Alonso wins at Monte Carlo for second straight year

Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo on Sunday, becoming the first driver to win consecutively with different teams.

The 25-year-old Spaniard finished ahead of McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton, with third-place Felipe Massa’s Ferrari the only other car on the same lap as Alonso took the checkered flag.

Alonso finished 4.095 seconds ahead of Hamilton and 1:09.114 in front of Massa after 78 laps on the twisting 2.076-mile street circuit.

“I’ve never won with more than a minute to the third guy [before],” Alonso said. “For sure, this was one of the easiest and nicest victories so far.”

The two-time Formula One champion won last year’s race for Renault from the pole position after Michael Schumacher was stripped of the honor for hindering him in qualifying. It was Alonso’s 17th overall win and the second this season as McLaren claimed its 150th F1 victory.

“It has been a fantastic weekend, no doubt,” Alonso said. “A hat trick: fastest lap, pole position and win.”

Alonso and Hamilton share the lead in the standings with 38 points, five ahead of third-place Massa.

Scott Speed, the only American driver in Formula One, came within 10 seconds of gaining his first Grand Prix point -- and the first point by an American in 14 years.

The Manteca, Calif., native finished ninth in his Toro Rosso.

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Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael raced to his second victory of the season and 98th AMA Motocross win of his career, taking the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship’s Kawasaki/Monster Energy High Point National.

Carmichael edged Kawasaki’s James Stewart for the eighth win of his career at Mount Morris, Pa., and his 146th overall victory.