ISTANBUL, Aug 21: McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen won Sunday’s inaugural Turkish Grand Prix but Renault’s title favourite Fernando Alonso stole second place following a mistake by Raikkonen’s team mate Juan Pablo Montoya.

Spaniard Alonso, now 24 points clear of Raikkonen with five races left, overtook Montoya when the Colombian spun on the penultimate lap while following Raikkonen home.

Without that slip, McLaren would have been celebrating their first one-two in five years.

Raikkonen’s commanding win from pole position at the new Istanbul track was the Finn’s fifth success of the season and second in a row. He finished in one hour 24 minutes 34.454 seconds, 18.6 seconds ahead of Alonso.

Alonso, still on course to become Formula One’s youngest champion at the age of 24, has 95 points to Raikkonen’s 71.

Montoya, struggling with a flat-spotted tyre, finished third ahead of Renault’s Italian Giancarlo Fisichella.

Results: 1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren 1:24:34.454; 2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault +00:18.609; 3. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) McLaren 00:19.635; 4. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 00:37.973; 5. Jenson Button (Britain) BAR 00:39.304; 6. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 00:55.420; 7. David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 01:09.296; 8. Christian Klien (Austria) Red Bull 01:11.622; 9. Takuma Sato (Japan) BAR 01:49.987; 10. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari 1 lap.—Reuters