Here are all the facts and statistics you need to know from the previous seven races held at Istanbul Park ahead of Formula 1’s return to the circuit for the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix!
Seven previous Formula 1 races have been held at Istanbul Park. From those seven races there have been five different winners.
Kimi Raikkonen holds the record for the largest win margin at the Turkish Grand Prix. He took victory in 2005 with a margin of 18.609 seconds. His is the only win at the circuit to have been taken by over ten seconds. The smallest win margin at the circuit was for Felipe Massa in 2007. He won the 2007 Turkish Grand Prix by just 2.275 seconds.
From the seven races at Istanbul Park, the average win margin has been 6.915 seconds.
From the 2020 grid, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel are the drivers who have previously finished on the podium at the Turkish Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen has finished on the podium three times, while Hamilton and Vettel have each finished on the podium twice.
Four drivers have taken pole position at Istanbul Park. Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel are the only drivers to have taken multiple poles at the circuit. Massa has taken the most poles, with three. Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber are the only other drivers to have taken pole at the circuit.
There is yet to be a wet Turkish Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen has set the most fastest laps at Istanbul Park. He set the fastest lap here in 2007 and 2008, and is the only driver to have taken the fastest lap on multiple occasions at the Turkish Grand Prix.
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