Race Report
Turkish GP
Jenson Button made it six out of seven wins in 2009 by taking victory at the Turkish Grand prix at Istanbul Today. Once again Button drove an impeccable race and although he was beaten off the line by the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel he immediately took advantage of a slight off track excursion by the young German driver on lap one to seize the lead. From that point Button was hardly troubled as he made his way to the flag and in doing so moving ever closer to that first drivers world championship. Sebastian Vettel opted for a three stop strategy which arguably cost him a second place finish as he followed his two stopping team mate Mark Webber home ending superb day for the Red Bull team. Jarno Trulli finished fourth for Toyota with Nico Rosberg's Williams and Felipe Massa's Ferrari closing out the top six. Robert Kubica took two badly needed points for BMW Sauber finishing seventh ahead of Timo Glock who earned the last world championship point for Toyota. Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso finished ninth and tenth. As expected it was another difficult day for McLaren with Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finishing down in thirteenth and fourteenth places. Rubens Barrichello had a very poor start dropping to 12th place off the grid and then clashed with Kovalainen as he tried to make his way through the field, spinning down to 17th place in the process. He eventually suffered from gearbox problems and retired on lap 49.
