Raikkonen: qualifying decided race result

The Ferrari driver finished behind teammate Felipe Massa, who led from pole position, despite putting the Brazilian under pressure for several laps.

Raikkonen had started from third position but made a good start to move ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

"I had a very good car but at this stage in F1 is difficult to get past," said Raikkonen, now in fourth place in the standings behind Massa.

"The race was really decided yesterday. I tried to do something at the pitstops but when two teammates are fighting usually whoever is first is going to stay there.

"The car was good but there was nothing I could do."

Raikkonen, 16 points behind McLaren's Hamilton with five races remaining, set the fastest lap of the race with two laps to go.

The Finn admitted he had done it out of boredom.

"It is boring driving behind other cars," he said. "In F1 these days the races are pretty much decided after qualifying, but I just wanted to push like the other cars. It gives you something to do."