Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, I had a bit of a difficult start on the dirty side and didn’t get away too well and dropped behind Jarno. He was pretty slow, I suppose he was heavy on fuel, so I absolutely had to get by him. The problem was my only chance was turn one where I wasn’t ever quite close enough and turn seven where on the inside it is so bumpy it is simply impossible to out brake someone. I mean it is very, very difficult. So it took some time and I was literally alongside and I could just brake on the inside but even then it was quite a hairy moment as I locked up everything. I came through and then I was doing one qualifying lap after another because I knew it was my only chance to break clear of that group and it worked out well.

Q: It also worked out well after you incurred the penalty as you had enough cushion to get a very strong position towards the end of the race.
NR: Yeah, when I saw the safety car coming out just on the lap where I had to pit, the crew had already told me come in this lap and then the safety car comes out and I was thinking ‘this is not possible, it is every single time exactly the same thing.’ I was really annoyed and I thought that was it, that was the end of it. I then realised I was able to pull enough of a gap afterwards to be in a good position after my stop and go, so that was great.

Q: I guess that means the car felt pretty good underneath you.
NR: Yeah, it felt pretty good and we are definitely quite strong on this track which is really pleasing that we had a good chance this weekend. Everything went our way for once which is fantastic for me and for the whole team.

Q: Lewis, how did your pit stop go when you came in for the first time?
Lewis HAMILTON: My pit stop went really well actually. To be honest I was held and had to wait a little bit because there were a few cars coming past, including Felipe and perhaps Nico or someone coming into his stop, so I lost a little bit of time there but fortunately it didn’t cause me any troubles. We had great pace generally. It was unfortunate that I got stuck behind David Coulthard as he was a good second slower than me but also a good second slower than everyone in front of us. It was so difficult to get close to him and to overtake but he drove a fantastic race and so did these two guys. It is good to be up here though, we got good points.

Q: Talk us through the last stage of the race after the restart. What were your thoughts?
LH: Well, obviously to try and get as close to Nico as possible and see if there was an opportunity there but I had no need to take any risks as both Ferraris were out of the points. I mean I pushed as much as I could to close the gap but again when you get close to someone, especially the last couple of corners, it is just impossible to overtake. This is not a great circuit to overtake but I really enjoy driving the track. I anticipated it being probably the hardest circuit to drive on but it was nowhere near, so I was feeling pretty happy.

Q: Early on in the race Felipe was pulling away from you and then Kimi was starting to catch you. What state were you in at that point?
LH: I think in the first few laps being behind Felipe but being quite quick compared to him at the beginning I probably used up more of my tyres than I potentially needed to. That was the only opportunity for me to get past him. Unfortunately my rear tyres just dropped away a little bit as we always see. They are always great at looking after their tyres but nevertheless we came through. It was a tough weekend but we got some good points and I am very, very happy.