Lewis Hamilton admitted he had been fortunate to win Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix after Red Bull contrived to allow the 2008 world champion to win his first race of the season.

Mark Webber seemed certain to clinch his third successive success until team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who was second at the time, tried to overtake him on the 40th lap.

However, the two Red Bull cars collided, forcing Vettel out of the race while Webber eventually finished third and Hamilton was able to secure his first success since last year's Singapore Grand Prix.

Hamilton admitted: "It was great to watch. It was like an action movie in HD or 3D. It was fantastic. It was right ahead of me. I got the best view of it.

"It's the last thing you want to see and fortunately Sebastian is safe. But I just saw Sebastian go up the inside and Mark hold his line.

"I don't think he really had much room to move to the right and I don't think there was necessarily a reason for Sebastian to try to move to the right.

"I think it was unfortunate for them, but all I can say is that it was fortunate for us because we've been working hard all year.

"I think myself and Jenson have deserved to be at the front row for some time, and so today was good."

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