I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTPeople don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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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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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
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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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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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. 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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