| At the completion of Sunday's French
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| | third place position from Heikki
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| Grand Prix, Felipe Massa walked away the
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| | Kovalainen. Kovalainen nearly overtook
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| victor. The win was his third for the
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| | Trulli late in the race.
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| 2008 season and granted him the lead in
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| | Trulli said he enjoyed doing that and it
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| the championship race. The final
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| | is what he wants to be doing, when asked
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| standings included Massa, Raikkonen,
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| | about the near-miss with Kovalainen. "I
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| Trulli, Kovalainen, Kubica, Webber,
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| | don't think we touched, just
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| Piquet and Alonso. Massa followed fellow
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| | wheel-to-wheel like we did in go-karting.
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| Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen,
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| | I'd love to fight every race like that,"
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| maintaining second position through more
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| | he said. Trulli dedicated his third place
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| than half of the race. The Ferrari team
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| | win to Toyota's former team boss, Ove
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| kept a grip on the top two positions for
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| | Andersson who was killed in a rally
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| the duration of the race. Raikkonen's car
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| | accident the week before the race.
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| suffered from a cracked exhaust that
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| | Barcelona winner Robert Kubica completed
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| caused him to drop from first position to
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| | the race in fifth position. Although
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| second.
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| | Massa is now leading the championship
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| "I just kept losing power and then it
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| | chase, Kubica is still a close second.
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| came back. A few more laps and I don't
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| | For Red Bull driver Mark Webber, the
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| think I would have finished the race,"
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| | French Grand Prix also proved to be the
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| Raikkonen revealed the extent of his
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| | most competitive race of his 2008 season.
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| problems after the race. He continued
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| | He was hard pressed to hold off Nelson
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| with, "I had a good car all weekend, was
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| | Piquet Jr. and Fernando Alonso for his
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| easily on the poll, but then I have a
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| | sixth position win. Piquet finished in
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| problem with the car. I almost stopped a
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| | seventh, and his team mate Alonso came in
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| few times at the end." Raikkonen is happy
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| | eighth.
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| he received eight points for his
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| | McLaren driver, Lewis Hamilton, began the
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| second-place win, keeping him in the
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| | race at a disadvantage because of an
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| running for the championship.
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| | accident involving Raikkonen in the pits
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| In a post race interview Massa said,
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| | during the last race. Hamilton was
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| "Sometimes you need a bit of luck, and we
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| | penalized 10 grid positions and completed
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| got that with Kimi's exhaust. It was a
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| | the French Grand Prix in 10th position
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| good present." He went on to say, "It was
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| | behind David Coulthard. Hamilton is now
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| a great race. We showed our performance
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| | 10 points behind Massa in championship
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| here, we are heading in the right
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| | standings.
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| direction, with the team doing a
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| | Massa is the first Brazilian to lead the
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| fantastic job." The win and second
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| | championship chase since 1993's winner,
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| position place were welcomed victories
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| | Ayrton Senna. Massa currently has 48
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| for the Ferrari team.
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| | points. Kubica is only two points behind
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| Toyota team driver Jarno Trulli completed
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| | at 46, with Raikkonen trailing with 43
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| the race in third position, the first
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| | points. Hamilton is still in the running
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| podium placement finish for the Toyota
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| | with 38 points after completing his
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| team since 2006. Trulli may have been
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| | second race in a row without scoring any
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| able to catch Raikkonen and take second
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| | points.
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| position if he hadn't had to defend his
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