- It was a Ferrari lockout as Felipe Massa repeated last year’s success in Istanbul and won the Turkish Grand Prix for the second consecutive year.
Ferrari were always considered to be favourites, even before they arrived in Turkey in the middle of last week and in a repeat of 2006, Massa led from pole relinquishing his lead only to make his two mandatory stops.
“It’s amazing. The third time here in Istanbul but the second race in a row winning from pole,” he told reporters in the post race briefing.
“I love the track, I love the place and here is where my career made a switch and I started to win races and fight with the front runners. It is a very special place for me and to have a second consecutive win here, it’s difficult to find the right words.”
Kimi Räikkönen looked slightly aggrieved in second place and must have been rueing what might have been but for a mistake during Saturday’s qualifying which cost him a certain pole and a possible race victory.
Ferrari were always considered to be favourites, even before they arrived in Turkey in the middle of last week and in a repeat of 2006, Massa led from pole relinquishing his lead only to make his two mandatory stops.
“It’s amazing. The third time here in Istanbul but the second race in a row winning from pole,” he told reporters in the post race briefing.
“I love the track, I love the place and here is where my career made a switch and I started to win races and fight with the front runners. It is a very special place for me and to have a second consecutive win here, it’s difficult to find the right words.”
Kimi Räikkönen looked slightly aggrieved in second place and must have been rueing what might have been but for a mistake during Saturday’s qualifying which cost him a certain pole and a possible race victory.
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