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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
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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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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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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
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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 have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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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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