Sep.17 (GMM) Luca di Montezemolo lit the path for Italy's reaction to the Ferrari-one two in Belgium, mere days after championship rival McLaren was kicked out of the teams' battle for spying.

The Maranello based marque's president dedicated the win, although headed by Kimi Raikkonen, to the "English gentleman" who thought it odd that the wife of McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan was using his shop's facilities to copy 780 pages of Ferrari information marked confidential earlier this year.

"Without him it would never have been possible to shine the light onto one of the worst pages in the history of motor sport," Montezemolo said.

"Title won by the honest fighters," cheered Corriere dello Sport. "Long live Ferrari."

With McLaren's points tally reduced to zero last Thursday in Paris, Raikkonen and teammate Felipe Massa's formation finish at Spa-Francorchamps made it mathematically impossible for new second place constructor BMW-Sauber to close the gap in the last three races of 2007.

"This is a result that gives us at least a little justice," Ferrari parent Fiat's managing director Sergio Marchionne told an Italian newspaper.

But the title will only be official pending the expiry of McLaren's right to appeal, although Ron Dennis hinted at Spa that he wants "closure" rather than the prolonging of the damaging scandal.

His Ferrari counterpart Jean Todt suggested: "In his place I would try to avoid finding myself in front of more lawyers.

"The judgement was too mild."

The Gazzetta dello Sport editorial added: "After the Paris judgement, Ferrari earned this perfect victory.

"The disappointment of Monza is forgotten: with hard work the team has won the constructors' title."