Hamilton wins in Turkey after Red Bulls clash

McLaren has taken a one-two result at the Turkish Grand Prix after a controversial clash between the pace-setting Red Bull Racing cars in Istanbul.

Pole-sitter Mark Webber (Red Bull) led from the start and resisted an early challenge from Lewis Hamilton before coming under pressure from team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who leapt into second after an early pit stop.

On lap 41, the race came to a head when Vettel got a run on Webber and looked poised to displace the Australian at the front, but the pair clashed on the back straight, sending Vettel out of the race.

The incident promoted Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button into the top places, but the race wasn’t done. Button passed Hamilton in the same place when Webber and Vettel clashed, but the McLaren drivers kept it clean in an exciting scrap. Hamilton was able to re-pass Button soon after and went on to take his first win for the season.

Webber’s front wing was damaged and a pit stop to replace it saw him eventually take third place. On a positive note, he held onto the championship lead while Vettel dropped down to fifth.

Mercedes Grand Prix drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg finished fifth and sixth respectively, ahead of Robert Kubica (Renault), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari).

Kobayashi’s 10^th place was the first points for the Sauber team this year.

The next round of the Formula One World Championship will be held in Canada in two weeks time (June 11-13).

Results: Turkish Grand Prix

1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58
3	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	58
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	58
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	58
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	58
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	58
10	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	58
11	Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	58
12	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	58
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	57
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	57
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	57
16	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	57
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	57
18	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	58
19	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	58
20	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	52
Ret	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	46
Ret	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	39
Ret	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	33
Ret	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	32

World Championship points after seven rounds

1	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	93
2	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	88
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	84
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	79
5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	78
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	67
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	66
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	34
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	22
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	10
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	7
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	6
14	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	3
15	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1
16	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1
18	Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	0
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	0
20	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	0
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	0
22	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	0
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	0
24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	0