Felipe, your emotions at winning your first Grand Prix?
Felipe Massa: It's just fantastic, I've been working so hard through my whole career to get to this moment. Just amazing, looking back to everything in my life to get to here - I'm really happy and very emotional. It's a fantastic day for me, like yesterday was.

Talk about the early laps and at the end when there was a lot going on behind you. What were the thoughts going through your head?
FM: I did a very good start and first lap. The car was well balanced through the whole race and even after the safety car I was able to pull away and wasn't too aggressive on the car. Every set of tyres and every part of the car was just responding in a fantastic way and I was able to keep the gap through the whole race.

And your thoughts as you crossed the line?
FM: It's difficult to say. It's like a dream come true, these two guys have had it before, but this is my first. It's very special.

Fernando, you took second place when the safety car came out and you held it to the end, brilliant under pressure?
Fernando Alonso: Yes, we were lucky with the safety car and overtook Michael there. I managed to pull away a little bit and was light on fuel in the second stint. I think Michael went wide in Turn Eight because the gap increased to three or four seconds in one lap and that was probably the key to maintaining the second place. It's true in the last 15 laps it was very close as we ran together and to finish in front by half a car length was enough to be second. It's good, I'm very happy in a way and it would have been difficult to win because Felipe was away and impossible to catch him, so for sure we need to improve something for the forthcoming race.

Talk us through those last couple of laps, did you feel confident that you could hold Michael behind you?
FA: Yes to be honest I was confident. I was playing with the revs in the engine a little bit. It was going up and down depending on the distance I had to Michael. At the last corner I slowed just in case Michael tried a risky manoeuvre, but the exit was quite bad and the distance to the line was very close. But I knew that it was enough.

Michael, obviously a frustrating day, but nonetheless a great race for the crowd?
Michael Schumacher: Absolutely it was a nice fight at the end. But first of all, congratulations to Felipe who did a really superb job. He opened up quite a gap in the early stages of the race and was very consistent. I managed to close it just before we went to the safety car, but he didn't do any mistakes, he drove it home superbly and that's what is good about our team – if someone didn't have a good weekend then someone makes up for it. Well done for him.

You ran wide at Turn Eight on lap 28 and later Fernando appeared to have a slight advantage there?
MS: Yes, with my second set I didn't manage to do the speed I wanted to. By the end we saw that we had some blisters on the rear tyres, we also had pretty heavy fuel load and due to the fact the car was pretty difficult in Turn Eight, it lost me significant time. Then I had to make up for it and overdrove the tyres a little bit. But there was nothing else I could do, I couldn't sit and wait any longer. I drove a little bit conservative to preserve for the end but it wasn't enough. It wasn't supposed to be today – that's the way it is.

Finally, it was a very tight first corner between the two of you at the start?
MS: Indeed, with Fernando it wasn't that close – more so with Felipe, because I didn't see him for a moment as I was side-by-side with Fernando. Felipe was easy in the first corner and we both didn't take it easy and we were pretty close altogether.

Felipe, your first grand prix win hasn't sunk in yet, but when you win for Ferrari, which is closing in on the constructors' championship, what a day for you?
FM: Fantastic. I always dream to be a Ferrari driver and to win my first race for Ferrari is definitely something special for me. I'm sure people are really happy inside the team, because we've been doing a really good job this year. And it's amazing for me, to have the first victory with Ferrari.

Press Conference

Well done Felipe, is it beginning to sink in now?
FM: I think it will take a while.

What was it like on the podium?
FM: It's just amazing, it's a dream come true. It's a dream day for me - these two guys know what I'm talking about. When you spend your whole career getting to Formula One and when you get there and win your first race – it's just amazing. I'm really happy to be here with this incredible team who gave me a fantastic car. Just amazing, I'm really emotional and definitely I'm going to enjoy this time a lot.

And you go to Monza as a Ferrari winner?
FM: For sure, now looking at our potential, the championship is still open. There are four races still to go, you never know what can happen in these four races. Michael still has a chance to win the championship and the team now has a big, big chance to win. I also pull away on my championship in third place, I think it's still possible. We need to focus on this target and try to do the best we can to do that.