What is the emotion. Is it relief, is it joy. Is it everything.
"It feels like I am still racing. It has been flat-out since I got out of the car. It is more than relief. You don't win the World Championship and feel relief. You feel ecstatic. All the good and bad memories go from your mind, not just from this year but previous years in the sport. Especially this year. It was such a great start to the season but the last few races were pretty stressful for me as the pace was there but for whatever problem we had in qualifying we struggled a few times. It made it very difficult for me not just because mentally that hurts when you are not able to get the best out of the car on that day. But also I read too many papers and magazines. There were some negative comments. It is tough when you are a driver and you know that you are at the top of your game. But the great thing is there has been a lot of good stuff written about us this year and so there should be. This team has done staggeringly well and what we have achieved this season after the winter we had is exceptional. I don't really think there has been a season like it in Formula One so it is great to be sat here as World Champion and I personally think I thoroughly deserve it. I have been the best over 16 races and that's what World Championships are. I admit I am a World Champion and I am going to keep saying that all night as I have heard my flight is cancelled. It is now anyway even if the plane is going to take off. But this race for me was the best race I've driven in my life probably. I know it is because of the emotion involved with it. But also I knew I had to make it happen. It was very difficult. Some people were very difficult to pass but when I had to do it I did. That's why I am sat up here as the World Champion. I am going to enjoy this moment very much. The people around me have been so supportive and I've needed them. I might have come across like I don't care about this in the past but that is just putting on a brave face. It is showing a weakness I suppose if you say it is hurting and it is stressful but I can say it now. It was a very tough few months and I needed the people around me, and especially the team, to fight for this. Today I didn't win the race but in my eyes I did the best I could with the car and it felt like a win to me this weekend after yesterday. So as I said I am the World Champion. Whoooh. I am not going to stop saying that.

How frustrating was it particularly behind (Kamui) Kobayashi. You were there very long.
I tell you that guy is crazy, crazy. I suppose it is just inexperience but he moves a lot in the braking zones which makes it very difficult as (Kazuki) Nakajima found out. Everyone else was tough but fair, but he was a little bit crazy but I think he will be put in his place now. It was tough. I knew I had good straight-line speed but when you have got good straight-line speed it means you don't have as much downforce as other people so I had to fight the car through the last three corners to get close enough to challenge into turn one. Every time I passed into turn one I was never on their tail. It was a late braking move. You could say risky but I didn't think so. I knew I had to take points off Rubens race or get close to Rubens. Mark was very quick and Rubens was in second so I had to be fifth so that was my aim. I didn't quite make that but it was an amazing race and that race for me was, as I said, probably my best race even though I didn't win the race, as I did everything I could this weekend and I have won the World Championship with I don't know how many points before the last race. It is a nice feeling. I know it has taken a lot longer than some people might have thought but this is Formula One and there are some amazing drivers in this sport and some competitive teams so that's why it is so hard to win in this sport and we have seen all season long there have been many different cars that can win races and challenge for victories so it has made this year difficult for any team that has been involved.

It really was in the balance up until Rubens' third pit stop.
Yeah, I think Rubens was in fourth or third.

Rubens was fourth.
JB; Yeah, and I was running in fifth at that point, no sixth. That was all I needed. Rubens had to get more than four points on me. I knew I could stay in sixth. My pace was reasonably good. I did not want to let Vettel past obviously as I do have that fighters' instinct. He was able to get past when I was stuck behind another car but sixth place was all I could achieve today but that was enough.

Questions From The Floor

(Michael Schmidt) Jenson, in the last few races you had a pretty conservative approach and today it completely changed. What made you change it?
It wasn't any different to the last couple of races. I made the moves when I had to in the races and my pace was good when I was in clear air in the last few races. But the qualifying is something I haven't been able to get my head around the last few races and I don't know why that is. It is something that we need to look at for the next race. Obviously I have won the World Championship but I don't want to be beaten in the next race as the World Champion so it is something we have got to work out. Maybe it is the stress of it all, maybe it's just that we haven't got it together and I think it is probably the latter.

(David Croft - BBC Radio Five Live) When you woke up this morning, honestly, did you think you could do it today?
I did yes. I didn't know what Rubens could do, but I knew I could fight up there for fifth and sixth. We looked at our strategy and it said I could be fifth or sixth in the race and that is where I was. I made everything I could happen and I went to bed last night very happy I suppose. After qualifying I really struggled. I sat in my room and saw the worst thing possibly happen for me which was my team-mate put it on pole. I am obviously very happy for Rubens in Brazil to put it on pole but that was the worst thing for me and I felt sick, I really did. I really did and for a little while that stayed. But then I went to see the boys and everybody was positive. I headed home with my team of people. I had a couple of drinks and I knew I was ready for action today. I have been positive all morning. It is always difficult when you are racing and the person you are fighting for is in his home country but it has been a great weekend. I don't know what else to say.