Valtteri Bottas won a slick Turkish Grand Prix today in his Mercedes GP, 14.584 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen in his Red Bull-Honda in second place and his team mate Sergio Perez, 33.471 seconds behind the winner in third place. At lap 5 Bottas leads Verstappen by 1.6 seconds, followed by Leclerc (3.7s), Perez (6.0s), Gasly (8.7s), Norris (13.6s), Stroll (15.1s), Tsunoda (16.2s), Hamilton (16.5s) and Vettel (19.4s) in tenth. At lap 30 Bottas leads Verstappen by 3.9 seconds, followed by Leclerc (6.2s), Perez (17.2s), Hamilton (19.4s), Gasly (29.2s), Norris (37.3s), Stroll (40.8s), Sainz (41.9s) and Vettel (1m00.1s) in tenth place. On lap 37 Verstappen pits from second for new intermediates and rejoins in third. On lap 48 Leclerc pits from second for new intermediates and rejoins in fourth. Sainz sets fast lap at 1m32.597s, and again on the next lap at 1m32.405s. On lap 51 Hamilton pits for new intermediates and rejoins behind Perez in fifth.

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