It hasn't sunk in - Alonso

The Spanish Renault F1 Team driver, Fernando Alonso, won his second consecutive world title yesterday afternoon in Brazil. He provided Renault with a beautiful going away present as the team took the double.

"I cannot describe the emotions. I think I will need some time to understand what’s happened. I am 25, I am champion for the second year in a row, and we have won the constructors’ title for the second time… it’s amazing. This is also my last race with Renault after 5 fantastic years. There’s a lot of emotion this evening."

"I didn’t have any problems and the race was pretty straightforward. I made a good start and the team then asked me to turn the engine down after only a few laps. I didn’t understand what was going on until they explained Michael was 19th with a puncture. Then I got past Raikkonen at the stops, and settled in behind Massa. That was when I started to manage the race."

"Not really because anything could still happen, there were more than 60 laps left. I didn’t lose concentration but I spent the race looking after the car. When I was fighting with Button, for example, I would have let him pass if he had really threatened. But in the end, I had a straightline speed advantage on him."

"I had to finish in the top 8. That might have sounded easy, but there were lots of potential traps. For example, there was a lot of debris on the track and a puncture was a real possibility."

"No, never. There were some difficult moments when I had penalties I did not understand, but I always knew we could do it. We had the car to win, and the determination to finish the job."

"The team and I want to thank them. They have been my family in Formula 1 for 5 years. The test team, the factories at Viry and Enstone, our partners at Michelin and Elf, Heikki… They are the people I am thinking of at the moment."