Formula 1

Turkish GP Red Bull Friday Practice Report

Istanbul Park

Published: May 6, 2011, 11:49 PM

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

FREE PRACTICE 1 & 2

Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL

1st Practice P17, 2nd Practice P--

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Photo by: xpb.cc

“There wasn’t much I could do to stop the car from hitting the wall this morning – but the most important thing is that I’m fine. Unfortunately we couldn’t get the car ready in time for this afternoon’s session, as there was too much damage, so I’m sorry to the guys. It makes things a bit more difficult, but I don’t think it will be a problem, we know the track well from other years and, in the end, it was only one afternoon that we have lost. I’m still confident – it looks pretty close. I was able to watch the times today, which was something different.”

Car 2 MARK WEBBER

1st Practice P11, 2nd Practice P5

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Photo by: xpb.cc

“We learned quite a lot today. It’s a pretty challenging venue here with the new regulations – so it was tricky for us all with the weather this morning. We had to fit a lot of our planned work in to this afternoon, but it went smoothly. Sebastian had an issue this morning which could happen to any of us; it just shows you can lose a session very easily. The team will share the data that we gathered this afternoon. KERS worked pretty well this afternoon – each time we use it we get more experience so, so far so good.”

SEBASTIAN VETTEL

First Practice Session Position: 17, Best Time: 1:44.954, Laps: 4, Chassis No. 3 Second Practice Session Position: (no time), Best Time: - , Laps: 0, Chassis No. 3

MARK WEBBER

First Practice Session Position: 11, Best Time: 1:42.564, Laps: 5, Chassis No. 4 Second Practice Session Position: 5, Best Time 1:27.149, Laps: 31, Chassis No. 4

Source: Red Bull

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Read also :

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Previous article Turkish GP Force India Friday Practice Report

Next article Turkish GP Ferrari Friday Practice Report

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

More from

Sebastian Vettel



Why Daniel Ricciardo would consider a comeback at Le Mans

WEC

WEC

Why Daniel Ricciardo would consider a comeback at Le Mans



Sebastian Vettel reveals why BMW didn't want him – but Red Bull did

Formula 1

Formula 1

Sebastian Vettel reveals why BMW didn't want him – but Red Bull did



The deeper meaning of Vettel’s emotional Schumacher demo run at Monza

Formula 1

Italian GP

The deeper meaning of Vettel’s emotional Schumacher demo run at Monza

More from

Red Bull Racing



How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos



Max Verstappen "needs to understand what happened" after "night and day" F1 comeback in Brazilian GP

Formula 1

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

2 h

Max Verstappen "needs to understand what happened" after "night and day" F1 comeback in Brazilian GP



‘I’ll try to win, somehow’ – Can Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fight back for F1 Brazilian GP victory?

Formula 1

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

11 h

‘I’ll try to win, somehow’ – Can Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fight back for F1 Brazilian GP victory?

Latest news



Official race results: NASCAR Cup Homestead season finale

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

30 min

Official race results: NASCAR Cup Homestead season finale



Ryan Blaney wins Homestead NASCAR Cup finale as Kyle Larson claims 2026 title

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

44 min

Ryan Blaney wins Homestead NASCAR Cup finale as Kyle Larson claims 2026 title



Winners and losers from F1's chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

1 h

Winners and losers from F1's chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix



How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

Feature

Discover prime content



How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Stuart Codling

How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos



"He really wanted it" – why Russell was furious over aborted Brazil ‘pole’ lap

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Stuart Codling

"He really wanted it" – why Russell was furious over aborted Brazil ‘pole’ lap



What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Brazilian GP

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Brazilian GP



How F1’s rules got to be so complex

Formula 1

By Pat Symonds

How F1’s rules got to be so complex

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts

Subscribe