Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
ALAIN PROSTMaybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
ALAIN PROSTSometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
ALAIN PROSTPeople don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
ALAIN PROSTWhen 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.
ALAIN PROSTWithout 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.
ALAIN PROSTI work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
ALAIN PROSTIt’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
ALAIN PROSTIn 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.
ALAIN PROSTThe people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
ALAIN PROSTYou 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.
ALAIN PROSTI 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.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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.
ALAIN PROSTI think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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 PROSTA German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
ALAIN PROSTOne 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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