Q  Well Jacques, a fantastic result, your first Formula one
   grand prix win. Does it feel better than winning the
   Indycar championship?

JV Well, for sure, it feels great but you have to know that
   a championship is the work of the whole season, so this
   is one race. It feels great, but as of tomorrow it will
   be far away because we have to think about the next race.
   But for sure, it's a great feeling after the start to
   the season we had, it's great to get one in.

Q  You ran a very smooth race, what was it like with Michael
   pushing you so hard for most of it?

JV Well Michael was pushing really hard and he was very
   quick once he got...,  well he was quick the whole race,
   but he got close to me mid way through the second run and
   he was a little bit quicker than me, so it was tough
   mostly when we got behind a back marker. But it was fun,
   that's how racing should be. 

Q  Michael, you must be pleased to have run a very
   competitive race in front of your home crowd. At any
   stage did you think that the victory could have been
   yours?

MS I was thinking the whole time about last year because I
   thought there should be the situation coming now where
   I'm going to pass him and make the same, but obviously
   Jacques has done a fantastic race without mistakes and
   there was just  no way for me to pass him, plus he had
   just the edge on the top speed and there was no way for
   me to pass him anywhere. But we had a great race
   together, very close fighting and I'm very pleased to
   come second, to finish the race. By the middle of the
   race I was a bit worried because I got some noise at the
   back and I thought that's it, but I was able to finish.
   That's good.

Q  Is this the start of things to come for Ferrari? 

MS I think we have shown that we go step by step, but the
   gap of qualifying was certainly very surprising and you
   have to wait a bit longer until we really back to the
   winning road. As you see we still a bit too far back
   during the race distance, but we will come. I'm sure.

Q  David, you had a great start, you must be delighted to be
   making your first podium appearance for McLaren?

DC Yeah, this feels like a win for me. Not scoring any
   points in the first three races and then getting on the
   podium here and especially having such a battle with
   Damon at the end. So it couldn't have come at a better
   time especially for Mercedes on their home track.

Q  It looked like a pretty tough battle between you and
   Damon towards the end, how aware were you of that? 

DC Yeah, it was a tough battle but one of the advantages of
   having been his team-mate is I know he's not going to do
   anything silly. So I just had to block a little bit and I
   knew he would settle for the points.


Later Damon Hill was interviewed by Tony Jardine for the BBC.

TJ Obviously a great deal of disappointment for you, but
   points on the board most importantly?

DH Yeah, I am disappointed. Obviously I wanted to win the
   race but I got a pig of a start, I didn't make a very
   good start, and then all the trouble started from there
   really. But I got points and that's the most important
   thing, because if you win the championship by three
   points, you'll look back to the Nurburgring and say
   thanks very much.

TJ You came in for an early stop, what was the problem?
   Something at the rear end? 

DH Yeah, suddenly the car started feeling very strange. I
   was convinced I had a puncture to start with and, I don't
   know, later on I decided perhaps it wasn't a puncture, I
   think there's something wrong in the car somewhere.

TJ And Diniz?

DH Well some people make it very difficult to pass. They
   open the door and then they close it at the last minute,
   but I was always having to fight my way through and there
   was always a chance of having a problem. It's not easy to
   pass here. My engine didn't seem to be pulling too well
   either. I was having trouble getting past people,
   particularly the Peugeots, who were very strong, and it
   was a tough race but the points are important.

TJ After you hit Diniz, were you worried that your own car
   was damaged?

DH Yeah, I was worried that something more might happen
   because I went over the gravel, but everything held
   together and I put my faith in it and I had a good dice
   with David, my old team-mate, there at the end.
   Fortunately it didn't end in tears but I would have loved
   to have third place, but then he would too.

TJ I don't know what it was like from your perspective but
   from ours it was a fantastic race and you were involved
   in a hell of lot of dicing at the beginning. It was
   brilliant motor racing.

DH Yeah, I had one or two good moves, I particularly liked
   the one on Michael earlier in the race but... never mind.

TJ Well done Damon

DH All right, thanks.

-- 
David Goodwin