Kubica first, Barrichello goes 2nd.

Hamilton now 2nd
 Kubica goes half a second faster again.

4. Button
5. Webber
6. Rosberg

1, Webber
2, Kubica
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel

Result:-

1. Webber
2. Kubica
3. Vettel
4. Massa
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Button
9. Barrichello
10. Liuzzi
11. Hulkenberg
12. Sutil
13. Buemi
14. Petrov
15. De La Rosa
16. Kobayashi
17. Alguersuari
18. Kovalainen
19. Trulli
20. Glock
21. di Grassi
22. Senna
23. Chandhok
24. Alonso

Apart from Petrov crashing it was a surprisingly incident free qualifying session, given how tight a circuit Monaco is.

Morning.

Less than 10 minutes 'til we're underway.

No penalties for anyone, so the starting grid is as they qualified.

Seems all but 3 are starting on soft tyres.

All got away ok, but there are several position changes, notably Vettel up into 2nd.
Hulkenberg hit the wall as he entered  the tunnel and mushed his car which slid all the way to the exit.
SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED!
Button's engine has given up the ghost, so he's out too.

Two cars gone within one lap!

Lap 6 and the Safety Car's still out and the cars are loosing tyre pressure and heat.

Alonso up to P20, but is having a tough job getting past di Grassi.

Safety car's in. Webber, Vettel ans Kubica get away well.
Barrichello's tyres are giving him trouble, but he's still holding position.
Alonso' finally got past di Grassi and is homing in on Glock as he's already past Trulli.

And now he's past Glock and eyeing up Kovalainen.

Another lap completed and Alonso has now passed Kovalainen. Alguersuari next!

Hamilton's first to pit, which drops him from 5th to 13th.

They're all pitting now. Positions changing thick and fast.

Hamiltonand alonso are in 11th and 12th, with Alonso closing fast.

Top 4 cars haven't pitted yet, but Vettel's just come in and exits in 3rd behind Rosberg.
Webber pits now and comes out still in the lead.
Rosberg has still to pit, so when he does Vettel will be in 2nd again and Kubica 3rd.

Rosberg pits now end exits P8 bhind Schumacher

Order:-

Webber
Vettel
Kubica
Massa
Hamilton
Alonso
Schumacher
Rosberg
Sutil
Liuzzi

SAFETY CAR'S OUT!!!

Barrichello is sitting in the middle of the track, pointing the wrong way.

Safety Car's in again. Everybody's away ok.

Kubica seems to be catching Vettel, but I think it will prove to be a temporary illusion.

THIRD SAFETY CAR!!!

No-one's really sure why. Possibly a loose drain cover.

In again, race starts again, everyone gets back up to race speed again.....again.

I want to see it as race speed all the time

£ laps to go....Accident!!!....Safety Car out for the 4th time.

Trulli and Chandhok try and occupy the same space. It didn't work! Trulli ended up on top of Chandhok's car. Pretty much right in front of Webber, but he was able to avoid getting caught up in it.

Schumacher appears to have passed Alonso just at the very end as the safety car came in just before the end of the last lap, but its legllity is being investigated by the stewards.

So did Alonso finish 6th or 7th, and where might Schumacher be?

Red Bull are leading BOTH championships.

Slow-mo of Schumacher passing Alonso and it WAS legitimate...just!

Seems that if the Safety Car is out for the last lap you might NOT be allowed to overtake between it coming in and the chequered flag. So Schmacher's 6th place is still in question.

It would appear to hinge on the question of whether the race finished under the safety car, or not.

Provisional result:-

1. Webber
2. Vettel
3. Kubica
4. Massa
5. Hamilton
6. Schumacher
7. Alonso
8. Rosberg
9. Sutil
10. Liuzzi
11. Buemi
12. Alguersuari
13. Petrov - retired
14. Chandhok - crash
15. Trulli - crash
16. Kovalainen - retired
17. Senna - retired
18. Barrichello - crash
19. Kobayashi - retired
20. di Grassi - retired
21. Glock - retired
22. De la Rosa - retired
23. Button - retired
24. Hulkenberg - crash

It has now been announced that Schumacher has been given a 20 second penalty for overtaking Alonso on the last corner of the last lap. So that demotes him to 12th. Mercedes are going to appeal against it , saying that the Safety car came in before the last lap ended.

BUT....
....the regulations say....Article 40.13 of the Formula 1 sporting regulations states: "If the race ends while the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."

IMO that quite clearly shows that Schumacher shouldn't have overtaken Alonso as they WERE still under the safety car when they entered the last lap, therefore, in accordance with the above , the safety car came into the pits and left the cars to cross the line unfettered.

Not cross the start/ finish line and go all the way round again, which seems to be what Ross Brawn thinks it ought to have done.

I think their appeal is going to be laughed out of existence.

Ross Brawn said "As soon as we got the instruction that the safety car was going in we thought the race was on again."

I think this is just a poor excuse as he MUST be aware of the aforementioned article 40.13

So, Mercedes DIDN'T appeal.

Brawn and co. can waffle on as much as they like about how they realised it would be unfair when they realised that Alonso had been told NOT to race, but I still reckon that they know they were on a sticky wicket because the regulation quite clearly says that the Safety Car will come in on the last lap and the cars CAN'T race.

"It's only six points", they say.

(All times UK)

Turkish Grand Prix

Istanbul Park, 28-30 May 2010

Fri 28 May: Practice 1 0800-0930; Practice 2 1200-1330

Sat 29 May: Practice 3 0900-1000; Qualifying 1200

Sun 30 May: Race 1300

Q1 underway. All cars have been out at least once.

Current drop zone:-

18. Liuzzi
19. Trulli
20. Glock
21. Kovalainen
22. Senna
23. di Grassi
24. Chandhok