 Complete the following phrase:  A month after Alonsos departure, it was confirmed that Heikki Kovalainen would drive the second car for McLaren in alongside Hamilton, who signed a new five-year multimillion-pound contract to stay with the team until 2012. Hamilton won the first race of the season, the , from pole. In Malaysia, he finished fifth from ninth on the grid, serving a penalty for impeding Nick Heidfelds qualifying lap. He was back on the podium in Spain where he finished third, before finishing second in Turkey, and winning the to take the lead of the championship. In 