Ross Brawn: It was a busy race with not a moment's peace on the pit wall. I think Michael drove a very cautious race, trying not to take any unnecessary risks. He knew that he had to finish ahead of Rubens and so he did. Furthermore, the three safety car periods did not help us, because at the restarts, our tyres did not get up to temperature immediately. Rubens drove a really great race: finishing on the podium after what happened at the start and his two consecutive pit stops is fantastic. McLaren were very strong today, but it would have been interesting to see what would have happened in a straight fight without the safety cars. In any case, we cannot be unhappy with a second and third place. I am very proud of this team. What it has won over the past six years represents something incredible.

Sam Michael (Technical Director WilliamsF1): For us, it was obviously a disappointing race in terms of the final results. However, it was encouraging competing at the front again, while our cars where running. Antonio drove well and Juan Pablo showed his overtaking skills again. Antonio lost drive on his car and had to stop on the track. On Juan's car, we had a tyre failure which damaged the rear suspension and the rear wing. He managed to drive the car back to the pits but could not continue.

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): This was more than an eventful race today, with all the dramas that one would normally see in half a season and a very unfortunate outcome for us. When our drivers were running in third and fourth positions, Antonio suddenly lost drive. A bit later, Juan Pablo had a tyre failure, the rear of his car got damaged and he had to retire. The remarkable number of tyre failures today needs to be carefully analysed for safety reasons. Congratulations to Kimi Räikkönen for a convincing victory and to Michael Schumacher for winning his seventh Drivers' Title.

Ron Dennis: "A tremendous result for the team, the whole day speaks for itself. It was particularly satisfying when taking into account the safety car deployment on three occasions. Kimi's fastest lap on the penultimate lap of the race was absolutely sensational. David's puncture meant that he did not achieve the result he should have today, but seventh in the difficult circumstances was worth having."

Norbert Haug: "Congratulations to Kimi for a great race. Despite having a gear selection problem from the beginning he managed to achieve the fastest lap of today. The whole team have worked so hard to make this win possible. It's a pity that David didn't have the chance to finish higher up following his tyre damage early on, but speedwise he definitely was a candidate for the podium. Well done to everyone in the team, and thank you for all your efforts in Woking, Brixworth and Stuttgart. Congratulations to Michael Schumacher and Ferrari for winning the World Championship."

Jarno Trulli started immaculately from pole position and led the first stint of the race before pitting on lap 10. However, from this point onwards he struggled with the handling of the car, particularly at the rear, and was unable to match his previous pace. His afternoon included a collision with Montoya at the Bus Stop Chicane but in spite of numerous retirements, he was unable to reach a points-scoring position at the end of the race.

For Fernando Alonso, though, the afternoon is one of what might have been. He had just taken the lead from team-mate Jarno Trulli and was pulling away in the lead when he spun on the entry to Les Combes on lap 12. Although he restarted, he spun again at turn 8 (Rivage), and into retirement. The reason for the problem was an engine oil leak onto the rear tyres, although at this stage, the team does not know the origin of the problem.

Flavio Briatore, Managing Director: "This result is a major disappointment for the team. We had a great chance to score points today and strengthen our position in the championship, even after Fernando had retired, but instead we came away empty-handed. Fernando suffered from a reliability problem, and we need to resolve this before the final four races of the season. As for Jarno's loss in performance, we are at a loss to explain what happened. It is only a small consolation that BAR failed to score points today either."

Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: "After an extremely promising day yesterday, this is a very disappointing result. Fernando spun off with what appeared to be an oil leak on the rear tyres. Jarno struggled with the balance of his car throughout the race, and we need to check our data in order to try and find out why."

Starting from 12th on the grid Jenson was caught up in the melée at the notorious turn one hairpin, La Source. He was unable to avoid Fisichella and lost his front wing as he clashed with the Sauber. He pitted at the end of the first lap under the safety car, but recovered well to work his way up to 5th. With just 15 laps remaining he suffered a blow-out to his right-rear tyre and his car was propelled across the track and into the side of Baumgartner's Minardi, ending the race for both drivers.

Takuma emerged unscathed from the first corner mayhem and was on a charge as he swept down into Eau Rouge. He went around the outside of Mark Webber who had lost his front wing but the Australian hit Takuma and spun his car off the track.

David Richards, Team Principal: "Well what can you say about a day like that? In fact, this has been a weekend that has thrown virtually everything at us! One has to look on the positive side, however, and with our nearest rivals also failing to score, we have preserved the status quo in terms of Championship position and there is everything to fight for in the remaining four races of the season."

Geoffrey Willis, Technical Director: "This is a obviously a disappointing result with the team failing to score points for the first time this year. Takuma's race was stopped on lap one when he was hit by Webber in Eau Rouge. Jenson had to pit to replace his front wing and with good pit work by the team we were able to use the resulting safety car without losing places. By keeping to our original plan and running a long first stint we had made a very good recovery from our qualifying position. Unfortunately when running in fifth place, shortly before his second stop, a sudden puncture at 200mph into Les Combs spun him into a collision with Baumgartner, but thankfully neither driver was hurt in the high-speed impact. It is a shame that we didn't finish because Jenson had a good chance of being on the podium, but fortunately the results mean that we haven't lost our relative position in the Championship and we are confident that we will be competitive in the last four races."

Shuhei Nakamoto, Engineering Director, Honda Racing Development: "It seems extraordinary that after a race like that our championship position has not changed at all in relation to our nearest competitors. This is the first race this year where we haven't scored any points and it is disappointing that our record has been broken by a couple of accidents but sometimes you have days like this in racing. We must work hard at the Monza test this week

Peter Sauber (Team Principal): "A fantastic race, very exciting for everyone. Our result shows what you can do with determination, a strong heart and a refusal to give in no matter what the odds. Felipe drove a beautiful race to recover from his early delays and thoroughly deserved to shake off his bad luck, while Giancarlo coped very well with a lot of handling problems resulting from the first corner damage and defended well in the closing stages. My thanks to both drivers, and to everyone for their team spirit and a strong and reliable car."

Dr Mark Gillan Head of Vehicle Performance: Mark made a good start and it was unfortunate that he clipped the Ferrari of Rubens on the first corner. That was really the end of his race as he had damaged his suspension. Christian also made a good start and he managed to steer clear of a lot of the debris on track. His pit-stops went as planned and he managed a good over-taking move on the Toyota of Panis. I am really delighted that he finished sixth and has scored his first points and to have scored three is just fantastic for the team. We are now seventh in the Constructors Championship so will be going to the remaining four races with the intention of scoring more points and retaining that position. A great weekend all round and one that accurately reflects the pace and reliability of the R5.

James Robinson: Once again Spa gave us a great race; it's unfortunate that we were not in the frame. The accidents and subsequent damage we suffered with both cars meant we were spectators to the day.

Paul Stoddart, Team Principal, Minardi Cosworth: This was another case of the team deserving a better result than it actually achieved, especially as this was clearly Minardi's best-performing weekend of the year. To be involved in someone else's accident on the first lap, which eliminated Gimmi, and then for Zsolt to be the victim of what looks like a tyre blow-out on Jenson's car and taken out of the race, it's just really a sad way to finish the day. Both race drivers, our Friday test driver, Bas, and the whole team, have performed excellently this weekend. It's a shame the results don't reflect just how good a performance it was.

Shigeo Watanabe – Chairman & C.E.O – Bridgestone Corporation: We would like to extend our congratulations to both Michael Schumacher on winning his fifth consecutive Drivers' Championship and to the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team on its sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship title. It is a great pleasure and honour for Bridgestone to have contributed to these magnificent achievements as a tyre partner. We will continue to make every possible effort to develop excellent and competitive tyres.

Hiroshi Yasukawa – Director – Bridgestone Motorsport: On behalf of everyone at Bridgestone Motorsport I would like to congratulate Michael on his seventh Drivers' title – his fifth in a row on Bridgestone tyres. It also comes just two weeks after Ferrari sealed the Constructors' title in Hungary. These successes are testament to the excellent working relationship between Ferrari and Bridgestone and to the efforts of all the people working behind the scenes. I would also like to congratulate Sauber on its excellent result today. It was not an easy race and we are proud of their achievement this afternoon.

Hisao Suganuma – Technical Manager – Bridgestone Motorsport: I'm delighted that Michael Schumacher has taken his seventh drivers' championship title and very pleased that Bridgestone has now supplied the World Drivers' and Constructors' Champions for the past seven years. We didn't win here at Spa today and of course we will be looking at the data afterwards to find out why but to be honest, we are very pleased with the way the weekend has gone and the results achieved today by the Bridgestone teams. I am especially pleased for the Sauber team which has worked hard to finish in the points today. It was an incident filled race and I am satisfied that none of our runners suffered with tyre related problems today and from that point of view, we are proud of the tyres we brought here this weekend.

Michael Schumacher – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: Incredible really! I am struggling to find the right words for it. To get the titles as early as we have just shows how exceptional this year is and how exceptionally Ferrari works as a team. Coming into this season none of us expected something like this to happen. The way Ferrari and all our partners, including Bridgestone, have reacted to last year's fight is more than impressive - it is unique. Most likely nothing like this will happen again to any of us, so we should enjoy it as long as we can.

Ross Brawn – Technical Director – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: This is going to take a while to sink in! It was a very eventful race today and of course we would have liked to have won the race but second and third is pretty good. Michael needed to finish in front of Rubens so didn't take any chances in the race. It was actually shaping up quite well for a good race towards the end but then we had another safety car period. The nature of the Bridgestone tyres is very very stable and as we've seen in previous races, it has good properties in the heat.

Willy Rampf – Technical Director – Sauber Petronas: We are very happy to have scored nine points. It is an excellent result for Sauber after a difficult start to the race and we had to bring Felipe in a couple of times to change his rear wing. The tyre performance has been very good - we could not have achieved this race result without Bridgestone. They have contributed a lot to this result.

While Räikkönen soaked up the plaudits, the remaining Michelin runners were left to rue what might have been. The race got off to a chaotic start and Michelin drivers Takuma Sato (BAR-Honda) and Mark Webber (Jaguar) were among four drivers involved in a first-lap pile-up at Eau Rouge. Nobody was injured but the Safety Car had to be deployed for several laps to allow wreckage to be cleared.

The Renaults of Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso made storming starts from first and third on the grid to control the early stages, but Alonso spun into retirement on lap 12 and Trulli dropped down the field after spinning at the chicane in the wake of a collision with Juan Pablo Montoya (BMW WilliamsF1 Team/Michelin). He eventually finished ninth. Wing damage forced Jenson Button (BAR-Honda) to make an unscheduled stop during the first Safety Car period and he refuelled. His strategic switch put him on course for a possible podium finish, but he spun off when his right rear tyre deflated on the approach to Les Combes.

David Coulthard (Team McLaren Mercedes/Michelin) ran comfortably in the top four during the opening stages, but he too suffered a damaged tyre and the resultant stop dropped him down the field. A collision with Christian Klien (Jaguar/Michelin) later cost Coulthard his front wing - but the incident prompted another outing for the Safety Car and the Scot was able to recover to finish seventh, hot on Klien's tail. Sixth place marked the Austrian's best GP finish.

Neither Williams driver finished. Both were challenging for top-four finishes, but a damaged tyre accounted for Montoya and Pizzonia pulled off with a technical problem when lying third. It would have been comfortably the best result of his F1 career. There was disappointment, too, for Ricardo Zonta (Toyota/Michelin). A steady drive and the flurry of race incidents shuffled him to fourth before his engine blew with three laps to go. Olivier Panis's eighth place provided Toyota with a consolation point.

Pierre Dupasquier, Michelin motorsport director: "Pole position, fastest race lap and victory… we couldn't have asked for much more from the Belgian Grand Prix. Our tyres have been competitive all weekend, no matter what the conditions, and Kimi Räikkönen did an exemplary job today. It proved that the combination of McLaren and Michelin is extremely competitive - and several other Michelin partners would have been right up there, too, if hadn't been for an extraordinarily high number of racing incidents.

"We are obviously looking into the three incidents in which David Coulthard, Jenson Button and Juan Pablo Montoya suffered tyre damage. In each case, the right rear was affected - and that suffers the least severe loads around a lap of Spa. What's more, the incidents all occurred at different stages in the tyres' life cycles. In Coulthard's case, there is a clear cut on the inside wall of the carcass. In the past, we have seen similar instances where a tyre has been damaged by passing over a kerb's sharp inside edge. It is too early to know for sure if that happened on this occasion, but it is bizarre to have three apparently similar problems and our analysts are already investigating the cause. We will find out the root cause."