Cyril Dumont, Renault: It was a pretty difficult race - we didn't have particularly good starts with either car and then Seb made a small mistake. It's a shame not to finish higher, but we cannot win all the races, so to finish third and fourth, it's not too bad overall and we still bought home a good haul of points for the Constructors' Championship. I would like to congratulate all the guys that did the last pit stop, as they did a fantastic job to get the fourth place today.

"He made a brilliant start from the front row, storming past Mark [Webber] into the lead, and then nailed the first few laps.

"After that, the team made all the right strategy calls, and the pitcrew executed the pitstops faultlessly, under extreme pressure.

"It was a gripping race, real edge-of-the-seat stuff, with all three teams involved operating at the top of their form. When that happens, the victory is particularly hard-won - and mighty satisfying too.

Believe me, this success will be celebrated loud and long in Nürburgring and Woking tonight - and in Brixworth and Stuttgart too, homes of Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines, whose home Grand Prix this is. As always, their engine was superb today.

"Jenson had a difficult weekend, however, and his race ended prematurely today as a result of a hydraulic failure. He'll be disappointed, inevitably, but he's a magnificent team player, and a fabulous driver, and I'm sure he'll bounce back in Budapest next weekend.

"As for Lewis, well, I reckon his 16th Grand Prix victory was one of his very best: a scintillatingly authoritative performance that all too clearly underlines what a fearsomely competitive individual he is."

Stefano Domenicali: A positive team result at the end of a great race, which was very exciting and in which both our drivers delivered a very good performance. The weather was the worst it could be for us and to have been in the fight for the win right to the end of the race is significant. We are working in the right direction and we have to continue like this, while realising we have to raise our performance level still further. I am sorry for Felipe, who lost a place at the very last pit stop: these things happen as we have seen so often this year down the length of the pit lane. Now, there are just a few hours to pause for breath before immediately turning our attention to the next round in Budapest, where we would like to confirm all the progress we have seen to date, while remaining well aware that we are up some very strong opposition. It's not by chance that Fernando has scored more points in the last three races than any other driver and the team has done best in the last two. It means we are pushing as hard as possible and we believe in what we are doing, without ever giving up in our efforts.

Pat Fry: I think it was clear to see that even on a track like this one and with the worst possible weather for us, we confirmed the progress first seen in the races immediately preceding this one. We knew that, with the cold, and it definitely was cold today, we struggled a bit more than the others to get our tyres up to temperature, with both the Prime and the Option, as could also be seen yesterday in qualifying. Our race pace was very good, but we must consider that today, even with the DRS, overtaking was very difficult: it's not by chance that it was actually easier to overtake at the first corner than in the zone where you could use the moveable wing. We must make a further step forward, but it's a fact that the top three teams are much closer now than at the start of the season. Fernando and Felipe both drove great races. The Brazilian lost time at the start behind a Mercedes, which are very quick in a straight line and then he lost a well deserved fourth place at the final pit stop. A shame, but we know we must work a lot on certain aspects of the car like the wheel nut, which has given us problems this season. In Budapest, we can expect a tough race, but we will tackle it in the same spirit that has marked these last few weekends at the race track: we want to fight for the top places.

Nico completed three stops today, on laps 14, 36, 53, running option/option/option/prime. Michael completed three stops, on laps 15, 37, 56, running option/option/option/prime. Michael's spin on lap 23 cost him over 15 seconds before he began his recovery drive to eight place.

Ross Brawn: "Things looked pretty good for us in the early stages of the race, with Nico running strongly in the top six, and he seemed set for a top six finish. However, the pace was not there in the third stint, which cost him a position. As for Michael, we believe that he braked on a damp patch on the way into turn 10, which caused him to spin. After that, he drove a strong recovery to finish less than ten seconds behind Nico. We saw some good racing all through the field today, with our drivers involved in plenty of it, and scored a few more important points for our Championship position."

Norbert Haug: "At least we scored points today with seventh and eighth positions for Nico and Michael. Our race speed was somewhat compromised as both Nico and Michael needed to save fuel for quite a long period of time. At the beginning of the race, our speed looked better relative to the pace of the top three teams than it did from one-third distance onwards."

Nick started on scrubbed softs and was caught in an incident at the start which dropped him to the back of the field. Nick was making strong progress back through the order before being forced off track on lap ten, sustaining damage which put him out of the race. Vitaly started on scrubbed soft tyres before changing to another set of scrubbed softs on lap 23. He made his final stop for new mediums on lap 46. Vitaly set his best lap time, 1min 36.186secs, on lap 50 using the medium tyres.

Eric Boullier, Team Principal and Managing Director: "Obviously this is a disappointing day for us. We had a reasonable qualifying yesterday, which was definitely a step forward from Silverstone, and we were looking to launch a strong assault on the points today from P9 and P11. Firstly, Nick was unlucky; after falling back to 22nd position he was ploughing his way through the field and, by the time he moved into 16th place, he was trying to overtake Sebastien (Buemi) but ran out of room and went off-track which cut his race short. Vitaly also had a tough race but stuck it out with a determined drive to come home in P10. We are looking to finish much stronger than we did today but, having said that, one point is better than none and we must now look at how we improve in time for Budapest."

James Allison, Technical Director: "A disappointing race with Nick out early after a start which meant a very difficult race in any case and Vitaly scoring a point but achieving less than we thought possible and hoped for. It was not really where we hoped to be at the end of the weekend so we have to keep our noses to the grindstone and make the car quicker as that's what will bring the points. There are a couple of minor revisions to the R31 for Budapest but we have greater changes for the races which follow."

Ricardo Penteado, LRGP Engine Support Leader, Renault Sport F1: "Getting the right engine settings for the Nürburgring can be tricky on account of the changeable track and ambient conditions. We got a decent balance today and Vitaly drove a good race to score another point, which is very important to keep us in touch with Mercedes in the constructors' championship. Nick could have scored a good amount of points as well so the accident with Buemi was really unfortunate. We've got the Hungaroring in just a week though, which places very different demands on the engine, so we're going to put all our efforts into this to finish the first part of the season on a high."

Congratulations also go to our test driver Valtteri Bottas, who claimed his maiden GP3 victory in a wet race for ART earlier today. After coming through from 11th on the grid to third in yesterday's action-packed race, he had a fantastic second race this morning, driving through from seventh to take the lead by the end of the first lap. He then held position until the chequered flag to end the morning on the top step of the podium.

Sam Michael, Technical Director: Unfortunately Rubens was out early with an engine oil leak today; we are still investigating the cause. On Pastor's car we called an early first pitstop that moved him right up the order, however we then had too much tyre wear during the second stint, so it may have hurt the race outcome later on. Once we had that tyre wear we decided to risk doing a longer final stint on the prime tyre and that went against us today.

Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman and Team Principal: "Today has been a wonderful team performance and I'm delighted to see Adrian finish in sixth place - a result that everybody has been working hard to achieve. We have been a bit unlucky in the last few races, but today we demonstrated the true pace of the car and delivered the result to match it. The only frustration is that Paul was the unfortunate victim of a first lap accident with Heidfeld. Without this, I'm sure we could have had both Force Indias finish in the points. Even so, we welcome the eight points scored today - points that are important for our championship position and move us ahead of Toro Rosso."

Peter Sauber, Team Principal: "Looking at where we started from, we can be pleased with this result. Both drivers put in strong races, and the team was rewarded with two championship points."

James Key, Technical Director: "It hasn't really been our weekend, but it's great to salvage some points from the race. Kamui drove an excellent race, made the most of his tyres and quite tricky track conditions at the start, controlled it well and was able to defend his position against Vitaly Petrov. I think P9 was good. Sergio was pretty competitive as well. Unfortunately he had a spin in the opening laps of the race which put him behind. He did a lot of laps on the soft tyres and made them count, so he finished 11th just outside the points. Overall it's good to salvage something, but we have a bit of work to do for the next events just to get back on top of our performance again."

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "Good to get both cars home over the line. Heikki had good pace, particularly on the options and he was able to keep up with the cars ahead throughout most of the race. Karun acquitted himself pretty well, despite having a couple of moments he got on with the job and has definitely learnt a lot from his time in the car here this weekend. The whole team has worked very hard to make sure we could have a two car finish, so well done to them and now we can move straight on to Hungary where the aim will be the same - progress little by little and keep moving forward."

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "The main aim today was to bring two cars home and to make sure Karun could learn as much as possible over a full race distance. It is good that he finished the full 60 laps and showed some reasonable pace and I am very pleased with Heikki's speed on the options - we obviously have a lot of work to do but this is another platform to build on, so overall I am pretty happy."

Colin Kolles, Team Principal: "Of course I would have preferred a two car finish. Tonio had a good race despite brake problems at the start, but was able to maintain a good distance to Heikki Kovalainen. He retired just before two-thirds distance because of an electrical failure. It was a real pity because the team had taken all precautions during the weekend and had a good pace in the race. The pit stops went smoothly".

"On a positive note, Daniel has completed his second solid race in a row. He is making good progress".

It was spitting with rain on the grid minutes before the start of the race, but both Timo and Jerome decided to start the race on the Pirelli P-Zero Option tyres. Timo got off to a good start and gained two positions straight away.

Timo's first stint was extended because of his good pace on track and he finally pitted on lap 22. Jerome was also told to stay out to avoid traffic, stopping for the first time on lap 24. They both put Options back on and rejoined the race in 18th and 21st positions respectively. Timo was comfortably pulling away from Vitantonio Liuzzi.

With only 12 laps remaining, Timo stopped for Prime tyres and Jerome followed him a lap later. Both drivers set their fastest laps of the race on their final laps.

John Booth, Team Principal: "This is a great way to end Timo's home race weekend. After announcing a new long-term contract with him this morning, the day ended in a positive way as we achieved another double finish. We knew that the Option tyres would work better, which is why we completed most of the race with them and waited until the very end to use the Primes. Jerome struggled at the start of the race but after the first pit-stop found his way when the fuel load lightened and came back at Ricciardo, overtaking him in the second stint. We had a small issue with Timo's braking system towards the end of the race and this slowed his pace. Overall, a pleasing result with the team working well under pressure. We now complete a quick turnaround and travel over to Hungary for what we hope will be another good weekend."

Hamilton beat Webber off the line, with the entire field starting on the P Zero Yellow soft tyres. Webber took the lead by pitting early for another set of soft tyres on lap 14 in order to pre-empt both Hamilton and Alonso, who were running in close formation.

The Red Bull driver was the first of the leading trio to change tyres again on lap 30, but Hamilton stopped just one lap later and came out right next to the Australian, claiming the lead after a fierce battle at the first corner. Alonso tried the same tactic on lap 32 and also emerged in the thick of the leading battle, before Hamilton gained the advantage once again.

The top three all stopped three times in total and used the same strategy of three initial stints on the soft tyre and the final stint on the P Zero White medium tyre. With the soft tyres expected to be more than a second a lap quicker than the medium tyres in the cool temperatures of 13 degrees centigrade, and a constant threat of rain, the drivers tried to stay out for as long as possible on the P Zero Yellow tyre, putting the emphasis on tactics.

Hamilton was the first to make his final stop onto the medium rubber with nine laps to go. Alonso pitted two laps later, slotting in just behind Hamilton - who had quickly got up to racing speed on the P Zero White tyres. Adrian Sutil was the highest-placed driver to adopt a two-stop strategy, securing his best finish of the year with sixth place at his home grand prix.

Paul Hembery: "The whole race hinged on tyre strategy, as we saw Hamilton, Alonso and Webber all try to use pit stops to their advantage. Although some people were thinking that there would be a big time gap between the soft and the medium tyre, Lewis Hamilton was able to win the race in style after being the first of the front runners to change onto the P Zero White tyre. We saw a wide spread of strategies once more, with two drivers even delaying their final pit stop until the very last lap. Because of the cool temperatures and smooth surfaces we saw the tyres lasting for a very long time here, which makes an interesting contrast to the early part of the year when some people said that our tyres weren't lasting long enough! This underlines not only how quickly all the teams and drivers get to grips with their equipment in Formula One, but also just how complex our brief is as the tyre supplier. Despite that, we've seen three pit stops per car, which is exactly what we were aiming for."