The opportunity is knocking.

The Istanbul circuit acted as an equalizer for the championship as Ferrari dominated the Turkish Grand Prix from start to finish.

Felipe Massa has won his 3rd race of the season while his teammate Kimi Raikkonen finished in second place.

The major event of the race happened with only 16 laps to go as Lewis Hamilton's front right tire litterally exploded as he was driving in 3rd place. The extra pit stop to replace his damaged tire costed Hamilton 2 spots on the track. This event is for sure a blow for Hamilton's confidence but the team at least managed to avoid the total catastrophy.

Fernando Alonso also took advantage of Hamilton's tire misadventure as he managed after a very bad start to finish on the podium in 3rd place. Alonso is now only 5 points away from Lewis Hamilton on top of the drivers championship.

Ferrari also closed the gap to only 11 points with McLaren-Mercedes with this perfect weekend. Now with just 5 races to go to the 2007 season, it is anybody's title. We haven't seen such an exciting championship in years.

Next stop: Monza, Italy.

Turkish Grand Prix top 10 finish:

Winner: Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2-Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
3-Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
4-Nick Heidfeld (Sauber-BMW)
5-Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
6-Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)
7-Nico Rosberg (Williams)
8-Robert Kubica (Sauber-BMW)
9-Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault)
10-David Coulthard (Red Bull)

Drivers championship after 12/17 races:

1-Lewis Hamilton 84 points
2-Fernando Alonso 79 points
3-Felipe Massa 69 points
4-Kimi Raikkonen 68 points
5-Nick Heidfeld 47 points
6-Robert Kubica 29 points
7-Heikki Kovalainen 19 points
8-Giancarlo Fisichella 17 points
9-Alexander Wurz 13 points
10-Nico Rosberg 9 points

Constructors championship:

1-McLaren-Mercedes 148 points
2-Ferrari 137 points
3-Sauber-BMW 77 points
4-Renault 36 points
5-Williams 22 points
6-Red Bull 16 points
7-Toyota 12 points
8-Super Aguri 4 points
9-Honda 1 point

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