Lewis Hamilton heads into the race confident of taking the fight to Felipe Massa's pole-position Ferrari But Massa converts his pole position into a lead at the first corner while Hamilton as his hands full with Kubica's BMW The home fans' hopes were dashed when Alonso was punted into retirement by Nakajima's Williams on lap one Massa quickly builds a lead, pulling out 1.4secs on the first lap alone, to cement his position at the front Massa was in total control throughout, losing the lead to Hamilton only at his two pit stops Hamilton pushed his McLaren hard throughout the race around Valencis'a new marina but could do nothing about Massa Vettel was the star of qualifying with sixth place in his Toro Rosso and finished there after losing a place to Jarno Trulli's Toyota Raikkonen has a disappointing race in fifth place for much of the time, and it gets worse with a mistake at his final pit stop He knocks over a mechanic, who is taken for medical checks, and then retires with engine failure Massa crosses the line for his fourth win of the year and celebrates closing the gap to Hamilton Massa and Hamilton demonstrate contrasting emotions as they climb out of their cars at the end of the race Massa kisses the trophy, after making up for the disappointment of retiring from the lead in Hungary last time out
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