Formula 1 2008 : Turkish Grand Prix 2008

Istanbul Park
Istanbul, Turkey
9 - 11 May 2008

2007 winner : F. Massa
2007 pole position: F. Massa

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McLaren 8.5 : Heikki Kovalainen has been declared fit by the FIA's medical team to race in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix. Kovalainen crashed at Spanish Grand Prix when his tyre deflated. When he hit the tyre barriers Kovalainen had to deal with 27G on his body.

Aguri 6.5 : Super Aguri has pulled out of Formula 1. Aguri Suzuki has announced the team is unable to continue in Formula One and will have to withdraw with immediate effect. The team's future had been in doubt since a proposed buyout deal with the Magma Group and Dubai International Capital fell through following the Bahrain Grand Prix. Aguri Suzuki entered Formula One with the Super Aguri team in the 2006 season. The team scored its first championship points in 2007 but its financial situation began to affect its form by the end of the season. As Super Aguri sat out much of winter testing, there were doubts over whether it would race at all in 2008.

27.4 : Kimi Raikkonen took his second win of the season and extends his championship lead to nine points. Felipe Massa finished second ahead of Lewis Hamilton in third. Fernando Alonso retired with engine failure while he was running fifth. Heikki Kovalainen was airlifted to a Barcelona hospital after he crashed in tyre barrier.

26.4 : Kimi Raikkonen took the pole position from Fernando Alonso in the final moments of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. "The car feels better and I'm happier with it - we've made a step forward no doubt," said Alonso. "We found more at the test and we saw a clear result and a big improvement in the car.The second place for today is more than we expected for the whole weekend."

Felipe Massa was third. Kubica came on fourt ahead of two McLaren's of Hamilton and Kovalainen.

25.4 : Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest lap in both the first and second free practice session at Circuit de Catalunya. Renault drivers Piquet and Alonso surprised a few as the duo completed the second and third fastest lap in the second session.

Renault 23.4 : "My main priority now is to start winning races again," Fernando Alonso said to newspaper El Pais. "Two years ago, after winning my second championship title, I might had other priorities but now I'm not racing in front of the pack again and want my revenge I am thinking about winning races for 99% of the time."

"At every Grand Prix there is hope, and at the Spanish Grand Prix I really hope I can finish on the podium. If I don't, I will just try again at the next race. The results aren't there yet, but the motivation is there at the start of each race.."

6.4 : Felipe Massa took the victory at Bahrain ahead of his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and the two BMWs of Kubica and Heidfeld. Heikki Kovalainen ended up fifth for McLaren. Hamilton finished on 13th after he damaged his car in the incident with Fernando Alonso.

5.4 : Robert Kubica took his, and the BMW's first pole position at Bahrain. Felipe Massa was second ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.

4.4 : Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was the fastest in both free practice sessions on Friday. Lewis Hamilton suffered from a heavy crash but got out unharmed.

23.3 : Kimi Raikkonen took his first win of the season in Malaysia to close to within three points of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. Robert Kubica was second ahead of Heikki Kovalainen.

McLaren 22.3 : Both McLaren drivers will be moved five places down the grid for blocking other drivers in qualifying session. Kovalainen and Hamilton will start from P8 and P9 respectively. The McLaren team has said in a statement that they accept the stewards' decision but also stated that its drivers did not block the other drivers deliberately.

22.3 : Felipe Massa took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen was 0.5s behind in second place. Heikki Kovalainen qualified third ahead of Lewis Hamilton.