Michael Schumacher:

"It is the dream result at the end of a superb weekend. We looked good on Friday, struggled 🌊a bit on Saturday morning and then took the front row and finished one-two. It was a tough race, as we had to manage the brakes and k💞eep an eye on the tyres."

"At the first corner, with the tyres and brakes still cold, I locked up my front wheel, but I could not come off the b♓rakes and so I had a lot of vibration. You had to be very careful to stay on line, because the track was very slippery off it, which is why I drove just on or slightly below my limit, always driving smoothly."

"I think the organisers have done a superb job, providing us with a ♑demanding track, excellent organisati🧜on and facilities and a warm welcome."

"The podiu🤪m ceremony? Usually we smell a bit strange but, with this drink, we all seem to smell very nice."

Rubens Barrichello:

"The car was great but, like in Malaysi🎀a, I think the few drops of rain at the start worked against me, as my brakes took time to warm up. Also, just before the start, we had to deal with the problem of oil from the earlier historic F1 race, [which was] just under my rear tyres."

"After Michael out-braked me at the first corner, I thought I could fight back when the brakes warmed up. He had a bit less fuel and I tried to stay with him and the gap was still close at the first pit-stop. Then I had a problem when I thought I could go, but🍌 the car did not move as it was still up on the rear jack. That lost me time and then I had to brake to avo𒆙id Trulli in the pit-lane. The team told me to keep pushing in case there was any penalty, but I certainly had no intention of blocking Jarno."

"By now the gap was bigge🐲r and, with a champion like Michael, there was nothing I could do. As for the rest of the race, like Michael, I was driving a bit conservatively as the track was so slippery off line."

Jenson Button:

"It's fa𒆙ntastic to be on the podium again so soon after Malaysia. It was a great first race here and a brilliant result for the team."

"I didn't get a very good start and I was stuck behind Ralf in turn one, so I dropped back to eighth. In th💮e first stint, I was suffering quite badly from understeer, so I was losing a lot of time in the high-speed corners. At the first stop, we made a front wing aꦓdjustment and after that the car ran really well."

"The team have done another fantastic job here this weekend and my thanks toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ them and Honda for helping to make this result possible again. It's great to be lying third in the drivers' championship at this stage in the season."

"We're still only three races into our relationship with Michelin, so we're still learning a lot about the package, but 𓂃it's really starting to come together now. We'll be focusing very much on what we now need to do to take that next step forward."

Jarno Trulli:

"I'm very pleased with the result, but cannot help feeling it is slightly incomplete.♓ We were capable of getting on to the podium this afternoon."

"The car was pe༒rfect during the first three stints, and I was very quick, but, after the final stop, it became harder to drive as I lost grip - it was quite a strange phenomenon. Also, I lost time in traffic on every out-lap after my stops, and that allowed Jenson to get by."

"It is ꦺa shame that we didn't get a podium, but the overall situation after this race is fantastic. Renault is second in the constructor's championship, we have finished all three races with both cars and still come away thinking we could have done much better. I'm looking forward to getting to Imola."

Takuma Sato:

"First of all, I would like to say thank you to the team aꦍnd the fantastic result we a♔chieved together today."

"From a personal point of view, I was quit♈e disappointed with my race because I was on the pace and could have achieved a stronger position than fifth today. On the other hand, I'm happy to deliver a points finish for the team because every point counts in the end. I also really enjoyed racing here, so I'm taking away a lot of good things from this weekend."

"The tangle with Ralf Schumacher was disappointing because we should have got through turn two side-by-side, but he just closed the door on me and tꩲurned in."

"After that, I ran wide, damaging the front wing on the kerb and I was forced to do an earlier pit-stop. In my middle stint, the gurney came loose and we haꦫd to adjust it in my next pit-stop, so I lost a bit of time there too."

"Generally, thouꦏgh, the car was working superbly and I was able to race alongside Coulthard and Alonso towards the end, which was great. Things are looking very encouraging for the rest of the season and I can't wait for Imola in three weeks' time."

Fernando Alonso:

"I did the maximum possible today."

"Quite honestly, I was very surprised by how some cars were being driven today. A Jaguar nearly put me in the wall at the start of the race, and then some🅠 other drivers were a little too difficult to overtake. Having said that, given the weekend I have had, three points is still a good score for the championship."

"In reality, I 🍒started this race half a minute behin🅘d everybody else after my first stop, and just pushed all the way. The car balance was perfect all the way though. We have some performance evolutions coming at Imola, and I believe that with an even stronger package and, most importantly, if we have some weekends without any problems, then we are capable of getting regular podium finishes."

Ralf Schumacher:

"After all that happened in my race, I would define my final position as limitation of damages. The collision with Sato was an unfortunate race incident, from my point of view - however, he was a bit optimistic in thinking to get b🐭ack the position he ha💜d simply just lost."

"All in all, I am not too disappointed because I🎐 have seen from the data that I was running close to Ferrari's pace whenever I had free t𝐆rack ahead. This leaves some room for hope."

Mark Webber:

"It was𒆙 really good to get our first point today. The team has worked incredibly hard towards this and it is well deserved."

"I started well, and was up to tenth position on my first lap which, to be honest, is where I should have qualified. During my first pit-stop, we made a slight flap change, but it was perhaps too much and I had a minor off on turn 13. It made ܫno real difference in the end, but I was lucky to catch it."

"Michelin did a good job today, as did Cosworth Racing, the R5 has been reliable all weekend and I am generally happy with how✱ things have gone. We know we still have a few areas to work on, but we are making good progress and, these days, you need a perfect weekend to score points. We have learnt a lot here and we will be taking this with us to Imola where, again, we will be looking to challenge for points."

"All in all, 𓃲I enjoyed the race on this new track - made all the better by scoring a point."

Olivier Panis:

"It has bee൩n a positive weekend for everyone at Toyota. We opted for an aggressive three-stop strategy, which I think was the best for us today. Although it is frustrating to fin🧸ish ninth, we have all worked hard to perform as well as we could."

"I must say thanks to Michelin, who provided us with some invaluable support and competitive tyres this weekend. We have shown another increase in our overall level of performance and we have to keep putting in 💙our best combined effort to improve on this even more in Imola."

Cristiano da Matta:

"It was a difficult race and quite disappointing after our relatively strong performances in free practice and qualifying this weeken🅷d🍬."

"I suffered from a lack of grip throughout most of the race,༺ which prevented me of making any significant gains. Generally, it was frustrating because I thought we were capable of more than tenth place today. Now, we have to continue to work hard before the European season starts in Imola in three weeks."

Giancarlo Fisichella:

"At the beginning, my car felt fine but, after the first stop, it developed huge understeer, and later it felt like the engine lost power a little. I also had problems in my last two stop🧜s when I called for first gear but each time got second. And, of course, Ralf Schumacher spun me on lap 31. Without these problems, especially Ralf, I think we could have challenged for a point today."

Felipe Massa:

"I lost a bit of ground in the first corner 🎶because things got very tight, and, in the first part of the race, I was really struggling for grip and had a big vibration, possibly from the tyres. The car felt very unstable. It was a lot better o💯n the last set but, overall, this was a very tough race for us."

Juan Montoya:

"It's clear that we are not quick enough to match Ferrari, at the moment, but today we were the quickest on Michelin tyres and this is very important for🍨 us."

"Maybe I went for the wrong tyres, as they didn't prove as quick in the race as I was expecting, but still I had a good pace and would have come third, if I hadn't had a gearbox problem with about ten laps to go. I first📖 lost the seventh gear and then a few more gears and then I eventually lost all drive. There was nothing else to do but tryಞ to finish the race, which is why I continued and ultimately it was disappointing, of course, because I couldn't even finish in the points."

Christian Klien:

"There was a lot going on in the race today and, for me, there were highs and lows. My start was okay and, despi🍌te the difficult first two corners, all was well until I has a slight coming together with the Renault of Fernando Alonso on the third hairpin. The car suffered only minor damage and I continued with good balance."

"I then enjoyed racing with the McLaren Mercedes of Kimi Raikkonen🍌. The R5 felt really good and I was making the most of its pace. I then made an error and I spun at corner eleven. This cost me a few places and, after this, I was really just pleased to finish. The track was still quite dirty off-line, although it was still good fun to at least try to overtake."

"I am now really looking forward to the next race in Imola, as this is one of my favourite tra💮cks and it's going to be good to be racing at a circuit where I have some experience."

Nick Heidfeld:

"I wa༒s on a two-stop strategy and my first stop was late so, at one stage, I was up to P6 or 🐼P5."

"I'm happy to finish the race, that's the 😼best thing about the weekend for me. It was not a perfect race though, with the biggest problem being not getting on top of the car balance. It was the first time we used the new Bridgestone tyres and they are definitely better, but we need to work more to understand🅰 them."

"There were some other minor things, like a small brake problem and being held up for two laps by a blue-flagged Minardi. I don't know if he was penalised, but he should have🥂 been."

"We have𝄹 a test in Silverstone before the San Marino 🌳Grand Prix in three weeks time where we will do a lot of tyre testing and, hopefully, get some new things on the car."

Giorgio Pantano:

"I did my best today. We had a small problem with the brakinౠg and differential on the last tꦑen laps and, during the second stint, I had more understeer on the car."

"It's good that I have finished my first three races and I think I have started making improvements on qualifying, so now I also have to improve race performance. 𒁏I want to be a little bit closer to Nick with my lap times."

"I have more time in the car before Imola wi🤡th a Silverstone test and I'm feeling more confident, so I'm looking forꦬward to the next race."

Gianmaria Bruni:

"The mechanics did a fantastic job꧟ today and, despite the fact my car wouldn't leave the grid, they got me going in the pits."

"Duไring the race, I struggled with the car, which was good in the corners🦄 but felt like it was down on power on the straights. That prevented me from being able to race as well as I know I could have. Anyway, we'll work on our problems, and aim to have a better race at Imola."

David Coulthard:

"A disappointing outcome aꦓf▨ter an extremely unsatisfying couple of days in Bahrain!"

"I had a few good battles during the race but, as has been the case throughout, I lacked speed. Another points finish would have been possible but, at the end, I lost air in the pneumatic system of the engine. I came into the pits to see 𝓀if we could do something to rectify the situation, but it proved impossible and that was the end of that."

Zsolt Baumgartner:

"Straightaway, I was struggling with an electronic problem, like 'Gimmi', but I was able to reset the so✱ftware from the cockpit and fix the problem."

"I think my pace was good during the race - my fastest lap was the same as 'Gimmi's qualifying time and I was able to set times not too far off the Jordans - which made up for the problems I had in qualifyജing yesterday."

"I'm upset not to have finished the last ten laps, but sometimes races are like that. I'd like to t♈hank everyone on the team, who gave maximum effort today, and I hope, both for them and for me, that I can get a better result at the next race."

Kimi Raikkonen:

"It's♊ been a difficult weekend for me and the entire team. I started the race from last, but made a good start and gained quite a few places during the first couple of laps."

"I was battling with one of the Jaguars for eleventh b♒ut, all of a sudden, I lost power and my engine went. There is not really anything else I can say or do. I just want to forget this weekend and look forward to the rest of the yea𓂃r."

Jean Todt [Team manager - Ferrari]:

"Impressive! I have to say I had not expected to witness Ferrari put on such a spectac⛦le today, on such a fantastic circuit. Michael was simply majestic and, despite the problem which slowed him at his first pit-stop, Rubens always held onto second place to ဣhelp the team record its second one-two of the season."

"The driver-car-engine-Bridgestone package was excellent. Once again in this championship, our tyre supplier has proved the value of its work, which they always carry out in a methodical and determined fashion. I [also] take this opportunity to thank the Fiat Group for its continued support, which it also gives us through technologically advanced companies like CRF and Magneti Marelli. Our strength comes from our gr꧙oup and the spirit that unites it."

"This result is down to every link in the Ferrari chain wh🎐ere everyone goes about their work 🔴with a down to earth approach and total dedication. After such a fantastic start to the season, it is time to prepare with our usual thoroughness for the European part of the championship, which gets underway in Imola. This is a special race for us, as it takes place just a few dozen kilometres from Maranello."

Ross Brawn [Technical director - Ferrari]:

"I thought it would be a much tougher race, but o𓆏ur guys got a great start and then drove a perfect race. Our strategy proved to be just right."

"It's possible that the cloudy skies and the dust o🌃n the track worked a bit in💮 favour of our package. The Bridgestone tyres behaved fantastically."

"Today's result represents a good step forward, but we are still keeping our feet on the ground, because there are still fifteen races to go. I think this attitude is one of our strengths, as we are well aware that things can change quickly in Formula One. It has been a dream start to the
Season, and I have never been so ♍satisfied ♌with the work we have done after three races."

David Richards [Team principal - BAR]:

"Another fantastic weekend for everyone at BAR, not just here in Bahrain, but also everyone behind the scenes in Brackley - and all those at Honda and BAT who have 𒁃supported us in our rebuilding of the team."

"Even I didn't expect to be where we are in the championship as we head back to Europe and, now Taku has a good result under his belt, we can e𝄹xpect even more of h👍im. Jenson was simply incredible this afternoon, and now we must aim for that first win."

Geoffrey Willis [Technical director - BAR]:

"This is an excellent result for the team, not only our consecutive pod𝕴ium place for Jenson, but two cars in the points."

"It has been a demanding weekend for us. While strong on Saturday morning, we showed our lack of experience with the tyres in qualifyi🏅ng."

"The cars performed well in the race, and Jenson was able to race the Williams throughout, eventually benefiting from our pace and reliability. Takuma recovered well from a mistake♏ in which he damaged the under tray and held off Alonso from that point onwards. We now go to the next test to work on engine and chassis developments for the next round at Imola."

Shuhei Nakamoto [Engineering director - Honda Racing Development]:

"It's a great feeling to score two podiums in a row. Jenson drove a superb race and Taku did well to finish fifth. I'm particularly pleased that both cars finished in strong positions today. The benefits of the hard work we've been doing is starting to be s෴een, however it's crucial that we keep the momentum going to close ℱthe gap between ourselves and the top team."

Flavio Briatore [Managing director - Renault F1]:

"The entire team had a great race today. Both drivers performed fantastically and, without some variables that were out of our control, the result could have been even better. We have achieved our reliability objectives for the first three races, and go into the European part of the season second in the champions♔hip. 🐼Things will continue to improve."

Pat Symonds [Executive director of engineering - Renault F1]:

"We saw a very strong race fro🍌m Jarno, and he was particularly unfortunate to lose a position to Button when he was held up by a Jordan after his third stop. With this exception, his race was faultless."

"Fernando knew things would be more of a struggle, and his cause was not helped when he had to stop at the end of the fi💮rst la🌃p. However, the team reacted well to the changed circumstances and Fernando drove his usual strong race, but did not quite have the performance edge to pass Sato."

"Nevertheless, the whole team did well at this new circuit, and to move to second inඣ the constructors' championship is a just reward 𒁏for all the work that has been accomplished at Enstone and Viry-Ch?tillon."

Sam Michael [Chief operations engineer - BMW.WilliamsF1]:

"Today's result is disappointing for us, in particular due to the gea🍨rbox failure on Juan's car. Up until this problem occurred, which was ten laps before the end of the race, it looked like he would finish third. Third place would still not have matched our goals, Ferrari has beaten us fairly here."

"Ralf had ౠto come into the pits after the early incident with Sato and this compromised the strategy on his car.🎐"

Mario Theissen [Motorsport director - BMW]:

"After we had a good qualifying, we have seen today that Ferrari are again in a class of their own in the race. Juan Pablꦺo was losing a🐼bout 0.5secs a lap to Michael Schumacher, before he had a gearbox problem which pushed him down."

"After his problems, Ralf still made his way up from the back of the field to finish in seventh position. Of course, we were expecting to come out of the first three flyaway 🧸races more successfully. Now it's all about improving our package."

Dr Mark Gillan [Head of vehicle performance- Jaguar Racing]:

"Both cars got reasonable starts here and I was pleased with their﷽ pace on track. Mark was up to tenth position at t💦he end of lap one, and his first pit-stop was really good. Despite his slight off, he had a good race, and to finish with our first point is just reward. We have been working towards this and thanks to the hard work of the team, Jaguar Racing, Cosworth Racing, Pi Research and Michelin we have achieved it."

"Christian has had a really good weekend here and, despite his momentary off, he has done a great job. He was lapping very fast near the end and he was enj♈oying his battles on-track."

"I am pleased with the weekend overall, we were not sure what to expect here and we ha♏ve been happy with the results. We have learnt a lot over the three days thanks to our three drivers and we will now go to Barcelona next week to test in preparation for our first European race. Mark and Christian both know San Marino so we will be working towards a strong weekend."

Tsutomu Tomita [Team Principal - Toyota F1]:

"Obviously, we are not satisfied with the final result in Bahrain today, but we have to admit that, with the current performance of the car, we were not in a position to do anඣy better."

"On the positive side, the engineers, mechanics, the pit-stop crew and the drivers did an excellent job, with no mistakes during the entire weekend. I believe we got the most out of our package in Bahrain, with🍎 the correct choice of Michelin tyre and race strategy. At the next race in Imola, we wil🧜l have a new aerodynamic package and we are confident we will make a step ahead compared to our current status."

Peter Sauber [Team principal - Sauber]:

"As great a venue and event as the first Bahrain Grand Prix undoubtedly was, unfortunately this was not our race. We have to work on the performance side, and o🌳n improving our speed during out laps after pit-stops. We look forward to Bahrain 2005!."

Eddie Jordan [CEO - Jordan GP]:

"It's great to have established Formula One in a new region of the world and I have to say the atmosphere and hospitality of the people here has made the first Bahrain G💦rand Prix quite sensational. It has been a major success and a huge boost to the Middle East region."

"It's positive for Jordan to have both our cars finis𝐆h here."

James Robinson [Director of race and test engineering - Jordan GP]:

"It was a great race for Bridgestone and an excellent effort by them in winning today, given all the🥃 problems and unknowns of a new track."

"We switched Nick's strategy to a two-stop as the tyres w🔯ere holding up and we had to start at the back due to the engin🍸e change. Both drivers drove a solid race, but with other people's reliability as it is, we could only pick up 15th and 16th positions. Towards the end, Giorgio had a small hydraulic leak but managed to get to the finish."

"There were some good pit-stops from the boys and, other than our one engine-related problem♏, we have had a reliable weekend. It's positive to get two cars home at a new race in what were unknown conditions, early in the season. Before we arrived we said a two car finish was our aim and we have achieved that, so now we will use this as a building block to move f﷽orward."

Paul Stoddart [Team principal - European Minardi Cosworth]:

"After a grid incident that saw 'Gimmi' unable to leave on the formation lap, both drivers did all they could during what was a very difficult race. Sadly, Zsolt wasn't able to take the chequered flag, but both he and 'Gimmi' produced enc𝔉ouraging lap times given their individual circumstances in the race. We now look forward to one of our 'home' races, at Imola, in three weeks time."

Ron Dennis [Team principal - McLaren]:

"Definitely not the outcome any of us w𓄧ould have liked! Both Kimi and David could have finished in the points today bu⛎t, to do that, you have to finish."

"However, the entire team will continue the efforts to optimiꦜse our package and, whilst we have had a difficult start to the season, I'm confident that we will improve."

Norbert Haug [Motorsport director - Mercedes-Benz]:

"The entire team is disappointed 🦩with the weekend's performance. We still have to investigate the reason for Kimi's engine failure, but David's retirement was caused by the loss🐲 of air in the pneumatic system of the engine."

"We now have to work even harder together as a team to put every effort into improving our 🃏reliabiliꦆty and competitiveness."