The Finn enjoyed an uneventful race to finish behind McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton, whose team is now just two points behind Ferrari with two races left.

Raikkonen admitted he was comfortable with his car today, but claimed it was lacking speed to beat Hamilton.

"Today the car wasn't bad, but it was not quick enough to fight for the podium," said Raikkonen. "This fourth place is useful in terms of keeping the team in third place in the Constructors' Championship, but it will be hard to hang onto it over the final two races. I will definitely do everything I can though.

"I was unable to make up places at the start, especially as the first corner is not that far from the start line and so I was unable to make the most of the KERS.

"In the first stint, when I was on hard tyres, the situation was a bit difficult, but then, once on the softs, things improved considerably.

"I managed to close on Heidfeld and pass him at the pit stop, even though, coming away from my stop, I found myself in traffic behind Button. Then there was not much to fight for to the end of the race."

Classified:















Pos  Driver        Team                      Time







 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1h28:20.443







 2.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +     4.877







 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     6.472







 4.  Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)  +     7.940







 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +     8.793







 6.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +     9.509







 7.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    10.641







 8.  Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    11.474







 9.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +    11.777







10.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    13.065







11.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    13.735







12.  Fisichella    Ferrari               (B)  +    14.596







13.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +    14.959







14.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +    15.734







15.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    17.973







16.  Grosjean      Renault               (B)  +     1 lap







17.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +    2 laps















Fastest lap: Webber, 1:32.569















Not classified/retirements:















Driver        Team                      On lap







Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    58







Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    26







Glock         Toyota                (B)    15