People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
ALAIN PROSTI 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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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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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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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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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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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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If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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 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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