Raikkonen wins exciting Spa duel
Kimi Raikkonen managed to keep Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella at bay to clinch Ferrari's first win of 2009 at an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix.
World champion Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button crashed out early on, although the Brawn man's championship lead was cut by only two points to 16.
The incident saw the safety car come out, after which Raikonnen used his power-boost button to take the lead.
Red Bull's title-chasing Sebastian Vettel finished in third at Spa.
He started in eighth but posted the fastest lap of the race and now leapfrogs team-mate Mark Webber in the drivers' championship into third place behind Rubens Barrichello, who flopped over the line in seventh place with a Brawn engine that was close to blowing up.
BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finished fourth and fifth respectively ahead of McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.
Force India secured their historic first points in Formula 1 with Fisichella's second in dry, warm conditions in the Ardennes forest.
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World champion Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button crashed out early on, although the Brawn man's championship lead was cut by only two points to 16.
The incident saw the safety car come out, after which Raikonnen used his power-boost button to take the lead.
Red Bull's title-chasing Sebastian Vettel finished in third at Spa.
He started in eighth but posted the fastest lap of the race and now leapfrogs team-mate Mark Webber in the drivers' championship into third place behind Rubens Barrichello, who flopped over the line in seventh place with a Brawn engine that was close to blowing up.
BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finished fourth and fifth respectively ahead of McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.
Force India secured their historic first points in Formula 1 with Fisichella's second in dry, warm conditions in the Ardennes forest.
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Raikkonen wins exciting Spa duel
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