Fernando Alonso (Renault) Finished 4th
We have now won the battle for fourth place in the constructors’ championship, which was our objective, and so we can approach the Brazilian Grand Prix with confidence and aim to make the most of this final race of the year

Nelson Piquet (Renault) Finished 8th
It was a difficult race but I am happy with my performance. I have scored an important point, which has helped the team finally confirm its fourth place in the constructors’ championship.

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Finished 1st
I made one of my best-ever starts and had perfect balance during the race. I’ve got a seven-point lead in the world championship, but that doesn’t allow me to take anything for granted. It might be another step towards my dream but we’ve still got to stay calm and keep our heads

Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) Retired
I had a problem with the pneumatic system so the team called me in as a precautionary measure. Later, I was still running in the points when I had a puncture early on in the lap. We still have a chance to win the constructors’ championship in Brazil

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Finished 2nd
I will continue to fight right to the very end and I can’t wait to race in Interlagos in front of my home crowd. It’s just that today it was impossible for me to win. I feel a bit as though I’m in a penalty shoot-out in the football World Cup finals. We cannot make any more mistakesthree.

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) Finished 3rd
We secured a very good result for the Constructors’ classification. Now we go to Brazil where we must try and get a one-two finish and then we can see where we stand in both Championships. Felipe passing me? I am part of a team

Nico Rosberg (Williams) Finished 15th
It didn’t really represent our capability as our pace was okay and we were the tenth fastest car. we can look forward to Brazil which should be a bit better for us, and then after this season working with the team on a positive winter in order to move us forward for next year.

Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) Finished 12th
Initially it was very hard work managing the car on a heavy fuel load. I lost position off the line, but during the first stint I managed to develop a good race pace. I had to work hard to keep quite a few cars behind me and defend my position

Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) Finished 6th
I’m pleased with sixth. I made up a position at the start and then another two when Jarno Trulli and Sebastien Bourdais touched in the first corner. There is now one race left, and I shall try hard to defend my third place in the drivers’ championship.

Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) Finished 5th
At the start I gained positions and in corner two I overtook Sebastian Vettel on the outside. It is a fact we now don’t have any hopes of claiming the constructors’ title, and neither can Robert win the drivers’ championship. But we shouldn’t be too disappointed, the team has had a fantastic third season

Jenson Button (Honda) Finished 16th
I had very poor traction and corner apex understeer and I had some fun overtaking Sutil and Nakajima into the hairpin at the start. After my final pitstop I had a clear stint on the option tyre and the car balance felt reasonable. Overall a frustrating race as I wasn’t able to find out my true pace

Rubens Barrichello (Honda) Finished 11th
I had a great start and first lap where I overtook three cars to move up to 10th and went flat out for the whole race to try and make up some ground on the people ahead. We have to be pleased with making the best out of the package

Timo Glock (Toyota) Finished 7th
We struggled a bit to warm up the tyres at the beginning but from then on the car felt good and we had very good pace. At the end of the first stint I had a light car but I couldn’t make the most of it because I was stuck behind Nick Heidfeld when he came out of his first stop.

Jarno Trulli (Toyota) Retired
It is frustrating because Bourdais did this once before this year at Spa, where he also ruined my race at the first corner. Sebastien Bourdais suddenly hit the right side of my car at the rear and damaged it. There is one more race to go and we will push to the end

David Coulthard (Red Bull) Finished 10th
I tried to keep out of racing too much with the two stoppers so I wouldn’t lose time, but ultimately I don’t think there was much more I could have done from our grid position than 10th.

Mark Webber (Red Bull) Finished 14th
It’s a shame for Renault, as that was the first engine failure for us. The strategy was always going to be difficult with a ten place penalty, but the guys from Red Bull did a good job.

Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) Finished 9th
I was surprised by Nick going down the outside and he passed a few cars. After that I had to defend my position against Robert on the opening lap. P9 is not bad but it’s the most frustrating place, just outside the points. Now we are all looking forward to Brazil.

Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) Finished 13th
I was halfway alongside Trulli and he turned in. I was right under Sebastian’s rear wing and of course we are all very close in the first corner. We touched, he spun and I went really wide. Finishing 13th, having been last is not a bad result, but it’s disappointing

Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) Finished 17th
We went for a one stop strategy but I was really struggling with the grip to start with. We knew our pace was not really good enough today so we just tried to find a different solution to gain places.

Adrian Sutil (Force India) Retired
I couldn’t select gears anymore and had to pull off just before the main straight and park the car. Until that point I was quite happy in the car, even though the traction and grip was very low so it’s disappointing not to finish yet again

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