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Massa wins Turkish GP
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More from RacingFelipe Massa held off Lewis Hamilton to win his third straight Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul on Sunday and earn Ferrari's fourth consecutive Formula One victory.
Massa finished 3.779 seconds ahead of McLaren driver Hamilton on the 58 laps at Istanbul Speed Park to continue a trend of winning from pole position in Turkey. All four winners at the circuit have come from the pole.
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. Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren finished 12th after starting from second on the grid.
Indy 500 qualifying canceled: Qualifying and practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were canceled because of rain.
Qualifying for positions 12-22 for drivers at the May 25 Indianapolis 500 was to be decided Sunday. Now those slots will be added to Saturday's scheduled qualifying. It was the fourth day this month that speedway events were canceled or limited because of rain.
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