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Kimi leads Ferrari one-two

Kimi Raikkonen has won the Belgian Grand Prix. The Finn dominated the race at Spa-Francorchamps from pole position to the finish line. His team mate Felipe Massa finished right behind him in second while McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton finished in third and fourth.

The Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix went underway at 14.00 with a perfect start for Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. The McLaren drivers, coming from row two, didn't gave each other much space coming out of La Source. Alonso pushed Hamilton wide and the duo dived into Eau Rouge together. Hamilton stood down and let Alonso go up the hill first.

At Renault the team decided to change Fisichella's engine on Saturday evening and thus the Italian had to start from the back of the grid. Instead the team decided to let him start from the pitlane. He was joined in the pitlane by Anthony Davidson. Adrian Sutil surprised a few with a stunning start driving from P19 to P13. The German drove extremely well as he was chasing Red Bull driver David Coulthard.

Robert Kubica had to start from P15 but also drove a great race. The BMW driver moved himself up to ninth position overtaking many drivers in his opening laps. Heikki Kovalainen wasn't going to let him pass though and kept the door closed to clinch one point for the Renault team.

In front of the field it was a pretty boring race. Kimi Raikkonen opened a little gap between him and Massa and together the Ferrari duo led the race from start to finish. Behind them the McLaren drivers didn't experience an exciting race either as they kept position and finished the race in third and fourth.

With Ferrari's double the Italians won the constructors' championship on Sunday. As McLaren was taken out of the constrcutors' championship there is no other team that could overtake the team from Maranello. In the drivers' championship Lewis Hamilton is still leading, but only with two points over Fernando Alonso and with Raikkonen in third, 13 points behind on Hamilton.

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