I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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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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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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