LIVE F1 GP Turkey, Hamilton wins, world champion for the seventh time | The chronicle of the GP

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Hamilton beat Pérez (Racing Point), Vettel (Ferrari), Leclerc (Ferrari), Sainz, Verstappen, Albon, Norris, Stroll, Ricciardo

Giro 58 – HAMILTON WINS THE TURKEY GP AND IS A WORLD CHAMPION FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN HIS RACE

Lap 57: Hamilton closes in on victory

Lap 56 – Norris passes Stroll for eighth place

Lap 55 – Hamilton with 23 seconds over Pérez and 27 over Leclerc. Then Vettel, Sainz, Verstappen, Albon, Stroll, Norris and Ricciardo

Lap 54 – Leclerc has rejoined Pérez, he is 6 “

Lap 53 – Possible rain reported on the last lap

Lap 52 – Hamilton in management flies to victory and seventh world title

Lap 51 – Other mistakes: this time by Verstappen and Raikkonen

Lap 50 – Leclerc’s mistake that pressed to take Pérez and is now 7 seconds behind the Mexican

Lap 49 – Leclerc is now 5 seconds behind Pérez for second place

Lap 48 – Ten laps to go

Lap 47 – Hamilton and Perez unlikely to stop, Ferrari told Leclerc to push to try and catch up. Pit stop for Bottas

Lap 46 – Hamilton and Pérez continue to lead

Lap 45: Hamilton and Pérez have 36 and 34 laps on intermediate tires and lead with 27 seconds over Leclerc

Lap 44: Leclerc third after overtaking Verstappen, who stops in the pits

Lap 43 – Hamilton has 34 laps on the intermediate tires but manages to manage the lap times: he has 14 seconds over Pérez and 26 over Verstappen, who has Leclerc very close.

Lap 42 – Another turn from Bottas. The second stop disrupted the careers of Stroll and Vettel who went into crisis

Lap 41 – Leclerc takes fourth place by force, passing Vettel

Lap 40 – Vettel attack that passes Stroll but hangs up and passes Vettel. Then the Ferraris go back to the Canadian, Leclerc unleashed wants to pass Seb

Lap 38: Vettel is fifth slowest in this phase, Albon and Leclerc are about to get it back

Lap 37 – Hamilton attacks and passes Pérez and is the first!

Lap 36: Pit stop for Stroll, Pérez in command followed by Hamilton

Lap 35: Pit stop for Albon

Lap 34 – Turn for Albon who loses Hamilton’s position

Lap 33 – Location: Paseo, Pérez, Albon, pit stop for Vettel

Lap 32: pit stop also for Ricciardo, who is eighth and fastest lap for Leclerc, who ruins his position.

Lap 31 – Stroll has 4 seconds on Pérez and 7 seconds on Albon. Pit stop for Leclerc and Raikkonen

Lap 30: Vettel and Hamilton seem to have handled the tires better and are now attacking Albon

Lap 29 – Stroll and Pérez begin to suffer tire wear. Vettel attached to Albon

Lap 28 – Vettel is 8 ”behind Stroll. Norris also passes Magnussen and gets into the points

Lap 27 – The investigation on Verstappen will be analyzed after the race.

Lap 26 – Stroll has 3 ”5 on Pérez, who has Albon attacked. Then Vettel 10 “behind the leader and Hamilton 13. Norris attacks and passes Russell for 11th place

Lap 25 – Vettel took 4 seconds off Hamilton and tries to recover in 3 heads. Leclerc is ninth behind Verstappen

Lap 24 – Stroll is losing ground to Pérez, Albon and Vettel

Lap 23 – Albon in Pérez’s attack for 2nd place

Lap 22 – Stroll has 5 ”at Pérez and 6” at Albon. Vettel 4th manages to resist Hamilton. Then Ricciardo, Sainz and Versatppen try to return

Lap 21 – Fast lap from Albon followed immediately by Leclerc. Verstappen under investigation for touching the line coming out of the pit lane. Tour also for Bottas who is 17

Lap 20 – Stroll has 6 “in Pérez, 9 in Albon, 20 in Vettel and 21 in Hamilton that attacks the Ferrari

Lap 19 – Verstappen error turning around to attack Pérez and losing position to Albon, Vettel and Hamilton and then he has to return to the pits to change tires and is now eighth

Lap 18 – Ride situation with 8 “in Pérez, 9” in Verstappen, 15 in Albon, 22 in Vettel

Lap 17 – Ahead is a challenge between Pérez and Verstappen who want second place. Leclerc the fastest on the track

Lap 16 – Error by Hamilton who makes a mistake attacking Vettel and gets the position ruined by Albon who immediately passed to Vettel

Lap 15: we started again regularly, after the Virtual Safety Car regimen

Lap 14 – Virtual security car to eliminate Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo. Walks in Perez, Verstappen, Vettel, Hamilton, Albon, Ricciardo, Sainz and Leclerc, who is ninth

Lap 13 – Albon in the pits. Hamilton attacks Vettel for fifth place. Giovinazzi parks on the track and leaves. Virtual security car

Lap 12: Pit stop for Verstappen for intermediates, the Dutchman has passed Vettel and is behind the two Racing Points

Lap 11: Pit stop for Pérez and Sainz, Verstappen units

Lap 10: Pit stop for the leader Ride riding the intermediates, Leclerc fastest lap with intermediates

Lap 9 – Vettel rides intermediates followed by Hamilton, now they are in seventh and eighth place

Lap 8: Everyone on the track on extreme wet tires except Russell, Leclerc and Latifi. Bottas also enters the pits, riding the intermediates

Lap 7 – Leclerc enters the pits to set up intermediates

Lap 6: Racing Point with another pace, now Pérez’s fastest lap. Leclerc is always 14 with the other Ferrari

Lap 5 – Verstappen in attack by Vettel for 3rd place. Then Albon, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Sainz and Magnussen

Lap 4 – Stroll’s quick lap, the two Force Indias fly. Pérez at 6 “, Vettel at 14”

Lap 3 – Big grip problems for drivers. Leclerc also stayed and is now 14

Vuelta 2 – Paseo and Pérez in command with the two Indias de la Fuerza. Then Vettel, Verstappen and Albon. So Hamilton

Lap 1: Verstappen remained planted, Hamilton and Vettel took advantage of it from behind. Then Hamilton’s mistake went through Vettel and Verstappen

Round 1 – Forward! In the first corner in the lead Stroll and Hamilton from sixth is already third with Vettel fourth, contacted between Bottas and the two Renault

– The recon tour started

– The two Williams leave from the pit lane

– Here are the possible race strategies communicated by Pirelli

– Drivers in the car for departure. Departure at 11.10

– Drivers on the grid for the Turkish national anthem and traditional anti-racism message.

The previous race

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Everything is ready in Istanbul Park for the Turkish GP, the 14th round of the 2020 F1 World Championship, starting at 11.10. It is the race in which Lewis Hamilton can become world champion for the seventh time, a result that would allow the Englishman to achieve the titles of Michael Schumacher and thus become the most successful driver in history, also thanks to 93 victories and 97 poles already achieved position.

Combinations

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These are the combinations that would give Hamilton the victory:
– The garage is up
– If he finishes second, with Bottas winning but without the fastest lap
– If it is third or fourth, with Bottas second
– If he closes fifth, with Bottas third
– If he finishes sixth, with Bottas third but no fastest lap
– If he arrives seventh, with Bottas fourth
– If he closes eighth, with Bottas fifth
– If he arrives ninth, with Bottas sixth
– If he arrives tenth, with Bottas sixth but without fastest lap
– If Lewis finishes out of the points and Bottas doesn’t do better than seventh without a fast lap

10.45 – Giovinazzi does it

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Giovinazzi managed to free himself from the stewards and reach the grid where he will start from tenth position. Alfa Romeo repairs on the nose.

10.40 am – Russell hits

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Problems also for George Russell who hit the barriers at the entrance to the pit lane damaging the front wing, luckily for him he arrived at the garage for repair.

10.35 am – Giovinazzi out!

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Problem for Antonio Giovinazzi who went off track on the line-up lap, finishing slightly against the barriers but stuck in the gravel. Your Alfa Romeo awaits help.

9.57 am – It’s raining a lot

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The rain began to fall with some intensity on the track.

9.45am – Hamilton: “Temperature problems”

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Hamilton on F1 TV just before kickoff: “Yesterday’s difficulties in qualifying? Let’s say the development of the car was targeting tracks where it should have ended with the heat, then we got to tracks like this where the temperatures were low so it’s basically a temperature issue. But the race can bring surprises, let’s see ”.

9.40 am – Raindrops

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At this time the weather has gray clouds that drop a few drops of rain.

9.30 am – The Turkish circuits

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There are 3 car circuits in Turkey. In addition to Istanbul Park, opened in 2005 by Formula 1 itself, there is the İzmit Körfez Circuit, built in 1993 in Izmit, 1,950 meters long and capable of hosting Formula 3 races, and the Ülkü Park, in Izmir, built in 1997 and 2,186 meters long, also used in the past for Turkish Formula 3 championship races, a series that has now disappeared.

9.15 am – The circuit

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The Turkish circuit measures 5,338 meters and has 14 corners, some of which are among the most interesting of the season. We are referring in particular to the first, steep downhill to the left immediately after the home stretch. Someone has nicknamed this passage the “Turkish Corkscrew” in reference to the famous ups and downs of Laguna Seca, in America. The most representative point, however, is Turn 8, a very fast left-hander with four corners, similar to one of the stages of the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring. There are 58 laps to go equivalent to 309,356 km. The first victory here, in 2005, was achieved by Kimi Räikkönen, while the last time he competed at Istanbul Park, in 2011, it was Sebastian Vettel who triumphed. Scuderia Ferrari in Turkey has won three times, again thanks to Felipe Massa, who achieved his number one success here in 2006 and then repeated in 2007 and 2008.

9.10 am – Kimi the veteran

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There are 5 drivers who have already competed in Istanbul Park in Formula 1. They are Kimi Raikkonen, who won the first edition of the race, Sergio Pérez, Daniel Ricciardo, Lewis Hamilton, winner in 2010, and Sebastian Vettel, who triumphed in the last edition of the race, held in the 2011 season.