Ferrari’s Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton’s challenge. The Brazilian took the chequered flag 3.7 seconds ahead of the 23-year-old McLaren driver, who ran most of the race on the harder tyres and had to make three pitstops compared to his rivals’ two.

It was Massa’s seventh win in Formula One, at the anti-clockwise track where he took his first in 2006, and his second in five races this season.

Ferrari’s world champion Kimi Raikkonen saw his overall lead trimmed to seven points from nine after finishing a close third.

Ha vinto Felipe Massa, al terzo successo consecutivo in Turchia, ed era un successo che si poteva facilmente prevedere. Ma il brasiliano c’è riuscito dopo una gara movimentata dalla scelta della McLaren di far effettuare a Lewis Hamilton una tattica su tre soste invece di due. Alla fine non è bastato all’inglese per vincere. Ma ha movimentato la corsa, regalando anche un bellissimo sorpasso, quello con cui Lewis è andato in testa a metà gara infilando proprio Massa.