Kimi Raikkonen took a well-worked third place in the Grand Prix of Europe, having made a great start from 6th place. Rubens Barichello and Lewis Hamilton took first and second place.

Raikkonen beat McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen to the final podium slot, after the pair had a hard fight in the middle part of the race. Kimi was able to jump him at the second pit-stops.

"It was a good weekend for me and I am happy to score a podium."

"The first aim was to keep Rosberg behind, the car was very good, I could do exactly the same lap time (every time)," Raikkonen added. "I saw that I was catching him a bit, I had a little bit of traffic, so it cost some time.

"I put a few good laps when we came in and it was enough, the last stint was just to stay in third and the car was very nice to drive."

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time



 1.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1h35:51.289



 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     2.358



 3.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +    15.994



 4.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    20.032



 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    20.870



 6.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    27.744



 7.  Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    34.913



 8.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    36.667



 9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    44.910



10.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +    47.935



11.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +    48.822



12.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:03.614



13.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +  1:04.527



14.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  1:26.519



15.  Grosjean      Renault               (B)  +  1:31.774



16.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +     1 lap



17.  Badoer        Ferrari               (B)  +     1 lap



18.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    3 laps







Fastest lap: Glock, 1:38.683