Fernando Alonso Michael Quotations

I won the championship with maybe not the best car, so I am proud of what I did. The fact that I have taken over the title from Michael Schumacher is a bonus. I came from a country with no tradition in F1. I had to fight my way alone. I have only had the help of two or three people in my career, no more.

I was not worried even if Michael passed me because I knew we would be strongest at the end of the race.

To beat Michael this year was really an extra happiness for me.

Everyone wants to beat Michael on the track because it is the same as beating (Lance) Armstrong in the Tour de France,

The one person I really like to beat is Michael Schumacher because it makes me feel better due to the fact that everyone knows him and what he has done.

Everybody wants to beat Michael on the track, ... In the first year he is not racing, maybe the title doesn't have the same feeling, so it was really an extra for me.

As Michael said, it was difficult to overtake, almost impossible unless you make a mistake. I waited for an opportunity, it didn't come but I am happy ? it is still eight points is better for me.

It's difficult to overtake if not impossible. Michael didn't make any mistakes. I was on the limit.

This was a very different race to the other two so far this season. In Bahrain, I was fighting with Michael Schumacher all the way and in Malaysia it was Jenson Button and I battling for second place, but in Melbourne it was quite comfortable. There were no fights and I was very relaxed for a lot of the race.