Zoom The field heads towards turn one at Istanbul Park

The fifth round of the championship saw a great battle between Lewis Hamilton and eventual race winner Felipe Massa. Behind, there were a few incidents at the back of the pack and some hard races mid-pack with little or no reward.

FERRARI
Felipe Massa, with a chequered flag margin over Lewis Hamilton of 3.7 seconds, in Turkey became the first driver since his former Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher to win three consecutive races at the same circuit. Kimi Raikkonen's run to third place closes his championship lead to Hamilton, and now Massa, to 7 points. Carrying wing damage after a first corner tap with compatriot Heikki Kovalainen, he narrowly missed beating Hamilton to second place at the end of a lacklustre weekend, although he did set the fastest lap of the race. Team boss Stefano Domenicali, who turned 44 on Sunday, played down any talk of dominance, despite the face that Turkey was Ferrari's fourth consecutive win in 2008. "At Monaco and Canada last year we suffered a lot and we will have to do our best in preparing for these races," he said.

MCLAREN-MERCEDES
The reason for Hamilton's glum face during the qualifying press conference was revealed on Sunday -- even with a light three-stop fuel load, he had been out-qualified by his heavier teammate Heikki Kovalainen. The Briton explained that Bridgestone requested the strategy, which produced an exciting race and even a pass on ultimate winner Massa, for fear of a repeat of his tyre failure of 2007. "I think this is the best race ever for me," Hamilton said, clearly happier with his performance in the race. "I really think we have closed the gap to Ferrari." Kovalainen's first front row start quickly turned to disappointment, after the early tag from compatriot Raikkonen forced an early pit stop, and he finished a lap down and out of the points despite a spirited fight back.

BMW-SAUBER
Another strong result for Robert Kubica, although he greeted the chequered flag nearly 18 seconds behind the final podium-getter, Raikkonen. "I was a little bit slower than the three guys in front of me, but quicker than the rest of the pack," the Pole said. Nick Heidfeld converted his poor 9th on the grid to 5th at the chequer, but he was a long way behind his teammate at the end. "We are happy with this result," said technical boss Willy Rampf.

RENAULT
The Renault-powered Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso duked it out to be 'best of the rest' behind the big teams in Turkey, and Alonso won the day by 10 seconds. Nelson Piquet compounded his poor grid position with a bad start, and finished 15th in the depleted field of 17, albeit after demonstrating some fighting qualities, particularly against Kovalainen.