European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 9 2007 stars and stripes Page 31 a sunday cruise Alonso dominant in malaysian up Hamilton makes it 12 for Mclaren by Salvatore Zanca the associated press Spang one Champion Fernando Alonso won the malaysian grand prix on sunday to hand his new Mclare Mercedes team its first Victory since 2005 Rookie Lewis Hamilton Fly first Black Driver added to Mclaren resurgence by finish ing second ahead of ferraris Kimi Raikkonen who won the season opening australian up last month pole Sitter Felipe Massa of Ferrari was overtaken by Alonso and Hamilton on the first Lap and didst Challenge thereafter finish ing fifth when i was leading after the first Corner and i saw who was second that opened the dream to win the race Alonso said we knew our Chance was to overtake the ferraris at the Start we were Lucky to do it and it was even bet Ter to have your teammate Sec Ond sundays Victory was the 16th of Klonsos career the last time a Mclaren won an Al race was october 2005 in Japan when Raikkonen claimed Victory after just two races with Mclaren Alonso found it hard to believe he was a Winner if s absolutely fantastic it is wonderful what we achieved in so Short a time he said from the first test in december the new car in january i think it is just difficult to believe in the first race of the year it was also Raikkonen Alonso and Hamilton in the top three and Nick Heidfeld of by Sauber finished fourth sunday for the Sec Ond straight race in the constructors race Mclaren has 32 Points and Fer rarity 23 Alonso leads the Driver standings with 18 Points to Raikkonen 16 Massa went onto the grass on the sixth Lap trying to overtake Hamilton losing five seconds and two places i braked late and he braked later and went straight on Hamilton said Massa was unrepentant i tried to attack Lewis but i made a mistake and ended up off the track Massa said i cannot blame myself for trying and next time things will go better Alonso who took the Al title in 2005 and 2006 for Renault switched this season to Mclaren which had a wingless season in 2006 its first since 1996 the spaniard is the first Mclaren Winner in Malaysia since Raikkonen in 2003 Alonso started from the pole in that race at age 21 a record for youngest pole Winner in formula one Fernando Alonso is feted by his pit Crew sunday after winning the malaysian grand prix at Spang Malaysia Malonso established a five Sec Ond Lead after four laps increasing it by almost a second a Lap after 10 laps he was cruising 10 seconds ahead of Hamilton who had a slim Lead Over Raikkonen at the midpoint of the 56lap race Alonso led by almost 9 seconds Over Hamilton with Raikkonen 21 off the Pace it stayed that Way through the rest of the race with Alonso building the advantage after the second pit stops Hamilton had his own con Cerns to see ferraris behind you knowing you they Are quicker than you Hamilton said Felipe had a couple of moves i was very fortunate i was Able to Cut across and get in front of him then i had Kimi Hunting me Down i cant explain How Tough it was Raikkonen said he and his team had to make some Compro Mises to preserve his engine i am Happy to get some Points but disappointed at where i ended up in the race Raikkonen said Giancarlo Fisichella last years Winner Here was sixth in a Renault but More than a minute behind he was followed by tas Jarno Trullie and Heikki Kovalainen who replaced Alonso at Renault this was the maximum i could do today and in our Situa Tion at the moment it feels like a podium finish Fisichella said the team is realistic about the position we Are in at the moment but they Are working hard to understand Why we Are not on the Pace Edwards overcomes cold handling ills to claim Busch race the associated press Gladeville Tenn Carl Edwards raced to his second consecutive Lascar Busch series Victory easily winning the Pepsi 300 in Chilly conditions saturday at Nashville super Speedway to extend his Lead in the Driver stand Ings the Sextel cup regular led the final 25 laps and crossed the Fin ish line 47 seconds ahead of David Reutimann Dave Blaney who was involved in an Early Fra Cas rallied to finish third Jason Leffler was fourth followed by Regan Smith i dont know if Ive Ever raced this cold maybe on a local race track but it was a pretty Chilly Day to race Edwards said the cars Are usually 4050 degrees warmer than outside so it was a great Day to be a race car Driver As far As Comfort Edwards struggled with an Early handling problem but Crew chief Pierre Kuettel was Able to resolve the Issue i Felt really confident going in like it was our race to lose Edwards said then they dropped the Green Flag and we went Back Ward like a Rock i was really Ner Vous there but pm and the Guys did a great Job of regrouping they made some pretty goo sized changes for this place and the car got better with the temperature ranging from the 30s into the 40s Crews had to adjust to the cold conditions it had cooled off a lot More than i thought so we made some wholesale changes with air pres sure and the car came Back to life Kuettel said we lost two spots in the pits but As Good As the car was we knew he would get it Back Edwards led a race High 74 laps All in the second half of the event to win for the Lith time in the Busch series he has won the last two Busch races at Nashville and also has won in the crafts Man truck series on the 13mile Concrete Oval he relinquished the Lead to Lef Fler during a pit Stop on Lap 183 but gradually reeled him in retaking the Lead for Good on Lap 201 Edwards padded his Lead to 321 Points Over Blaney even though it was Only the seventh of 35 races Edwards rivals conceded that he will be difficult to catch that Guys Tough anywhere Reutimann said we could race Golf carts out Here and hed be Tough Hes a great Guy and has a great team unless something Breaks or he gets run Over or something that s the Guy 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