Hamilton wins US Grand Prix

British rookie Lewis Hamilton won the US Grand Prix on Sunday to take his second victory in a row and forge 10 points clear of McLaren team mate Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship.

Hamilton crossed the line 1.518 seconds ahead of the double world champion for his seventh podium finish in seven extraordinary starts.

Brazilian Felipe Massa was third for Ferrari ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

Another Finn, Heikki Kovalainen, was fifth for Renault and Italian Jarno Trulli finished sixth in a Toyota.

It was McLaren's third win in a row (after Hamilton in Canada and Alonso in Monaco last month), their third 1-2 in a row and their 152nd grand prix victory.


Provisional results:

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1hr 31min 09.965

2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren +00:01.518

3. Felipe Massa (Brazil ) Ferrari 00:12.842

4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 00:15.422

5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 00:41.402

6. Jarno Trulli (Italy ) Toyota 01:06.703

7. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault 01:07.331

8. Sebastian Vettel (Germany ) BMW Sauber 01:07.783

9. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1 lap

10. Alexander Wurz (Austria) Williams-Toyota 1 lap

11. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri-Honda 1 lap

12. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1 lap

13. Scott Speed (U.S.) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 laps

14. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker-Ferrari 2 laps

15. Christijan Albers (Netherlands) Spyker-Ferrari 3 laps

16r. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams-Toyota 5 laps

17r. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5 laps

r. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 18 laps

r. Takuma Sato (Japan [Images]) Super Aguri-Honda 60 laps

r. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull-Renault 73 laps

r. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 73 laps

r. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 73 laps

(rank: r = retired, nc = not classified)