Raikkonen says still in title hunt

The Finn, starting from pole position, led from the start and went on to score his third consecutive victory at the Spa circuit.

He finished ahead of teammate Felipe Massa to move 13 points behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton, fourth today, with just three races remaining.

Raikkonen believes everything is possible in the remaining races and is not ready to give up on his title hopes.

"We haven't given up and are still in the hunt," said Raikkonen. "We reduced the gap again. We lost a bit in the last race but anything can happen. There are still three races to go, everyone is so close and we will fight hard and sometimes things can go wrong for all of us.

"We will keep pushing and see what happens. If we do it will be amazing but we will keep pushing and we don't give up."

He added: "We knew that we were going to be much stronger here than in Monza. We know the reasons why we cannot challenge them in circuits like Monza, Monaco and Montreal.

"We are trying to fix the problems for next year and then we can be pretty strong. Here is more to do with aero and our car is stronger in those areas."

Belgium was the last race of the European season, and Formula One will now travel to new territory at the Fuji circuit for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Raikkonen admitted he is unsure about what to expect from the Japanese track.

"I don't even know how the circuit looks so it's difficult to say," he said. "What I heard is it might be not the best place for us but wee will see. The last three races can be either way, it will be close. In qualifying we have a hard time against McLaren and in the race we can be stronger.

"We need to improve in qualifying and we can always be quicker in the race. We keep working and try to improve."

Ferrari mathematically clinched the Formula One constructors' title, subject to any appeal from McLaren against their penalty in the next week.