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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.

Alain Prost

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.
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Career Fact Judge Long Race Season Sport Term Thing
People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Car Condition Drove never People Unaware
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Better Bit Help Mentality People Sometimes Team Understand
When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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Call Drove Fog Foreign Small Tadpole Team
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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Everyone Gather Mad Motore Push Race Seventh Think Time Trend Win
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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Absolute All Below Day Go Limit never Right Same Speed Test
I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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Bit English Maybe Reserve Something Stupid Think
Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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Course Drive Idiot Nothing Scare
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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Biggest Clutch Problem Race Risk Season Start
I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Brave Risk Say Sort Take
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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Always Effort Go Ideal Limit Minimum Pole Possible Race Say Speed Think Win
I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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Country Like Mentality
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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Centimetre Helmet Know Make Much Really Tallest
You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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Always Best Compromise Team

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