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.
ALAIN PROSTIn 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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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’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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. 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 have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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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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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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