In the round-up: Fernando Alonso hails his European Grand Prix victory as 'probably the best victory I ever felt in terms of emotions'.
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European GP ' Conference (FIA)
Alonso: 'Feeling very proud to be a Spanish sportsman at the moment and winning in Spain this race is probably the best victory I ever felt in terms of emotions. Nothing maybe compares to this one.'
Why Schumacher escaped DRS yellow flag penalty
'In Schumacher's case he was received a DRS activation in the tow of Narain Karthikeyan. At the same time he was told by his engineer, who knew a yellow had just some out, 'don't use DRS.''
Maldonado points finger at Hamilton (ESPN)
'He tried to put me out of the track and he didn't leave any room for us to do the corner side-by-side. I jumped over the kerb and couldn't avoid the accident. I don't know why he drove like that, he was struggling too much with the tyres, he was completely lost and at that moment I was gaining at a very good pace.'
Sebastian Vettel takes positives after car failure (BBC)
'It's bad, but you can't change it now. Up to that point we were very strong. I felt happy, we were very quick.'
Renault to look into alternator issues (Autosport)
Renault Sport F1 deputy managing director and technical chief Rob White: 'We don't yet know whether it was the same incident on both cars, but it is very, very suspicious to all of us that it happened to both cars at such a similar point in the race.'
CVC accelerates to bumper return on F1 investment (The Telegraph)
'Private equity firm CVC is set to make a return of over 600% from its $1bn investment in Formula One motor racing, according to new research.'
Comment of the day
Mark Hitchcock is not impressed with Bernie Ecclestone's comments on the New Jersey race:
That's the key thing about these stupid public statement Bernie makes. If a powerful figure on the sport casts doubt on an event, what investor in their right mind would throw money at it?
Mark Hitchcock
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