McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton claimed his first victory for the season of 2010 in Turkey with team mate Jenson Button sealing the second one-two win for McLaren while the winner of last two races Mark Webber drove in third and all we have to say is ‘WHAT A RACE!’

Undoubtedly the first truly dramatic race of the year took place in Istanbul at the Turkish Grand Prix 2010. The two Red Bull cars crashed during lap 40 resulting in ‘game over’ for Vettel while Webber still managed to secure third position but clearly giving away the first two positions to the Mclaren drivers.

After the unfortunate crash in the Spanish GP, which had cost Hamilton his podium positions, he drove like a he was on fire, almost making up for the previous loss. And he sure did make up for it.

As the qualifying resulted in Mark Webber once again in pole with Vettel at position three, Hamilton found himself in between the two redbulls.

The final race on Sunday saw a good start for Webber who took lead but this time Hamilton did not let him get out of his sight. As he made consistent efforts to gain on Webber his teammate Button did the same on the other Red Bull driver Vettel who was running third.

For the first ten laps Hamilton was on Webber’s tail and after their almost ‘collective’ pit stop Vettel took Hamilton’s position pushing him to third while Button stuck to fourth position.

Schumacher’s gradual incline was visible as after a good start he managed to stick to position fifth and ended up finishing the race at fourth. Rosberg, Kubica, Massa, Petrov and Alonso finished the first ten positions.

The situation remained pretty stable and similar for the next thirty laps or so, which gave out the impression quite clearly that it was going to be another one-two win for Red Bull with Webber taking the pole once again. Things started heating up in lap 40 as Vettel, who had almost caught up with Webber tried desperately to overtake and while trying just that miscalculated a wee bit which led to contact between the two team mates, sending both cars spinning. Even as Webber managed control and continued into the race, Vettel was left stranded crashed. Car, ego and all.

This obviously gave Hamilton the chance to take the lead though, it does make us wonder what exactly was going through his mind at that time as he saw the collision take place exactly in front of him. Button dutifully followed leaving Webber to take his third position.

Just when we thought we had seen enough action for the day, the two Mclaren drivers proved to be just as entertaining as the Red Bulls.

Rivalry between two team mates in nothing new in Formula One but we don’t get to see too much of it live. Jenson Button decided at the end of lap 48 that he wanted to win, so he decided to close in on Hamilton, which resulted in both the cars side by side for almost five corners. Button tried hard to squeeze past but Hamilton was determined to win this race and just didn’t back off. Ultimately Button had to step off letting Hamilton take the lead while he settled for second. For the spectators including the race engineers of McLaren those few moments will be hard to forget because it did seem possible that another two team mates might just crash into one another.

Though these pictures and videos don’t tell much, the undercurrents between the drivers very evident in the live interview after the race. Webber looked absolutely crestfallen and went on to blame his teammate Vettel for the crash and loss of title. While Button and Hamilton did a good job of covering up the strain between them, it was pretty evident.

Now this is what we call racing! Do not miss the next races as it is only going to get better and better.

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h28:47.620
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     2.645
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    24.285
 4.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    31.110
 5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    32.266
 6.  Kubica        Renault                    +    32.824
 7.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    36.635
 8.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    46.544
 9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +    49.029
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:05.650
11.  De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:05.944
12.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:07.800
13.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
16.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
17.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Petrov, 1:29.165

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Chandhok      HRT-Cosworth                 53
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 47
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             40
Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth               34
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               33

World Championship standings, round 7:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Webber        93        1.  McLaren-Mercedes          172
 2.  Button        88        2.  Red Bull-Renault          171
 3.  Hamilton      84        3.  Ferrari                   146
 4.  Alonso        79        4.  Mercedes                  100
 5.  Vettel        78        5.  Renault                    73
 6.  Kubica        67        6.  Force India-Mercedes       32
 7.  Massa         67        7.  Williams-Cosworth           8
 8.  Rosberg       66        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          4
 9.  Schumacher    34        9.  Sauber-Ferrari              1
10.  Sutil         22
11.  Liuzzi        10
12.  Barrichello    7
13.  Petrov         6
14.  Alguersuari    3
15.  Hulkenberg     1
16.  Buemi          1
17.  Kobayashi      1