Giancarlo Fisichella has set his sights on standing on top of the podium for real after being belatedly handed his maiden grand prix victory.

The Italian has been declared the winner of last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at the expense of Kimi Raikkonen after race stewards overturned their original decision when reconvening in Paris after a timing fault was corrected.

Fisichella said: "I am very happy that the FIA and everybody recognises that I won the Brazilian Grand Prix.

"I already thought 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.

"But I am pleased that it is clear now that I have won my first grand prix. I'm looking forward to more podiums and wins in the future."

The decision also brought joy to Fisichella's Silverstone-based Jordan team, who can now celebrate their fourth grand prix victory in their 200th race.

Team boss Eddie Jordan, speaking after the FIA hearing, said: "This is fantastic for the team. Any victory at the moment is a major result.

"We are very happy. I need to tell Giancarlo Fisichella the good news. He won his first race.

"Initially we thought we had won it, but there was a misunderstanding. Fortunately this was put right today.

"This is fantastic. We so desperately wanted to win that race. The right decision was made today. We'll sleep very well tonight."

The Irishman added: "This decision is very important to us. It's a good decision. Today is a really, really, really major day for Jordan.

"I was concerned this morning. You never know what can happen, but what happened is we went in and the FIA looked at the evidence that was available to them and they decided that Fisichella was the winner."

Thirty-year-old Fisichella had wildly celebrated the victory after the rain-sodden race at Interlagos was ended 18 laps early when Renault's Fernando Alonso crashed after smashing into debris left by Jaguar's Mark Webber.

But after a couple of minutes, Finn Raikkonen was given the victory on the two-lap countback rule as he had been leading on lap 53, with stewards ruling the race had ended on lap 55.

Fisichella had swept past Raikkonen on lap 54 to take the lead and although bitterly disappointed, he sportingly accepted the stewards' decision as did team chief Jordan.

On Wednesday, FIA, the sport's governing body, revealed there was evidence Fisichella had already started his 56th lap when the red flag ended the race, but this had not been known because of a timing error.

The stewards were ordered to reconvene at FIA's headquarters in the Place de la Concorde on Friday where the result was amended.

The decision gave the new Jordan-Ford partnership their first victory and the American car giant's win since the 1999 European Grand Prix. It also increased Ford's record of F1 wins to 176.

Ford of Europe's president and chief operating officer Martin Leach said: "We are absolutely delighted with this result.

"Giancarlo Fisichella drove superbly under extraordinary circumstances to take home such an incredible win and he deserves great credit and recognition.

"This result provides a great boost for everyone at Jordan Grand Prix and at Ford, especially in the context of what is our centennial year at Ford Motor Company."