Q: Juan Pablo, a brilliant race, 16 laps to go, 1.6s in front of Kimi; take us through those closing stages.
Juan Pablo Montoya: I think it’s unbelievable to be honest. It was a really hard race. Kimi was running a bit longer, so right before the stop I managed to do a couple of laps which I think gave me enough to stay ahead of Kimi. I came out of the pits and I made one mistake and Kimi got right behind me and I thought ‘whoa, don’t do anything stupid, just keep it on the road’ and I did and I managed to get some very good laps at the end and managed to open up a bit of a gap to Kimi. It’s fantastic, you know. It’s been four years with Williams, we’ve had ups, downs and everything and I think to close these four years with a win is unbelievable. I really want to thank Frank, I think I’ve thanked all the team except Frank, so thanks Frank.

Q: It was an amazing race from start to finish. Talk us through the early laps with the rain; a difficult opening lap for you but you recovered very well on laps two and three.
JPM: Yeah, on the first lap it was difficult to get temperature in the tyres a little bit. I was sliding a little bit, the start wasn’t that good, but I started to find that I had a bit more grip than the rest of the people, so I started using the grip and it worked to my advantage. I think Sam Michael and the team did a fantastic job. They called me early enough to go for slick tyres and it really played into my hands. I managed to pass Kimi coming out of the pits and I think that was the race decided.

Q: Fernando Alonso was obviously very quick early on starting on dry tyres; was it a decision for you or did you just go intermediates, no choice?
JPM: We knew the track was too wet from where we were. We needed track position before the stop and I think we made the right call, to be honest.

Q: It looked like it was a long hard race from your point of view, there was a little bit of rain at two thirds distance…
JPM: It rained a little bit and I slowed down the pace a little bit but it wasn’t hard to drive. I think the hardest thing for all of us was the neck because we’re all used to turning right and this is only the circuit which goes the other way and it was really hard to be honest.

Q: Kimi, a fantastic race, as we said, 1.6s behind as you rejoined from your final pit stop, what were your thoughts then, did you think you could do it?
Kimi Raikkonen: Yeah, I was trying. I got close but not close enough to try to do anything. But after the first pit stop he got past me and I was a bit too careful under braking in the first corner so maybe I lost it then, but anyway it’s good to finish the season in second place.

Q: But you did win the race out of the pit lane, but then he got you at the end of the straight. Tell us about that little race into the lefthander at the end of the pit lane?
KR: Yeah, I wasn’t sure how much he could get there but then he got behind me and then got on the better side under braking but it was just a nice race, but when I pulled out of my pit stop I couldn’t see him at all so I didn’t know he was next to me, so we were driving side-by-side out of the pit but luckily we didn’t hit each other, so it was good.

Q: Rubens, you said yesterday that if the win was reserved for you you would take it but sadly it didn’t happen but you were very quick early on and you recovered well in those conditions but once you stopped for tyres you seemed to lose a lot of time.
Rubens Barrichello: Well, I think the conditions were not favourable in a way, because it was like raining, stopping and in those damp conditions, we are still not fantastic. I think if it stayed drive I think we would have had a completely different pace. If it stayed wet we would have as well but it was in an intermediate situation so it was very difficult to drive and it was hard to call for slicks because the car was all over the place and it still seemed too wet so we lost a lot of time at the beginning because of that.

Q: And therefore a hard race for you mentally and physically I guess, in traffic and racing hard to the podium.
RB: Yeah, absolutely. With twenty laps to go, I put something in my neck just to try to hold it but it was actually doing something bad to the muscles so it was very bad. I guess everyone had a problem with their neck but I just had to let it go because it was very very difficult and I think the whole week, all the stress and everything, I feel very tired. I want to thank the whole team and all the public that came here to see me, I guess. If we deserved to win the race, we would win it but it was a difficult situation today. I’m happy that we finished on the podium, but the race is still there to be won.

Q: Juan Pablo, final thoughts from you: an emotional day, a Colombian winning a Brazilian Grand Prix, and, as you say, your last ever race for the BMW Williams team.
JPM: I think it’s great, you know. My first F1 race that I did was here in Brazil in 2001, it was the third race of the year and I thought I could win it, and I thought it was a problem, I think it’s best to win it to be honest. It’s awesome to finish the season like that, it really pumps me up for next year and I’m really looking forward to working with Kimi next year and I think the position we are in for next year we could be really strong.

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