"My starting position wasn't good but, in hindsight, not being able to
finish the race is even more disappointing. Because many of the cars
that were in front of me didn't see the chequered flag, I could have
been on the podium today!"
"I had a good start, and a reasonably good race, but I was following
Felipe Massa for too long trying to overtake him. This severely limited
the cooling of my engine and eventually caused it to overheat and fail.
I tried to pull over to the side a few times to get out of his
slipstream, but it still wasn't enough."
Also well done to Jordan's Tiago Monteiro, who, with Alonso's
retirement in Cananda, becomes the only driver to have finished every
race this year, and also sets a new record for consecutive finishes for
a rookie driver.