People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
ALAIN PROSTWhen 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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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that’s motor racing.
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That 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 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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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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 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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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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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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 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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