Felipe Massa won the European Grand Prix at Valencia with a peerless flag-to-flag win in his Ferrari. There was little Lewis Hamilton could do except sit back and accept the eight points for second place that extend his championship lead by a point. However, the win is subject to a post-race investigation by the FIA who are looking at what they describe as an 'unsafe release' after Massa's second pit stop at the Valencia Street Circuit. Within moments reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen ran over one of his own pit crew as he attempted to pull away at the end of his second stop, but with the fuel hose still attached to the car. A disastrous few minutes was completed for Ferrari and Raikkonen when the Finn's engine blew, the team's second successive failure after Massa was robbed of victory in Hungary three laps from home three weeks ago. At the end of the 57-lap race, Massa took the chequered flag by a comfortable 5.6 seconds margin from Lewis Hamilton, who at least has extended his world championship lead to six points over the Brazilian. POINTS FINISHERS: 1. Massa (Ferrari) 2. Hamilton (McLaren) 3. Kubica (BMW Sauber) 4. Kovalainen (McLaren) 5. Trulli (Toyota) 6. Vettel (Toro Rosso) 7. Glock (Toyota) 8. Rosberg (Williams)
