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First Interview: The champion speaks - the full transcript

Autosport.com was there when Lewis Hamilton gave his first interview as world champion in the Hilton Hotel in Sao Paulo on Monday morning. This is the full transcript

Q: How does it feel?

Lewis Hamilton: "It feels great. I don't think it has hit home yet. I woke up this morning - I felt relaxed, I felt satisfied and I felt full of energy. I felt really fresh and then it keeps popping into my mind: 'wow, you are world champion'.

"Never in a million years would I have thought that I would be here. I had dreamed of having it, which is why it probably does feel like having a dream. That's why it keeps popping back into my head, to show it is reality. So it is a great feeling."

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.