Kimi Raikkonen was happy that Ferrari secured the constructors' championship, despite Felipe Massa being unable to clinch the drivers' crown.

The Finn helped his teammate and finished in front of Lewis Hamilton in today's Brazilian Grand Prix, but that was not enough, as the McLaren driver secured fifth place and the title.

Raikkonen, who wound up third, admitted it had not been an easy race, but was pleased that Ferrari took the teams' title.

"I did what I was supposed to do, and it wasn't the best race ever but the car was quite difficult," said Raikkonen. "It was quite tricky to get the front tyres working and the first and second stint were quite difficult at the beginning.

"I was catching up Fernando but then came the rain and I was right behind him but I could not come in. We decided to stay with third place.

"For us we won the teams championship and it was unlucky for Felipe but that was one of our aims, that is what we wanted.

"It was not the easiest thing for the team but we got the good results for the team and we must be happy. It hasn't been an easy year all the way through but I am very happy with that."

The result allowed Raikkonen to move into third place in the championship, overtaking BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica.