Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday while a puncture cut Lewis Hamilton's championship lead to five points.

McLaren rookie Hamilton finished fifth, two places behind team mate and closest rival Fernando Alonso, after the blowout 15 laps from the finish robbed him of a safe third.

The 22-year-old Briton now has 84 points to double world champion Alonso's 79.

"It's just a little bit of a problem. You always have setbacks," Hamilton told ITV television. "We won the last race and we've still got five to go.

"We're still leading with five points. It's not over. Don't worry."

Brazilian Massa moved up to third overall on 69 points with Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen, runner-up on Sunday, a point further back.

Massa led from pole position, just as he had last year, to beat Raikkonen by 2.2 seconds and secure Ferrari's second one-two of the season with the Italian team's home race at Monza next on the calendar.

It was his third victory in 12 races. Reuters

Turkish GP Placings

In Italian: Massa: "Week-end super"

Il ferrarista felice per il trionfo in Turchia: "Fine settimana incredibile, questa pista mi piace moltissimo. Azzeccata la scelta delle gomme morbide al via". Raikkonen: "F2007 eccezionale, per me difficile sorpassare"

"È stato un week-end incredibile! Sono molto contento, soddisfatto per la seconda vittoria qui e la terza in questa stagione" dice un felicissimo Felipe Massa al termine del GP di Turchia, nel quale ha ottenuto il bis dopo il successo nel 2006. "È stato bellissimo, sono partito dalla pole in questo circuito che mi piace moltissimo, perchè qui la mia carriera ha fatto un passo avanti. È difficile trovare le parole giuste".

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