Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa gave Ferrari a sweep of the top two places at the French Grand Prix on Sunday in Magny Cours, ending McLaren’s winning streak at three Formula One races.
Raikkonen, who also captured the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, won his second race this year – and the 11th of his career – after starting third on the grid. The Finn finished the 2.74-mile circuit in 1 hour, 30 minutes, 54.200 seconds. Massa, a Brazilian, was nearly 2 1/2 seconds behind.
Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, 32 seconds behind the winner. Hamilton, a Briton who won the previous two races in Canada and the U.S., now has eight straight top-three finishes in his rookie F1 season – two wins, four seconds and two thirds – to lead the drivers standings with 64 points.
Champ: Rookie Robert Doornbos drove to his first career win at the inaugural Champ Car Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, giving him four top-three finishes in six races.
Sebastien Bourdais, Champ Car’s three-time defending champion, finished second and wasn’t happy about it, saying that Doornbos blocked him during the race. Bourdais refused to shake Doornbos’ hand on the podium.
NHRA: Mike Ashley pulled a 4.823-second, 321.88 mph final run to deny Kenny Bernstein the chance to claim his first funny car win in 18 years at the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
Bernstein had a faster start but spun his tires.
