kovalainen	Lotus	56	2 Laps
20		J.D'Ambrosio	Virgin	56	2 Laps
21		N.Karthikeyan	HRT	55	3 Laps
22		Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	53	5 Laps
23		Paul Di Resta	Force India	44	Retirement
24		Timo Glock	Virgin	0	Not started