ISTANBUL – Brazilian Felipe Massa scored his maiden victory as defending drivers’ world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain fended off a fierce challenge from Michael Schumacher in a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix yesterday.
Massa triumphed by 5.5 seconds for Ferrari from Renault’s Alonso who had to fight off seven-times champion Schumacher several times over the last 15 laps to take a vital second place by just a car’s length. The Spaniard came home just fractions ahead of his Ferrari rival to increase his championship lead over the German to 12 points with four races left.Massa, who had started on pole for the first time, claimed his historic win in his 66th race and his first season with Ferrari.Nampa-AFPThe Spaniard came home just fractions ahead of his Ferrari rival to increase his championship lead over the German to 12 points with four races left.Massa, who had started on pole for the first time, claimed his historic win in his 66th race and his first season with Ferrari.Nampa-AFP
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