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

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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.

Turkish Grand Prix

• Valtteri Bottas wins the Turkish Grand Prix
• Red Bull round-out the podium with Verstappen ahead of Perez
• Hamilton finishes fifth furious with team’s strategy call
• Verstappen leads championship by six points

[10 October 2021 14:39 · Dan Austin]

Full race results

1. Bottas

2. Verstappen

3. Perez

4. Leclerc

5. Hamilton

6. Gasly

7. Norris

8. Sainz

9. Stroll

10. Ocon

11. Giovinazzi

12. Raikkonen

13. Ricciardo

14. Tsunoda

15. Russell

16. Alonso

17. Latifi

18. Vettel

19. Schumacher

20. Mazepin

[10 October 2021 14:36 · Dan Austin]

Max Verstappen leads Drivers’ Championship

That result means that Max Verstappen has re-taken the lead of the Drivers’ Championship by six points with six races left to go.

[10 October 2021 14:35 · Dan Austin]

Valtteri Bottas wins in Turkey!

Valtteri Bottas has won the Turkish Grand Prix for Mercedes!

Max Verstappen comes home in second-place, with the impressive Sergio Perez in third.

Charles Leclerc is fourth and Lewis Hamilton holds onto fifth.

[10 October 2021 14:33 · Dan Austin]

Bottas takes fastest lap

LAP 57/58

Valtteri Bottas remains out-front with a solid gap of over 10 seconds to Max Verstappen, and has just taken the fastest lap to earn himself an extra point too.

The Finn has put in a stellar performance this afternoon.

[10 October 2021 14:31 · Dan Austin]

Norris catches Hamilton and Gasly

LAP 56/58

Hamilton is dreadfully slow on his new intermediate tyres right now and Lando Norris is right behind Pierre Gasly in the chasing pack.

The championship leader could lose a couple of places in the final two laps, and needs to defend hard.

[10 October 2021 14:29 · Dan Austin]

Hamilton furious as Gasly closes in

LAP 54/58

Hamilton is on the radio to ask which position he is currently in and is livid to learn that he is now higher than fifth.

“We shouldn’t have come in, man,” he bellows. “I’ve got massive graining. I told you!”

Pierre Gasly is around two seconds per lap faster right now, and seems set to steal a position from Hamilton.

[10 October 2021 14:26 · Dan Austin]

Perez passes Leclerc

LAP 52/58

Sergio Perez is fighting Leclerc meanwhile and the Mexican outs together a brilliant final few corners to get the move down in the third sector.

Perez has driven extremely well this afternoon, and Hamilton is now setting his sights on Leclerc’s fourth position.

[10 October 2021 14:23 · Dan Austin]

Hamilton in the pits

LAP 51/58

Mercedes have overruled Lewis Hamilton now and he’s in for a new set of intermediate tyres. That puts him down to fifth, with a very small gap to Pierre Gasly behind.

[10 October 2021 14:22 · Dan Austin]

Leclerc hunting down Hamilton

LAP 50/58

Charles Leclerc is now 10 seconds behind Hamilton after his stop, but is faster by over a second per lap on his new tyres already.

Mercedes ask Hamilton whether he would like to stop but the world champion responds: “I’m sliding around but it’s ok!”

[10 October 2021 14:18 · Dan Austin]

Leclerc finally in the pits

LAP 48/58

Ferrari’s tyre gamble hasn’t paid off and Leclerc is called into the pits for the second set of intermediates he had so long refused.

That brings the Monegasque driver out in fourth, behind Hamilton, who remains on his original set of tyres.