World champion Fernando Alonso took third ahead of McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton after an opening corner duel, reducing the rookie's lead in the drivers' standings to two points with three races remaining.

Raikkonen's victory only looked in doubt when Massa launched a late attack with three of the 44 laps to go. When it was clear Massa would not get past the Finn, the two drivers eased up to coast at the checkered flag.

"It was a perfect thing for the team, 1-2," Raikkonen said.

Raikkonen celebrated by spinning his car on the track, sending a white plume of burnt rubber up in the air in front of 65,000 fans at the 4.325-mile track. With his victory, Raikkonen also maintained his outside chance to win the world title.

"We haven't given up hope. We are still in the hunt," Raikkonen said. "We just keep pushing and see what happens."

In the standings, Hamilton has 97 points and Alonso has 95. Raikkonen is third with 84 and Massa fourth with 77. With races still to come in Japan, China and Brazil, a maximum 30 points can be won.

Another clean race for both Alonso and Hamilton even though none got close to winning was good enough for McLaren after a tumultuous week.

"We've got a great world championship," McLaren team leader Ron Dennis said.

The 1-2 victory also assured Ferrari of the constructors' title since McLaren was thrown out. Ferrari has an insurmountable lead of 161 points, with BMW Sauber second with 90.

Raikkonen finished Sunday in 1 hour, 20 minutes, 39.066 seconds, beating Massa by 4.695. Alonso was 14.343 back, and Hamilton 23.615 behind.

Nick Heidfeld in a BMW Sauber was fifth, ahead of Williams' Nico Rosberg.

Even though Spa has the most spectacular track on the circuit, the race was uneventful, with the top four on the grid finishing in the same positions and never overtaking each other. The only momentary chances came during the drivers' two pit stops.

The biggest incident came at the start and highlighted the hot rivalry between McLaren teammates Alonso and Hamilton.

Alonso, starting third on the grid ahead of Hamilton, immediately moved over to attack the Source hairpin, blocking Hamilton's way.

Coming out and gathering speed, Alonso went wide and pushed Hamilton onto the sidetrack.

"I was lucky to be on the inside," said Alonso, arguing his aggressive style was partly caused by Massa's position in the opening corner.

Dennis defended Alonso's tactics.

"They're racing drivers. No one would blink if it was opposing teams," he said.

Once that issue was settled, Raikkonen steadily built his lead over Massa and the two McLaren riders.

"They were too quick for us today," Alonso said. "Slowly they were disappearing. After the first stop we didn't see them anymore."

After the McLaren cars staged a stunning coup by finishing 1-2 at Ferrari's home Grand Prix last Sunday, the red Ferrari cars proved they were superior on the challenging Spa circuit, with Raikkonen building a lead of more than 15 seconds over third-place Alonso by halfway.

If anything in the race was to change, it was to happen during the second pit stop to put on slick tires.