Alonso closes title gap
Updated 14.31 Sun Aug 26 2007
Keywords:
fernando alonso,
nick heidfeld,
robert kubica,
felipe massa,
kimi raikkonen,
lewis hamilton,
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Fernando Alonso has cut Lewis Hamilton's lead in the Formula One world championship to five points.
The defending champion finished third in the Turkish Grand Prix, while Hamilton was fifth after losing ground with a tyre problem.
Hamilton was fifth after losing ground with a tyre problem
Alonso started from fourth place on the grid and slipped further back when he was overtaken early on by the BMW pair, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld.
But he recovered while his McLaren team-mate Hamilton fell from second on the grid to finish in fifth spot.
Felipe Massa won the race for Ferrari, with his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in second place.
Heidfeld finished fourth.
Jenson Button was 13th for Honda.
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