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Turkish Grand Prix LIVE: F1 result as Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to victory

Follow all the fallout live from Istanbul, where Bottas claimed the win as Verstappen went six points clear of Hamilton in the title race

Dan Austin
Sunday 10 October 2021 10:14 EDT
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Follow all the fallout from the Turkish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen resumed their razor-tight race for the world championship but were upstaged by the victorious Valtteri Bottas.

An increasingly acrimonious rivalry between Hamilton and Verstappen saw the Briton lead the standings by just two points heading into today’s race, but Verstappen leaves Istanbul Park with a six-point lead over the defending champion. Hamilton was handed a 10-place grid penalty this week after Mercedes replaced his Internal Combustion Engine for a third time this season, one more change than is permitted under Formula One regulations. It meant that Hamilton started from 11th on the grid, having been the quickest in qualifying.

He finished fifth as Mercedes teammate Bottas – who had inherited pole position, having finished 0.13 seconds behind the Briton in qualifying – crossed the line first. Red Bull’s Verstappen, meanwhile, started second on the grid and finished in the same place as teammate Sergio Perez rounded out the podium places.

Follow all the fallout from the grand prix below, and read a full race report by clicking here.

Perez defends superbly from Hamilton

LAP 35/58

Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez are fighting wheel-to-wheel for four corners at the end of the lap and the Mexican driver puts up a stunning defence into turn 1 to maintain fourth place.

It looked as though Hamilton had more traction and pace out of the final corner to get the move done but the Red Bull driver does a magnificent job to hold the Mercedes man off.

That was a wonderful bit of battling from both drivers.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:59

Bottas dropping Verstappen

LAP 32/58

Valtteri Bottas is dropping Max Verstappen now, with the Finn extending his lead from 2.2s to 4.5s in a matter of laps.

Behind them, Hamilton is now within just over a second of Sergio Perez who remains fourth.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:53

Mazepin blocks Hamilton

LAP 30/58

Nikita Mazepin is shown blue flags as Lewis Hamilton approaches to lap him, but the Russian driver refuses to cede ground and blocks the Mercedes driver over the crest of turn 11 in a dangerous way.

The Haas man has demonstrated a consistent level of incompetence throughout the season and Hamilton is livid with him, having easily lost over a second in that moment.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:50

Vettel expecting dry tyres

LAP 29/58

Sebastian Vettel has been on the Aston Martin team radio saying that he expected dry tyres to be necessary before the end of the race.

Anything could still happen here as the drivers try to pick their moment perfectly.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:49

Bottas given reassurance over tyres

LAP 28/58

Race leader Valtteri Bottas has been assures by his race engineer Riccardo Musconi that his “pace is still very good, we’re going long.”

Bottas responds by saying he feels comfortable right now, saying: “These tyres are like slicks now, they’re good.”

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:47

Leclerc fastest man on track

LAP 25/58

Charles Leclerc has set a new fastest lap from third place in his Ferrari as he closes the gap to Max Verstappen to less than two seconds.

Sergio Perez is also getting quicker and maintaining a gap of three seconds to Hamilton behind.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:43

Ricciardo slower on new tyres

LAP 24/58

The Ricciardo experiment doesn’t seem to have worked for McLaren, with the Australian now lapping slower on new intermediate tyres than he was on his previous set.

Ferrari are on the radio to Charles Leclerc to tell him that new tyres aren’t necessary right now.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:42

Tsunoda off the track at turn 1

LAP 23/58

Yuki Tsunoda suffers a snap of oversteer on the inside line at turn 1, over-corrects, and ends up with his car facing the wrong way on the run-off area.

That moves the Alpha Tauri man down to 13th, losing out to Vettel, Ocon, Giovinazzi and Raikkonen.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:40

Ricciardo is first driver to pit

LAP 22/58

Daniel Ricciardo is the first driver to pit, taking a new set of intermediate tyres.

McLaren clearly aren’t confident that the circuit will dry out, and with the Australian pitting from a lowly 16th, they have very little to lose.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:39

Sainz makes tenth overtake

LAP 19/58

Carlos Sainz is driving a superb race so far and has now moved up to ninth having started 19th thanks to a lovely overtake on Yuki Tsunoda over the crest after turn 11.

The former McLaren man is now chasing down Lance Stroll and Lando Norris and is showing extremely strong pace.

Dan Austin10 October 2021 13:34

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