Kimi Raikkonen of Finland won a shortened Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday after the race on a rain-drenched track was stopped because of spinouts and crashes.
The race was halted during the 55th lap, with Italy's Giancarlo Fisichella in front. But officials declared the race over at the end of the 53rd lap, when Raikkonen was first.
Only 10 of the 20 drivers finished the race, which normally runs 71 laps.
This was the second consecutive victory for Raikkonen, who won last month's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Fisichella celebrated with his crew moments after the race was stopped, then learned he came in second.
``I won the race, but rules are rules,'' he said. ``But I never thought I would get second place to begin with, so this is a great result.''
Five-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was knocked out of the running earlier when his car spun off the 4.309km Interlagos course. Also spinning out in the same wet corner were Juan Pablo Montoya, Antonio Pizzonia, Jensen Button and Justin Wilson.
No one was hurt but all the cars were damaged.
Rubens Barrichello, on the pole, was forced out because of engine trouble. The Brazilian drove his Ferrari off the track during the 47th lap after taking the lead in the 44th.
That left both Ferrari drivers, Schumacher and Barrichello, out of the race.
``The car came out of the lake corner and it cut out, completely,'' Barrichello said. ``I'm not sure yet what happened. Up to that moment it was all going fine.''
Raikkonen, in a McLaren-Mercedes, finished in one hour, 29 minutes, 53.179 seconds. Fisichella was 0.831 seconds behind. Spain's Fernando Alonso was third, followed by Britain's David Coulthard and Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
The race was stopped shortly after Alonso went out of control and crashed in debris that littered the track following Mark Webber's crash a short time earlier.
Alonso was taken away in a stretcher and gave a thumbs up sign as he was carried away. The Spanish driver was taken by helicopter to a hospital and was ``out of danger,'' but details of his injuries were not immediately available, race spokesman Marcio Fonseca said.
A hospital statement said that he was conscious and in stable condition.
Webber appeared unharmed and wasn't sure why he spun and crashed into a fence. ``I lost all grip,'' he said. ``I don't know why. There may have been something on the track.''
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