A 1:24.453, the time flashed on the screen as Fatih passed through the start-finish line, going for his second lap.
"23 seconds; he has beaten last year's fastest lap by 23 seconds! Last year's Turkish Grand Prix was like driving on an ice rink due to the track being newly surfaced, and it still had oil and bitumen on top of it. Still, the track has now been washed by high-pressure water, removing all of that oil that had made it an ice rink and turning it into sandpaper, giving Fatih grip that was not there in last year's Grand Prix.
Still, it is also the unofficial fastest lap ever recorded on this track. He is in the middle of his second push lap. What do you think, Murat?" the commentator said excitedly as the on-screen graphics showed the second-fastest lap being from Juan Pablo Montoya, set in 2005.
