| 14.30 | Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the 58-lap Turkish Grand Prix. The race gets underway in just over 30 minutes. |
| 14.32 | Felipe Massa has claimed his third straight pole position at this circuit and is looking to take his third victory in Turkey. The Ferrari driver set a best time of 1:27.617s, nearly two-tenths clear of the field. |
| 14.34 | Heikki Kovalainen starts second in the leading McLaren Mercedes, his first front row start in Formula One. Lewis Hamilton lines up third in the second McLaren ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. |
| 14.36 | Given recent history, Felipe Massa is favourite to win the Turkish Grand Prix as Ferrari has won all but the opening race of the season in Melbourne. Kovalainen, Hamilton and Raikkonen cannot be discounted however as they seek to keep Massa under pressure. |
| 14.38 | Robert Kubica lines up fifth in his BMW Sauber and will be looking to try and make headway with the leading two teams on the grid. The team were not happy with qualifying yesterday, especially Nick Heidfeld who starts ninth. Heidfeld has proven he can make progress in race conditions and will be challenging behind the leading two teams. |
| 14.40 | Mark Webber leads the Red Bull Renault challenge from sixth position on the grid with team-mate David Coulthard in tenth. Given the time gap between the two in qualifying, it would seem that Coulthard is fuelled heavy and will run a long first stint, while Webber is on a lighter fuel load like those ahead of him on the grid. Points are the team’s target this afternoon. |
| 14.42 | Fernando Alonso starts seventh in his Renault and will be looking to score some points this afternoon, while team-mate Nelson Piquet needs a clean race after recent poor showings. However, starting ten positions behind his team-mate makes his race a difficult one from the outset. |
| 14.44 | Jarno Trulli starts eighth in the leading Toyota with Timo Glock back in 15th after a wheel problem blighted his run in qualifying yesterday. Trulli admitted that he qualified higher than expected and he will be looking at those behind him as he looks to score points. |
| 14.46 | Williams Toyota has slipped back in the last two Grand Prix and are now behind Red Bull, Renault and Toyota. Starting 11th Nico Rosberg will be looking to challenge for points while Kazuki Nakajima starts 16th in the sister FW30. |
| 14.48 | Brazil 2006 was the last time that Rubens Barrichello scored a point. Making his record 257th start today the Brazilian veteran needs to show that he still has the pace to remain in Formula One beyond the end of the season. The Honda racer lines up 12th ahead of team-mate Jenson Button, so a good start there. |
| 14.50 | Sebastian Vettel starts from 14th position in the leading Toro Rosso Ferrari. The German racer has yet to finish a Grand Prix so far this year and will be looking for a trouble-free run the chequered flag. |
| 14.52 | Sebastien Bourdais was left frustrated after qualifying in the second Toro Rosso as he blamed the Force India drivers of ruining his session. He starts ahead of Adrian Sutil who starts ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella who lost a position to his team-mate due to a grid position penalty. |
| 14.54 | With the Grand Prix taking place in the spring rather than the summer, track temperatures are much lower than normal at this circuit. Bridgestone has also gone for harder tyres this year meaning that grip levels have been an issue for some on the harder prime compound. Qualifying yesterday saw most run the softer option tyre. There will probably be some variation is strategy today. |
| 14.56 | The drivers are in the cars and it is a semi-overcast and relatively chilly day at Istanbul Park. Hopefully there will be no repeat of an incident this morning that saw Bruno Senna hit a dog on the circuit at full speed. The GP2 racer was fortunate not to be injured and was understandably furious. |
| 14.58 | There are just 20 cars racing in the series now following the collapse of the Super Aguri Honda team. |
| 14.59 | The tyre warmers are coming off and the engines are now running. |
| 14.59 | Hard tyres for Hamilton and Kovalainen, Soft for Raikkonen and Massa. |
| 15.00 | Felipe Massa leads the field off the dummy grid for the formation lap. |
| 15.02 | Massa lines up on the pole position with Kovalainen, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica and the rest taking up position. |
| Lap 1 | The Turkish Grand Prix is now underway. |
| Lap 1 | A good starts from Massa who leads into the first turn. |
| Lap 1 | Raikkonen has lost ground. |
| Lap 1 | The safety car is out. Fisichella is off at turn one after contact. |
| Lap 1 | Nakajima has lost his rear wing, must have been he and Fisichella getting together. |
| Lap 1 | The s/c remains out. |
| Lap 1 | The start saw Massa lead and Hamilton up to second, Kubica third ahead of Kovalainen, Alonso and Raikkonen. |
| Lap 2 | Vettel, Sutil and Nakajima pit. Fisichella rammed into the back of Nakajima at the start. |
| Lap 2 | Nakajima is out of the race. |
| Lap 2 | Rosberg made a good start to move from 11th to ninth. Trulli moves P8 to 11th. |
| Lap 3 | The race is back underway as Massa leads Hamilton and Kubica. |
| Lap 3 | Kovalainen pits with a problem. A new set of tyres and he is back out. |
| Lap 3 | Raikkonen is making a move on Alonso for fourth and gets it done. |
| Lap 4 | Alonso pretty much let Raikkonen pass. |
| Lap 4 | Massa leads Hamilton by less than a second. |
| Lap 4 | Alonso now has Webber behind looking to find a way ahead. |
| Lap 4 | Kubica runs third and is dropping back a little now from the leading duo. |
| Lap 6 | Kovalainen runs at the back of the field after his stop for a new set of tyres. |
| Lap 7 | Raikkonen runs fourth and is not challenging Kubica at this stage. |
| Lap 7 | Piquet runs 15th and is close to Barcelona nemesis Bourdais. |
| Lap 8 | Massa and Hamilton are trading fastest laps as the gap remains just over a second. |
| Lap 8 | The battle for 11th is a close one as Button has a line of racers right behind. |
| Lap 9 | Trulli has closed on Coulthard aiming to make up for his slow start. |
| Lap 11 | Hamilton is keeping the pressure on Massa. |
| Lap 11 | Kovalainen has now caught Sutil at the back of the pack. |
| Lap 13 | Hamilton has the gap down to a second behind Massa. |
| Lap 13 | The battle at the front remains close. Massa's soft tyres are not proving an advantage at this stage. |
| Lap 14 | Piquet passes Vettel for 15th position. |
| Lap 15 | Hamilton continues to nibble into Massa's lead. |
| Lap 16 | Alonso pits from fifth position. An early first stop. |
| Lap 16 | Not a great stop for Alonso at just over ten seconds. |
| Lap 16 | Hamilton takes another four-tenths out of Massa. |
| Lap 17 | Hamilton pits. He was half a second behind Massa. |
| Lap 17 | Another set of hard tyres for Hamilton. |
| Lap 18 | Massa now has some breathing space at the front. |
| Lap 18 | Kovalainen passes Vettel for 16th. |
| Lap 18 | Hamilton now runs P6, Alonso P10. |
| Lap 19 | Webber pits his Red Bull. He will be hoping to get ahead of Alonso with this stop. |
| Lap 19 | Alonso retains the position ahead of Webber. |
| Lap 20 | Massa pits from the lead. Kubica also pits. |
| Lap 20 | Soft tyres again for Massa. |
| Lap 20 | Massa exits ahead of Hamilton and the race resumes. |
| Lap 20 | Raikkonen has yet to pit and will be hoping to get the jump on Kubica. |
| Lap 21 | Raikkonen is pushing hard now. Trulli pits his Toyota. |
| Lap 22 | Raikkonen pits his Ferrari. |
| Lap 22 | Heidfeld pits his BMW. |
| Lap 22 | Raikkonen exits ahead of Kubica and has made the pass. |
| Lap 22 | Massa and Hamilton remain just over a second apart. Rosberg and Coulthard have yet to pit. |
| Lap 23 | Raikkonen now runs third and will be looking to close the gap to Hamilton. |
| Lap 24 | Coulthard makes his first stop. |
| Lap 24 | Hamilton is now on the rear wing of Massa. |
| Lap 24 | Hamilton takes the lead with a great pass under braking at the end of the back straight. |
| Lap 26 | Rosberg pits his Williams. |
| Lap 25 | Good racing from both Hamilton and Massa. |
| Lap 25 | Hamilton is pulling out fast from Massa. Something strange or pure pace? |
| Lap 26 | Kovalainen gets near Piquet who then drives off track. Nice and easy for Kovalainen. |
| Lap 27 | Bourdais has spun his Toro Rosso off and is stuck in the gravel. He was 14th having a good race. |
| Lap 27 | Kovalainen pits his McLaren. |
| Lap 27 | Hamilton is pulling out a second a lap from Massa. |
| Lap 28 | Raikkonen runs third but he too is dropping time to Massa. |
| Lap 29 | Could it be that Hamilton has switched to a three stop strategy? |
| Lap 30 | Nick Heidfeld runs fifth in the second BMW Sauber having moves ahead of Alonso and Webber in the pit stops. |
| Lap 30 | Piquet makes his first stop. |
| Lap 31 | Hamilton now leads Massa by over six seconds with Raikkonen another ten second behind. |
| Lap 31 | If Hamilton is ona three stop strategy, he needs a lead of 25s to make it work, which is roughly the gap at the moment to Kubica. |
| Lap 32 | Button makes his first stop with Glock right behind. |
| Lap 32 | Button and Glock exit together. |
| Lap 33 | Hamilton pits with an eight second lead. Another set of hard tyres so yes he will be pitting three times. |
| Lap 33 | So Massa resumes in the lead ahead of Raikkonen. |
| Lap 34 | Kovalainen has now caught Timo Glock. |
| Lap 34 | Hamilton is now closing on the back of Raikkonen. |
| Lap 35 | Glock slides in turn nine and Kovalainen is able to make the pass. |
| Lap 35 | Glock and Kovalainen battle again afetr Kovalainen makes an erro under braking. |
| Lap 36 | Hamilton is lapping at the same speed as Massa and Raikkonen. Before he pitted he was a second a lap faster. |
| Lap 36 | Piquet makes a good pass on Button in the final sequence of turns. Now Kovalainen passes Button. |
| Lap 37 | Barrichello runs 15th and is five seconds Behind Glock. This is not a strong race from the Brazilian in what is a record start. |
| Lap 39 | Hamilton is 13 seconds behind leader Massa with Raikkonen just ahead of him. They all have one more stop to make. |
| Lap 40 | Alonso still runs in sixth position and seems safe from any attack. |
| Lap 41 | Massa pits from the lead. Kubica also pitting. |
| Lap 41 | Raikkonen now takes over the lead for now two seconds ahead of Hamilton. |
| Lap 42 | Hamilton takes half a second out of Raikkonen on that lap. Alonso pits from sixth. |
| Lap 43 | A final stop for Nick Heidfeld. |
| Lap 44 | Raikkonen pits. Hamilton now needs a lot of fast laps. |
| Lap 44 | Rosberg pits from seventh. |
| Lap 45 | Kovalainen has now caught Piquet again. |
| Lap 45 | Webber pits his Red Bull. |
| Lap 46 | Hamilton pits his McLaren and will now take soft tyres. |
| Lap 46 | Hamilton exits ahead of Raikkonen and now runs second. |
| Lap 46 | Coulthard pits his Red Bull. |
| Lap 46 | Trulli has yet to make his final stop. |
| Lap 47 | Massa leads Hamilton by five seconds, with Raikkonen just over a second behind. |
| Lap 47 | Piquet has dropped down the order. He was 11th. |
| Lap 49 | The gap at the front remains at five seconds. |
| Lap 49 | Kovalainen has now caught Coulthard. |
| Lap 49 | A fairly easy pass for Kovalainen who is now tenth. Trulli pits from seventh. |
| Lap 50 | Kovalainen and Rosberg battle for position and the McLaren gets ahead into turn one. |
| Lap 51 | Raikkonen is less than a second behind Hamilton now. |
| Lap 51 | Kovalainen has pitted again. Strange. |
| Lap 52 | So that puts Rosberg back into a points paying position. |
| Lap 53 | Hamilton remains under presssure from Raikkonen. Massa seems safe at the front. |
| Lap 53 | Coulthard runs in ninth position a second behind Rosberg. |
| Lap 55 | Kovalainen passes Glock as he looks to move up the order. |
| Lap 56 | Massa has kept the gap at five seconds to Hamilton who has Raikkonen half a second behind him. |
| Lap 57 | Massa is set to score his third straight win in Turkey. Hamilton is holding off Raikkonen. |
| Lap 58 | Felipe Massa wins the Turkish Grand Prix. |
| Lap 58 | Hamilton is second ahead of Raikkonen. Kubica is fourth ahead of Heidfeld, Alonso, Webber and Rosberg. |
| Lap 58 | Raikkonen retains the lead in the championship as Massa and Hamilton are now joint second in the championship. |
