F1 driver Massa and Ferrari on top at French GP

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MAGNY-COURS, France (AFP) — Felipe Massa and Ferrari dominated Sunday's French Grand Prix and took charge of this year's Formula One world championship with their third double of the season.

The 27-year-old Brazilian's third win this year and eighth of his career lifted him back on top of the drivers' title race and increased Ferrari's lead in the constructors' championship after eight of this year's 18 Grands Prix.

Massa, from Sao Paulo, took full advantage of exhaust problems that hindered his team-mate defending champion Finn Kimi Raikkonen's progress to take the lead from him after 39 of the 70 laps and then drive to a comfortable triumph.

Massa, the fourth different leader of the championship in four races, is now on top with 48 points in the drivers'...