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.
ALAIN PROSTWithout 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.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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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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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
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