Thierry Salvi, Renault: "A great race for Sebastian to get his first podium of the season. Everything worked as expected on the Power Unit and we managed the fuel and energy well. One of the main concerns in the heat here is the charged air temperature to the turbo, but we didn't have any issues today. Daniel was unlucky again - he lost time in the pits and then retired. But we have seen that we have the potential to challenge for the podium with both cars now, which shows the huge effort put in since winter testing by both Milton Keynes and Viry."

Lewis claimed his 23rd Formula One career victory and his second for Mercedes AMG Petronas today at Sepang. He took the chequered flag with an advantage of 17 seconds and set the fastest lap of the race on lap 52. Lewis stopped on laps 15 and 33 for medium tyres, switching to the hard compound at his final stop on lap 51. Finishing in second place, Nico achieved his 13th Formula One career podium and his 11th for the team. He followed the same tyre strategy as Lewis, stopping on laps 14, 32 and 50. Lewis' victory was the 15th for the Silver Arrows in Formula One and the 101st for Mercedes-Benz power.

Toto Wolff: It doesn't get any better than a one-two finish - congratulations to everybody in the team, at Mercedes-Benz and at Petronas who worked so hard to make this happen. It was a controlled race from the first lap and Lewis and Nico did a fantastic job in very demanding conditions. But we cannot afford to be complacent: we still have room for improvement with our overall package and the race showed us once again that the competition are right there behind us. We will savour the moment this evening but we all know that if you stand still in this business, you go backwards. So we will be pushing hard to improve further for the next race in Bahrain.

Paddy Lowe: We knew from our practice running that we had the pace in the car, so today was about managing the team and the car through 56 laps without encountering any problems or making any mistakes. Formula One is a very complex sport and, as we have seen ourselves in recent weeks, the littlest things can destroy a race. But we delivered a faultless day for both cars and both drivers; we are simply over the moon to have scored the first one-two finish for Mercedes-Benz since 1955 and to have earned our own small place in that fantastic tradition. That's the right point at which to thank the whole team that contributed to this success, in Brackley, Brixworth, Stuttgart and Kuala Lumpur, the home city of our partners Petronas. It is hard to overstate the crucial role of Petronas fluid technology solutions in the development of the new 2014 Power Unit and we are especially proud to have delivered our first one-two finish at their home race here in Malaysia. The entire team has spent several years working on this Silver Arrow and today we successfully delivered the final piece of the puzzle.

Pat Fry: "A race of mixed fortunes today, because while Fernando managed yet again to give his all, Kimi's race was compromised right from the start. With the former, it was a case of managing the traffic and tyre performance: while we were trying to bring forward the stops to pass Ricciardo, at the same time, we had to defend from Hulkenberg, who was behind Fernando but on a different strategy. As for Kimi, he was hit by Magnussen and had to do an entire lap at a very slow pace to get back to the pits and change tyres. Despite the different outcomes, both of them drove at a good pace, reasonably similar to that of the cars grouped behind the Mercedes. The F14 T continues to make progress and has proved to have good reliability, but we know this is not enough. We know we are working in the right direction, but if we want to reduce the gap to the leaders, we need to make a major step forward. Bahrain looks like being one of the hardest races of the season, where managing fuel consumption will definitely play a very important role."

Romain started from fifteenth position on new medium tyres, changing to new medium tyres on laps 12 and 25 and new hard tyres on lap 40. Pastor started from sixteenth position on new medium tyres, before being called into the pits to retire on lap 7.

Federico Gastaldi, Deputy Team Principal: "Today Romain drove a great race to be in with a shout of points and finish the team's first race of 2014. That he was able to defend his position for the last eight laps despite his rear diffuser not working properly shows his determination. This determination is shared by the entire team as we now look to extract more performance from the E22. Pastor was very unfortunate with an issue which could have damaged his engine. We needed to retire him so that we can ensure better performance later in the year. We head to Bahrain as determined as ever to find more improvements in performance and reliability."

Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: "Today was a big step forwards from Melbourne, and every time we run the car we can see we are making progress. Romain had a decent race, getting the car to the finish and giving us plenty of valuable data and feedback to enable us to deliver improved performance. He suffered from some damage to his diffuser on lap 48 and subsequently was losing around a second and a half in terms of performance per lap. This considered, he did a very good job indeed to stay in front of Kimi. Pastor had a problem with the intake to the turbo, which was evident from the start of his race. Unfortunately, as well as limiting performance it was potentially damaging to the engine so we had to make the difficult decision to retire him. Overall, we're optimistic that we can improve further next weekend in Bahrain."

Julien Barbieux, Renault Sport F1 Team Support Leader: "Getting to the finish and in the points was the aim this weekend and we just missed out on the top ten. This gives us a good foundation we can build on in the next races. Pastor retired in order to prevent damage to the power unit as the team picked up an air leak that could have hurt the turbo. Put simply, we had to play it on the safe side. We're making progress all the time on the package and this race finish gives us so much more information to feed back into the programme."

Kevin stopped for fresh tyres on lap nine, during which pit-stop the team also fitted a new nose-box to his car. However, soon afterwards, he was awarded a five-second stop-go penalty in respect of his coming-together with Kimi, which he took at the start of his second pit-stop. Despite those setbacks, he pushed hard until the end, finishing ninth, his second consecutive points finish in as many grands prix.

Jenson's race was incident-free - he vaulted Kevin to run seventh in the early laps, expertly keeping Felipe Massa's Williams at bay throughout the first stint. He gained another place when the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo was delayed by a number of issues in the middle of the race. Then, in the closing laps, he put up a spirited defence, again facing an attack from Felipe, to come home sixth.

With four points finishes from four starts in 2014, McLaren currently sits second in the constructors' world championship.

Eric Boullier, Racing Director: "Clearly, we'd expected to be leaving Sepang with rather more than the 10 points we scored here this afternoon. "Having said that, Jenson drove a faultless race, moving steadily from his P10 grid slot to P6 at flag-fall. Had qualifying gone better for him, perhaps he could have finished a little farther up, but probably not much.

"Kevin made a good start, but, as he shaped up to pass Kimi's Ferrari, the two cars touched, causing a puncture for Kimi and a broken left-side front-wing end-plate for Kevin.

"Kevin's first pit-stop was consequently elongated by our need to fit a replacement nose-cone assembly, which deficit was compounded by the stop-go penalty he was awarded soon after.

"Such races are a Formula 1 rookie's rights of passage, inevitable and unsurprising, but Kevin's reaction was impressive from two perspectives: first, he put his head down and drove his heart out for the remainder of the afternoon, recovering very well to finish ninth at the finish; and, second, he apologised to the team unreservedly on the slowing-down lap, which wasn't strictly necessary but was good to hear all the same.

"Overall, then, despite having got both our cars to the finish in points-scoring positions, we're far from satisfied; but we're working tirelessly to improve things, and that's exactly what we'll do.

"From here we go to Bahrain, where we hope to spice things up a bit by putting on a better show in the home race of our principal shareholder, Mumtalakat."

Vijay Mallya, Team Principal and Managing Director: "Nico's fifth place today is a fantastic result for the team. He didn't put a wheel out of place and managed the race perfectly to complete a two-stop strategy. In the end we didn't have the performance left in the hard tyres to hold off Alonso, but it's encouraging to see us finish 36 seconds ahead of the sixth place McLaren. We knew we would cope well in the hot conditions so it's very satisfying to pick up ten more points; but it was a day of mixed fortunes with Checo unable to start the race. It's important we solve the problem before Bahrain because we had the speed to score good points with both cars today. On the whole I'm feeling very positive about our performance this weekend and I'm confident we can deliver a similar showing in Bahrain."

Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "We saw during the practice sessions that our measures to improve the performance of the car worked well. It proves that we are going in the right direction. It is certain such a race result is very disappointing. However, it will not put us off course from our plan to implement the next steps."

Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "The start of the race was okay, as Adrian was able to gain several positions. We were on a three stop strategy with both cars, because our goal was to keep up with the cars in front of us. Both drivers started on the medium tyre. Adrian then shifted to the hard compound at his first stop, because he was not happy with the medium tyre. Esteban changed to the hard tyre during his second stop, and then wanted to go back to the medium for the last stint. But during his pit stop he wasn't able to engange first gear. Before that Adrian was forced to stop out on the track. His car lost electric power supply and switched off completely. We will investigate both problems in order to solve them before the next race in Bahrain. Overall, our performance in the race wasn't where we expected it to be, so we have some homework to do."

Ricardo Penteado (Renault Sport F1 track support leader): "Another great race for Daniil to score his second points in two races. On the other side of the garage it was a difficult time for JEV. He lost some positions at the start, due in part to the extremely high air temperature, which triggered a protective mode in the engine. Later on we lost turbo power as there was an air leak in the system and we had to retire the car. It was a real shame as we had the potential for a double points finish but we'll come back again in Bahrain in just a week."

Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: A double points finish is what we were aiming for this weekend and I'm delighted for the team and everyone back at the factory who have worked so hard on the FW36. The high temperatures make this a very tough race and we were focusing on controlling our tyre degradation and all of the component temperatures in the car. We did this well and both of the drivers did a very strong job of managing the car and driving consistently, making some good overtakes when needed to move us up the field. This weekend has been something of a mixed bag for the team, but we are confident that Bahrain next weekend will allow us to demonstrate the cars potential.

Max Chilton experienced a tough challenge in today's Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, but persevered in his race-long pursuit of Marcus Ericsson. Jules Bianchi's race was cut short at the start when he was hit from behind by Jean-Eric Vergne. This led to a puncture which left Jules unable to avoid Pastor Maldonado.

John Booth, Team Principal: "It was a tough start to the race for the Team and the drivers due to the incredibly high temperatures on the grid. The actual starts didn't work out too well, however both drivers started to try and battle their way back through on the first lap. Unfortunately for Jules, the puncture he got from Vergne caused his incident with Maldonado and he had to return to the pits to change tyres and fit a new front wing. From this point on Jules was not happy with the car and we suspected further damage beyond what was apparent at the stop. Sadly we had no alternative but to retire him due to accident damage, as I'm sure his car would have been just as reliable as Max's. For Max, he was initially following the two Caterhams. In the second stint he didn't quite have the pace to stay with Kobayashi but he continued to battle with Ericsson, trading positions between the stops. We were behind him in the last stint and although we were able to push him right up until the final corner, we didn't quite make it past. Overall a disappointing race from a performance point of view, but the learnings from another complete process of racing the new powertrain will stand us in good stead as we switch focus to Bahrain and try to improve the performance again."

Claudio Albertini, Head of Customer Teams Power Unit Operations, Scuderia Ferrari: "A bittersweet ending to the weekend in Sepang. From a strictly technical point of view, it was a better weekend than Melbourne, especially with regard to the reliability of the power unit. This enabled the team to not only work with greater continuity but also to exploit more of the potential of its package. The Malaysia Grand Prix is one of the most severe in terms of reliability, mainly due to very high temperatures, which today were even higher than expected. Being able to handle everything in a positive way is a result that should not be underestimated. In addition, it is obvious that the collaboration between the group of technicians and mechanics in Maranello and our colleagues in Banbury is getting stronger at every turn. The positives came from the fact that Max was able to finish the race, while maintaining his personal record (21 races completed out of 21), the disappointment from the episode that led to the early retirement of Jules, who was once again very unlucky. A pity, because with the contribution of the French driver the Team could easily fight on equal terms with our closest rivals. Now we are preparing for a new challenge, in Bahrain, where we have from a known starting point, since we have a lot of data coming from pre-season testing on the Sakhir track. The conditions will be different but the experience gained in these first two Grands Prix will be very helpful."

The P Zero Orange hard and P Zero White medium tyres were nominated for the race, but with more than a second difference in race pace between the two compounds, a key part of the strategy consisted of the ability to adapt tyre choice to the characteristics of each car and the evolving race conditions.

The top two finishers, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg (who claimed the first one-two for Mercedes since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix) both used exactly the same three-stop strategy: three stints on the medium tyre followed by a final stint on the hard tyre, of just five and six laps respectively at the end of the race.

Force India's Nico Hulkenberg was the highest-placed two-stopper in fifth, having fought for a podium place from seventh on the grid. The German completed a long final stint on the hard tyre, but was able to match some of the competitors on the softer medium tyre for performance.

Paul Hembery: "This was a tough race, with track temperature of 46 degrees at the start and the most abrasive surface that we visit all year. In spite of this the tyres showed an overall balance of performance that allowed a close battle for the lead. There was no blistering or graining, and while drivers had to manage thermal degradation, a three-stop race is in line with the requirements the sport has asked Pirelli to deliver."

Our prediction for the race was a tough one to call after qualifying was run in wet weather, minimising slick tyre data available. But we said that the fastest theoretical way for the 56-lap race should be to start on the medium, change to the medium again on lap 15, medium once more on lap 29 and a final stint on the hard from lap 43.

We were quite close. Hamilton started on the medium; made his first stop for mediums again on lap 15, second stop for more mediums on lap 33, and his final stint on the hard from lap 51.