That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a 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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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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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
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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 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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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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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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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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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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