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Having spoken to him and congratulated the 27 year old, I wanted to hear from other members of the team so I made my way down the paddock to the motorhome.

There was a real party atmosphere as the team celebrated their first win since 2004. Champagne corks were popping and even the unlucky Bruno Senna was quick to praise his teammate and say that while his weekend hadn't gone to plan. "It was a fantastic achievement for Maldonado and for the whole team."

Pastor's father signalled to me to come over and smothered me in a fantastic hug (in fairness I think he would have hugged anyone at that point, so happy was he with his son's achievements!) He was overjoyed and rightly so. After years of supporting his son, through karting and eventually progressing to GP2 then on to F1 at the beginning of last year, the whole family have a result that they must have been dreaming of for a very long time.

The team arranged to do a group photo at the front of their garage. As we all made out way though the box to the pit lane I chatted to a friend I used to go to school with, who now happens to be Bruno Senna's physio. He was obviously disappointed with the result, but was really pleased for the team and was looking forward to celebrating.

It's lovely when the whole of a team come together to celebrate a landmark or a victory - this was one of those classic F1 moments with Sir Frank Williams and Pastor surrounded by all the people who have worked so hard to help them to the win this weekend. There was much cheering and whooping as the assembled media photographed and filmed the celebrations.

As the media dispersed and the team went to go and pack up their box and prepare for the journey home, I made my way back through the garage and out into the paddock. Just as I was trying to work out who to interview next I heard someone shout "Fire!".

I looked behind me and an ominous thick black cloud of smoke billowed out from the corrugated iron of the pit complex. This was no small accident - this was serious. Straight away the entire F1 community came together. Teams on either side of the Williams garage ( and ) dashed to help. Mechanics from everywhere rushed to move fuel and oil from the proximity of the box and smoke filled the pit lane at an alarming rate.

I have to be honest; I looked around, saw the severity of the fire and got out the way. I made my way to the Force India motorhome (which was itself pretty full of smoke) and watched the scenes with dismay.

After the event I tweeted it was one of the worst things I had seen. These are people I work with every Grand Prix. Some of them I have known for years either personally, or through my time in . Seeing them come out of the garage covered in ash and fire extinguisher residue; coughing and spluttering with the affects of smoke inhalation was awful. Some were shocked, some were sick and some were in need of immediate medical help.

The ambulances made their way through the narrow paddock to the scene and the area was soon flooded with medical staff and various team members. Of course the media were also there and it was a very surreal moment. Just minutes before we were celebrating with Williams: moments later we were watching the team in the middle of a nightmare.

News slowly filtered out about what had happened and while Sir Frank and most of the team had managed to get to safety, 31 people received medical treatment at the scene. Of those, nine were taken to the medical centre. They comprised of four Williams team members, four from Caterham and one of the Force India team.

Williams issued a statement after the Grand Prix. It said: "After today's Spanish Grand Prix a fire occurred in the team's garage which originated from the fuel area.

"Four team personnel were injured in the incident and subsequently taken to the medical centre.

"Three are now receiving treatment at local hospitals for their injuries, while the fourth has been released. The team will monitor their condition and ensure they receive the best possible care.

"The team, the fire services and the police are working together to determine the root cause of the fire and an update statement will be released in due course.

"The Williams F1 Team would like to thank all of the teams and the FIA for their support in today's incident."

As for the garage, Bruno Senna's car and the rest of the equipment, how much can be salvaged is a key question.

The team has reported the key problem comes from the amount of IT equipment that was ruined in the fire. They will be hope when they get back from Spain and look at Bruno's car that not too much has been damaged as they prepare for . If the team has to take a new gearbox and engine, they will most likely claim force majeure and should hopefully not face a penalty at the next race.

I'm sure that is the last thing on the team's mind as they struggle to come to terms with the amazing rollercoaster of a day they had in Barcelona. A Williams win for the first time since 2004. The first ever Venezuelan to win a Grand Prix, the fifth winner of the season, after just five races, then of course the fire.

I want to take this opportunity to wish all of the teams, circuit staff and other F1 people who helped bring the fire under control the very best and hope they all make full recoveries very soon.

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