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Massa wins third Turkish Grand Prix in a row - Update

Posted : Sun, 11 May 2008 13:45:04 GMT
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Istanbul - Felipe Massa in a Ferrari on Sunday secured a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories, winning from pole to beat McLaren-Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton into third place. Third place went to world champion Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari, who continues to hold the lead in the drivers' standings.

Massa managed to protect his lead at the start, but Hamilton, who started from third, moved past team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Raikkonen also attempted to move up some places, but had to hold back to avoid a collision, allowing Alonso to move into fifth.

A crash between Giancarlo Fisichella and Kazuki Nakajima on the first lap resulted in the safety car coming out and both drivers having to retire.

Kovalainen, who had a problem with his car, was forced to come into the pits on the third lap, falling to the back of the pack.

Hamilton soon started putting pressure on Massa and managed to overtake the Brazilian on the 24th lap, but lost the lead as he was the first of the leading cars to pit for a fuel stop.

Raikkonen managed to move into second place behind Massa as the drivers in front of him also had to go into the pits.

Unlike the two Ferraris, Hamilton was on a three-stop strategy and came out sandwiched between Massa and Raikkonen after his final stop.

The three then enjoyed a fairly leisurely drive at the front, without having the speed to challenge each other for places.

Behind them, the two BMW-Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finished in fourth and fifth place respectively, while two- time world champion Fernando Alonso was in sixth place.

The two final points positions went to Mark Webber in a Red Bull and Williams' Nico Rosberg.

Raikkonen continues to lead the drivers' standings with 35 points from Hamilton and Massa, who both have 28.

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