Felipe Massa [ Images ] led a Ferrari [ Images ] one-two to win the French Grand Prix [ Images ] on Sunday and take the lead in the Formula One championship for the first time.

Massa's third victory of the season, and eighth of his career, made the 27-year-old Sao Paulo driver the first Brazilian to lead the standings since the late triple champion Ayrton Senna in 1993.

Team mate Kimi Raikkonen [ Images ], the world champion who won at Magny-Cours last year, led from pole but was overtaken by Massa just after the halfway mark when his Ferrari slowed with a suspected exhaust problem.

Massa took the chequered flag 17.9 seconds clear of Raikkonen on an overcast and damp afternoon at the circuit in the heart of rural France [ Images ].

Italy's [ Images ] Jarno Trulli [ Images ] gave Toyota [ Images ], mourning the death of former team principal Ove Andersson, their first podium finish since the Australian Grand Prix of April, 2006, after holding off McLaren's [ Images ] Heikki Kovalainen [ Images ] in a thrilling chase to the line.

The two cars came close to banging wheels on the penultimate lap as Kovalainen tried in vain to pass.

Poland's Robert Kubica [ Images ], the championship leader for BMW-Sauber before Sunday's race after winning in Canada [ Images ], finished fifth with Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber [ Images ] sixth.

Renault's [ Images ] Brazilian rookie Nelson Piquet finally took his first point in Formula One, at the eighth attempt, with seventh place ahead of team mate and double world champion Fernando Alonso [ Images ] in eighth.

Massa, becoming the fourth driver to lead the championship in the space of eight races, now has 48 points to Kubica's 46 with Raikkonen ending a two-race barren run to move up to third place with 43.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton [ Images ], who had been level with Massa in second place, finished 10th after starting 13th due to a 10-place penalty on the grid incurred for colliding with Raikkonen in the Canadian Gp pit lane.

The 23-year-old Briton suffered a further blow when he picked up a drive-through penalty after 13 laps that dropped him from ninth to 16th place.

Honda's Briton Jenson Button [ Images ] was the only driver to retire from the race.