21 Facts About Turkish Grand Prix

1. Turkish Grand Prix came twelfth in Valencia, and thirteenth in Britain, but retired in Germany because of an oil leak.

2. Turkish Grand Prix finished outside the points in the next three races before a pair of ninth places in Monaco and Canada.

3. Turkish Grand Prix retired again in Malaysia with leaking hydraulics.

4. Turkish Grand Prix added further points to his total with fifth at Silverstone, and tenth in Hungary, with a twelfth at Hockenheim in between.

5. Turkish Grand Prix qualified eleventh, narrowly missing Q3 but his anti-stall system kicked in at the start of the race.

6. Turkish Grand Prix stalled on the grid in Malaysia due to an overheating clutch, but recovered to twelfth place at the finish.

7. Turkish Grand Prix qualified third on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix, but overtook Button and second place man Vettel on the first straight, to lead the race in the first corner.

8. Turkish Grand Prix started eighth in Malaysia after getting a grid penalty for a gearbox change and finished the race in fifth place after the race was abandoned at Sepang due to heavy rain.

9. Turkish Grand Prix was Barrichello's 257th Grand Prix, breaking Patrese's record of 256 Grand Prix starts and becoming the most experienced driver in F1 history.

10. Turkish Grand Prix finished 6th but was disqualified for ignoring a red light at the pit exit.

11. Turkish Grand Prix finished the season seventh in the drivers' standings with 30 points, 26 behind Button.

12. Turkish Grand Prix finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' standing with 38 points, his worst season with Ferrari.

13. Turkish Grand Prix has failed to finish eleven of the fifteen Brazilian Grands Prix in which he has competed.

14. Turkish Grand Prix finished the season winless, and again he played a major supporting role for Schumacher, helping him win his second Drivers' Championship with Ferrari and helping the team win the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive year.

15. Turkish Grand Prix took pole position in the wet qualifying session in France and three podium finishes, at the San Marino, French, and European Grands Prix.

16. Turkish Grand Prix finished the season sixth overall in the Drivers' Championship with 19 points, outscoring Irvine, who scored six.

17. Turkish Grand Prix concluded the season with fourth place in Adelaide.

18. Turkish Grand Prix finished third in the championship, and joined the Jordan Formula One team for the 1993 Formula One season.

19. Turkish Grand Prix became the first driver to reach 300 Grand Prix entries and 300 starts, doing so in 2010.

20. Turkish Grand Prix's shifting explanations alone are enough, lawyers say, to implicate him.

21. Turkish Grand Prix's troubles are coming via the courts, his politics will decide how this ends.