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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.

Alain Prost

Without 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.
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Always Effort Go Ideal Limit Minimum Pole Possible Race Say Speed Think Win
Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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Course Drive Idiot Nothing Scare
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
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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Fact Judge Long Only Sport Term Thing
I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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Appreciate Hard Work
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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Country Maybe Nowhere
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Feel Good Race Very Win
Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Better Bit Help Mentality People Sometimes Team Understand
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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Career Fact Judge Long Race Season Sport Term Thing
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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Feel Fix Flat Good Like Out Outside Race Time Very Win
I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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Car Curb Go Hard Over Want
Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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Centimetre Helmet Know Make Much Really Tallest
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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Also Car Fun Happy Quiet Real Sometimes Stop Want Well Work
I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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Always Anything Break Car Mentality
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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Biggest Clutch Problem Race Risk Season Start

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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