A Comfortable Win for Red Bull in Turkey

Another classic F1 race. The tyres KERs and DRS have come together to give us the overtaking we have missed over the last few years.

It was a race of two strategies with some drivers able to make three stops whilst most of the drivers had to go for four. Hamilton got off to a poor start which put him back with team-mate Button. The Mclaren had some anxious moments as once again the pair duelled for three laps before Hamilton had to stop for his first new set of tyres. Schumacher was in all the wrong places as he fought to stay ahead of a succession of cars. Team-mate Rosberg faired better, whilst out in front Vettel was able to protect his tyres. There was a lot of very exiting close racing all through the pack in the middle section of the race and then towards the end Button was again neck and neck with Hamilton as he was able to stick with a three stop strategy. Unfortunately he was unable to protect his position against the newer tyres of Hamilton. Meanwhile even Vettel dived in the pit for an unplanned forth stop to ensure his tyres were fresh to defend any late push from Webber and Alonso. Webber looked in trouble towards the end of the race but after securing second place overall it was clear that he was protecting fuel and tyres.

So Red Bull now have a fully working KERs system get a well deserved win with Vettel proving our point that if you can get a comfortable lead on lap one you can protect tyres and fuel. Webber also made good use of the spare set of tyres to finish second with Alonso in third after having a brilliant race. Hamilton did well to finish forth and the team did well on what seemed to be a changed strategy. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh was slightly disappointed to not have done better and felt that Button was compromised in running a three stop strategy.

The fans are the real winners in Turkey, with more overtaking than I can remember for a long time. We must however make a mention of designers Hermann Tilke who designed the circuit, opened in 2005 and of course Adrian Newey the designer of the Red Bull Cars.