Fernando, three wins in the last four races. A real game changer of a day as far as the championship is concerned. You must be pretty delighted?
Fernando Alonso: Yeah, absolutely. One of the best races of the year for us, for the team, both cars on the podium, fantastic achievement for Ferrari. We were competitive all weekend. In qualifying yesterday we saw a very strong car, so we knew the race pace was there but with the weather conditions you never know. This morning was wet and we knew that it was a tricky race. A race to finish and winning the race, I think it is the first wet race that I have won, so I am even happier.

Lewis, you were very keen behind the safety car at the start to get the race started but it looked like it was a bit of a struggle today particularly with the tyres. But, nevertheless, you are back in the championship fight.
Lewis Hamilton: Yeah, I think still a great result. Very happy with it. Of course some small mistakes but very tricky conditions out there. I think Fernando did a fantastic job. They generally had a little bit more grip than us today and my tyres were shot right at the end, so it was really just about bringing the car home and trying to score as many points. But it is good for the championship and it is good for the team. I hope that in the next two races we can have some better results.

Felipe, give us your read on the conditions today. A bit of night driving at the end and what third place means to you and the Ferrari team.
Felipe Massa: Well, it means good points for the team. It means a good race in very difficult conditions as at the end it definitely was very, very dark. Even though we have a very strong light in the steering wheel, which was very, very strong, it was difficult to see in front as it was coming very strong on your face. But anyway I think it was a good race. Very difficult race. We saw very tricky conditions at the beginning. The visibility was almost zero, so it was very difficult to see where the car in front was. But I am very happy for this position, for me and for the team and Fernando did a very good job as well.

Fernando, just two races left in this championship. You are 11 points clear of Mark Webber and 21 clear of Lewis. How are you feeling right now?
FA: Well, I think nothing changed really. We know that with the new points system anything can happen in one race. If you don't score, you lose 25 points to one of your main opponents, so nothing has changed. Here it was bad luck for Mark and Sebastian (Vettel) but anything can happen in the next two races. There are still four or five contenders, so as we repeat many times, being on the podium, being consistent maybe is the key to winning the championship. We have been doing well, very concentrated, very focused in the last six or seven races but the last two we cannot forget we need to be on the podium and fighting for victory in the next two races.

Press Conference

Fernando, that was a phenomenal win in extraordinary conditions. Was it just a matter of hanging on in there and, as you say, just finishing and getting the thing to the end?
FA: Well, obviously we know these types of races are very difficult. New track, so no reference for driving in wet conditions in this Korean circuit, so everything to discover in the first couple of laps. I think it is better to lose four or five seconds in the first 10 laps of the race and then build up the pace slowly. We knew that, so try to remain calm. Conditions were extremely difficult, no visibility at all for the first 10 laps of the race plus the safety car laps, so not easy but then the car was performing well with both tyres, the extreme and the inters. Maybe not as good as Sebastian in some parts of the race but when Mark had the problem and we saw the retirement it changed the picture of the race and finishing on the podium was enough for us.

What about the tyres at the end as you were still setting... well, you set a 1min 51 when the next closest was a 1m 54.
FA: They were getting into slicks, so there were some corners with dry line and the tyres were very good and you felt a lot of grip and still some corners with a little bit more standing water, so those corners were a little bit trickier. Easy to lock the tyres, easy to have too much wheel spin but they were in better condition than some other cars because I was able to run a few seconds quicker.

At the pit stop there seemed to be a slight problem with the front right?
FA: Yes, it was my mistake.

What happened?
FA: I locked the tyres and I arrived sideways, so I think it was difficult for the mechanic in the position I stopped.

Lewis, immediately when you put on the intermediates you were on the radio saying that you felt that there was a wear problem with them. How did they turn out in the end?
LH: They weren't too bad, actually. I had to push very hard on the first lap to jump places and then my tyres were quite good in the mid-part of the stint and I was catching Fernando and was looking quite strong and then the rears began to drop off and I obviously lost ground to him. At the first corner, locking was a bit of an issue for us but nonetheless we got good points, unexpected I would say for this weekend.