When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
ALAIN PROSTThat is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that’s the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
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I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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