QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Livio Oricchio - O Estado de Sao Paulo) Sebastian, could you describe your manoeuvre at the start of the race? Jenson said that it was not so fair.
SV: I just spoke to him. He expressed his feelings. Initially I wasnt sure where he was, I didnt really see him. I thought he was either on the right or he was far away on the left. I saw Lewis and I thought I had a good start and kept moving to the right, looking for him. By the time I saw him, I realised that maybe I was a little bit too far to the right and then he was backing off. Obviously no intention to put him in any danger but I think we can run with two wheels on the grass, cant we Fernando?
JB: Did you think I was Fernando?
SV: No, no, I said we can race with two wheels on the grass, and then I said Fernando. Obviously, as I said, I didnt want to put him in danger but I think we have to race each other hard and I thought it was a shame
at the end, I thought we were all getting together again and maybe have another fight. For a moment, I was thinking that maybe the victory was not out of my hands, which it looked like going into the last stint, but yeah, it was close. It would have been fun if it had continued for another five or ten laps.
JB: I probably would have struggled with another five laps.
SV: Thats why!
Q: (Joris Fioriti - Agence France Presse) Jenson, I may have been mistaken, but when I saw you on the podium you were not really overwhelmed with joy. I thought that you were at the same time happy to win, but very disappointed to lose the title. Did I imagine that or is that the way you feel?
JB: I was really surprised to lose the title today, yeah! I think I had given up on that quite a long time ago. I was very happy on the podium, maybe just the way I express my feelings isnt as obvious as maybe I think.
SV: Maybe you were still exhausted, you had to run down from the pit lane.
JB: I had to run the whole pit lane. For some reason, I seem to do that quite a lot: parking in the wrong place and running down. Ive never realised how uphill the pit lane is as well. Amazing. But no, I was very happy, ecstatic, this is a very special race to win, as Seb knows for the last couple of years, not just because of the layout but because of the history here and also, as I said before, the crowd here. So a very special victory; its obviously not as big as Seb winning the World Championship today but winning a race like this does take a little bit of time to sink in. I remember when I won the World Championship, immediately it was a strange feeling, it was like: what am I supposed to feel right now? And it takes a little bit of time. It normally comes when youre on your own and you can really think about what you have achieved. Im sure Sebs going to look forward to that tonight or about five or six in the morning.
SV: Oh no. Afternoon.
Q: (Frederic Ferret - LEquipe) Fernando, now Seb is the youngest two time World Champion; youve lost that title. What does it mean to you now?
FA: Really nothing special. I think now we will see who is the youngest three time World Champion.
JB: Im feeling the odd one out here, Im feeling uncomfortable.
SV: Did you notice that Michael is the youngest seven time World Champion - ever!
JB: Really? Wow. Is he? That surprises me. Hes also the oldest racing driver in F1.
SV: No. No. Not.
Q: (Sarah Holt - BBC Sport) Seb, youve almost answered my question because I was going to say its been a long time since weve had the championship won with four races left to go. Do you think
SV: Its probably Michael, I think he won half of his championships
JB: Bloody Germans!
SV: What exactly do you mean?
Q: (Sarah Holt - BBC Sport) Do you think in some ways we should read that your championship this year was easier than it was last year, and for all three of you, how are going to race now that the championship has been won? Will it be free-er, how is your attitude different now?
SV: I think that its very likely for people to draw the wrong conclusion, to say that we had a very easy run this year. Things like this, they happen for a reason; I strongly believe that, not because things were easy for us. We had a very, very good car, no doubt, but we had an even stronger team, and as I said, a couple of times already, I think the car this year was less dominant than the car last year. Last year we had so many races where sometimes you may say we were unlucky but we made stupid mistakes as well. We did things which cost us a lot of time and cost us a lot of points in the end. A championship is not one race, its a lot of races pulled together and I think thats where the difference came from this year. Obviously, after a very good start to the season, if you are on a good run, and you have this certain momentum and youre able to keep that momentum, by not allowing yourself to start to fly or think too far ahead, really just stay present and just stay at that moment and focus race by race, and not thinking anything else. If you are able to keep that momentum that way, I think it makes you very strong and if you are on that sort of wave, then things might come a bit easier to you but it doesnt mean that they are easy. So all in all, I think there was a lot to learn again this year, and hopefully that made us stronger for the remainder of the season, in which I think the approach will be very similar. Obviously a lot of the pressure has fallen away but nonetheless, there is a lot of pressure on us, because naturally we want to win, we want to beat those guys. We didnt do so today so obviously we are over the moon to wrap up the championship today but we didnt win today, so weve got another chance in the next races and we want to use those chances. Its about using the opportunities you have, rather than seeing what could go wrong.
JB: Hopefully (we will race) exactly the same.
SV: So youre always going to park just after the chequered flag?
JB: Yeah. I might not lift off next time you pull across at the start though.
SV: That means Im on pole, so thats good.
. The broadcasters were trolling Vettel in the end, the technical glitch just happened to have him talking as Fernando or him talking in his crying voice while showing him in the press conference looking like he is talking as normal.
Hamilton is just out of sorts at the moment. He just looks bored. Button was great to watch, fast...very fast.
