Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
ALAIN PROSTI 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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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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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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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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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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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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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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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So I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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