Ferrari's Felipe Massa wins Turkish Grand Prix

After he took the pole on Saturday, on Sunday Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the F1 Turkish Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa wins Turkish Grand Prix Double victory for Ferrari at Sunday's Formula 1 race in Istanbul, Turkey. Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix, followed by teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who was only 2.2 seconds slower than Massa. Both Ferrari drivers, however, clearly dominated the entire F1 race, leaving the McLaren-Mercedes Fernando Alonso a distant third, 26.1 seconds behind the winner Felipe Massa. Nick Heidfeld with BMW took the fourth spot.

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) finished fifth at the Turkish Grand Prix, but the British driver should be happy with any points won from this race, after he blew a tire during the 43rd lap. Hamilton was able to pit the car and change tires to resume the race, but the two Ferraris, who lead on the Briton since the first pit stop in the race, were long gone and he lost all chances of a shot at the victory.

Taking 4 points from the Turkish Grand Prix helped Lewis Hamilton to remain the leader among the drivers with a total of 84, but Fernando Alonso added 6 points to shorten the distance between the two McLaren drivers to only 5 points with a total of 79. The winner Felipe Massa is third with 69 points, one point ahead of teammate Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen with 68 total.

Here are the official top 10 at the Turkish Grand Prix:

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
3 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
6 Heikki Kovalainen Renault
7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
8 Robert Kubica BMW
9 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault

Published on 08/26/2007