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Formula One: Ferrari's Massa wins in Turkey, Webber 7th PDF Print E-mail

Sample ImageFerrari's Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row after an enthralling tactical battle with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. Australian Mark Webber finished seventh.

The Brazilian took the chequered flag 3.7 seconds ahead of the 23-year-old Briton, who made one more pitstop than his rivals, for the seventh win of his career and second of the season.

Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen saw his overall lead trimmed to seven points from nine after finishing in third place. The Finn has 35 points to Massa and Hamilton's 28 after five races.

The two BMW-Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finished in fourth and fifth place respectively on Sunday, while Renault's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was sixth.

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

 

Turkish GP 2008 places

 

1Felipe MassaBraFerrari1:26:49.4511:26.6661
2Lewis HamiltonGBMcLaren+3.7001:26.5293
3Kimi RaikkonenFinFerrari+4.2001:26.5064
4Robert KubicaPolBMW Sauber+21.9001:26.7805
5Nick HeidfeldGerBMW Sauber+38.7001:27.2199
6Fernando AlonsoSpaRenault+53.7001:27.2807
7Mark WebberAusRed Bull Racing+64.2001:27.6306
8Nico RosbergGerWilliams+71.4001:27.79511
9David CoulthardScoRed Bull Racing+75.2001:27.96610
10Jarno TrulliItaToyota+76.3001:27.9268

 

2008 Formula One Classification

 

1Kimi Raikkonen1108106             35
2Felipe Massa  10810             28
2Lewis Hamilton104 68             28
4Robert Kubica 8655             24
5Nick Heidfeld835 4             20
6Heikki Kovalainen464               14
7Mark Webber 2242             10
8Jarno Trulli 531              9
8Fernando Alonso51  3             9
10Nico Rosberg6 1 1             8
11Kazuki Nakajima3  2              5
12Jenson Button   3              3
13Sebastien Bourdais2                 2
 
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