Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), Aug 30 (DPA) Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen Sunday won the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps course to give his team their first victory since last year's Brazilian GP.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, who started from pole, gave the Force India team their first-ever point by finishing a sensational second, while German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel was third.

Raikkonen needed one hour 23:50.995 seconds for the 44 laps of 7.004 kilometres each for a total distance of 308.052 km.

The safety car had to be deployed on the first lap after a multiple-car crash saw defending world champion Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes, championship leader Brawn GP's Jenson Button, the Toro Rosso of Jaime Alguersuari and Romain Grosjean in a Renault withdraw.

After the safety car withdrew, Raikkonen's Ferrari, which was driving with the speed-accelerating KERS system, took only a couple of laps to overtake Fisichella for the lead.

The Finn managed to hold onto the lead after the first fuel stop.

However, Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was in third place in the championship standings ahead of the race, lost valuable ground when he was given a drive-through penalty after being released by his pit crew too early and nearly crashed into BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld.

Raikkonen and Fisichella were then trading times as there was very little to chose between their speeds as Renault's Fernando Alonso had climbed up to third.

Toyota's Jarno Trulli, who started the race in second place had to retire in the 21st lap with engine trouble after having fallen behind through two bad pit stops.