Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro are unbeatable in the 2007 Constructors' championship following Sunday's resounding one-two in the sunny Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. McLaren's points have been taken away following the FIA World Council judgement on Thursday. Ferrari have 161 points to BMW Sauber's 90, so they are now uncatchable.

The Driver's championship is still open, however. Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finished an excellent one-two, but Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were three-four. Hamilton now leads the championship by just two points from his team mate, while Alonso is eleven points ahead of Raikkonen, who is seven ahead of team mate Massa.

The Ferraris led off the front row into the tight La Source hairpin where Massa slightly locked up, tempting Alonso to go wide around him which pushed team mate Hamilton even wider around him. The second McLaren ran right off the circuit but was able to get back on without problems, rejoining in fourth place. At the end of lap one, Raikkonen already had a 1.3s gap to team mate Massa who was pushed by Alonso and Hamilton before a small gap to fifth placed Nico Rosberg, followed by Heikki Kovalainen, Mark Webber, Nick Heidfeld (who had lost two places) and Ralf Schumacher.

Raikkonen would gradually ease away from Massa during the opening stint, while the second Ferrari would do the same to the McLarens. But the silver cars remained just a couple of seconds apart. As expected, the four pulled away from the rest, where the one-stopping Kovalainen steadily dropped back as the BMW Saubers recovered, Kubica after a ten place hit on the grid due to an engine change. The two-stoppers began to pit on lap 14. Raikkonen had pulled out a 5.4s gap over team mate Massa, with a similar gap back to Alonso, but Hamilton was only three seconds behind his team mate in fourth place. After their first stops, Raikkonen's lead had dropped to 4.8s, but Massa's margin to Alonso had risen to more than double that. Hamilton was still around 2.5s behind his teammate.

In the second stint, Raikkonen's lead would fluctuate by as much as two seconds, but it was still 5.9s when the Finn pitted on lap 31, while the Ferraris' margin back to the first McLaren was now 14 seconds. Hamilton, however, had dropped further behind his team mate. Raikkonen was only two seconds ahead of Massa when they emerged from their second stops, now on softer tyres, which they both were surprised to find quite favourable. That gap rose to nearly 4.7s over the final 12 laps, with the Ferraris ensuring their one-two with some careful laps which saw their margin over the McLarens come down from 14s to just under ten at the chequered flag. Hamilton also dropped back from behind his team mate, but as ever, the first four finished but this time with the Ferraris ahead of the McLarens.

Nick Heidfeld managed to overtake Rosberg for fifth place at the first stop, but the Williams driver sealed sixth place with Mark Webber scoring an excellent seventh. Kovalainen was pushed all the way to the chequered flag by Robert Kubica but hung on to score the final championship point. This was the seventh victory of the season for Ferrari and the fourth for Kimi Raikkonen.
 

Today's is the fourteenth Ferrari win in the Belgian Grand Prix, number 199 out of 755 Grands Prix entered by the Scuderia. Kimi took his 13th win from 119 Formula 1 races: three of these wins, consecutively have come at Spa-Francorchamps. It is the third one-two of the season for Ferrari, the seventy fifth in its history.

Jean Todt: "Seventh win, the fourth with Kimi and the third one-two of the year. These are the numbers after a fantastic weekend and they come courtesy of all the work of a great team, which is working as one, united and motivated, while the drivers also did a great job. Also playing a key role as ever was the support of our technical and partners, such as Shell. Of course, with hindsight it is easy to say we should have more points to our name at this stage of the season. It is down to us to correct our mistakes and improve our strong points. This is the key, if we want to have a chance of winning the championships. There are three races to go and we will tackle them in the same spirit with the same approach as always, which means to say, with determination, passion and team spirit."

Kimi Raikkonen: "A great day! I had some doubts about the car's handling after yesterday's qualifying, but everything went well. The car worked very well for the whole race: I was quick enough in the first part to control the race after that. It is nice to win here on my favourite track for the third time in a row. Now we must continue to push. We are still a long way off in the championship but we are not giving up and we will keep going right to the very end of the championship."

Felipe Massa: "It was a good race. I just had a bit of oversteer in the first stint but, at the stop we made a change to the front wing. The soft tyres worked very well and it might have been better to use them even for the first stint but you can only see things like that after the race. I am very happy for the team as we really wanted this one-two! Now, the situation in the championship is a bit better and we will continue to fight to the end, believe it!"

Luca Baldisserri: "It was a great weekend. After a very close qualifying which saw us get both our cars on the front row, today we dominated the race. The F2007s worked really well, also thanks to the help of our technical partners, first and foremost Shell. The start was very important and then Kimi built up the gap in the first stint. Both drivers were exceptional, as was the whole team, both on the track and at home. Now we prepare for the last three races, starting with the Japanese Grand Prix, which takes place at a new venue. We will have to be as well prepared as possible to give it our utmost to try and repeat a day like today."

Race details: Kimi Raikkonen: 1st 1:20.39.066 44 laps chassis 262; Felipe Massa: 2nd + 4.695 44 laps chassis 263; Weather: air temperature 21 °C, track temperature 26/27 °C, clear skies.