Schummi after the race:
“Every title has felt different and has given me different emotions. This one is very special, coming here in Spa which means so much to me and to do it for the seventh time at Ferrari’s seven hundredth grand prix is also something special. I am very proud to have done it with such an exceptional team, who have done an amazing job – look at the way they got Rubens back on track. In fact Rubens drove a great race today. This is what makes our team so strong. Of course, I would have preferred to have taken the title with a win, but it was not possible. The better man won today, but I am quite happy with what I have achieved. All three of us on the podium today have reason to celebrate. On the track I struggled to get my tyres up to the right temperature and pressure when we were behind the Safety Car, but it was not a surprise for us, especially as it was quite cool today.”
Post-race Press Conference - Belgium:
Q: Michael, what a day. Difficult to know where to start from your point of view so let’s hear it from you. In those early laps, obviously you faded a little bit. Was that a question of the tyres coming up to temperature at a different rate to perhaps the opposition?
Michael SCHUMACHER: I think so. It was an eventfully day, honestly, with all the safety cars and the conditions we had at that moment. It was a tough one and considering where I had dropped back to, and where I finished now, I think I should only be happy, anyway. We clinched the championship, we had a tough fight, Kimi drove a superb race. I think all three of us can be very happy to be here at the moment, if you imagined what happened to Rubens and still he managed to come back to third position, so it’s a great day for all of us and I’m just so delighted and happy. I would have honestly and obviously rather finished the championship with a victory, but today we simply weren’t strong enough at the right moments and that’s the way it is. We have won so many races this year it was clear that at some stage somebody else would win and today it happened, the better one won and we’re quite happy with what we achieved.
Q: It’s amazing how Spa keeps coming back into your career as a place for momentous occasions.
MS: Yeah, that’s true. If you think what I have achieved here, how things started here and finally I can say I won a very important and a very prestigious number, a seventh championship here at Spa. It’s the seven hundredth Grand Prix for Ferrari, it’s my seventh win in the championship and it’s just 700 the other way around! And it’s the right number for us.