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.
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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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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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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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I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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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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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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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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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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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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