Jean Todt: Once again, this was a dream race, which to describe would involve so many superlatives! The team had to adopt a very aggressive strategy and for 70 laps, the drivers performed at 100% of their ability on a very demanding track. Again today, the Bridgestone tyres performed perfectly. Michael has taken his ninth win of the season, while Rubens continues to be the only driver to have scored points in every race. We could not have asked for a better start to the second half of the season. The way this weekend has gone shows that the next few races will be very closely contested as the opposition is doing all it can to catch up. On a personal note, I can only feel pride for the way the team has worked, demonstrating yet again that it has a great will to win. It is a fantastic group of people!

Ross Brawn: Our drivers had an exceptional race. Before the race we had already planned to go for either three of four stops and when we saw the way things were going, we opted to switch to four pit stops for Michael, taking into consideration the great performance of the Bridgestone tyres. I have to give credit to Luca Baldisserri, who came up with the idea this weekend and I just supported him on that. Rubens did a great job to go from tenth to third. He made the most of every opportunity that came his way and his move on Trulli was simply brilliant. A few laps before the end of the race, I told him it would really suit him to be on the podium today and he should give it his best. We were able to breathe a sigh of relief when we saw that Michael had built up a big enough advantage over Alonso. When you have a quicker car it is worth trying an aggressive strategy. Otherwise we risked getting stuck behind the Renault driver.

Sam Michael (Technical Director, WilliamsF1): Our pace in the race was disappointing today. We would have finished a little bit further up if Juan had not spun. It did cost us one or maybe two places, but even without this the result would not have been what we are aiming for. Since our race strategy, tyres and pit stops were fine, we obviously need to keep pushing to improve the pace of the car.

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): Juan lost some positions due to his spin and Marc lost three places in the heat of the start but drove a proper race afterward. A fifth and a seventh place would have been possible today and would have mirrored our performance over the rest of the weekend. Both drivers were not happy with the handling of the car. There wasn't a chance to do any proper testing of the new parts prior to this race weekend and it did not help either that set-up work on Friday was hampered by Juan's crash and bad weather. We need to exploit the full potential of this further developed package in the next races. Enginewise we didn't experience any problems during the weekend.

Ron Dennis: "It might not be apparent from our finishing positions but the MP4-19B is definitely a significant step in the right direction. We don't know why David lost two positions at the start, but that definitely penalised his race and allowed the leaders to get away. There will be continuous development on the 19B for the rest of the season, and we should be able to improve further for McLaren's home race next weekend."

Norbert Haug: "We had the speed for third place today but David lost two positions at the start whilst Kimi gained two. The competition between the Michelin teams has increased which can be seen from today's laptimes. The race's laptimes also showed that we have improved our performance, and we are pleased that both MP4-19Bs ran reliably during their race debut. We will now continue to further improve our package."

The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team scored its best result of the year this afternoon at the French Grand Prix. In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli finished second and fourth respectively, thus scoring thirteen points to strengthen the team's second place in the constructors' championship. Alonso scored Renault's fourth podium finish of the season. However, the result is also tinged with slight disappointment, after Jarno Trulli came within a few metres of a podium finish. However, the Italian lost third position to Rubens Barrichello's Ferrari following a long battle during the final twenty laps.

Flavio Briatore, Managing Director: Before the race, we thought that Ferrari were quicker than us and they demonstrated it today. Even so, it is a great accomplishment to score our best result of the year here in France. Fernando was excellent throughout the race and deserves his second place. It was, though, very disappointing to see Jarno miss out on a podium by just several tenths of a second.

Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: Although this is our best team result of the year, it is hard not to feel frustrated because we could so easily have had two drivers on the podium today. We had suspected the race pace of Ferrari would be strong after practice, and we therefore tried to counter their strategy by adjusting ours, with Fernando running a shorter third stint than originally intended. But, quite simply, they were faster today. Fernando understood the race well and reacted as he needed to at every key moment. Jarno was under severe pressure for a long part of the race, but unfortunately succumbed at the last.

Off the start, Jenson maintained his fourth-place grid position whilst Takuma dropped a place to eighth. Takuma struggled with the balance of the car in the first stint and this was addressed during the first pitstop. Shortly after rejoining the track, he felt the engine lose power suddenly and he came to a stop.

The team and Jenson worked hard at taking advantage of the close field in the closing stages, in pursuit of third place, but a problem at the last pitstop dropped him behind Barrichello and Trulli.

David Richards, Team Principal: "Consolidating our third place in the Constructors' Championship and Jenson retaining third place in the Drivers' standings would, on the face of it, appear to be a solid weekend's work. However one can't help but feel disappointed that we didn't make the most of our potential here in Magny-Cours. As for Taku, even I don't believe that bad luck stretches this far and the most rigorous of investigations now has to take place in order to find a solution in time for our home race in just seven days' time."

Geoffrey Willis, Technical Director: "A disappointing result at a circuit where we should have been quicker. Jenson raced strongly and the team responded well to the high-pressure pitstops, but in the end the car wasn't quite quick enough. We worked hard with our strategy throughout the race and we had a good chance of recovering third place at the last stop. However as Jenson pulled away, the anti-stall cut in, delaying him by less than a second, but enough to let Jarno and Rubens through turn two. It is also extremely frustrating to have another engine failure on Taku's car shortly after his first stop and this level of unreliability is unacceptable. We have to ensure that our investigations into the problem are conclusive in order to find a proper solution."

Shuhei Nakamoto, Engineering Director, Honda Racing Development: "It was a good battle between Jenson, Jarno and Rubens, but I am of course disappointed we missed out on the podium place. It is a shame that Taku's engine failed again so we will work very hard this week to find the cause and put a counter measure in place for the next race at Silverstone."

Peter Sauber (Team Principal): Magny-Cours: a difficult race and no points for us, but none for our direct competitors either. Have a safe journey home and see you next week at Silverstone!

Dr Mark Gillan Head of Vehicle Performance: This has been a very strong weekend for us here in France, both from a reliabilty as well as a pace point of view. The team arrived here very well prepared and also straight from a test in Barcelona (Spain). We are continually developing the car and I am very pleased to see it all coming together during the race. Both Mark and Christian made good starts and their pace on track was more than competitive. To see both drivers racing the two BMW-Williams drivers was fantastic and to see just how close our pace was to that of the McLarens is a real boost. We are certainly starting to see the fruits of our hard labour. I, of course, would have liked to have achieved points but given there was no attrition and only one retirement our final positions are really encouraging. We are now very focused going into our home race and I am looking forward to seeing the R5's racing on their home turf.

James Robinson: This has been a weekend we would like to pass over and move on from. In terms of reliability it was clearly good to get two cars to the end, but performance-wise, from where we started on the grid we couldn't make much impression and with only two cars dropping out we couldn't move forward. We're looking ahead to Silverstone, our home race, where we will be in a few days' time and hopefully we will get a better result there.

Paul Stoddart, Team Principal, Wilux Minardi Cosworth: Today's race was all about reliability and sadly, from Minardi's point of view, with only one mechanical retirement – that of Sato – the finish proved reasonably predictable. Both Minardi drivers were having a good scrap, with nothing much between them in terms of lap times, until Zsolt ended up in the gravel shortly after making his second pit stop. Gimmi, on the other hand, drove a solid race to get to the end. The team is now looking forward to Silverstone, which will pose a quite different set of technical challenges compared with Magny-Cours.

Hisao Suganuma – Technical Manager – Bridgestone Motorsport: We expected a tough race here but I am delighted with the Bridgestone tyre performance in today's conditions. We were able to beat our rivals on the strength of both our consistency throughout a stint and our ability to give top end performance. There was a little blistering on our rear tyres but they were consistent throughout the stints which enabled the Ferrari drivers to really pull out the stops when they needed to. Michael set several fastest laps out there today and Rubens utilised his speed and consistency to work his way up from tenth to third. It was a great performance from them both today. I must admit I was quite surprised by Ferrari's four-stop strategy but it worked very well and I'm pleased Bridgestone's tyres were able to support their strategies. Sauber, Jordan and Minardi all did their best today but unfortunately were not in a position to take any points but I expect our way of development to help them further in future races.

Ross Brawn – Technical Director – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: Well, the four stops was not my idea – Luca Baldisserri came up with the idea. We executed it from the pitwall and everything fell into place. We had nothing to lose. There was no risk as we were stuck in second and it would have been too difficult to overtake. We needed to run in free air and to be able to use the car. Michael drove a fantastic race: he was quick when he needed to be quick and as I said earlier, Luca Baldisserri came up with the idea of four stops. It was a chance but it was worth taking. And considering Rubens was tenth, he drove a fantastic race. I mean, that overtaking manoeuvre at the end was just pure Rubens - fantastic!

Rubens Barrichello – Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: I was sorry that I had a hydraulic problem yesterday in the pre-qualifying because being first in the [final] qualifying was really a penalty but you know, I was playing my cards and everything I had. I think Jarno [Trulli], for him unfortunately, he made a mistake slowing down a bit too much at the exit of turn 13 and I was able to pull alongside him on [Turn] 15. It was risky but I took the risk because I thought it was worth [it] so I'm very glad for myself and for the team that we could pull from tenth to third… The Bridgestone tyres, like Michael said, worked fantastically - especially towards the end of the stints.

The French GP was one of this season's most closely fought to date and five of Michelin's partner teams earned top-10 finishes. Jarno Trulli (Renault/Michelin) ran third from the start and had to cope with race-long pressure from Jenson Button (BAR-Honda/Michelin) and Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari). Barrichello nipped past Button when the latter lost momentum in the wake of his third and final stop - and took Trulli by surprise when he dived inside as they entered the final chicane complex. The three were covered by less than a second at the flag.

After starting third - the best qualifying performance of the season for Team McLaren Mercedes/Michelin, which introduced its new B-spec chassis at this event - David Coulthard slipped back to finish sixth, just ahead of team-mate Kimi Räikkönen. Juan Pablo Montoya (BMW WilliamsF1 Team/Michelin) claimed the final point - although he would have scored more handsomely had he not lost three places by spinning onto the main straight in the early stages of the race.

All but one Michelin driver lasted the distance Mark Webber (Jaguar) was ninth, ahead of Marc Gené (standing in for the unfit Ralf Schumacher at Williams-BMW, 10th), Christian Klien (Jaguar, 11th), Cristiano da Matta (Toyota, 14th) and Olivier Panis (Toyota, 15th). Takuma Sato (BAR-Honda) was the exception to the rule. He pulled off with a suspected engine problem on lap 16.

Pierre Dupasquier, Michelin motorsport director: "We seemed to have the race under control during the first two stints, but Michael Schumacher picked up speed after changing his strategy and was very quick. We need to sit down and pore very carefully over the data from this race. The final result might be disappointing in the wake of yesterday's pole position, but it was still very satisfying that there were nine of our cars in the top 11. As always, though, Michelin thrives on competition. A defeat such as this won't discourage us but will motivate us to get back on terms - starting at Silverstone next weekend."