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The Turkish Grand Prix again finds itself under threat from the chop from the annual F1 calendar - as the sport's commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone vows to almost double the race-hosting fee from 2011

Lewis Hamilton carried the air of a man resigned to his fate as he effectively wrote off his chances of successfully defending his hard-fought Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship crown this year - after a car that 'got slower and slower' consigned the British star to just 16th position on the s

After returning to Europe last month, the Formula 1 circus heads back beyond the continent's eastern boundary again this weekend, as it arrives in the eclectic city of Istanbul for the Turkish Grand Prix - what is promising to be the most open and unpredictable race of the season to-date.

Felipe Massa will become a member of a very exclusive Formula 1 club should he prevail in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix - joining multiple world champions Juan-Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher as one of only six drivers to have ever triumphed in four