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While it’s true that Lewis Hamilton had five or six laps’ more fuel than the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, that became a moot point when the Englishman’s McLaren blew its right front Bridgestone tyre on the 43rd lap of the Turkish Grand Prix. And in any case, even Hamilton only thought he might have been able to jump one of the red...

“It was very tough, very tight, always a big fight between all four drivers,” Felipe Massa beamed after qualifying on Saturday afternoon saw him edge out Lewis Hamilton for pole position at Istanbul Park.

And precisely the same thing will apply in the race. Any one of the top four drivers on the grid: Massa, Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando...