Brits on Pole

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Jenson Button turned around a horrible qualifying session complete with engine change to bring his car home 13th in Istanbul - and still managed to achieve his goal of having fun!

Anthony Davidson is taking the positives from his Turkey race despite a first-corner incident that compromised his entire day and came close to costing him the finish.

David Coulthard has expressed his frustration with “inconsistencies” in the Red Bull RB3 that he says cost him pace in the Turkish Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team are putting a philosophical face on the tyre failure that cost him a podium in the Turkish Grand Prix - despite revealing that he was carrying a fuel advantage that could have won him the race.

Lewis Hamilton’s lead at the top of the World Championship has been cut to five points after a tyre failure left him limping into the pits as his title rivals roared ahead.

It was nearly a very good day for F1’s Brits during qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix - but not quite.

Free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time and McLaren’s feuding drivers tell the world how they’d buried the hatchet.

No-one can accuse McLaren of making the same mistake twice. With the pre-race publicity well underway in Turkey their drivers are almost invisible, their appearances strictly rationed and the opportunities for the press to question them extremely limited.

Somewhere inside the maelstrom of controversy that is the McLaren F1 organisation, a racing team is struggling to get out.

Jenson Button’s miserable season hasn’t given him much to smile about, so it’s little wonder that he’s hoping for some fun at one of his favourite circuits.