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Stunned Raikkonen savours amazing win

A stunned Kimi Raikkonen was far more perky than his usual self after victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix brought him his maiden F1 drivers' title, against the odds.

"For sure we weren't in the strongest position at many points this season but we always believed we could recover and do a better job than the others," Raikkonen said. "We didn't give up and it was good in the end we came from behind to reduce the gap and go and win both championships."

"I got a very good start side-by-side with Felipe but we didn't want to race against each other too hard," he added. "The main thing was to get past Hamilton and then when he went off I thought maybe we have a chance now. We had very good speed in the car and were just taking it easy - we could have gone much faster if we needed to.

"I wasn't really 100 per cent sure in the final laps when Lewis was seventh in case someone ahead of him might stop so I was just really waiting and it took a long time to finally hear that we won it," he concluded.

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