Felipe Massa wins European Grand Prix

by LotusFlower | August 24, 2008 at 07:49 am

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Felipe Massa drove his Ferrari to victory in the European Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking second and keeping his place at the top of the Grand Prix Championship table. There is however a stewards investigation into 'unsafe release' from a pit stop that could see Massa losing the win. The race was uneventful for a street track with steady driving winning the day.

The sport's governing body are looking at what they describe as an 'unsafe release' after Massa's second pit stop at the Valencia Street Circuit

Within moments reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen ran over one of his own pit crew as he attempted to pull away at the end of his second stop, but with the fuel hose still attached to the car.

A disastrous few minutes was completed for Ferrari and Raikkonen when the Finn's engine blew, the team's second successive failure after Massa was robbed of victory in Hungary three laps from home three weeks ago.

At the end of the 57-lap race, Massa took the chequered flag by a comfortable 5.6 seconds margin from Hamilton.

What unfolded came out of the blue because for the majority of the race it lacked the incidents many had been expecting from a street track.