ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Felipe Massa held off Lewis Hamilton of McLaren to win his third straight Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday and clinch Ferrari's fourth consecutive Formula One victory.
Massa finished 3.7 seconds ahead of Hamilton after 58 laps at Istanbul Speed Park circuit to ensure that no driver has ever lost from pole position in Turkey in the four-year history of the race.
Felipe Massa
Defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen finished 4.2 seconds back in third place as Hamilton denied Ferrari a third successive sweep of the top two positions.
Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber was fourth, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld, while Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren finished 12th.
Raikkonen leads the standings with 35 points, seven ahead of Hamilton and Massa. Kubica is next with 24.
Massa's seventh career win was his second in three races. The Brazilian has taken 28 of a possible 30 points since retiring from the first two races of the season.
"It's just fantastic, today was a very difficult race," Massa said. "Lewis was pushing me hard the entire race. Three stops was quite a lot optimistic and it opened up a reasonable gap."
-- The Associated Press
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