Formula One's governing body has overturned the result of Sunday's chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix and awarded a first career victory to Jordan's Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella.
Championship leader Kimi Raikkonen, declared the winner at Interlagos, was demoted to second place after a meeting of race stewards at International Automobile Federation (FIA) headquarters today.
"I am delighted for Giancarlo, the team, Ford and all our sponsors," said team boss Eddie Jordan.
"Sunday's race was absolutely thrilling and I am very grateful to the FIA for examining the results in such detail and acknowledging that the victory is Giancarlo's."
The decision resulted from a timing discrepancy, unprecedented in Formula One history, after evidence came to light that race leader Fisichella had started one lap more than the 55 announced on Sunday.
The 71-lap Brazilian Grand Prix was stopped after two crashes left the track strewn with wreckage. Under a countback system, the winner was declared to be the driver leading two laps before the halt.
Fisichella, whose car caught fire after the race was stopped, had overtaken Raikkonen on lap 54.
The victory is Fisichella's first in 110 starts and Jordan's first since Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen claimed the 1999 Italian Grand Prix.
"I am very happy that the FIA and everybody recognises that I won the Brazilian Grand Prix," the driver said in a team statement today.
"I already thought that this was the case and the team believed it straight away and then in recent days when the evidence was examined, we knew it was true and hoped it would become official."
"It was very difficult for me with the confusion after the race and I'm still disappointed that I didn't have my moment at the top of the podium," he added.