Alonso eases to Magny-Cours win

Fernando Alonso was in relaxed mood after giving Renault victory in their home race, the French Grand Prix.

He started from pole and was rarely troubled on his way to a win that stretched his championship lead over Kimi Raikkonen to 24 points.

"From three or four laps left, I was expecting the moment of crossing the line," he said.

"The stands were full of people from the Renault factory. I crossed the line slowly to enjoy the win with them."

Raikkonen was frustrated his final placing, despite starting 13th and finishing second.

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The Finn had incurred a 10-place grid penalty after changing engines during practice on Friday.

"It's a bit disappointing really what happened on Friday," said the McLaren driver.

"It really destroyed our weekend completely in that we wanted to win here.

"Without that penalty I think we could have won the race - at least we would have been in a strong position to fight for it.

"Second place is quite good for us. We only dropped two points so it didn't cost too much, but of course I want to win races and we definitely had the speed here."