PARIS -- Jordan driver Giancarlo Fisichella was declared the winner of Formula One's Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, five days after the race.

The sport's governing body ruled that Fisichella was leading before the race was stopped due to numerous crashes and spinouts on the rain-soaked Interlagos track Sunday. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen, previously declared winner, was dropped to second.

"Right at this moment, any victory is a major result for us," said Jordan team owner and founder Eddie Jordan, who emerged from FIA's Paris headquarters with his fist clenched in victory.

"Giancarlo has won the race. It's a fantastic victory for him, his first ever Grand Prix, but we're all delighted."

The race was stopped in what appeared to be the 55th lap, when Spanish driver Fernando Alonso crashed into wreckage left by Australian driver Mark Webber .

Fisichella was leading, but Raikkonen was declared winner because he had been in front two laps before the race was halted. Fisichella was second.

But FIA ruled Friday that Fisichella was on his 56th lap when the race was stopped. Under F-1 rules, that meant the race officially was stopped on lap 54, and Fisichella was leading at that point.

"We were always aware that we were on lap 56 and that has been proved beyond doubt today," Jordan said. "Now, everything has been put to rights I'm overjoyed."

The victory was Fisichella's first in 110 races.

"It was very difficult for me with the confusion after the race, and I am still disappointed that I didn't have my moment at the top of the podium," the 30-year-old Fisichella said in a statement.

Fisichella moved into fifth in the overall standings with 10 points. Raikkonen, the overall leader, had his point total reduced from 26 points to 24.

"I'm pleased that any confusion has now been cleared up," McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said in a statement. "The evidence presented leaves no doubt that Giancarlo and Jordan are the winners."

The win was the fourth in 200 Grand Prix races, and the first since 1999, for the Jordan team.