Turkish Grand Prix - Massa back on track

Massa had a fantastic race on Sunday by winning the Turkish grand prix from pole position for the third year in a row on Sunday after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton's. Massa's win was champions Ferrari's fourth in a row ,meant that the Turkish Grand Prix, which made its debut in 2005, has still only ever been won by the driver on pole position.

Hamilton had sufficient in hand over Kimi Raikkonen, however, to keep the Finn in third place and to reduce his championship points lead to seven as they sped to the line 3.7s adrift of Massa. Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen saw his overall lead trimmed to seven points from nine after finishing a close third. The Finn, the only driver to score points in every race this season, now has 35 to Massa and Hamilton's 28.

Race Results
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 1:26:49.451
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +3.7 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +4.2 secs
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58 +21.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +38.7 secs
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 +53.7 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 58 +64.2 secs
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +71.4 secs
9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +75.2 secs 1
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 +76.3 secs
11 Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap 13
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +1 Lap 2
13 Timo Glock Toyota 57 +1 Lap 15
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap 12
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 57 +1 Lap 17
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 19