Cyril Dumont, Renault: "It was a good way to recover after the last race result. We had the pace we expected today and it was good to convert the momentum that we had shown in the practice sessions. For Mark, it was a difficult race. Being in traffic is never easy here, but he did some good overtaking. For Sebastian - to win here you have to do the perfect race and Seb did it. Now we have to keep the momentum for the final six races."

"Clearly, for him not to have been able to score the 25 world championship points that his pace looked like netting him was a great disappointment for all of us at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. But, as TV viewers the world over will have seen from his post-race interviews, Lewis is a fighter and he won't give up.

"Neither will we. There are six grands prix left to run this season - which equate to a potential 150 world championship points for any driver to score - and you should be in no doubt that Lewis will be aiming to get as close to that 150 target as possible.

"In the constructors' world championship, too, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes remains very much in the hunt - bolstered in no small measure by the 18 world championship points that Jenson's solid run to second place occasioned here today. We'll keep pushing. Roll on Suzuka."

Stefano Domenicali: "It was a very difficult weekend, but the final outcome can be regarded as positive. It's true that Fernando's lead over the next man has been reduced, but it's also true the Spaniard has made up points on three of his four closest rivals. As for the Constructors', the situation is pretty much the same as before: the leader is a bit further away but second place is a tiny bit nearer. Performance today was definitely better than we had seen in qualifying, also in terms of tyre behaviour. We were rather unlucky: but for the puncture on the opening lap, Felipe would certainly have finished higher up the order and the first Safety Car period definitely wasn't propitious. There are six Grands Prix to go to the end of the season and clearly, we need to make a step forward in terms of performance, because we cannot rely purely on the misfortune of others. Where we need to improve a lot is on circuits that require maximum aerodynamic downforce. Having said that, we mustn't over react as it's better to bring a few updates that work rather than bringing too many. This is the area where we need to improve and it will be one of our priorities in the coming days. The other, which is as always the number one priority, will be reliability: the further on the championship goes, the higher the price you pay for the slightest error."

Pat Fry: "Looking at our performance overall, we cannot be happy with it compared to that of our main competitors, because there is no point denying we were expecting better. Having said that, we saw that, even in difficult conditions, we managed to get the most out of our package, doing the best possible job on track - both Fernando and Felipe did very well - and in the garage and the pit wall. Race performance was better than what we had seen yesterday and we must calmly analyse all the data to understand how we can bring the sort of performance we see in the race into play in qualifying too. As far as the strategy is concerned, I think we made the right choices. At the second stop, we could not have gone longer with Fernando, because tyre degradation was getting too high. Unfortunately, the Spaniard came out behind a group of slower cars, but there was nothing else we could have done. The first Safety Car period was helpful for those who had yet to stop at that point, but at the same time, it also gave Fernando the possibility of running to the finish without stopping again, which was definitely positive. As for Felipe, bad luck immediately affected his race, but then he did a really good job of remedying the situation, proving to be very quick on the Soft as well as the Supersoft. I have to say his final stint was particularly good: 26 laps on the Option, with overtaking moves and a very aggressive drive was a very nice surprise. We need to study carefully the way this weekend went to understand how to improve our performance level for the coming races. We don't have the quickest car, especially on this type of circuit and it's down to us to try and give our drivers what they need to fight our strongest opponents on level terms."

Nico followed a two-stop option/prime/prime strategy, stopping on laps 12 and 33. Michael was following the same strategy until his retirement, and pitted on laps 11 and 33. Michael retired from the race following a collision with Jean-Eric Vergne at turn 14 on lap 38.

Ross Brawn: That was a tough race and I am pleased that the team did a pretty good job this evening. Nico had a great race and our strategy worked well for him to gain five places on his starting position. There was evidently some damage to his car following contact on the first lap as the downforce levels looked lower than expected so it was an even better drive from him in the circumstances. Michael's race was also going well until the incident which caused his retirement. It was an unusual set of circumstances so we will have a careful look at the data and work out what could have happened. Thank you to the team for all of their hard work in very challenging conditions over this weekend. With the updates that we brought to this race, the car has improved, however we are not quite where we want to be yet.

Norbert Haug: That was an exceptionally challenging race this evening. With regard to Nico, he and our team made the best of it. P5 is a respectable result, especially in view of the fact that Nico started five places further back on the grid. He crossed the finishing line ahead of a Red Bull, a Ferrari and both Lotus cars, all teams which are ahead of us in the championship. This was made possible by having a sound strategy and by the first of the two safety car deployments when the team took the correct decision. Michael had the opportunity to claim the position behind Nico, but his accident put paid to that. The team is investigating to see whether there was a problem with his car.

Both drivers started on Pirelli's super soft compound. Kimi pitted for his first set of soft compound tyres on lap 13, and his second set of softs just as the first safety car came out on lap 32. Romain pitted for soft compound tyres on lap 14, and for his second set of softs under safety car conditions on lap 33.

Eric Boullier, Team Principal: We had a difficult start to the weekend but the team did a good job to recover. Qualifying was frustrating after both cars showed strong pace in Q1 and the first part of Q2 but ultimately fell short of what we were hoping for in the end. The race pace from both cars was good and although we were unlucky with the first safety car our strategy worked well. After a difficult weekend for us Kimi is still third in the Drivers' Championship and we have not lost too much ground to McLaren and Red Bull in the Constructors' standings so that is a big positive. The fact that we feel our lack of performance here was quite unexpected shows our ambition and our priority for the rest of the season will be to make sure we're in the sort of positions we know we can achieve right from the start of each weekend.

Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: It hasn't been a great weekend for us, so to salvage sixth and seventh is something of a result in the circumstances. We took a gamble with Kimi's second stop, but he was caught by the safety car coming out as he left the pit lane. We certainly didn't have the pace to challenge the front runners today and after a difficult qualifying session it was difficult to get through the field. It's clear we need to do a better job in qualifying to enable us to achieve better race results.

Ricardo Penteado, Renault Sport F1 Team Support Leader: A dramatic race that was quite difficult to manage on the engine side due to the two safety car periods. We had to play with the engine mixes a lot throughout the race to correct the fuel level and avoid finishing with too much. Both drivers did a good job to avoid the incidents on track and get a double points finish, which based on our grid position and overall performance this weekend is a very positive result. We are looking forward to Suzuka now, which should suit our car better.

Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal & Managing Director: "A superb day for the team and especially for Paul who should be very proud of his performance. It was a very mature drive and he made the most of the great pace we had in the car. The safety car worked out well for him and for a while we were even thinking a podium might be possible as Paul chased Alonso in the closing stages. It's a credit to the team that we were just a few seconds away from the podium and able to match the race pace of Ferrari. The 12 points give us a boost in the championship, lifting us 21 clear of Williams and closing the gap on Sauber ahead. I'm disappointed things did not work out for Nico because we had a quick car today and should have come away with more points. The safety car hurt his race badly and there was no way to recover."

Peter Sauber, Team Principal: "Both our drivers were fighting really hard, as we all could see on TV, but there was nothing more to achieve today. Without the safety car periods points might have been within reach."

Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "The biggest problem during this weekend was our pace. We were not as fast as we had expected. On top of this we were unlucky with the safety car. The cars on three stops could benefit from it, but Kamui had pitted just two laps earlier, and for Sergio, who was on two stops, it was at the worst possible moment. We had to fit the super soft tyres, so it was too early. We tried to leave him out to gain positions, which worked but then he struggled at the re-start, and there was a second safety car period during which we had no option but to pit him. We lost several positions there. Overall it was a difficult weekend, and we now have to draw the right conclusions."

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Both drivers drove extremely well today and at one stage we were looking at a good double points finish. Unfortunately we suffered two failures that forced us to retire the cars. This is an extremely disappointing end to a promising weekend.

Laurent Debout, Renault Sport F1 team support leader: Today can only be described as disappointing, both cars retiring with mechanical issues. Pastor stopped with a hydraulic leak whilst a suspected KERS issue halted Bruno right at the end. Pastor's performance was faultless all weekend and Bruno's drive during the race was impressive, clawing his way through the field from 22nd on the grid.

Mark Smith, Technical Director: "We opted to start both cars on the supersoft tyres and until the safety car was brought out the plan was working with Heikki. Vitaly was obviously unlucky in the first lap but he did not let his head drop, he continued to push and was putting in good times on each stint, but he then had a double dose of misfortune when we had a problem on his fourth stop with the front right.

"For Heikki it was a different story. He was running well until the safety cars but on his last stint he had to work very hard to keep the tyre performance in check. His times were where we expected them to be but had his race not been interrupted by the incidents around him I think he could have finished several places higher."

Tony Fernandes, Team Principal: "Not a good day for us. We made a couple of decisions today that cost us, but we will take a very close look at what went wrong and make sure we learn from it. I said yesterday that there are promising signs ahead and I still believe that, but now we need to regroup and fight harder than ever in the remaining races."

Luis Perez-Sala, Team Principal: "It was a tough race because we were on the limit and we had to control the temperature of the brakes and engine from the start. The drivers did a good job. It's a shame that Narain crashed and had to retire. Pedro fought for 15th until the end but the high degradation of the tyres relegated him to 17th. However it was exciting to be right in the thick of things and we're very happy about that. Now we go to Japan where we won't suffer as much with the temperatures and we will have a better look at where we are to continue with our job and continue on this path."

Throughout the weekend, Timo has been lapping up the Marina Bay Street Circuit and Charles really got to grips with the unique racing conditions it presents, but not even the team expected the race outcome it enjoyed today. Timo finished in 12th position, an achievement in itself, but crucially this earns back for the team that all-important 10th place in the Constructors' Championship which is so crucial for the three newer teams.

Charles brought his MR01 home in P15 to help the team to another crucial two-car finish. He dropped to P16 in the results after his 20 second penalty was applied.

Today's race cements the Marina Bay Street Circuit in the affections of the team and, with the confirmation this weekend that the circuit has renewed its contract until at least 2017, leaves them wanting much more of Singapore.

John Booth, Team Principal: "That was an extremely complicated race with many different variables, ranging from high tyre degradation to numerous safety car periods and, also in the mix, a scrape along the wall on lap 7 that could have changed everything completely. In terms of the result, we're extremely pleased with Timo's 12th place, but Charles' performance in the race, prior to the addition of his penalty, also demonstrated that even with the two drivers on different strategies today, the team had the measure of the race for 10th place in the championship. That is an important race for the three newest teams.

"With regard to the detail, Timo's overall race was executed perfectly. Unfortunately he hit the right rear on the wall at turn 19 very early on, which put us off-strategy as we brought him in earlier to check the right-rear suspension. All looked fine and he carried on, however we decided to revert to what would have been a three-stop race. In the end the safety cars reduced us to a two-stop race, although this required us to hold our nerve as ultimately the final stint was 34 laps long. Charles delivered another solid performance in tough conditions. His strategy, using the safety cars, was good. Overall, this has been a day where, with everything thrown at them, the engineers and mechanics executed everything perfectly. Really though, the improvement in the raw pace of the car has come from all the hard work that has been undertaken in Banbury and by our engine partner Cosworth in Northampton."

The top 10 all started on the supersoft tyre, with Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Sauber's Sergio Perez the highest-placed starters to begin the race on the soft tyre, from 11th and 14th on the grid respectively. Following an incident on the opening lap that dropped him to last, Ferrari's Felipe Massa also switched to the soft tyres when he was forced to pit on lap one. His team mate Fernando Alonso maintains his championship lead after finishing third in Singapore (from fifth on the grid) also using a two-stop strategy. Alonso's 81st podium breaks the record previously held by Ayrton Senna.

The first driver to pit was Red Bull's Mark Webber on lap eight, who changed to the softs, while Vettel made his stop for softs two laps later. Button made his first stop on lap 14. Hulkenberg and Perez both pitted on lap 18, putting on soft tyres once more as part of an intended two-stop strategy, which enabled them to have front-running pace on the supersoft at the end of the race. Massa also ended the race on the supersoft, running on his final set for 26 laps, and making up several places in the closing stages to finish eighth, despite at one point running last.

When the first safety car came out on lap 33 all the front-runners came in for their second scheduled pit stop, with Vettel rejoining in the lead on soft tyres in front of Button on the same compound. Their second set of soft tyres was enough to last them for 45 minutes (or 26 laps) until the end of the race as they traded fastest laps.

A second safety car period from lap 40 enabled Perez to make his second pit stop of the day without any significant loss of track position, and he finished 11th after choosing to start on the soft tyre. Hulkenberg also stopped during the second safety car period, but his chances of using strategy to gain position were ruined when he was forced into an extra pit stop following an on-track incident, making him a three-stopper in the end.

Paul Hembery: "A lot came down to the timing of the safety cars. If the safety car had come out in the first 10 laps, then it would have been an automatic two-stop race for everyone. That did not happen so Red Bull set out to do three stops: a strategy that was then copied by everybody else - although McLaren could have gone with two stops. As it was the safety car appeared later, halfway through the race, which meant that most of the teams were able to revert to a two-stop strategy. The rear tyres are worked particularly hard here, because of the traction required out of all the slow corners. With a significant time difference of around 1.5 seconds between the two compounds - the biggest we are likely to see all year - and a performance crossover point of approximately 10 laps, driving style played a significant part in tyre management, particularly at the beginning of the race when the cars were very heavy on fuel. With no safety cars in the first half of the race, the teams had to remain flexible with their tactics and so we saw a very wide mix of strategies as they kept their options open. Once the safety car did come out, it dictated the strategy to some extent, as the drivers who had stopped for the second time needed to manage their tyres all the way to the end, although they were definitely helped by the second safety car period. Once more in Singapore we saw a very tough, spectacular and unpredictable race where the tyre strategy really made a difference. Congratulations to Paul di Resta who took his best-ever finish in fourth for Force India and also to Marussia, who have taken their best finish thanks to 12th for Timo Glock."