Jaime Alguersuari (9th): I am very happy with this result, my third points finish of the season. To be honest, I am not quite sure how I ended up ninth, having started seventeenth! I was very lucky not to be involved in the Schumacher accident on the opening lap and after that, it was a good strategic choice to change tyres immediately the safety car came out.
After that, the tyres worked very well for the whole race with no degradation at all on the rears. I could feel the track condition improving all the time and that meant I was able to have an edge over Massa in sector three and maintain the distance in the first two sectors, even though he was probably fractionally faster than me.
I am very happy with the team because they did a good job on the strategy so for everyone, this ninth place is well deserved and a nice way to end the season.
Sebastien Buemi (15th): Even if the result is not fantastic, I still think I drove a very good race. I got a super start and managed to pass five cars. The team decided to bring Jaime in for a tyre change and keep me out during the safety car period. I think my team-mate’s strategy proved to be the better one as there was no tyre degradation, as he was able to pit and catch up behind the safety car. So I’m a bit disappointed, because I feel that if I had been on a different strategy I could easily have finished in the points.
Franz Tost: Congratulations to Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel for winning the drivers’ championship. It was the most competitive team throughout the season and Sebastian was the best driver, therefore deserving to take the title.
As for our efforts today, Alguersuari had a really fantastic race, making a good start and then defending his position very capably. I think this was Jaime’s best race of the entire season. As for Sebastien, he also made a good start and despite not feeling quite at ease on the Option tyre he too did a good job.
Finally, as this season comes to an end, we would like to pay tribute to Bridgestone and thank them for the close cooperation we have enjoyed over the past years and we wish them the very best for the future.
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