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McLarens take advantage as Red Bulls collide in Turkey
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May 31, 2010, Monday
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MCLAREN'S Lewis Hamilton roared to his first win of the Formula One season in Turkey yesterday after his Red Bull rivals drove each other off the track while heading for a one-two finish.
In a race that started with Red Bull on pole and ended in bitter recrimination, championship leader Mark Webber and teammate Sebastian Vettel collided 18 laps from the finish while first and second to gift McLaren the one-two instead.
"It was a disaster," Australian Webber, clearly smarting despite finishing third to extend his overall lead, said in typical blunt fashion.
Hamilton's victory ended a run of nine races without appearing on the top step of the podium, the 25-year-old's last win coming in Singapore last September while he was still champion.
"It was great to watch, like an action movie in 3D," said Hamilton, who was right behind the pair.
World champion Jenson Button crossed the line 2.6 seconds behind teammate Hamilton in Istanbul.
Webber, who had been heading for his third win in a row after starting on pole, leads the championship by five points from Button.
The McLaren duo moved up the standings with Button on 88 points and Hamilton third with 84.
McLaren ousted Red Bull from the top of the constructors' standings by a single point.
The day's big loser was Vettel, the 22-year-old who had started the afternoon level on points with Webber but paid the price for trying to pass down the inside on lap 40. The two cars collided, Vettel's right rear tire deflated and he spun off into retirement while Webber went off track but managed to come back.
Vettel slumped to fifth overall, 15 points behind Webber.
The German twirled his finger around his head as he trudged away from the car as if to say "crazy" while team boss Christian Horner watched from the pit lane wall and shook his head in disbelief.
Michael Schumacher finished fourth for Mercedes with teammate Nico Rosberg fifth. Poland's Robert Kubica was sixth for Renault and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari some points at least on its 800th grand prix start with seventh ahead of Spanish teammate Fernando Alonso.
In a race that started with Red Bull on pole and ended in bitter recrimination, championship leader Mark Webber and teammate Sebastian Vettel collided 18 laps from the finish while first and second to gift McLaren the one-two instead.
"It was a disaster," Australian Webber, clearly smarting despite finishing third to extend his overall lead, said in typical blunt fashion.
Hamilton's victory ended a run of nine races without appearing on the top step of the podium, the 25-year-old's last win coming in Singapore last September while he was still champion.
"It was great to watch, like an action movie in 3D," said Hamilton, who was right behind the pair.
World champion Jenson Button crossed the line 2.6 seconds behind teammate Hamilton in Istanbul.
Webber, who had been heading for his third win in a row after starting on pole, leads the championship by five points from Button.
The McLaren duo moved up the standings with Button on 88 points and Hamilton third with 84.
McLaren ousted Red Bull from the top of the constructors' standings by a single point.
The day's big loser was Vettel, the 22-year-old who had started the afternoon level on points with Webber but paid the price for trying to pass down the inside on lap 40. The two cars collided, Vettel's right rear tire deflated and he spun off into retirement while Webber went off track but managed to come back.
Vettel slumped to fifth overall, 15 points behind Webber.
The German twirled his finger around his head as he trudged away from the car as if to say "crazy" while team boss Christian Horner watched from the pit lane wall and shook his head in disbelief.
Michael Schumacher finished fourth for Mercedes with teammate Nico Rosberg fifth. Poland's Robert Kubica was sixth for Renault and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari some points at least on its 800th grand prix start with seventh ahead of Spanish teammate Fernando Alonso.
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