MASSA CONVERTS POLE LEADING FERRARI 1-2

Felipe Massa has started many races this year at pole position.The story was the same at Istanbul,Turkey on Saturday-25th August 2007.Ferrari dominated qualifying with Massa clinching pole position and Kimi Raikkonen qualifying on row two,just behind Massa at 3rd position.The McLaren cars did pretty well too but my concentration will be on Ferrari for this race as it was a Ferrari dominated one.

The race had a perfect start with Kimi Raikkonen making a good start and overtaking Lewis Hamilton to take second position.The race was dominated by Ferrari for the rest of the race.The Ferrari drivers developed a good gap between them and Lewis Hamilton's Mclaren.

The race had just one retirement as a result of Mark Webber's Mechanical Failure.Lewis Hamilton was looking set for yet another podium finish but a front tyre puncture 14 laps before the finish denied him the 3rd position and he finished 5th.Thus Fernando Alonso finished 3rd and Nick heidfeld finished 4th.

As a result of the Turkish Grand Prix,Ferrari have closed in on McLaren.McLaren now lead the constructor's championship by 11 points.Also is just 5 points behind Hamilton and Massa is not far behind.For a clearer idea of the intensity of competition here are the Driver's championship standings-

Lewis Hamilton	Great Britain	McLaren	84
Fernando Alonso	Spain	McLaren	79
Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	69
Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	68
Nick Heidfeld	Germany	BMW Sauber	47
Robert Kubica	Poland	BMW Sauber	29
Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	Renault	19
Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy	Renault	17
Alexander Wurz	Austria	Williams	13
Nico Rosberg	Germany	Williams	9
Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull	8
David Coulthard	Great Britain	Red Bull	8
Jarno Trulli	Italy	Toyota	7
Ralf Schumacher	Germany	Toyota	5
Takuma Sato	Japan	Super Aguri	4
Jenson Button	Great Britain	Honda	1
Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Toro Rosso	1

Here are the latest Constructor's Championship Standings-

McLaren	148
Ferrari	137
BMW Sauber	77
Renault	36
Williams	22
Red Bull	16
Toyota	12
Super Aguri	4
Honda	1