Ferrari's Felipe Massa won in European Grand Prix

Reported by starsports that Ferrari's Felipe Massa has won the European Grand Prix for his fourth Formula One victory of the season, leading the race wire-to-wire to finish comfortably ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton in second.

Massa easily held onto his lead after starting from pole position and finished 5.6 seconds ahead of Hamilton's McLaren on the 5.4 kilometer (3.4 mile) street circuit Sunday. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica was third.

Hamilton kept the lead of the overall standings with 70 points, while Massa moved into second place with 64.

Defending champion Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari retired from the race on the 45th lap after smoke started coming from the back of his car while he trailed in sixth place.

Massa on pole in Valencia

Eurosport reports on Sat, 23 Aug.

Brazilian Felipe Massa put Ferrari on pole position for the European Grand Prix in Valencia with McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row.

The 27-year-old secured his fourth pole of the season, and the 13th of his Formula One career, with a flying lap in the final seconds of Saturday's qualifying.

Hamilton had already clocked 1:39.199 seconds when Massa roared around Formula One's newest street circuit with a time of 1:38.989 to push the Briton into second place.

Poland's Robert Kubica qualified in third place for BMW Sauber with Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen next to him on the second row.

Finland's Heikki Kovalainen, in the second McLaren, and Germany's Sebastian Vettel for Toro Rosso, shared the third row.

Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso qualified 12th in front of his home crowd.

The 27-year-old secured his fourth pole of the season, and the 13th of his Formula One career, with a flying lap in the final seconds of Saturday's qualifying.

Hamilton had already clocked 1:39.199 seconds when Massa roared around Formula One's newest street circuit with a time of 1:38.989 to push the Briton into second place.

Poland's Robert Kubica qualified in third place for BMW Sauber with Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen next to him on the second row.

Finland's Heikki Kovalainen, in the second McLaren, and Germany's Sebastian Vettel for Toro Rosso, shared the third row.

Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso qualified 12th in front of his home crowd.

Reuters

MCLAREN'S Heikki Kovalainen claims first win at Hungarian Grand Prix

Starsports

MCLAREN'S Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a shock maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday after Ferrari's Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure while leading with three laps remaining.

Finn Kovalainen capitalised on Brazilian Massa's misfortune to finish ahead of podium debutant Toyota's Timo Glock of Germany with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen third.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton stayed top of the championship standings despite a puncture just after the midway stage that saw him finish the race in fifth place behind Renault driver and former team-mate Fernando Alonso of Spain.

Briton Hamilton now holds a five-point lead over Finland's Raikkonen in the championship with Massa dropping into third place, a further three points back. Keep reading