Today’s race
FORMULA ONE
Turkish Grand Prix
Site:Istanbul
TV: Speed Channel, 6 a.m.
Track: Istanbul Park (road course, 3.342 miles, 14 turns).
Race distance: 193.836 miles, 58 laps.
Last race: World champion Kimi Raikkonen moved Ferrari clear atop the drivers’ and the constructors’ standings on April 27 with his second Spanish Grand Prix win in four years. Raikkonen’s 17th career victory moved him nine points clear of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton while Ferrari took a 12-point lead in the team standings.
Last year: Felipe Massa won his second consecutive Turkish Grand Prix, beating teammate Raikkonen. Fernando Alonso of McLaren was third. Hamilton had been in third place but dropped to fifth after shredding a tire on the 43rd lap.
Fast facts: The head of Japanese Formula One team Super Aguri said Tuesday his team will withdraw from the series due to financial difficulties. Team president Aguri Suzuki said “a breach of contract” by a promised partner, SS United Oil & Gas Co., resulted in the loss of financial backing. . . . McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen could return this weekend after being hospitalized following a crash at the Spanish Grand Prix. While traveling at 150 mph, his car went off the track and slammed into the protective wall at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Next race: Monaco Grand Prix, May 25, Monte Carlo
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