After failing to score points in the first Turkish Grand Prix in 2005, Ferrari went on to win the next three races at Istanbul Park, with the team recording double podium finishes in all three years. The team recorded a 1-2 finish in 2007. In the last race at the circuit, in 2011, Fernando Alonso scored the team’s first podium at the Turkish Grand Prix since 2008 as he finished in third place. The 2005 Turkish Grand Prix remains the only Istanbul Park race in which Ferrari have failed to score, while Felipe Massa’s retirement from that race remains their only DNF at the track.
Ferrari locked out the front row for the Turkish Grand Prix in 2006, and Felipe Massa went on to take a further two pole positions for the team at the circuit in the following two seasons. Since 2008, Fernando Alonso is the only Ferrari driver to qualify in the top five at the event, doing so with fifth place in 2011. 2005 is the only in which neither Ferrari driver qualified in the top ten for the Turkish Grand Prix, while 2010 is the only other year when a Ferrari driver has failed to qualify inside the top ten.
Follow us for the latest updates and results from the Istanbul Park, as the first practice session for the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix is about to get underway, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc at the wheel of the SF1000, ready to evaluate the ideal set-up ahead of the qualifying session and the race on Sunday.
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