Formula One leader Fernando Alonso won the French Grand Prix Sunday in a dominant display from the pole position.
The Renault driver, who has now won five of the season's 10 races, recorded his sixth career win.
Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher finished second and third, respectively.
It was the first time the Renault team -- carmaker and engine -- had won the French GP since 1983, and it came when there was no French driver in the field. The first time in 40 years.
"The car performed extremely well again in the race," Alonso said. "It was competitive from the first lap. I saw Jarno [Trulli] going down a bit, so I pushed a little bit more until the gap was nice, and we controlled the race a little bit more."
All the teams were back on the track, two weeks after 14 cars boycotted the US Grand Prix over concerns about tire safety.
Raikkonen, who started on the grid in 13th spot, was 11.8 seconds behind in his McLaren-Mercedes. Although he had the third fastest qualifying time, the Finn was penalized 10 spots on his qualifying position of third, having changed his engine following its failure during Friday's practice.
Ferrari's Schumacher was almost a lap behind. He won the US Grand Prix against only five other drivers, and not including Alonso or Raikkonen.
Alonso led from the start and was never challenged. Such was his dominance that he built on his lead despite taking three pit stops compared to Raikkonen's two.
Defending Indy Racing League champion Tony Kanaan won a late duel with Andretti Green teammate Dan Wheldon to win the Argent Mortgage Indy 300.
"The biggest nose won," Kanaan said after his first victory of the season.
With only three cautions and the last 61 laps of the 200-lap race under green, Wheldon's strategy of pitting earlier than the rest of the field appeared to have him headed to his fifth victory in eight races this season.
The points leader and Indianapolis 500 winner took the lead with three laps to go, when defending race champion Buddy Rice had to pit.
But Kanaan, who pitted in the 190th lap, went ahead on the next lap and then held on to beat Wheldon by .012 seconds -- the sixth-closest finish in IRL history -- for the Brazilian's fifth career victory.
"I love Tony to bits. I'm glad he beat me instead of somebody else, but losing like this is difficult to take," said Wheldon, who led 111 laps after struggling to find speed all week and starting 11th.
Vitor Meira, running just behind the leaders, made a last-second dive to the inside, crossing below the white line, but still came up third. It was the only bright spot in an otherwise disappointing day for Rahal Letterman Racing, which took the top three spots in qualifying and hoped to match last year's one-two finish.
Danica Patrick, just the second woman to start from the pole, finished ninth at Kansas Speedway.
"It would have been nice to finish up front, where I think the car was fast enough to finish, but I worked so hard today," Patrick said. "I basically raced side by side for 200 laps. I did all that I could."
Dario Franchitti, another Andretti Green racer, was fourth, followed by Tomas Scheckter, Scott Sharp, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, Patrick and Rice.
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