How has life been since Sao Paulo, Fernando?
Fernando Alonso: It seems strange. It is a dream come true and I have enjoyed this week so much. I have not done anything special but just remembered the great moments of this 2005 season and my career.

Have you been at home in Spain or Oxford?
FA: In Oxford. I was there all week and my family came there and then at the weekend some friends as well, so it was quite easy.

So how will life change from now?
FA: Nothing's really changed. We did a good job this season, we won the championship but Formula One is different every year. Next year will be a new motivation a new challenge with the new rules so hopefully we can maintain this level and we can fight for the title again, or maybe not, who knows? What we have done is fantastic for Renault and for me and life keeps going.

You mentioned in Sao Paulo that you would be less conservative in the next two races, so what will we see different?
FA: In terms of performance I think that will be similar, because when you have the helmet on, you close the visor and you go for it and also in Sao Paulo I tried to win the race, but obviously in some parts of the race, at the start, maybe when Juan Pablo overtook me on the second lap, maybe you are a little bit conservative because that isn't the time to take risks and maybe it will be more difficult to overtake me.

What has been the most important or significant point about this season?
FA: I think the whole season was important. Probably the first races were the most important because I took this 20-point advantage to all the opponents and then in the second part I maintained the gap. Australia was probably the best race this year because I finished third but I fought a lot with some bad luck as well in qualifying with the rain conditions etc, but those six points, I knew, were very important.

What have you learned this year?
FA: I learned when you have a good car you can win, that is the only thing, because I fought with the R23 which was a good car but I only won the Hungarian Grand Prix but the car was so-so and I finished sixth in the championship. Last year the car was very difficult to drive and we had a lot of problems but I still finished fourth in the championship. But I was missing something, I was missing something to win the championship and now I have the answer: you need a good car and a good team, but if you have everything together you can win.

And your hopes for 2006?
FA: I hope to fight again for the title. This championship was so exciting for me, every race with very high motivation and enjoying all the races and I think the only difference compared to the previous season was that I was leading the championship or close to leading the championship and for next year, all the team and me, we hope to again try to fight to the last races with options in the championship but if we can win even better.

Michael Schumacher is in his 14th or so World Championship season, can you see yourself still racing in ten years time?
FA: I don't know. I think you need to have a good car to keep the motivation like Michael has had throughout his career and I think that with Ferrari he found good motivation and when they put everything together and they started to win races and championships, it is impossible to stop because you enjoy it so much and I think that if this happened to us, it would be not difficult to keep going for so many years but if you have six or seven years with not the best car and you cannot win I think you retire a little bit earlier than him.

Flavio, what have been the effects for Renault of winning the Drivers' championship?
Flavio Briatore: The best possible thing is to win. We are very happy. You know we started the Renault Formula One programme in 2001 and after four years we won the championship. Fernando has done an incredible job, especially last year and this year and we don't forget that he is only 24. He's been very mature. If you look at the races from Australia to Brazil he was really fantastic. His professionalism has been fantastic, he's been cool. We have had a lot of pressure, especially in the last three or four races, really because you never know. McLaren have been very, very quick. Our cars performed very well during the first part of the season and after Barcelona McLaren was really so quick. But Fernando managed to maintain the difference between himself and Kimi. I believe it was fantastic for Formula One to have Fernando and Kimi fighting up to Brazil for the championship. And for Renault, it is the first time that a (constructeur) generaliste (major motor manufacturer) has won the championship with a young driver - it's fantastic. I believe all of us in the team, everybody in the Renault team has enjoyed this. It was really amazing.

Obviously you want to win the Constructors' championship as well, does anything change for these final two races?
FB: I hope so. As Fernando said, we know that the McLarens are very very quick and at this moment we need to try our best to win the Constructors' championship. It is important as well. But we try, we are making the best effort between Fernando and Giancarlo. But on the other hand, we are very very happy with the Drivers' championship because, in the end, it is the F1 Drivers' championship at the moment and we've done it. Now, if we don't win the Constructors' championship, then congratulations to McLaren.