If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
ALAIN PROSTIt’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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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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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 is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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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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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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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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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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