Juan Pablo, a great qualifying lap first of all to get you right up there and then an amazing first corner of you, round the outside of Fernando.
Juan Pablo Montoya: Yesterday in qualifying, being in one of the first cars to run is very hard and even like that, I think we had the potential to do a good lap and we did. And I think that's where the race was won. I had a good start. I knew Fernando couldn't risk too much and I was willing to risk a bit more and it really paid off. I think that's where the race was won. In the first part of the race the car was really understeering so I couldn't push it too much. So I decided to look after the tyres more and I would wait for the start, because if you kill the tyres the race would over. The team did a great strategy, they called me (in) a lap early and Fernando had some traffic as expected and it was just, but it was enough.

It was very close between you two guys, a lot of pressure, no mistakes, you seemed to have the edge in sectors two and three, Fernando always matching you in sector one.
JPM: The car, the first sector, turn one was quite oversteery and I had big moments at the beginning of the race going into Becketts and I know that when you lose it there you have a big shunt. For half a tenth it wasn't worth it. And I think that when I had to push to open the gap it paid off, you know. I think Fernando had a bit of traffic.

Just after that first pit stop, side by side with Fernando into Becketts again!
JPM: It was good, you know, I think it is great racing and I want to thank everyone at McLaren and Mercedes. I went to Mercedes Performance Engines on Thursday and they said 'ah, we have got this engine for you and hopefully you will win the race with this engine' and to do that is amazing.

Fernando, it was very, very close, what was the deciding factor? Traffic? Perhaps that fuel load on the second stint?
Fernando Alonso: Well, it was very close between Juan Pablo and me. The first pit stop we put a lot of fuel on board, obviously, to go very long in the second stint and even with that I almost overtook Juan Pablo in the first stop, so with a normal strategy it should come. But I think the strategy, as I said, was good, I kept a two second gap with Juan Pablo in the second stint and this four or five laps longer I had in the second stint should have helped me to win the race but unfortunately I had some traffic there and the blue flags didn't work at all this race, so I think I lost three seconds with Jarno (Trulli) but it was not his fault because there were no blue flags at all so he didn't know that I was fighting for the victory at that time.

And it looked pretty close there going into the last stint, as well, you were within one second of Juan Pablo and then the closing laps of the race he managed to pull away.
FA: Yeah, I tried after the second stop to push him a bit but it was really difficult to overtake. I knew the pace of Juan Pablo and me was very similar because all the first stint I was with him, so the last three or four laps Kimi was quite far away so I just relaxed to get the second place. But for us it is a dream come true.

Kimi, a fantastic drive from you up from the midfield, setting fastest lap on your last lap of the race, trying all the way, but you lost a lot of time behind Michael and Jarno.
Kimi Raikkonen: Yes, I think this year the cars are difficult to follow in fast corners. I was quite a bit quicker than they were but I got close at the end of the back straight but I was never able to follow close enough to the fast corners, so I knew it was difficult to get anywhere after that. But at least we have got a podium, it is good result for the team, it could have been better but that is what we got this time.

I suppose you would have liked a few more blue flags for the traffic, what was the traffic like in front of you?
KR: Sometimes, but I guess there were more important things to do at that time. It's fantastic to go to the marshals or to race control to see everybody.

Just to re-iterate, very bad luck for you having to take that grid penalty because of the engine change, but no doubt about the speed of the McLaren-Mercedes today.
KR: Yeah. In normal circumstances I think it would have been a bit different results, but, like I said, there is nothing more I can do, I can just try my best and hopefully the team will sort out the rest and move on.

Juan, a final word to you. Your first win for McLaren in the British Grand Prix, it is a momentous occasion for you and the team.
JPM: I think it is a great race, you know, it is the home race for the team, actually both parts are in England, and it is just amazing. It is great, all the guys, for me to do this, and I am just so pleased.

Press Conference

Juan Pablo, it has been a difficult season for you, is there a sense of relief in this win?
JPM: I know I can win races and everything, but it has been such a frustrating season and when I crossed the line I was excited but it was more of an 'aaaaahh' more than anything. But it was good. It was a lot of work for the team and we have been changing the car a lot, you know, my driving style is so different from Kimi's so that anything you put on the car, I can't drive it. I could just drive it, but if the conditions changed a bit it was a big problem for me, so we have been trying a lot of different things and, you know, the last few races we have made a lot of progress.