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 PROSTYou want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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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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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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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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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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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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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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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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