Thierry Salvi, Renault: "It's a good result for the team today. Each race we push forward to get more and more performance from our Power Unit, and need to maintain or better this kind of result. Daniel had a different strategy to Seb and managed his tyres very well. Even though one stop was a gamble it was eventually the right choice. Seb had a difficult start and lost a couple of places and then had to work very hard to come back to the front. His overtaking move on Alonso was just fantastic. In the end I think he deserved more than fifth place but two cars in the top five is a result we'll take at this point in the season."

Lewis scored the team's eighth win in nine races in 2014 - and his fifth of the season so far. This marked Lewis' 27th Formula One victory, putting him level with Sir Jackie Stewart. His win came 60 years and two days after the first Formula One victory for Mercedes-Benz at the 1954 French Grand Prix.

Nico retired his car with gearbox problems just after half distance on lap 29, having led from the start. Lewis ran an option/prime/option tyre strategy, with Nico running option/option before his retirement. The team now leads the Constructors' Championship by 158 points after nine of this season's 19 races.

Toto Wolff: It was a day of two halves for the team - a fantastic result for Lewis at his home race and disappointment for Nico when he had to retire. First, the positive aspect: Lewis drove a faultless race today. He made up positions at the start and in the opening laps after the restart, then it was shaping up to be a big battle until Nico started to suffer the gearbox problems. But what I want to praise most of all is Lewis' approach today. He had a bad qualifying session but he arrived at the circuit this morning in such a positive frame of mind and determined to perform - and he did that for his home fans. It was a great performance that showed his mental strength. Nico was doing a great job leading the race today and handled his retirement like the professional he is: he understands that this is part of motor racing and that we still have a long way to go this year. For our team, it's great to win at Silverstone for the second year in a row, so close to our factories in Brackley and Brixworth. And for Mercedes-Benz, it's a special day too - to win on the 60th anniversary of the company's first victory with Juan Manuel Fangio. It's a proud day for all of us.

Paddy Lowe: It's fantastic to produce a win at our home circuit and I'd like to dedicate this to all our team-mates in Brackley and Brixworth - I know they will have been living through every second with us, so this one is for you all. Our W05 Hybrid car was very strong today: Silverstone is a benchmark circuit not just for engine performance but also for aerodynamic efficiency, and we saw incredible pace from Nico and Lewis in the opening stint. There we had two of the best drivers in the world, right on the limit, fighting tooth and nail - and every sector of every lap counted. It was great to watch. We decided to put the drivers on different tyre strategies, with Nico planning to run option/option/prime - and Lewis offset on the slower option/prime/option strategy, which could have given him a chance to challenge for the lead in the closing laps. It was shaping up that way until Nico's problems. It was a real blow to lose Nico's car: there was an early sign of a problem with a strange downshift, then it went away for 10 laps before recurring. We tried to change settings to remedy the situation but ultimately he lost drive and had to retire. But on the positive side, Lewis delivered a fantastic home win for the crowd - and it couldn't have been better at Silverstone's 50th British Grand Prix. It's eight wins in nine races now, which is an amazing statistic, but today also reminded us that we need to keep focusing on every small detail if we want to maintain that level of performance.

Pat Fry: "As we were starting from sixteenth and eighteenth places, we opted to start on the Hard compound and go for a more aggressive strategy. The aim was to have a short first stint before switching to the softer and faster tyre for the rest of the race. Kimi got a great start, making up several places in just a few corners but unfortunately his accident put an end to it all. Fortunately, he is okay, with no serious injuries and that's the most important thing. After the race was stopped, we discussed things with Fernando and decided to fit the Mediums to the end of the race, with a one-stop strategy. Despite the difficulties he had to deal with, Fernando once again displayed his great talent, both on the offensive and the defensive. At some points in the race, there was clearly some frustration, which is completely understandable, because the entire team wants to give him and Kimi a more competitive car and for that reason, we will continue trying our hardest."

Romain started from P11 on the grid on new medium compound tyres. He restarted the race on new hard tyres before changing to new mediums on lap 30. Pastor started from twentieth position after a penalty for being unable to provide sufficient fuel for a sample post-qualifying. He started on new medium compound tyres for the initial start as well as the restarted race, before changing to new hard tyres on lap 26. He retired after completing 49 laps with an exhaust problem.

Federico Gastaldi, Deputy Team Principal: "Once more the team demonstrated great teamwork over a challenging weekend. Unfortunately we weren't able to take advantage of what looks to be much more competitive damp weather performance as the weather was much better today. It was an eventful race and we're thankful no-one was hurt in the incident at the start. Our performance was short of where we want it to be, but both drivers gave their all. As our local race, it was fantastic to see so many people from Enstone here and we thank them all for their ongoing hard work."

Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: "That was a tough race for us and we weren't able to deliver the pace we want to see from the E22. Both drivers worked hard to deliver their best in the circumstances but it was difficult for them to move forwards. Romain had a tough start but looked much better at the end of the race. Pastor suffered from an exhaust problem at the end of his race so we'll investigate the cause of that, especially as he was involved in contact with another car during the course of the race. We now look forward to two days of testing here in Silverstone where we have a lot of work to do."

Simon Rebreyend, Renault Sport F1 track support leader: "It's been a tough weekend and less than we hoped for on the team's home track. Finishing with one car in twelfth is little reward for all the hard work going on behind the scenes at Enstone and Viry. Pastor retired close to the end due to an exhaust failure, which the team will look into next week. On our side we managed the power unit as best we could today but the starting positions were just too far back to be able to make an impression."

"In achieving that outcome, our engineers and mechanics here at Silverstone didn't put a foot wrong, and they deserve great credit for getting the absolute maximum out of the package that they have at their disposal at the moment.

"Obviously, we'd like to have scored more points still, especially as Jenson missed achieving his first ever British Grand Prix podium finish by a whisker.

"Indeed, once Nico [Rosberg] had retired, we decided to target a third-place result for Jenson, but in the end it wasn't quite possible. Nonetheless, he drove a superb race and richly deserved the 12 world championship points he scored here today. Kevin drove very well, too, making a storming start to be third into Turn One and ending up a solid seventh at the flag.

"We hadn't expected to be competitive at this circuit, whose many fast corners we felt wouldn't suit MP4-29's aerodynamic envelope, so we're pleased to have scored 18 points here.

"More broadly, as I've said before, it's clear that we're making progress, even if that progress is necessarily not as rapid as we'd ideally like it to be, and I'm confident that that progress will continue; we're on-track.

"Last but not least, on behalf of all at McLaren, I want to say how relieved we all are to hear that our old friend Kimi [Raikkonen] is okay following his hefty lap-one shunt."

Dr Vijay Mallya, Team Principal & Managing Director: "After such a strong qualifying performance, we were naturally expecting more from today's race. While circumstances played into our hands yesterday, today we were not so fortunate with Checo's race heavily compromised by the contact with the Toro Rosso on lap one. The windy conditions also returned, which appeared to have an impact on our performance. On the positive side we continued our run of points finishes with Nico adding another four points to our tally. It means Nico and the team have scored in every race this season. As we near the halfway point of the season the battle in the championship is closer than ever so it's important that we respond with a stronger showing in Germany in a couple of weeks' time."

Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "The team worked well during the weekend. In qualifying, which took place in changing weather conditions, everything was done right, however, we were not able to exploit our full potential. In the race it was obvious what our problem was. We were not able to make the hard tyres work properly. In the first part of the race our lap times were competitive. We will now have two days of testing in Silverstone this week, and we will work on further improving the competitiveness of the C33."

Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "Both our drivers made good starts and were able to gain positions. After the re-start we lost time behind a slower car before we were able to overtake. From this moment on the performance was quite good, and it looked as if we were able to match the performance of some of our competitors. But then we lost Esteban's car due to an incident. With Adrian we changed to the hard compound. From this moment on we lost competitiveness, because we were not able to make theses tyres work, which had an immediate influence on our performance and cost us a couple of positions. Overall, we were not fast enough to make it into the points."

Ricardo Penteado (Renault Sport F1 track support leader): "We should be very pleased with the double points finish today. Engine wise we had no problems and the drivers were able to make the most of the car. Everything worked very well, which helped JEV recover from his contact on the first lap. This type of form, or even better, is what we need to aim for every race weekend."

Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: It's a slightly mixed weekend. It's a great result for Valtteri and he showed incredible race craft throughout the whole race. You couldn't ask for anything more from the driver; he changed his race around with those overtakes in the first stint. It's really disappointing for Felipe as we clearly have a great car and could have had a double podium, but he will rebuild and has the support to bounce back. Everybody is pushing and everybody is motivated in the team, and as a result we are moving forward and that is the main aim. I am really proud of everything that we have done and a big thank you to everyone at the team here and in Grove for all the hard work.

The 52 lap race got off to a troubled start when Kimi Raikonnen had a huge crash on the exit of Turn 5 during the opening lap. A loose tyre released under impact bounced onto Max's car, resulting in significant front end damage but thankfully with Max himself unscathed. Max pitted for a new front wing and for further damage inspection as the race was red flagged, a move which ultimately cost him a drive through penalty. From his position in the pits, Max was forced to restart the race from the pit lane after the pack had passed through, the Team having effected repairs to his car. His team-mate Jules Bianchi, who was too far ahead on the opening lap to be caught up in the melee, restarted the race from 10th position.

At the end of lap 2 following the restart, Max pitted for his drive through penalty and from then on had a lonely race at the back of the field. Nonetheless, he pushed hard and delivered impressive lap times, to eat away at the gap between him and the Caterhams ahead, which was subsequently reduced to Kobayashi following a problem for Ericsson.

Jules drove a determined race, holding off the faster cars behind him for a good portion of the first stint before they were able to pass and demonstrating the improving pace of his MR03. He ended the race in P14 after Maldonado ahead was forced to retire and Max made it a two-car finish on home asphalt in P16.

John Booth, Team Principal: "A very eventful first lap today and luckily the only damage as far as our team was concerned was damage to Max's car rather than himself, so he was extremely lucky in this respect. We called Max in soon after the incident due to the need to change his front wing and check his front suspension, which the wheel had hit. Later in the lap we received the red flag notification but due to a radio issue we weren't able to get the message through to Max to go straight to the grid. Consequently we incurred a hefty penalty, not just that of the drive through but also going down a lap on the safety car restart. From this point Max did well to stay focused and try to catch the cars in front in order to put himself in a position of being able to take advantage of any safety car, should it enable him to unlap himself. His pace was good and overall, despite the disappointment of his finishing position is, he has been pleased with the performance of the car in the race. Jules had a very good opening stint, battling hard with the cars behind. Some were clearly quicker than us but he showed good racecraft in keeping them behind. At the point at which they broke through, as Caterham were so far behind it was more about minimising the gap to the Sauber and Lotus cars in front. Unfortunately we weren't quite quick enough so we turn our attentions now to the test this week. One day is devoted to Pirelli testing but we hope the day we will devote to set-up work will bring us some more performance ahead of Germany."

Claudio Albertini, Head of Customer Teams Power Unit Operations, Scuderia Ferrari: "It's been a very busy weekend for the whole team, marked by the best performance in qualifying in our short history thanks to Jules' 12th and Max's 13th places. Also the result of the race can be considered in a positive way; 14th and 16th places are in line with the potential of our package currently in a race characterised by several crashes and withdrawals. From the point of view of reliability, not everything went as it should this weekend, especially on Friday and Saturday. We are very sorry for the gearbox problem that occurred during FP3 on Max's car, which prevented him maximising the best grid position of his career that he had deservedly achieved in front of the British fans. Today, the situation was much better but it is clear that we must work hard to raise our standards on this front in order to place the team in a position to be able to exploit its full planned programme for the weekend. The next two testing days, which will take place here on Tuesday and Wednesday, will be therefore very important especially reliability-wise."

Christijan Albers, CEO, Caterham F1 Team: "We're obviously not happy with where we finished today, but for my first weekend with the team I have to say it's been good. We're not even a week into this new chapter in the team's life but we've already seen just how hard everyone at the track and at the factory is prepared to work to push us forwards, and how determined we all are to achieve our targets this year. We obviously have a lot of work to do but we're prepared for the challenges ahead and we have another chance in two weeks time to make progress in Germany, so we'll aim to do just that and, little by little, keep improving."

The race was red-flagged following an accident on the opening lap, with an hour's delay for barrier repairs. As the re-start was a continuation of the race that had already started, drivers were allowed to change their tyres on the grid. Providing both compounds were at some point used, any driver switching compounds during that period would theoretically not be obliged to change tyres again during the race.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso switched from hard to medium, while the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo, Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Romain Grosjean (Lotus) and Sergio Perez (Force India) made the opposite move from medium to hard.

A two-stop strategy was used by Hamilton to win the race, but the rest of the podium - and seven out of the top 10 - was made up of one-stoppers, at one of the toughest circuits of the season. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, who finished third, made his final set of medium tyres last for 37 laps.

The teams will now remain in Silverstone for a two-day in-season test on Tuesday and Wednesday. Under the 2014 regulations, each team has to devote one of in-season testing throughout the year to Pirelli, as the Italian firm develops future products. Ferrari and Marussia will test for Pirelli on Tuesday, while Red Bull and Lotus F1 Team will undertake Pirelli testing duties on Wednesday. Lotus F1 Team will run a new 18-inch wheel concept in a demonstration on Wednesday, designed to provide an insight into what Formula One might look like in the future.

Paul Hembery: "The restart at the beginning of the race obviously had an effect on the tyre strategy, with a few drivers taking advantage of the situation to switch from their original strategy. We saw some quite opposite approaches being taken, with most drivers who changed moving to the harder tyre, while Alonso was able to exploit the extra speed of the medium tyre - worth about a second a lap - to gain track position after the re-start. The same story continued throughout the race with a number of different approaches to strategy. Even though Silverstone contains the highest lateral energy loadings of the year, seven drivers in the top 10 proved that it was possible to one-stop, which says a lot about the durability of these tyres. Even Lewis Hamilton, who took a brilliant home win, could probably have stopped just once. Now we look forward to this week's test, during which we will see what an 18-inch tyre looks like on a Formula One car, and it's going to be very interesting to hear what people think about that."

Strategy Truth-O-Meter:

Our two-stop prediction was for the quickest strategy to be a two-stopper: medium-medium-hard, stopping on laps 23 and 45. However, the red flag period and consequent reduction in the race distance had repercussions on the eventual winning strategy used. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went for a medium-hard-hard strategy, stopping on laps 24 and 41.