Thierry Salvi, Renault: "Everyone knows it's special to win at Monza, but particularly for an engine manufacturer. It is the last time the V8s run round here so we are naturally over the moon to finish the era with a win and a podium today. I would like to thank everyone at Renault for getting the job done all weekend - first a 1-2 in qualifying and then both drivers on the podium at the end of the race. It shows the competitiveness of everyone at Renault and the Red Bull team and the strength of the partnership. Everyone pushed hard to get this fantastic result. A great race and a great day."

Pat Fry: "As is traditional here at Monza, we were expecting a very tough race and once again this year, it was extremely close fought from start to finish. It was not hard to interpret the race in terms of strategy, because right from Friday practice, the indications were that tyre degradation levels meant one stop would be enough. After one of his great starts that we have now grown to know, Felipe lost the place he had gained over Webber who, by bringing forward his pit stop, gained enough of an advantage to ensure his third place. From then on, the gap between the two was never less than a second, therefore Felipe wasn't able to use the DRS to try and get closer. Fernando also got a great start and his passing move on Webber at the Roggia was the mark of a true champion. When Vettel came in, Fernando's times were very competitive and that's why we tried to delay our stop. We knew that on the Hard tyres our performance deficit would be higher than on the Mediums and we tried to exploit the fresher tyres for the final stages of the race. The European leg of the season has come to an end and now comes a final rush around the world during which we will try our hardest to continue to put our closest rivals under pressure."

"Had that not been the case, our cars would have been able to lap significantly faster than in fact they did. However, although as I say our cars were faster in terms of overall lap-time, their comparative lack of straight-line speed prevented Jenson and Checo from being able to pass the Toro Rossos in order to exploit that greater pace on a clear track.

"Jenson was mighty at the end of the race, however, holding off Kimi [Raikkonen] to retain 10th place by just three-tenths of a second at the chequered flag.

"Checo was unfortunate to finish only 12th - a slower-than-usual pitstop costing him track position through no fault of his own. All in all, I'd summarise our weekend by saying that we've come away with a very hard-won world championship point."

Kimi started from P11 with a new set of hard tyres, changing to new medium compound tyres on lap 1 where he also received a new front wing, and scrubbed medium tyres on lap 30. Romain started from P13 on a new set of medium tyres, changing to a new set of hard compound tyres on lap 20.

Eric Boullier, Team Principal: "If you want to be competitive for the Championships you need to be able to fight every weekend at the front on Saturday as well as on Sunday. The positive from this weekend is that we showed fantastic race pace and both drivers drove exceptionally well. Romain withstood great pressure and performed great overtaking moves on both McLarens. Kimi fought back from a first lap incident in a superb display of his talents. The negative from this weekend is that we couldn't qualify where we needed to be. The results at the end of the race aren't rewarding for the team, but there are plenty of positives to take from the final European race of the season and we head to the final flyaway races with plenty of fight."

Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: "Our damage was done yesterday by our poor qualifying positions. We actually had good race pace today and if you compare Kimi and Sebastian Vettel's races, after Kimi's first stop we only lost a second to Seb and we gained four seconds on Fernando [Alonso]. Seb won the race and Fernando finished second, so that gives an illustration of what could have been. We obviously will be dissecting where we lost the pace on Saturday and have some solace that we don't visit another circuit of this level of downforce for the rest of the season as it certainly wasn't beneficial for us in terms of qualifying. Starting where we did put us in the middle of the pack where incidents happen on the first lap and that was the case for both our drivers, but both made great recoveries."

Ricardo Penteado, Renault Sport F1 Team Support Leader: "Monza is always a tough race for engines with a high percentage of the lap spent flat out. Today the race was even harder. Kimi's early stop meant he went down the pack and had to fight to regain position. Fuel consumption was considerably higher than that expected as a result, so we had to manage the settings very carefully to give him the power he needed to fight without running dry. Sadly he missed the points by under a second - on the strength of his drive he really deserved it and the car had the pace to score. Romain did a great job to keep hold of eighth, which is a more representative indication of where we are this weekend."

Nico took P6 at the finish after running a one-stop strategy (option/prime), pitting on lap 26. At that stop, the team delivered the race's fastest pit lane time of 24.079 seconds. Lewis suffered a slow right-front puncture on his first set of prime tyres that forced him to make an early stop on lap 13. This meant the team had to convert to a two-stop strategy and Lewis pitted again on lap 38, fitting options each time. On the charging drive that followed, he set the fastest lap of the race in 1:25.849 on lap 51 on his way to P9. His afternoon was further complicated by a total radio failure that meant he relied on his pit board for communication. A tough afternoon saw the team drop to P3 in the Constructors' Championship, three points behind Ferrari.

Ross Brawn: In the end, that was a frustrating race because we had a very quick car today. We can never be certain what Vettel's ultimate pace could have been at the front of the field but we saw Fernando and Mark fighting hard for second place and our drivers were matching their pace all the time. Lewis' slow puncture in his first stint obviously compromised his strategy by forcing us to make two stops. But he drove a fantastic fighting race, complicated by the radio failure, and got everything out of the car this afternoon to climb back to P9. With Nico, we have the frustration that he found himself stuck behind a slower car in terms of lap time that was too quick at the critical parts of the lap to be able to overtake. It's a disappointing result and this weekend reminds us that we need to be on top of our game at all times if we want to maximise our potential. But this afternoon also suggested that we have a competitive car.

Toto Wolff: Our afternoon was compromised by our starting positions, which resulted from yesterday's problems, and further difficulties in the race. Nico found himself stuck behind the Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg and although we were quicker over the lap, we didn't have the speed to make a pass when it counted. Lewis' slow puncture forced him to make an extra pit stop. After that, he showed everybody just how quick the car was and that gave a glimpse of what might have been this afternoon. But we can't take comfort from what might have been. The result was P6 and P9, well beneath the standards we set ourselves. We now need to focus on delivering on the car's potential in the next races.

Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "We are happy about such a great result. Nico fought hard and drove a fantastic race. The crew did a great job as well today. Esteban was held up several times and thus lost the chance to score points. Overall, however, he drove yet again a very strong race and showed he is constantly improving. We are pleased to see that, for the first time, the result reflects us making a step forward with the development of the car. A big thank you to the race team here in Monza and the team back in Hinwil."

Tom McCullough, Head of Track Engineering: "After the rain during the lap to the grid, the race settled in to being dry. It's a fantastic result for Nico, who withstood pressure from Nico Rosberg throughout, and didn't put a foot wrong. Finally he was rewarded for the fantastic job he did yesterday. Esteban was unlucky with traffic, but again showed strong race pace. It was clear that it would be difficult from P16. On this track our car's race pace was stronger than in recent races and that should put a smile on a lot of faces here and in Hinwil."

Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal and Managing Director: "We leave Monza empty-handed after a difficult weekend. We've struggled for pace and had our share of misfortune. Paul's race was over on lap one after contact with Grosjean at the second chicane, which was very disappointing. Adrian had a better start, made up some ground and moved onto the tail of the top ten. He drove a strong race with a great overtaking move on Gutierrez, but was missing the speed to fight for points. In the closing laps we were forced to retire the car with concerns over the brakes. It's clear we need to recapture the form we showed before the summer break if we are to continue fighting for fifth in the constructors' championship."

Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: There was some risk of light rain during the race but we thought we would be able to stay on dry tyres so opted to start both cars on the medium compound tyres. We were aiming to achieve a one-stop strategy with both cars following the pace we saw on Friday. Our strategy and tyre management went as planned but we just didn't have enough pace to challenge the cars in front. We now go from a circuit with the lowest downforce level to one with the highest downforce level in Singapore, so it's a completely different challenge and we hope to perform better there.

Laurent Debout, Renault Sport F1 team support leader: Together we expect more than 14th and 15th so we can't be satisfied with today. That said, we do expect our relative level of performance to be higher in Singapore where the tight corners will play more to the strengths of the car. There should be a better chance to finish in, or closer to the points, than we could do today.

Jules and Max started the race from 21st and 22nd on the grid and ran the first stint on the Medium tyre. They made one stop each, switching to the Hard tyre on race laps 22 and 23 respectively.

John Booth, Team Principal: "Coming into the race today we had quite a bit to contend with. The weather in the half hour prior to going to the grid was very mixed and deciding which tyres to start on was tricky. In the end we gave the drivers a compare between intermediate and the dry tyres in case we experienced further rain before the start of the race. In the end the weather held off for the rest of the race and we were able to run to our planned strategy of a one-stop race. We've seen very good levels of degradation on our car all weekend, which is an improvement over the last few races and the work we have done in this area has paid off to allow us to complete a one-stop race versus Caterham's two-stop. Unfortunately we still didn't quite have the pace we needed to finish in front of them but it was very close with van der Garde at the end. In the dying stages we were getting very low on fuel and given that we had tried to race van der Garde as hard as we could, we had to dramatically slow the pace on the last three laps to ensure we could make it to the flag."

Starting from pole position, 26-year-old Vettel took his dominant victory with a one-stop strategy and now extends his championship advantage to 53 points over Alonso. Alonso also used a one-stop strategy to boost himself from fifth on the grid to second at the end of the race, having started on the P Zero White medium tyre and then switching to the P Zero Orange hard tyre on lap 27.

The race started in ambient temperatures of 26 degrees and despite some drops of rain which fell just before the drivers went out on the grid, conditions remained dry for the full 53 laps. All the drivers started on the medium tyre, apart from the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen and the Sauber of Esteban Gutierrez who opted to start the race on the hard compound.

The first of the front runners to make a scheduled stop was Lotus's Romain Grosjean on lap 20, swapping to hard compounds which soon proved to be the popular choice. Race leader Vettel pitted from the lead three laps later, also fitting hards which he ran to the chequered flag.

Paul Hembery: "With some light rain 30 minutes before the race, some of the cars went onto the grid with the Green intermediates but as the rain subsided we saw the majority of drivers start the race on the mediums. This was a straight-forward one-stop race with no degradation and many cars set their fastest laps towards the end of the race. Any strategy would have been dependant - as always - on a number of factors, but as the rain held off, Vettel's decision to start on the mediums with one stop to change to the hards proved a winning combination. Monza is a big test for the tyres with the surface temperature of the tyres heating up to 130 degrees Celsius as the cars exit La Roggia but the tyres coped well with the demands for the whole weekend. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the fans here this weekend - as always the atmosphere is electric at this circuit and we are truly proud to call this our home race."