Sebastian Vettel took a comfortable victory at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday, his third of the season and his most dominant so far. Mark Webber made it Red Bull's first one-two victory of 2011 after passing Fernando Alonso, who finished third, with six laps to go.
Hamilton finished fourth, 40 seconds behind Vettel and Rosberg, who was running second at the start and contributed to Vettel's early lead, recovered from a mid-race slump on hard tyres to finish fifth.
Jenson Button was the highest placed three-stopper but his strategy worked against him for most of the afternoon and towards the end of the race he made no attempt to fend off Hamilton and Rosberg for position.
The Renaults of Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov finished seventh and eighth, coming out on top in an incredibly tight midfield battle.
Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi finished a solid ninth after running as high as seventh at one point on a three-stop strategy. It was a good result, but 8.6 seconds behind him Kamui Kobayashi was even more impressive, driving from last place on the grid to tenth.
Outside the points Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher both had very difficult afternoons, finishing 11th and 12th respectively.
Vettel now leads the championship by 34 points from Hamilton and 38 from team-mate Webber.
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